‘Wele to the first hidden dungeon!’
That is what the wall had written on it. It was in pin English. This was a first for me, or anyone.
Dungeons sometimes had writing, and sometimes it was eligible if you worked hard, but never once was it in a nguage from earth.
Schors worked hard to decipher books and over such things found in dungeons, and some had even made progress in learning the nguages, but English was something most people knew, at least where I was from.
As I read the wall, a message popped up from the system.
Dungeo - Novices Mastery Dungeon
plete each sub-quest to move to the floor
Floor 0/5 plete
Reward - ???
This was the first time I had obtained a dungeo, dungeons A rank and above have dungeos you trigger. Most of them involve getting a bunch of items around the dungeon and triggering a new boss fight, and you only do them once.
I clear out the message and look at the wall it was c.
‘This is the hidden dungeon of Novice’s mastery’ the writing tinued.
‘This is a pce for those who have, instead of taking the easy path, decided to dedicate themselves to training, instead of killing monsters’ the wall said.
This didn’t really mean me, but it kind of worked.
‘Here, you will face 5 tests, each giving you a reward for pleting it’
‘First is the test of endurance’
‘tio the floor to start the first test’
‘You only move on to the est, ohe first is pleted’
Under all of those words, there was o lihought this one was not in English.
But for some odd reason, I uood what it was telling me.
Removing the 0EXP bracelet I was wearing, I moved onto the , or first, floor.
Walking dowaircase, I find a strange sight.
A terrain floor.
Some dungeons had a type of floor called terrain floors. Instead of being in a cave, or old building like a castle or byrinth, a terrain floor is like the outside, like a mountain pass, or a forest.
These dungeons are quite high rank, and these floors are quite big for the most part.
THe staircase I walked down es out of a big tree.
And a new message pops up.
Dungeo - Novice’s Mastery Dungeon - Sub-Quest 1
Test of Endurance
Objective - Survive
3:00:00
2:59:59
With each sed, the t goes down. I have to survive here for 3 hours, or so it seems.
Suddenly, enemy dete activates. All around me in the forest, I feel small monsters preparing to attack me.
Suddenly, from the tree line around me, a group of small goblins e out.
I start the fight by creating a small bst of fire towards them, using Omni-Elemental Magic.
The fireball explodes, creating a small explosion, engulfing three of the goblins.
Level 1 Goblin has died
5 EXP gained
Skills have gained EXP
Level 1 Goblin has died
5 EXP gained
Skills have gained EXP
Level 1 Goblin has died
5 EXP gained
Skills have gained EXP
“They are only level 1?” I say out loud. “I was way strohahings, this should be easy”
I drained only about 1 Mp into the first attack, and decided to end the fight around me quickly.
I create a rge amount of wind around me, p around 100 mp into it. This was a very strong attack, and it kills the remaining goblins, about 7 of them
Level 1 Goblin has died
5 EXP gained
Skills have gained EXP
Level 1 Goblin has died
5 EXP gained
Skills have gained EXP
…
Level 1 Goblin has died
5 EXP gained
Skills have gained EXP
All of the messages pop up at once, when they die, and I gain a level.
“Well, now I am level 2” I say.
But before I deal with that, another message pops up.
You Have Cleared wave 1 - Goblins
Now Starting Wave 2 - wolves
Suddenly, all around me, I hear the growling of wolves.
They all e out of the treeline, just like the goblins did.
I could sense more of them, then there were goblins.
“So, the monsters ge once I kill the group, and more e”
The first wolf charges at me, and I slice at it with my sword.
The sword cuts right through the wolf and its body disappears before even hitting the ground.
Level 5 DireWolf has died
15 EXP gained
Skills have gained EXP
The wolves were weaker than the ones I dealt with in the wolves den, and I was strohen I was there as well.
Once again deg to use magic, I pe hand on the ground. And then, I use ice magic to cover the ground in massive id freeze the wolves ihen I create ice spikes that stab all 19 remaining wolves.
Level 5 DireWolf has died
15 EXP gained
Skills have gained EXP
…
Level 5 DireWolf has died
15 EXP gained
Skills have gained EXP
You Have Leveled Up!
Your stats have increased
…
Level 5 DireWolf has died
15 EXP gained
Skills have gained EXP
You Have Leveled Up!
