When midnight arrived, I greeted the new day by slaught...working hard! Yup! Working really, really hard!

With four more layers to go and sleep required, I decided to do two more 'trips' around the village and then head directly towards the boss.

To make sure nothing has changed while I was going at it, I had Clara keep an eye on the village using her Mana perception, under the excuse of practicing the new skills she got.

"You're here?"

[Hmm? Yeah, here!](Clara)

"...it would be nice if you could stop sneaking behind people. I told you, is bad manners..."

[Tsk!](Clara)

"Stop clicking your tongue so loudly! I swear I'm going to get a headache with you around. Has anything changed about the village?"

[Nah... The boss is in the same place, dead middle of the village.](Clara)

"Got it! Most likely I'll clean two more layers and then have a go at the boss. I'll need you on full alert in case I need help. Alright?"

[Yup. Is rather fun watching you sneaking around and killing the monsters. Especially when you busted in the hut and stood face to face with them. The two Kobolds were just as surprised as you were. It was hilarious!](Clara)

"...can I ask how do you know that?"

[I followed you.](Clara)

"..."

I decided to leave and don't mind, since it seemed like a waste of time trying to argue or explain the seriousness of the situation to her.

"Well, probably only I see it that way... considering how easy is to kill them, is not THAT serious. But she keeps getting behind me and trying to scare me which is unsettling to say in the least. Or the fact that she's stalking me and I had no idea that she was doing that... is kind of annoying. I wonder if being unable to sense her location at all is thanks to some other skill that she has?"

I reached the fourth layer and sneaked a peek inside a wooden hut. Same two leaves bed and same two smelly Kobolds sleeping on it...the difference was in their experience levels.

Name

-

Name

Value

Name

Value

Job Name

Level

Progress

Race

Kobold

STR

18

Magic

0

Kobold Soldier

6

50%

Sex

Male

DEX

19

Charm

15

Age

16 months

AGI

17

Luck

15

World

Anhur

END

10

HP

365/365 (+1.43/sec)

INT

9

MP

75/75(+0.1/sec)

WIS

5

"Looks like it increased again. That's...okay, right? I kind of have a bad feeling about th... Nope! No flag tripping!!! Is all going to be fine! In a couple of hours I'll just go back to the inn and sleep. Yup..."

I entered the tent and threw two knives towards the sleeping targets.

Fatal damage inflicted! -456HP!

Stunned status inflicted! Target is unable to move for 5 seconds!

Your target died! Fatal damage inflicted! -521HP!

Stunned status inflicted! Target is unable to move for 2 seconds!

Your target died!

While cleaning the previous layer, I saw that if I aim towards a specific part of the body, the aim assistance does the rest. Quite handy to be honest and thanks to that, I can pretty much one-shot the mobs at this point. The only thing I need to do is to aim for vital parts of the human body, like the heart, the brain, kidney, lungs...the good stuff.

"40 copper coins and two fur pieces. I wonder if that canine was considered a rare item with a low drop rate...I kind of doubt it though. It really takes about ten seconds to enter the tent and throw the knives, but it takes longer to loot and pick them back up. I could just finish killing all of them first and loot at the end...but that seems like even more wasted time. Let's just stick to the daggers since is annoying to pick back up the knives again and again..."

I lazily took a look the loot in my bag and headed towards the second hut. From there onward it took another fifteen minutes to 'evict' the residents, just like a really angry landlord which didn't get his pay due on time.

After a total of another 400 copper coins and twenty Kobold hides were looted (and kind of irritated about the repetition of this whole night raid), I decided to finally head towards the Kobold Boss and kill him after seeing his status window.

"After all, I came here for the intel regarding the skills and stats of the monsters on this first level posses and since they are almost copy-pasted, the only one different will probably be the boss. It will be rather underwhelming if the boss will be crappy as well..."

Name

Michael Corbett

Name

Value

Name

Value

Job Name

Level

Progress

Race

Human

STR

48(+2)

Magic

30

Stalker

13

88%

Sex

Male

DEX

50

Charm

20

Age

25

AGI

50

Luck

25

World

Anhur

END

48

HP

831/831(+4.2/sec)

INT

44

MP

571/571(+3.3/sec)

WIS

40

A bit unsettled by the fact that it got harder to level up, I lurked my way up towards the center of the 'stage', while ignoring the remaining two layers.

As I passed by the wooden huts at a faster pace than I originally expected, I took cover behind one located at the first layer and looking towards the middle part of the village, I was welcomed by a big tent that seemed to be made out of actual animal leather. The most surprising part though, it was looking like a mongol ger.

The tent was round, but its roof looked like the one of a proper house, while the walls of the tent were reinforced with wooden pillars. The height of the tent should've been at least four to five meters tall and I found it strange that I couldn't see it pass the barely two meters wooden huts the Soldier Kobolds were sleeping in.

The worst part, is that the final layer was in fact this huge tent.

"So the first layer is made of ten huts of one soldier each and the trio I killed already are supposed to be the patrolling guards. Out of the remaining five layers each have two soldiers that get increasingly more 'experienced', but ultimately have the same skills and same stats given their same level as the rest. That would make a total of 113 Kobolds, out of the 118 Clara confirmed previously... So that leaves four Kobolds and the Boss uncounted for. And I also have a bad feeling about this 'ger'..."

I walked closer to the white tent and I say white because I can see its color thanks to the torches around it, while carefully examining my surroundings.

The closer I get, the bigger the 'front door' seems to be. In this case, the door seems to be also some kind of fur that can be moved aside, however, looking from the ground up the door seems to be at least three meters wide and four meters high, which gives a bad feeling altogether.

I move the 'door' aside and slightly step inside.

