Gaku, Hakaru and Genta all stood by the entrance to the dungeon as the other adventurers arrived.
(Platinum-Rank Adventurer, Ayumi. Class: Fighter) She was a girl with long silver hair and red colored eyes. Ayumi wore purple colored full-body armor. Her weapon of choice was an Excalibur sword that she kept on her back.
(Gold-Rank Adventurer, Ginji. Class: Fighter) He was a man that had short brown hair and black colored eyes. Ginji wore a black long sleeved shirt and dark-brown pants. He had no weapon, every time he fought a monster he would use his fist.
Following these adventurers were 3 other gold-ranks.
"Here come the other's." said Gaku.
Ayumi approached them along with the other adventurers.
"Is this all of us?"
Genta looked around at all the members that would be guarding the dungeon.
"I think we're missing a legendary-rank."
"Which legendary-rank did they say would be showing up?" She asked.
"The guild master didn't say. Hopefully it's Akemi or Golden Brawler."
Suddenly, all the adventurers turned as they heard a pair of footsteps walking forward.
It was a man with a scar over his left eye. His hair was grey and his eyes were purple. He wore a cloak and a mask that covered the lower half of his face. Every step he took forward would send shivers down all the adventurer's spines.
Gaku then spoke.
"That's the third strongest legendary-ranker, Kioshi."
(Legendary-Rank Adventurer, Kioshi. Class: Assassin)
Kioshi then approached the rest as he pulled his mask down.
He spoke out in a dark tone.
"Any monsters that come out of that cave... are mine to handle."
Even his words would frighten the other rankers.
He was known as 'The Blade Of Death'.
"W-we understand." said Genta.
Kioshi let out a breath that was seen by everyone.
"Glad you understand."
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Meanwhile…. Atsuya's magic communicator began vibrating inside his pocket. He pulled it out and stared at it.
"Who could be calling now?"
He then held it up to his ear.
"Hello what is it."
On the other end was Shinya (Guild master of the Defender's guild)
"There's been a sudden emergency quest Issued to every guild across the country. Have you heard about it?"
"Emergency quest? What's the emergency?"
"It's….legendary dungeon."
A sweat ran down Atsuya's cheek and the look on his face darkened.
"Another one? We still haven't managed to clear the three other one's across the globe and now there's another one?!"
"I know, but we need participating members. Are you In?"
"I slowed down on taking quests after the last time I joined in a
legendary dungeon raid. As you know, we lost half of our legendary-rankers and a lot of others."
"Yes, I know but we have to clear this one. It's close to the town of Mareve, we can't risk it getting attacked."
Atsuya then let out a sigh.
"In that case...count me in. When will we be heading in?"
"At the end of the week, five more days."
"Okay, I'll head over."
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A-rank dungeon….Amaya Katsu and Emi were walking deeper and deeper.
"It's scary here," said Emi.
"Don't worry, me and Katsu are here." Amaya replied.
"Why did we even bring her along? Isn't it too dangerous for her?" Katsu asked.
"She'll be okay. I'll nearly kill the monsters and let her get the finishing hit so she can level up."
"That's actually pretty smart."
Amaya then stopped and looked ahead.
"There was a dark bear-looking creature, known as a shadow bear.
(Shadow Bear: Hp: 1,500 Mp: Atk:700 Speed:211 Endurance: 111)
Amaya held out her hand as her katana appeared.
Shen handed it to Emi.
"What's this for?"she asked.
"When I give you the signal, attack the bear with this."
"Okay."
Amaya then began calmly walking towards the bear as she glared at it.
The bear then swung it's claws at her but stopped as Amaya caught it's hand.
"Sorry about this."
She then threw the bear to the ground as she held it there.
"Emi, now!" She ran and swung the sword at the bear.
A couple seconds passed and Amaya stood up.
"Did you level up?"
"Yes, it went up." Emi replied
(Emi. Level:12 Hp:146 Mp:63 Atk: 55 Speed:35 Endurance:30)
"Okay, let's keep going." Amaya suggested.
They continued to go deeper and deeper.
After this, they fought monsters one after another. Until they had reached the entrance of the boss room.
"You guys wait out here." said Amaya.
"No. Wouldn't it be good for Emi to see a boss fight so that way she'll never underestimate one."
"Yeah, I guess you're right. Well, let's go in."
She then turned and looked at the pair of giant doors. She then effortlessly pushed them wide open. Amaya let out a breath and began to walk in as Emi and Katsu followed.
Up ahead was an animal with dark black fur and a mane around its neck.
