Alpha didn't seem to be recovering from the death of the mask, he spent the next few weeks on that same spot, crouching, hugging his legs and burying his face in between them
His status screen was opened the whole time, and the mask was held in Alpha's hand facing it
Alpha became an empty shell, with no feelings, no emotions, no hopes, no goals, nothing
He didn't seem to be moving from that same spots anytime soon
What brought him back halfway to reality, was a single slime, slowly jumping its way towards Alpha
When it got close enough, it leaped forward, latching onto his hand, seemingly trying to eat him
The kid had a super high defense, A mer slime like that doesn't have the ability to cause him any damage or pain
But, he could still feel something on his hand, when he lifted his head and saw the slime, he remembered the very first one that attacked him, he remembered the very first advice the mask gave him
*This place is dangerous, stay still and you'll die*
"Right... I can't just stay here.... I have to move, I have to get stronger.... Otherwise, I'll die"
Forgetting that he literally acquired a title That says, he've become the strongest creature on the entire planet! He stood up, and walked back, all the way to the first floor, straight into the safe zone
He sat down, crossed his legs, and put the mask on his lap, then started meditating
That was the main method Alpha know how to use to get stronger
Repeatedly exhausting his Mana, then refilling it back up, slowly but surely, increasing his intelligence by 1% every time
Days passed by, and alpha was still doing the same thing. days became weeks, weeks became months
Alpha's intelligence grew higher and higher, reaching levels where the Mana in the air was no longer enough for him to improve at the same rate
That 1% increase slowly became 0.1%, then 0.01%, then 0.001%, getting lower and lower
5 years later, alpha's sorrow and sadness reached an end, and he finally decided to move on
But before bidding farewell to this nostalgic place, alpha buried the mask in the safe zone, and took one last look at his status screen
His level was still the same, But his intelligence went way above 10 million !
His Mana purity of 1, changed into Mana DENSITY of 506
And he gained three new titles
Title [one who surpasses the peek] : he who became so strong that the world can no longer accommodate him , [HP regeneration] , [MP regeneration] , all stats +40%
[Great magus] : Mana density >10 , INT+70%
[Grand magus] :Mana density >100, INT+80%
Those new titles were really great, but alpha is already too strong to care about them
He left the safe zone, and walked through the first floor, He previously had wiped it out of slimes, But 5 years have passed, and the floor was full again with them
He can kill them all just with the thought of it, But why bother, he won't gaine anything from them anyway
He just slowly walked through the first floor, he ignored all the slimes, and they ignored him back
but it was a different story once he reached the second floor, Every time he passed by a slime, he was shot by a water ball
It wasn't a big deal at the start, but the more he got shot, The more annoying it got. So, to block them, he condensed some Mana around him, creating a barrier of his own, and acquiring a new skill
Active skill [Mana shield] : create an invisible shield around you that can block any damage lower than 10% of the Mana used to creat it
After reading the description,Alpha immediately went ahead and invested 1,000 MP in it, Then continued in his path, ignoring all the slimes shooting water at him
Soon enough, he reached the third floor, and since it had the same type of slime, he just ignored them as well
A few minutes later, he entered the fourth floor, then immediately got bombarded by water bullets, It didn't matter much since he had the Mana barrier, so he continued to the 5th floor
This was where he had to endure most of the suffering, this was the floor that have ambush slimes! but as always, he just walk past them, without a single care in the world
They all kept sneak attacking and trying to latch on to him, only to instantly withdraw and go back to hiding, none of them had the ability to get through his barrier
The next one was the 6th floor, The slimes on this one, act like spiders, they cover the ground with sticky threads, once a prey steps on them, it gets stuck, then they all jump on it
But alpha, he didn't even step on it, when he moves, His barrier moves with him, pushing away all the threads in front of him
He then reached the 7th floor, this one had slimes stuck on the ceiling, Whenever they detect something moving below them, they drop down and eat it, Once again, it was no problem for alpha and his barrier
The 8th floor had giant slimes, the 9th one had flying slimes, neither of them posed a threat to Alpha
And finally he reached the boss room!