The interior is just as dark as the outside and I can hear the sound of a breathing pers...animal!? However, with a quick glance I can see that in the middle of the hut there is a big carpet-like bed made of different animal furs and sleeping on top of it, is a really huge-ass Kobold.

I calculate the distance between me and it being about fifteen meters and if that is indeed the center, then is thirty meters from side to side.

"This huge bastard! Not only does he sleep in such comfort while the other dog...Kobolds sleep over grass and leaves, but he also snores like he has no care in a world. If you are in such a deep sleep, how about I guide you to an even deeper one?"

I ran towards the Kobold boss and with both daggers brandished overhead, I jumped on him and stabbed them in his chest.

Critical damage inflicted! -213HP!

Stunned status resisted!

Critical damage inflicted! -312HP!

Bleeding status inflicted! -63HP/sec

"Eh!?"

Confused by the sudden pain, the Kobold boss opened his eyes and flailed his arms throwing me at a distance over five meters before I even had time to react. Barely breathing since he hit me squarely in the chest, I use both daggers as a support to try and get up while looking at my status window.

Critical damage received! -522HP!

Stunned status resisted!

Enfeebled status resisted!

Weakened status resisted!

"This fucking mutt! Over 500HP in one hit? What the hell is up with that? What in the flying fuck are his stats like to inflict three types of statuses with one hit!?"

Soon, while regretting getting cocky earlier and not checking his skills and status page first, I took two knives and threw them one at his eye and one at his neck. As the knives were easily blocked, barely scratching the fucking hellhound in front of me, I glanced at his stats and once I saw it, I realized what I had to do.

"Fuck! I gotta run!"

Name

Iron Fang

Name

Value

Name

Value

Job Name

Level

Progress

Race

Kobold

STR

73

Magic

46

Kobold General

15

25%

Sex

Male

DEX

43

Charm

35

Age

1 year

AGI

53

Luck

70

World

Anhur

END

82

HP

2015/2540(+5.41/sec)

INT

39

MP

464/814(+4.3/sec)

WIS

43

Skill List Name Level Proficiency Retribution ??? ??? Summoning howl ??? ??? Empowering rage ??? ??? Terrifying roar ??? ??? Absolute obedience ??? ??? Brawling master ??? ??? Blessings Blessing of Experience Blessing of the dungeon

"Aren't you a bit too overpowered for some beginners to attack you, you shitty mutt!? What is that useless game God thinking setting this kind of bullshit up? What's with those stats and those skills? And why two blessings? What the hell is the Blessing of the dungeon!?"

Blessing of the dungeon

Offered to the boss-level monster of each floor.

It provides an increase of 15 in stats and 1500 points increase in HP.

"IT WAS A RHETORICAL QUESTION!"

With a fierce growl, the boss, or better said Iron Fang was checking me out with an almost human-like sneer on his ugly mug. I remained on guard and quickly tried to look at his other skills for more details and then bolt out of here so that Clara can send the remaining monsters to Oz one more time.

Retribution

Offers a chance of 25% to automatically return the full damage received within a total of 3 seconds.

Works only if the attacker is within a five meter radius and has a cooldown of 15 seconds once successfully activated.

[AWWWOOOOOOOOO!!!](Iron Fang)

Stunned status inflicted! You are unable to move for 3 seconds!

Enfeebled status resisted!

Weakened status inflicted! Your defence is dropped by 50% for the next 15 seconds!

Terrified status resisted!

"What the...!? What's up with that strong debuff skill? And why the hell do you look more confused than I am, you shitty mutt!?"

[MRRRRRRR!!!](Iron Fang)

Taking that time the dog was pissed off and barking at me, I quickly inspected the other skills he had.

Terrifying roar

Inflicts 'Terrified' status onto every target within 50 meter radius with a probability of 75% and depending on the target's mental strength.

Upon success, the target will be inflicted with said status for up to sixty seconds. Absolute obedience

Other members of the same race will follow your every order. Empowering rage

When your HP reaches 25% of its total value, your damage gets increased by 250% and your attack and movement speed by 150%.

"It even has a berserk skill!?"

[AWOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!](Iron Fang)

"I don't need to use Identify to know what that was... Fuck! There was another entrance!?"

As soon as his loud howl started, four Kobolds entered the hut opposite of the door I used to barge in. They rushed to Iron Fang's side and growled menacing at me.

"And here are the four unaccounted ones. Shit...why do I have to keep tripping flags!?"

Name

-

Name

Value

Name

Value

Job Name

Level

Progress

Race

Kobold

STR

51

Magic

5

Kobold Elite

10

78%

Sex

Male

DEX

35

Charm

20

Age

1 year

AGI

51

Luck

50

World

Anhur

END

43

HP

1040/1040(+3.01/sec)

INT

23

MP

64/64(+0.09/sec)

WIS

21

Skill List Name Level Proficiency Enrage ??? ??? Blessings Blessing of Experience

"Of course...Elites... Well then, it was a pleasure meeting you gentlema....gentlemutts? This is where we part ways. I wish you all a good evening and I thank you for your hospitality!"

I immediately turned tail and ran towards the door. I had absolutely no chance to win against all five of them in that hut.

Enrage

While under the effect of Summoning Howl, if the skill user is wounded receive a 100% increase in damage inflicted.

"Isn't the synergy effect a bit too great you useless game God!? I'm a solo player you know! This makes the cheat elf look like even worse of a cheater! How the hell did she manage to wipe out that absolute monster back there? Over 2500 damage with one spell?"

I ran outside of the tent and walked towards the sixth layer, only to notice that Kobolds were coming out from the uncleared huts, all running towards the boss with one single purpose in mind: hunting the intruder.

There were about forty Kobold Soldiers, four Elite Kobolds and Iron Fang left standing.

"Since there's no way out, I might as well start by killing the trash mobs."