Chapter 34: Desolate desert [2]

Chapter 34: Desolate desert [2]

After two hours of walking through the desolate desert, they had managed to visualize something that looked like an oasis, but they were unsure if it was one. As is well known, deserts often generate mirages, optical illusions caused by the refraction of light that produce distorted images of distant objects or the sky.

In addition, before reaching this point, on their way, they encountered various types of monsters from vultures to giant ants mutated due to the environment. However, none of these monsters were as difficult for them as the Titan scorpion they encountered first. Well, it wasn't as hard for them because these monsters were not as tough as the scorpion.

And Erik had gone up three levels, he was now at level eighteen.

To verify that the oasis he was seeing was natural, Erik concentrated on his eyes began to glow slightly and his entire vision turned black and white. It was then that he confirmed that the oasis was not a mirage, but his eyes caught something else...

'What a vile dungeon...'

'I didn't expect the boss monster to be hiding in that place.'

After confirming the authenticity of the oasis, Erik sensed the 'Soul' of a monster, perfectly hidden, waiting for the perfect moment to attack when they were vulnerable.

'Good thing I have these eyes' Erik thought with relief. If it wasn't for these eyes, of which he had no idea what they were for or how to use them properly. Plus he lacked any kind of information about them.

Looking away from the monster's 'Soul', Erik speaks calmly, "The oasis is real."

Violet arched an eyebrow as if he was misheard. "How can you be sure it's not a mirage?" she asked, as she didn't understand how he could be so sure of her words.

Erik turned his gaze to Violet and pointed to her eyes which were still glinting slightly. He said with a small smile, "I know, thanks to my eyes."

As she came into contact with those eyes, Violet visibly shivered, her expression turned pale as if she had seen a ghost, and a cold sweat began to run down her back and even her breathing became erratic.

Several question marks began to appear above Erik's head. He didn't understand why Violet reacted like that... This chapter is updated by nov(e)(l)biin.com

'Maybe there's a monster in the back.'

He spun quickly to dodge whatever attack was thrown at him, but to his surprise, there were no monsters behind him, only sand and dust. Seeing nothing behind him, his expression became confused.

'If there are no monsters, why did he get like that?'

Erik, now he was getting more and more confused. He didn't understand why Violet reacted like that, as his vision returned to normal again.

And the moment his vision returned to normal...

"Gasp... gasp... gasp... gasp..." The air returned to Violet's lungs in agitated gasps as she dropped to her knees on the sand, her beautiful face drenched in sweat.

Erik, visibly concerned, rushed to her. "What happened, why did your expression suddenly change, what did you see?"

Violet couldn't answer right away, as she didn't have the breath to say anything. After a while, she tried to formulate a word and opened her mouth to say something. "....."

Despite all the damage, it had survived!

"He really managed to survive that?" exclaimed Erik in surprise. But now was no time to be surprised.

Without thinking twice, Erik launched himself at full speed towards the monster, because he didn't know if the monster had any regenerative powers. When he reached the edge of the crater, he took a giant leap, and in the air, he covered the spear with End Energy...

Boom!

Another explosion was heard in the desolate desert, but not as loud as the previous one, but on a smaller scale, raising a small cloud of dust, which quickly dissipated, revealing Erik on top of the huge black scorpion.

Tti-ring

[You have defeated a Rank C Black Scorpion].

[Boss monster - Rank C, 1 time: Complete (1/1)]

[You have gained experience]

[Your level has increased by one]

[All your stats have increased]

[Your level has increased by one]

[All your stats have increased]

Tti-ring

[You have completed the daily mission: 'Clear the dungeon and hunt monsters!]

[The rewards have arrived for completing the daily quest: 'Clear the dungeon and hunt monsters!']

[Would you like to confirm?] (Y/N)

Looking at all the gathered windows grouped together, Erik just glanced over and closed them all. He let out a sigh. "Phew... unless we finish it quickly or else it'd be a pain in the ass to deal with" he muttered, pulling the spear out of the monster's head, and reached in to pull out the mana stone.

....

Once Erik extracted the mana stone, he handed it to Violet to absorb. After he did so, he was almost nothing away from ascending to rank C. And since he had previously absorbed the rank D mana stones he had, there was no way he could ascend at this time.

With the dungeon boss defeated, they made their way towards the exit. Once outside...

"What the hell happened!"

....