Chapter 22: Chapter 21: Low-Tier Dungeon 47, Part V (1/2)
Chapter 22: Chapter 21: Low-Tier Dungeon 47, Part V
The sword attack increased physical damage by 100, which was about a 33 point increase in STR. It also had a STR increase of 10, making it a 43 point increase in STR altogether. That was like gaining another 4 levels, just by equipping the sword.
”Well, it's better than nothing.”
I slung the sword on my side by my belt.
Punching and kicking the monsters on the second floor would be more than enough, using the sword on them would just be a waste.
I was going to save the sword for the third floor boss monster.
[You have leveled up.]
After two hours, I finally made it to the third floor entrance. The level up message appeared after I cleared the area of monsters.
”Perfect. That was exactly what I needed.”
I gained six levels on the first floor and four levels on the second floor.
I was far from tired and had leveled up so easily that I was tempted to keep hunting.
”Whew… this would have normally been my limit.”
Of the three floors of the Bukhan Mountain dungeon, the Sunbin guild allowed beginner devas to freely use the first and second floors without charge. The third floor was a different story, however.
Even for a dungeon of this level, the boss was still a boss.
No matter how much the Sunbin guild catered and took care of beginner devas, the boss was always off limits.
Having exclusive claim to a dungeon's boss made a guild stronger. Sure, you could get decent drops from normal monsters, but they were nothing compared to boss drops.
I heard that in the very beginning, the guild allowed access up to the elite monster room. When they found out that someone had snuck into the boss room and stolen the kill, the guild completely closed off the third floor.
When I first became a deva, the third floor was already closed off and I could only come down to here. I hadn't wanted to needlessly make the Sunbin Guild an enemy.
”Even though I ground away in the Bukhan Mountain dungeon for a long time, I'm feeling a whole different sense of inspiration, now that I'm about to enter the third floor for the first time!”
Even with all those dungeons I had covered in the past, I had never killed a boss before. I never even got to participate in a boss part, either.
The thought of me being about to solo a boss fight started to get me slightly excited.
”Alright. Let's see what the third floor looks like…”
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I went down to the third floor with confidence in my steps.
[Elite orc guardian]
[Elite orc soldier]
[Elite orc archer]
[Elite orc champion]
Unlike the first and second floors, the third floor was only about as a big as a school field. I could see all of it in one glance.
There was a small door on the other side of the room; the path to it was blocked entirely by monsters. Through that door was the boss room, and the elite monster room was basically the first gateway to it.
There were twelve of them in all. There were 5 elite guardians, 3 elite soldiers, 3 elite archers and 1 elite champion guarding the door to the boss room.
There may have been only twelve of them, but the atmosphere of the room was completely different than that of the other two floors.
The elite orc champion was about half a size bigger than the other orcs and carried a massive two-handed sword. This guy was definitely on a different level than the other orcs. I could feel the intimidating aura it exuded just by looking at it.
”Heh.”
Still, I didn't feel afraid or the need to withdraw.
”The first and second floors were just too easy. All the monsters should be at this level.”