[ Name: Nina (Changeable)
Race: Inferior Spirit (Evolution Requirments Unfulfilled)
Class: Spirit Mage, Demon Queen(LOCKED), Ethereal Weapon(LOCKED)
Level:10 > 13
HP: 3/300 > 300/300
MP: 20/940 > 970/970
STR: 20
AGI: 30 > 33
DEF: 6
INT: 90 > 93
VIT: 19
STM: 18
Assignable Points: 0 > 15
Currency: 140 USD > 1270 USD ]
"DING! The floor Boss of the 3rd floor has been cleared. You have 60 minutes to rest up and enter the 4th Floor. Reminder, there are a total of 5 floors in this dungeon. Good luck."
"It is repetitive but I never get tired of it." In a world where change is the only constant, it's quite refreshing for Nina to have the unchanging system and dungeons.
If you are wondering how people get their mana and health back during level-ups, the answer is very simple. The system only allows one to level up after they are out of combat for at least a minute.
They also have to be a certain distance away from what they were fighting just in case they ran away.
This way, the system makes sure that users can only fight with the strength they had before it started. They can not get stronger or fully healed by a level-up during battle.
Nina got up and checked her injuries just to make sure it was fine and didn't leave a scar. The system did fully heal during level up's but it does not guarantee the removal of scars. It just speeds up healing to an insane degree.
[ Spirit Assassin - G GRADE SPECiAL Boss Monster ] has been killed. Due to not having a physical body, loot has been auto transferred to inventory.
"Open inventory."
[ Meager Stealth (Rare Skill Book) - Use this skill book to gain the skill 'Meager Stealth'. The skill allows for complete sense and invisibility of the user and their equipment. It will silence the movements of the user but this silence does not apply to equipment. Any contact with foreign items, attacks, or spells will cancel the skill. Duration: 15 minutes
Shadorm Dagger(Rare -Usable from level 1 through 50) - A black steel, a curved dagger that allows for swift assassination. It was made by a novice blacksmith, Aaron Borheim. Unfortunately, he was killed by the client he made it for. ]
[Due to dropping two rare items, all other drops are canceled.]
"Although the drops are pretty good, I can't help but compare them to the drop of an A GRADE Dungeon. I'll just have to make do."
Nina wasn't that concerned with the skill or weapon as she could beat the dungeon without it. She almost died to the third-floor boss because it was a SPECIAL BOSS. The dungeon likes surprising its challenger with tougher than normal bosses sometimes.
It doesn't happen very often in higher grade dungeons but lower grade dungeons have them often and keep users on their toes at all times. They never know when the boss will have a team wipe skill or a skill that can one-shot one of them.
There is never more than one special boss per dungeon so Nina was not worried at all. With the assistance of the skill and dagger, she should be able to finish the dungeon without rest in less than thirty minutes.
She just needed a nap for an hour though as the system does not replenish one's stamina. After the boss was killed, the system made sure no monsters could attack the users.
This allowed them to recover in peace. Even though she could nap, Nina decided to just lay there with her eyes open instead.
....
A 30 meter tall set of arched, double doors was carved into what seemed like a hill made out of solid rock. The door had had strange symbols and images etched into its bronze surface.
In front of the dungeon was your usual black Pylon that people teleported to when the dungeon was complete.
You guessed it, the door is the entrance to the dungeon. there was currently a crowd of over 60 people gathered around the door while a dozen men and women kept an eye on the Pylon.
There was a lot of noise as everyone seemed to be involved in some argument. The people in front of the gate were clearly separated into two groups.
"Your team must still be inside! How dare you lie to a team of the Morton corporation!" A burly man with a height of 6"5 picked up a skinny, 6-foot man by the collar and was screaming at his face. The burly man had bright red, curly hair, a somewhat handsome face, and light brown eyes.
Some of the burly man's spit landed on the skinny guy's face so he tool pout a handkerchief and wiped his face. He then proceeded to use the same handkerchief to remove the hand of his collar.
"Heh. Your Morton corporation isn't worth shit! We don't need to waste our precious lies on you poor folk." said the skinny man. The skinny man was one with a scar slashed across his left cheek but was covered but his long black hair. He stared at the burly man with disgusted, blue eyes.
"Then how do you explain the system not allowing us in?!" retorted a pretty girl with red curly hair, from behind the burly guy.
"That's not something I can explain anyways. All I can say is that all my teams are right behind me. I can also see that all your teams are behind you. Maybe you should use your head once in a while. Granted, you might not really have one." The skinny man was in no mood to fight but that doesn't mean he wasn't pissed.
His way of making people know was by small little insults while the burly man in front of him only displayed his anger was through fists.
"I might not have a head but do get head. Your virgin dick probably can't even come close to comparing its head with mine." said the burly man.
"You..." The skinny man was clearly unhappy at being called a virgin since his face started twitching but he kept himself from exploding. He knew the people in front of him were provoking him on purpose. Plus, he had a valid reason for being a virgin and everyone who was close to him knew it.
He just had to wait for the Dungeon Security Department to arrive and the problem would resolve itself.
