Chapter 6: The Dungeon of Gladius

A man wearing a silver plate and a black gloves wields a black edged sword with the same group of men that I encountered once before appeared, my temper immediately began to erupt. I would not forget the shame they brought upon me, except for the new face carrying a hammer. Glaring at him badly, Xymedron noticed me.

"Hey guys look what we have here"

The group changed their gaze upon me, staring dazed and confused. But once they finally realized that it was I, from our previous meeting, they immediately began to approach me and yell out at me:

"Hey there, little fella. What are you doing here? Hope you haven't wet your pants yet."

I gave him a look straight in his eyes and said, "Not yet, mister. But when I do, you're gonna wash them for me."

"Ooooo... this little punk thinks he can answer like a man. Good for you."

"Yes, it is good for me. What's not good is you standing in front of me making me feel sick."

After that, this man lost his temper and said, "Watch it, punk!"

But then Xymedron interrupted the conversation with a mighty yell, "ENOUGH!!" He stared at my weapon and smiled with a murderous intent beneath it. Raising my sword that he stole, using it to taunt. I was not about to fall into any trap or tricks that they were trying to set.

"Hey brat! I am really getting the hang of this sword that you was so gracious to rewarded me. Can't believe I got this from a whimp like you! Hahaha. Now, let me take a guess, you want it back?"

Looking down, I said..

"Nope. You can keep it. I got a better one. Besides, I think you'll need it more than me."

Insulted, he ordered his men to attack. It would be easy for me to take all of them with my new weapon, but I kept quiet and remained in a low profile. Staring at their HP, they're almost dried up, Only Xymedron managed to stay at full health. Maybe he used his crew to tank all the monsters earlier. With that tactic, they won't stay long enough, for this dungeon bears a strong boss, or did they manage to take it down already? The answers, I still don't know.

Half of the crew slowly walked towards to me, smiling arrogantly. Right before they could reach me, I spoke.

"Please cut it out and save your level"

After hearing the tone of my demand, they broke into laughter that made me notice the new face isn't laughing, weird. Not following, they continued to pace in. One man charged and the rest followed. Xymedron, with two bodyguards sat down and watched.

"Go and get me that new sword boys! I'm gonna love using that one as well."

Hearing those words made me reply. "Like I'll let you take it from me!"

I jumped backwards dodging the attack from one of them and prepared my fighting stance, I looked like a Karate master with a Trident. Suddenly, my battle cry skill activated.

"I warned you but you didn't listen"

They continued to laugh hard, acting tough like Bruce Lee. Swayed my trident left to right followed it with a straight strike. It punctured the man's chest and died.

Clang!

A sound made by the sword dropped on the floor. Ignoring the sword, the crew of Xymedron unconsciously stepped back while I was walking towards them. The leader stood up with his bodyguard and left the new face behind. His arrogant face suddenly changed into a pissed one.

Glaring at my name, a man whispered to Xymedron. He whispered in a very lowered tone. Tss.. this dumbhead didn't even realize we're in an enclosed dungeon. His whisper echoed. Aahh.. music to my ears.

"Boss, he's the brat who ranked up so fast in the attack points ranking. He out ranked thousands of players"

After hearing, Xymedron's face became red, body trembled and fists clenched. Pissed him off really bad. Pointing his sword towards me. Signaling his men to attack, all of them obeyed his foolish order.

Prepared my battle stance again, not the karate thing okay? Made them halt. They stopped and faces were shocked as if they've seen a ghost. They walked backwards and retreated. They used a teleportation scroll in order to withdraw.

"We aren't done yet AceNomo! Next time we meet, I'm gonna make you pay for what your barbaric mouth just said"

Glared at Xymedron straight in his eyes, they vanished like bubbles in the wind. Made me stand and sighed a relief. Suddenly, a loud growl from behind me made my hair shudder. Turning my back, seeing a 3 meter tall dog standing with two feet. Wielding a giant silver flail and a wooden shield in off-hand. Two HP bars was floating above his head. Behind him was a battalion of Elite Gobolds.

Gladius the Gobold Chieftain Lv. 10 (Boss)ATK113-120HP200%SPEED★★★☆☆Special SkillSpawn Elite Gobold

Elite Gobold Lv. 7 ATK113-120HP100%SPEED★★☆☆☆Special Skill--

The Elite Gobolds wield rock hammers and nothing else. Not giving the first move, I dashed and charged in and started the clash. I murdured everything in sight but the boss kept on spawning limitless Gobolds. With this kind of tactic I'm doing, this battle won't end.