It's eyes were glowing purple and it's teeth were razor sharp as drool came from its mouth. It's size was twice as big as a gorilla.
(Elite Shadow Lion: Hp:20,000 Mp: 9,679 Atk: 6,900 Speed: 299 Endurance: 321)
Amaya then looked at Emi.
"Is it okay if I have my katana back now?"
"Y-yeah." Emi then handed the katana to Amaya.
Amaya then began walking towards the lion as she thought to herself.
"I'm not going to end it too fast, I need Emi to see what bosses are capable of."
The lion then opened it's mouth nice and big as a giant blue spinning flame shot towards her.
"Burst." She quickly jumped to the side.
"Is that enough for Emi to understand the strength of a boss? I mean that flame was pretty big, enough to scare any child."
She then turned her head to look at Emi.
Emi wore a scared look on her face as she hid behind Katsu.
Amaya then let out a breath.
"Yep, she understands. Time to end things."
['Speed Boost' has been activated]
Suddenly, Amaya moved at an amazing speed, fast enough that Emi And Katsu were both surprised.
Amaya jumped up as she swung the katana at the creature's neck.
At that moment, the lion's head was removed from its body.
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"So even an A-rank boss didn't make my level go that much higher. I guess I need to push myself to the limit by completing S-rank and Silver-ranked quests."
She then turned and looked at Katsu and Emi.
"Are you guys ready to leave?"
"Yeah, we better head back now before someone takes that s-rank quest." Katsu replied.
"Let's go." said Emi.
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At the entrance of the legendary-ranked dungeon…..
"I'm getting pretty bored." said Gaku.
Genta then replied.
"Yeah, I guess guarding a dungeon can be pretty boring."
Ayumi then walked over to them as she talked.
"Boring or not, we shouldn't let our guards down. This is the highest rank a dungeon can be. The type of dungeon that's capable of killing legendary rankers."
Gaku then let out a sigh.
"Calm down, we're doing our job. We're not going to let our…"
At that moment the sound of loud slow walking footsteps echoed as it came from the cave. A tall monster with wings and long razor sharp claws began walking out. It seemed to have no eyes and it's skin was grey.
Gaku slowly finished his sentence.
"...guards down"
"Everyone, something's coming." Ayumi Shouted.
Everyone quickly got ready to fight.
"So that's a legendary ranked monster," said Genta.
Ayumi tightly grabbed her sword as the monster got closer and closer.
"Blade Dance!"She then ran towards the creature.
"Wait!" Kioshi shouted.
She swung the sword across the creature's chest.
(Flesh Eater: Hp:608,440/1,000,000)
It lifted its arm and swung it at her as she quickly jumped to the side.
"This thing fast!" she thought to herself.
She then slashed the creature's chest once more.
The creature then jumped up into the air and slammed it's fist down at her.
The impact of the strike sent her face into the ground.
It lifted it's arm once more and swung it down at her.
Kioshi quickly ran and caught the creature's arm as a burst of wind shook the air around him.
"I thought I said that any monster that comes from this cave is mine."
Ayumi quickly lifted her head from the ground.
"I know... I'm sorry."
He then let out a sigh.
"Let this be a lesson, legendary ranked monsters are no joke."
He then slammed his fist into the creature's chest, knocking the monster on it's back.
(Flesh Eater: Hp: 0/1,000,000)
He then turned back to face the rest of the adventurers.
"Now you know the strength of these types of monsters. Never fight one alone unless you're sure you can kill it in a single hit.
Suddenly, there were more footsteps coming from the cave.
Kiosi quickly turned around. There were now two more Flesh Eaters.
They shot forward and passed him.
"They're going to attack the others?"
The creatures ran as the others prepared to fight.
"Here they come!" Gaku shouted.
These monsters got closer and closer, before jumping into the air and taking flight.
Kioshi was shocked as he questioned why the creatures ignored the other adventurers.
"Was it because they were outnumbered? No, I don't have time to worry about that."
He then looked at Gaku.
"Contact, your guild master, let him know that two escaped."
"I'm on it."
Shinya sat in his chair as his magic communicator began vibrating.
He quickly stood up as he held it to his ear.
"What's wrong?"
Gaku then began explaining.
"Three Flesh Eaters came out of the cave. We were able to deal with one of them, the other two took flight towards the city."
"They what?! I'll contact Akemi right away, I'll have her patrol the town."
He then placed his communicator on the table.
"We Can't let them reach the town," he thought to himself.
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Meanwhile...Amaya Katsu and Emi entered the guild and walked up to the counter.
"We cleared the dungeon." said Amaya.
Hana then replied.
"Oh, okay. I'll get you the reward money."
