Excess of grief for the dead is madness, for it is an injury to the living, and the know it not

Xenophon

"Wait calm down master, you can absolutely make it out alive if you follow my instructions" JoJo had transmitted his voice with haste into David’s head as to stop him from making any rash decisions.

David was surprised for only a brief moment due to the voice transmission; he didn't know that JoJo could do that. So he nodded slightly as to say that he had gotten the message before telling the fairy to hurry up as the bandits were closing in. Jojo had voiced his ideas immediately before hiding behind David’s head, gripping his collar tightly so that he wouldn't fall off.

David had to give credit when due, he was totally surprised that this idiotic looking fairy was very knowledgeable. First it was the mysterious paper, Permission of the Gods, and although the fairy didn't know what it was, he knew how to use it. This time it was something else...

David saw the dozens of bandits inching closer and closer on their horses, he couldn't outrun them so had to fight. He thought that using fireball or waterball would be totally useless as they are low in levels but now after listening to the fairy, he now had at least a few other alternative moves, other than using a skill that will completely exhaust him.

So he swiftly took out the low grade colourless crystal and held it high up into the air. This made all the bandits pause in their movements, stopping their horses while eyeing the crystal with greed. The bandits then all turned towards the leader, awaiting new orders.

"Brat, if you hand that over now I would give you a swift clean death!' The leader said with a hint of greed, he was afraid that David would suddenly destroy it in his palms.

"Fine, take the crystal... Now give me that swift clean death that you had promised!" David Lee said while throwing the crystal towards the leader. The way the leader is behaving, grinning arrogantly with a hint of greed in his eyes, shows how precious this kind of stone was. In fact, the leader thought that he had made an easy haul, and wondered what else was in the young man’s bag.

The crystal flew into the air, but David was still holding out his palm, and as the crystal was flying within the perimeter of the bandit leader, he suddenly chanted.

"Fireball!"

A red blazing fireball had suddenly shot off into the air, towards the flying crystal. The bandit leader was too busy daydreaming about the imaginary wealth that he would easily gain to notice anything odd. As the leader was going to catch the crystal, the fireball came closing in, and slammed into the crystal.

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!

A small fiery explosion had occurred in the middle of the forest, startling all the wildlife’s into fleeing far from the commotion.

Neeeeeigh!

Every single horse was alarmed, they all reared in fright due to the explosion. Every horse had stood up on their hind legs, making every single bandit fall towards the ground as they run away.

Health 140/140 Mana: 120.6/140

[Killed 3 Green Rank Bandit and 2 Green Rank Horse]

[66.95 Sphere Summoner EXP]

[61.8 Fireball EXP]

[15.45 Ball Handler EXP]

Sphere Summoner had levelled up!

He had finally reached level two in his class, but now was not the time to stay idle because all the bandits were starting to recover from their predicament. He had seen that the leader had survived the blast, the leader had his hair and skin burnt, he was quickly wiping of the remaining flame flickering on his body.

The leader saw that his horse did not survive, and some of his men had died. He saw that all the horses had already run away, leaving them without mounts. There were only nine more bandits left, including him and they had all suffered from injuries reigning from slight to major, most of the bandits suffered from broken bones due to falling of their horses.

David Lee took advantage of this time, he ran towards a random direction, towards an area where only one bandit sits. This bandit had suffered a broken bone in his legs; he was currently writhing in pain to even notice a young man sneaking up towards him.

Health 140/140 Mana: 120.6/140

[Killed 1 Green Rank Bandit]

[15.45 Sphere Summoner EXP]

Using his Lizard bone dagger, he had stabbed the assailant in the eyes. The sharp edge of the dagger had penetrated the brains, instantly killing this bandit and sending him on his way towards the afterlife.

David Lee did not think that the bandit leader would had survived the blast, if he did, he might had tried to finish him off once and for all, but it was too late as all the remaining bandits had grouped up, and they were now chasing him down for revenge.

"F*cking bastard, I will torture you for 100 days straight until you die, I will make your life miserable once I get my hands on you!" The leader roared. He was charging towards David like a raging bull, and although he had drank a health potion, he still looked very pitiful as some of his body was still burnt and mangled, the potion seemed to be a weaker one then what David had used, as it only healed the leader a little bit.

