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Chapter 5 - Floor 4, Part 1

The boys just climbed the stairs to the next floor, when they saw Apollo waiting at the entrance.

- Hello, Leon. I see Alexis is with you... And a new guy? Hi, I'm Apollo. (Apollo)

- Hi there. Yeah, we formed a little party on the 3rd floor and were doing some dungeons. This guy is pretty good, but it's a little wild. (Leon)

Leon was saying while giggling.

- Stop telling others bullshit about me. Hi, I'm Dante. Nice to meet'cha. (Dante)

- Hello, hello. I'm glad I can see you guys again. We haven't seen each other after the Boss Floor from the 1st floor. (Apollo)

- Where is Zekker and the others? It seems it went well with them. (Alexis)

said Alexis while scanning with his eyes the equipment on Apollo.

- You have good eyes. Yeah, I got quite a few C-grade items, even 2 pieces of B-grade armour. (Apollo)

- What? Oh, I just remembered, what was the reward from the 3rd Floor Boss? (Leon)

- Well, the same as on the first one. Some coins, experience, some materials and a random item chest. That's where I got those B-grade items. (Apollo)

- Lucky you, you had two of those to open. I only got one and got these nice Boots of B-grade. Alexis, what did you get from your chest from the 1st floor? (Leon)

- Chest? I forgot I had that thing in my inventory. Let's see... (Alexis)

As he finished his sentence, he opened his inventory and grabbed the random item chest and opened it.

~Congrats! You just opened (Box of random item D-A)

Luck is on your side. You got Excellent Katana, A-grade~

- Huh?? What's that? Did I get another weapon? And it is a Katana? (Alexis)

- What grade? What grade? (Leon)

- Seems like it's A-grade... Let me check the status of it. (Alexis)

~Excellent Katana, level 50, A-grade, +144 Attack Power, +15 Strength, + 10 Critical, +5% Attack Speed.

A very sharp sword that can inflict more damage when the user is Samurai Class.~

- What? A-grade? What the fuck is with your luck? Are you a worshiper of the Lady of Luck? (Leon)

Leon was screaming after hearing Alexis.

- Seems like the game really wants me to play as a samurai... Of all weapons, it is a Katana. (Alexis)

- Lucky... I wanted an A-grade spear as well. Not fair! (Leon)

- Well, I need to be level 50 to use it anyway... and it has class-specific information. (Alexis)

- Then let's go make some levels. (Apollo)

Slowly, the group of 4 were going to find a good spot to raise their levels. Days flew by, and they started to gain less experience from the monsters on these parts of the map, so they were going to switch the spot and started to travel across a mountain.

Meanwhile, elsewhere on the map, Gilgamesh had a conflict with some players...

After he got out of a dungeon, he was waited by a group of players. Their names are a bit strange, being the same as the knights in the legends of England.

- This is the guy who solos the dungeons? (Gawain)

- Hello there, princess. How was the dungeon? Was it good stealing other people's loot? (Kay)

- What do you want? Does it say your name somewhere and I didn't know? First come, first served. (Gilgamesh)

- You've got some balls. Even when you are outnumbered. (Kay)

- Oh, I'm so scared... As if a bunch of puppies can bite a lion. (Gilgamesh)

Gilgamesh said with a lot of pride in his voice.

- I wouldn't mind having my name red for a couple of days. Let me handle him, Arthur. (Tristan)

**Note: When a player kills another player and they are not in a duel, the name of the player that kills the other one turns red for a couple of days, being a target because he kills other players randomly on the map. These players are called PKers as well, because they usually kill players to steal their spoils, or just because they enjoy killing others.**

- Easy now, let's talk peacefully. (Lancelot)

- Go away and play your knight thing elsewhere. I don't have time to deal with some punks who think they are all high and almighty. (Gilgamesh)

- Just to know, this pride of yours will cause you a lot of problems in the future. I'm not the kind of guy who kills people, but seems like someone has to teach you a lesson. (Arthur)

- One versus Eight? Seems fair to me. Come and show me what you've got. (Gilgamesh)

- Lancelot, stick with me here. The rest of you, have some fun and teach him. (Arthur)

And so, they started to fight, but we don't know the outcome yet.

Back to our group, as they were travelling across the mountain, Dante slipped and fell into a valley. As the rest of the group tried to find him, they found around the place Dante fell a dungeon.

~High Orcs Tribe(B)~

~Only the bravest warriors will come to encounter the tribe of orcs who are refined warriors and enjoy fighting and killing.

Players have to be at least level 45 to enter this dungeon.~

- Talking about misfortune. Only you could've fell close to such a high levelled dungeon. (Alexis)

- What are you talking about? I see it as luck. Imagine who could find such a dungeon in a place like this. Let's just go in. (Dante)

- Just wait a moment, idiot. Look at the requirements. You need to have level 45, but yours is only 44. (Alexis)

- Ah, fuck all these conditions. If I wouldn't have died... (Dante)

- Don't be mad. Let's just go around and fight some monsters until you make level 45 as well. (Apollo)

They left to help Dante increase his level to be able to enter the dungeon. After some more time, Dante hit level 45, and the rest increased their levels by one as well, Alexis and Leon being level 47, and Apollo being level 48, then returned to the dungeon.

