[Mission Objective: Slay the dungeon boss (Tapukh, The Steel-Wood Behemoth Ape) (0/1)]
[Failure in Mission Objective will result in the death of User Song Jin-Ho. Good luck!]
"You-you can't be serious right?"
I was hoping for a 'Ding!' or something from that System telling me this was a sick joke.
A behemoth ape?
Those things are 5 fucking meters tall!
I can't even help myself from yelling at this point.
"System, you're playing with me, right? 'Cause behemoth apes are mobs only seen in D-grade dungeons and above! I'm only F-rank! What the hell am I gonna do?"
No response and I can start to feel myself getting frustrated.
"I am literally the shittiest grade! If you wanted to kill me, you could have just left me out there to die before dragging me through all this bullshit-!"
I winced as a sharp pain rose from my midsection, remembering just then I still have my injury.
The sub-space only temporarily halted my injuries, now that I'm out I'm back to dying again.
"I am quite literally still on the verge of death here. Isn't this tutorial dungeon too insane?"
DING!
Finally, about damn time.
[The Tutorial Dungeon setting has been generated with the capabilities of User Song Jin-Ho taken into consideration. It is advisable that User Song Jin-Ho explore System privileges before heading out of the safe area.]
Capabilities my ass!
Even I know I'd get my ass stomped out by a regular mob if I wasn't careful. Consideration my ass!
"Consideration?"
The word stuck out to me.
Wait, didn't the System put something into inventory earlier?
"Right! System! Open inventory."
DING!
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Inventory:
Weapons:
-Empty-
Armor:
-Empty-
Consumables:
Starter Gift Box (x1)
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Starter gift box? Is this it being considerate?
The hell is this, a housewarming present?
Maybe the System calculated my capabilities with whatever is in this thing in mind.
Let's crack this baby open.
DING!
[User Song Jin-Ho has opened (STARTER GIFT BOX). Contents have been distributed to inventory.]
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Weapons:
Initiate Longsword
Armor:
Stalwart Cloak
Reinforced Grieves
Reinforced Gauntlets
Reinforced Chestplate
Consumables:
Garden of Eden Growth Apple (x5)
Flask of True Fire Oil (x3)
Advanced Health Pill (x20)
Panacea (x5)
Rope (8 meters)
Crystal of ???
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Whoah, I'm speechless.
I guess this System really won't screw me over after all!
(Advanced health pills) and (Panacea)? These are high-level items only A-grade contractors and above can afford!
Just even 1 (Panacea) can go for $200,000!
Shit, should I just save these and sell them later?
But I wonder what some of these other items are?
(Crystal of ???) and (Garden of Eden Growth Apples) is pretty obscure.
DING!
[(Garden of Eden Growth Apples) will grant experience acquisition of 500 times the normal growth rate for 1 hour from consumption. The status effect does not stack.]
A cold wave just washed over my body, just stunned at that growth rate.
If being around level 4 qualifies me as an F-grade contractor, just what can jumping a few levels turn me into?
I'll definitely be able to crack through E-grade in no time.
Without a second spared, I thought of the item's name, and just as I predicted the System recognized my intention.
An apple materialized in my hand. The only notable difference it had from another apple was that it was iridescent in color.
Curious about the taste, I raised it to my mouth and took a bite.
CRUNCH!
"It literally just tastes like a normal apple, so much for that."
DING! DING!
[(Garden of Eden Growth Apple) x 1 consumed. User Song Jin-Ho has been granted an EXP multiplier of 500%.]
[Duration: 58 min, 56 seconds remaining.]
Time's ticking.
I'll leave that crystal item alone, for now.
Seems like the System is avoiding it explaining it.
I got 2 km to cover before I even run into some regular mobs before the boss.
Let me throw on the rest of this equipment and find me some mobs to raise my abilities like true RPG nature.
My armor materialized over me after bringing it out of inventory, but I felt some pain shoot up again.
Oh right.
DING!
[(Advanced Health Pill) x 1 consumed. HP has been replenished 150/150.]
There we go, no more hole in my stomach.
I can't believe I got 19 more of these on hand.
I double-check my equipment and start moving in a straight line.
I'll run into something eventually.
Right?