After I finished checking the content of the announcement, I closed it. Immediately after that, another one showed up.

Ding!

System Announcement

You are now level 14

The level of your passive class skill [Elemental Penetration] increased to 2

‘Wow, this first time, I got enough announcements for the system to split them. That...’

“Let’s rest. My barrier is almost gone, and I would bet that your mana is pretty drained too. We will open a treasure chest after a little bit of a rest,” Rose proposed.

I nodded in agreement as I spotted a treasure chest that showed up out of nowhere and decided to check what I can unlock with my CE after my evolution in meantime.

CE skills tree / spells / items

Tier 0(Closed):

Tier 1 (Opened):

Utility Skills

Magic Skills

Body Skills

Items/Spells

[Fast Thinking I] - 1000

[Chorosmancy I] (Space Magic) - 3000 CE

[Body Limits Breaker] - 1500 CE

[Intermediate Weapon Pack] - 1500

[Advisor] - 2000

[Zoimancy I] (Life Magic) - 1000 CE

[Inhuman Strength I] - 2000

[Intermediate Accesories Pack] - 1500

[PhotoMancy I] (Light Magic) - 1000 CE

[Inhuman Agility I] - 2000

Tier 2 (Locked- require higher evolution)

‘All of these are pretty expensive, but most of them looks super useful… I will unlock just fast thinking for now as it looks like the most versatile, and it is cheap. ’

Ding!

System Announcement

You gained a new skill [Fast Thinking I]

Nothing changed. I started to focus on finding what happened, and suddenly I could feel that everything slowed down a little. Then I stopped focusing, and everything returned to normal. I tried to focus my thoughts again, and the world around me slowed down again.

‘This will be useful.’

We rested 20 more minutes before we decided to check a loot chest. We approached it, and Rose used her red crystal again before signalling me that it was safe. I slowly lifted a lid and looked inside. There were many silver coins, a ring and a wooden wand with simple carvings. My eyes shined in a weak golden glow at the thought of having a magical wand.

Ding!

Analyze Result

Item Name: [Basic Wooden Wand]

Durability: 100/100

Item Type: Magical Focus

Spell Affinity: Any

Item effects:

Decreased mana cost of the spell by 15%

Increased spell damage by 10%

Improves mana control by 20%

I immediately grabbed my new wand and cast [Fireball] to test it. It was a little less draining and easier to form.

“Ehmm, your eyes are glowing.”

“Ohh, sorry, I was just really excited. And by the way, how many floors does this dungeon have?”

“Only three”

We decided to continue, so we put the contents of a chest into inventories and walked towards a staircase that showed up after we defeated a boss. We slowly walked downstairs until rose spotted one step, which was a little bit higher than the others.

“Be careful. It will trigger a trap if we step on it.” Rose skipped it with a small jump. I did the same thing as I thought, ‘I hate traps. I just want to fight and gain XP.’ Soon, orange light of flames showed up, signalling an end of the staircase. We exited the stairs and were on a vast plain from black stone created by the cooling of lava. This floor was one big room. They were occasional rivers from lava with bridges over them. Heat on this floor increase even more compared to the previous one. Groups of monsters roamed a floor. With my enhanced senses, I could distinguish three types of them. One was a bigger version of salamanders with flames on its back. The second one was a flame stone golem. And the third one was some kind of magma slime. I could see only a few dozens of meters far due to thick vapours. I started to grin at the thought of me simply sniping monsters on this floor with my [Focused Death Ligtning]. Normally this would be impossible due to bad visibility and mana consumption of long-range attacks. But with my [??? Astral Eyes] I could see directly energy coming from monsters ignoring any obstacles in the path, and my big mana capacity combined with pauses made it possible for me. Purple lighting immediately gathered around my hands as I fired a purple beam of lighting towards the nearest monster. It survived one hit from me, to my surprise, so I charged second lighting and it finally died. Monsters next to it immediately started to run towards me but, I already fired two more beams of lightning, killing the second monster. The third one was already closing on, but it was too slow as another lightning came killing it in one hit.

Ding!

System Announcement

You killed LV 18 [Lesser Flame Salamander]

You killed LV 19 [Lesser Flame Salamander]

You killed LV 17 [Lesser Flame Salamander]

You obtained 759 XP

You obtained 1803 CE

Rose stepped out to find more adversaries, but I stopped her almost immediately. “Wait, I will just snipe them all.”

She gave me a questioning look and nodded.

Lighting crackled once more as I fired at the next group of enemies. This time it was a group of two slimes with a golem. Lightning hit a slime, but it survived only for second lighting to finish it. Purple flashes lightened up, surrounding a few more times as other slime died, but golem still tanked a few of my spells. But before it could reach me with its slow speed, it was hit by more purple beams and crumbled.

Ding!

System Announcement

You killed LV 20 [Magma Slime]

You killed LV 19 [Magma Slime]

You killed LV 17 [Flame Stone Golem]

You obtained 871 XP

You obtained 2040 CE

You are now level 15

You learned passive skill [Elemental Resistance I] as a reward from class

Skill [Fire Resistance II] and [Lighting Resistance I] were merged with [Elemental Resistance I]

Level of [Elemental Resistance] increased to 3

Proficiency of [Focued Death Ligtning] increased to 7

‘It looks like I will have to make some modification to [Focused Death Ligtning] as it is not one-hitting enemies anymore.’

“This looks so cheap..., but whatever,” Rose murmured quietly.

I took a few minutes of pause to recover lost mana before resuming my slaughter. My lighting kept blasting enemies from a distance while I was hiding behind vapours allowing me to kill them without any fight. This kept for an hour before the floor was finally clear of mobs, and stairs leading towards a boss opened, but at first, I decided to check results.

Ding!

System Log: Rewards

You obtained 5060XP

You obtained 12260 CE

You are now level 17

The level of your passive class skill [Elemental Penetration] increased to 3

Proficiency of [Focued Death Ligtning] increased to 9

Level of [Astrapomancy] increased to 8

You learned 10SP as a reward for reaching level 7 of [Astrapomancy]

You learned [Ligtning Call] spell as a reward for reaching level 8 of [Astrapomancy]

Level of [Hastened MP Regeneration] increased to 6

Level of [Improved Mana Control] increased to 5

Level of [Enhanced Senses] increased to 3

You were granted [Ligtning Sniper] title

“I wasn’t expecting you to just snipe all of the dungeon mobs. I don’t even know how you could even see them at that distance with so much smoke in the air. o exploit rules bounding these dungeon mobs… So cheap but effective. Still, you will not gain any real combat experience this way,” Rose holding her head in her hands, said.

“Look at it this way. I gained a pretty good amount of XP and levels with almost no effort. Also when you see opportunity, you have to use it.”

I looked at my CE and found out that I could evolve again. ‘Nah, I have to finish this dungeon first, and I also will unlock something with it first.’

“Let us take a break before heading towards a boss.”