inside the dungeon 3
"Tch!!" With what occurred just now, it was evident that those people the bandits were working for actually cared little for their lives.
This could only mean one thing, their benefactor must be someone in a really high position and due to his status in the hierarchy of power, he chooses to keep his name safe without having to worry about his reputation being tarnished by placing a curse on them.
Judging by the way he was about to reveal who he was working for, it must be that the bandit leader and his men weren't aware of the fact that they were being cursed.
*Sighs*
Dante was too tired right now to even think too much about what's going on. For the past three days now, Dante have been unable to have a proper nap or rest. He had forgotten how it felt to train day and night without having the desire to rest. He knew he had to do this, to quickly allow his body to adapt to the sudden boost in levels.
Before taking the potions, his power level was clearly in the value of 1600 but now it has risen to 1750, allowing him to be in the peak of a silver rank level. But still, he was a little amazed by how he was able to end nine silver rank bandits easily.
He couldn't help but guess those restless nights and days used solely for adapting his body to the new changes really paid off. Although, he knew he had about half an hour before his final potion wears off meaning he'd better act fast and get whatever he came for.
Due to Lightning being the elemental ability he had an affinity towards, it became what he used whenever he was battling against a foe or in the dungeon. He tend to click his fingers at first before battle but not every time by the way. The purpose of the clicking of fingers was purely aimed for misdirection.
Misdirection in the sense that it was purely a deceptive art used in directing his targets minds and attention away from his astral copy which had been released from his body before clicking his fingers.
The targets mind becomes preoccupied with the sound of thunder ringing in their ears as it causes an imbalance in the consciousness of their mind which gives Dante's copy enough time to act before they could react.
Hence why no one saw his copy heading towards them before it uses one of his favorite attack skill called <
The skill just involves him or his copy concentrating a huge amount of electric current on his palm which aids it in chopping off heads like a butcher's knife.
Dante sauntered towards Cecilia who was currently being helped up by Axel who followed him here of course. At first they were back at the inn but after meeting Landon alone in their rooms, Landon informed them of how Cecilia had decided to come all the way to the dungeon on her own and hearing that, his mind became filled with doubts about her really entering the fifth floor as he was told.
He followed his guts and headed straight to the fifth floor and It turned out he was right all along. Moreover it seems it wasn't the monsters who were killing the royal guards who came with the aim of obtaining the spider crab beast core but instead it was most likely these guys that brought an end to the guards.
Just as how when a monster dies in the dungeon, a drop item was always left behind. The same thing happens when humans or other kind of races were left to die in a dungeon. They get absorbed by the dungeon leaving behind any item in their possession worth collecting.
"T.... Thank you," Shifting her gaze towards Dante, Cecilia thanked him for saving her life
'Or more like her virginity.'
Truth was, how could he know? Just looking at the way she behaves and how quiet she was throughout their trip here, he thought she had yet to have a boyfriend not to mention having coitus with one.
Cecilia looks around the dead pile of bodies which were already fading away as time passes by. The look on her face clearly states she was both amazed and terrified at the same time by what he did.
'Well once you know how amazing I am, you won't be too surprised by things such as this anymore.' Dante thought inwardly.
"H..... How did you... "
"If you've got strength to talk, then use it to walk. We're running out of time. Let's move" Dante said as he opened the large dungeon floor doors before everyone entered.
Entering in, their eyes immediately fell upon a spider crab that had yet to notice their presence. Cecilia took flight before stunning the beast with an ice arrow in perfect sync with Axel barrage of fire ball attacks. The huge red crab opened its mouth to shoot a huge silky and intricate web with the aim of ensnaring anyone of them.
But fortunately for them, there was no one within its range of attack. Knowing it would take a few seconds for the crab to shoot another web, Dante dashed towards it and brought it down with one slash.
With how easily it fell, it was easy to discern that it was one of the weakest type of monster in this floor. Of course as one advances towards the boss room, the monsters you find on the way becomes difficult to handle but with Cecilia's continuous arrow attacks and Axel's incessant bombardment of fire balls , it made Dante's attack a little bit more easier to take down the beast.
Though, it may sound as though they had barely used a minute, it took them exactly five minutes to end the monster. Dante was just glad to see that there wasn't any other spider crab monster nearby.
'Oh! Wow!! That's nice.'
It appears the monster dropped it's core. 'Lucky!' Dante praised inwardly. Axel went ahead to pick it up.
Noticing Axel picking the dropped item, Dante remembered that a spider crab could either drop its core or a silky thread or a crab meat and sometimes luck may be against them and nothing would be dropped.
If it were to be a crab meat or silky thread then they would have no choice but to keep looking but if that were to be the case, there's a high chance they faced against a group of three or four spider crabs.