Rankings (5)

"Soooo... what's our plan here?" Stella asked as she turned to Matthew who was currently tying his shoelaces.

"Our...? Shouldn't we simply divide ourselves? We can get more points that way." He replied as he stood up. "Besides, you are an S-Rank Awakener, shouldn't this be quite easy for you?"

"...My power is 90% sealed during the Tutorial Phase. So, I'm currently able to release the power of a B+ Awakener..."

"Ah...Sure." He cracked his neck before turning in the direction of the huge volcano.

"We're going there then." He pointed towards it with a small smile.

"The volcano...?"

"Yep. The volcano should have much stronger monsters than around here. I mean... yeah." He shrugged.

'Besides, I only need to kill some more to unlock my Class again...' He added inwardly.

"Alright, let's go then." Stella simply sighed and followed behind Matthew.

"Ranking..." Matthew mumbled.

[Ranking—

1st Place - [555]

2nd Place - [523]

3rd Place - [231]

End]

"Oh... The team's points don't appear, huh?" Matthew smiled faintly.

"Let's speed up a bit." He glanced towards Stella. 

With those words, a dark violet aura enveloped Matthew's body as he gathered strength in his legs, and dashed forward.

Swish!

Immediately, a gush of wind followed behind as he 'flew' towards the volcano with the strength of his jump.

Stella saw this and simply uttered.

"Mana Wings." 

From her back, two blue-colored wings appeared and she directly flew behind Matthew who was using the tree branches to jump even higher.

Just after a few minutes, they had already arrived at the volcano.

Matthew simply entered it carelessly, and suddenly, a panel popped right in front of both of them.

[You have entered the special dungeon—"Volcanic Cave"!!]

"I knew it!" Matthew cheered out.

"Ahh... Check details." Stella uttered upon seeing this.

A visible panel appeared before her, and Matthew took the chance and also took a peak at it.

[Volcanic Cave—

Difficulty: Silver+

— A mysterious dungeon that has existed since the beginning of the creation of the Tower. Due to long exposure to high temperatures, this area has become a place where fire-element monsters live.]

"Woah! If we clear this dungeon, we will fulfill one of the conditions to get Silver authority directly!" Stella cheered as she looked at the panel excitedly.

Matthew on the other hand, simply shrugged his shoulders.

"Let's go!" She immediately grabbed his arm and flew through the volcano with his consent.

Sigh...

'Whatever... Let's simply start the live stream. I'll need a lot of coins so I can get stronger faster.'

[The player "Matthew #"%#&#?" has started a live stream!]

[Current Viewers: 2]

Fwooop!

Suddenly, a lot of fire monsters appeared as Stella brought Matthew deeper into the cave.

There were all kinds of monsters, from fire elementals to fire... dolphins? There even had some kind of minotaur with flames all over its body.

"I'll take the left ones!" Stella spoke as she brought out a silver sword and directly rushed towards the batch of monsters on the left.

"....."

Swing!

[You have killed a Fire Elemental and received 50.000 + 25.000 EXP!]

[You have killed a Fire Elemental and received 50.000 + 25.000 EXP!]

[You have killed a Fire Elemental...]

"Mute notifications."

"I think the title 'Chaotic One' might be a bit too overpowering," Matthew muttered as he swung his scythe again, launching an energy blade at the monsters.

However, some of them dodged the attack and charged at Matthew with their fangs bared.

Quickly, he moved forward and as a fire minotaur rushed towards him, attempting to strike him with its horns, Matthew deftly sidestepped and spun around, impaling the minotaur's heart with his war scythe's blade.

'...I shouldn't get used to this.' Matthew added inwardly as he saw how effortlessly he could kill those monsters.

"Deactivate the title 'Chaotic One'."

[Chaotic One title has been deactivated.]

"Great..."

As more monsters rushed towards Matthew, he decided to test how much damage he could deal directly.

As one of the monsters approached him, Matthew saw a small notification appearing on the monster's head.

[- 3.080 Health Points!]

'Mhm...'

Seeing that, Matthew enveloped his scythe with chaotic energy and tested the damage once again.

[- 31 008 Health Points!]

"Then, two hits, and I can kill a Fire Minotaur or whatever its name is."

With those words in mind, Matthew directly rushed to the horde of monsters that simply kept coming at him.

He avoided the gust of flames that the fire elementals threw at him while protecting his own body with the scythe.

The minotaur's horns were quite strong, but they weren't as sharp as Matthew's scythe.

But, just as he killing more and more monsters...

Whoosh!

Out of nowhere, a tiny figure dashed up behind Matthew and plunged a sharp object right into his back.

"Arhk...!" Matthew's eyes widened, and he swiftly twirled around, swinging his scythe's blade at the small figure, but it dodged with ease.

"A humanoid elemental?" He muttered to himself.

In front of him, the figure of a child's body full of lava coursing through his body could be seen.

[Lv. 52 Humanoid Elemental]

[140.000 Health Points.]

Fwoop!

Before he could think of anything, the creature immediately attacked him with a small lava dagger which Matthew avoided.

However, the creature slid down and spun around trying to kick Matthew's legs which led him to jump.

Thud!

Matthew took the opportunity and swung the blade against the ground where the creature was.

Crack!

The ground shattered, but in the end, the creature avoided by a second.

Seeing this, Matthew grabbed the scythe off the ground and glared at the small lava creature for a few moments.

Step... step...

He slowly approached the creature as a violet aura started leaking from his body and spreading through the surroundings.

Splat!

Matthew suddenly appeared behind the small creature without even making a single sound.

Swish!

Only after his scythe pierced through the creatures' hearts, the gust of wind caused by Matthew's dash reached them.

[You have leveled up!]

"Hmm... just as I suspected. Their health points aren't as crucial as I thought. The monsters perish when they hit zero, but destroying their core or heart works just as well." Matthew remarked, nodding to himself.

Sigh...

'I should check the live stream.'

Matthew opened the live stream panel, activated the notifications, and then proceeded to take a look at the details.

[Current Viewers: 111]

[More than one hundred constellations are looking at you.]

"No shit sherlock," Matthew commented as he looked at the panel.

[The constellation "Bad Ending 101" sends 500 Star Coins: Have you already entered into a contract with any particular constellation?]

"A contract? No, I didn't, but I have some options in mind." Matthew casually replied as he walked towards another batch of monsters.

There were so many monsters that it could lead one to think they were infinite, however, for Matthew it was a simple exp farm.

[The constellation "Looking Over The Stars" sends 1500 Star Coins: Wow, you're really powerful! But I'm curious, how did you become so strong without having a contract with a constellation? You're not even an A-Rank Awakener, but you seem to have a lot of strength.]

"Well, let's just say that I am 'loved' by two very special people." he shrugged his shoulders.

[The constellation "One Thousand Lovers" sends 2000 Star Coins: Are they perhaps your sugar mommies? With that handsome face, I can't think of anything other than that.]

"......."

"Anyways, I'm going to try and find the boss of this dungeon," Matthew stated as he ignored the comment from the constellation.

He looked around and couldn't find Stella, so he decided to simply try to find the boss by himself.

He looked over the ranking, and to his surprise, his group still wasn't in first place.

Instead, it was in 2nd place with Stacy's group being on top of his.

"Mhm..." He started thinking...

"Whatever..." He suddenly dismissed his thoughts and rushed forward, trying to find the boss of this dungeon.

What was he thinking about?