Augustus

The vast darkness welcomed Ed for the umpteenth time. The only interesting thing that could be found in the soundless void was Ed's glowing self and the glowing message that had appeared in front of him.

[10 minutes before respawning]

It seemed that he would be respawning as an orc immediately after his death. But Ed didn't feel in any way happy by the way things had turned out. He failed to kill a single person.

As grim as it sounded, Ed could almost guarantee that the way for him to level up was to kill others. Maybe even take their souls… This obviously left him feeling conflicted but if he mulled over this matter any longer he might not deserve to be free from the dungeon.

Casting aside his conflicted emotions, Ed decided to think back on ways to improve a future struggle. He needed to analyze things.

'First things first, my skeleton body sucks' As he had been stuck as an orc he couldn't increase the skill of his skeleton body through assimilation or even train its mana.