The skeleton knight who was in front of Zoom slashed it's sword towards him, Zoom didn't even budge, he looked at the descending sword than was a few feet above him with a fierce expression before it turned into a smirk.
Bam!
A hand made of hardened stone held the sword in place stopping it from slashing Zoom into two. With his bone staff in hand Zoom tapped the ground and summoned a skeleton knight and together with his eighteen skeletons warriors Zoom's mini skeleton army dashed towards the skeleton knight.
Compared to the dungeon's skeleton knight, Zoom's skeleton knight only stood two meters and a half tall which was only half a meter shorter. It also held the same great sword and plated armour making them look like twins.
Clank! Clank! Clank!
It was a battle between two knights... plus eighteen skeleton warriors and a golem.
Both Zoom's skeleton knight and golem were busy tanking the slashes of the upgraded skeleton boss while the skeleton warriors did their job dealing damage.
Clank! Clank! Gah!
The sheer damage that 18 skeleton warriors that were level 34 was astonishing that even a level 12 upgraded mini boss in hell mode difficulty could only succumb to it's wounds. The skeleton warrior knelt to the ground before vanishing into thin air.
After taking out the mini boss Zoom had a easy time clearing the whole dungeon, he even set a new record for himself which was 2 hours and 56 minutes.
When Zoom left the dungeon he wore a the cloak that his skeleton used to deter any appraisal skills. Even with the cloak on his guildmates paid no heed since it was normal for people to use cloaks to hide their identities.
After Zoom walked out of the dungeon, someone who was also wearing a cloak passed by. That person was only an inch shorter than Zoom but the mysterious person exuded an aura that cannot be underestimated.
As they both passed by each other the mysterious person couldn't help but turn around to look at Zoom who didn't even turn his back.
The person was entrigued seeing a solo player leave the dungeon but in the end that person went ahead and entered the dungeon alone.
***
'The opening of the stronghold will happen in a few hours from now. The guild therefore has decided that the best way to get an early upperhand in the upcoming fight is by going their early even if it means having to wait for a few hours there. If we come early we can secure our positions and obtain a defensive position. The guild announces that every member must arrive in the outer mountain range near the outpost that Snow has build. The watchers have already been dispatched, if you arrive early you will receive bonus points. Now go!' This was the announcement made by one of Snow's vice guild leaders.
Zoom didn't want to rush it even if being punctual gave him extra points. In the past 5 days Zoom had only ever been to the city, the wind dungeon and a few parts of the forest and had never gone to explore past that, he had been way to focused on clearing the Wind dungeon that he had forgotten to explore around.
When Zoom first cleared the Wind dungeon it gave him a set of rewards to choose from, those rewards were very enticing and there could be a chance that other dungeons gave a reward after a solo completion like the Wind dungeon did.
This idea had only crossed Zoom's mind after he finally remembered that there was a vaster world out there to explore, 'I should explore and find some dungeons for me to solo.' Zoom thought, but then he remembered that when he was researching about strongholds, those strongholds had dungeons of their own which would become Zoom's next farming grounds.
Now that Zoom had finished the hell mode of the Wind dungeon he had also received some extra rewards but they weren't as extravagant only giving him a enhanced skill.
[Savant: You gain a 100% boost on one stat while losing 50% of another stat for 3 minutes. Costs 300 Mana.]
This skill was like a double-edged sword having its pros and cons but this skill only had pros and little to no cons. Zoom had only 12 stat points on his sword stat which meant he could double his mana while weakening his already weak sword stat. Dungeon raiding would become twice as easy with twice the numbers.
Since the fight would take place in a few more hours Zoom had decided to first return to the city and find a crafter who specialises in staffs.
***
After two hours the cloaked person that Zoom had seen entering the Wind dungeon alone a few hours ago was face to face with the skeleton mage. Zoom simply shrugged seeing someone new the dungeon alone and thought it might be someone random who wants to try and solo the dungeon, little did Zoom know this cloaked person was Winter and she was on a mission to get the first solo clear of as many dungeons as she can.
Winter was 19 years old and had long silver hair that were straight, her eyes where as white as snow, she had a beautiful appearance that would make many men fall in love with her. She had a fit physique and but with little muscle.
She held a bone staff on her right hand while two high levelled staffs were floating right behind her. She had a special class just like Zoom that was unique to everybody else, this special class was one of the reasons that she is level 57 and far above the league of the average folks.
In a one on one against Winter, Zoom would no doubt be destroyed.
After Winter had slain the skeleton mage with ease she was notified of the bonus reward that was given to her. But rather than a smile, a frown formed on her.
"I'm the second person to clear this dungeon solo? Don't tell me that cloaked guy that passed me cleared the dungeon before me!" Her eyes widened in shock at the thought.