The Black Iron Mountain is just like a normal mountain. But the Monster in this particular mountain is Golem. Of course, there's a lot of golem habitats in this mountain. From Copper, Iron, Black Iron, Mithril and many more. But other than Black Iron, those Golem Habitats can't be accessed unless you finished the Black Iron Mountain Raid. Which... No one has ever done before!
And as a man who likes to challenge stuff like this, I want to clear it. Solo as well. But in order for me to do so, I will need at least level Fifty.
And Black Iron Mountain is a very hard region to clear... Even the weakest golem in this mountain is level seventy.
Currently, I'm level Seven... The level difference is high. It will take a while for me to kill one, but when I do, I will get a massive leap of level.
I stare at the lowest leveled Golem. Level Seventy... And I throw a rock at it to get its attention. And it work. It started walking toward me slowly...
The moment I see that, I leap out from the trees and use Flicker to cut the distance between me and the golem in an instant... I'm upside down on top of the Golem. Still floating in the air...
"Arcane Strike."
Without hesitation, I immediately punch the top of the golem head... BHG n WHG base damage is strong. It's Two Hundred... So it is very strong. Not to mention, the constant Attack buff that provides Seventy Percent more damage. Plus Fifty Percent Penetration of Defense...
Critical Hit from attacking my enemy also increases the damage... And since I use Arcane Strike, the damage is doubled...
"BOOM!"
With a smile, I bashed the golem head into the ground... The head cracks and I use Flicker to retreat... One Attack take A Fourth of its HP... So, I need three more attack to kill it.
The golem looks pissed though... It smashed its fist together and then a shield icon popped up. Covered in blue aura as well...
"Defense Buff huh..."
As soon as I mentioned that, The Golem once again, smashed its fist but this time, it slams it down into the ground. And the ground shatters... And a massive boulder shoots out toward me... I relaxed my body.
I got very serious and see where my dodging route is... And because I'm super focused, I can see it just fine...
I dashed forward toward the boulder. And when the boulder is very close to hitting my face, I use Flicker to go to the other side of the boulder. I plant my feet on the boulder and then use it to boost myself straight toward the Golem.
I make a fist using both hands and activate my Arcane Strike... The Golem anticipate my move and immediately put its arms together. And without hesitation, I punch, punch and continue to punch the Golem arms...
I don't care if he blocks my attack. As long as I attack him, I'm dealing damage. Like a psychopath, I continue to attack and attack with a massive smile.
The tempo of my attack is super fast. The Golem can't turn this around. Even if he's a lot higher level than me. And eventually... The Arms breaks down. And the golem head revealed to me. I stare it straight on its eyes and immediately pull my arm back.
"Your Defense Buff is gone now... Drop dead."
With full power, I smash the face of the golem. And I push my arm so hard that I managed to slam the back of the golem head to the ground... And with that, the golem head shatters. The rest of the body shatters as well... I stand up as blue particles flies to the atmosphere.
'You have leveled up!'
'You have leveled up!'
I leveled up... By A LOT.
I'm now... Level Thirty...
"Alright. Twenty Three Level for the weakest golem? That's not too bad, I guess."
Since My status spread is Balance, all of my status should be at Ninety. Because I spread it to gain Three in each category. The category is pretty simple, STR, AGI, INT, VIT and DEX. Some people might spread their stats differently, but that's how I spread my status. Very balanced.
I'm a solo player after all. I need to have a bit of bulk, I need to hit very hard and I need to be very quick as well.
"Alright, it's time to hunt some more."
I also got quite a lot of Black Iron. I'll try to smith my own equipment later... Or get lucky in the gacha. One or the other...
Back in the real world as Matthias is farming for level and mats.
The bell to his house rang... The one who rang the bell is a lady. Short brown hair, red eyes, a sizeable chest, over all, she looks like a celebrity.
"Hm? Should I just open the door?"
That lady open the door and surprisingly, it opened. So she quietly enter with her suit case and lock the door.
"It seems like Ran is still recovering. But where is my cute boyfriend?"
It's Alya. The freshly graduate college student who has just came back from the country side to fully moved in with Matthias and Ran... But before she goes to Matthias room, she goes to a room beside Matthias room and immediately make it her own room. She put her clothes out and do all the stuff...
And as Matthias predicted earlier, she finished her stuff around lunch... She's pretty tired, but she's not sleepy. So, she goes next room and go to Matthias Room... And then...
"... Hooo? So My Matthias has taken interest in the VR Deep Dive as well? The game that he's playing is NWO... I see... He started playing NWO. This is very interesting... Now I really need one to be delivered here so that I can play along with him... I wonder what level he's at right now..."
Alya sit down on Matthias bed and fiddle with her phone. She lays down and eventually fall asleep, like any other person.
Meanwhile, back in the NWO...
"Fuuh~ I went overboard~"
Right now, I have reached Level Fifty Five... And I must say, I clear three habitats of Black Iron Golem... It seems like killing the same monster over and over again will lessened the EXP we get. I guess it's to prevent player to power leveling...
But that's fine, Level Fifty is all I need to raid the Black Iron Mountain Raid. But unfortunately, not today though. Because I want to see if I get anything good to help the raid tomorrow.
So, I went back to the city like a normal person and stay on the inn like usual... And with that, I log out...
I open the capsule and immediately let out a sigh.
"Fuuh, Being extra focused on the fight is very fun huh... It gets my blood going..."
Fighting in NWO feels super real... So I feel the tension rising when I fought all of those golems... But I like the tension... I went out of my room and immediately went to the kitchen. I drink cold water and then went back to my room... And that's... When it caught my attention...
"Alya's here already huh..."
My tension dies down, but nervousness rises when I see her face... How should I greet her when she wake up?