The party walked and walked. They hiked over mountains and crossed rivers. They walked on the grass plains and in some rainforests.
Lee went through about 10 of the old spots and found none. Along the way, they did kill some mobs and gained some experience, but no one levelled up. The ones below Lv10 didn't reach Lv10 yet, so they didn't go back to Sura for class advancement.
Eventually, "Guys, there's one over there!" Yang called out.
On the side of a mountain, there was a cave. It was obvious it was a dungeon entrance because of the faint glow it emitted and the system marking above it.
[Cavern of the Disgrace, Lv25 Dungeon]
Yel frowned, "Level 25, we can try it, but it won't be easy, especially without a healer."
Lee nodded, "I agree, but we can always try."
Yel walked to the cave and stepped inside.
[Do you wish to enter Lv25 Dungeon "Cavern of the Disgrace"?]
[Warning: Level significantly under recommended level!]
Yes. Yel thought.
[Dungeon started]
The last system message appeared for everyone. They were transported by a flash of light into the cave.
It looked no different to any other cave that exists, but this was a dungeon.
"It's kinda dark here," Jill whispered.
Yel looked into the darkness. "Let's go after Lee."
Lee nodded and summoned his Xuan Wu shield. It was broken during the duel but he reforged it with Spirit Energy.
He walked forward slowly with his shield raised. The party followed behind him.
Soon, the first visible monsters appeared.
[Cavern Spider]
Lv: 25
HP: ???
MP: ???
Description: A big spider in a cave, nothing special.
The spider's level was too high above Yel's, so he couldn't see its HP.
"Yin, Thunder bomb it to test its HP," Yel said.
Yin waved his staff.
-369
-358
-364
-376
...
Numbers in the 300s floated from the spiders. Their HP bar dropped to about 75%.
Yel saw Lee open the system notebook and jotted: "Cavern Spider, Lv25, HP≈1200."
The spiders hissed and dashed at Yin. Lee stepped up and set his shield on the floor.
Then he roared. It diverted all the spiders to him and they started biting at Lee's tank. To no one's surprise, they did no damage to Lee.
[Lion's Roar], a very essential skill for a tank. Yel nodded. It forcefully attracts all the mobs in a radius to attack the user. Lee probably bought it from the warrior trainer.
Yin looked confident. He waved his staff 3 more times and threw out 3 more bombs.
Boom. Boom. Boom.
The spiders twitched and collapsed.
EXP+
EXP+
EXP+
…
The low levels gained a level instantly.
"Nice!" Yel said. "Let's keep pushing. We should get everyone advanced classes after this run."
The same thing happened to all the other mob piles.
Lee roar, Yin bomb, EXP+…
[Caution! Miniboss ahead!]
A system message appeared after the party cleared the 5th pile of spiders.
They looked ahead and saw a semi-humanoid spider. It had a human upper body with 8 spider legs.
[Spider King]
Lv: 25
HP: ???
MP: ???
Description: The King of the Spider Cave. It has nearly morphed into a humanoid shape?
Yel facepalmed. What is this generic miniboss name and description?
Lee roared as usual and attracted the boss. The King spider hissed and charged towards Lee at amazing speed. It bashed its shoulder into Lee's shield.
Boom!
Lee stumbled back a few steps without taking major damage.
-400
A number floated from the spider due to the reflective damage. It hissed in pain and stumbled back more steps than Lee.
Boom!
-200
Yin's thunder bomb exploded on the spider. He couldn't penetrate the spider's skin though; it was too dangerous to get into close combat.
Yel inputted 100 SE and slashed forward. [Wind Slash]!
-800 (No direct contact means no boost from force)
Yel frowned, why is the boss taking damage with perfect numbers?
Wu acted too, he fired an arrow and struck the spider's eye.
-200
Rin threw a fireball.
-0
Rin laughed awkwardly.
Yel scrunched his eyebrows. Even if Rin's damage was bad, why did it do 0 damage?
Yel ignored it for now and turned on massacre mode.
Wind Slash, -800
Wind Slash, -800
…
The boss soon got to half HP.
"Phew, we can get through this soon," Yel said.
Then, the boss retreated back into the nest.
Lee was confused and roared again. This time, however, the boss ignored it.
Then the party saw the boss bend down and eat something.
+10000
WHAT THE FLIP!
Before the spider took another bite, Yel sprinted. This is wild, he thought.
He needed direct contact for his speed to work, so he had to take action. After all, Blade is not a class that sliced at enemies from a distance.
-1000
-1000
-1000
…
Yel got as many strikes as he could with basic attacks before the boss suddenly roared.
It emitted a blast of energy and pushed Yel away.
-983
Oh shee. Yel sucked a deep breath. His HP got drained to less than 15% with one hit.
Just as he thought it would be impossible to kill the boss with the heals it gained, Jill appeared in the air behind the boss.
She sliced her dagger into the spider's neck. The boss didn't even realise there was someone there.
-50000
She smiled, "I told you it's kinda dark in here."
The boss died.