10 Cave of Mourning

The whole group entered the Cave and saw the gloomy atmosphere. It was dimly lit and gave off an uneasy feeling. It was so quite that you can here water dropping from somewhere in the cave. The rocks were roughly shaped and slimy. There were a few puddles of water here and their. But worst of all, if you listened close enough, you could here some creepy noises echoing off the cave walls.

Everyone in the group was put on edge. They didn't like how the dungeon felt, but it defenently had something sinister in it. "Um.. w-wasn't this supposed to be a beginner dungeon?" Stuttered Sunshine, who was obviously afraid of the dark. "Yeah, this shit's fucked up. IT's giving me some creepy vibes" Twilight commented.

Avery, of course, was unaffected by the atmosphere. She already beat this dungeon a few times in her previous life, so she became immune to the creepiness. Of course, on her first run she was scared and creeped out as well, but now it doesn't mean jack shit to her. All she cares about is finishing the quest.

She knew everything about the monsters that were coming up because of former experience and online guides. She knew about why there are creepy noises coming from deep in the cave. She knew the weaknesses and strategies for the bosses. And she knew what those red dots shining in the darkness in front of her group are.

[Blood Bat (Level 5)

A common bat found in the Cave of Mourning. It can steal health from its enemies.

Health: 1000

Mana: 1000

Defence: 100

Magic Defence: 500

Abilities: {Flight}, {Life Drain}

{Flight (Tier 3)}: Naturally able to fly

{Life Drain (Tier 5)}: Drains the health from the enemy. Deals 100 damage over 5 seconds. Any damage dealt gets converted into health]

[Bloodhounds (Level 6)

These bloodhounds travel in packs and love to hunt for unsuspecting prey.

Health: 2500

Mana: 500

Defence: 500

Magic Defence: 300

Abilities: {Hunt}, {Thrill of the Hunt}

{Hunt (Tier 2)}: Naturally able to locate enemies through a excellent sense of smell

{Thrill of the Hunt}: Targets an enemy. Once targeted, the enemy will have their defence and speed halved for 10 seconds. But, the user can only attack them for the 10 seconds]

"Get ready!" Unbreakable yelled. Everyone in the group got into their places as the Blood Bats and Bloodhounds attacked. The whole group clashed and fought. Avery didn't really do anything and was enjoying the show.

After a long fight, the whole group managed to finish off the group of bats and hounds. One of them even dropped an item. Everyone crowded around to see what it was, and it shocked them.

[Blood Bat Tooth Necklace (Grade C, Level 5 0/1500)

A necklace with a tooth from a killed Blood Bat. Grants a small portion of their power, if used correctly.

-When using a spell, it has a 2% chance to heal the user for all the damage dealt during one attack

For: Mages

Note: Even though the effect is really good, it's takes awhile to activate it]

"..." The whole group was speechless. How come they did all the work, yet the item they worked so hard for turned out to be only for Mages! What the hell!

Ignoring the whole group's stunned faces, Avery was grinning from seeing this pleasant surprise. "Since you said all Mage gear goes to me, I guess I'll be taking this"" Avery shamelessly said. Everyone else wanted to say something, but couldn't refute. They were the ones that made that condition, and if they demand for it back she could leave the party and they wouldn't have enough party members to finish the quest.

In the end, they had to go along with her shameless behaviour. They can only suck it up and continue.

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Avery's group have been plowing through the dungeon for about an hour. It's been going fairly well for their group. But the same couldn't be said for the other groups trying to beat the dungeon.

Th players that were trying to beat the dungeon were stronger than the average player. Everyone was at least level 3 and everyone was forming parties ranging from 6 to 10, with 6 as the minimum amount of players needed to enter and 10 the maximum

"Group of 4 here, looking for a light element user and a extra DPS!"

"Group of 8 here, looking for 2 light element users here!"

Shouts for team members were heard from everywhere. Lots of people were looking for groups and lots of people needed groups.

Some people already went into the dungeon when it first got opened by Avery's group, but 5 minutes later some people already came out.

"What the hell! The dungeon is fucking impossible! How are there level 6 monsters in there!"