Your stats have increased
…
Level 5 DireWolf has died
15 EXP gained
Skills have gained EXP
I killed all of the wolves just as quickly, and made it to level 4. Then the message pops up.
You Have Cleared wave 2 - wolves
Now Starting Wave 3 - Boar
With the wolves all dead, the third wave, one sisting of Boar monsters, starts.
I had never fought boars before, but I was ready to deal with them.
Once again, a massive amount of monsters suddenly triggered my enemy dete skill.
When I get a good t of them, it seems there are around 30 of them now, once again increasing.
The boar makes its way into my field of view. It looks just like a boar in real life, just a little more monsters. A lot of weaker monsters look like normal animals.
The boar charges straight at me, and I kind of just hold my sword out and it runs into it and dies.
Level 10 Savage Boar has died
25 EXP gained
Skills have gained EXP
I was still massively strohen anything that would be ing thanks to my items and the passive bonus of Absolute Creation.
I quickly open the quest menu and check how long I have left.
2:55:32
It hadn’t even been 5 whole minutes.
I get ready for the fight, a a smile on my face.
I was excited.
Level 10 Savage Boar has died
25 EXP gained
Skills have gained EXP
…
You Have Cleared wave 3 - Boar
Now Starting Wave 4 - Stag
…
You Have Cleared wave 4 - Stag
Now Starting Wave 5 - Bear
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You Have Cleared wave 5 - Bear
Now Starting Wave 6 - Treants
…
You Have Cleared wave 6 - Treants
Now Starting Wave 7 - Hobgoblins
…
You have Cleared wave 7 - Hobgoblins
Now Starting Wave 8 - Fre Wolves
…
You Have cleared wave 8 - Fre Wolves
Now Starting Wave 9 - Venom Boars
…
You Have Cleared wave 9 - Venom Boars
Now Starting Wave 10 - Shadow Stag
…
You Have Cleared wave 10 - Shadow Stag
Now Starting Wave 11 - Thorn Bears
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You Have Cleared Wave 11 - Thorn Bears
Now Starting Wave 12 - Behemoth Treant
The massive trees were probably the most annoying enemy so far. And god there were so many of them.
The others were all annoying sihey were so many, but magic made killing them all so easy.
Something I learned during my time here, this floor was massive. Like miles in each dire.
I also got to deal with higher level monsters, then the ones I fought in any dungeon. The highest I fought in any dungeon was the level 15 dire wolf as the boss of the wolves den.
In parison, well.
Level 55 Behemoth Treant has died
500 EXP gained
Skills have gained EXP
The trees were huge and cumbersome, and to kill them I had to hit them pretty deep, but they weren’t that strong.
I could deal with them easily, but there were so many of them as well. 120 total behemoth Treants.
I learhat dealing with the hoards was a lot easier thanks to magic. I had drained my mp not even that much, since i didn’t know what I would be fighti.
And quickly, with o bst of fire magic, the best against the tree monsters, the final one dies.
As I prepare for the wave, the ohat was going to be my st, I get a different message.
You have achieved araordinary pret withirial of Endurance.
You have not only endured, but also overcame.
You have achieved the secret ending.
Uhe message were more lihat I couldn’t read, but knew what it was saying anyway.
‘Bearer of Creation’
Suddenly then, a reage pops up, for the first trial.
Reward - 1x Skill Book(Endurance)
Secret Reward - 1x Broken Piece
The book and what seems to be a piece of something bigger appear in front of me. I have absolutely no clue what the broken Piece was, but the skill book was massive.
Skill books were an item you could use an unlimited number of times, that gave instrus on how to gain a new skill. It was really just a small quest that the book id out, and if you did that, and had the book at least once, you gaihe skill.
It was one of the best ways to gain new skills, and they didn’t start showing up until k dungeons, and those were pretty weak ones.
I had never heard of the Endurance skill, but the book was a massive find no matter what.
The tree I had inally e out of was now glowing, I think since I fihis floors sub-quest.
I could now move on.
Before I do, I check my stats, since I had leveled up a bunch during this floor.
HP: 20,830/20,830
MP:7253/7253
Level:71 - 5500/7100
Title:[None]
Strength:391 - (5)
Defense:381 - (5)
Speed:381 - (5)
Intelligence:451 - (5)
Luck:391 - (5)
After cheg all of that, I move forward.
