Chapter 3. Lord of Mages

In WDO there are two types of dungeons, ordinary dungeons and world dungeons. Ordinary dungeons can be conquered again a week after being conquered. Meanwhile world dungeons will disappear after being conquered alone but will be accessible again after a month if conquered as a group.

Then, what I'm aiming for now is a special class that only the seven strongest people in the game can possess. King Class. That class provides two very good class skill and is very helpful during the guild war. However, the process to get the class is very difficult and only three players can achieve it during the beta test.

I was so close to achieving it when someone took the class from me. A saber who is stronger than me, who managed to get the title class Queen of Knights during the beta test.

It pissed me off until I stopped playing this game during beta for a week. When I started logging in again, there was only one day left to continue the beta test. All other player builds have been completed, and three of the seven king classes have been taken by Saber, Archer and Lancer even though the Caster, Assassin, Shielder and Destroyer classes still haven't got a King class player.

Caster is a class that focuses on magic but has low defense so this class is difficult to last long during boss raids especially when alone. Drag and I had previously managed to survive thanks to the earth dragon general's strange behavior towards dragon type monsters, but under normal circumstances the caster would die instantly if fighting alone. That also applies to assassin classes who both have low defense.

The shielder has a different problem. You have high defense but don't have enough attack to fight. The boss has a high attack that can even penetrate the top shielder's defense, so if you fight too long, the shielder will lose. The same goes for destroyers that have a strong broad attack but small single target damage.

With such problems it is clear how the Saber, Archer, and Lancer classes which have a balanced status between attack and defense will get the King subclass. Then why did I choose to use caster now? Of course the answer is because I already understand the fastest way to get that class.

"Coming soon..."

Among the world's more than a thousand dungeons, there are seventy-two dungeons that are unique in their own right. The dungeons kept changing locations every hour if not entered. Then, the upcoming dungeon in front of me right now is...

"It's finally come."

…The Dungeon of Demon of Rage and Heroism, Baal's Dungeon.

Smiling I walked into the tall tower that suddenly appeared in front of me. A dungeon with black walls and a door that has demonic letters engraved on it. Anyone who saw this dungeon would definitely feel that this dungeon was cursed or something, well they weren't wrong. This dungeon is already cursed.

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"Elemental Enchant: Holy! Quadruplet Magic: Magic Arrow!"

I shoot four magic arrows that have been imbued with the light element at the monsters in the dungeon. The monsters in here are mostly undead-type monsters and some demon-types, making Elemental Enchant to holy elements my main weapon in this dungeon.

Although, that's not my only card.

"Bomb!"

I threw a gem and threw at some monsters. The gem exploded when I said the keyword bomb. It was the result of the skill I got from the Black Silver quest. It allows me to enchant one of my skills into an object. I enchanted the skill magic bomb I got from spending skill points to make the bomb gem.

The caster's weakness aside from his defense was that he was useless when he ran out of MP. If a caster runs out of MP during combat, normally melee fighters will buy time for the caster to recover MP either naturally, using skills, or potions. But if the caster was alone, then he wouldn't have enough room to do that in the middle of a fight.

"Bomb!"

That's where this enchants item will come in handy. When using items enchanted with skills, MP is not required. In other words, I can save as much MP as I want, making me ready for long-range battles. Previously with Drag I played for two hours less relying on MP potions, but now I last four hours without MP potions. This difference really feels significant in battle.

"Level sixty-four huh..." I muttered as I saw my status.

My current level is sixty-four, most of my essential skills are at usable level, and there are still a few hours until my bedtime. I'm well prepared to challenge the boss of this dungeon, Baal.

I managed to find the boss room easily because I've cleared this dungeon before. The boss inside was Baal, the Demon of Wrath and Heroism. Mob type demon, stats focus on short range attacks, and skills focus on lightning and fire elemental attacks.

"Alright, the real game starts from here." I spoke.

I opened the majestic entrance that connected the room with the boss room.

As soon as I entered the boss room, it was a humanoid mob but with horns like a deer, wings like the combined wings of a bat and a condor, and scaly hands like the legs of a lizard.

"Human. Do you want to challenge me?" said the ten-meter-tall monster.

"If so, why?" I said in a defiant tone.

"Then I'll kill you!"

"Just try it."

Baal instantly activated his wide area skill. The skill will hit everything in the boss room with a lash of lightning. The damage dealt would only reduce a shielder's HP by twenty percent, but it would instantly kill me as a caster. Then how do I survive the attack?

"Enchant: Resistance, Defense! Magic Shield!"

I increased my magic resistance and physical resistance, besides that I also put up a shield. With that defense I made, my HP was still reduced by seventy percent but that was enough.

"Arrows!"

