Chapter 28: Preparation [4]

Chapter 28: Preparation [4]

Swoosh- Slash-!

Swiftly dashing through the halls of the System's Dungeon, Raven quickly made work of the goblin archers.

After a week, he had finally broken through to the 2nd floor.

The dungeon's layout had significantly changed compared to the 1st floor.

If the 1st floor were narrow corridors, the 2nd floor had spacious hallways.

Not only that, but the difficulty had exponentially increased too.

It took him a total of 3 weeks to adjust and completely clear the 1st floor.

Now on the 2nd floor, there were trolls and goblins.

Swoosh- Crack!

As he dodged the troll's club, an arrow pierced through the air. But with his speed, he was able to dodge the arrow as well.

"Tsk."

He clicked his tongue in annoyance.

It was hard to penetrate through their defense, as the trolls and goblins had cooperated.

The troll would act as the main tank and damage dealer, while the goblins would provide support, shooting arrows his way.

Despite reaching level 6, and pouring his stats into the strength aptitude, a single strike wasn't enough to kill a troll.

"Their skin is way too thick."

To make things easier, Raven targeted the goblins at the back.

Swoosh- Splurt-!

With two daggers, one in each hand, Raven striked down one of the defenseless goblins.

Smash!

As soon as he did, the troll made his way to him and swung down its club.

"Haa... Haa..."

Panting heavily, Raven decided to retreat. It was too much for him at the moment, but he had already done enough.

Making his way towards an empty corridor, Raven slumped down on a wall.

He then muttered to himself,

"System."

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[Name: Raven Blackheart]

[Level: 6]

[EXP: 1,400/6000] Alll latest novels on novelbin/(.)com

[Class: Assassin]

∟As the one who left it all behind, you have become one with chaos.

[Passive]

∟ Assassin's Rush

∟ Every step you take, your speed stats increase by 1 point, maximum 10.

[Skill Tab]

[Stats]

[Stat Points Available: 0]

∟ STR: E+ [●●○○○]

∟ MP: F [●○○○○]

∟ DEF: F+ [●○○○○]

∟ AGI: E+ [○○○○○]

∟ INT: F [●○○○○]

∟ CHARM: F [●○○○○]

[System Shop]

[System Dungeon]

[System Coins: 0]

[Quests Available: 0]

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[Skill Tab]

∟ [Eye of Time]

He just realized why they were meeting up in the first place. To exchange information about Brandon and Amy.

"I don't know anything about him..."

"..."

When he thought about it, he realized he knew nothing about Brandon's abilities, besides the fact that he was a Lightning Attributed mage.

But at least, it was the same for Brandon–who also didn't know anything about him.

...Is what he thought.

"Okay, understandable, barely anyone knows anything about him."

At least she didn't blame him.

"I know..."

"We'll work with what we got then."

At that, Claire started talking about everything she knew about Amy.

From her Water Affinity, to her fighting style.

Raven took in every detail. He was now starting to understand why Amy was ranked 4th.

She specialized in Water Magic, but her control was second to none among the first years.

And to his surprise, Amy could somehow manipulate the weather as well–to a certain degree.

A total prodigy.

Suddenly, he felt like their chances of winning had significantly dropped.

After Claire debriefed, they decided on who would fight who.

Claire would fight Brandon, and Raven would fight Amy.

The reason for this–was because water was a complete counter to lightning.

Since water was a conduit, then the lightning would scatter around it.

Just because Claire was a Lightning Attributed Mage, didn't mean she was immune to it.

If Amy traps her in a bubble of water, then Claire wouldn't be able to use her lightning.

She would electrocute herself.

A basic law of nature.

It was a good matchup, per say. Both Claire and Brandon were Lightning Attributed Mages, it would definitely be an interesting fight.

But Raven didn't like the plan, though he didn't speak his thoughts out loud.

'I wanted to fight him...'

For some reason, he'd always seen Brandon as a rival.

It was as if they were polar opposites somehow.

He wanted to know who was stronger between them.

But in the end, the plan was set in place. He didn't want to disagree with Claire, who had brainstormed and came up with the plan way before he arrived.

Though he didn't say it, his expressions told a different story, as Claire seemingly noticed.

"You want to fight him, don't you?"

"...No?"

"Your face says otherwise."

"It's fine. We have a better chance at winning with your plan."

"Sure, but we still don't know the details of the next Combat Class session. Who knows? It might be a one on one fight, and Miss Evelyn would be the one to decide who fights who."

She had a point.

Professor Evelyn had never stated the details of the next session.

It could be a tournament type, or a simple contest of strength.

Who knows?

Disrupting their discussion, the coffee arrived–via shiftporter.

Claire immediately grabbed it, sipping on the coffee.

"You're not gonna order?"

"...I don't like coffee."

"Suit yourself."

Claire just shrugged.

Raven never understood the appeal of coffee. But his friends seemed to enjoy it a lot, especially Rachel.

"It's too bitter..."

"A sweet tooth, huh? How cute."

"..."