Vol. 7 - Chapter 394 - Int-mid Dungeon Conquered! The Dawn Before the Promotion Exam!

After the boss farming, the rest of the dungeon week progressed according to the schedule. We cleared a dungeon every 2 days and gradually paved the path for the promotion.

The next dungeon we challenged after the ‹Cat-Dun› was another unpopular dungeon——‹Venomous Scorpion and Sandstorm Dungeon›. Just as its name implies, the dungeon had low visibility due to the chaotic sandstorm and gust of winds blowing more menacing than ever. The scorpion type monster that appeared there from the ground below was another reason behind why it was less preferred, A single sting attack of theirs was enough to inflict ‹Poison› ailment. And depending on the variety, there were even some capable of inflicting ‹Paralysis› ‹Confusion› ‹Sleep› ailments. They were truly a troublesome opponent.

The recipe ‹Purifying Dust›, that we had found in ‹Cat-Dun›, swiftly came in hand. In fact, this recipe was the reason why I chose this dungeon as our second target. The main obstacle this dungeon posed was ‹Internal Abnormal Status›.

Of course, that which can't hit can't hurt you applies here as well, but it wasn't always possible to defend against the multi-strike pincers attack. You thought you blocked the twin pincers? Io and behold the stinging spectacle—the sting attack! As if that was not enough, they were surprisingly fast, and strong to boot. Apparently, many students fell prey to them.Rread latest chapters at novelhall.com

But, in the end, it was just a dungeon with monsters completely relying on physical based attacks—A place for the tanks to shine. Rika had pulled a marvelous performance, seemingly to make up for her blunder in ‹Cat-Dun›. And since scorpions mostly rely on close-range attacks, she absolutely dominated this dungeon.

Lana and I supported against the abnormal statuses, and in situations we couldn't make it in time, someone else would use ‹Purification Dust›. For the most part, it was a bump-less ride, and we managed to clear this dungeon in two days as well.

It was an unpopular dungeon among the upperclassmen, so we had the option for boss farming here as well, but this was where girls immediately voted against. As a result, we left the dungeon as soon as we were done with the boss. I guess that was inevitable huh? Pitiful worm monsters, they always receive the short end of the stick.

Aside from prioritizing swift clearance, we also went around the five hidden rooms, and each of them ended up ‹Silver Chest›. We used ‹Okarina› here as well and out of three attempts, managed to hunt it down two times. The rare material this time was ‹Golden Scorpion's Toxic Stinger›, a strong weapon which could perform ‹Poison Attack› ‹Paralysis Attack› ‹Frenzied Attack› ‹Sleep Attack›. ......A pity that girls refused to use it, so I passed it to Marie-senpai's guild.

While we were on it, we also went around checking out the dead ends in ‹Cat-Dun›. And much to our surprise, we discovered a ‹Gold Chest› just on our first dead end. It dropped ‹Meowzing›, an item capable of performing dowsing modeled after a cat. By registering the material and item we want to search for in it, it would make a 'Meow, Meow' sound either of them were in our near victiny. Any of the ‹Collection Department› ‹Trap Disarming Department› students would jump in delight at the sight of it.

Speaking of it, Hannah had opened this treasure chest. It was her long-awaited ‹Gold Chest› so she was truly delighted.

It seemed to be quite confident in its battle strength, as it didn't even lift its tail despite noticing us. I showed him his place by breaking that confidence with a single attack. We won easily.

Of course, one reason was that we have fought ‹Battle Wolf› multiple times, but even more than that, I could say I had the most ‹Battle Wolf› kills in the game. I had so many ways to deal with it that the fight wasn't even a struggle.

This dungeon and the boss was a perfect ultimate combo. I promptly decided to make this our main hunting ground to max out levels. It was going to be a hunting fest till tomorrow's evening! We could then advance to even greater heights—Advanced Jobs!

On sunday's evening, I suddenly felt like ‹Battle Wolf› tail drooped as soon as it caught sight of me. No way, right?

Aside from that, we received another blessing. The through ‹Battle Wolf› farming gave us a total of 6 whooping ‹Gold Chest›! Had we encountered ‹Gold Chest› Rush!? I wondered.

‹Gold Cat Coin› had finally started to show its effect. I also decided at that moment to offer rare monster meat to ‹Sachineko-sama›!

I raised my level till 71 before I started to saw the decline in leveling speed. Aside from Lana and Ester, who stopped at the same level as me, majority of members surpassed LV65. I guess it was too much to ask for hitting the level cap in just two days. I estimated we should be able to hit level cap by next weekend. Ah, no, we will have D-rank test before that. After the fight with ‹Battle Wolf›, we had cleared all requirements for the promotion.

Fuhaha! Everything was set! ‹Eden› was now stronger than ever, and we just need to clear the text this week, and then, ‹Eden› will rise to D-rank!

Though unstoppable momentum we were riding on, <Eden> still had a long journey ahead of the, right?

Arc 7 - End