Chapter 13: 8th Floor.
The next day I woke up and left before Bell and Hestia woke up. I wanted to venture alone into the dungeon today. I didn't wish Bell to be in my way. I would probably let him die at some point.
I washed my face and left the church.
I reached the portal in no time. The line was long, but it didn't take long for my turn to enter the dungeon. I teleported up and started to be pushed by other adventurers.
I felt like activating my ability and throwing them down the stairs, but I controlled myself.
Then I slowly descended the stairs and reached the first floor. Many adventurers were around, so I didn't have the opportunity to kill any enemies. But the further I went down, the fewer adventurers there were.
And when I reached the 5th floor, the nearby adventurers were gone. I still had some, but they disappeared down the corridors minutes later. So I started to get excited. I was going to do a massacre today.
I activated my skill to increase my strength and agility and opened my map. I discovered this during my exploration with Bell. My skill shows all the corridors of the dungeon perfectly.
It was something that any adventurer would pay a fortune to have. I could create maps and sell them to the guild, but that would be strange because no one could know the paths of the dungeon so perfectly.
And the first floors have already been explored. It's useless to think about it now.
About my skill, it just showed the paths; it didn't show the enemies.
When I turned into a corridor, I found one War Shadows. It didn't want to give me time to react. It ran toward me and tried to hit me with his claws. If I were an ordinary adventurer, I would be dead now.
But with my skill, I avoided its attack and then punched the side of its body, throwing it against the wall. The War Shadow turned into dark particles and dropped a crystal.
"Oh? You're brave, kid." The man smiled and then put his hand on my shoulder. He then bent down and put his face close to mine. "Trust me; you're doing something stupid."
His breath stank.
"Don't worry, old man. It's all right." I took his hand off my shoulder and turned to continue. The man stood still with his friends and watched me go to the 8th floor without doing anything.
I thought I heard some laughter, but it didn't matter.
After a few more steps, I finally reached the 8th floor. The first thing I noticed was the moss covering the brown walls and the carpet of grass on the floor. In addition, it had natural lighting similar to the sun.
I also noticed that the hallways were shorter. I needed to walk just a little to get to a room. And in the first room I entered, I encountered my first enemies—a group of four goblins.
The monsters on this floor would be the same as on the previous floors but even stronger.
The group screamed and ran towards me. I then used my ability [ Hell Kaios ] and hit the two goblins ahead. They died instantly and dropped two crystals to the ground.
The two remaining goblins seemed to realize it was dangerous but didn't try to run away. So with quick movements, I kicked the head of one of them and separated it from its body. The next goblin wanted to hit me, but its attack was slow.
I kicked it and threw it away.
I didn't need to know how to fight if I had all this strength and speed. I smiled, satisfied, and picked up the crystals.
Then I decided to continue my exploration to the 9th floor. After the 10th floor, things would get a little more complicated, and I would have to think a little more before being impulsive.