She then went down behind the counter.
Katsu bega thinking to himself.
"I still haven't brought up what I saw in Amaya's diary. When should I?"
Hana then stood up and handed a bag of coins to Amaya.
"The bag contains 5,000 honor in silver coins."
"I'm going to be rich If I keep getting paid like this." said Amaya.
She then turned to look at Katsu.
"Are you ready to head to that dungeon?"
"Yeah, let's go clear it before it gets dark." Katsu replied.
He began walking out of the guild as Amaya and Em followed.
"I'm hungry." said Emi while holding her stomach.
Amaya then handed Emi two silver coins and one gold coin.
"Go pay for the room at the Inn. You can also get yourself something to eat."
"Yay! You're the best" Emi excitedly shouted. She then ran off.
"Amaya, I have something I want to talk about," said Katsu.
"What is it.?" Amaya asked.
"I saw what was written in your notebo-"
At the moment a monster came crashing down, stomping on the ground in front of them.
"Sorry Katsu. Looks like we'll have to finish talking later."
Amaya stared at the creature as it's stats came into view.
(Flesh Eater: Level: 1,340 Hp: 1,000,000 Mp: 460,000 Atk: 380,000 Speed:557 Endurance: 597)
Katsu stared at it and saw it's aura, the color dark-red from its body. He then drew his sword.
"Amaya, we have to be careful, that thing is on the level of a Platinum-ranker."
She then thought to herself.
"I know how strong this monster is. I'm scared but, I have to get stronger."
['Burst' has been activated] She then shot forward and swung a great & powerful hit at the creatures chest.
(Flesh Eater: Hp: 972,888/1,000,000)
It didn't even move an inch. Amaya's eyes widened as she realized that her attack had done near nothing to it.
Suddenly, Amaya was struck in the chest. The impact sent her through the wall of the guild. Katsu turned and saw amaya stuck in one of the walls.
"What...Is that creature?" He thought to himself.
(Amaya: Hp: 0/27,302)
['Second Chance' has activated]
(Amaya: Hp: 27,302)/27,302)
Amaya then pulled herself out of the wall and regained her balance.
"I wanted to really own my own power so I really wanted to avoid using this but...You're no ordinary monster."
['Rage 2' has activated]
Her skin darkened and her eyes began glowing purple. It looked as if a purple colored fog was emitting from her eyes."
She then began walking towards the monster as she thought to herself.
"Lucky for me, it doesn't matter if a monster has eyes or not anymore. My skill reduces all my enemy's stats by fifty percent."
She then stopped and glared at the monster.
"I'll end you in a single hit."
The monster then swung it's claws at her as she effortlessly moved to the side and grind.
"Your speed isn't a problem anymore."
['Attack Amplifier' has been activated]
She then jumped up and slammed her fist into the creature's face.
The wind all around shook violently as the creature was torn apart, leaving only it's legs.
Amaya then gracefully landed back on her feet.
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[New skill learned: Awaken]
"That was seriously a dramatic level up." Amaya thought to herself.
She then spoke.
"Analyze my new stats."
She watched as her stats came into view.
( Level: 198 Hp: 64,987 Mp: 13,500 Atk: 13,100 Speed:414 Endurance: 570)
"Wow, I got a serious power up." Amaya thought to herself.
She turned around and noticed that she was surrounded by a crowd of people and adventurers. Everyone wore a surprised look on their face, including Katsu.
A man wearing a white tuxedo with a long black tie walked out of the crowd. He had short spiky brown hair and dark blue eyes.
The man approached Amaya.
"I finally found you. You're the one who defeated those three Flesh Eaters in the town of Feaca."
Amaya wore a surprised yet confused look on her face.
"What do you mean?"
He then replied.
"Tell me your name, just to be sure that you're really who I think you are."
"I'm Amaya."
He then smiled.
"That confirms it. You're a girl with white hair and your name is Amaya. It took me awhile to find you?"
"Find me, why?"
Amaya seemed somewhat ready to fight.
"No need to get defensive. I am the guild master of the Defender's guild, Shinya. I would like to recruit you, of course there will be a reward. You may also choose a high grade weapon of your choice."
Amaya lowered her guard.
"Oh, I'm already registered at your guild as an S-rank."
Shinya was shocked.
"That can't be right, you defeated three flesh eaters on your own which is a silver ranked monster. Not to mention, you just defeated that monster which is a legendary-rank monster."
"You mean I just beat a legendary-rank monster?!"
"Yes, If you don't mind, I would like to question you about your skills and have your ranking re-evaluated."
"S-Sure."