More or less half of this had to be in saturday's chapter.

I'm so bad with skill descriptions lol

Room 1: 15 goblin warriors, 10 goblin archers, 5 goblin shamans.

Lia picked up some stones from the ground and proceeded to pull one of the five groups of goblins. She had only ten bandages and two repair kits, while the rooms were 33. She would have to rely heavily on her natural regeneration and had to make sure she'd get as little damage as possible. She hid herself near the entrance and waited.

The group came, they were all around level 12. The priority went to the shaman, Lia took out two daggers and threw them at him as he stepped out of the room before the warriors and archers could put themselves between her and the shaman. One got his left eye, the other his brain. The five remaining goblins turned around and after a little pause they rushed at Lia. During that pause Lia took out a knife and used sprint to get to the archers. Since she had just started clearing this dungeon, she managed to kill the two without any problem. That left the three goblin warriors that had once again turned and were about to reach her. She put the knife back in the inventory and unsheathed her katana. The goblin on the right tried to pierce her, the one in front made a vertical slash while the one on the left made an horizontal slash. Lia lunged right, she evaded the piercing movement by putting her body parallel to the bastard sword and swung her katana at the goblin in the center, cutting open his stomach. As the wounded goblin tried to rein in his innards, the goblin that was previously on the left attempted to attack her again, using a vertical slash. The one that tried to pierce Lia instead made an horizontal slash. She ducked, the two goblins parried themselves and she took the opportunity to cut away the right leg of the goblin that made the horizontal slash, making him fall down. the remaining goblin was a little dazed by what just happened and received a sword up his chest and heart. The last goblin tried to stand up but he quickly lost his head. After that, Lia moved their bodies out of the way, took her daggers back, tried to clean the blood away with the goblins' clothes and then she waited for her stamina to recuperate a little before doing this four more times. In the end she got wounded only once, all because she slipped on the blood, and leveled up four times.

Room 1 to 4 were the same, but after the first room she didn't level up anymore.

Room 5: 3 white wolves, 27 gray wolves.

The wolves were all level 10, with the white ones being two level 16 and one level 18. Their levels were mostly less than the goblins', but they were more intelligent.

She rushed in the room and all the wolves began going towards her. The instant she had enough wolves surrounding her, she activated Primordial Fear and went around for about 40 seconds, stunning as many as she could. She took out a knife, now double-wielding with the katana in her left hand. With the knife she went about killing every stunned wolf and with the katana she slashed and hacked the wolves that were still moving. She lost 100 HP when she was done with the stunned wolves, but now only 14 remained, and some of them were wounded. She walked towards the last wolves as they rushed at her. She spun, evaded the wolf who jumped at her on the right, at the same time swung her katana, took away both of his back legs and plunged her knife inside the incoming wolf's head. A third wolf came at her, but she just jumped on him and ran closer to the three white wolves. Seeing the enemy coming their direction, the white wolves growled and pounced at her. At that point Lia once again activated Primordial Fear and maintained it for ten seconds, stunning every wolf but exhausting her mana. She panted a little, but quickly went to kill the level 18 white wolf, as he would be free in less than 30 seconds. After she planted her katana in one of his eyes, she calmly proceeded to kill the other two and then the rest of the gray wolves. She sat on the ground, cooked and as she distributed more points to her stats, a window popped up.

New Skill Acquired

Dual Wield (Passive)Dual wielding is a difficult path to take, but once mastered, it will bring many benefits to the swordsmen using it.Effects when dual wielding:+20% Damage+15% Dexterity+15% Agility

Again, room 6 to 9 had the same mobs with the same levels, but she leveled up only once more.

Room 13: 15 gray wolves each mounted by a spear-wielding goblin.

