"Phantom Hands," Alice's hands holding daggers sped as they quickly killed three white spiders with long legs.
Kira kicked down with her feet covered in fire killing the last one.
The girls then walked into the Dungeon Lord's Lair.
[White Archne]
B Class
Level 70
"Assassination," Alice disappeared.
The others used to this got into position, Kira ran forward, her steps catching on fire, she then jumped, the flames underneath her burst launching her. "Explosive Punch!" She hit directly onto the spider with red flames.
Behind the spider, Alice appeared at the same time and struck at its leg. The Spider sensing the two attacked. Alic dodged the leg and jumped onto its shadow.
"Shadow Hold!" The shadow turned darker, darkness from it crawled up its legs binding it.
"Waterfall!" Sofia finished casting. Water fell on the spider with pressure.
Tasha and Leona ran forward while Kira moved back. "Blazing Inferno!" Strong red flames rose from underneath and burned the spider.
"Ghostly Shroud." Alice disappeared again.
The fight continued until they eventually killed the spider. The girls sat on the ground and celebrated, They were now doing much better in B Class dungeons. This one had gone quite well and no one had gotten injured.
Alice opened her status page.
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Lv.6
Name: Alice Rhinehart
Age: 17
Race: Human
Attributes-
[Strength 259(9)] [Agility 395(13)] [Physique 189(9)] [Intelligence 73(14)] [Willpower 62(12)] [Sense 82(12)] [Mana 97(7)]
(Bonus Attribute Points: 12)
Awakened Talents-
Guarded by Love (C++ Class)
Future Sight (F Class {Sealed})
Negative energy (B+ Class)
Traits-
[Special Eyes] [Silent] [Thorny]
Skills-
[Lv.5 Assassination (D Class)]
[Lv.5 Shadow Shuriken (D Class)]
[Lv.3 Shadow Hold (D Class)]
[Lv. 4 Phantom Hands (D Class)]
[Lv.5 Blade Rush (E Class)]
[Lv.3 Ghostly Shroud (E Class)]
[Lv.4 Earth Wave (E Class)]
[Lv.5 Quick Strike {F Class)]
[Lv.5 Reverse Grip (F Class)]
[Lv.4 Dark light (F Class)]
[Lv.2 Fireball (F Class)]
[Lv.5 Rock Blast (F Class)
(Skill Points: 0)
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She had broken her F Class set equipment a while ago and was wearing pieces of E Class equipment. She had one D Class dagger that had dropped some time ago, while her off-hand was still an E Class one.
When Noah was still there and now with only the girls she had learned new skills.
With these skills, she learned more about her Negative Energy talent. It worked with Shadow Hold, this allowed her to hold Dungeon Lords in place. It worked well with almost all the new skills she learned.
Future Sight was going to stay sealed until she turned 21, and Special Eyes showed no effect at all.
She closed her status page.
...
Kira sitting a bit away also looked at her status page
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Lv. 6
Name: Kira Lancer
Age: 18
Race: Human
Attributes-
[Strength 164(14)] [Agility 145(15)] [Physique 115(15)] [Intelligence 82(12)] [Willpower 74(14)] [Sense 73(13)] [Mana 86(6)]
(Bonus Attribute Points: 12)
Awakened Talents-
Flames of Emotions (A+ Class)
Traits-
[Super Body] [Valiant] [Passionate]
Skills-
[Lv.5 Fiery Fists (D Class)]
[Lv.5 Flaming Javelin (D Class)]
[Lv.5 Incinerate (D Class)]
[Lv.5 Blazing Inferno (D Class)]
[Lv.4 Magma Sheild (D Class)]
[Lv.5 Rocket Launch (E Class)]
[Lv.5 Flame Wheel (E Class)]
[Lv.5 Explosive Punch (E Class)]
[Lv.5 Flaming Kick (E Class)]
[Lv.2 Lighning Chop (F Class)]
[Lv.5 Fiery Shot (F Class)]
[Lv.5 Fireball (F Class)]
(Skill Points: 0)
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She had also awakened a new flame through her talent.
[Flames of Protection]
-Increase physique by 30%
-Increase the effect of defensive flame skills by 40%
-Gives user 'Absorption Flame'
[Absorption Flame]
20% of damage dealt to the user will be absorbed by the flames.
