Σ>―Noah Solomon->
[Day 10]
'I really miss being a human again, right now I need to get that skill so I need to evolve quickly into a human' I said as I was walking on the 7th floor.
When I was still human I started to wonder how humans survived all this time. This era was quite safe and peaceful there are kingdoms and walls to protect us, unlike at the beginning of mankind which are full of chaos.
Species like elves are intelligent and very strong in using magic but have low birth rates.
Dwarfs are strong and skilled in crafting, mining, and metalworking but not good at using magic.
Demons have both magic and strength but their weakness is their horns and harder to level up since they are already strong from the start.
I began my research with this question, I asked myself with all of these disadvantages
How did humans survive all this time?
Humans are masters of none. They're not the smartest, nor have a long lifespan, nor are they the most powerful. But they're not the weakest or dumbest either. Our ancestors even survived multiple Ice Age but back then we don't have knowledge and unity.
I learned the secrets of humans and this is what I found out.
Humans are resilient and highly adaptable. Our short life spans force us to innovate and learn quickly something other races find to be a flaw. We have the ability to propagate rapidly unlike other species.
Humans have these traits because of our will to live. Human's tricky, crafty, and manipulative nature helped us survived in this hellish world. These are the reasons how they have managed to survived all this time and became one of the strongest species.
Humans are unpredictable but all of them have only one goal that is to live and survived. That's what pushes us to get stronger. I found this hidden skill [Unbound Growth] when I reach my [Appraisal] skill to the max level. This might be one of the reasons why our ancestors survived. The might have acquired this skill.
I'm the first human to ever reach the max level in this era and break my limit. I fooled with my system and accidentally found it. The requirement to acquire it is you need to break your limit. Push yourselves to your utmost limit.
Humans level gap is level 500 and you can't pass it unless you break your limit then acquire the skill. I think the 1st time I break my limit was when I fought the Demon King and the 2nd time was the Ancient Dragon.
While I was conquering 3rd to 7th floor I was using my skill [Raise Undead] every time it was available it leveled up to 3 times, and I have summoned an army of skeletons and zombies waiting for my orders.
I have gone to the 8th floor I gained quite a lot of levels on the way. I sense a large group of monsters with my skill [Life Detection]. I was shocked by what I saw. There is a mixture of slime, vicious giant rat, goblins, zombie and orcs fighting against kobold, gnoll, and ogre. This is my first time seeing this many monsters fighting each other inside the dungeon.
Normally inside the dungeon monsters don't fight with each other and even sometimes coordinate with each other to kill trespassers. But this dungeon is different even monsters fight each other.
The sound of a loud horn sound echoes through the battlefield. The ogre, gnolls, and kobolds decided to retreat.
The ogres were outnumbered so retreating was a good choice.
"RETREAT!" said the black ogre with a golden tattoo on his body. He was probably the leader of that tribe. They hurriedly left but stopped when they saw me attacking the orcs.
"This is a good chance to level up go kill every last of them! Show them no mercy!" I ordered my army of skeletons and zombies to attack them.
"[Gravity Pull]!" The monsters got pulled to the black orb and were struggling to escape.
I used my skill before I hid behind the army and waited for them to be exhausted. It may be a cheap trick but a fight is a fight.
"W-what why are the skeletons and zombies are attacking us we're allied stop!" The goblin said.
"No! That's not our allies they were summoned by someone else, find and kill the summoner!" The High Orc said.
Fortunately, enough monsters that are not in the range of my [Gravity Pull] immediately calmed themselves and look for me.
"They figured it out huh?"
I readied myself and took a stance.
Then 3 orcs found me "I found him! Here he is! You coward! You are no leader! Hiding behind your subordinates back! So shameless!" the orc in a chain armor said
As the orc gave the signal
The 3 orcs suddenly do a perfectly synchronized pose while they said.
"Prepare for trouble!"
"And make it double!"
"To protect the world from devastation!"
"Wait I think I heard this befo-" I suddenly remembered what it was.
"To unite all peopl-"
"Stop!! You're not allowed to do that!" I cut them off by shouting. I have a sudden feeling of deja vu.
"Why did you stop us?! We're getting in the good part!" The orc screamed
A sudden realization came to the orcs.
