I opened the skill in my status menu to see if any thing had changed and what had made it level up.
[Appraisal(lvl 2/3) - Space Element - allows the user to appraise a target system item or monster - Corresponds with User's level - Mana Cost : 1 - 0SP]
It could now Identify monsters, this would be a very useful tool. I then thought about how it could have leveled up. The skill let you identify objects so maybe it was because I had appraised enough different things to let it level up. I thought back and counted all of the items I had appraised so far, I had appraised 20 different kinds of items so once I hit twenty It must have leveled up.
I then started to think about how to level up my other skills. I activated stealth, it had an infinite mana drain so I doubted that I could keep it on forever. I looked at the skill again then tapped it a second time and a progress bar popped up, it was slowly rising so long as I had the skill activated.
I decided to talk to everyone first so I deactivated the skill. "Does anyone have any active skills with no cool down and continuous mana drain? Cos if you, do activate them whilst you fight and they will level up. With your other skills just fire them off when you can as the more you use them the more they will level up." I explained while they all started perusing through their status's and activating skills.
We ventured into the dungeon further and came across another cross, bigger than the last one. As soon as we approached four skeletons pulled themselves out of the ground, they were the same as before. We killed them swiftly and another eight came out, which we also killed without a problem. It was only when twelve of them popped out that we had to push back a little. Everyone leveled up and allocated their stat points, I opened all of my rewards and leveled up a lot. I reached level 8, and put my stats into STR, AGI and INT.
Stats : STR - 18
AGI - 20 (+8)
VIT - 10 (+3)
INT - 20 (+3)
SEN - 10 (+8)
The numbers in the brackets were the effects from my equipment. I jumped quickly from side to side and saw that I was extremity fast, I was confident that I could even beat Usain Bolt in a sprint.
We carried on fighting skeletons for the next hour or so until we came to a large room. This room was about the size of two football fields and was filled with different sizes of grave stones, the smallest on the left and the largest on the right. We walked around the edge and began fighting all of lesser skeleton soldiers which was what they were called.
[Lesser Skeleton Soldier - G Rank - an undead warrior summoned by an eternal gravestone - Strong : Dark - Weak : Light, Fire]
When we walked into the room we all noticed a large double door at the right end, when we looked at it a notification came up.
[You have found the boss room of the lowest floor - Recommended Level : 10+ - Maximum Level 100 - Recommended Party Size : 5 - Maximum Party Size : 8]
By the time we had finally made it to the boss room I had almost summoned 30 undead soldiers. They attacked every single skeleton that popped out of the ground. They didn't take any mana to maintain and didn't steal expirience either so I found no problem keeping them around for now.
8 of the undead had died to the larger skeletons* towards the end but other than that they were doing pretty good.
As we approached the door we all had a level check just in case. Everyone was level 10 except for Oscar and Mike who were level 11 and me who was level 15. I had got another 4 achievements as well,
[You have gained an achievement!
You have defeated 50 monsters. This completes all prerequisites for the {Fifty Monsters} badge, it is awarded. As a reward you will be gifted 1x lvl 20 item box, 500 EXP and 1000 Vis (you may except rewards in the mail menu)]
[You have gained an achievement!
You have defeated 100 monsters. This completes all prerequisites for the {100 monsters} badge, it is awarded. As a reward you will be gifted 1x lvl 20 item box, 500 EXP and 1000 Vis (you may except rewards in the mail menu)]
[You have gained an achievement!
You have defeated 500 monsters. This completes all prerequisites for the {500 monsters} badge, it is awarded. As a reward you will be gifted 1x lvl 10 item box, 500 EXP and 1000 vis (you may except rewards in the mail menu)]
[You have gained 10 achievements!
This completes all prerequisites for the {10 Achievements} badge, it is awarded. As a reward you will be gifted 5x Skill Points, 20x Stat Points and 1000 Vis (you may except rewards in the mail menu)]
Leaving my status page looking pretty good,
HP : 2500 (+300)
MP : 1250 (+150)
Stats : STR - 21
AGI - 25 (+8)
VIT - 15 (+3)
INT - 25 (+3)
SEN - 15 (+8)
ATK : 2100(+1200)
DEF : 750 (+450)
I also had another 12 skill points, I had actually killed over 800 skeletons but there wasn't an achievement for that. These achievements were really good and now that we had hit level ten we could enjoy the whole package, meaning the item boxes.
I had 2 level twenty item boxes but I couldn't open them, I could however open the 8 level 10 boxes that I had in my inventory. Level 10 boxes would yield rank 1 - 4 items, though they wouldn't yield armours or weapons.
I pulled out my first box as everyone else did the same I tapped it and it burst into blue smoke. A small green eye appeared in my hand, I looked at it in disgust for a moment before appraising it.
[Graeae's eye - Rarity : 4 - Item Type : Body Part - Belonged to three sisters who shared one eye among themselves to spin fate - Consume to get +10 INT - 10% chance to learn 'Premonition' skill - Can be used to brew Potions]
I was intrigued by the fact that it could be used in potions so I left it for later and opened the next box, it was a minor health potion. I sighed and put it in my inventory as we had all started carrying them just in case. I opened the next crate,
[Bufonite - Rarity : 3 - Item Type : Stone - a mythical stone thought to be produced by a toad that provides an antidote to any poison - Consume as an antidote and get Poison Resistance Ability - 10% chance to learn 'Poison Neutralisation' Skill - Can be used to brew Potions]
I liked this one as it could be used if I was ever poisoned and could stop me from ever getting poisoned, even if it was only a 10% chance. I put it in my inventory and opened the next box,
[Ausadhirdipyamanas - Rank : 2 - Item Type : Botany - Healing plants used for healing and rejuvenations in battles - Recovers 100HP - Can be used in Potions]
I couldn't even begin to try to pronounce the word but it was basically just a minor health potion. I opened another and got a strange item that fell to the ground with a loud clang before me.
[Bangu - Rarity : 4 - Item Type : Bell - a bell originally in Glasgwm Church which was gifted by Saint David. Once a woman took the bell to the nearby town of Rharadr. Her husband was imprisoned in the castle and she believed that if she rang the bell he would be released. But the guards seized it and chased her out of town. That night the town was destroyed by fire, and the only part of it which escaped the flames was the wall on which the sacred bell was hanging - Placed in Faction Teritories to ward of attacks of fire]
This item was also great, if this was how good tier 4 items were I really couldn't wait for higher tiered items. I opened another,
[Severed Bat Wing - Rarity : 1 - Item Type : Body Part - the severed wing of a dead bat - Can be used in potions]
It was just a trash item like the bones we had got from the skeletons. I put it away and took out another box only to get another bat wing. I took out the final box and opened it,
[Forge of Tubal-Cain - Rarity : 1 - Item Type : Forge - Used by the first Blacksmith Tubal, a descendent of Cain. He is known as the forefather to all Smiths - Placed in Faction Territories - Can only be used by one Blacksmith (Levels up with the Smith)]
I smiled in joy at the little grey box in front of me, it looked like a big lump of iron but I assumed that when I activated it it would make a huge forge for me. I put it in my inventory with a smile.
(*Lesser Skeleton Orc - F Rank - an undead Orc summoned by an eternal gravestone - Strong : Dark - Weak : Light, Fire)