Minotaur
In a labyrinth dungeon, exits were heavily protected by a boss monster, which was the same grade as the dungeon. This was a bit different in a treasure-labyrinth dungeon, as it needed to be more difficult than the grade.
At the end of the very hallway where I was standing was a big and tall wooden door with a strange drawing on it. I knew where this door would lead me, and I wasn't afraid of opening it.
In real-time, one hour had passed, but I restarted the hour more than a hundred times. It was okay for me, as I knew I couldn't have done it better than what I did with the [Save & Reset]. Originally, clearing a labyrinth required many items and resources, and also a detection-type skill user, which I had none of, and yet, I was standing in front of the boss room.
My head was hurting for some reason. I wasn't exhausted since it only took an hour for my body, nor was I mentally drained, as I had experienced something far worse during my time with Gabriel. I brushed it off and thought it was nothing special.
"[Inventory]"
[ Inventory 17/34
> Auto-Browning Cauldron
> Sword of Beginning (Damaged)
> Bottle of C-grade Healing Potion x 3
> Bottle of D-grade Healing Potion x 7
> Bottle of D-grade Strength Potion x 2
> Bottle of D-grade Incomplete Lethal Poison
> D-grade Monster Core x 7
> Incomplete Mana Infused String
> Box of Yellow Bernith Powder x 2
> Bottle of Slime Liquid x 15
> Light Orb x 2
> Rusty Dagger x 5
> Dirty Set of Clothing
> Gold Coin x 9
> Silver Coin x 3
> Bottle of Water x 14
> Bread x 38 ]
Before I entered the treasure labyrinth, I cleared many quests and ground many items and used them to make some potions. The materials accessible to me weren't really high quality, but I managed to create some potions from them.
I took out the Bottle of D-grade Incomplete Lethal Poison from the [Inventory]. At a simple glance, one could easily see the dangerousness of the poison without knowing any alchemy. I opened the bottle of poison and spilled all of it on the blades of my sword.
[ Skill "Potion Apply" Activated ]
[ Item "Enhanced Normal Sword" Acquired a temporary Enhancement "Poisonous Attack" ]
To a player's eyes, [Potion Apply] wasn't as useful as what a Unique-rank skill should be, since you could just spill the potions on the weapons and temporarily enhance them. Although true, since finding a unique rank skill on [Doomed Fantasy] was hard and the [Potion Apply] simply wasn't worth it, it had some uses that attracted some attention.
With [Potion Apply], one could nearly use all of the possible potions in the game and enhance any weapon without any condition. This applies to potions that were meant to be used with weapons such as [Unstable Mana Mixture] or even [Vandal Essence].
Also, upon activating the [Potion Apply], the potion used in enhancing won't fade until it's used, unlike the normal means of using a potion.
Eeerr, Wrom-! I put my hand on the big door and pushed it open. The door was opening slowly and in a chill-causing manner. I wasn't scared, just like I usually wasn't.
The giant doors led into a big room with a lot of accessories in it. The ground was wet and no tiles were visible below those green vines. Unlike the yellow-colored torch in the labyrinth, the room was filled with many red lights.
At the very end of the room stood a big figure. That being had sharp horns on his head, and his body was covered in hair. His body resembled a big bull with the characteristics of a man. That monster was called a Minotaur. Minotaurs were the hardest monsters in the C-grade category. They are often found in labyrinths or dense jungles.
I slowly approached the minotaur's body since he hadn't noticed me. But after I got closer, he opened his eyes. I stared into his eyes without flinching, and he stared back. He was clenching his muscular hand, while I was holding my sword tightly, ready to dodge.
"AHHHHHHHHH-!" shouted the Minotaur.
I forgot to mention the most important factor of minotaurs. They were super angry for no reason.
[ Opponent Used "Mountain Crusher" Skill ]
The speed at which he dashed towards me was quite unbelievable. Time slowed down as I was staring at the fist, twice as big as my head.
I knew if I was going to block the punch with my sword, the sword would instantly shatter, so I bent down and dodged his punch by an inch and raised my sword up and struck him down.
[ Skill "Swift Cut" Activated ]
Due to my lack of power and stability, I couldn't manage to chop his hand and only caused a shallow cut. Of course that shallow cut was all I hoped for.
[ Opponent has been Inflicted with "Lethal Poison" ]
The information on the screen in front of me brought me joy. The minotaur, who was breathing angrily due to anger, didn't notice his poisoned right hand, and that was okay.
Creating a lethal poison so early in the game when you didn't have any advanced material was quite hard for me. I spent a lot of time and money getting some materials to create it, and for comparison, a D-grade Lethal Poison was as strong as an A-grade Poison.
"What? Did I kill your family or something?" I said, with a mocking tone.
"GARR-!" he replied, angrier.
I once read in a comment that if minotaurs didn't have any anger management issues, they would be B-grade monsters, and I couldn't agree more. Once a monster loses its sense of intelligence, they attack unreasonably, and their attack pattern simplifies to their disadvantage.
And thankfully, finding y and abusing them was my specialty.