Dashed backwards, planning to change my fire. This time I'll focus on the boss. A fearless me rushed towards the boss ignoring all the gobold's attacking me. Managed to land in front of the boss till my HP decreased to 14%. Consequence of my 0 Defense.

Reaching out to my bag, I drank three Small HP potions that helped me increase my HP back to its full capacity. Charging in, I swayed my trident with full force, cancelled his summoning.

The huge damage dealt by the boss pushed him backwards, HP down to 167%. A level 10 Boss was hurt with my attack, out leveled me for 8 levels and in addition, its a blue tier boss type monster. Well, it didn't shock me in the first place.

The interrupted boss managed to return back to its post. This time the boss released a color red aura. Gave me a quick swing that I didn't handle to dodge. The powerful attack pushed me back to the Elite Gobolds. It made my Chartreuse colored HP back to red.

Drank a few potions, I dashed again letting my Trident spark by grinding it on the floorings and gave the boss another powerful swing. The boss endured my attack and kept his two feet standing, Hp down to 124%. Playing his flail, swinging it in a circular motion and finally released it. Its giant flail landed on my weak body and damaged me.

Pain can be felt like it was true. Forcing my body to stand up but it refused. Glaring at the boss with my HP down to 37%, I was stunned! Drank another bottle of Potion and rose my HP up to 86%. Not enough to withstand a powerful boss.

Before he could manage to land his next attack. My body finally came back to its normal self. Quickly, I stood up and gave him a quick swing! With my battle cry skill activated, my attack landed first.

This made his attack miss and got pushed away. Not letting it to stand back again, I followed it with an effortless swing and decreased its HP down to 37%. Effort doesn't change anything in this game, or is it because of my weapon that I managed to damage his life with ease?

He remained silent while seated on the ground in agony. Changing his gaze at me, I walked towards him. Raised my trident and penetrated the boss’s stomach. The boss held my trident and slowly, he laid back down. Gobolds around me died with him.

Congratulations! Dungeon Cleared!Money79 Silver 58 BronzeExperience1945 ExperienceDropGladius Shield

Congratulations!!! You're now level 3

At last, a drop from a monster! Also, it raised my level up to 3!

Equipped the shield I looted and the middle aged man with the group of Xymedron came out clapping his hands.

Clap! Clap! Clap!

"You have some skills young one, I'm Darius"

Gave the man a frightening glare while raising my trident up.

"Are you with the lunatics earlier?"

He laughed hard and replied.

"For that I disagree young man."

The speech of Darius made me sigh, Gave him a smile.

"Sorry bout that pops.?"

He nodded saying. "It's getting dark already, I'll accompany you on your return to the kingdom, for you will obtain great rewards back there"

Quickly, I walked after hearing him. My eyes gleamed with the light. Body trembled with excitement. "Let's go!"

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After a long walk, we finally reached the outer part of the dungeon. It was already dark when we arrived. The moonlight crawled slowly towards the path in front of us. Oak trees danced with the cold gale. The grass swayed in harmony. A countless stars floating in the sky made my hand to reach them.

The breeze of wind passing through my body made me shudder. Terminating my vision for a short while, feeling the wonderful nature around. Music of insects and hiding animals from a far merged in with the priceless view. This made my devotion to the game burst even more.

Radiance of the moon passed through my sealed eyes while listening to the melody of this beautiful nature. The refreshing resonance washed away my weariness. I was like bathing in a fountain of life loaded with roses. A warm thing crawled on my shoulder, realized that it was a hand.

"Wonderful, isn't it?" He said as he stares at me while I stand in front of him with my arms wide open and breathing the air in and out.

"Check this out." he whispered to me before he headed towards a birch tree nearby. After a few seconds of looking up, out came a raccoon. It jumped onto his palm then looked at me saying, "This raccoon has been spying on us since we came out from the dungeon."

"Really? How did you know that?"

"He told me."

Things became weird so I looked ahead and continued walking. After talking with the raccoon for a few seconds more, he let it go back to the birch tree where he found him. Then he caught up with me.

The gargantuan blue moon with millions of stars accompanied us in our walk. Feeling the soft blow of wind behind making my short hair to sway with it. Sparkling light from a far reached the skies above us, It was so beautiful.

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Thanks for the proofread: Cheldrine Pilarta and Imteshal Karim! :)