Beginner Dungeon (2)
Ding!
[You have acquired
10x Forest Wolf Claw,
10x Forest Wolf Pelt,
20x Copper Coin,
40x Mana Gem,
1x Wood Staff]
"Hm, guess I still need 60 gems."
Ethan murmured as he saw the number of gems in his inventory.
He gained 40 mana gems this time. These gems were expected to drop a hundred percent from the dungeon monsters.
He also obtained a level 2 common staff with an effect of +5 magical power.
The items in Utopia were ranked from novice, common, uncommon, rare, unique, epic, and legendary.
A level 2 common staff with a +5 magical power effect is already considered good equipment.
Following the collection of the drops, Ethan brought his status panel and distributed all 15 extra stat points he gained after reaching level 4.
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[Status]
Name: Endless Autumn
Race: Demon
Profession: Witch (Untitled)
Level: 4
EXP: 190/1,500
Health: 275/275
Mana: 10/525
Spirit: 160/160
Physical Attack: 7
Magical Attack: 35 (+5)
[Attributes]
▲STR: 2
▲MAG: 10
▲INT: 7
▲WIS: 8
▲AGI: 5
▲DEX: 6
▲VIT: 2
▲CON: 2
Stat points: 0
[Title]
Apprentice of the Witch
[Spells]
▲Basic (2)
▲Intermediate (2)
▲Advance (1)
Spell points: 14
[Race Bonus]
Innate Ability: Arcane Specialist
[Status Effects]
N/A
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After distributing his points, Ethan views his spells.
A moment ago, due to the effective deployment of his advance spell, its proficiency increased to 50%.
Ethan was not surprised by this outcome. Proficiency was also called the mastery of the spells.
Certainly, using the spell strategically and killing 40 monsters at the same time requires mastery, not to mention he was only level 1 at that time.
So it's not surprising that the spell's proficiency instantly increased to 50%.
Ethan immediately assigned 10 SP to his advance spell,
[Your spell has leveled up!]
[ Ignis Accendium LVL.1» LVL.2 ]
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Rating: II (0/250%)
Type(s): Advance • AOE • DOT • Elemental
Description:
• Evoke a cyclone of flame with a radius of 5 feet and a height of 20 feet.
• 6 seconds duration.
• Deal 70 (+80% Total MA) magical damage every second.
Activation Cost: 250 Mana
Cooldown: 80 seconds
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His advance spell
Even though its mana cost had increased by 100 points, it was still good given that the spell's maximum damage had also increased significantly.
After he was done with all necessary placement, Ethan called off the stats window and got up from his spot.
Since he was in a dungeon, he'll need to defeat the boss monster to exit the place.
Equipping the staff he got from the drops, Ethan continued to traverse the forest carefully.
Left with one haste scroll, he can't possibly be careless this time.
If he will be caught by a mob, that would be troublesome even though the maximum level of monsters in this place was just level 4.
As he traversed the forest, Ethan occasionally saw a group of roaming monsters loitering the place. The best way to avoid them was to cautiously evade their sight.
From time to time Ethan took a rest, relying on the passive mana and stamina regeneration from his attributes.
When he encounters a lone monster, he will not hesitate to kill it and collects its mana gems in the process.
Ethan knows the exact location of the boss but for his plan to succeed, he still needs to reach level 5 and collect enough mana gems from the monsters.
After two hours of repeatedly hunting lower-level monsters, Ethan finally arrives in one of the glades of the forest.
The place was shady even though it was still at noon. Sunlight barely pierces the area because of the surrounding large trees with their intertwined canopies.
Surprisingly, there were no monsters around the shade, but Ethan quickly brandished his staff in a horizontal position and place his palm on the staff's end.
"Bind!"
Ethan yelled a chant, and four black chains shot up from the ground.
Simultaneously, the rustling sound from the bushes increased, and a figure leaped from it.
However, the silhouette was perfectly caught by the black chains that Ethan had cast ahead of time.
It wasn't by chance because Ethan already knew where this monster was going to appear, so he mentally marked the timing and cast the chains in advance.
Without wasting any time, Ethan launched a volley of Magic Missiles.
- 13
- 12
- 15
Three consecutive damages rose from its head.
"As expected of the Boss!"
When Ethan sees the floating damages, he exclaims. Despite his magic attack increased, he can only inflict minor damage on the boss.
This monster's defensive abilities were superior to those of the other monsters he had previously encountered.
This time, the monster he was up against was not the same as the forest wolves. This boss is a four-legged beast that both resembles a wolf and a cat.
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Wolfcat (Boss)
Level: 1
HP: 760/800
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The Wolfcat's level and health are both fitting for a beginner dungeon, and a proper party of five could easily defeat it.
But Ethan was the only person here, not to mention he is also a mage.
Ethan's expression, however, doesn't change, and he seems unfazed by this situation.
He was confident in his judgment.
The arcane chains only lasted for one and half seconds as they turn into light particles, freeing the Wolfcat.
Seeing this, Ethan readied himself.
The beast, after gaining its freedom again let out a mad growl and quickly rushed at Ethan.
Ethan hurriedly raised his staff to fend off the attack. As if his arms were used to doing this kind of stunt a thousand times, he deflected the attack smoothly.
Who says mage can't do parry defense?
RPG games had already entered the VR stage.
Game's battle tactics were evolving from time to time.
In PC games 50 years ago, mages cannot ward against this kind of physical attack, instead, only the melee profession can do it by parry style.
The VR game world, on the other hand, was different.
The game has a high degree of freedom, and users can freely control their character.
Moves that were prohibited five decades ago are now possible, even mating is allowed. An infinite number of possibilities were spread out inside the game.
However, even though mages can now perform what the melee profession could only do in the past, there are still consequences.
For instance, Ethan right now is currently at a disadvantage in terms of physical strength.
As a result, after deflecting the attack, he was blown away in the distance.
Surprisingly, Ethan was still standing after parrying the attack.
Even though his AGI and DEX attributes were not double digits, he had the skill to efficiently use them to the maximum level.
This skill was just a glimpse of him being a skilled swordsman in his previous life.
"Ha, still a moron."
Ethan let out a chuckle as if a child mocking the beginner boss.
He decided to parry the attack to gain a distance from the Wolfcat. He can do it because the beginner boss has no intelligence. It just simply follows its instinct to kill, strenuously pursuing him.
Since it was the last stage of the dungeon, Ethan decided not to be frugal this time. He ripped the remaining haste scroll, instantly boosting his movement speed.
He let out a few basic attacks while running from side to side. Occasionally, he took a move backward to maintain the distance.
When his basic spell
At this point, the Wolfcat can only pursue Ethan relentlessly.
No backing off, no planning, just a growling beast eager to pounce at him.
After a minute, the duration of the haste scroll ended as his speed was now back to normal.
As a result, the Wolfcat immediately closed the gap between them and was now only a few feet ahead.
Its gray skin glowed, a subtle indication that a monster activated a skill.
The Wolfcat hungrily leaped without delay!
The speed, power, and preciseness of that move were displayed. In a mere second, the Wolfcat arrived at Ethan's front with its jaws already open wide.
Amidst this attack, Ethan was calm as his lips curled up in delight.
"Here, a candy for you!"
Ethan exclaimed as he tossed a single item at the Wolfcat.
It was an opal shape that shines when the sunlight reflected on its surface.
The item was then swallowed unintended by the Wolfcat.
At the same time, the figure of Ethan vanished from the spot.
The beast wanted to find Ethan but there was no time to react.
In just a split second, a blinding light gushes out from its mouth, instantly covering the whole area, and—
BOOM!!
—a deafening explosion resounded in the entire forest dungeon.