~You have entered Arena of Unrivalled Sword~
~Defeat each wave in the allocated time to advance further ahead.~
~Wave 1. Defeat 2 Lv. 50 Wolves in 2 minutes~
Everyone passed.
~Rewards: 100 silver coins, Exp...~
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~Wave 2. Defeat 3 Lv. 55 Bears in 4 minutes~
Everyone passed.
~Rewards: 200 silver coins, Exp...~
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~Wave 3. Defeat 5 Lv. 60 Goblins in 7 minutes~
Everyone passed.
~Rewards: 300 silver coins, Exp...~
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~Wave 4. Defeat 6 Lv. 65 Kobolds in 10 minutes~
Everyone passed.
~Rewards: 400 silver coins, Exp...~
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~Wave 5. Defeat 7 Lv. 70 Orcs in 14 minutes~
Everyone passed.
~Rewards: 500 silver coins, Exp..., x5 Iron Ore(C)~
~ First-time clear reward: item box lv. 70(C)~
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~Wave 6. Defeat 8 Lv. 73 Lizardmen in 18 minutes~
Everyone passed.
~Rewards: 700 silver coins, Exp..., x10 Iron Ore(C)~
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~Wave 7. Defeat 10 Lv. 76 Skeleton Warriors in 22 minutes~
Everyone passed.
~Rewards: 900 silver coins, Exp..., x5 Steel(B)~
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Alexis's perspective...
- Ugh... There are more and more monsters coming each wave. This is going to be tiring.
~Wave 8. Defeat 11 Lv. 79 Treants in 26 minutes~
Everyone passed.
~Rewards: 1 gold coin, Exp..., x5 Steel(B)~
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Leon's perspective...
- I wonder when it will become harder...
~Wave 9. Defeat 12 Lv. 82 Ghouls in 30 minutes~
Everyone passed.
~Rewards: 1 gold coin and 200 silver coins, Exp..., x10 Steel(B)~
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~Wave 10. Defeat 13 Lv. 85 Trolls in 35 minutes~
Everyone passed.
~Rewards: 1 gold coin and 500 silver coins, Exp..., x10 Black Iron(B)~
~ First-time clear reward: item box lv. 80(B)~
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Apollo's perspective.
- I barely passed this. It's getting too hard for a Guardian to go further ahead. I hope I can do 1-2 more waves.
Gilgamesh's perspective.
- Finally, some interesting monsters and rewards.
~Wave 11. Defeat 14 Lv. 88 Cyclops in 40 minutes~
Everyone passed.
~Rewards: 2 gold coins, Exp..., x10 Black Iron(B)~
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Apollo's perspective.
- Now, I am sure I won't be able to pass the next waves... I think this wave will be my last try.
Dante's perspective.
- Come here already, you monsters. Let me smash all of you. Give me stronger ones.
Alexis's perspective.
- Now that was hard. I wonder how the rest of them are doing.
~Wave 12. Defeat 15 Lv. 91 Golems in 45 minutes~
Apollo fails. The rest passed.
~Rewards: 2 gold coins and 500 silver coins, Exp..., x5 Orichalcum(B)~
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Apollo's perspective.
- I knew I couldn't defeat those golems. They were too sturdy for me... Seems like the others aren't out yet, so maybe they passed wave 12.
Gilgamesh's perspective.
- I can see why players stopped at wave 12. These golems were quite strong. Not to mention you had to fight 15 of them.
~Wave 13. Defeat 16 Lv. 94 Yeti in 50 minutes~
The four boys passed.
~Rewards: 3 gold coins, Exp..., x5 Orichalcum(B)~
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~Wave 14. Defeat 17 Lv. 97 Basilisks in 55 minutes~
Alexis failed. The other three passed.
~Rewards: 4 gold coins, Exp..., x10 Orichalcum(B)~
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- Ah. Those basilisks were really sneaky. (Alexis)
- Oh, you're out? (Apollo)
- It is just you. Where are the rest? (Alexis)
- They are still doing the arena. Look at the rankings, they got into the top 100, clearing the 14th wave. (Apollo)
- I can see Gilgamesh and Leon doing it, but Dante? Is that weapon he got that powerful? (Alexis)
Some time passed...