- Let's see if we can clear it now. Can't wait to get some good loot. (Leon)

~You have entered the High Orc Tribe Dungeon

Eliminate all the orcs and the clan leader to clear it in the allocated time

Remaining time: 5:59:58~

- Seems like it's gonna be hard. The time to clear it is 6 hours, but I don't think it's enough, seeing that there are already some C and B-grade orcs at the entrance. (Alexis)

- I wonder what grade the Boss will be if there are already some B-graded orcs... (Apollo)

- Who cares, let's slaughter them! (Dante)

- I like your spirit. Apollo got the agro. (Leon)

- Come here, let me kill all of you! I'm going to revenge on you guys for what your friend from the 3rd floor did to me! Ahahaha! (Dante)

- Grr... (Orc 1)

- Grr... (Orc 2)

- He lost it... Anyway, let's give him a hand and advance. (Alexis)

- Dante, don't go too far... (Apollo)

- And stop talking with the orcs... It's not like they understand you, idiot. (Leon)

- Don't mind him. He totally lost it... Just take the front, Apollo, I'll take the left and Leon will take the right. (Alexis)

Slowly, but steadily, the boys went through the dungeon for a couple of hours, killing almost all the orcs, until they arrived at the Leader of High Orcs.

~High Orcs Tribe Leader Brozke(A), level 51~

- So, it's a A-grade... Just as I thought. (Apollo)

- If we coordinate with each other, we might have a chance. There are still more than 40 minutes left to clear this dungeon. (Alexis)

- Just let me take him. (Dante)

- You really can't stay put for a moment? (Leon)

- I just want to fight more and more strong monsters. (Dante)

- I guess that you just have a death wish. Just listen to us this once and let's beat him. Don't you want to become stronger? (Alexis)

- I'm going to take the agro. Meanwhile, you guys try to surround him and attack it from all sides. (Apollo)

As Apollo finished, the boys listened to him and started to surround the Orc Leader to attack it. The fight continued, being a hard one for the group of four, everyone almost dying while de Boss still had 20% HP left. The swords kept on clashing until after more than 30 minutes of constant struggle, they managed to kill the Boss.

~Congratulations on finishing the dungeon. Your reward is: 1 gold coin and 400 silver coins, Exp..., one of Brozke items~

~Congratulations on being the first to conquer this dungeon. As a reward, every reward will be doubled.~

- Huh? I levelled up. And got two items, not one? Oh my god. (Leon)

- Same here. That experience was very welcomed, not to mention two B-grade items. (Alexis)

- What did you all get? (Leon)

Leon was asking while checking his items.

~Brozke Knife, level 50, B-grade, +80 Attack Power, +10 Agility, + 5 Critical, +5% Movement Speed~

~Brozke Larp Shoulders, level 50, B-grade, +48 Defence, +10 Strength, +15 Stamina.~

- Such a waste... These items aren't that good for me. Why didn't he have a spear instead of a knife... (Leon)

- I got a Greatsword and a necklace. (Alexis)

~Brozke Greatsword, level 50, B-grade, +200 Attack Power, +20 Strength, -7% Movement Speed~

~Brozke Necklace, level 50, B-grade, +20 Strength, +10 Stamina

1/2 set, when you have both items, you will gain additional status points.~

- Dante, what have you got? Let's do a trade. (Alexis)

- Um, some earrings and a gauntlet.

~Brozke Earrings, level 50, B-grade, +15 Agility, +10 Stamina

1/2 set, when you have both items, you will gain additional status points.~

~Brozke Gauntlet, level 50, B-grade, +42 Defence, +13 Strength, +9 Resilience~

- Give me those earrings for this sword. It will certainly be better for you. (Alexis)

- What you got, Apollo? (Leon)

- Some leggings and boots. Good enough for me, not having these items as B-grade. (Apollo)

- Are you still mad that I fell and found this dungeon? We even gained two levels by clearing it. (Dante)

- Oh, I just remembered. I made level 50 and now I can choose a class. (Apollo)

- Lucky you, I'm still level 49. Just one more level and I will choose a class as well. What classes do you all have in mind? (Leon)

- Well, taking into account that I'm playing as a tank, most likely I'll take Guardian class. (Apollo)

- The game forces me with all these weapons to play as a Samurai, so I'll give it a shot. (Alexis)

- I want something to use this big sword. (Dante)

- Oh, so Warrior or Berserker I presume. I'll go with my lovely spear playing as a Lancer. (Leon)

- Let's take a break then. Apollo had to go back to the 1st floor to take his class, and I got pretty tired after fighting for 6 hours straight. (Alexis)

- Good idea. Let's meet tomorrow at the city gate. Maybe there will be some news about this floor dungeon. After all, it's been two weeks and still no word. (Leon)