"Derek Bussom of the Morton Corporation, stand down this instant!" commanded an authoritative voice that caused the entire crowd of people that were in turmoil earlier to snap their mouths shut.
They turned their head and looked at a newly arrived group of people that were of various physiques but shared two things in common. First, they were all very tall. each of them was at least 6"2 tall.
Second, they wore tight, black leather suits that accentuated their muscles or curves. There was the very eye-catching red and blue stripes flag with white stars on the sleeves of their shoulder.
"The Dungeon Security Department!" said someone random in the crowd.
The man who spoke authoritatively was a mammoth-like individual with a high of 6"9 and bulging muscles all over his body. The most profound ones were at his arms and chest. He had shiny black hair that was in a military buzz cut.
His face isn't very handsome but his jaw is well defined and he has gentle blue eyes that are unfitting of his disposition.
Behind him are 12 of his trusted subordinates and comrades.
"The same applies to you, Stanley Anustine of the Blackmouth Guild." This time, the command was aimed at the skinny man while the one earlier was for the burly man.
"Captain Haves, nice to meet you again. Let me explain what..." before the burly man could approach the captain of the Dungeon Security team, Captain haves raised his hand and indicated for him to not do so.
"I don't need an outsider to tell me what's going on. My team is capable of enough of reporting me the details before I even got here." Captain Haves had a cold and unfeeling expression that matched perfectly with his authority and behemoth size.
He scanned the crowd and said "with the power invested within me by the United States government, I set this dungeon as closed indefinitely. Everyone must leave the premises immediately."
"But..." Derek was just about to complain when he felt a tug on his shirt as the red-haired girl from earlier pointed at the side of the skinny man named Stanley. Stanley and his guild members were already scurrying away in a collected manner.
They did not seriously argue this entire time and as soon as Captain Haves commanded, they left as it had nothing to do with them in the first place.
'Ahh..There is no use in arguing against the government anyway. Our company would not even exist without their permission. It's just an F-GRADE dungeon. We have plenty of those.'
Derek sighed and looked at the red-haired girl with a tired expression as he commanded his team members to move out.
5 minutes later, the people in black leather suits were setting up some sort of equipment in front of the gate. It was a black, metallic box with an orange orb the size of a soccer ball floating inside of it.
There were a plethora of wires extended out of the box, connecting it to a PC. The Dungeon Security Team had set up a table with multiple monitors displaying a plethora of data.
"According to your report, no one has been able to enter the dungeon since midnight after the last team came out," said Captain Donald Haves.
"That's right sir." said an auburn-haired, handsome man while typing furiously at his PC.
'Okay, then Henry. You may start the scan whenever you are ready."
"Yes sir."
About 30 seconds later, the auburn Henry finished his setup and then smashed down on his enter key.
A computerized voice was then emitted from the PC's speakers.
"Initiating Contact with Dungeon Data Bank.
Dungeon Data Bank Denied Contact.
Requesting Contact Again.
Contact Denied...
Requesting...
Denied...
Requesting...
Denied...
Error! Error! Error!
Unknown Admin has initiated self-destruct Sequence!
10...9...8..."
"Shit! Run!" Captain Haves didn't need to say anything else and he didn't expect an answer back as he and his 12 comrades got out of their faster than the wind itself.
They were already 300 meters away when the countdown his 3 seconds.
"3...2..1...beeeeep!"
BOOM!
The fiery explosion originated from the orange ball and blasted the computer setup to pieces. the explosion wasn't too deadly but it was enough to kill or fatally injure low-level humans.
The dungeon security team did not have to go so far but they had never seen the crystal ball explode so they were not sure of its power.
"What in the name of sweet baby Jesus was that?" asked the bewildered captain.
"I don't know. There has never been a precedent of this in the department's records. We have times in the past where people who were not authorized snuck into dungeons. We were always able to find how many were in there with the orb but it never did that before." Henry was providing exposition to the captain as he is the only one with knowledge on the tech and dungeon item-related topics in the group.
Both the Captain and Henry did not have answers and neither did the rest of the team. A girl with long, blond hair tied in a bun and tranquil blue eyes was at the back of the team.
Her name is Tina and she realized that the team's mood was getting a little tense since they had to miss lunch to come here.
It was an order from above so there was nothing they could do about it. If she included the recent terrorist activities in the city, the team was quite stressed with all the work.
She was wondering what to do to calm the team down when she spotted the figure of a small girl among the trees.
She went up to her captain and said "Sir, look over there. There is a little girl sleeping by herself. she might have seen who entered the dungeon after midnight."
Captain Haves glanced at Tina and then looked over to the figure of a tiny girl in the distance. the thin girl had black-haired and was sleeping on the bare ground without any shoes and just a thin, black dress.
"Why would a lone child sleep in the middle of Central Park and right next to a dungeon entrance at that?" This was the question on everyone's mind but it was the captain who was willing enough to voice it.
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Author's Note: This first arc is quite short and ends next chapter. Can you guess where we are and where Nina will end up?
P.S. How am I doing so far?
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