~Wave 15. Defeat 19 Lv. 100 Werewolves in 60 minutes~
Dante and Leon failed. Gilgamesh passed.
~Rewards: 5 gold coins, Exp..., x10 Werewolf Claws(B), x5 Black Steel(A)~
~ First-time clear reward: item box lv. 90(B)~
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- Ah! If I would've had 5 more minutes... (Leon)
- Damn those werewolves! (Dante)
- Oh? You guys are finally out. (Alexis)
- You two failed already? (Leon)
- I failed on wave 12, and Alexis got out at wave 14. (Apollo)
- At least I levelled up once. (Alexis)
- So I won! (Dante)
- I came out at the same time as you, so it's a tie. Anyway, where is Gilgamesh? (Leon)
- Look at the top. That bastard did it. He's now 2nd place. (Alexis)
- I was so close being at the top... well at least I'm in the top 100. (Leon)
- What monsters were on wave 15? (Alexis)
- Some werewolves that were lv. 100. (Leon)
- I'm impressed Gilgamesh managed to pass that. His new armour must be worth every penny. (Apollo)
- Yeah. We need to get better gear and aim for higher waves as well. (Alexis)
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~Wave 16. Defeat 20 Lv. 103 Skeleton Knights in 65 minutes~
Gilgamesh failed.
- Look who is out. The new superstar. (Leon)
- Shut it. I won the bet, so give me the money. (Gilgamesh)
- Look at that guy. He is the one who got 2nd place... (Player A)
- Hey, behind you. (Player B)
- So... He is the one who managed to pass wave 15? (Hercules)
- Good thing that you got here in time. That guy almost passed you in the arena. (Cyrus)
- Look, it's Hercules of the Titans Hand guild. (Crowd Player)
- Hey there. Which one of you is Gilgamesh? (Hercules)
- Why do you want to know? (Alexis)
- I was just curious about the guy who managed to get past wave 15, just like me. (Hercules)
- That should be me. (Gilgamesh)
As he finishes his sentence, Hercules swings his big sword towards him. Leon and Dante jump behind, while Alexis and Apollo block the attack.
- He's got quite the power. (Alexis)
- So, you are here to fight, not to talk. (Gilgamesh)
- Haha. Good job blocking my attack. You guys are very interesting. (Hercules)
- You really like to make a scene, don't you? (Cyrus)
- Hah. Just wanted to test him, but these fellows got in the way. Anyway, can we go somewhere to talk in private? There are too many eyes. (Hercules)
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- So, what do you want to talk about? (Alexis)
- Well, I know you guys are that Phantom Group. (Hercules)
- Really? (Leon)
- And? We won't join your guild even if you know that. (Gilgamesh)
- Why are you guys so harsh? What does my guild have? (Hercules)
- Excepting you and a handful of players, the rest of them are trash? (Gilgamesh)
- That's not the point, we formed this group just for the fact that we don't want to join a guild. (Alexis)
- We didn't really come to talk about our guild. But this guy gets pumped up and forgets to talk about the reasons. (Cyrus)
- Yeah. Forget that. I want to form a party with you guys. (Hercules)
- And the reason? (Alexis)
- Is this guy dumb? (Dante)
- Not dumber than you, that's for sure. Anyway, what's the deal with all the Berserkers? Are they all just dumb people? (Gilgamesh)
- The point is, we want to go attack a dungeon, but we don't have enough manpower. We failed to attack it already with the guys we have, and we don't want to ask help from other guilds. (Cyrus)
- Oh? Then you got our attention. (Alexis)
- The dungeon is called "The Troll King's Treasury" and is an A-grade dungeon. And you can get some good loot from it from what I've heard. (Cyrus)
- Yeah. There are some Berserker items that the boss drops, so I want them. (Hercules)
- And what do we get? (Leon)
- We can pay you. (Cyrus)
- I'm not that interested in gold. But we need some items. You said that it drops some Berserker items? We need some for our Berserker as well. (Alexis)
- Who is your Berserker? That guy with a scythe? A real man uses big swords, not some girl's weapon. (Hercules)
- You may laugh, but that scythe is the first S-grade weapon in the game. (Gilgamesh)
- Really? Oh yeah, I forgot that you guys defeated that demon. How it was? (Hercules)
- It was tough. (Alexis)
- So, are we going to that dungeon? (Leon)
- Yeah, let's give it a try. We can talk about the details on the way. (Alexis)
- Are you guys ready to go? Don't you need to get some resources or something? (Cyrus)
- I think we have everything we need. (Alexis)
- I'm ready to go as well. (Gilgamesh)
- Okay, but just to know. This will be a pretty long raid. It took us almost 2 days to get to the boss. (Cyrus)
- We've done that before, so don't worry. (Leon)
And so, they are going along with some members of the Titans Hand guild to do a dungeon.
