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Chapter 4 - Chapter 4

We find our MC currently fighting a bunch of monsters in a mysterious dungeon that he happened upon. It was recommended for level 5 Adventurer's. He was on the last floor fighting the boss who keeps spamming monsters at him. At first, he was annoyed but then thought of using them as an exp grinder and since then 12 hours have passed with him just slaughtering the cannon fodder.

He has leveled up to level 9 and just needs a bit more exp and decided to finish it by attacking the boss. He ran past the mobs since they were not a threat and made his way to the boss. The boss was a giant spider that spits acid and even its webs have acid qualities.

He ran forward and used one of his skills called "feather's flight" which is a very fast movement skill that also makes zero sound and makes the user feel light like a feather. He instantly appeared in front of the spider and slashed all of it's eyes with multiple slashes. The spider retaliated by spitting acid at him close range.

He immediately twisted his body in an unnatural angle avoiding the acid. At the same time, took advantage of his position and threw his sword with his skill called "Giant's strength" which he got by out beating a giant's strength which is pretty straight forward but not easy. It's as you think, increases the user's strength by 2x his original strength.

The sword went straight through each end of the spider boss killing it and leveling up our boy to level 10. He took a minute to scan the area and saw that the other monsters disappeared after the boss died.

He got some rewards with are the following,

Spiders Silk x200

Spiders fang x125

Spiders eye x150

Spiders cloak x1

Spiders sword x1

Spiders Ring x1

Xerxes decided to put everything in his card which also acts as an inventory of sorts. He decided to check out what the cloak, sword, and ring have to offer though he does have some thought.

Spiders Cloak: A black cloak with a giant white spider design on the back with four red eyes on the hood. This cloak increases one's stats by twice the amount when fighting spiders and others of it's variants.

Spiders Ring: A ring in the shape of, oh would you guess a spider. This ring allows one to see in dark areas without the need of a torch. It also provides immunity to poison and acid up to Rank C. Last but not least it also increases one's stats by 2 when fighting spiders and other types of poison/acid related enemies.

Spiders Sword: A sword that has been drenched in poison. Its blade is serrated and is forever coated in poison that can kill and affect up to Rank C creatures. Each strike deals poison damage.

He nodded in satisfaction and decided to equip the ring and the sword since it will prove useful later on.

He decided to head back to the guild to rank up and relax and find a good place to rest at.

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Several days have gone by and Xerxes has been very busy with both monster slaying and bandit hunting. He has managed to reach level 15. He is also now a Rank E adventurer with the fastest rank up time that surprised the guild a bit. He didn't care one bit about that though. He's not interested in anything but getting stronger.

He looked around the bandit camp one last time and saw nothing of interest and moved on. He continued his journey through the rather peaceful forest and simply enjoyed the scenery for once. He notices a cave in the middle of a mountain and decided to check it out. When he got closer, he found out, it wasn't a cave but rather a dungeon and he got excited.

He saw the recommended level was 25 and decided since he was stronger than the average person by a lot he'll see if he can manage it. The beginning was a little easy but even he could tell it would be harder than it seems. His blood boiled in excitement for a good battle, but he suppressed it and continued to think rationally.

He encountered a few more monsters and decided to continue moving forwards even though the fights were getting harder.

Once he cleared out the remaining area, even he couldn't help but want to relax for a bit. He looked forward and saw the door to the boss room and check his level which is 18. he decided to head out and wait for the monsters to respond before jumping in like an idiot with a death wish would do and farm this area till he is good and ready.

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