Chapter 363 - The color of experience point in <Dungeon Activity> is silver!
"Grrrr!"
"Pamela-san, it is heading your way! <Command>!"
"Just leave it to me-desu! <Blazing Slash>!"
"Graww!?"
Raising its stout arms, a Silver Golem sprinted for where Pamela was. But with Rika's warning as she used the skill <Command>, Pamela, who was already ready, brilliantly finished the approaching golem with a single strike.
What followed was the scene of Pamela swinging down her long sword clad in burning flames. A 100/10 in visual impact!
"Please don't lose your focus, Zephyr-san! Next wave is here! <Command Fire>!"
Hearing Rina's call, I turned to look ahead and saw three silver golems appearing out of the gate from depth.
"Don't fret, just leave it to me. <Shine Lightning>."
I attacked the approaching enemies and shifted their target to me as Rina buffed me. Thanks to that, it seemed like I managed to deal quite a good amount of damage.
<Command Fire> lasts only for a short duration but as long as it's active, it buffs both the attack and magic power. It was pretty useful for instantaneous bursts and could apply to the whole party.
"<Blizzard>!"
Just as the silver golems were approaching me, they were assailed by an ice-attribute attack, promptly halting one on its steps.
The attacker was Mert.
<Ice> was the general offensive magic in ice-attribute, and the <Blizzard> spell he just used now was a 2nd order skill tree’s magic.
On this note, <Fire> was the general offensive magic in fire-attribute while <Flare> being the 2nd order skill tree’s magic.
"Grawwr!"
"Heal incoming, Zephyr-kun! <Heal>! And <Protection Barrier>!"
"Thanks! This is the last and I can’t lag behind others in appearance huh, time to be more flashy! <Brave Slash>! <Swift Strike>!"
"Gr, Graww! G-G-Grr....."
After having Misato heal and cast a barrier on me, I stepped forward to confront them.
Two of the silver golems rushed and launched their attack, a pretty common sight nowadays. I resisted their attack with the help of a barrier and <Firmament Shield>, waited for the timing they slow down on their attack and then launched my counterattack which sealed their fate.
"<Mega Blizzard>! I am done dealing with my opponent as well!"
"Great job."
Mert defeated the last remaining silver golem, which finally cleared the dungeon's gimmick.
Anyway, jokes aside, it's time to check the changes now that the first wave is over. I wonder how many times they have leveled up.
"Great job, everyone. Now check your status."
"Okay~! ------Woah, I leveled by 4 at once!"
"I too."
Misato exclaimed in surprise, and while Rina didn't show it in her voice, her wide-open eyes gave away how astonished she was. Well, they have defeated 100 monsters, so it was bound to raise their level by that much.
"Surprised, right? Well this is the grace of <Training Hall>. The efficiency of leveling up is many times higher here than in a regular dungeon."
The key to this quick leveling --- just my headcanon, not that I actually know how it works --- lies in the silver monsters we defeated.
If gold colored monsters were synonyms to rare drops, then silver colored monsters meant loads of experience points.
Hmm, what about money? Sorry, but monsters in <Dungeon Activity> don't drop Mir. So there weren't any 'Mir-colored' monsters.
Anyway, <Training Hall> only spawns silver monsters.
In a regular dungeon, even if you take a day to clear it properly, you might only gain one level if it's the right dungeon for your level. Even by bringing <Official Hidden Tactic - Boss Farming> in this equation, it was only possible to level up by 4, or by 5 levels in a day if you worked hard but that was the hard limit.
On the other hand, as long as one use <Training Hall>, it is entirely feasible to hit the level cap from the bottom of the barrel LV0, all in just 5 days as long as QP is paid. Incredible, right? Well, its price is just that incredible as well though.
Let's see, clearing this wave took us one hour only. At this rate, we just need to repeat this for 2 or 3 times more and we would hit the level limit.
A magnificent place to level up with equally ludicrous prices to enjoy huh.
With the current pace, I should be able to meet my goal of having Rina, MIsato and Mert at Lv40 --- the limit to level up in <Rank 4> room --- within today.
Alas, Pamela and I were already over LV40 so experience points from monsters doesn't make any difference for us. We would be stopping as soon as we hit the quota before calling it a day. I think it should take two more rounds only.
Also, even after this current wave of 100 monsters ends, another wave will start shortly, so there's no need to re-enter the teleportation gate. We'll be staying in this room for a while, all thanks to 10,000 QP.
This room was designed like a martial art's training hall, with a stone material that resembles tatami adorning the floor. Rooms here have a limit of one party at a time, so any other visitors would be transferred to another room according to what I have heard. This way, we won't encounter other parties and there is no need to vie for experience points with others. All hail the QP.
When I mentioned the same to Misato and RIna, their eyes gleamed in excitement. Mert seemed to have his expression eased up a bit too.
Well, who wouldn't be happy if they were told they could reach LV40 within the day?
The only ones to reach LV40 in the first years were just <Eden>, <Machos>, and <Best of the Best, the Great Star>.
"Alright, everyone. Second wave is just upon us, so get ready! It's time to level up!"
" " "Understood (-desu)!" " "
In response to my call, Rina, Misato, and Pamela raised their hands enthusiastically. Mert just nodded, though the visible eagerness oozing out of his body betrayed him.
And thus, we resumed thrashing all the silver monsters that came out of the gate.
I missed it but the type of silver monsters change with each wave. So our current opponent were silver wolves.