David smiled wryly, although he seemed to be in a better position than before, running away with a head start on foot with the enemies losing their horses. He was still panicking internally because he saw that even though the group of bandits all have some broken bones, they were still catching up to him. Their speed was faster than his, so he estimated that he would be caught in around two minutes.

David thanked the fairy for giving him a small chance of surviving, and asked if there was anything else he could do. The fairy said that the mana potion he has can give off an explosion, albeit only a tinier one compared to the low grade crystal. This explosion would at most only kill one or two enemies, but in total, there were still eight more bandits alive.

Even if he killed two enemies with this move, he would still have six more to go. He was running with all his might past all the trees and bushes, he didn't even know where he was going, whether he was running back towards the Dungeon or in another direction, he had no clue. As he was running, he realised it has been one minute so far, and the enemy were closing in on to him. He had to decide on his choice, fast.

He noticed his grip on the dagger became loosed; he was alarmed when he looked towards his palm. His palm was covered in sweat. His whole body was sweating do to the intense sprinting, while his heart was beating fast, churning out even more sweat.

"Fireball!"

Health 140/140 Mana: 101.2/140

He decided to shoot a test shot just to see the effectiveness of the fireball by itself. The fireball flew towards one of the bandits abruptly. That bandit saw it coming and cut it in half with his scimitar. This shot had only made that bandit pause for a brief moment and it also didn't feel like that it would do a lot of damage if the fireball had landed on the bandit.

If only he had another low grade crystal he could easily wipe out the enemies with ease. David was thinking of a way, but he realised that no amount of thinking would make him able to kill all the enemies perfectly, since he was still new to real life fighting, so he decided to wing it with everything he has.

David ran to a nearby tree to temporary hide from sight of all the enemies. He chose to stop here and risk it all. He quickly placed the mana potion in a nearby bush. He then took out one of the socks and his tennis ball, he placed the tennis ball into the sock, making a sling and held it in his hand, before rushing out dozens of metres away from the mana potion trap he just placed.

David had stopped in placed while holding out the tennis ball sling he made. Once the bandits came into view he suddenly let out a shout.

"You f*ckers are making me lose all my crystals, f*cking die you c*nts!" David’s angry voice echoed through the forest, the bandits were all grouped up and were rushing towards David, but once they saw what was in his hands, they paused in panic.

"F*ck! Run!" Yelled the bandit leader as he saw the young man throw the sling towards them, It was followed by a fireball. Some of them dove out of the way to avoid it, while a few ran backwards. The Guild Leader saw the young man summon another fireball, but it wasn't going to hit any of them, he was confused because it was going towards a nearby bush.

All the bandits took cover, but once the fireball had hit the sling, they were confused. The outcome didn't go at all the way they had expected. They thought that there was a low grade crystal inside the sock, but it was only a fake trick since the sock and the ball inside it just burst into flame. All the bandits were now much angrier then before as they all thought about how the young man had fooled them.

Just as they were about to give chase again, the other fireball had charged into a bush.

BOOOOOOOOOM!

Health 140/140 Mana: 62.4/140

[Killed 3 Green Rank Bandit]

[46.35 Sphere Summoner EXP]

[43.26 Fireball EXP]

[9.27 Ball Handler EXP]

[6.18 Tennis Ball EXP]

Fireball has levelled up!

The leader gave a grimace of pain, his face distorted into madness. He and two other bandits were the ones who had jumped backwards due to the sling, while the others had dived towards the area where the mana potion was hiding at.

This was David Lee's plan; he was purposely thrown the sling towards the left of the bandit group so that they would run to the right, towards the trap. JoJo cheered as the explosion. He had given an estimate that the mana potion explosion could only kill one or two people, but David had just went beyond that and killed three! This was due to David’s smart thinking; he had also injured the two other people who had dived towards the bush. They were charred black with burning limbs, they were critically injured and on the brink of dying!

There were now five bandits left; the two critically injured bandits near the remains of the explosion, the moderately injured bandit leader, and the two lucky lightly injured bandits that were behind their leader.

