Chapter 64: Chapter 63: To the Fourth Floor, Part 2 (2/2)

”I don't think they're on the first floor.” I kept any eye out for the party as I traversed through the first floor but found no sign of them. Then again, I could have missed them as the floor was pretty large.

I ran down the stairs to the second floor. The clay golems here were about 30% bigger than the clay golems on the first floor.

[Sturdy clay golem worker]

[Soldier clay golem]

[Sturdy clay golem soldier]

There was one soldier golem, 2 sturdy golem workers, and one sturdy golem soldiers. They seemed more solid than the ones on the first floor.

”Alright. Let's see how strong you guys are.” I charged at the group of four golems. When they saw me coming at them, they began lumbering at me. They moved a little faster than the golems on the first floor.

I swung my sword at their knees and shoulder the same way I did to the other golems. Dirt flew out from the golems every time they were sliced by my blade.

I stepped back to dodge every time they attacked, before stepping right back in to slice and dice at them more. I just stabbed and cut and stabbed and cut. There was no need for any kind of swordplay or techniques. The clay golems could do nothing but suffer my onslaught.

Had my STR been much lower, my attacks would have bounced off their clay bodies, but that wasn't the case. My sword cut through them just like a hot knife through butter.

[You have gained a level.]

”The second floor is easy, too. I wonder if they're easier for melee fighters than for mages,” I muttered to myself as I went around picking the drops. They dropped one Clay Golem Nucleus and 71 golden rings.

”I'm skipping over the second floor as well.” I sprinted towards the third floor. I didn't see any signs of devas or parties on this floor either.

”It doesn't look like they're on this floor either,” I assumed when I got to the third floor entrance. I quickly went down to the third floor.

[Clay golem regular soldier]

[Armored clay golem soldier]

[Armored clay golem commander]

The third floor golems looked much different than the golems on the first and second floors. These were massive at three meters tall, much bigger than the other golems.

”Like that makes much difference.” I wasn't being vain; I knew it for a fact. I lifted my greatsword over my shoulder and walked over to the golems.

I wasn't going to change anything in my attack patterns. It wasn't like I had any active skills to use, or any passive skills to boost my attack power anyway. I had the Unrivaled skill but all it did was raise my stats by 1,000 points each. I didn't have anything that could raise my attack power, speed or critical chance. I could only rely on my Stats and hope that they wouldn't let me get pushed back by my enemies. This plan of attack hadn't let me down yet, although it meant that I had to fight a little harder.

”Chaa!” I put all of my weight on right foot and shot forward, closing the seven-meter gap between us like a race car. My target was the armored clay golem commander that only existed on the third floor. I swung my sword at the golem commander's leg and at the same time, the golem commander brought its fist crashing down at my head, but missed by half a meter.

The blade of my sword hit the golem commander with a clang, instead of slicing right through like it did with the golems on the first and second floor. That didn't mean the golem commander managed to block all damage from the attack. The blade managed to cut through about ten centimeters into its thigh. The giant golem was not able to completely withstand the attack, and staggered back four paces before falling on its bottom.

I charged at the fallen golem, climbing up its back and hacking at its head. I didn't let up on my attacks and continued to strike at the golem's head, just like the way I had been doing so far. The golem struggled to get out from under me, but I kept my foot on its elbows to keep it in place.

”I will break through your damn armor!” I continued to hack at its head. It was all I could do.

[You have gained a level.]

I struck the armored golem commander with one more hit, and it finally crumbled into a pile of dirt and dust like the golems I had killed before it. The level up message alert came up as soon as the golem perished.

”Looks like I can fell an armored golem just as easily.” These third floor armored golems were the reason why melee-classed devas had abandoned this dungeon in the past.

I bent down to pick up a mid-grade Clay Golem Nucleus and 27 golden rings that had dropped from the golem commander's remains.

”I should get to the fourth floor first and decide where I want to train.” Now that I knew that I could take down the armored clay golems on the third floor, I had to see how I would fare against the dungeon boss. I headed straight for the fourth floor entrance.