Chapter 31: The Seventh Floor

Chapter 31: The Seventh Floor

Rey descended from the top of the ceiling with grace.

His feet slowly neared the ground as he controlled his descent through the [Flight] Skill, ensuring he did not repeat the same mistake as last time.

As soon as he landed, he activated [Danger Sense] and [Combat Application]—both of whom were C-Tier Skills.

Thanks to their average Tier, they did not consume much Mana, so he was operating on budget.

'Let's see just how many Skills I can use in this round.' Rey smiled as he maintained the [Flight] Skill.

His feet did not touch the ground, and he slowly advanced through the Seventh Floor like a floating specter.

His eyes were glowing brilliantly while his muscle-toned body was shrouded by the surrounding darkness.

This didn't last very long, though.

"[Perception]. [Farsight]."

Neither of these two Skills were specifically for Night Vision, but they had their uses

[Perception] improved all his sensory abilities, while [Farsight] allowed him a long and wide range of vision.

The latter Skill was very limited due to the current darkness, but Rey was not worried at all.

'I can see a little, and that's all that matters.'

He had to consider situations where he couldn't fight in very bright areas.

This could serve as training for such scenarios.

'This is strange, though. Why is this place dark? Shouldn't there be Mana Crystals here..?'

As he proceeded, looking around him as he observed the walls and ceiling, these thoughts crossed his mind.

If there were Mana Crystals, he would have even sensed them at this point.

"Hm."

Rey decided to closely approach the walls, and that was when his senses picked them up—the minerals here that replaced the Mana Stones.

"These are...!" His eyes widened slightly as he placed his hand on one of the pointy rocks that covered the wall's surface.

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Orichalcum were high-quality minerals that were known to be incredibly Mana Resistant, so they were very useful for defense.

These minerals were usually harvested to make weapons that could be used to directly counter incredibly powerful Magic Users or those who had Skills that produced Mana-Based attacks.

It had the opposite effect of Mythril, which actually enabled more Mana Flow and sometimes amplified the quality.

'I learned all of this in the library. The rest of them don't know what they're missing out on...'

The moment Rey thought about the library, he remembered a face that made him smile a little.

'Ah, what are you doing, Rey? Now isn't the time to get distracted.'

He had work to do, and that was all that mattered.

~VWOOOOOMMM!!!~

Both Hobgoblins were forcibly stopped midair, and before they could say anything, their bodies were sent flying backwards.

It was an almighty push that they could not resist.

~BOOM!~

They crashed upon the stone walls that they sprang out from, completely stunned by the damage they had just received from an invisible force.

"Ahh... did I kill them?" Rey muttered to himself as he watched blood drip from their unconscious bodies.

'No. They're not dead. They're quite resilient. I guess the armor paid off, after all.'

However, they were already weakened by the hit they received.

Rey decided it was probably best to finish them off with his next move.

"[Heat Vision]."

Instantly, his eyes began to glow red and a beam of hot light appeared from within it.

~VWUUUSHH!~

As he floated in the air, he sent the straight line of hot energy towards the helpless Hobgoblins, finishing them off in a flash.

'Haha! I always wanted to try this at least once!'

The person he got the [Heat Vision] Skill from also had [Icy Breath], [Flight], [Super Strength] and [Super Speed] as Skills.

It felt like the guy was going for a certain kind of build, but Rey didn't judge at all.

'It's pretty cool.'

Once he identified that the Goblins were dead, he burned them up using [Fire Ball] and took their Monster Core.

'I doubt I'd gain much experience from them. I guess I'll have to kill a bunch of them to gain a chance at Leveling Up...'

There was a good thing about Goblins, though. Hob or not, these creatures moved as a large group.

Their reproduction rate was also insane.

'Finding their hive means there's lots of them waiting for me here...'

And that meant tons of EXP!

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[A/N]

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