[Calvin Pov]
"Fight me" she says
"What? why?" I could sense that this woman was strong, at least Break 3-4, also now that I think of it, I'm sensing more than usual, like some instincts, as well as some spatial awareness, not as much as [Bent sense] or [Aura] of "Beli ma" but still is strong enough that I can 'see' 360° me but its range it's just a couple feet. 'I guess is a perk of my new race too'
"Because I want to get stronger, and I've seen that you are good with the sword" she says.
"Okay... but why would I want to fight you?"I say.
"Then would you teach me?"
WHAT? I mean I don't even know how to teach, all Karen did was beat me up every day for 8 years, but then she told me that I had learned her swordsmanship unconsciously and that her swordsmanship was something ancient or some bullshit that my real mother used and that I should teach it to my kids or something , then why would I want to teach it to some rando in a cave.
As if reading my mind, she went for a slash that I barely dodged big jumping backwards
"w-wait we can talk this out right? No need to get physical!" I say just to dodge another slash to my chest.
"Are you going to teach me?" she says while doing an upwards slash.
"No." I say blocking her slash just to wince feeling my arm numb for the force behind her attack 'Damm, even if my swordsmanship is good, I can't parry more of those attacks'.
Seeing my pained face, she smirks and goes for an overhead downwards slash with all her strength aiming to break my defenses, 'ha, this bitch thinks my years of pain are just for show'.
As she goes for the attack I put my sword between us, obviously if y fully parries her attack my sword would break, so I tilt my sword to the side redirecting her attack, as the 2 swords clash her sword surf in mine's tilted angle sending sparks everywhere, I side step her slash making her loose balance and wide open I make a quick step to put my sword in her neck.
I look at her but instead of a defeated look she has a look of determination 'oh, god I know where this is going', I sigh
"PLEASE, teach me" she says as she kneels in front of me.
'God dammit' "look here I don't know how to teach it, it's something inherited from my mother" I lie with a straight face, but I see her expression change to a sad one before returning to her expressionless face.
At that moment a group of individuals reach the scene and ais stood up.
"Who-" "these are members of my Familia, the Loki Familia" I say only to get cut off by ais signaling the new comers.
I look in front of me, they are quite the characters, two dark skinned girls that reminded me of kala, an elf with green hair that had a stoic expression, and a kid- no tiny man? 'This guy is really strong, I guess short people are a race here' that had an apologetic expression.
The last one is a wolf demi-human, with an expression that I've seen before 'what was his name.... Kort! yeah, he was always mad with me and I didn't know why I just fucked his mom.... and girlfriend... well I guess that's why' he had the expression as if I had just stolen his girlfriend or something.
"OI what were you doing to ais!?" the wolf half-screamed while looking at me with an accusatory gaze. I just looked at him like he was an idiot, and as he was ready to scream again the tiny-man lifted his hand signaling him to stop.
"Sorry about that, I hope you can forgive ais for attacking you, she tends to fight strong people instinctually" he says while looking at ais the looks at me and says "i see that your swordsmanship could even beat a level 4 despite you yourself only being level 1, I see that you have a lot of potential so for that" he does a bow an looks at me "I hope that you could join the Loki Familia".
Oh? This guy is wiser than I thought, but this Familia looks full of problematic characters, the arrogant guy, the elf, that by her posture and expression I can tell that she is some sort of royalty, and the tribal girls that are looking at me with hunger since the time the tiny man said that I'm strong, 'yeah, getting kidnaped by 1 cannibal tribe was enough for a lifetime', and the expressionless battle maniac, that has strange energy inside her, yeah no. Thanks, but no.
"Thanks for the invitation, but I'll pass for now" I say and I guess he was expecting my answer.
"Well, the Loki Familia is always open, just ask for 'Finn demine'" he says handing me a card with a clown crest on it.
"Then our business here is over, please be safe" he says while turning around a walking then motions the other to follow him "let's go".
The rest follow behind him while the grumbles, and ais looks at me for a second before leaving too.
"Well. That was something" I say
*grrrrrr*
I hold my stomach 'I guess it's time to eat' I thought as I sprint to the surface 'if this doesn't give me a point in body I'm going to complain.'
Just as I was about to leave the 12th floor everything started shaking, I look behind me only to see a horde of monsters, some bats, horned rabbits and 3 orcs one of which seems stronger than the rest.
I smiled "come to papa warp containers!" I says a I dash through the rabbits cutting them in half, some of them managed to make shallow cuts in my skin but nothing to worry about.
I neared the orcs, not bothering to dodge the soundwaves, with my high [mind] and [will] they just make my body feel tingly.
I reach one of the orcs barely dodging the downwards smash cracking the stone floor, I quicky slash his throat and jumped backwards to dodge a punch sent by the other orc, cutting his bicep and slashing his mid-section from the side spilling guts and blood everywhere, just as the second orc stumbles backwards the high orc comes from behind sending a punch.
'Fast!' his punch sends me flying into a wall 'ugh this shit hurt like hell' I thought massaging my back while my head bleeds.
I look at my sword that thankfully I didn't let go, it's all chipped and dulled, 'those last 2 orcs really did a number on my blade, and just by looking at this guy I see that his skin is even harder'.
I put my blade between the floor and my foot, pulling it.
*Klink*
It broke leaving me with a dagger sized scalpel, I point it at the high orc and say "come on motherfucker!"
*GRAAAAAAAAAARG*
We run to each other, he goes for a smash, that I dodge by jumping to the side, just as he is about to sweep his arm horizontally, I duck under it and stab my pointy stick in his thigh making him stagger, I go behind him and jump on his head and just as he is about to grab my head with his hand, I impale the knife in his skull making him drop instantly.
*siiiiiiiiiiiighhhh∼" I let out all the air in my lungs and drop to the ground breathing heavily, then I hear.
[System online]
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[Warning!]
[Warp levels overloaded... starting "BREAK" in....]
[Notice: due to the abnormal race of the user, the "BREAK" will start in 30:00, 29:58....]
"ah, shit here we go again" I say getting up and running to the surface while my body is hurting all over.
"I really don't want to be violated while unconscious in a dungeon, I guess no one wound want that... well, I guess Nadia would enjoy it, hahahaha" I laugh at my remark and kept running.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 25 minutes later <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
[the surface-Orario]
I'm finally at the surface and only have 4 minutes left, I think I'm not going to make it to the inn but I'm hoping that, some good Samaritan finds me in the floor and decides to help me and not rob me.
I ran in pass the hostess of fertility, they seem to be having a party or something, I think I saw that that blonde girl with her gang.
I kept running but I'm feeling really sleepy and my eyes are closing on their own I start walking just to drop unconscious after a couple meters, last thing I heard where the sounds of someone running.
"zzzzzzzzz"
[END]
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Wow that took some time, thank you guys for waiting and I hope that this chapter is to your liking.
Also, I can now say that after this chapter I leveled up my writing skills =)
[Writing leveled up!]
[Writing level-3
Improves your writing skill thus making it easier to understand. 15% correction.]