Chapter 5

[You have leveled up!]

[You have leveled up!]

Unlike normal Dungeons, these Instant Dungeons have time for monsters to respawn. Level 1 monsters respawn while he was clearing level 2 monsters, then level 2 monsters respawn when he went back to pick up level 1 monsters.

[You have leveled up!]

[You have leveled up!]

Sirius kept going back and forth between level 1 monsters and level 2 monsters, until his level could no longer increase.

"Haiz… I don't know when I'll get an opportunity like this again...."

After a while, Sirius's sense points were raised quite high so he was able to predict where the monsters would attack from.

"A monkey is up there."

Sirius easily dodged the claws of the monkey that lunged at him, and stabbed it in the chest with his sword.

"There are leopards on either side."

Sirius slashed at the necks of the black panthers that jumped out from the sides.

[You have defeated the sharp-clawed Briga.]

[You have defeated the dark Razan.]

[You have defeated the dark Razan.]

With his enhanced senses, all the monsters on the 2nd floor were wiped out by Sirius, but Sirius's level is still level 15. It seems that is the limit to level up when defeating monsters. . . . objects on the first and second floors.

Status window.

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[Index]

[Strength: 45]

[Stamina: 24]

[Agility: 24]

[Intelligence: 24]

[Senses: 24]

[(Points only remaining: 0)]

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After increasing several levels, Sirius's stats also increased. Agility stat is already 24; after agility is 20, Sirius can tell the difference between increased strength and increased agility. Instead of just increasing physical speed, increasing movement increases Sirius' speed and vision, an effect that causes enemies to appear to be slowed.

"It's like slow motion, isn't it?"

When even the monkey fell and the leopard jumped towards him, Sirius saw everything moving slowly before his eyes. The effect of agility points makes it easier to dodge and counter attacks. It certainly makes Sirius feel more "quick".

Speed ​​is only relative.

As Sirius's agility increases further, the difference between Sirius and his opponent will become even more pronounced. It will make your movements seem faster than your opponent's.

"Looks like this is a great combination of strength and agility stats."

And that's what Sirius thinks about the "agility" stat.

"Is that all over?"

He turned his head.

"Should I..."

He was looking at the stairs going down to the third floor.

Although the path down to the leveling floor was wide open, there was a reason why he spent time on level 1 and level 2.

"I feel chills down there."

Since Sirius's sensory stat increased with each level, Sirius sensed danger at this level 3. Even without seeing it, Sirius could be sure there was something powerful underneath. He suddenly remembered the bulletin board from the Dungeon entrance…

[You cannot exit the Dungeon.]

[Defeat the Boss or use "jelly regression tablets"]

Then the thing down there is definitely the boss.

To prepare to face it, Sirius hunted between level 1 and level 2 countless times. Even with such preparation, he still felt uncomfortably pressured before the entrance to the level 3 floor.

He patted his cheeks vigorously to dispel the tension.

"Going into the Dungeon, going all the way here, you should at least take a look at the boss's face, right?"

A small anxiety is good for being ready to face. And according to Sirius, his current anxiety was just enough.

Clutching the sword, Sirius slowly walked calmly down the stairs.

"Am I dizzy or is this staircase longer than usual?"

Swallowing, even though the light on the third floor was much dimmer than the first and second floors, he could still see his surroundings clearly.

"Is this because of the sensory stat?"

His eyesight has improved.

As Sirius got off the bus cautiously, Sirius passed several platforms where the train would stop. But next to the platforms, instead of the train tracks, was now a huge black body of water.

"What the hell is this?"

It is like a river or a lake. Sirius stepped forward to take a closer look.

Suddenly, something big, huge, like a giant log object, shot up from the water

sliiiiide-!

Sizzling-! '

"So fast!"

What aimed directly at Sirius in an instant, was not a log, but a giant python.

"Wow..."

Sirius reflexively slashed the head of the snake.

Zhuang!

His eyes widened.

"The hell….?!"

Although Sirius tried to fight off the snake, now that he was shocked to see the broken sword, he quickly took a stance. Surprised by Sirius' attack, the snake kept its distance, curled up and looked straight at him with sharp eyes.

The ruler of the swamp, the poisonous fang Casaka.

The clear orange name floated above its head.

Compared to the normal monsters with white names he had encountered up until now, this was the first monster with an orange name. And of course, its fast speed and skin are much tougher than those of normal monsters.

"My goodness, the sword that has magical power is broken like this..."

Sirius gulped and began to analyze Casaka with what he observed. Its blue scales glittered, and it looked like armor was covered from head to tail. And it was so hard that the sword broke. So maybe, his fists didn't work either.

Just as he was considering all the possibilities to smash it, Casaka, having determined that he was the prey, rushed towards him at the speed of a train.

Sizzling -!

Sirius narrowed his eyes in concentration.

"GO YYYYYY!"

