Cough Cough
Wolf coughed violently as he put himself in a sitting position.
"Fucking bastard really did a number on me." He said while holding his stomach with his right hand. "Hey, can anyone do me a favor and take one of their skirts, or just cut a part of it, I need to bandage my stomach and we have no bandages."
"I'll get it." Said Shadow and ran toward the nearest kobold, using his dagger he cut off half of the cloth skirt it was wearing, leaving enough to cover up its most important parts.
{Battle has been concluded, distributing experience...}
-Lvl5 Kobold killed, 60 exp points gained-
-Lvl6 Kobold killed, 70 exp points gained-
-Lvl7 Kobold killed, 80 exp points gained-
-20 S coins gained
{The party has earned 210exp points and 20S coins, distributing evenly to all}
"All of that and that's all we got, damn it." Reign kicked a nearby tree in frustration.
Shadow gave the piece of cloth to Wolf who put it around his stomach and told Beast to firmly tie it to his back. With the cloth piece tied, the blood coming out from the wound lessened and soon he got up.
"Alright, does anyone have any idea if anything from these guys is valuable?"
{Confirmed player, the fangs of the kobold and their tailbone can be used for equipment, the scales are valuable as well, would you like me to collect them for you?}
"What?!" Everyone suddenly exclaims.
"System, are you telling me you could have collected everything before, why did we go through all that trouble with the goblins and cockatrice then?!" Reign shouted furiously at the sky.
{Correction, I was unable to do it then, players first must show value for me to unlock certain functions, so far the party has been able to unlock a full 1.8% of my functions, higher than the 0.7% average of the planets players.}
"Oh, so by proving our worth we get more options, system, can I know what further options you have, oh and how do we prove our value, is it by killing monsters?" Beast asked the system.
{Negative player, I cannot answer your first question, as for the second one, proving value is easiest by killing monsters but not the only way.}
"Alright, anyway system, please do take the materials." Reign
{Affirmative.}
Suddenly, the kobolds bodies get shrouded in a black hue, before anyone could do anything, they saw the corpses of the kobolds naked, their scales gone, the mouths bleeding and the tails severed, with a hole in the severed parts.
{Materials picked, for a limited time I will unlock part of the function of inventory, you can continue and ask me for the materials anytime.}
"There's even an inventory, that's awesome!" Tank exclaimed with a big smile, the corpses didn't bother him at all, he was just excited that they got some helpful things from the stingy and annoying system.
"Alright guys, let's go back, Wolf should get some rest and treatment if possible." Reign turned around and told everyone. They all nodded and slowly made their way back.
After a couple of minutes everyone suddenly stops, there was danger ahead, Beast sensed it and it was a big one.
"How bad is it?"
"Very, whatever is there gives me a similar feeling as the boar did, we should slowly get around and- RUN!!"
Beast suddenly shouted and ran to the right, in shock, everyone froze for a moment before regaining their senses and running after him. Knowing Beast, he would never do something without thinking about it.
"What is it Beast?!" Shadow asked him while slowly catching up to him.
"It discovered us, it's fast, we have to find somewhere to hide or it will get us!"
"Shit, everyone run fast, look out for possible caves or anything like that." Wolf ran and shouted, his hand still on his stomach he gave it his best to not fall behind, he knews these guys would never leave him, but if they didn't, they would all die.
"There, I see something there guys!" Tank shouted and pointed to the left. Everyone could see a big boulder that had a small entrance, it was big enough for Tank and the others to pass one by one.
"Go, hurry up!" Reign shouted and ran towards it, they could hear the beast behind them now, the loud breathing it made and the growls it produced, even the trees were shaking from time to time because of it.
Finally, they make it to the boulder, but what was in front wasn't what they hoped to see.
{Beginner dungeon A}
{Enter?}
{ Yes / No }
The entrance was actually something similar to a black hole, above it were letters that showed it was actually a dungeon of sorts.
"What should we do now?" Shadow asked with a panicking voice, he looked behind them and was able to see the shadow of a big beast coming their way.
"I think we should enter guys, if we don't we will all die," Beast said with an anxious voice.
"Are you sure, like completely sure of it Beast, this dungeon could end up being even more dangerous you know!" Reign put both of his hands on Beast's shoulders and asked him, he had faith in Beast, but he still had to know how certain he was.
"Now that it's closer I know, this thing is a bit stronger than the boar, that's the feeling I get."
Suddenly the beast slowed down and showed itself to them. With its prey standing in place it had no more reason to run after them, with slow and steady steps it emerged.
{ Lvl16 Ogre }
In front of them, they see a giant ogre, its skin was green with red lines drawn on it. It only wore a cloth, similar to the kobolds from before. It was big, with a height of 2.5m and muscles bulging all over its body, a glance made everyone know they couldn't defeat it.
Its arms were thicker than the legs of an average man, and its legs looked like they were logs connected to its body. Two fangs protruded from its mouth and on its shoulder it carried a huge axe, the axe itself was as big as Tank, they could only imagine what would happen if it hit them.
Looking at them with a smirk, it slowly moved toward them and dropped his arm that held the axe.
Bam!
The axe fell down with the arm and made a loud slamming noise, the ground beneath it cracked open a bit, and a small cloud of dust was created.
"Enter it, that's our only hope right now." Reign said and clicked the yes option right away, everyone followed after him, and with a flash, they disappeared from the ogre's eyes.
It stopped, it couldn't comprehend what just happened, the prey was right in front of him, he was going to have a little bit of fun and kill them, chop them in pieces but before he could do anything, they just disappeared?
"Aaaaarrghhh!!"
In a fit of rage, the ogre shouted, the nearby grass and bushes flailing around as the wind produced by his shout moved them.
Its anger had still not dissipated so it jumped at the boulder and with all of its might, it slashed down with the axe.
Clang!
The axe does no damage to it, however.
Crack
It cracked, and a shockwave was produced from the boulder, sending the ogres flying back and slamming into a tree, breaking it in half.
Thud
It fell down heavily on the ground, slowly moving its arms, it got back up and looked at the boulder with fear in its eyes, slowly going backward, it took its cracked axe and went away.
In a faraway place in the universe ...
"Endless light and boundless darkness huh, that brat really is him, interesting, the end of the story that happened over the course of millions of years is slowly coming to an end."
The man from Reign's dream said, he was on a huge mountain in a different world, the mountain's size was enormous, easily eclipsing Mount Everest in size. Looking in front of him a mirror formed from light showed him Reign and everyone else right before they entered the dungeon.
"The wish of the universe, will it really go as prophesized, that I truly wonder."
He chuckled and scattered it, slowly standing back up he looked at the sky and smiled.
Back on Earth, in a cave filled with monsters, Reign was looking at the notification in front of him.
{ Beginner dungeon A entered, starting the dungeon of goblins.}
{Type : Solo }
"Where is everybody?" He wondered and looked around him, the ceiling of the cave was packed with numerous crystals that shined a blue light, making the cave light up a bit. In the distance he could hear voices, they weren't human voices though, from his fights before he recognized them as goblin voices.
Looking at the notification again he exclaimed.
"So, I have to do this alone, everyone else is the same I guess, damn it!"
He punched a rock with frustration, his arm felt no pain though and the rock cracked a bit. He suddenly hears footsteps coming from the front, he hid behind a nearby boulder and sighed.
"Nothing I can do I guess, first I have to survive this, I hope everyone manages to as well."
He drew his sword and prepared for battle, he knew the coming battles will not be easy and any distraction could prove to be fatal.
The first dungeon run begins!