[Now Entering - Cradle of Thorns(D)]

  The cave wasn’t anything special. Just a cave carved from the dirt and stone. Walking deeper into the dungeon, it was a little before I found a branching path. From one path I could hear something, so I went down that way first.

  And walking deeper, I found three monsters. They were kind of like wolves, made of pnts with what would be branches sticking out in odd angels.

  Species:Thorny(D)

  Tier:5

  Species:Thorny(D)

  Tier:5

  Species:Thorny(D)

  Tier:5

  They were all the same monster, that being the main monster of this dungeon. When I walk up to them, they charge at me.

  Quickly drawing my sword, I kill all three with a single attack each. ANd I get three notifications from the system, or maybe from the ruler of wisdom would be better to say.

  Sword Kill Confirmed

  1/100

  Sword Kill Confirmed

  2/100

  Sword Kill Confirmed

  3/100

  It confirmed that this is how the seal worked. And that I was clearly skilled enough to deal with these monsters. Moving deeper into the dungeon, I started to look for more monsters to fight.

  ?

  Amieal was having an extremely boring day at her job. Like always, the people who requested her help almost all wanted to get in her bed, but she didn’t like any of them.

  SHe missed being on the road, but she had a few weeks before she had apartments anywhere else.

  As she mindlessly helped another wealthy patron pick out a piece of jewelry for their spouse, or the prostitute they were visiting, and ignoring their annoying comments, she turned her mind back to the girl she helped yesterday.

  She had a very pin appearance, and wasn’t extremely enthusiastic, but she was so pin she could look good in anything.

  So that is why Amelia picked out so much stuff for her. Mr. Henry did comment about this, since she spent a decent amount of money for them. Basically the only thing she didn’t buy was underwear for her, since that was not in her job.

  But the girl was cute, and non imposing enough, so Amelia did what she wanted with her.

  And when she saw her again this morning, she noticed something. WHile she was compining about her job, the girl looked sad.

  Amelia thought that maybe, even if she didn’t show it, she enjoyed their time together, and wanted Amelia to have enjoyed it as well.

  She thought it was sweet of her, and was pnning on talking to her again. While seated at the counter she was working at currently, she made pns for tonight.

  ?

  [Entering - Thorny Hollow]

  I entered the end of the path I had been following since the first branch I had found. I had killed about 10 more Thorny’s since then and this was the first ending I had found. The path did branch a bunch more times, and I always picked the one where I heard the most sound.

  And at the end, I found a nest. Thorney Hollow, based on its name, is where a group of thorns lived.

  And in this one room, I could make out around 20 of them. Running into the room, I start cutting. With each ssh, I hear another notification.

  Again and again, more die and I am able to move forward. Some try to attack me, but thanks to the auto detection from [god’s gaze] tells me where they are and when they jump at me, so I can cut them out of the air.

  Pushing even more forward, I kill more and more, until none remain.

  And then I get a system notification, different then the ones I received when taking out monsters.

  [Thorny Hollow has been cleared]

  All of them were dead, and since I had killed all of them in the nest, the nest was dead. From what I learned, this should reform in a few hours, so when that happens, more monsters will be here.

  Thinking about the total dungeon, I try to find out how many total nests there are. I had made about 5 choices down the paths. Assuming each 5th choice leads to one, there were 32 total nests in the dungeon, one of which is the pce where the dungeon core would be.

  I killed 20 from the one nest, and with 32 total nests, there were 640 total monsters just in the nests, assuming that there were maybe 3 in each branching path as well, 96 not in the nests, for a grand total of 736 monsters. This was more than enough to deal with the first seal for my swordsmen css.

  Wanting to not move too fast, I take my time while I start moving through the dungeon again.

  ?

  Tessa was hunting in the area between Bck Hollow and the elven forest and dwarven mountain. This was an area that would produce tier 3 monsters every now and again, which was the closest she could find regurly near her level, at least where she lives.

