Chapter 140: Chapter 139: Time Attack, Part II (2/2)
The sixteen-man dungeons were mostly completed by parties, but the one-man dungeons required a player to tank and deal damage on his own. In other words, healers and supporters couldn't enter one-man dungeons on their own, it was impossible for them. Tanks were in similar situations, as well.
Only high-damage dealers and all-rounders stood a chance in one-man dungeons, but even mages, archers, or assassins were at risk, as they couldn't withstand high amounts of damage.
”That's right. People were going off that the one-man dungeons were made specifically for deities.” They really were the perfect dungeons for deities, who could attack and defend easily.
”But now…heh.” Things would be different now. I was going to get so far ahead of everyone else that people would start thinking that my ranking was a bug. Then again, if I did that, I could cause quite a stir...
”Well… it doesn't matter now. I can't hide my strength anymore.”
I took out a one-man dungeon entry pass from my inventory. ”Enter one-man dungeon.”
==[You have used a one-man dungeon entry pass.
You will now be moved to a one-man dungeon.
Dying in the dungeon will incur the same death penalty as always. However, you can always give up the dungeon and will be moved back outside.
Monsters in this dungeon do not drop items, golden rings or EXP.
You will be timed until you defeat the dungeon's boss monster.]==
I was soon transferred from the rooftop to another place, inside a dungeon I had never seen before.
”Mana Conversion – Fire.”
==[Mana Conversion – Fire Level 2 has been activated.]==
This was only my first attempt. I still had plenty more chances, and decided to use Mana Conversion to test the waters here.
”Let's do this.” There was a wall behind me and the only way was forward. I stepped forth, filled with anticipation and excitement. Soon, I could see hordes of orcs blocking the way.
”Nice. It's been awhile since I've seen you guys.” Monsters had to be orcs. However, these orcs weren't normal. They all looked as strong as the Legendary Orc Champion, the first dungeon boss monster I'd ever faced. But still, they weren't boss monsters, and I had grown much, much stronger since then.
I charged in at the horde without hesitation, and pummeled them with my spear.
”Gwek!” an orc cried out as my spear stabbed through his chest.
”Skree! It's a human!”
”Kill him!” The orcs charged in at me as well, but it was exactly what I wanted them to do.
-One, two, three, four….-
I swung my spear at the orcs without rest and counted each time I attacked. I wanted to see Absolute Destruction go off. There was only a 1% chance it would work. In other words, it should go off in about 100 attacks. But going off once every 100 attacks was basically worthless. It had to at least go off once every 50 attacks.
”Kwek!”
-Thirty-seven, thirty-eight, thirty-nine…-
I started to get nervous the closer I got to 50. I was lucky enough to have Shaman Ko give me 3 Stat points a day when that itself only had a 1% chance of working. Powerful Shock went off a few times, too; although it only did it just when I was about to forget about it.
-This isn't looking good…-
If Absolute Destruction activates as often as Powerful Shock, then it would really suck. It would have been better to get another effect.
”Kwek!”
Of course, I didn't really need either of them to activate against these orcs that fell easily against my attacks. It would be better if they activated against the boss monster later on.
”But if they don't go off here, how can I expect them to go off in the boss room?”
I struck down the final orc in front of me. In less than seven minutes, I had cleared the surrounding area of elite orcs.
”Ha…that was 317 attacks, and still no sign of Absolute Destruction.” Neither effect had activated against at least a hundred orcs.
”No…it's too early to give up!” I quickly headed forward. There were undead monsters for balance purposes and a few spike traps and rock traps here and there. There was also an iron door that required constant damage to break but none of these were enough to slow me down. I crushed anything in my way and sprinted ahead. I wasn't worried about any of that.
”Shit. What is…going on here?” Absolute Destruction's probability was very weird.
It did end up going off; on my 453rd attack.
A black bolt of lightning struck an undead monster's head.
==[Absolute Destruction has been activated.
Your opponent dies regardless of how much HP it has.]==
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==[Absolute Destruction has been activated.
Your opponent dies regardless of how much HP it has.]==
It went off until my 463rd attack. It went off eleven times in a row!
”Huh…how am I supposed to react to this?” I was glad that it went off consecutively like that, but it was completely random. There was nothing that could tell me it would go off soon.
”Geez. It's not like I can't alter it in any way, either.”
There wasn't much I could do, so I decided to leave it at that. At least it activated and I saw its power.
I just had to hope it would go off against the boss monster. I just kept charging forward, cutting down the monsters in front of me.
==[Boss Room]==
”That took about an hour and twenty minutes.” I did take my time going through the dungeon as I checked this and that. ”If I go as fast as I can, I could cut down my time by twenty to thirty minutes. That leaves me about an hour to clear the dungeon.”
In the end, it had to activate on the boss monster. If it did, then I could set the fastest record. It'd even be better if it went off on the first attack!
I stepped closer to the boss room.