Chapter 93 Going further below. (2/2)

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Both the little beast and ained 1 level but he noticed that he was gaining about twice the amount of stat points that he previously did This with his lord class perk made his 1 level at tier 2 count for 4 levels at tier 1 With this, he felt like he could finally beco up faster than his owner This was because there was some experience shared between h level foes a siven to his wolf

Agni did have to be close to hih If the distance was ain a bitthat he had tested out at his old training spot with the Troglodytes

He used his boaining a big chunk of experience Those monsters were quite a low level for so much but with the help of his new assistant, he would at least be gaining the money back for his runic bombs

This day they have coni sonant After defeating the Ruby Goleained a level already Now after a month his experience points haven’t increased by

For this day he had prepared to go down below the 10th level to the fabled lava area of this dungeon That area was still gettingwith tier 2 creatures No tier 3 monsters had been spotted yet but the adventurers were apparently having a hard tieon wasn’t suited for beings that didn’t have fire resistance He as a Runesmith Lord had heat resistance and his arree to flames that left his assistant

Bernir had his own set of ar runes The half-dwarf didn’t havecould only defend hiainst the flames

At first, Roland wanted to just buy some cheap iron or steel ared hi else He wanted to make his own armor and then have runes inscribed later

This was a good opportunity to see if hehim Bernir did have the class and levels but this didn’tThis depended on his aptitude and willingness to work long hours

Luckily the young half-dwarf didn’t disappoint him He worked tirelessly for days at the basic workshop without any runic power tools involved Even without the fancy equiph

What Bernir required wasn’t a full plate mail armor like Roland did He needed so was speed and agility Bernir wasn’t there to fight, he was only there to carry Roland’s weapons and then take care of the hter set of leather ars and arreaves and vas for the mana stones that he would insert later With Bernir’s lack of mana and any runic skills, he would need all the help he could get for the ic to work

There was a limit of how many mana stones a steel armor could take The runic structures would break quite fast but it would be enough for the

Runic structures that only utilized buffing type spells and s rune were able to last longer than active spells So like a fire arrow spell would eat away at the ar burned

On the other hand, when there was a very ser This was also why Roland's own ar when he just activated his ive him a stat buff Only when he actually activated a more drastic spell would the ar was finished the gear came out to be on the intermediate level, quite satisfactory Roland himself could only achieve this level and this half-das already on his level He wasn’t sure if it was talent or just the dwarf racial trait that let them become better blacksmiths than other races

With that out of the way, he was ready to i with mana stones and runes Bernir was a bit afraid that he would be charged for soreith other dwarves so he knew that runes was a costly profession

The two had a conversation and Roland told him to count it as an invest eon on an armor like this didn’t really hurt his bottoh so fro him ‘Boss’ and he finally learned to remember his assistant's name

Now they were down at the 10th level where it all started This time around the boss chah it It also seemed that soo

“The monsters haven’t respawned yet but there are no bodies either Anyone that was here previously, is probably gone”

Roland said whileinside of the boss chamber

“It looks that way…”

Bernir stopped before the large door and gave out a sigh He stood there for aon Roland’s shoulder

“W-wait forexperience that Bernir went through in this room it was natural for hi as he understood his pain It was already quite a show of character that his new assistant illing to go down here so soon

“Looks the same as last time…”

“Y-yeah…”

Both of theni was held in place as his neas afraid that the happy puppy could fall into the lava lake below He was somewhat resistant to flames and heat but he would still die if he fell into lava

Roland was taking a risk by bringing this puppy here After watching over hini would even try to climb into his bed and sleep with hi house for hi skills was happy to create

His new canine companion had started to listen to his co to the lower levels to fight soet a lot hting on the upper levels

“Bernir, here”

Agni was passed over to Bernir for safekeeping Being a si to more people than just hisBernir as part of the pack with his master as the Alpha

“Stay in the back, the o above the stairs”

After leaving the boss cha to the next section The reeted by hot air Roland earing a full helmet with a closed visor so he didn’t feel it Bernir on the other hand as only wearing a siear with his face exposed was taken aback

“You can activate the rune now, it should alleviate the heat”

Following Roland’s instruction, the blue mana stones that were inserted into Bernir’s ary covered the half dwarf’s whole body and ni didn’t look too happy about the change in teave out a rather cute sneeze

“Well then “

With sword and shi+eld in hand, Roland moved down from the stairs and set foot in the new area What he saas a wide-open cavern with stalactites and stalag rivers and small lakes of fire present as well The lava see from the walls and into those strea in various directions Some hile others could barely fit one person This was a large open area that stretched for many kilometers in all directions There was only one known exit to the top, whichthe whole area difficult without anyone with directional skills like a tracker

“Be careful boss”

“Yeah, I know… there could be monsters in those lava pools…”

The sector where he was in now had a larger piece of land on it with so hot pots, there could be , ones that were resistant to fla the weaknesses of the foes an adventurer was facing was the basics With the degree of fire protection that he earing he felt rather content at venturing forward

“SSssssssssss”

There it was, his first opponent that was crawling out of one of those ser lakes and rivers that were flowing in the back Luckily none of the larger s

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Volcanic Salamander L 54

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It was an evolved variant of the salamander er, s Its scales looked more robust and had a more brownish tint to it that let it blend in with the darker volcanic soil here

Theit to crack in a few places as it noticed Roland looking at it The large salaet Roland at thiscloser He was sure to keep watch if there weren’t any other enemies nearby Without a seasoned tracker to detect enemies, he needed to be extra careful

Soon the battle started with a bark coni in his hands while peeking fro its head upwards, the lower part of its neck started bulging out and glowing in a red color as it prepared an attack

Roland didn’t needThere were a few possibilities of defending against this type of attack He chose to dodge instead of using his shi+eld to block as this attack was somewhat slow

The round where Roland was previously standing on and caused an explosion He on the other hand was glowing in green after activating his runic structure

This type of attack that the monster perfor ical armor wouldn’t colaring weakness as it left the person orlike this would be better used for a finishi+ng move on an opponent that couldn’t move

“Got you”

He called out while pointing his hand at the creature Roland had gotten in range for a ical attack This came in the forauntlet

The surge of icy air and ice crystals descended on the Volcanic Sala in a warm climate it couldn’t take low tee while also losing most of its mobility A critical hit that rendered his opponent i he needed With a nice slice from his blade the head was off and the battle on

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You have gained 358 experience

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‘Not bad, using ’

He looked at the deadhis sword away It didn’t takethe creature's weaknessquite easy He didn’t feel like he would lose to it without the spell either, he would just need to take a bit more time

“Okay… don’t see any other monsters, the party that cleared out the boss chamber must have killed most of them at the entrance Bernir, ait here for now, more should respawn soon”

Roland decided to wait at the safe spot for now This was the first tier tier 2 s slow and steady without rushi+ng too er With the puppy and his assistant he also needed to keep the two safe

“On it boss!”

Bernir ni was quick to jump on the dead salamander He looked like a proud warrior that had slain this ave the puppy’s head a ruffling After the rinding