Fighting a Boss-Grade monster (2)

[ You have leveled up ]

[ You have leveled up ]

[ You have leveled up ]

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Adam was overjoyed at the almost consecutive announcement that he had leveled up...

They had been on this hunting ground for only one day and yet, his level had already climbed all the way to level 24!

Soon, Greed finished killing the last gigantic ant nearby then removed his now bloodied sword on the dead monster body.

A message then followed...

[ Gigantic Ant killed ]

[ 1,000 exp obtained ]

Gigantic ant was a level 100 monster, hence it gave a whopping 1,000 exp.

Additionally, the amount of exp that can be obtained from killing monsters, varies on a level and also rarity.

As usual, the higher the level, the more exp it will give.

Likewise, the rarer the monster, the more exp gained as well.

Gigantic ant was not a rare monster, nonetheless, Adam chose this hunting ground due to the numerous amount of Gigantic Ants here!

The more ants he killed, the more exp he will gain!

Throughout the day, they encountered about 50 groups of Gigantic Ants.

Amidst that, Greed was always the first to step forward and dealt with damages.

Just a brandished sword from Greed could cause 2-3 ants a considerable injury.

Bluntly, it only takes Greed about 2-3 attacks to eventually reap 2 ants life or even 3 at times.

There was also the scenario where they met a herd of Gigantic ants that nearly trapped their exit.

Hence, Adam just increased his mana output on Greed to a whopping 80,000! which then soon easily annihilated the herd of monster, increasing his level by a lot!

Of course, Adam was not staying idle all those times.

He fought with 2-3 ants which Greed leave for him, mainly to experiment with his newly attained skill.

In the middle of his fight earlier, he was forced to supply 1,000 mana to his 'coin' and the result baffled him.

'The color of the coin changed!'

Before, it was bronze-color and upon inserting 1,000 mana, it changed to silver-color!

He then got curious and tried inserting more mana, and knows what? When he finally inserted 10,000 mana, the coin changed color again, turning golden!

Adam then deduced that it was like the requirements of his 'Absolute Skill', where changes may occur at 1,000 then 10,000 then 100,000, and so on...

It was just regrettable as he doesn't have that luxury of mana yet...

'Soon!', Adam thought firmly

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So far, Adam had learned 3 forms of the coin (in regards to skill#2, Shape-shifter), namely for penetrating power, defensive power, and lastly, for restriction.

First, he tried transforming the 'coin' to a spear-like shape, with a pointy edge for a good piercing power. He also tried increasing the supplied mana and discovered a splendid result.

'As the mana supplied increases, the piercing power increases as well!'

Next, he tried expanding the size of the coin by inserting more mana, then changed its size to a circular or oval-like shield, and fortunately, his experiment worked out!

The shield was durable and had good defensive prowess, especially, the size can be adjusted as he wills.

Of course, he didn't need a shield at all as he could just settle on his robe's massive defense, but it wouldn't hurt to have a countermeasure right?

Lastly, for restriction. As Adam was unable to take a better grasp of this form yet, it was rendered flawed and needed further refinement.

Here, he changed his coins' form into something like a chain, which took him a great amount of mana as it must be long enough to entangle the wholeness of the Gigantic ant.

Afterward, he would increase the weight of the chain by inserting more mana, hence, the enemy's movement would be restricted especially its speed.

But this skill still needed further improvement and more experimentation as flaws were still all over.

Nonetheless, he was contented with the result so far as it was only his first day here on Gigantic Ant hunting ground.

Apart from that, he wasn't able to test his other skill '???' Division yet, as he was still occupied by his other skill, so he might practice it when he had a better grasp on his coins' form.

Soon, Adam and Greed continued their 'simple' hunt on a huge Gigantic ant hunting ground, going deeper and deeper...

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At the same time, a large auction was occurring in Manila City, one of the five largest cities in Luzon kingdom.

Same as Batangas City, Manila City was as prosperous as ever, with populated streets and stalls.

There was four famous structure on this area where rich and powerful personalities usually go at, namely the Arena, the renowned lotto shop, the Adventurer Guild, and lastly, the auction house!

Auction house only opened once a month, nonetheless, it was famous as almost every item or commodities they were selling was of great quality.

There were even scenarios where an A-grade accessory was sold! This was put on the fact that accessories could be the rarest type of item that one could obtain.

Weapons and armors were the most common and had an abundance quantity revolving around the market, while accessories had a few numbers.

Hence, an accessory that is A-grade at top of that, could indeed cause a ruckus among consumers.

Unlike whats' mentioned, the accessory was not the highlight of today's auction that was currently transpiring at 'Marikina Auction House'.

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On one of the VIP rooms at Marikina Auction House...

A young man was sitting so profoundly on a luxurious sofa, looking at the item that was now displayed on the auction's stage...

Beside him was a 30-40-year-old looking man who released a domineering aura...

He was Alexander Trono! The leader of Dynamite Guild, one of the 5 largest guilds here on World of Luck.

He was also a level 870 Chosen, with a unique skill of A-rating!

Currently, the highest level ever achieved was level 870 which was the level of all the leaders of the five largest guilds.

The young man then shifted his gaze on the person standing beside Alexander, or rather, an elf.

It was a female elf that Alexander bought recently for a whopping 3 billion pesos.

Envy can be seen on the young man's face, which was then noticed by Alexander...

"You don't have to feel envy William, you will get one soon.", said Alexander

As per said, the young man's name was William, a member of the fourth batch of Chosen who received an A-Grade rating and became a member of Dynamite Guild.

On the last trial, only 3 members of the fourth batch managed to obtain an A-Grade rating, and William was one of them!

He then remembered his kills lately where he could even solo hunt a level 20 Venomous Snake within 3 minutes! and that was when he was only level 18.

Soon, he was interrupted on his thought when a voice from the auctioneer resounded.

"Good evening, esteemed guest! before we show our tonights' final commodity, allow me to introduce its origin first.", a beautiful young lady on the stage announced mysteriously

A large cage was then brought on the stage covered by a thick cloth as the young lady began her introduction.

William's gaze was solely focused on the cage as it can be seen twitching every time.

Of course, he knew already what's inside the cage as this was their reason for coming to tonight's auction.

The auction was divided into two-stage, one in the morning which was the auction known on public, and the second was at night or known as 'dark auction' where only VIP's knew of its existence, as for the reason, it was merely because the commodities being sold at night, was an illegal one.

These commodities can range from dangerous or banned medicine to an adverse extent such as human slavery that is done illegally like force capturing.

They were commonly the beggars who don't have a rich background.

Soon, the young lady finished her introduction, removing the covering of the cage after that...