It had been only been around a month since she joined but she had caught up with everyone. Her attributes were on the lower side since she didn't find a D Class weapon suitable to her yet. But she was able to make up the difference through her talent and skills.
She now understood the value of all the equipment and skills Noah and Alice had given her. She had told them that she would pay them back but both of them had rejected it. Since everyone's fighting style was different they just settled that they would give each other things the other needed.
Kira got up and stretched. She didn't like owing people but Noah and Alice weren't just other people. After getting the things she wanted off her chest she felt more relaxed with Alice.
"We checked the drops, sadly a D Class equipment didn't drop. Let's move on." Leona said.
...
The Rose Foxes sat in a carriage as they followed along a trail back to a town.
"Damn! Another dungeon that required flying! What is wrong with B Class dungeons and their restrictions?! It's almost impossible to find dungeons we can do. And Bloodhood's already called dips on all the good ones," Tasha complained. They had travelled all the way to a dungeon and only to see that there was no ground and you needed to fly to do anything.
It was frustrating how they would spend most of their day travelling looking for dungeons rather than doing them.
"Don't let it get to you, they are worth the effort, a single B Class dungeon drops items for around 10 C Class so we're still profiting," Sofia answered.
HOWL!
The girls in the carriage looked back.
"Stop the carriage," Leona got off and looked into the forest. The others followed. In the distance, a girl wearing leather armour and boots, holding a green bow, ran for her life. Behind her, a giant light-green wolf opened its mouth and released a twister of wind at her.
[Wind Wolf]
B Class
Level 70
The girl looked back sensing the attack, she then jumped forward landing on her front hands like a rabbit, "Bunny Leap!"
She suddenly burst with speed dodging the wind attack behind her, the girl now closer noticed the five girls running in her direction.
"Shall we help you fight?!" Leona asked loudly.
"Please!" The girl responded.
Alice and Tasha sprinted forward attacking from both sides. Kira moved forward seeing the Wolf attacking, she crossed her arms, "Flames of Protection, Magma Sheild!
A solid burning yellow shield blocking the attack of the wolf. Injuring it back as well. The wolf retreated.
Leona ran past raising her sword, "Power Cleave!" She slashed down sending a strong attack.
The girl being chased moved to the back and joined Sofia in doing ranged damage.
A B Class monster roaming the forest was weaker than a B Class monster in a dungeon so they were able to smoothly take care of it.
Seeing the monster fall the girl thanked them, "Thank you for helping me. Please take all the items that dropped."
"It was no big deal since you insist we won't be polite," Tasha answered. As she went through the drops.
"We'll be on our way now," Leona said as the girls went back to the carriage.
"Wait… you guys are the Rose Foxes, right?"
"We are," Leona answered with an eyebrow raised. They were well known so it wasn't surprising for others to know them.
"Can I join you guys?"
Leona stopped and looked at the other girls, after Noah left they had thought about getting more members so they decided to see if she could join them. "Where are you going next?"
"IndigoCloud Town."
"We're going the same way, how about you join us in our carriage. We'll interview you and decide whether you can join us."
The girl nodded, "Thanks." She then got on.
The puppet started driving the carriage again.
In the back the girl spoke, she had long dark brown hair tied up into a ponytail. Her eyes were a light brown. The way she wore her armour and equipment gave an athletic vibe.
"I'm sol, I was a member of Blackhand, one of the teams that competed against you in the C Class Darkness Abomination Dungeon."
"Why'd you leave Blackhand?" Leona asked.
None of the girls had seen Sol since the inside of the dungeon was too large, they hadn't met other teams. Outside most of the other items had left by the time they killed the Dungeon Lord and got out.
"A member tried to kill me for this Bow," Sol said pointing at the bow on her back. "but I ended up killing him instead. My teammates didn't like that I killed a person and threw me out. What about you guys, can you accept me even I killed someone?"
The girls were stunned by how blunt she was, "so you have no qualms in killing another person?" Kira asked.
"It wasn't murder, it was self Defense, so why should I feel guilty?"
It wasn't a bad answer but it wasn't a good one either. The girls couldn't decide at the moment and delayed it.
"We'll let you join us for a week, then officially decide whether you can join us," Leona answered.
"Thanks! So what talents do you guys have?" Sol asked.
Seeing that no one was ready to answer she pushed, "Come on if I'm gonna join, I need to know. I have Keen Eye and Wind Runner. One improves my vision the other my speed."
