Gearing up for the Boss Fight

After bandaging himself up, Rael was ready to go for more.

Two kills—and two very big chunks of experience.

Yet, sadly, he didn't get any bonus stats like the last couple of times.

He assumed it had something to do with him gaining a tolerance, or perhaps he had already acquired as many stats as possible for his level.

Either way, he was both strong and fast enough to deal with any of the monsters present in this dungeon.

All but the boss monster, which, if his guess was right, should be a mix between a rat lord and a goblin king.

Both of those monsters were weak, mere level 10s; however, their status differed.

Each monster—especially named boss monsters or elite monsters—had ranks.

Since Rael was a boss monster as well, he should have a rank, yet the sole reason he didn't was simply because he hadn't been named yet, whatever that meant.

Nonetheless, he was [Unranked], and the lowest rank for a boss monster was [Rare], which meant that if he fought them now, he'd be killed in an instant.

Fuck though, how am I supposed to get strong enough to kill it? It's probably hiding inside that massive hole behind the stalactite.

Even if the bosses combined into one entity, both of them would be massive, which, in turn, made them much easier to hit.

And that was exactly the kind of weakness Rael would take advantage of.

Therefore, after healing to full health, he decided it was about time he finished up with this dungeon.

Two entire days of fighting, and only now had he realized that the food problem would likely be no issue.

After all, the amount of money he got from killing goblins was beginning to add up splendidly.

<+1176 Trell Acquired>

<+2112 Trell Acquired>

<+400 Trell Bonus>

<+5 Constitution>

<+3 Strength>

<+6 Agility>

Yet, the most important part of this entire haul was the fact that, with the last of his kills, he had finally managed to clear every single goblin in the dungeon.

Rael looked around the entire place just to make sure, and that was indeed the case.

While he was at it, he searched for an exit, but there was nothing.

My guess is, the exit is in the same room the boss monster is hiding. Rael pondered before glancing at his military knife.

—Tactical Military Knife (Common)

Durability: 1/250 

Damage: 1-2 [Degraded]

+20 Attack Power (AP)

+2 Agility

+1 Strength

The stat bonus was still there, but with such shabby durability and damage, it was more worth it to sell it off.

5 Trell... He let out a sigh before pressing "Yes," and with that, Rael decided to buy something nice for himself.

•—Premium Shop—•

Category: Combat/Swords

•—Balance: 5176 Trell—•

• Sharpened Steel Sword (Common): 1000 Trell

• Fiery Katana (Uncommon): 2800 Trell

• Dashing Blade (Uncommon): 4550 Trell

• Blade of the Forgotten Swordsman Replica (Uncommon): 5000 Trell

Rael pondered for a moment. Each choice looked great; however, the last one in particular seemed interesting.

Instead of wishing to buy it, he merely thought of inspecting it, and soon, its stats appeared before his eyes.

—Sword of the Forgotten Swordsman Replica (Uncommon)

Durability: 1000/1000

Damage: 95-142

+125 Attack Power (AP)

+15 Strength

+15 Agility

+25 Constitution

+25 Wisdom

+1% Critical Hit Damage Increase

"What the fuck?" Rael's eyes widened.

It was a genuine Uncommon item, and only now had he noticed that none of these items had equipment or stat restrictions, meaning as long as he had the money, he could equip and use them.

I won't buy it since it's so expensive. Plus, the others might be just as good... Rael thought, clicking on another sword.

—Dashing Blade (Uncommon)

Durability: 500/500

Damage: 45-76

+50 Attack Power (AP)

+6 Strength

+6 Agility

+5 Constitution

Seeing those stats, he couldn't help but feel disappointed.

They were less than double, and the price was practically the same.

As much as it hurt his wallet, Rael knew what he had to do.

The amount of stats the other sword gave triumphed over anything else he could buy, unless he invested everything he had into his stats.

Nonetheless, after a few minutes of hesitation, his shaking finger hovered over the most expensive sword he could afford—then, with a click, it appeared in his hands.

"Fuuuuuck! These fucking scammers!" Rael expressed, gripping the sword tighter. "But hey... at least I have you now... my new expensive..." He trailed off before letting out a deep sigh.

I'm going crazy... Rael thought before checking out all the changes to his status.

[Status]

Name: Unnamed

Age: 18

Race: Human [+]

Boss Monster Variation: The Pay-to-Win Boss [Unranked]

Level: [4] → [8]

Experience: 185/800 [+] → 422/2,263 [+]

•—Balance: 176 Trell—•

•—Inventory—•

Storage Space—[50/50]

•—Titles—•

Heavenly Attraction—500% Increased affinity with NPCs.

•—Perks—•

- Premium Leveling [Special-Unique]

The user is able to use currency to level up or raise his stats.

- Premium Evolution [Special-Unique]

The user can evolve infinitely by spending currency.

- Premium Shop [Special-Unique]

The user can spend currency to acquire any item or skill.

•—Stats—•

Health Points (HP): [170/170] → [470/470]

Mana Points (MP): [100/100]

Strength: 16 (+1) → 33 (+15)

Agility: 22 (+2) → 41 (+15)

Constitution: 17 → 47 (+25)

Intelligence: 10

Wisdom: 5 → 30 (+25)

Charisma: 100

Attack Power (AP): [57] → [191] (+125)

Movement Speed Increase: [11%] → [20.5%]

Critical Hit Damage Increase: [0.25%] → [2.50%] (+1%)

•—Skills—•

Inspect Monster Level: [Level 7 | 55/1,852] (Common)

- View the level of any monster within 10 → 17 levels of the user.

Basic Weapon Mastery: [Level 7 | 1186/1852] (Common)

- Increases attack accuracy by 10% → 17% and damage by 15% → 29% for all weapons.

•—Equipment—•

Weapon: [Sword of the Forgotten Swordsman Replica (Uncommon)]

•—Accessories—•

Empty

•—Quests—•

Empty

•—###—•

Time until V1.0 Release: 147 Days

•———•

After checking all his stats, Rael couldn't help but let out a sigh of disbelief.

I am overpowered.

Nonetheless, he gathered himself and headed toward the massive hole behind the stalactite. Once he arrived, the sight of an ugly green rat standing on two legs, sniffing the air, greeted his sight.

—Mutated Goblin Rat (Rare Boss) [Level 10] [5500/5500 HP]

But... why does it have so much HP!?