Dungeon

.....Alex's POV.....

I sat against a tree staring at the sky not sure if it's real or not. A voice pushed me out of my thought.

"Alex they are almost here"

I turned and looked at Jake. His face carried feeling of tiredness but we his eyes shone with determination.

I stood and held the daggers firmly in my hand and walked passed him. My thoughts were not on the battle that is to start but the memories of that tragic day.

'Never again, i have to keep fighting'

Both Jake and i walked to the clearing where a group of 12 young men stood all holding different weapons.

Despite knowing they are monsters coming they didn't any fear. The number of times they have seen the beast get defeat made them put their fears away.

Upon seeing us they quickly organised themselves. One of them came to us and said in a worried tone

"Alex, it seems Liam attracted 3 wolves instead of 2"

I could see the concern in their eyes. Since me and Jake can fight a wolf on our own, we usually defend against 2 wolves giving the others a chance to fighting experience.

Then there are soul crystals. Turn out when ones' soul essence is full what is not absorbed is turn into a soul crystal that can be absorbed by others.

When we first saw this we were excited until someone tried to absorb them to increase their level. Soul essence from crystals is much harder to absorb than the one got directly from monsters.

At seems unfair but if one put some thought into it they would realise that the system is encouraging people to fight monsters directly.

I looked at Jake who said

"I will finish of one quickly but you will have to hold off two wolves with the guys"

I answered back

"It's alright but that will depend on the level of the wolves, we much deeper in the dungeon than before"

We split ourselves into two groups. 4 stood behind Jake while 8 stood with me. Howls came from within the trees. Both me and Jake summoned our armours.

I could feel gazes of admiration, jealousy even greed but didn't pay them any attention. After my mistake with Damien, i learnt to never distract myself during a battle.

My gaze was fixed on a path between the trees.

A slim short haired young guy jumped out. He rushed forward to the group, following behind him were 3 large sized wolves.

Seeing many people the wolves stopped and growled at us.

I did not waste time and attack the two wolves. Jake dashed forward at quite a fast speed and slashing his sword at the third wolf.

It reacted quickly and dodged his attack but that was his goal. Now the wolf had separated itself from the two.

The two wolves unable to dodge my metal fragment because they attacked from all directions.

My guys surrounded the two wolves and attacked but since the wolves were at a higher level than those on the first day, the damage they took was less.

One of the wolves became very aggressive and decided to attack not care about being injured.

It charged at me. This reminded me of that time, a fury blazed in my eyes and a strong invisible force fell on the wolf.

The force was strong enough to force the wolf to stop moving, seizing the chance my dagger turn to a blur.

 Striking deep into the neck of the wolf. The force over it caused it to fall to the ground and started bleeding out.

Ding

[You have defeated wild wolf Lv 5]

[+40 soul essence obtained]

The other wolf begun to show fear and wanted to retreat but my guys had surrounded it. It didn't take long before the wounds started to accumulate on its body.

Jake had already finished the first one and joined the others to finish of the last one.

Ding

[You have defeated wild wolf Lv5]

[+3 soul essence obtained]

Seeing the amount of soul essence i obtained from the second one,i sighed

'This is the problem with hunting with many people but we have no choice'

After the fight some rested while others dismantled the bodies. 

Without the spatial ring we could not carry the bodies effortlessly like before so we had to hunt with a group

'This was Ashley's decision,though it is not all bad it makes taking on multiple enemies easier'

This dungeon is different from the one in games. Monsters in the outer parts of the forest are weaker than those inside but that doesn't stop stronger monsters from moving outwards.

Due to this we had to be always vigilant. Luck it was Arthur's group that encountered it.

While i was in my thoughts someone tapped my shoulder. Liam stood there and said

"Alex i think we should head back, i'm tapped out here"

I just nodded. I know most are tired cause this was the fifth hunt. We have been able to hunt at least 7 wolves a day.

And that is because of this guy Liam.

Liam used to be the captain of the track team. His speed is quite high.

On the third day he had come to us with the proposal of taunting and leading the wolves here in exchange we give him some soul essence from each hunt.

I stood up and said loudly

"We are heading back, pack up quickly"

Funny one could see the disappointment in their eyes. Most only joined the hunting team to leech off me and Jake.

Despite their small contribution the system awards the soul essence though a smaller portion than mine and Jake's.

This has greatly reduce our leveling speed

[Status]

[Name:Alex Lock]

[Race:Human]

[Class:None]

[Tier:0]

[Level:4 (9/100)]

[Soul essence: 55/100]

[Mp:155/215]

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[Titles]

[None]

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[Stats]

[Strength:7-15(30)][Speed:7-15(30)][Constitution:8-16(32)][Dexterity:5-13(26)][Stamina:7-15(30)][Vitality:6-14(28)]

[Mental force:10-18(36)][Wisdom:5-13(26)][Charisma:4-12(24)]

[Free stats:28]

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[Skills]

[Ice arrows](F Rank)

[Allows the user to summon 4 ice arrow]

[20Mp usage]

[Cool down: 5minutes]

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[Equipment]

[Silver daggers](Common)

[Greater Knight's armour]

[Class Token](special)

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[Techniques]

[None]

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Many things have changed about my status after leveling up 4 times. I got 10 free stats as a reward from both achievements.

Being among the top 10 beings and humans to reach Lv1. Expect for that i received a skill stone and a class token.

,My current strength with the armour is enough to hunt in the deeper regions but i decided against it.

Firstly as the level of the wolves increase so do their stats.

Secondly wolves move in packs. So far the ones we have hunted have been those in smaller groups.

Liam has yet to scout to deep inside the forest but one thing is evident, the number of wolves is a lot.

Despite hunting them, another one always takes its place.

It makes me wonder

'If an F rank dungeon is hard like this then what of higher ones'

It didn't take long for everyone to be ready. Some were carrying bags that had were filled with the wolf bodies.

The food supply on our side has gotten really low that Ashley asked us to bring back the hunted wolves.

Though things aren't that good for Arthur's side. They have more people but no hunting team because of this more people keep joining us.

As we moved i asked Jake

"How far are you from Lv4"

Jake's expression drop hearing this

"Come one Alex, I just reach Lv3 and have yet to absorb any soul essence. Not everyone is a monster like you"

"Your absorption speed much faster than most of us"

"In fact in the school there are only 3 people above Lv1. You, me and Liam, Though Liam is lagging behind and still at Lv1"

"Plus there is no rush for now"

I shook my head any turned to Jake

"There is no time, we have to keep getting stronger. Who knows how many people are catching to us."

"We can't lose the advantage Damien gave as"

Jake lowered his head for thinking of slucking off yet he had failed to stop the wolf from attacking the Boss that day.

"Yeah your right, I should not become content with this little strength. When we get back i will try me best to reach Lv4"

They walked through the forest until they reached a large ancient door. In front of them a purple swirl of energy rotated.

The sight of it was astonishing to watch but when one thought it wa the reason the wolves came to our world, the feeling fade quickly.

I continued and stepped through it. Though others don't notice it, when ever we pass through it. I feel the distance being distorted.

I asked the others many time but no one notice not even Jake.

Whenever i enter or exit the dungeon i try to feel it but i'm not able to understand it.

On the other side just us we came out of the dungeon. I noticed a commotion outside so i asked

"What's going on here"

One of the guys guarding the dungeon excitedly said to me

"It's a good thing your back, the boss lady had told me to send you to the infirmary"

"What is there"

"The boss is awake and is ......"

Before he could finish both Jake and me moved like a blur disappearing from their sight.