Chapter 95 – Orcs.

Chapter 95 – Orcs.

My perception helped me a lot on the 10th floor. I didn't encounter many monsters. The ones I ran into the most were Imps and some monsters called Bad Bats.

Dealing with them was challenging. Not only were they fast and could fly, but they also launched sound waves attacks. I had a hard time focusing during the fights.

Luckily, they liked to use their sharp fangs to attack, which meant they had to get close. Since they didn't have much defense, it was easy to kill them.

And about the Imps... I preferred using magic attacks.

They weren't very fast, so they couldn't easily dodge my magic, especially my fire magic, which created powerful explosions. And it's really fun to use fire magic in this place.

Every time an explosion went off, the shockwave pushed the fog away, making everything more visible and allowing me to move forward.

However, even with the fog clearing and my perception, I couldn't reach the 11th floor easily. When I finally found the path to the 11th floor, I started wishing for a map.

A map would be great to navigate this dungeon.

"The fog is a bit thicker here but very similar to the 10th floor. If I remember correctly, the fog gets much denser on the 12th floor."

Since it was so similar, orienting myself on the 11th floor was easy. The monsters were also the same.

"No, wait. I think an Infant Dragon can appear on this floor. It's probably the strongest monster here. It could be dangerous to run into one."

I began walking much more cautiously.

And then I killed some Imps and Bad Bats but eventually found a stronger monster.

Orcs. I ran into two of them.

I don't know if this is common, but the two Orcs were walking together. They seemed to have been doing this for a long time. One walked in front while the other covered his rear.

It was funny to see Orcs acting like humans.

'I thought they were completely stupid, but that doesn't seem true.'

I leaped and made two moves.

One cut the Orc's wooden club in half, and the other sliced its head clean—two swift and perfect strikes. But since I wasn't entirely sure it would work, I activated the [Perfect Defense] ability just in case I got hit.

A direct hit from an Orc could be problematic.

"Two Orcs down. But now I better be careful. No more playing around with them."

More monsters started to appear, probably drawn by the sounds the Orcs made.

The 11th floor was extremely exhausting despite my high stamina. The good thing is that I gained many experience points since Imps travel in groups and are the most common monsters on these floors.

I've earned some points to distribute, but I'm not going to do so just yet. I'll save them for emergencies.

Unless some extremely strong adventurers show up to kill me, I don't think even an Infant Dragon could defeat me.

"Damn, but I'm a little tired after running for so long and fighting so many monsters. It could be problematic if I run into an Infant Dragon now."

But there's no way to stop and rest here. I can't stay focused the whole time, and monsters could attack me without noticing. Having limited visibility is a real issue.

"It would be fun to sit down and write in a place like this."

Well, I didn't bring my notebook and pen anyway.

So I decided to walk to recover, stopping my running.

I also tried to avoid monsters as much as possible.

After walking for several long minutes, I was finally getting close to the next floor.

"Damn, I didn't bring much food or water. I wanted that inventory..."

Then I heard some noises behind me—heavy footsteps.

"I let my guard down!!"