[14th Everdusk 2103], CGA branch, Dyna Crest country.
I sat down before the lifeless body of the boss lying on the ground before my eyes.
I was thoroughly exhausted from all the running around, as I did not even get to exchange blows with the boss and had to resort to underhanded methods to finish him off.
"But isn't there a saying that everything is fair in a fight for one's life," I said, smirking slightly as I looked toward the notification that appeared.
[You've killed the Corrupted Hobgoblin Warlord {Boss unit (Mutated)} (Lv.19), 24~Lv.9 Goblins, 3~Lv.10 Goblin, you've gained 2840 EXP.] {3375/700 EXP}
[You've levelled up, Level: 14 (^3)] {975/1000}
[You've gained 30 Unassigned Stat point.]
[You've killed the boss, completing the objective of clear, the portal for exit will be opened after half hour later.]
I examined the information and sighed in exhaustion and frustration at not being able to reach Level 15 in the first dungeon. The initial levels of Tier 0 are the easiest to traverse, but later on, leveling up becomes incredibly difficult.
"Alright, I'll think about the future. For now, let me enjoy my rewards and extras," I said, eyeing the boss's body lying on the floor.
As attempted to remove his armor, it shattered into pieces, and his mace also turned into useless items without any higher energy in them.
"Alas! But I have this body to plunder. There's no doubt I can gain some stats or even a skill right now," I said with a sad face, wiping my imaginary tears. (TT_TT)
I stood up again, pointed my hand towards the body, and said, "Plunder."
The process of plundering began as energy emerged from my body, enveloped the fallen boss, and moved inside it to find something beneficial for me as a new notification appeared.
I looked at the last few lines and was shocked to find that I could even get unique energy stats from my enemy body stats to enhance myself, provided it wasn't harmful to me, which could be quite beneficial in later stages.
"Well, there is something good in the later parts," I said as I stood up from the ground and looked around to see that the whole village was destroyed in the fight between us.
"Maybe I should have reached Level 15 if this fool hadn't killed his subordinates himself," I said, looking rather angry at the now dead boss.
"But what can be done when things have already unfolded this way?" I said as I waited to see if I could find any remaining goblin to finish off to gain the remaining experience points.
But to my misfortune, there was no sign of life left around.
After wasting time searching, I reached the boss's body area where the portal was emerging from nowhere.
"Okay, let's go now," I said as I took steps inside the portal and disappeared from the area, leaving behind the destroyed goblin village in the forgotten forest where no one was left alive.
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In front of the dungeon, I walked out of the portal brimming with energy. I looked around and found myself in the same area I had used to enter, seeing a few faces walking toward me with beaming smiles. My armor and weapon were in my inventory, as I couldn't show them to anyone after receiving them from the school.
"Oh, looks like other students walked out from the dungeon," someone said, drawing attention to me. It was slightly dangerous for me, but not too much after I checked the board displaying our scores.
I saw my name flashing, indicating that I was out of dungeon. The timer stopped, and I achieved the rank I had hoped for: seventh place. The first, second, and third places were taken by Lucas, Lyre, and another group with the Paladin-class girl.
I was pleased to have a non-attention-grabbing rank and looked at Principal Miriam, who approached me to talk.
"Well, it's good that you are done with your test, Evan. I congratulate you and announce that from today onward, you are a full-fledged hunter with your own responsibilities," Principal Miriam said, and I nodded obediently at his every word.
"Okay, so if you've heard everything, you are free to go if you want to or wait for the test to be over," he said after his long speech. I decided to head home for some much-needed rest.
"Okay, sir, I will head home then, as I am really too tired to wait for the test to end," I said and walked away. Miriam nodded and let me go, sighing slightly as he looked toward the board where some of the top ten spots were blank, indicating that the students were dead. It was very sad for him, as he had seen this happen every year since he became the principal of the high school.
While outside the CGA, I was standing near the road to look for a taxi and quickly found one as there were many coming and going to pick up passengers.
"Sir, where do you want to go?" he asked just after I sat inside the car.
"Oh, sir, just drop me at..." I told him the address as he nodded and started driving towards the place I had mentioned.
After some time, we reached the location in front of a big apartment where I asked the driver for the fare.
"Sir, it's 120 CP (Ceruleth Point)," he informed me. I nodded and pointed my phone towards the screen behind his seat, and the amount was automatically deducted.
"Thanks for the fare, and please use our taxi service again," the window bot said as I walked out of the car and headed towards the stairs to reach my floor and room.
But before I could open my room door, two figures appeared behind me and stopped me from entering. Their faces were clearly imprinted in my mind from previous encounters with Evan.
"Where are you going, you brat?" Kale said, blocking my way.
"Oh no, sir, I was just going inside to get some rest after raiding my first dungeon with my friends," I said as genuinely as possible to avoid suspicion.
"Oh, so you mean to say that you're class awakened now, huh? Good, looks like our little Evan has grown some wings of freedom," Brin said mockingly, angry.
"Oh no, sir, I wouldn't dare to, in front of you strong sirs," I, trying to be as low-key as possible and not anger him further.
"Then it's okay. Tell us about your class. If you lie, we have ways to check it, and the punishment is severe," he said, lashing out in anger.
"Oh, okay sir, my class is Necromancer Apprentice (D) rank," I told him the truth as he looked at Kale, who brought out an orb of inspection. There are many things like, and he checked me with it. But I was prepared, as I had already customized my status to appear as trash as possible, which is not even worth considering as a fighter for them.
"Yes, he is telling the truth. He is really a Necromancer Apprentice of D rank while being level 7 after his raid. Even his skills aren't even at level 2, any of them," he told Brin, who scoffed at me as if looking at some trash.
"Then he isn't worth wasting our time. Hey kid, pack your bag tomorrow to move out, as you won't be able to live here without any money, which you obviously don't have," he said, looking at me mockingly.
"Oh no sir, can't I join your guild like you both mentioned or something? Please, I don't have that much money to pay the rent, please," I said, trying to grab his hand for sympathy, but what came was a big punch to my stomach, sending me back a few inches, and I fell to my knees in pain.
"Don't touch me, you trash, and don't try to look out for us for help again, as now there is no relation between us. So go away from our sight," he said, looking at me like a little trash-eating mouse.
"S... Sir, ple... please, don't go," I tried to say, but no clear words were coming out as a large amount of saliva was coming from my mouth, and my face was full of redness.
"Hey, you hit him too hard? It looks like he will die at some point, and you know that CGA guards are too strict about this matter," Kale said to Brin, who just nodded in agreement and told him.
"Oh, don't worry, I didn't even use 5% of my power on him. He isn't worthy of it, and don't worry about him as he is still quite a good tight punching bag," he said to Kale as he literally was feeling little sting pain after the punch, and they both walked away, leaving me in pain on the ground.
After I stopped hearing the sound of walking, I looked up and found them not to be here. I quickly stood up, walked inside the door, and closed it from the inside to prevent anyone from entering.
"Aoooch, it is aching so much even after becoming this strong. It looks like Tier 1 is really different, just as the memory said." I remarked while looking at my stomach with a slight smile on my face.
-- To be continued --
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