After a while, they arrive in front of the dungeon.
~The Troll King's Treasury(A)~
~Infiltrate the heavily guarded treasury of the troll king on the 10th floor.~
- Then, everyone is ready to enter? (Hercules)
- Yeah! (crowd)
The inside of the dungeon is huge, like a city, with buildings and a lot of monsters.
- Well, no joke. This dungeon is bigger than I thought. (Alexis)
- We've got in our hands a nice place to level up. (Leon)
- I've got a question, Cyrus. We can log out inside the dungeon? (Apollo)
- Yeah. That's why I've told you it will be a long raid. You can stay inside the dungeon as much as you want, but you can't quit it and come back until the entire party quits or dies. (Cyrus)
- Then we can kill every single monster inside. I like this dungeon. (Dante)
Inside the dungeon were many trolls, just like the army of skeleton knights that our party defeated numerous times on the 9th floor.
- Do we have to fight all together? Or can we split and kill more monsters? (Alexis)
- I would prefer to get to the boss as fast as possible, but if you want to split, I've got no problem. But we have to meet in front of the boss's room. (Cyrus)
- Let them go. I'll go and kill some monsters too. (Hercules)
- Do we keep contact via messages? (Alexis)
- Yeah. See ya later. (Cyrus)
- Bye. (Leon)
For a couple of days, the party fights every troll they get in their way, levelling up a bit, until they reach the gate of a room where some bigger trolls are guarding the door.
~Troll Guardian(A), Lv. 98~
~Troll Guardian(A), Lv. 98~
~Troll Guardian(A), Lv. 98~
~Troll Guardian(A), Lv. 98~
- Seems like we got here first. (Leon)
- I wonder where they are. Let me give a quick message. (Alexis)
- I'll drag these two on the left with Dante, you two get the other two trolls in the meantime. (Apollo)
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- Sorry for being late. Hercules wanted to kill some more monsters on our way there. (Cyrus)
- Did you ran from monsters? (Hercules)
- Nah, we killed everything we've seen until we got here. (Alexis)
- We've got some nice levels on our way. (Leon)
- Yeah, I'm almost level 98. (Gilgamesh)
- Really? Same as me. I just got level 98 today. (Hercules)
- You guys are getting ahead of many of us. (Cyrus)
- What can we do... (Apollo)
- We are lucky to level up faster being only 5 people into the party. (Alexis)
- Let's go in and kill the boss. I'm tired of all these ugly trolls. (Gilgamesh)
~Troll Guardian(A), Lv. 98~
~Troll Guardian(A), Lv. 98~
~Troll King(A), Lv. 100~
- Oh, first level 100 monster we meet. (Leon)
- What was the demon level? Wasn't even level 100? (Cyrus)
- How could it be 100? If it was, we were dead meat. It was 97 if I'm not wrong. Or 98? I forgot. (Leon)
- How do we handle this boss? Any strategy in mind? (Alexis)
- We just have to fight as we normally do, but he is way tougher, and his attacks are stronger than those of a guard. (Cyrus)
- Apollo, you will be in the front then. Gilgamesh and Dante will switch between attacks, and I will go behind him with Leon. (Alexis)
- What about them? (Leon)
- They can handle their own men. (Gilgamesh)
As they were putting a formation on point, Hercules was jumping ahead and attacking the Troll King.