  She could move to a better location, or go on a trip to find them, but tier 2 monsters are rare. If she somehow found a tier 1 monster, one ranked around D, that would be the best, but that would still be a small nation killer.

  Her current task was given by the adventurers guild, since it was somewhat strong, and definitely capable of destroying the whole of bck hollow if left unattended.

  It was Called a Verdenat Maw, a giant pnt monster that feeds on blood. It could also create lesser pnt monsters from its roots, as a pseudo queen monster. Those lesser monsters would be around higher tier 5, low tier 4.

  And she was asked to hunt it. Her power would be described as high tier 2, so not even the Verdant Maw would be a problem for her.

  Since she was the Rank S [Twin Beheading Princess].

  She moved quickly through the field, using [Absolute Detection] to look for any signs of monsters. Any she came across, she killed using her passive [Dual Bde Dance(S)] and [Magic Edge(A)] to instantly kill everything. Dual Bde dance was the current evolution of the Swordsmanship skill, and Magic Edge was the skill she learned during the previous css advancement. It permanently coats her swords in a thin yer of mana, making them nearly unstoppable.

  She had not maxed out her css yet, having a few more skills to level up. But she did have the skill for this css advancement already. The skill you got during tier 2 was known as the grand skill, and hers was [Twin Bde Beheading(S)]. It was an insanely powerful one off attack with a week long cool down. But using it would cleave whole mountains in one swipe of her sword.

  But she had only ever used it once, in the only fight she had had with a tier 2 monster.

  She moved more and more, until she found the Verdant Maw. Wanting to make sure she killed it easily, she charged another skill, [True Elemental Creation(S)]. This was the skill which charged her swords with the elemental magic of her choice, which was currently fire. At this tier, it was only equal to a Inferno mage’s strength, but that was because the skill was far more versatile then if she was only a fire magic user.

  When her attack was ready, she called the name of one st skill, “[Fsh Step]” and in a single heart beat, she was behind the Verdant Maw, and she struck it down instantly.

  As the pnt died, it called forth its power to create lesser monsters with its death call, bringing forth a bunch of Ashen Treants and Deep Vine Terror. They were all only tier 4 monsters, two steps below her. Moving quickly, she cut them all down with the remaining charge of her twin fire swords.

  As she finishes the fight, she grabs all of the stones that fell from the monsters. She also grabbed the monster parts that fell off of the Verdant Maw.

  Tessa didn’t need any money from this, but leaving behind easy money was extremely stupid.

  All finished with the job, she heads back to the guild to tell them she has finished and turn in all of the items.

  Not needing to rush anymore, she takes her time. And her mind turns to the girl she had met yesterday.

  None.

  Whenever she had free time over the st day, that was all she thought about. It was insane to be able to avoid Absolute Detection. It was an S tier skill from a tier 2 css, one of the strongest detection skills in the whole world probably. Certain Jobs got skills like it, but she was still a very high level person compared to them, meaning her skills were almost definitely better.

  But the other point was how she acted. She knew nothing about the world, didn’t even know her own name, and used that opportunity to make a joke.

  It was pretty funny.

  And on her way back, she decided to try and spend more time with her.

  ?

  A little after dealing with the first nest, I had found another and cleared it as well. Then another.

  And now I was on the third. With all of the thornys I found in the hallways, this should be enough to reach the end of the first seal.

  I run quickly into the nest, ignoring the entrance message, and start killing all of the monsters.

  As I cut through them all, I ignore all of the messages coming from the monster kills and just continue.

  And in about five minutes, all of the thornys are dead.

  Opening up my status again, I check my status.

  Css - Swordsmen(SSS) Rank 6[partially sealed]

  Skills

  -Swordsmanship(A)

  (Skill Selection Needed)

  Notice - this css is under a number of seals.

  Currently, seal 2 of 37 is active.

  Kill 500 Monsters with a sword - 4/500

  Next Seal - Skill Unlock