40 Chapter 40 – Fascinations of a dungeon (1/2)

Class Card: Adam

'Dual class body of a Ranger/Monk: (Passive Skill)

Level – 15

Exp to next level – 0/48000

Elements activated: Air and Earth'

Class Card: Elaine

'Body of a Tank: (Passive Skill)

Level – 15

Exp to next level – 0/24000

Element activated: Fire'

Class card: Luna

'Body of a Mage: (Passive Skill)

Active skill: Skill 1 – emission, Skill 2 – Territory

Level – 15

Exp to next level – 0/24000

Element activated: Ether'

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As Adam had expected. Lunch went the way he had predicted.

After a long discussion with Yuki, her mind was still unchanged. He could not blame her. He had to think of an alternative.

He was back in his room laying on his bed while the two girls were out in the yard training. He was dressed in a plain dark green coloured shirt and grey coloured joggers. Fen had been able to discover a material that could be used to tailor these clothes in the last few years.

Adam had one hand behind his head acting as a pillow while his other fiddled with a dagger, twirling it with his fingers. he began reviewing his last three years of memories, hoping to find some inspiration through his experiences or see if he had missed something.

Their main goal in the past few years was conquering the dungeon. They had spent almost every waking moment in the dungeon. They had become so enthralled by the dungeon that the three would even camp out in the dungeon on some days. The corridors of the first floor were a perfect safe zone.

The first floor was straightforward and was the easiest to conquer for the party. They spent 3 months to conquer this floor. The goblins that spawned towards the latter end of the floor did not exceed level 3. The highest level goblin that spawned on this floor was the mutated black goblin that would seldom appear at a level of 4.

The layout of the dungeon was one that had been predicted by Adam and the girls. The dungeon rooms diverged after every room but they all converged into 1 room at the end. This was the most troublesome room that Adam's party faced on this floor. 68 goblins spawned in this room. Even though this cave room was huge, with so many monsters it still was a tight spot to fight in and if a mutated black goblin were to spawn in the ranks it would only spell disaster.

Black goblins attacked in close quarters with their poisonous claws. They were very dangerous in such a clustered room of monsters.

The fact that the trio was able to clear this floor in just three months was a testament to their rapid growth.

The second floor was a lot more tricky. Adam's party spent almost 14 months here.

The second floors layout was a prairie. Rooms were hard to be defined with the naked eye. The monsters that spawned on this floor were 1 horned gale rabbits.

Rooms were denoted by burrows that were scattered all across this open prairie.

The second unwritten rule of all dungeons: Monsters will only spawn within a room and not be able to leave the said room.

This floor was an ingenious play on this rule. Rooms were scattered but they had an undefined boundary of 10 metres. The play began when these boundaries were overlapped by another room(Burrow) That was within this boundary.

When Adam and his team stepped into this floor for the first time they were first greeted by the level 6 one horned gale rabbits. Instantly they were forced to fight two monsters that were two levels above the monsters of the previous level.

Each burrow would have up to 2 rabbits spawning within.

The real test began when they stepped into areas that had anywhere from 3-5 burrows overlapping the area.

The horned rabbit's which were 1.5 metres in length and 1.8 metres in height had incredibly hard and sharp horns that they would use to pierce their enemies. They were also monsters who had an innate affinity with the wind element which made them extremely swift on their feet.

They were a nightmare that came in waves. The first few months the group would not be spared to leave without a few heavy injuries. Adam and Elaine were the ones who had the most injuries during this period. Elaine would switch through bucklers on a daily basis. While Adam who would occasionally use his body to protect the slightly frailer Luna had to get his gear repaired as well till he could not anymore and keep buying new pairs.

The worst part, however, was the mutated two horned gale rabbit. This monster's speed was like a bolt of lightning. Its two horns were also longer, sharper and harder than the average rabbit monster. Luna had a few close encounters with the messengers of death because of it, the first time they encountered it. From then on Elaine and Luna would team up instantly every time one appeared and Elaine would go on full defence.

Fortunately for them, horned rabbit meat was a delicacy and sold for 20-30 coppers a rabbit, depending on the size of the creature. Otherwise, they would have truly bankrupted Yuki a long time ago.

All of this was but child's play compared to the third floor of the dungeon. The party had spent over a year and a half conquering this floor. This was not without just cause.

The highest level the rabbits reached was level 8 and just like the previous time the level's of the monsters of the next floor skipped 2 levels. The gap between levels on higher levels became more and more apparent. The level of difficulty to skip from level 4 to 6 was incomparable to skipping from level 8 to 10.

The only good thing about the third floor was that it was a sequential form of the dungeon. Every room was in a straight line and only after clearing all of them could you complete it.

There were a total of 10 rooms on this floor. The first room had one monster and every subsequent room would have an additional monster spawn within. Following this the tenth room had 10 monsters spawn in it.