Chapter 76 - Phoenix Feather

Even while beating the half dead phoenix to a pump, Yuki hadn't had his fun yet. With his last bit of stamina left, Yuki thought of adding another sequence to his named attack "Heavenly Hell".

"Activate Ability: Fire Control"

Using his ability, Yuki enveloped both himself as well as the phoenix in a tower of hot flames. Gripping as hard as he could to the phoenix so it couldn't run away in pain. Yuki's head looked towards the ceiling as his mouth opened wide as he gasped for air in the middle of his attack. Quickly, his mouth closed and turned into a smile. While he grew ever so weak, Yuki still enjoyed every moment of it.

As the flames died down, Yuki let go of the white phoenix and fell on his back.

"It's over," Yuki said as the phoenix distentigrated.

[Open inventory]

As Yuki laid down on the ground, he grabbed a full status recovery potion from his inventory. Opening the lid with his mouth, Yuki chugged the liquid as if he was a child who hadn't had anything to drink for the 3 weeks.

He instantly regretted that decision as he felt the excruciating pain of the new world's rules. Yuki had passed the 10 potion limit once more. Yuki hated the pain. Even though he enjoyed short amounts of pain which allowed him to go past his limit, this was different. It was just pure agony. It didn't allow him to move or feel anything other than pain.

"Zero!" Yelled cried out.

Wasting not another moment, Zero healed Yuki's body. Since Zero was not confined in the dimension which Yuki was currently in, he could heal him without having to make direct contact with him.

"What a pain, I hate it when this happens, but at least it prevents people from leveling up too quickly. Well... almost everyone, I'm basically cheating so it really doesn't make a difference," Yuki said to himself.

[+80000 exp]

[Player: Yuki Kaito]

[Level 10: 109000/200000]

"Almost halfway through? The leveling up pace has slowed down, but it's not that bad," said Yuki to himself.

Just like every other, something fell from the stage ceiling. However, unlike many of them, it didn't fall at a quick rate. As it came down, it swung in the air until it eventually landed on Yuki's palm.

[Item drop: Phoenix Feather]

Yuki double tapped on the item to open its information chart.

[Rank: A]

[Attack: 0]

[Description: Power: allows the user to use emergency state "vitality". A mythical bird known as the Phoenix. A creature that was a symbol of renewal and rebirth. According to legend, each Phoenix lived for 500 years, and only one Phoenix lived at a time. Just before its time was up, the Phoenix built a nest and set itself on fire. Then, a new Phoenix would rise from the ashes, in turn restarting the cycle. However, one phoenix chose to follow another path. Afraid of its eventual death, it entered the underworld to not die and be reborn. In this realm, it wouldn't have to die in the first place. Immortality was what it seeked. However as a consequence for its selfish desire, the world would lose a precious creature which would eventually be forgotten about. Due to its long stay in the underworld, the phoenix became corrupted by the souls of the dead which caused its orange colour to change into a dark and gloomy green. Only changing into white when killed and forced to be reborn as a pure creature. ]

"An A ranked item?!" Yuki was beyond overjoyed.

"It could be useful later on," said Yuki.

[Open inventory]

Yuki placed the feathor into his inventory and began to walk towards the save point. Yuki at this point had gotten used to this task. He would walk through the dungeon gate. After that, he would either beat the dungeon easily or almost lose his life. Then rinse and repeat that process. His goal was to create a fun video game-like world, however it seemed to be a job which he had to go to every single day.

If Yuki wished to, he could enjoy his life as a level 10 player. There were no easy feet which meant that he would be one of a kind. However, that wasn't the problem. Yuki knew that while many would give up on the journey to reach level 100 first, there were those who were more desperate for that title than himself. Those who craved absolute power over the world, so much so that they would easily experience hell many times over. That was what Yuki feared and allowed him to push himself even further beyond.

Just like how in the previous world, money was what ruled the world. In this one, power rules it. "The rich keep getting richer". If changed to fit the new world ideals it would be "The strong keep getting stronger". This also meant that the strong would do everything in their power to prevent the weak from reaching a strength that was comparable to theirs. After all, there isn't anyone in the world who wants someone better than them.

[Stage six: Complete]

[Save point reached]

[Stage 7 difficulty: level 9]

[If you would like to move to the 7th stage of the dungeon, please step forward]

Yuki's eyes were tired. It looked as if all he wanted to do was sleep for eternity, however that was much different from what he actually wanted. More than anything, Yuki wished to continue to grow. When he reached a new level, the pure joy that is pumped into his brain was more than enough motivation for him to continue. But on top of that, Yuki also wanted to test his theory out. He wanted to see if each stage would grant him a new "broken/overpowered" sword. Lastly, there remained the ability of "King's Crown". Yuki still aimed to build an army out of all the final bosses which the dungeons offered.

Yuki already enjoyed having the lich on his side, however, Yuki was still eager to see what the second dungeon's final boss looked like. There also remained Meurig #2 which Yuki had sent out to get even stronger. There were so many things going on which Yuki couldn't allow to go to waste.

"One more time," said Yuki as he touched the white light blocking his vision from the next stage. As his finger tips made contact with the wall, it began to disintegrate.