I threw four gems from each hand. The gem shattered and a magic arrow skill shot out from the gem towards Baal. Baal couldn't dodge or resist that attack because Baal had just unleashed his skill, Lightning Sword of Extinction which gave a cooldown of up to five seconds.

After all of my magic arrow attacks hit him, the cooldown of his lightning sword of extinction skill finished so he could move again. But I already knew that. I also know what skill he will use next.

"Shafrat Alhariqa!"

Baal took out a sword made of fire then swung it while running towards me. If hit by that attack my HP will definitely run out in one hit, but that's only if I get hit by that sword.

"Bomb!"

I threw a gem at Baal then detonated it. The explosion dealt Baal not only damage but also a slight knockback. Even though it was only a small knockback of twenty centimeters, but it was enough to make the attack recoil a little and I was able to dodge its single target attack by taking a step back.

"Elemental Enchant: Holy! Quadruplet Magic: Magic Arrow!"

I fired four magic arrows at Baal. They pierced Baal's skin quite deep, dealing considerable damage due to his holy element. Baal's HP had already decreased by ninety percent,

His attack pattern would change when his HP reached fifty percent, but until then he only used his fire sword. The wide area attack lightning sword he used at the start was also unusable for a while. The attack algorithm was simple for now, but it was still quite a long fight. The fight lasted for two hours.

"You damn human!!!"

Round two begins. From here the attack algorithm changes.

"Sayf Albaraq!!"

He threw away his fiery sword and switched to his lightning sword. The fire sword attack was very strong, but the attack was slow so even without knowing the attack algorithm the player could dodge it.

Meanwhile this lightning sword has speed, making it an attack that is difficult to dodge despite knowing the attack algorithm. That was because Baal's speed was already like the speed of a bolt of lightning.

"I'll start too! Enchant: Speed, Speed, Speed!"

I increased my speed with enchantment by three times. Although it wasn't enough to see Baal's movements, it would allow me to dodge his attacks by thinly if I knew where and where his attacks were coming from. I used my knowledge of the algorithm to determine the direction of his attack and used the increased speed to dodge his attacks.

"Bomb!"

Previously I had thrown some bomb gems around me. It took time for him on right position to make the bomb hit but I managed to do it. Maybe just for a moment, but I'll make good use of that moment.

"Quadruplet Magic: Magic Bomb!" I exclaimed.

I made another explosion while Baal was pausing for a moment. Baal took a few steps back after being hit by the attack. I could see his HP dropped to forty percent. Almost three hours and only sixty percent of his HP was dropped. If it was a normal raid with four parties and six players per party, he would have lost three hours ago, but being alone like this was a real challenge as it could take him more than four hours to defeat him.

"It's been a long time, but I'll still win!"

I took out all the gems I had saved to fight. It will be a very long fight, maybe until morning. I made up my mind to apologize if tomorrow I was late for the presentation.

"Now, let's start our fight!"

The second father lasted two hours. I had spent a total of four hours fighting Baal, but Baal still had around twenty percent of his HP. Now it's time for the third round to begin.

"Humans like you can't be do this to me!! Damn it!!! Sahar Aljin: Aljasid Albatuliu!!"

Baal threw away all his swords, making him look like a warrior who couldn't rely on his weapons anymore. Looks like a desperate person, but that's a requirement to activate his strongest skill, Djinn Magic: Heroic Body.

"Opportunity!"

I took out five gems that I had enchanted with one skill.

"Enchantments!"

I activated the skill I put into the five gems, causing the gems to shatter and five magic circles to appear in front of me.

Baal's ultimate attack had a chanting time of up to five seconds. If it activates, it inflicts instant death on all players in the attack area. Because of that, those who fight it have to rush to finish off the remaining twenty percent of their HP in those five seconds. For party raids, everyone would definitely be able to finish it off using their ultimate technique but for me I needed to use a trick to be able to do that.

"Blow away!! Quadruplet Magic: Magic Burst!!!!"

I activated a burst skill that multiplied with quadruplet magic, aimed it at the magic circle in front of me to amplify then at Baal. The tier A magic I have isn't enough to take out Baal in one hit, but what if there are four of it and it's power doubled?

With a huge explosion from the magic burst, all of Baal's remaining HP was completely depleted. The smoke from the explosion slowly dissipated as Baal's body became particulate.

I took a deep breath and dropped to the ground. I looked at my HP and MP. HP only had one percent left while MP was completely depleted. HP potions and MP potions are also gone. That four-hour fight was the toughest fight I've ever had.

A window appeared in front of me.

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Congratulation! You are the first Caster to successfully complete a world dungeon alone! King sub class has been added to your subclass list!

Through defeating a raid boss, Baal the demon of rage and heroism alone, skill: Baal is added to your skill list.