This was the last room of the third ramification. As always the wolves were all level 10, but the goblins mounting them had seven level 15 and eight level 16. The three rooms before this, with the same composition, only gave her one more level and the skill 'Pinpoint Throw'. Clearing each room took a while, not because it was difficult to kill them, but because using Sprint made her stamina recover slower than usual. Like she did in the rooms before this, she pulled three or four of them, then she used Sprint to kill all the wolves. Doing that always got some goblin trapped under its fallen wolf, and those were the first she preyed upon. The ones that managed to get free or didn't get trapped were a bit harder to kill the first time she did this because she never confronted spear-wielders before. She used her daggers to distract the goblin she was attacking, making him commit a mistake and leaving an opening for her to use. After she closed in enough, if no other goblin attacked her, she would go for the kill, else she'd cut the goblin's hands. At this point it wasn't difficult to systematically kill each and every single wolf and goblin pair.

Pause:

The fourth and fifth floor had only three rooms each, but each room had 40 mobs now. In the rooms of the fourth floor there were four groups, each composed by one bandit leader (lv. 25) and nine melee bandits (lv. 20). She would first pull one group and then using Stealth, Quick Analysis, Sprint, Sword Mastery and Clean Cut, she disposed of them pretty quickly. The groups on the fifth floor had, instead of nine melee, three melee with shields, three archers and one wizard, but always level 20. To kill them Lia had to incorporate Primordial Fear in the set of skill she used in the previous floor, which made the whole clearing take longer than before. After the 19th room she rested and used the repair kit. As she ate she tried to count how much time had passed, she wasn't able to do it but she was sure at least one day, if not two, had passed. Her body wasn't tired but the continuos killing of mobs without an ounce of sleep was a bit mentally tiring, but she wasn't sure if the mobs would respawn once she slept, so she couldn't do it. All in all, she leveled up seven more times and also her skills now looked like this:

Skill ListPrimordial Fear (Active)Beginner lv.8Sprint (Active)Beginner lv.6Clean Cut (Active)Beginner lv.5Calm Analysis (Passive)Beginner lv.7Quick Analysis (Passive)Beginner lv.8Cooking (Passive)Beginner lv.6Sword Mastery (Passive)Beginner lv.8Predator Instincts (Passive)Beginner lv.6Stealth (Passive)Beginner lv.7Night Vision (Passive)Beginner lv.7Dual Wield (Passive)Beginner lv.4Pinpoint Throw (Passive)Beginner lv.3

Lia rose from the ground and began walking toward the 20th room as she reflected on her mother's advice about classes.

'Right now, I'm able to kill a mob seven levels higher than me. Three more to go before choosing a class.'

Room 21: 7 whip-wielding bandits, 4 gray wolves mounted by bandits with swords and shields, 3 white wolves mounted by spear-wielding bandits, 6 wizards protected by another 10 melee bandits, 5 archers with an eagle each.

The white wolves and eagles were all level 18 while the bandits were all level 20. Since they didn't have leaders, when Lia pulled, the group that came always had some differences in numbers and dispositions. But killing them was easy. Just by using Primordial Fear and Sprint she could wipe out the entire group within 2 minutes. The only problem were the eagles, just because they flew outside Primordial Fear's radius. She left them alone and when they attacked she would knife them if she could, otherwise she'd dodge. At the 20th room she lost 3/4 of her health because of the eagles distracting her, but now she only lost half. In the successive rooms, 22 to 24, she barely lost 100 health. With all of them having levels lower than Lia's, she got only 2 levels but wasted a lot of food and spices to recover health faster.

Room 26: 2 trolls, 6 goblin shamans, 20 goblin archers, 22 goblin warriors.