David was going to run but it was too late, the bandit leader has already recovered and had started to charge towards his way, the other two lightly injured bandit followed in from behind. David absolutely did not want to turn this fight into melee with this bandit leader, if he was against the cannon fodders, the bandit underlings then it would be ok. But this Bandit Leader seemed to be much stronger then the underlings, so he would have many higher levelled melee abilities due to his bandit class.

Before the bandit leader came into David’s reach, David quietly chanted a few words.

"Hyper Sweat Blast"

Health 140/140 Mana: 12.48/140

He felt the life drained from him as all his stamina seemed have been sucked towards one part of his body, his right palm. David’s felt all the sweat, from both outside and inside his body moving at an insane speed. He felt extremely dehydrated as he felt the lack of fluid. His body began to heat up; creating visible white smoke could be seen exuding from his frame at an insane rate. The sweat gathered in his palm, forming a tight sphere. The sphere was spinning in a rotational manner and was also bubbling intensely as it was boiling hot. The sphere did not only contain boiling hot mystical sweat, it also contained a bit of pure mana. These two substances have fused together, and all this had happened in an instant.

The bandit leader had charged out too quickly, he couldn't stop his movement even if he wanted to. David had already discharged his ability towards the enemy. The Hyper Sweat Blast had darted with rapid speed towards the bandit leader; this move was too fast to dodge.

[Killed 1 Green Rank Bandit Leader]

[22.66 Sphere Summoner EXP]

[21.63 Mystical Hyper Sweat EXP]

[8.24 Ball Handler EXP]

The bandit leader died in an instant as the boiling hot ball of mystical sweat and mana crashed into his abdomen. The leather armour did not even stop the ability as it melted instantly. The blast then spiralled into his skin and flesh, melting everything in its path. Suddenly the blast exploded inside the leaders’ body, making his limb fly in every direction.

All spectators felt sick after seeing this sight, especially David who received a front seat view of the bloody, gore-filled death as the explosion ripped apart every inch of the enemies body, it was like a water balloon bursting from sudden impact.

David suddenly fell onto his knees, exhausted. His body was completely dry, it was even more visible on his lips as they were now flaky and torn. He had no saliva to wet them. His stamina fell to an all-time low, he could barely stand up anymore which had alarmed him, but he was expecting this much.

The two bandits who followed behind their leader were dumbfounded; their expression was one of fright and terror. But as soon as they saw the drained out young man, their brief moment of cowardice had overturned and they began to walk up towards the young man with their maximum killing intent.

David was on the brink of passing out, but he forcefully held his consciousness together as he bit his lips. He did one final action that his 1% remaining stamina allowed him to do. He hurriedly took out the last potion in his bag. Goblins Insanity, and hastily gulped it down.

Then his vision turned dark.

Strength, upgraded F to F+

Dexterity, upgraded F to F+

Intelligence, degraded F to F-

Perception, degraded F to F-

David was not conscious anymore, but his body moved on his own. He was now acting like a wounded beast on the verge of dying, so he went berserk. Boiling red steam could be seen rising from his body, it was his blood. David was now acting on pure instinct. His instinct was top notch since he had practiced tennis for many years. He would practice his tennis skill against high grade tennis ball machines, they shoot out at rapid fire but David easily raised his racket, and hit every single ball over the net.

So when one of the bandits slashed down with his scimitar, David raised his dagger above himself, and blocked the attack. The bandit was surprised, and tried to use force his way through that block. But with the increase strength of David, the bandit's scimitar did not budge the dagger at all.

David then bent his back, and dodged a horizontal slash from behind, this was the other bandit. He then kicked off the ground and twisted his body, making the scimitar in front of him, slide off his dagger towards the side. This gave him a huge opening. David then used his free hand and stabbed out with his fingers, tearing apart the throat of the enemy.

[Killed 1 Green Rank Bandit]

[15.45 Sphere Summoner EXP]

Sphere Summoner had levelled up!

The Bandit behind him was stunned, he was sure that his sneak attack would hit, but the young man before him had suddenly dodged by bending his back backwards, then in a blink of an eye, the young man sent a quick attack with his arm and fingers, tearing apart his comrade’s throat.

