"Hello, there, friends!"
"Are you guys must be from 'Golden Ravens," right?" A skinny man with red eyes and a dark circle underneath asked Aryan in his gloomy voice.
"Aaaa... kind of!" Aryan said it with an almost embarrassed face.
"Hmm... It's a pleasure to meet you. My name is Drake, and I am... a little depressed." Drake said with a gloomy face while he forwarded his hand for a handshake.
"Nice to meet you too; I am an Aryan and I am... not depressed...not yet at least." Aryan said it with a smiling face.
"That's good... We might get along better in the future." Drake spoke in his sleepy, low, and slow voice, making Aryan frustrated.
Just as the two were talking, Sen identified the person Aryan was talking to and decided to join the conversation.
"Ohoho! "Look who is here!" Sen said with an excited face while walking towards Drake.
"I knew you guys would come for the mission; I paid you quite a sum after all," Sen said, rubbing his nose.
"Where is the other girl, by the way? She was also supposed to meet me here! Sen said he was looking around as if he were searching for something.
Drake, hearing the news, came closer to Sen while holding his shoulder tightly.
"I just wanted to give you a life lesson, bro. Bus, train, and girl never wait for anyone," Drake said in his gloomy voice while looking at Sen with sympathy.
"By that, you mean...?" Sen asked in confusion.
"Nothing big; you just got scammed," Aryan replied to Sen's question.
"Now I feel like I am also depressed." Sen spoke with a ghostly face before he was interrupted by a female voice.
"So what do we do next here?" Aahana asked, joining the conversation.
"I will do the quick registration... Wait for me to come back. Just don't go without me... I don't want to be left alone again." Drake spoke in a low voice while walking in a certain direction.
"Bro!! Who the hell did you pick up for that mission?mission?" Aryan asked, almost screaming at Sen, while the other could only give an embarrassing smile in return.
"Cough!cough"
"Alright guys, since you are done with your little quarrel... So here is the quick introduction." Aahana said, interrupting.
Without waiting for anyone's response, she continued, "This dungeon is different from the great dungeon we have in the city." "So instead of creating a huge floor where everyone can enter, this dungeon sends each group to a separate place where they could take the trail."
"After you clear each of the five floors, a boss room will appear. And based on how you or your team performed in the dungeon, you will be allocated dungeon points, which we will later use to buy items from the goblin merchant."
"Huh!! Wouldn't it be unfair if a party of 10 people cleared the same floor we did and still got the same reward? " Aryan asked with a confused look.
"You don't need to worry about that. Dungeons only allocate points based on how much difficulty a player has faced. For example, a player level 5 who clears floor 1 will not get the same point as a player level 1 who clears floor 1." Aahana explained that she was trying to clear up the confusion.
"And that's why this dungeon is a benefit for those who like solo adventuring," Drake replied, walking towards the group.
"OH! "Wow, bro, you came so fast," Sen said in amusement.
"Umm-hmm," Drake paused before he replied in his gloomy voice while looking at the sky. "That's what she said."
If not for this guy already looking dead, Aryan would have beaten him to death by now.
"Just your existence is enough to motivate me to stay single for life," Aryan muttered with an expressionless face as he walked towards the dungeon. Sen and Aahana followed after...
"And I thought we would get along." Drake sighed as he looked at a picture in his wallet. "I thought the same about you too, sweetheart."
EONE SAYS: #4: If you ever meet this kind of species in real life, just dig a hole in the ground, cover your body with soil, and pretend that you are a carrot. IT WORKS
The group continued to move towards the black dome while ignoring Drake's words as best they could.
"Ok, so finally we are here!" "Let's rock and roll," Sen said, entering the portal, while Aahana, Aryan, and Drake followed after.
[Ding!! The Goblin Crypt Challenge has been started. Floor1]
As Aryan passed into the portal, he arrived on another side of what looked like caves. It was spacious enough for humans to pass through, but to fight in that location was entirely different.
"Arise, my minions."
Aahana said, pointing her staff towards the ground, as black smoke covered the land and five undead demon dogs arrived out of it.
The first floor of the dungeon only comprised small goblins without any weapons, which for undead demon dogs was just overkill.
[Ding!! Goblin Crypt Floor 1 has been cleared.
[Reward: 100 crypto coins]
Aryan then followed Sen's lead to floor two, which was an open grove full of trees and bushes. But before the group could understand the situation,
"Swish!! Swish!! Swish!!"
The sound of three arrows cutting through the air rang in the forest as the group jumped to the ground.
"Dinn!"
Although they were able to dodge the arrows, somehow one arrow hit Drake's back, cutting through his iron armour.
"Fireball"
"Boom!Boom!Boom!"
As soon as Aryan gained his balance, he shouted three fireballs at the tree trunks, making goblins fall from the tree.
"Swish!!"
The sound of three arrows echoed through the grove as Sen's arrows penetrated directly through the goblin's throat while they were falling in midair.
"Hey, Drake! Are you fine?" Aryan asked with a concerned look.
"Ahh, no need to worry about me. I have a strong regenerative skill in my arsenal." Drake said it with the same expressionless face as ever while casually pulling out the arrow from his back.
The group then moved through the grove more cautiously; for every goblin they spotted, Aryan would use his skill to make them fall from the tree while Sen would shoot them in midair.
[Ding! Goblin Crypt Floor 2 has been cleared.]
[Reward: 125 crypto coins ]
As soon as the notification sounded, another blue portal appeared in front of them, teleporting them to a goblin tribe.
The tribe is composed of five round huts and a two-floor wood hut in the middle of them.
"Creek! Chreek, cheek! Chiiiiiiii!"
As soon as the group appeared out of the portal, the goblins started to run towards them, making weird sounds.
But unlike floor 1, this time almost all goblins were equipped with wooden clubs. But after their sudden encounter on the second floor, the group was already expecting a sudden attack.
"Fireball," "Wind Blades," "Shadow Shackles," "Flaming Arrows!"
As soon as the group spotted goblins, a barrage of spells was cast, burning all their huts and knocking some of them out midway.
But unfortunately for them, the goblins were just too many and closed the distance fast.
Aryan and Drake moved forward into close combat, while Sen and Aahana provided support. Drake used his wind skills and dual blade to slice the goblin's head up with each move.
While Aryan picked up a wooden club from the fallen goblin since his glove type weapons were not much help against them. Although one advantage he liked about glove-type weapons is that he could use any other type of weapon without changing his main weapon,
Back in my world, I always dreamed of participating in club fights when I grew up. But it looks like I will have to adjust to this one for now. Aryan inwardly smiles as he tightens his grip on the wood club he picked up from a fallen goblin.
"Time to get some experience points."
[A/N : Only the person who lands the final hit on target gets all the exp. and rewards from the kill ]