As Sirius stretched all his nerves to concentrate, he began to see Casaka's movements more clearly. This is the effect of increasing the "agility" stat.

When Casaka got close enough to him, its huge soulless jaws opened, Sirius focused on jumping behind Casaka's massive head to dodge. At the same time, he locked the huge head with both hands and squeezed it.

Crack!

After all, his "strength" stat was nearing 50, so it was a tremendous force that was squeezing the head of the snake, causing its nerves and arteries to suffer a great deal of force. terrible pressure. Feeling unable to get out of his grip, the snake slammed its head on the ground, where Sirius was hanging from. Sirius held his breath in pain, and gritted his teeth even harder to gain strength.

Um! Um!

Even when the python hit the floor, or hit the wall, he still tried to squeeze harder.

"If I don't reach this level, I'm dead..."

There is no end to Sirius' "What If" story

If I didn't level up before….

If I don't increase my points on "strength" then...

It could significantly hinder his chances of taking down Casaka, and this would be his grave. Deciding to level up on the 1st and 2nd floors before coming down here was the wisest decision he made.

Crack!

With a goosebumps stereo, Casaka's skull was crushed.

[You have defeated the Ruler of the Swamp, the Poison Fang Casaka.]

[You have leveled up!]

[You have leveled up!]

As expected from the Dungeon Boss. Defeating Casaka gives him 2 levels. Sirius clenched his fists in excitement. The level that was standing stiffly at 15 has jumped to 17. He started at level 1, and now, "boom" level 17.

'And now…"

Those who hunt Boss not only because of the great exp that it brings, but what is more valuable than the huge exp is the Boss's item drop.

As he peered over the serpent's massive sprawling body, Sirius saw two bright spots emanating from its body.

"Looks like the boss drops a lot?"

With an amused face, he stretched out his hand towards the spot of light.

ring~

[Ting~]

[You have found "Casaka's Poison Fang"]

[Do you want to take it?]

[You have found "Casaka's Venom Gland"]

[Do you want to take it?]

"Take them all."

As he spoke, a dagger made of bone and a bag appeared in his outstretched palm.

[Casaka's Poison Fang

Grade: OLD

Type: Dagger

Attack Power +25

Has a chance to apply "Paralyze" and "Bleeding" effects on each attack.

Paralyze: Immobilize the target.

Bleeding: Causes the target to lose 1% health for a second.]

What a dagger, Casaka's poisoned fangs, still oozing poison.

You can keep this item in your inventory.

You can sell this item to the Shop.

Sirius nodded as he read the bulletin board describing the dagger.

"Hmm, it's not bone, it's fangs. The stats and effects are so good..."

Then he looked over at the bag.

[Casaka .'s Venom Gland

Grade: A

Type of medicine

Buff "Casaka's Scale Armor" for the user.

Debuff "Weakened Muscles" for the user

Casaka's Scale Armor: Reduces physical damage taken by 20%

Weak muscles: Strength -35]

A pouch containing Casaka's purified venom. Drinking will give you permanent tough skin, but the venom will also permanently damage your muscles.

[Rare items dropped from Casaka.]

[You can keep this item in your inventory.]

His expression fluctuated between happiness and sadness.

Casaka's poisonous fangs are a good weapon to replace a broken steel sword. In fact, the dagger's power was more than twice that of the steel sword, and it even had "Paralyze" and "Bleeding" effects.

"But as for the venom..."

Sirius was initially excited about an A-Rarity item, but he quickly discovered that it wasn't exactly a great item either. Of course, the 20% reduction in physical damage taken is worthy of the A rank title, but the side effect is the loss of 35 "power" points, which is equivalent to completing 12 Daily Quests, or 35 levels up. , that's too high a price. Especially when he considered the fact that he had poured all the points he had into this "strength" stat.

Even though it was a double-edged sword, it was still an item he didn't want to sell or throw away. Sirius thought, on the day when 35 points of "strength" wouldn't be much, he would use this item.

"For now, just lie down in the trash can."

With a slightly disappointed look on his face, he put the knife and medicine bag in the inventory… if it was an A-class knife and the medicine bag was only C-rank…

While he was in the middle of his "what if" story, a message window popped up.

[Ting~]

[The Boss has been defeated, the Dungeon will close and everything will return to normal.]

Everything around him blurred. Sirius felt a little dizzy as the world returned to him. Looking around, he was standing in the middle of a completely normal platform, the lights were bright normally, and the lake that turned into a track was also normal.

Sirius checked the time, it read [7:30 am].

He entered the Dungeon the night before the day before his apprenticeship started and spent almost 9 hours in it.

"It's been a while, oh my god."

If he leveled up without recovering his status, he would have collapsed a long time ago.

And only 30 minutes to school.

Dismissing the thought, Sirius quickly rushed to the bathroom, put on his new uniform, and hurried towards the classroom.