Chapter 8 Part2 (1/2)
<chapter 8.=”” elite=”” dungeon=”” -=”” 2=””>
[Gureureureureureuk...]
[You have hunted a Lv3 Great Slime.]
[You have acquired 9,350 Perium.]
[You have acquired a Lv2 Old Thorn Bone Spear (+3).]
[You have acquired a Great Slime Bone Core.]
”Hoo, that was easier than I thought it would be.”
After roughly 10 minutes of intense battle, Lee s.h.i.+n Woo had emerged victorious in a face-to-face confrontation. Of course, he was injured in the process, but it was to an extent that he could easily heal with only one use of his Regeneration. His equipment was fine as well.
In the end, he had used flames in order to squeeze out a core, but by that time it was already dying, so he could safely say that he had killed it with only his sword.
”Now, shall we use Bone Rein... Hmm?”
[Guuuuuuuuuu!]
[Guooooooh!]
There was a problem that came around the time he finished up the terrific battle and collected the reward. Due to the battle, he had expanded the pa.s.sageway, and two Great Slimes rushed in all at once!
[Lv3 Great Slime]
[Lv3 Great Slime]
”What the h.e.l.l...!?”
It was indeed a Lv2 elite dungeon, and he wondered what it would be like if three Lv3 elite monsters had appeared in the same area, but now wasn't the time to be thinking about that. The Great Slimes were strong enough to break his bone joints the moment he was careless.
'2 versus 1... I don't really need to work myself too hard right now.'
Lee s.h.i.+n Woo quickly made a decision. As soon as they saw him, they went into a frenzy and bounced their bodies around; he avoided their charges, and ignited his Flames of Revenge. While doing so, he suddenly thought 'perhaps it might work', then attempted to create a flame on both hands, and ended up succeeding!
Of course, it wasn't very difficult for him to accurately hit either slimes with the flames. Even if they weren't Great Slimes and were Emperor Slimes, they wouldn't be able to avoid the Flames of Revenge's homing ability!
[Guuuuuuuuuuu!]
[Guooooooooh!]
The Flames of Revenge were significantly larger than before. Was it due to that? Normally, there would be a delay in between them getting hit by the flame and recognizing the danger, and exploding after, but they didn't even do that this time and immediately tried to explode!
”Heup!”
He made a split second decision and immediately activated his Combat Sprint, leaping high into the sky. Before he collided with the ceiling, he forcefully lodged his sword diagonally; perhaps it was because his body was made of bones or that he was so light, but the sword made no sign of slipping out, allowing him to hang safely. Immediately after, a huge explosion occurred.
- Kwaaaaang!
”Let's see.”
Lee s.h.i.+n Woo hung onto the ceiling and after toughening his feet through Harden, he kicked away all the pieces flying towards him. His feet spun around like a windmill while kicking away the pieces.
It was something he himself had done, but it felt like he was watching some kind of movie.
'I just thought it was a lot better than getting hit, so I tried it, but it actually does work...'
His visual acuity had definitely grown as his agility went up. Even when he was level 2, he couldn't believe it, but now, he could read the trajectory as well as the speed of the pieces, match them, and respond accordingly!
Of course, he couldn't kick them all away, so he was. .h.i.t by a few of them, but that was only about 5% of fragments. And that was no longer at a level that could really hurt him.
”Then shall we start in earnest... Hmm?”
However, when he was confident that had had skillfully handled the explosion, and was about to proceed with his next move, Lee s.h.i.+n Woo realized that a strangle phenomenon was occurring from below.
It was the Great Slimes' behavior. They were going to explode again!
'Huh? Now that I think about it, the flames on their bodies aren't going out...'
Of course, the Flames of Revenge were tenacious, but all they had to do was tear off the piece that was aflame. Then, why were they still burning?
The answer? It was due to their Self-Destruct skills which didn't discriminate between friend or foe. The fragments that were burning from the Flames of Revenge were spread everywhere, and the other slime that was in close proximity was struck without warning, and began to burn once more!
As a result, their bodies shrunk in size and they took damage; what's worse, the flames were s.h.i.+fted and they began to burn again!
'...They're really dumb, aren't they?'
He thought, hanging there vacantly, and while he was thinking, the slimes raised their magic and self-destructed again.
However, Lee s.h.i.+n Woo was still hanging from the ceiling, and was even more easily kicking away the pieces than last time. His Combat Sprint sharpened his senses, so it wasn't difficult at all.
[The Low Rank Combat Sprint skill has become Lv6. Agility has increased by 3. You can activate the skill faster, and you can maintain the skill for a longer period of time.]
As Lee s.h.i.+n Woo kicked away the incoming Great Slimes' fragments, he felt a thrilling pleasure. Did he always like moving his body around this much? It may be the influence of someone else; someone's bone he had absorbed through Bone Reinforcement.
Whether it was his original personality or not, he was sure that at some point he began to enjoy personally moving his body and fighting, as well as learning skills through experience. And that personality was something that was extremely beneficial in surviving in the Underground Empire.
[Gu, Guuooooh...!]