Through the King sub-class, Charisma and Imperial Privilege skills are added to your skill list.

Through the Baal skill, Sayf Alianqirad's Barq Skill is added to your skill list.

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Class Skills

Charisma(EX Rank)

Effects:

All party stats +25%

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Class Skills

Imperial Privilege(EX Rank)

Effects:

STR +50%

INT +50%

VIT+50%

MTL +50%

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Personal Skills

Baal(EX Rank)

Effects:

All stats +25%

Experience gain +20%

Thunder element power +25%

Gain limited Administration Right

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Personal Skills

Barq Sayf Alianqirad(Rank A)

Effects:

Attack with thunder to area.

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I looked at the skills I got and smiled. With this the preparations for the formation of the guild are ready. Also, as a bonus I get the right to establish a nation. With this I have done everything I needed to do.

Ah sleepy... I'm going to sleep now...

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That morning, several people who had been playing all night chatted about WDO on the forums.

𝑯𝒆𝒚, 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒅?

𝑯𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕?

𝑸𝒖𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝑲𝒏𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔 𝒈𝒐𝒕 𝑲𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒔𝒖𝒃 𝒄𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒔 𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒊𝒏

𝑯𝒂𝒉𝒂𝒉𝒂𝒉𝒂

𝑰 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒅, 𝑰 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒅

S𝒉𝒆's 𝒂𝒍𝒔𝒐 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑺𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝑺𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑺𝒉𝒊𝒆𝒍𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑾𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅 𝒒𝒖𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒂 𝒅𝒂𝒚!

𝑾𝑾𝑾𝑾𝑾𝑾𝑾 𝑻𝒉𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒕𝒘𝒐 𝒒𝒖𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒔 𝒕𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒔 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒔𝒉𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎 𝒊𝒏 𝒂 𝒅𝒂𝒚? 𝑨𝒔 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑸𝒖𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝑲𝒏𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕

𝑩𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒆𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅 𝒅𝒖𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒕𝒂 𝒉𝒖𝒉

𝑰𝒕'𝒔 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒃𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒂 𝒅𝒂𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒆𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅 𝒅𝒖𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒅, 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒊𝒔 𝒂 𝒏𝒆𝒘 𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒓𝒅

𝑴𝒐𝒓𝒆𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒔 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒔𝒉𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒕 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑸𝒖𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝑲𝒏𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔, 𝑪𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑨𝒔𝒔𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒏!

𝑰'𝒍𝒍 𝒃𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝑳𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑨𝒓𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒓! 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒃𝒐𝒕𝒉 𝒎𝒚 𝒇𝒂𝒗𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒕𝒂 𝒕𝒆𝒔𝒕!

𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒏 𝑩𝒐𝒘𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝑨𝒓𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑫𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝑳𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒓? 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈!

𝑺𝒐 𝒅𝒐𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒚𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒊𝒏𝒇𝒐 𝒐𝒏 𝑲𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝑪𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑨𝒔𝒔𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒏? 𝑫𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘!

𝑺𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒏𝒆𝒊𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒘𝒐 𝒄𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒔 𝒈𝒐𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑲𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒄𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒔 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒕𝒂, 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆'𝒔 𝒏𝒐 𝒈𝒖𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈.

𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒘𝒆 𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎 𝒏𝒊𝒄𝒌𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆𝒔?

𝑬𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒊𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒅𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒚𝒔𝒕𝒚𝒍𝒆 𝒊𝒔?

𝑰𝒇 𝒔𝒐, 𝑰 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒊𝒕 𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒓. 𝑾𝒆 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒂 𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒂𝒍 𝒏𝒊𝒄𝒌𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆.

𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒕'𝒔 𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕… 𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒂 𝑲𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒇 𝑴𝒂𝒈𝒆𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝑪𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓'𝒔 𝑲𝒊𝒏𝒈?

𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒕'𝒔 𝒈𝒐𝒐𝒅!

𝑮𝒐𝒅... 𝒈𝒐𝒐𝒅!

𝑨𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒆!

𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝑨𝒔𝒔𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒏... 𝑭𝒊𝒓𝒔𝒕 𝑨𝒔𝒔𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒏?

𝑵𝒐𝒕 𝒃𝒂𝒅. 𝑰𝒕'𝒔 𝒘𝒆𝒊𝒓𝒅 𝒊𝒇 𝒂𝒏 𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒏 𝒊𝒔 𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒅 𝒂 𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝒊𝒔𝒏'𝒕 𝒊𝒕?

𝒘𝒘𝒘𝒘𝒘

𝒘𝒘𝒘𝒘𝒘

𝒘𝒘𝒘𝒘

𝑨𝒍𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒇 𝒄𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒊𝒔 𝑳𝒐𝒓𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝑴𝒂𝒈𝒆𝒔 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒆 𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒇 𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒔 𝒊𝒔 𝑭𝒊𝒓𝒔𝒕 𝑨𝒔𝒔𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒏!