My world was filled with light and sounds coming from the adventurers who were preparing to enter the dungeon. Even though I used the flashlight during my exploration my eyes still suffered when I was exposed to sunlight I spent a little over six hours in the dark dungeon. Even the physical fatigue I accumulated in the dungeon didn't stop me from feeling happy. I managed to complete the first five floors of the dungeon on my first attempt plus a few scratches I left unharmed and still with a quarter of my aura and elemental energy.
I made my way out of the dungeon entrance I passed the groups of adventurers that are organizing before entering the dungeon, as I exit the overcrowded aria I make my way to the guild. To register that I killed the elite kobold on the fifth floor I have to show his magic jewel to one of the receptionists so I will have in my history that I reached the first goal of the dungeon by myself and the next one and kill the monster of the boss category which is located on the tenth walk from the dungeon, but unlike the elite kobold he is not an enemy that I should face alone recommended and challenge him with a group formed by four adventurers.
A monster of the boss category usually has unique characteristics they can be passive or active abilities the more of them it has more precious and the magic gem that sustains it the magic gem of a monster of the boss category is twice the size of an ordinary monster and its color and dark red it is worth three times more than the blue gem of the elite kobold that I killed today, if I compare the green gems that I sinned from the goblins and kobolds it must be worth at least thirty times its value. Even a level three green gem has a lower value than a level one red gem.
The reason for this discrepancy in the value of magic gems is because even though the mana contained in a level three gem is greater than the level one gem that came from a boss category monster, it can only be used as fuel for magic tools or secondary material in the creation of magic tools, even in the configuration of rune matrices and it is rare to use them most of the rune matrices that use magic gems that come from elite monsters. Boss monster gems are used in forming the core of magic tools, the higher the level of the magic gem, the stronger the magic tool and the more mana it will have inside it.
As I calculate my earnings for today I arrive at the guild building. Upon entering it I go directly to one of the reception desks which is free.
"Good Morning. I just left the dungeon and I want to register that I completed it to the fifth floor and I want to receive credit for my achievement."
"Good Morning. You have to give me your guild card and the fifth floor guardian's gem so that the authentication of your achievement can be registered on your guild card.
After I swiped my card and the kobold elite jewel she took them into the room behind the reception. She took a long time inside when she left the room she was carrying a tray containing my card, blue jewelry and a bag of coins.
"Here is your reward for completing the fifth floor of the dungeon. Your guild record has been updated and I advise that the next time you enter the dungeon you are part of a group of adventurers the guild advises that after the fifth floor of any dungeon adventurers form groups to continue exploring them. "
"Thanks for the reminder."
Upon leaving the guild I reckon I received ten gold coins for a poor adventurer this reward is useful, but for a person who just spent a thousand gold coins it doesn't make much difference the gems I got have a value close to four gold coins. gold. I got around fourteen gold coins for six hours of work if I want to be able to improve my equipment before the next test I have to increase the speed that I earn money.
I have to see how my friends' progress is going. I would like to enter the dungeon next time with them and go to the boss's room on the tenth floor. Hilda should enter the dungeon soon as her rank also rose after the magic beasts incident.
As I already missed lunchtime and when I was inside a dark and smelly tunnel I didn't even feel the urge to eat my rations I decided to grab some food on the way to the institute. Next time I have to remember to feed between floors to regain my energy this time I was too focused on getting past them to notice I didn't consume any of the rations or drink the water from my canteen.
As I go through my head exploring the dungeon in my head I notice several mistakes I made today I didn't realize I made them because I was very nervous going into the dungeon even with my numerous preparations and advantages I still got nervous as I was trapped in the dungeon and any outcome beyond winning liquefies death. Even though I didn't see a trace of mana flowing through the walls of the dungeon I still felt like I was inside a living being the pressure he put on me wasn't just psychological I'm sure there was some kind of energy acting on my body.
This shows that my eyes can only see basic energies of this world something complex as the dungeons is above my level. I wonder when I get stronger I'll be able to see the energy that feeds the dungeon.
As I focus on my new experiences I arrive at the institute only to be greeted by Raziel.
"Hey. Where were you Ulric? I've been looking for you all morning.
"Hey. I was in the dungeon. Did something happen Raziel?"
"Serious? I thought you were still at the starting rank of the guild, where did you get the time to complete so many low rank quests?"
"I got lucky and Hilda's help rose in rank last week."
"For me there are still two missions to raise my rank in the guild. I was looking for you because of Torris he managed to convince one of her cousins to help us do a rank mission And I was looking for you to invite you to her but now I think it's useless for you."
"What mission is this?"
"And an E rank magical animal slaying mission has a village to the north that is being harassed by level one and two magical animals. As we're going to spend two days traveling to the village we have to leave this afternoon so we can come back early next week this kind of quest gives extra points for low rank adventurers so Torris and I were looking for you and the Holt brothers to participate in the mission."
"I thank Raziel, but as I've already risen in rank I prefer to stay here at the institute I don't want to waste my time traveling far I plan to try exploring the dungeon again."
"OK. So it's only going to be in the fours even though I doubt Ingredi and Hilda are intertwined in traveling, but you didn't face the elite monster on the fifth floor? I believe you are strong enough to face him Ulric and you also had not bought a new sword?"
"I actually bought a new set of weapons and my combat ability has improved a lot because of them and I've completed the fifth floor today I want to explore up to the tenth floor I have no intention of facing the boss category monster yet so plan to find a group which only intends to clean the adhesions to accumulate magic gems."
"Now it makes more sense. But I better go after Torris he's waiting for his answer."
"Before you go I think you should go to Ingredi to invite her to go on the mission with you I think she might be interested."
"I'll try to find her."
"Good luck on the mission, Raziel.
With Raziel gone I head to my room to clean up because I can still smell the dungeon stench in min. After spending six hours covered in the smell of blood and the stench of kabods and goblis my clothes are impregnated with their stench.
Next week maybe I can rally my team to hunt down the tenth floor boss as they will rise in ranks early next week if the extermination mission is a success I just don't know how Ingredi is doing if she goes with them so her rank should go up too i would particularly like to have her with me when i face my first boss monster in the dungeon.
With the support of a defensive mage I have much more confidence to kill him calmly. Ingredi has the ability to restrict his movements and create distractions so I can seriously injure the boss with my sword I doubt he has a defensive ability strong enough to resist my sword.
I spend the rest of the day planning my next dungeon entry.