"Wait... D-did you just.... understand us?!! The 3 orcs simultaneously asked.
"Yeah I do now shut up and let me kill you," I said as I slashed my great sword at them.
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[Poison effect has been activated]
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The 3 orcs are injured and poisoned. I ordered my army to surround them and kill them.
"NOOO! I will die without a girlfriend." The orc cried.
[You have killed an Orc!]
I flinched when I heard what he said. This dungeon is definitely weird. An orc showing more intelligence than normal? Hell no!
I and my army killed most of them while others escaped. I felt a presence coming towards me and I immediately took out my great sword.
"P-please put your weapon down. I don't mean no harm I just want to thank you." It was the black ogre before the one with the golden tattoos in his body.
"Thanks for saving us there, you don't look like someone who will kill us without proper reasons. I'm Grobulla you can call me Gobu if you want. It's rare seeing a ghoul like you on this floor." Gobi introduces himself as he stretches out his hand. It seems like he was asking for a handshake.
"I'm Noah Solomon nice to meet you," I said as I shook his hand.
"I thank you from the bottom of my heart sir Noah. If not for you my tribe might be gone. Those bastards joined together and making the 1st to 7th floor their territory and they raided our homes now they wanted the 8th floor too?!" he said in an angry voice. It seems both of their tribes have a history with each other but a bad one.
"We are indebted to you our Saviour. We will pledge our loyalty to you and we will give you this so you will know that I'm telling the truth" Gobu kneeled down as he handed me a grimoire and an orb.
[Congratulations! Grobulla and his tribe have pledged their loyalty to you!]
Suspicious... but having extra soldiers might not be bad.
[Do you accept it?]
[Y/N]?
"Yes...."
[You have gained a new title [Saviour]
[Do you wish to learn this grimoire?]
Y/N?
"Hell yeah!"
[Skill Learned]
Then the orb entered my body
[Skill Learned]
"But are you really sure giving your loyalty to someone you just met?" I asked
"It's still better than getting killed by those bastards. Besides my intuition is telling me to serve you. Please don't hesitate to call us when you need us, my lord." Gobu said.
"I see..... then take a rest we will go to the 10th floor after 2 weeks."
"10th floor? But my lord that place is guarded by that lich. My lord, I'm sorry to say, but your current strength is not enough for that monster." Gobu said.
"Don't worry I'm not an idiot. That's why I said in 2 weeks so I can still power level myself in the 1st to 7th floor." I said
After giving me the skill I used the skill [Devour] in the corpse of the orcs and other monsters.
[Devour 2/10]
Description: You will eat any living things the user has killed. It gives you a bit of stats depending on what living thing the user killed. Temporarily stops you from having an urge to eat.
I don't know if being a ghoul is a good thing or not..... If I didn't eat for 1-5 days or endured my hungriness I'll turn into a monster because of the unique skill of the ghouls [Berserk]. I need to evolve quickly to get out of this situation.
Then let's see what skill did I learn "[Status]" I said.
Status
Name: Noah Solomon
Gender: Male
Status: Normal
Race: Undead
Type: Ghoul
Class: Sword Mage
Rank: F+
Level: 20/50
Hp: 2,000/2,000
Mp: 3,000/3,000
Attack: 200
Defense: 300
Agility: 160
Intelligence: 180
Skills:
Skill Mastery: [Fire Mastery 2/10] [Water Mastery 1/10] [Wind Mastery 1/10] [Earth Mastery 1/10] [Lightning Mastery 1/10] [Light Mastery 1/10] [Dark Mastery 3/10]
Active Skills: [Appraisal 3/30] [Raise Undead 3/10] [Paralyze Claw 2/10] [Devour 3/10] [Life Detection 2/3] [Disguise 1/5] [Call 1/5]
Passive Skills:
[Evolve 1/1] [Eye of Verita 1/1] [Universal Language 1/1] [Night Vision 1/1] [Artificial Voice 1/1] [Berserker 1/5]
Title:
[Second Chance] [Strategist] [Saviour]
2 new more skills. [Disguise] and [Call] huh.... not bad. Though I have no use for disguise at present but call is a big help for me conquering the next floors.