There were now 50 mobs and only two groups. Lia thought that maybe this wasn't supposed to be soloed, but she still fought. The shamans were level 18, the archers' level was 17, the goblin warriors either had a bastard sword, a club or an axe, but they were all level 19, while the two 3 meters tall trolls were level 35, though they didn't have any weapon. When she first pulled them, in room 25, the first group's troll blocked the second group from entering the corridor, and this time it happened again. While evading the warriors that were coming at here she used daggers she prepared in advance to kill the ten archers. The shamans sometimes managed to cure one, but he got killed by another dagger seconds later. This enraged them a bit, a useful thing as they launched their earth bullets at the goblin warriors too. Eleven goblin warriors were easy to kill, Lia just had to activate Primordial Fear when she was encircled by them and then when she was killing them, the shamans would give an hand. Once the melee goblins were all dead the troll would get into action, with the shamans on his shoulders. When that happened Lia retreated near the entrance, once the troll came there she would slide underneath him, cutting and stabbing his precious parts, and then rising back up. As the troll knelt while gripping his lower parts, Lia would mount on his back, conscious of the fact that the second group was coming. She killed the lone shaman with a dagger and used her katana on the two in front of her. As the troll was about to recover she stabbed him in the ear, then jostled the katana around to mess up his brain and kill him. Now that she was on the (dead) troll, to get to her the goblin warriors had to climb, so she took this time to kill the archers. With all of them dead, Lia jumped down and over the climbing warriors and made her way to the shamans. They tried to flee up on the troll but she stunned them with another Primordial Fear. She continued to run and did the same thing she did before, she slashed the troll's jewels, mounted on his back and killed him through his ear, making him squish some goblin as he fell on the ground. Finishing off the rest was then easy.

At the end of the day, with rooms 25 to 27, she got 4 levels.

Pause:

Lia sat in the center of the 32nd room as she took out the last repair kit, the cooking tools, some wood and meat. The rooms from 28 to 30 each had a necromancer (lv. 40) and the same mobs from the earlier floor, minus a troll. The first time she fought against them she almost died, but then the second time Lia found a way to get to the necromancer quickly and kill him before he does anything. She got three more levels and then proceeded to clear the rooms 31 and 32. They both had 2 necromancers, 2 trolls, 6 goblin shamans (lv. 30), 10 goblin archers (lv. 28) each with a white wolf (lv. 18) and 20 goblin warriors (lv. 32). After rushing inside, she killed the two necromancers and then went back out to use, more or less, the same tactic as in the rooms 25 to 27. Lia leveled up two more times and received a message before she rested.

Sword Mastery reached the Intermediate level!

Sword Mastery (Passive)Since ancient times the art of the sword has enticed many, but not all could follow through. The more you train and conquer the art of the sword, the more you'll rise above the others.Effects when wielding a sword:+30% Damage+25% Speed+20% Dexterity+5% Agility

Room 33: 1 dragon.

Her instincts screamed as she entered, but that didn't stop her. Inside was a 2 meters tall and 6 meters long little dark red dragon with his wings torn off. He was level 50. Lia used Sprint to get under the dragon as he roared, making the room shake a little. When she got at his torso, she slashed but the katana just bounced off. The dragon jumped left, but Lia followed, once again finding herself under him. She sheathed her katana and took out two knives, then she got to his left side, as his right was too close to the wall. She used her knives to climb the dragon, penetrating his scales with Clean Cut. Arrived on his back, she still had plenty mana left, but clearly the dragon didn't like what she did, as he breathed fire to his left, almost making Lia fall off, but not really doing her any damage. She sheathed the knives and unsheathed the katana, then she ran to his head and started piercing it, again using Clean Cut. It was surprisingly easy until the dragon decided to bang his head against the wall. The impact took half of Lia's health and now she had only enough mana to climb back up. Though the dragon certainly felt the blow too, as it remained dazed for some ten seconds. Lia used Sprint as soon as the dragon returned to normal and tried to kill her with his breath. This type of fight wasn't exactly the dragon's expertise as it plainly continued to use only his breath. Using the earlier wounds she climbed back up, only to have the dragon jump and smashed her on the stone roof. She coughed some blood, her back hurt and her heart was beating abnormally fast. Lia's health was in the red, but she managed to stay on the dragon's back without losing consciousness. She sprinted toward his head and REPLACEed her katana in his head again, afterwards she climbed on his head, leaving the katana where she had first REPLACEed it and then she turned around, gripped her katana and pulled while activating clean cut, thus creating a big slash inside the dragon's brain. The dragon spasmed and then fell lifelessly on the ground.

