Arthur was in front of the F-rank gate, and he was very excited. He dreamed of entering a gate many times, and here he was in front of one. Besides him, everyone else seems very calm as if they entered many gates before.
"We don't know what kind of creatures will be inside the gate. Be prepared for any unexpected situation. Let's go inside the gate!"(Elia)
Soon, they entered the gate one after another, with Arthur being the last one.
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Inside the dungeon.
Everyone looked around, and they realized that they were in a cave. It was very dark, and they could only see because of the few torches that were in the walls, but even though it was hard to see any details.
"Let me guess, goblins."(Gary)
"That's probably the case. This dungeon doesn't even have a proper shape."(Lila)
"Gary, you assume the lead. Lila, prepare to launch a spell any time. Porter, stay behind."(Elia)
After Elia's voice finished echoing in the silent cave, everyone started advancing.
Arthur was looking around alert, trying to see any goblin, but he spotted nothing. Then suddenly, after walking for one minute, he heard Lilas's voice
"Fireball!"(Lila)
A bright fireball illuminated the cave and was sended flying towards the goblin that was preparing to launch an attack on the guardian of the team, Gary. Before the goblin could reach Gary, the fireball arrived first and burned down the goblin. It was an insta-kill!
"Keep going!" Elia said while she looked at Arthur for a brief moment.
Arthur knew that it was his time to take action. He walked towards the goblin, and with a sharp knife, he opened the goblin's chest and collected the small mana crystal, placing it in the backpack he prepared. Arthur then looked around to make sure that nobody was near and placed his left hand in the goblin's chest before saying a single word in a low voice.
"Assimilate."
The goblin's corpse trembled a little before a message appeared right in front of Arthur.
[Goblin's heart absorbed, talents acquired: night vision, poison resistance]
'That's it!'
Arthur immediately opened his status to check the changes.
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[Arthur Gold]
Class: None
Body- 7
Soul- 5
Energy- 5
Talents:
Incomprehensive, Night Vision lv 1, Poison Resistance lv 1
Abilities:
Heart Assimilator
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Arthur was in ecstasy, not only he acquired two talents, he also became a little bit stronger than before, even though this increase in the body stats only will happen once with the goblin's heart, Arthur was already very satisfied with it.
He looked around and immediately could perceive the effects of night vision. The previous hard to see cave was now no different than the day for him. He was very happy. Arthur then looked in the direction his 'teammates' went and walked towards that direction. He couldn't wait to assimilate more hearts!
.........
2 hours have passed, and right now, everyone was right in front of the boss room, waiting for their energy to recover before challenging the boss.
At this moment, Arthur was very happy. A total of 57 goblins, meaning that Arthur assimilated 57 hearts! At this moment, the level of his talents of night vision and poison resistance reached level 6, which Arthur believes is a high level. Although he can't test the effects of poison resistance at this moment, he can experiment with night vision very well. His eyes gained the ability to see everything clearly no matter if the light is present or not, and he also noticed that he wasn't affected by a sudden change of light at the ambient, at all moments he could see perfectly!
"It's time to challenge the boss, Ember 3 let's go!"(Elia)
"Let's go!"(Lila)
"Let's go!"(Gary)
Then, without ceremony, they pushed the boss room's door and rushed over! Soon, they saw their opponent. A goblin 2 meters tall with an old hide armor was standing in the middle of the room while holding a sword and shield.
"Everyone, attack! fireball!"(Elia)
Ember 3 immediately rushed against the boss as if they saw the most delicious prey. The result had no mystery, the hobgoblin was slaughtered, the poor guy couldn't even retaliate against the rain of fireballs and the obstruction of Gary. When it was Arthur's turn to collect the mana crystal, he couldn't help but make a surprise face when he secretly assimilated the goblin's heart.
[Hobgoblin's heart absorbed, talents acquired: poison resistance, strong body]
Arthur was very happy with this outcome. He acquired a new talent! He quickly opened his status to check the exact changes.
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[Arthur Gold]
Class: None
Body- 10
Soul- 5
Energy- 5
Talents:
Incomprehensive, Night Vision lv 7, Poison Resistance lv 7, Strong body lv 2
Abilities:
Heart Assimilator
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'Very good! My body strength increased by 3 points! As expected of a gate boss, even though it was among the weakest, it gave me so many stats.!'
Arthur finished collecting the mana stone and then looked at his team while waiting for instructions.
"Great job everyone, it's time to leave this gate. Porter, give me the bag with the mana crystals, I will deposit your payment soon after we leave the gate."(Elia)
Arthur promptly handed his backpack to Elia. He already gained so much assimilating many hearts, there was no need to worry so much about a huge compensation, everything he needed was his salary as a porter.
On the way out of the gate, Elia unexpectedly started a conversation with Arthur.
"Porter, what about you follow us to the next gate we will be facing tomorrow? If you do, we can help you kill a monster to acquire a class as an extra payment."
Arthur didn't expect this cold leader to help him. To acquire a class, one needs to kill a monster, and depending on the method used to kill it, a class choice would appear.
Classes were the manly and best way to become stronger. Not only will your stats raise as you kill monsters, but you will even gain abilities!
Arthur wasn't planning to get a class soon because he had a theory that he wanted to try. But seeing how Elia was trying to help him, he accepted her proposal on the surface. They wouldn't know if he really acquired a class anyway.
"Yes I will accompany your team in the dungeon tomorrow. Thank you for helping me with my class."
Arthur smiled at them, and after this quick interaction, they left the dungeon.
While ember 3 went to a place to divide their loot for the day, Arthur went to the Awaken Association to choose another dungeon! Of course, he didn't forget to buy a new backpack.