One of the players cursed loud, and everyone could hear it. 'Level 6 monsters?' they all thought, as the idea shocked them. How could a beginner's dungeon have level 6 monsters? 'They must be lying to stop anyone else from going into the dungeon' Everyone thought.

But, their suspicions were destroyed after all the groups came back either dejected or cursing. All of them faced the level 6 monsters. None of them could survive their onslaught and inevitably died.

If it was a boss, or even an elite monster that was level 6, then it would be acceptable, because they're special existences. Elites are much stronger than regular monsters, not to mention bosses. But, if a regular monster was level 6, then what level would the bosses be?

Thinking about that, the players felt a cold shiver run down their spine...

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Avery's group was still mowing down monsters. Their pace was decent and they were getting a lot of experience. There was only one problem...

The group looked at the freeloader relaxing at the back of the group doing nothing. Everyone was annoyed that she wasn't doing any of the work in killing the monsters. Avery, the freeloader in question, wasn't bothered by the cold looks. Hey, they wanted her and said she was a noob, so why don't I act like one?

Avery was getting a bit of experience from the group. All the experience was evenly split among the group members, so she got an even share of Exp.

"Status" she said.

[Status:

Name: Avrix

Level: 9 (2310/6500)

Stats:

-Charisma: 3

-Constitution: 1

-Defence: 1

-Dexterity: 1

-Intelligence: 85 (25)

-Luck: 4

-Strength: 1

-Willpower: 6

-Wisdom: 67

Elements:

-Fire

-Water

-Nature

-Wind

-Earth

-Lightning

-Metal

-Ice

-Light

-Darkness

Items:

[Eclipse's Robe (Grade A, Level 12 {8268/10000})

+60 defence

+60 magic defence]

[Eclipse's Mask (Grade S)

-Changes the users face to look like whatever they want

-Hides the users username and cannot be tracked, marked or identified by any skills]

[Eclipse's Staff (Grade A, Level 12 {8268/10000})

+60 intelligence

-Increases the power of darkness element skills by 50%]

[Jerold's Fish Charm (Grade B)

-Fish type monsters, if possible,always drop there carcass and, if possible, are 5 times more likely to drop an item]

[Blood Bat Tooth Necklace (Grade C, Level 5 69/1500)

A necklace with a tooth from a killed Blood Bat. Grants a small portion of their power, if used correctly.

-When using a spell, it has a 2% chance to heal the user for all the damage dealt during one attack

For: Mages

Note: Even though the effect is really good, it's takes awhile to activate it]

Active Quests:

Elemental Skills:

[Fireball (Tier 1, Level 0)

[Water Shield (Tier 1, Level 0)

[Entangle (Tier 1, Level 0)

[Flying Cloud (Tier 1, Level 0)

[Rock Wall (Tier 1, Level 0)

[Lightning Strike(Tier 1, Level 0)

[Metal Guard (Tier 1, Level 0)

[Frost (Tier 1, Level 0)

[Ray of Hope (Tier 1, Level 0)

[Smog (Tier 1, Level 1)

Other Skills:

Health: 1100

Mana: 950 (350)

Defence: 70 (10)

Magic defence: 120 (60)

Health regeneration: 1.5 per second

Mana regeneration: 34.5 per second]

Seeing the small amount of experience she got, she started to pity other players. She can easily kill monsters multiple levels higher than her with a flick of the wrist and 20 fireballs, but that's not the same for other players.

In her past life, she once believed that if she found out the best way to kill every monster, she could then easily kill every monster, then go and grind high level monsters easily. So, after a few months of research about every monster in the game, she successfully found out every monster's weak spot, where her attacks can ignore defence and magic defence. Sadly, she realized that her reasoning was flawed. She still needed high damage so it won't take forever to kill one monster and also dodge all of the monster's attacks so she doesn't die. Both of those things are pretty hard, so she started to give up on her idea to grind high levelled monsters. But, her research on monster's weak spots was well worth it. She never had to worry about monster's defence or magic defence with her research, so it helped a lot.

"Look up ahead!" Shouted Unbreakable. Avery broke out of her thoughts and looked ahead. There was a giant door, which indicated it was the boss room.

'Eh, maybe I'll help here' Avery thought, because this is one of the places the rest would need all the help they could get.