The Middle Floors

Rei was currently browsing the system shop while in bed. He knew he had decent gear, aside from his sword which was insanely good. Then again, it was only as good as it was because of his magic stat. He wanted something that gave better protection

He was scrolling through the armor section when he came across an armor set that peaked his interest.

[Adamantite-Mythril Alloy Light Armor Set (Black)

Cost 50,000

Gives the defense of Adamantite and the magic conductivity of Mythril.]

Rei quickly purchased the set before looking back at the shop. He also wanted something to use at a range. He couldn't buy something like a gun because he wouldn't be able to explain how he got it. He continued scrolling through ranged when he found another piece of equipment that he liked.

[Bow of the Black Dragon

Cost 20,000

Lightweight and powerful bow made of a Black Dragon. Boosts power of arrows made of mana]

He bought the bow and left it in his inventory. He equipped the new armor set. It felt a bit heavier than his old one, but it was still extremely light from his high stats. He also new that because of the Mythril he could probably channel Earth mana into the armor and make it stronger.

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It had been a few hours since Rei had bought the new gear. Not many people noticed the new gear. It looked very similar to the old armor, just that it was slightly larger.

Rei had just entered the 13th floor. This time there was only a hellhound waiting for him, not a monster party. Rei ran through the floor killing everything he came across swiftly.

Rei realized this floor had actually became a maze. He decided he would map it out and began to run around slaying everything while letting his [Map] function do its job.

Rei didn't gain much excelia, only about 20 each stat. This was because all the monsters on this floor were weaker than him. Far weaker. He spent a few hours mapping the entire floor and then ran towards the stairs down.

Arriving on floor 14, he was greeted by a few packs of Almiraj. Rei simply summoned his bow, created a few Wind/Fire mana arrows, calculated the trajectory to hit the middle of the group, and shot. Once the arrows collided with a few Almiraj in the middle of the group, they exploded in a torrent of flames burning the rest of the pack to a crisp.

Rei smiled at the power of his mana arrows. He knew the bow was making them stronger but he couldn't help but smile. Rei ran to put the mana stones into his inventory before running off to exlpore the floor like the last.

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Rei was walking into the 15th floor. He was excited because two new monsters that could give his excelia would be spawning on this floor, the Minotaur and the Lygerfang.

Rei was walking peacefully on floor 15, that is until he hear a roar, a minotaur roar. Rei began running towards the Minotaur. Rei had somewhat become a 'battle-enthusiast' in his time in Orario. Anytime he could face a strong opponent, he grew excited. Unsheathing his sword from his back, he ran into the Minotaur's clearing. Sorry, Minotaurs'. There were 5 Minotaurs sitting in the clearing.

Rei infused flames and wind into his sword once more, and ran towards the minotaurs. He sliced across the first minotaurs chest, then he stabbed into it's chest, before using the sword he had stabbed into it's chest as a stepping stool the climb onto its head. He pulled the sword out and stabbed it into the Minotaur. It dissolved and Rei jumped to the next Minotaur.

Rei chose to disarm this Minotaur. Literally. He ran to the Minotaur and just cut off one of it's arms. He did the same to the next arm. Then like any good swordmage, decapitated the monster, it dissolving it to dust like its predecessor.

Rei spent the next five minutes killing the remaining Minotaurs in the most gruesom ways possible. He spent extra time on the last one because he didn't hear any monsters in the vicinity. Of course he was wrong.

Two wyvern turned the corner and instantly charged Rei. He backflipped out of the way and the two crashed into eachother. He sheathed his sword and pulled out his bow. He charged Wind into the arrows and shot one into each visible eye. It pierced their eyes, not quite reaching their brains.

Rei brought out his sword and once again charged wind and fire into it. He charged back to the creatures, jumped, and plunged his sword into the brain of the first wyvern. He used it's head as a backboard to jump away, pulling out his sword in the process.

Rei pulled his bow back out and simply shot another wind arrow into the eye socket, piercing the brain. He put all 7 of the mana stones into his inventory before going to explore the floor.

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Rei had spent the last few hours killing Mintaurs and Wyverns and now he was about to descend to floor 17, the floor holding goliath, and the last floor before Riviria. He did a quick stat check.

[Rei Hayate

Lv. 2

STR: 0 (837) {2250}

END: 0 (837) {2250}

DEX: 0 (837) {2250}

AGI: 0 (837) {2250}

MAG: 0 (837) {2250}

Magic: [Element Infusal] [Mana Arrow]

Inventory:

System Points: 37,586]

He smiled at this as he could boost his stats to S with this fight, maybe even SS. Rei decided that after he beat Goliath, he would go celebrate at The Hostess of Fertility.

Rei began his descent. As soon as he entered the floor, Goliath burst out of his wall. Rei began to get into a ready stance. When he was in this stance, he realized that he only used 1 hand on his sword, so why not make a dual wielding sword style.

Rei told his system to buy a duplicate of his current sword. He equipped the sword and infused both with wind and fire. He charged at Goliath wanting a good fight.

He started slashing at the ankles of Goliath. To an outsider Rei probably looked like a person flailing with two swords. Any experienced fighter would see that each of his cuts were precise and planned.

Rei jumped back, gaining some distance. Once Rei gained quite a bit of distance, he just ran back up. He jumped onto the foot. Rei ran up the Goliath's leg, onto it's chest, the he stopped at the shoulder. Rei began his dance of death once more. He made cut after cut on Goliath. Goliath himself was only hurting himself. It tried swatting Rei off and only hit itself in the process.

Goliath was bleeding a lake out of his neck. Rei cursed at how much he made Goliath bleed. The blood made it so he could run of his neck and stab into his eyes or anything. Rei jumped off of Goliath's shoulder, landing on the ground. Rei sheathed his swordsand summonded his bow and arrow.

At the edge of the floor, he had gained some spectators. Ais, Tiona, Tione, Finn, and Riveria. They all wanted to help but Ais had stopped them. They complied, although hesitantly. Rei also noticed them, he just didn't make a comment or anything.

Rei formed arrows of wind into his bow and shot it into Goliath's left eye. The eye popped. It was the most disgusting the Rei had ever seen. Rei did the same thing to the other eye. After that he made an arrow out of flame and shot it inside. It burned the entire inside of Goliath's head. The monster dissipated.

Rei collasped. He may not have gotten hurt, but the fight lasted for 25 minutes and he was constantly using mana. He didn't hit Mind Zero, but he did lose alot of mana.

The group made their way to him. Tiona jumping in excitement at a strong male, only held back by Tione.

Finn decided to start a conversation. "Nice work, beating a Goliath alone at level two. Thats very impressive." Rei only gave a nod as he was still extremely tired. His plans of going back to the surface seemed to not be possible just yet. He would have to go to Riviria.

"Congratulations..." Ais spoke with a very faint smile. The smile surprised her party members but they decided to go with it. They began to converse, as the chapter fades to black, and text stops appearing.