"Good morning, Tanaka-kun!"
"Good morning, Yuka-san."
I greet the young woman that walks inside the classroom. Yuka walks toward me and says.
"Is that the next volume of the Phantom Blood?"
"That is right. This is the last volume of the Phantom Blood."
"Really? Are you sure about that? I think this manga will become popular, and it is really a shame if you stopped working on it."
"Oh, I'm not planning on stopping. There are already a few ideas I can think of for the next book."
"I see. That is good then."
After finishing drawing the last page of the manga, I give it to Yuka.
"Tanaka-kun, your manga will be published tomorrow."
"Really? That fast?"
"Yup~ The higher up really likes your manga. It has been a while since someone is drawing a manga about fantasy action and not about a slice of school life. There is an action school life genre, but it was still using a school setting."
"Huh. Now that I think about it, the last fantasy action manga is in early 2000?"
"Yup. Even though it was not great, many people decided to read it because there is no other genre."
"I see."
"Anyway! My father invited you to our home. Will you agree with the invitation, Tanaka-kun?"
"When?"
"Tomorrow evening."
"Sure. I guess I can do that."
"Great! I will pick you up an hour after the school is over."
"Okay."
~A few hours later~
I arrive in front of the portal and walk through it. I want to try to beat the boss today or at least go to the boss tower and test the water.
"Status"
Name: Himura Tanaka|
HP:1070/1070|
MP: 2780/2780|
Age: 16|
Level: 4| |120/4000|
Class: Archer| |Level: 11 (420/1000)|
STR: 131|
VIT: 107|
DEX: 173|
INT: 200|
WIS: 278|
LCK: 10|
SP: 90|
From yesterday's hunt, I level up one more level and level up my class three times. From leveling up my class, I get three more new skills.
Binding Shot| |Active| |Level: 10| |120 MP| |10s Cooldown|
Release an arrow that bind the enemy|
{Damage: Arrow base damage + (50% user STR) + (140% of user DEX)}
{Effect: Bind the enemy for three seconds}
This one is a good skill. Very good, in fact. The binding effect is something that I really need. While the enemy still can attack me if I'm too close to them, I can hold them in place with this skill. I can use this skill to retreat by binding the enemy and running away, or I can bind the enemy and then fire as much arrow as I can while the monster is bound.
Spiritual Focus| |Buff| |Level: MAX| |150 MP| |140s Cooldown|
Give 50% DEX and INT Boost|
{Duration: 100s}
This is huge. This skill gives 50% of my total DEX and INT boost. Right now, I have two hundred INT points. If I use this buff, I will get a 100 INT points bonus. You can imagine how huge this is.
Charged Shot| |Active| |Level: 5| |150 MP| |5s Cooldown|
Charge an energy on the tip of your arrow and fire it to create a massive massive explosion|
{Damage: Arrow base damage + (50% of user STR) + (180% of user DEX) + 120 explosive damage}
This one is my other AOE damage skill. This skill will cause an explosion like my magic arrow, but this skill explosion is bigger than the magic arrow.
Anyway, I take out a homemade burger and eat it.
~A few hours later~
I looked at the massive tower in front of me. This is the boss tower. The tower is like your wizard tower in the fantasy book. Not only that, but I can also feel a menacing aura around it. I take a deep breath and touch the massive door that separates the dungeon and the boss tower.
WARNING!|
Are you sure you want to go inside the boss tower?|
Once you get inside, you cannot hunt in the outside tower anymore.|
There are five floors in this tower. After you clear each tower, you can set it as your spawn point.|
You can only get out of the tower after you clear the floor you are currently in.|
Each floor has a mini-boss you need to beat before the floor can be used as a safe floor.|
Once you clear one floor and go to the next tower, you cannot go back|
Are you sure you want to go inside?|
I press the 'YES' button and see the massive door swing open. I take a deep breath and walk inside the tower. As I walk inside, the door behind me closes shut, and I can see the room begin to light up.
"Ah, balls."
As the room lights up, I can see a few dozen ghouls looking at me and start to charge toward me.
"Charged Shot!"
I fire an arrow and see it explode when it hits one of the ghouls.
*BOOM*
Before I could attack them once again, one of the ghouls jumped at me with its claw, trying to stab my neck. I jump to the left and fire another arrow at it.
"Binding Shot!"
After firing that skill, I run away and activate my buff skill.
"Eagle's Eye!"
"Spiritual Focus!"
I ignored the notification saying that I just got a buff, and fired my arrow toward the ghoul that came at me.
"Multi-Shot!"
"Magic Arrow!"
As I keep firing my arrow at the ghoul, my danger sense screams at me to dodge. Believing my danger sense, I jump to the right and see a flame burn the ground where I used to be. I look to the side and see a ghoul holding a flamethrower in its hand.
Flamethrower Ghoul| |Level: 3| |HP: 1600/1600|
They have a flamethrower now?!? I dodge another flame coming at me and fire another arrow at the flamethrower ghoul. I frown a little when I see another ghoul I have never seen on the outside appear and block my arrow before it can reach the flamethrower ghoul.
Armored Ghoul| |Level: 3| |HP: 2300/2300|
What?!? That HP is almost as high as the Jorogumo I fight with Yuka and her group!
"Piercing Shot!"
I smile a little when I see that my piercing shot still penetrates the body of the armored ghoul. However, I have a suspicion that some of my skills will be less effective against this ghoul.
"Twin Shot!"
It looked like I was right. My twin shot does not do much damage to this ghoul. There is also not much opening that I can exploit; the ghoul armor covers all of its body and even its head.
I snap from my thoughts when I see one of the ghouls sneaks from my behind. I kick the ghoul, and I fire my arrow at it when the ghoul is thrown in the air. When the ghoul falls to the ground, I take out the Hydra Dagger from my inventory and stab the ghoul a few times to kill it.
I jump to the left when I see another flame attack coming at me. As I land on the ground, my frown gets bigger as I see another dozen ghouls coming from the shadow.
"This will be a long fight."
~Five hours later~
Yup. It was really a long fight. It took me five hours of continuous fighting against more than a hundred ghouls. A level three ghoul that has more than a thousand HP. I burn through my supply of Health Potion like no tomorrow.
Warning! Mini-Boss will appear in 60 seconds!|
I release a relieved breath and sit on the ground. I take out another homemade burger from my inventory and open up the shop section. I buy a few hundred potions from the shop to restock my supply of potions.
I quickly eat my food and see the buff from my cooked food appear, just in time for the boss to spawn. When the countdown reaches zero, I see a portal appear in front of me. Coming from the portal is a massive three-headed dog.
It looked like a Cerberus in the legend but instead made of the flesh of hell creature; it was made of rotten flesh. Not only that, but there is also a pouch-looking thing under the neck of the Cerberus wannabe. It has the color purple.
Cerebus| |Level: 5| |HP: 10.000/10.000|
Hot damn. Ten thousand HP and level five monsters?!? This dungeon recommendation level is one to three, but this creature is a level five monster?
"RAAAAAAA!"