Chapter 8

Chapter 8

I woke up the next morning with a headache and hobbled over to my fridge to grab a cold bottle of water.

"Glugggluggglugg"

I chugged about half of it and sat in my desk chair. I quickly checked my status and was pleasantly greeted with a full 135/135 MP stat.

I got dressed, grabbed my sword, took 3 bronze coins from my bedside table, and made my way out the door. On the ground was a little yellow note with an apple next to it. It read:

"Good luck hunting today Jay:) -M"

I smiled, put the note in my back pocket, took a bite out of the apple, and walked down the stairs in a half jumping manner.

My walk to the dungeon takes no more than 5 minutes now. It gives me a brief moment to collect my thoughts before I go to battle. I'm used to making this walk with my team mates, this is the first time I'm doing it alone in a while... The morning silence is a bit erie.

I went over yesterday's hunt in my head, I made about 20 bronze, but used up all my MP in a matter of hours. It wasn't hard work, I just activated my skill too many times for weak opponents. It wasn't as efficient as I'd like.

I think it's time I take a risk... I made up my mind. Today, I'll be facing the boss solo.

I approached the blue portal confidently, unsheathed my sword, and jumped through.

I made a straight shot for the end of the dungeon, any goblins that obstructed my path I kicked to the side. I decided they were not worth using my sword, or even collecting their crystals. Today I was on a mission.

In about an hour and a half I made it to the boss room entrance. The light grey portal was swirling in front of me. It was a familiar safe color, nothing like that mutants portal in my previous battle. I grinned and jumped through.The debut release of this chapter happened at Ñøv€l-B1n.

I entered the boss room with both hands gripping my sword's handle holding it towards the back of the dungeon.

I quickly disposed of the approaching goblins with a few kicks and a wide swing of my sword.

Moments later the familiar hobgoblin boss appeared.

"Gruuuahhh!!!"

The monster screeched as it sprinted towards me with its axe.

I had been watching this boss for 6 weeks straight, never getting a chance to take a crack at it myself. It was strong, but I've been leeching off my teams exp as a porter for a while. I knew I could handle the boss on my own if I needed to.

The hobgoblin lifted its axe as it approached me at a rather quick pace. Once it was roughly 5 meters away I braced myself, readied my sword, and charged at it.

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Name: Jay Soju

Level: 27

Hp: 140/140

Mp: 20/140

Strength: 70 [+50]

Speed: 78

Agility: 83

Defense: 64

Mental Strength: 70

Skills:

Absorption

Swordsmanship

Items Equipped:

Stainless Steel Long Sword [+50 Strength]

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The last hobgoblin dropped a light pink mana crystal, and to my surprise a large axe. It had a sturdy wooden handle with a large metal blade. As I threw the mana crystal in my back left pocket I sheathed my sword and picked up the axe. The white light came and I walked out of the dungeon with a satisfied look on my face.

"I leveled up and got an item drop today, can't complain."

I walked towards the village market with a smile on my face as the sun began to set behind me. A successful day of solo hunting has come to an end.