Kira then answered, "My talent makes the power of my fire magic and skills change according to my emotions." They didn't need to go in-depth, plus her talent was difficult to hide. It was obvious how her flames changed colour during battle, especially so when she awakened another one.
The Rose Foxes, having fought together for so long had gotten a good grasp of what each other's talents were. They had even discussed them quite a bit.
"That's so cool. Do you explode with flames if you get angry?"
"I do," Kira answered.
"I have a talent that gives me an affinity to the four main elements, fire, water, earth and wind," Sofia said.
"My talent's called Black Cat, it increases my agility," Tasha said.
"Mine is Earth Power, it gives me an earth affinity," Leona continued.
Finally, Alice answered, "I have darkness related talent that makes my dark type skills stronger."
"You guys have better talents than my previous teammates. Plus seeing you guys fight earlier was awesome! I know you guys live in ImmortalCloud, where do you stay? Did you rent a house or buy one?"
"We live at the Sunnyshore Inn," Leona answered. They weren't a large group so they lived at the Inn. Although it was expensive, they got access to food and other facilities from it.
"I should have enough saved to get a room. But are there any rooms free?"
"There should be a few."
...
The girls reached IndigoCloud and used the Teleportation Hall to get to ImmortalCloud city. They then arrived back at the Inn.
Sol walked in and saw Noah sipping tea at the side. He had his mask and Silver Druid equipment on so she easily recognised him.
"Isn't that the Silver Druid, he lives here?" She asked Tasha who was next to her.
"He's Alice's boyfriend and also part of the Rose Foxes, it's just that he only joins us sometimes for dungeons."
Noah seeing Alice got up, walked to her and gave her a hug. Holding Alice he looked at the new member.
'Investigate' He activated the skill from the Onyx Earrings of Contradiction on her. He still hadn't used it, so it would be good to see how it worked.
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Lv.5
Name: Sol Berry
Age: 23
Race: Human
Attributes-
[Strength 61] [Agility 173] [Physique 77] [Intelligence 127] [Willpower 89] [Sense 144] [Mana 75]
Awakened Talents-
[Little Sly Fox (D Class)]
A talent that allows you to deceive others. Your lies are well thought and have credibility, convincing others. You have the ability to copy other lower rank talents to help in your deception. Can copy two talents at once.
Currently has copied-
[Keen Eye (E Class)] Have improved vision
[Wind Runner (E Class)] Can use wind magic. Has increased agility.
Skills-
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Noah looked at the screen then closed it. The screen was something only he could see. He thought her talent was rather interesting. He didn't say anything as the girls talked.
"Joining you guys was the right thing to do," Sol said. "Hello, I'm a temporary member of the Rose Foxes, Sol." She introduced herself.
Noah nodded, "Hello, I'm Noah."
Sol shook his hand and then sat with the girls.
"That girl did she tell you her talent?" Noah asked Alice.
"She did, it's Keen Eye and Wind Runner. She even asked ours."
"I see."
The two sat down as well.
"So Sol you'll be a temporary member. We'll judge how well you work with us and what you bring to the group. You'll need to get the approval of everyone here to join."
"Before we continue, I have something to ask her." Noah intervened. "We should all be on the same page. Alice told me your talents are Keen Eye and Wind Runner. But I have an inspect skill, and it shows that your talent is something else. Do you want to explain?"
Sol started to sweat seeing the shock in the other member's faces. 'Damn! This is why I don't like high-level people.' She thought.
"I can explain. I did lie, my talent is Little Sly Fox. It lets me deceive people and copy talents. Actually, I wasn't thrown out from the Blackhand. Rather I ran away, they knew my talent and assumed I was lying when I killed the other member in self-defence. So I wanted to hide it. But I didn't hide everything, I still told you the talents that I copied. I do want to genuinely join you guys."
Noah nodded, his Truth Seeker talent told him she was telling the truth as well as his general intutuion. "I see, no need to be afraid. I didn't say you did anything wrong. I was just casually asking. We won't reject you just because you've killed someone."
Leona nodded, "I can understand where your coming from. But not telling us that Blackhand is treating you as a criminal would be detrimental to the group. We'll let it go since it's the trial period, just make sure not to hide such information from now on."
"You guys are willing to still accept me?" Sol asked feeling emotional.
"We'll have to see how you do," Tasha said.
"I'm sorry, I won't lie to you guys again."