Chapter 6: Orc territory battle

After walking for a while he heard a fighting sound. He went towards it and saw a level 8 lion and a level 8 bear fighting. It was one of those boss v boss skirmishes that happen rarely in the dungeon.

Such fights are rare chances because it can lead to both parties being heavily injured. Taking down such heavily injured bosses is a piece of cake. He waited for an opportunity. And soon they were both injured and Alan decided to take action. 

Alan wasn't the only one, some of his classmates were also attracted by the commotion. Alan blasted the lion with his fireball and luckily he got the kill. The bear was slain by another classmate with a sword.

"Hey Alan, looks like you have gained some levels. How about we team up and go to the high level area" 

Alan looked at the other party and recognized him. His name seems to be Jack. He was a green haired muscular man who spend most of his time in the gym.

Alan politely declined and departed into the woods. Jack sighed looking at Alan's back. 

Alan checked his stats and the lion had given him 800 exp and helped him reach level 9. He only got 800 exp this time because there was no bonus exp for same level kills. He got 1000 exp for the previous boss because it was a cross rank kill.

Also 800 exp is also very high considering the normal monsters only gave 100-200 exp at the same level.

As for the drops, he had obtained 3 free attribute stones as it was a Boss monster and some origin coins. He kept the attribute stones away and didn't use them then. He could use it later after accumulating some.

Alan checked his level.

[Level: 9 (550/1000)]

As of now a total of 5 - 6 hours have passed. And aside from those geniuses and those from tycoon families. Most of them are still at levels 4-5. Good equipment, good strategies and information can help in faster leveling. 

'I guess I too can be considered a genius'. Alan thought. Aside from the bow his brother gifted him also helped him alot. 

He stopped his daydreaming and focussed on his task. He only needed about 450 more exp to reach level 10. He had almost 4 more hours before his allocated time finishes. So he decided to speed things up.

He ventured into the high level orc territory. The orcs found here are strong ranging from level 8 to 10. So basically only those who reached level 8 or 9 ventured here.

Unlike those wild animals, orcs are more intelligent and can use fighting tactics. They also use weapons. Mainly the heavy weapons like maces, broadswords etc.

Although they are strong, according to his brother a charged elemental arrow to the head is enough to take it down. Plus they have relatively low magic defence excluding the boss. Because the boss has for some reason a high magic defence.

He reached the orc territory and tracked down an orc. Orcs are prideful creatures and considered strength above all. So they mostly due to their pride patrolled solo and didn't travel in groups.

It was a level 9 orc. He followed it silently at a safe distance. It stopped at some places scanning it's surroundings. Alan skillfully hid himself at those times. Finally after some time the orc saw some fruits and stopped by to pick some.

This was the best opportunity for him. He charged the fire elemental mana into the arrow and shot with another head shot he took down an orc in one go. He got around 150 exp for that kill.

He approached the dead orc to collect the loot. But as he was checking loot he was struck away by a huge mace. He was thrown back from that surprise attack.

He was focussed on this orc and failed to notice another one passing by. The patrolling orc's path did intersect with other orcs sometimes. He lost half his hp in this hit.

[Hp: 120/230]

Alan felt light headed at that moment. He looked at the approaching orc. It was another level 9 orc. It smirked at him while it cracked it's fingers as it approached him. 

Alan smiled back at him while he casted a fireball spell at the orc. The shot missed and the orc's gaze pissed him off. So he jumped back to make some distance and shot a few fireballs in a row.

Thanks to his proficiency he could already double cast the fireball. The orc took the shot this time and lost 20% of it's HP. It was knocked back for a moment so Alan took this time to nocked the special armor piercing arrows he prepared. 

It was very expensive so he only had 3. He had originally prepared it for the orc boss but at this moment of life and death he decided to use it. 

He shot it at the chest which instantly pierced its heart and took out it's HP. It fell down to the front crushing the arrow struck to its chest. 

Alan fell back seeing this and hurriedly took the hp recovery potion.

That was a close call. He checked his surroundings. Then he hurriedly took the loot which was the mace which struck him and some origin coins. The mace was only a tier 2 weapon but in the right hands it was destructive.

He hurriedly left the place. Soon he left the orc territory and found a safe place and decided to take some rest.

He was careless this time. Because he took down his previous foes effortlessly, he got complacent and got hurt. He decided to be more cautious next time. He only needed one more kill to reach level 10.

He headed back to the orc territory but he was more cautious this time he would leave as soon as he reached level 10. 

He tracked down another orc. It was a level 8 this time. He quickly took it down with the elemental arrow after making sure of his surroundings. 

He got 50 exp as it was below his level. He either needed to take down a level 9 orc or 2 more level 8 orcs.

He luckily found a level 9 orc after some time. It was collecting some kind of mushroom. He took this chance to take it down with an elemental arrow. After making sure everything was okay he took the loot.

He reached level 10 thanks to this kill.

[Level: 10 (-/-)]

He then noticed the mushroom it was picking. He suddenly remembered about this mushroom. He suddenly thought of a brilliant plan.

(End of chapter)

[

Name: Alan Cross

Age: 16 [78]

Talent: gold

Class: none

Tier: 0

Level: 10 (-/-)

(Stats)

Strength: 25

Agility: 39

Physique: 25

Spirit: 39

Free attribute points: 0

HP: 250

MP: 390

(Elemental mastery)

Fire element: 6%

(Skills)

Active: [F]: fireball

Passive: bow mastery-basic (26%).

]