This bandit was scared shitless, his legs were shaking because of this beast like human. But he wanted to survive so he sent out another attack. But it was all for naught as David had easily dodged with his upgraded dexterity, and sent a slash across the bandit’s throat with the dagger.

[Killed 1 Green Rank Bandit]

[15.45 Sphere Summoner EXP]

This feat would not be possible if David was conscious, he was now acting on his beastly instinct. If he was conscious, he would have suffered horribly from the degraded intelligence and perception, he would also not be able to fight like he was able to. His finger technique was top-notch between every one of the same level due to his tennis skills, his arm was much faster than average, and his gaming skills, his finger movement was also much faster than average, hence is why he was able to tear out one of the enemies throat with his finger.

David was like a blood hound, smelling out the enemies left alive, two remaining bandits still lives. They were the two critically injured bandits that had been crippled by the mana potion explosion from before. They saw everything happen with their two eyes, they tried to crawl away with all their might, but David had walked up towards them, killing them instantly.

[Killed 2 Green Rank Bandit]

[30.9 Sphere Summoner EXP]

He finally left out a heavy breathe, and as the potions effect wore off, he fell backwards onto the ground with a weak heartbeat. His health had deteriorated due to overexertion, his health was now at critical state, below 15 health points, and he needed to heal up fast as his health was naturally depletion over time.

JoJo crawled out from underneath his David’s collar, he was speechless. He absolutely did not believe that David would be able to come out alive; he was just lying to David from before when he told him that he could. But it happened! His master had done what was thought impossible!

"Oh, no..," He saw that his master was slowly dying before him, but he couldn't do anything.

'Should I use the teleportation skill? But it takes one hour to use, master won't make it in time' JoJo was panicking, he thought that maybe he could offer up these lizard armour and turn them into Dungeon Coins, then use the dungeon coin to buy a single health potion, but there wasn't enough time.

Suddenly, JoJo heard a commotion in the distance, he was stunned. 'Is there more bandits?' He thought while freaking out inwardly.

"I heard the explosion, it came from here" A clear sounding voice echoed throughout the deathly silent forest, and a group of footsteps could be heard following it.

David Lee /Age 18

Dungeoneering: Level 3 [EXP 184.58/200]

Health 9/140 Mana: 12.48/140

Free Exp: 250 Experience Points

Titles

[Ball Handler] [Level 3, EXP 99.91/200]

[All kinds of Ball Handling have its proficiency is increased by 3%]

Class: Sphere Summoner [Level 3, EXP 50.03/200]

Sub Class: Nil

Attributes

Strength: F

Constitution: F

Defence: F

Resistance: F

Dexterity: F

Intelligent: F

Wisdom: F

Willpower: F

Perception: F

Charisma: F

Total Average: F

Skills:

Fire Ball [Level 3, EXP 8.86/200]

[Cost: 20 Mana]

[Summon a Fireball, size and strength increases with level]

Water Ball [Level 2, EXP 26.5/150]

[Cost: 20 Mana]

[Summon a Water Ball, size and strength increases with level]

Mystical Hyper Sweat [Level 1 EXP 21.63/2500]

Passive Skill, [Mystical Sweat: On] [Turn On/Off]

Active Skill [Hyper Sweat Blast] [Cost 80% of Mana and 99% of Stamina]

[Warning, using this blast will leave you in a state of extreme exhaustion]

Sphere Contract [Level 1 Permanently]

[Cost: Nil]

[Three contracts available, 2/3]

[Once all three contracts are used, this skill automatically disappears]

Contract 1: Tennis Ball [Level 3, EXP 78.28/200] [Cost: 10 Mana]

[A blessed bouncy ball, used to play tennis, can now level up]

[Bonus Effects: Nothing]

Contract 2: Dungeon Core [Level 1, EXP 0/100]

[A Low Grade Dungeon Core]

[Cannot be resummoned its after destruction]

Items.

Low Grade Water Dragon Lizard Full-Set Armour (61/75 Durability)

Low Grade Water Dragon Lizard Bag (72/75 Durability)

Low Grade Lizard Bone Dagger (46/60 Durability)

Ball Boy Uniform

Homemade Sock (Made by Maggie)