Chapter 155

Chapter 155

The white transfer magic leaves my vision as I ready my blades, turning on enemy detection.

The sky above me is a pale grey, and the landscape in front of me is made of completely black glossy stone. Formations of rectangular-shaped rocks jut out from the ground in crystal-like structures. They form walls creating an abstract maze of pathways as far as the eye can see.

I gulp, moving my head back and forth, then opening my spacial magic to let Ember out.

With a burst of dark flames, the Dragon appears. I hop on his back and we fly up into the sky to take a better look at the landscape.

What I see below is intriguing, but not exactly comforting...

The four-sided crystal-like black stone structures fill the entire dungeon in all shapes and sizes. Some are mountain-sized, creating high peaks in the distance. Some consolidate together, creating rolling hills and valleys. Other sections are more abstract making winding mazes that hunters could get lost in for hours.

We soar through the air in silence, as the ominous structures whiz by, below us. I sense a few enemies on the way, but I haven't gotten a close look at one just yet. They're all between levels 390 and 400.

Until...

"Ember."

I point down toward a massive flat black structure off I the distance about 500m away. There's a lone enemy standing in the middle of it, this one caught my eye when sense it on my radar. It's the same exact level as me.

[Lv. 408]

"Let's go down there. I need a warm-up before the boss room. This must be some kind of mutant."

With a powerful flap of his wings, Ember changes his flight path and starts a direct course for the soon-to-be battlefield.

Squinting, I can make out a humanoid figure just over 200m away now. I've never seen a dungeon like this and definitely haven't faced the monsters within it.

The fact that these monsters are my level, means they'll have enough exp to actually give me some proper growth.

"Finally, it's time to get stronger."

We glide down, faster and faster. The mysterious monster finally comes into sight and I get a solid look at the creature.

It looks like a man... A very, very oversized man with red skin standing nearly 4m tall. With human-like facial features, but sharp jagged Parada-like teeth, the beast turns toward me letting out an eardrum-bursting shriek. It's almost the size of a Yeti, but much more compact and agile looking.

Muscles ripple all over its body, and bulging veins pop out through a layer of lightweight silver armor and its sharp green eyes stare vehemently into mine.

Lastly, it carries a long silver sword...

I use Appraisal.

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Active Items:

[Berserker Giant's Armor Set] +1000 Defense

[Berserker Giant's Long Sword] [Blood Bonded] +1000 Attack +500 Agility

Cutting off my link, then staring down at the pacing menace, I begin charging up an ultimate attack.

Opening up my item storage, I don't try to conserve a drop of MP. The only thing on my mind is taking this creature out. The way it stares at me with its sharp green eyes and open mouth like I'm its prey makes me sick.

The faster I can rid the world of that pest, the better.

I begin to float downward, making sure not to get too close to the Berserker's jumping range. After 20 seconds or so, I've charged up a decent attack. Full of rage, I've managed to build up 4000MP per blade.

"More..."

Continuing to glide closer and closer to the savage beast, another 10 seconds pass and I've charged up a 10k MP attack. This is nearing my upper limit....

Aiming straight, and letting out a yell, I let the highly refined flames and wind soar from my blades. The dual high-pressure attack tears through the dungeon's thick air, leaving heat residue in its path.

The Berserker's lips curl at either side, and its green eyes bulge at the sight of my new attack. It grips its sword and begins to glow dark red while planting its back foot.

A smile of my own creeps across my face as I realize it's going to take my attack head-on. The one I just released is well over twice as powerful as the last. This beast is in for a surprise.

Hoping to watch Berserker Giant's guts fill my vision, I eagerly wait for the moment of impact.

Watching closely with my All- Seeing Eye, new information is uncovered during this exchange.

As the two dense crescents of energy make contact with the Giant's blade, the usual white flash of dense mana being released blinds me. Before impact, I watch the two dense barriers collide.

The energy is almost acting like two solid objects, hence the loud metallic twang, but it's still hard to tell exactly how it's done.

Before I'm able to extract any more data, the wind and fire magic expands exploding into an array of white and red flames and white wind.

"This is good..."

Last time the attacks were completely deflected, this time they managed to hit something and explode on impact. Surely I landed a fatal attack.

Smirking I keep my guard up, but slowly float down to check out the scene.

As the magic residue, along with chunks of rock and dust begin to clear, I let out a slight gasp...

I'm filled with excitement, along with a bit of nerves at the sight before me.

The Berserker still stands gripping its sword, glowing bright red. Its entire right arm is badly burned... but somehow not on fire....

Deep cuts from my wind magic have sliced up its torso and dragged its armor, it drips red blood onto the hard black dungeon floor.

I can see every last one of its teeth as the jagged smile cuts deep into my soul from nearly 30m up in the air.

It lets out a screech, jumping upward with its sword pointed taught ahead. The monster is ready for more...

I let out a chuckle.

"Now, this is going to be a good fight."