Obcisor wasn't expecting to find a Level 11 monster here, let alone an Elite one.
Due to everyone taking the test being at level 10, he somehow assumed the highest level monster to be level 10 as well.
Thankfully, the elite monster he encountered was a slime. If it had been a goblin or a rabbit, he would've probably died right here.
he decided to check how much damage it did.
<'Level 11 Elite Slime' dealt 30 Damage>
Well, the slime wasn't anything to scoff at either. It was an elite, meaning it did much higher damage than the normal slimes.
He started hitting the slime.
He needed to somehow chip away its massive 5000 HP.
A Level 11 Slime would already have incredible defense. Now that it was an Elite, he didn't deal much damage to it either.
< Your dealt 50 Damage to 'Level 11 Elite Slime'>
< Your dealt 54 Damage to 'Level 11 Elite Slime'>
< Your dealt 49 Damage to 'Level 11 Elite Slime'>
<'Level 11 Elite Slime' dealt 33 Damage>
< Your dealt 50 Damage to 'Level 11 Elite Slime'>
< Your dealt 52 Damage to 'Level 11 Elite Slime'>
<[Consecutive Strike] dealt 5x34 Damage to 'Level 11 Elite Slime'>
'This is bad.' There was no way to dodge the slime as it was a massive blob that dealt damage whenever you touched it.
And while it looked like he was dealing way more damage than the slime, the slime had a massive HP pool and his attacks were at most chipping away little bits.
The slime was also constantly regenerating its HP so in reality, he wasn't really doing much damage to the slime.
On the other hand, his 600 HP pool would deplete to nothing very soon if he let the slime continue to deal its damage.
If the slime didn't regenerate at all, he would be barely able to defeat it before it killed him. But since it did regenerate, there was no way for him to win.
He stepped back from the slime, and recovered his HP and Stamina. He needed to think of something to beat this slime, and he needed to do it fast.
There was one thing that could help him.
Once his HP recovered, he went back to hit the slime again. Once his HP dropped below 200, he stepped back to recover it.
He did this multiple times. Hitting and stepping back. Hitting and stepping back. Each time he stepped back, the slime would regenerate to full, but that didn't matter.
What mattered was what was happening when he hit the slime.
'A few more hits.' He thought to himself.
< Your dealt 53 Damage to 'Level 11 Elite Slime'>
<'Level 11 Elite Slime' dealt 30 Damage>
< Your dealt 52 Damage to 'Level 11 Elite Slime'>
<[Consecutive Strike] dealt 4 x 36 Damage to 'Level 11 Elite Slime'>
Ding
"There it is."
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[Consecutive Strike
Rarity: Common
Level : 2 (0%)
Type: Passive
Cooldown: 8 seconds
Target: Enemy Units
Function: Deals 75% of player's damage 2-5 times randomly. Goes on cooldown once activated.]
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"Wow. 75%. That's much stronger than I expected it would be."
He stepped back and waited once more for his HP and Stamina to get full. Once it did, he started hitting the slime once more.
< Your dealt 50 Damage to 'Level 11 Elite Slime'>
< Your dealt 52 Damage to 'Level 11 Elite Slime'>
<[Consecutive Strike] dealt 4 x 43 Damage to 'Level 11 Elite Slime'>
<'Level 11 Elite Slime' dealt 30 Damage>
< Your dealt 55 Damage to 'Level 11 Elite Slime'>
< Your dealt 49 Damage to 'Level 11 Elite Slime'>
<[Consecutive Strike] dealt 5 x 39 Damage to 'Level 11 Elite Slime'>
Now the skill was proc-ing much more frequently and it was doing higher damage on each of its multiple strikes.
All in all, his damage output got significantly boosted.
'Finally, I can kill this stupid slime.'
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Even after going berserk at 20% HP, it still wasn't enough for it to survive the downpour of fists it got from Obcisor.
After a long time, he finally brought the slime to 0 HP. He breathed a sigh of relief and stepped back to recover his stamina and HP.
He was about to celebrate his victory, when he noticed something weird. Something was missing.
'What is it though?' he couldn't figure it out. He looked towards the corpse of the slime. That was when he realized what was wrong. there was no notification from the system congratulating him on his victory.
'Is the slime not dead yet?' just when he thought of this, the slime started to move. Suddenly, a white light shined over the slime. After a few seconds, the light died down and he could read words on top of the slime.
'Level 11 Elite Slime - Revived'.
This was the trait a slime gained at level 11.
At level 11, a slime had 2 lives.
"You have got to be kidding me?" Obcisor couldn't help but shout. 'How is this fair.'
But he couldn't keep complaining. After recovering, he once again started beating the elite slime.
Unlike last time, he was able to beat it without any worries. After all, he had already killed it once.
' Finally' he thought. It was dead for sure this time. No more reviving. 'Thank god.'
'Hmm? I obtained something? Inside the test dungeon? Wasn't it not supposed to drop anything?' he tried opening his inventory to check what the boss dropped, but all he got was a simple message.
'Alright then. I guess I will check it later.' It had taken him exactly half an hour to fight the elite slime. Once he was ready he moved past that spot and delved further into the dungeon.
Going forward he met Level 11 Goblins and Level 11 Rabbits. These were more trouble then he could've ever expected.
Level 11 Goblins started shooting arrows instead of fighting at melee range. They would deal a lot of damage before he could even close the gap.
Once he did close the gap, they discarded the bows and fought hand to hand. They did a surprisingly huge damage.
Each battle with a goblin left him with half health now.
Rabbits were even worse. Level 11 rabbits dealt the same damage as level 10 rabbit, but they started showing up with an [Double Jump] skill. The skill would allow the rabbit to use air as a surface to jump off of.
Rabbits would jump straight towards him, and if he tried to dodge them, they would use the double jump to change their trajectory to hit him.
If instead of dodging, he tried to fight them head on, the rabbits would just use [Double Jump] and jump to one of the walls in the dungeon. Then use that wall as a surface to jump from and still hit him.
The only way to hit them was using [Vocal Taunt], but that had a 2 minute cooldown. So It wasn't very effective.
Obcisor struggled a lot with these level 11 monsters. Every time he fought one, he would be below 250 HP when he was done with them. His leveled up skill helped a lot here.
He was now resting. Waiting for his HP and stamina to get back. He had just finished fighting a Level 11 rabbit. There was only 20 minutes left in the timer now.
Once he was done resting, he stood up and moved forward. He was moving through the dark dungeon when suddenly, he saw a small bright light.
It got bigger and bigger, and it hit him. He was suddenly thrown back a few meters. When he stood up, he saw the notification.
<'Level 12 Goblin' hit you with a [Fireball]>
<'Level 12 Goblin' dealt 65 Damage>
'SHIT!'
A level 12 monster had shown up.