Ungh, I feel groggy as my sight returns. The dim view of the cave returns and I can feel something slippery moving up and down my cheek. Looking down I see an overly large lizard with slight red dots all over his dark scales licking me.
I sit up and shove the lizard away from me. Is it even a lizard now after the evolution?
Salamander? As in dragon?
So I made it skip an entire step of evolution, huh. Does that mean it's really strong now?
Flame breath... I always wondered how that worked. Is it considered magic?
Then its danger probably stems from the ability to continuously fire it, right? Without some way to block the fire the AOE damage from it could kill entire teams.
And at this level, no adventurers have area defensive spells or skills yet. They'd have to rely on their constitution and eventual resistances to charge through the fire and slay the lesser salamander before it could burn them alive.
Not if I'm there to stop it. I pull up the dungeon map and look at the higher floors. There's more than one group in this dungeon. The one I just finished was the only one on the first floor.
Thanks but I think I'll stay here. Having a lesser salamander as backup is a great advantage.
Looking into the creature's eyes I still see the violence from before but it's now joined by cruelty and superior intellect. I don't think it can speak but it definitely understands me well enough to grasp advanced meanings. Having an ally like that will no doubt benefit me greatly.
Come to think of it, did I level up since the small slaughter I just committed?
Status Guy Lv.23 Goblin instructor
Mp 10+42+0
Strength 5+42+11
Constitution 5+42+13
Speed 5+42+8
Magic ability 0+42+0
Skills:
universal humanoid language, universal monster language, dungeon map
throwing lv. 4; enhanced stamina lv. 3; breathing technique lv. 3; stealth lv.2; soul vision lv.1; enhanced stomach capacity lv.1;
instructing lv.2; instructor's assessment lv.1;
dagger use lv. 4; backstab lv.1; energy dagger lv.1;
trap making lv. 5; camp construction lv.2; make-shift crafting lv.1;
dismantling lv. 5; cleaning lv. 1;
Earth magic lv.1;
Nice! My level rose by three!
But why do my mp and magic ability bonus stats suddenly say zero? I could have sworn that they were higher than that.
And here I thought I had discovered a cheat ability!
You'll always be weaker than those of the same species and it ruins my bonus stats?
That does sound good and all but won't I be the loser in all this?
Navi proceeds to tell me how much I have just earned and I nearly get a heart attack. If I just keep creating these little buggers I'll have my mortgage for the house paid off in no time.
Right, I killed all those adventurers despite having planned to let them run. Why did I do that?
So that old pugilist's words were what drove me to do this?
Sigh, so much to think about.
That's a good idea. I'll just kill all the adventurers above like I... planned?
You did this on purpose, didn't you Navi?!!