- Don't worry about the agro, me and that guy will draw his attention. (Cyrus)
- We will do as we planned. Apollo, you will help them with the agro. The rest of us will attack it from all sides. (Alexis)
After some minutes...
- Hey, some guys died over here. (Leon)
- Don't worry about who dies, just continue to attack. (Cyrus)
- You really are going all out for this one, don't you? (Gilgamesh)
- As long as we kill it, their sacrifice will not be in vain. (Cyrus)
- Do as you wish. They are your members. (Alexis)
- Ugh. You guys talk too much. (Hercules)
While they were fighting, a message appeared.
~Congratulations. Thanks to a brave group of players, Cyclops King(A), the Boss of the 10th Floor has been killed.
Their achievement will be recorded in the Hall of Fame.~
~The Special 11th Floor is now open. For details, check the gate that leads towards the 11th floor.~
- Oh? (Leon)
- Don't stop. We will see what's going on after we kill this guy. (Alexis)
- We must finish this fast and go to the 11th floor. It is special for a reason, so we have to go fast on that floor. (Gilgamesh)
- These guys... How can they talk that much while fighting a boss? (Cyrus)
- I like them more and more. (Hercules)
After a couple of minutes, they defeated the Troll King.
~Congratulations on defeating Troll King. Your reward is: 30 gold coins, Exp..., x10 Black Steel~
~Congratulations on clearing the unique dungeon Troll King Treasury. You will obtain the items in Troll King's treasury.~
- Just look at how many items there are. Imagine doing this dungeon alone. (Leon)
- Yeah, you will be fully geared with the items here. (Gilgamesh)
- So, how do we split the loot? (Alexis)
- There are 12 items, so I'll allow you to get a quarter of them. You can choose any 3 items you want from here. After all, we need the items too. (Hercules)
- Why only 3 items? (Leon)
- Three is a fair number. It's fine. (Alexis)
- What do we choose? (Gilgamesh)
- Dante, let me see your status window for a moment... (Alexis)
- Huh? Sure. (Dante)
- Hm... Then I'll take this, that, and... I'll go with this one. (Alexis)
- Are you done? Are you sure you want those items? (Hercules)
- Yeah. You can keep the rest of them or split them with your members. (Alexis)
- If we are finished, let's go to the 11th floor already. (Gilgamesh)
- We will go ahead. See you later. (Apollo)
- See ya. (Dante)
- Bye-bye. (Leon)
- If you need help, send a message. (Alexis)
- Sure. Thanks for your help. (Cyrus)
- I hope we will meet again soon. (Hercules)
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- What items did you get? (Leon)
- These three. The ring and the helmet are for Dante. (Alexis)
~Ring of Madness – level 90, A-grade, +110 Attack Power, +30 Strength, +15 Critical~
~Helmet of Troll King – level 90, A-grade, +104 Defence, +30 Strength, +20 Stamina~
- And this ring is for Apollo. I know you have a weak ring on you right now. (Alexis)
~Ring of King's Guard – level 90, A-grade, +110 Attack Power, +15 Strength, +20 Stamina, special ability when user's HP falls under 15%, he will get back 20% of his HP.~
- You took some good items. (Gilgamesh)
- Well, I was thinking of our guys. They needed some better gear on them. (Alexis)
- Thanks for getting this ring for me. (Apollo)
- No worries. (Alexis)
- Let's see what is with this floor 11 then. (Leon)
Information about the level of the 5 protagonists:
Alexis – 97, Leon – 97, Gilgamesh – 98, Apollo – 96, Dante – 95.