On my hand was the small gold treasure chest... and I had opened it, revealing a simple gold ring.
"What is this...?" I asked myself, admiring the simplistic beauty of the gold ring.
Though from afar, it might have just looked like a simple gold ring...
However, I took the chest closer to my eyes... and saw that there were intricate carvings and writing on the ring. The writing itself seemed to be in some foreign language... but since this was a Greek-themed dungeon, it was most likely Greek writing.
And I at least knew that their language and alphabet had a pretty similar look to basic English alphabets... thus...
Right in the middle of this gold ring, there was a carving of the Greek word...
ZEUS.
This ring... was most likely...!
The relic belonging to Zeus, the chief god of the Greek gods and goddesses! The very same god that commands lightning and thunder...!
Well, it was obvious by now that this relic belonged to him, considering that I saw the supposed carved face of Zeus himself at the grand marble entrance of the pathway I had entered.
So... here I was, holding the treasure chest that contained the supposed relic belonging to that great ancient Greek god of lightning... the one and only, Zeus...
I swallowed hard at the sight of this relic. I couldn't believe I was looking at one of the legendary relics that could be found in a dungeon.
I had just become an adventurer, the very thing I had been wanting to be for years...
Since the first time I had seen one of the hero party, Brave Heart's, dungeon expedition videos where they ventured into the deep, dangerous dungeon of Titan's Descent, fighting the 20th-floor boss.
I had been in awe since then... and that had become my motivation to be an adventurer myself... so that I could experience the thrill of adventuring...!
I wondered if they had also found relics like these on their expeditions? They must have, since they had ventured even deeper, especially to the 50th floor of Titan's Descent.
And now, here I was... holding a relic belonging to a great ancient Greek god...
Then eventually... I picked it up with my right hand.
[Item Acquired: Zeus's Ring of Lightning]
"Zeus's... Ring of Lightning...!" I echoed the announcement that had suddenly rung inside my head, informing me of the item I had just received and was now holding in my hand.
"Whoah!" But then I exclaimed in surprise because the small treasure chest I had just opened suddenly burst into a golden ethereal mist and then disappeared promptly.
So, it had done its job of holding this relic... and now, in my hand, was the relic itself.
I... I could feel the power from it just by holding it. This thing was the real deal... there was no doubt it was a powerful relic of a powerful god.
From the relic's name alone, it was already pretty obvious what it would grant the user...
The mastery of lightning... just like the great Greek god Zeus commanded the very lightning itself.
So... if I put this on, I would gain the same power as him... right?
"Well... there's only one way to find out...!"
I held the ring in my left hand so that I could try wearing it on my dominant right hand. Of course... I would put it on my right hand's ring finger, as it was appropriate for the name.
Slowly... I inserted that finger into the ring...
And suddenly... I felt the power...!
The ring itself felt like it was surging with power, flowing into my whole body! Soon, I could feel something changing all around me... as I saw and felt static.
Lightning!
As the ring settled onto my ring finger, a sudden surge of energy pulsed through me!
I gasped as streaks of bright, crackling lightning began to form from within me... and then came out and danced around my body!
The very air around me buzzed with static, and I could feel the electricity wrapping itself around me... like living tendrils of raw power...!
The lightning wasn't just surrounding me—it was becoming a part of me.
Bright blue arcs of electricity flickered and sparked across my skin, illuminating the chamber in flashes of brilliant light! Each spark of these powerful lightning sent a shiver down my spine, filling me with an overwhelming sense of power...!
But suddenly... I felt something off.
The electricity surging through me... it felt overwhelming... too overwhelming!
It was almost too much to handle!
At first, it was just a simple tingling sensation... but then, without any warning, it suddenly intensified...!
It felt like I was actually being electrocuted by a massive current of electricity coursing through my veins... no, my whole body...!
"Aggghhhh!!!" I yelled in pain, my voice strained as the agony of being electrocuted hit me hard!
Why... why was this happening?!
This lightning... it was supposed to be fully under my control, wasn't it...? I was supposed to have the same control and mastery as the god of lightning, Zeus, wasn't I?!
But instead, it was... hurting me...?!
The lightning, the very source of my new power, was now tearing through me!
And... I couldn't keep up with the pain that it was causing me. My whole body convulsed from the electricity coursing through it as my muscles began to spasm and seize uncontrollably.
And then... everything went dark... as I passed out, collapsing to the ground.
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"Ugh..." I groaned in pain as my consciousness slowly returned to me.
"Gasp! Isaac...!"
I heard a feminine voice gasp and call my name—a familiar voice that I seemed to recognize quite well.
"Doctor! Nurse! Come quick!"
'Doctor? Nurse?' I echoed in my head, quickly realizing where I was.
I was in the hospital. That was the most likely conclusion.
I slowly opened my eyes and was met with a beautiful woman with equally lustrous brunette hair.
She was a woman I was quite familiar with. Her expression of relief upon seeing me regain consciousness was unmistakable.
She wore a strangely familiar office worker suit that fit her well-endowed figure perfectly... and for some reason, "something" within me began to rise.
I jolted up from the bed I was lying on.
"I-Isaac?!" The woman exclaimed in surprise at my sudden movement.
But I wasn't done yet.
I got up from my hospital bed and moved towards the beautiful brunette woman. I grasped both of her arms with my hands and pulled her closer to me.
"I-Isaac?! W-what are you doing all of a sudden?!" She asked, her confusion and fluster evident as I initiated a rather intimate gesture.
I couldn't help it. My whole body felt an intense "emotion" coursing through me as I stared directly into her beautiful blue eyes.
"Boss!"
"Y-yes, Isaac...?"
"Please..."
I couldn't hold it back anymore... as I shouted out my intention toward my beautiful superior.
"... HAVE SEX WITH ME!"