For having slain a dragon alone, you receive the title 'Dragon Slayer.'Effects:+2 To all stats+100 Fame+20% Damage to dragons+10% Resistent to Intimidation from dragons+10% Fire resistance

Lia lied on the floor, her chest puffing up and down. She took a water pouch out and half, she drank it, the other half, she sprayed it on her face, just to be sure she'd remain awake for a few more hours, if necessary. When her heartbeat and breath returned to normal, she sat up and cooked. When she had recovered she checked her status window:

Status WindowNameAishaLevel36Health740 (+10%)Mana635Main ClassN/ATitleDragon SlayerRaceHumanAlignmentNeutralHealth Regen/Sec3.6Mana Regen/Sec2.7Strength47Agility73Wisdom30Intelligence38Stamina85Vitality33Dexterity71Fame350

Lia walked in front of the stone door with the symbol of the eclipse for the second time, and pushed it. The white circle shined, the black circle shined, the stick changed color to red and then, with a sound resembling glass shattering, it dissolved. The door started opening on its own, revealing a beautiful underground lake. Green flames lit the whole room, making it possible to see the stalactites hanging over the lake, slowly dripping water in it. The water was bluish-green but also crystal clear, small lights of the same color rose from it and disappeared as they went up. On the wall on her right there was engraved some language under the painting of a beautiful nude woman taking a bath near the middle of the lake. As Lia watched the painting the doors closed themselves.

'I'm surprised this game permits nudes. Well, aside from that it's quite clear what one has to do. I guess the white circle shined only if it was a woman touching the door? Also, I wonder if I still have to make sure not to die after I enter the lake and activate whatever it is that I'm gonna activate. If I really do not have to die, I'm in quite the trouble, but in the end, it does not matter whether I fail or not.'

Thought Lia as she walked alongside the lake, not yet entering because of what was at the end of her walk. Another stone door, but much smaller than the first one, this was about only 20 cm taller than her. When she was finally in front of the door, she inspected it. Over the handle there was a little hole, obviously a lock which needed some sort of special key she didn't have. Giving up on the door, she put her weapons in the inventory, removed her clothes and put them too in the inventory. She walked towards the lake and entered it. She first drank a little bit of water, and when it was confirmed that no hexes appeared, she took her empty water pouches and refilled them. After that, she swam for a little more than 10 minutes to reach near the middle, then went underwater for a second to wet her hair completely. As she bathed, she noticed how little the water covered her nude body, but she was alone. Well, she wouldn't have cared even if she wasn't alone.

At the same time the stick on the symbol on the door disappeared, in the main hall of the residence of Thyw's Lord

It was midday, in the spacious hall it felt like time passed slower than usual. A man sat on a modest throne, listening to the details of a problem one of his subject just reported him. His name was Rastin Qazar, and the man kneeling in front of him was the commander of his troops, Yare Brenn. Rastin was using his left hand to drum on the side supports of the throne while he stroked his chin with the other. While thinking about an adequate solution for said problem, he heard something crack.

'Sigh.. again. I really should just rebuild this whole thing.'

Yare raised his head. A gesture not many nobles would have liked, but Rastin didn't mind, not only he found all the custom of nobles a bit bothersome, Yare was also a dear friend of his. But Rastin's train of thought stopped when he saw Yare agape.

"What is it?"

He asked, a little dubious. Yare just closed his mouth, remained silent and pointed over Rastin's head. He got up from his throne so he could see better what his subject was pointing at, and when he saw it, surprise and fear crept into him. It was obvious what it meant, but it was the first time it ever happened.

The barred eclipse, symbol of his ancestral family and of their secret, engraved on a stone tablet hang over the throne, not only had cracked, but the bar that blocked the eclipse was now gone.

"CALL THE PRIEST! NOW!"

Rastin roared at Yare, who quickly recomposed himself and saluted the Lord before going away.