They went deeper to the caverns and the two travelled into the darkness. Luckily, Merlin knew the Floating light spell in which he made it hover to Kenji and him. Creating two for their use with one each.
They passed the storage room and Kenji ushered Merlin to check the room first. To their observation it might have something to loot. Or even a gold chest was present. And to their surprise, it was full of barrels with wine or water. Until they saw another room that has a chest. Kenji broke the lock and saw gold inside.
"Wow, we will pay the debt. Let me count the gold." Merlin said to him. Upon counting it was 1126 and so, they packed it inside their storage and then went on.
While traversing deeper, they saw more devil spawns. Red skinned and has horns of a goat. Small as a kid but has mischievous and dirty play in fighting. "Merlin, let's kill them!" Kenji announced.
"Yeah!" Merlin energetically replied.
They attack and Kenji went speedily dashed towards them.
Kenji went slashing the Devil spawns and immediately eliminated 3 of them. Some were running and attacking him then flee. Making Kenji block and then annoyed by their movement speed.
He slashed one on the shoulders and it's arms flew before decapitated. Its ice damage triggered and it was frozen.
Making the others who were attacked into a frozen statue. He immediately kicked them and they shattered on the process. Merlin assisted with fireball and they were shattered into bits.
As Kenji was panting, he turned around and immediately, to his surprise. All of them were resurrected in an instant.
Kenji smirked after realizing what has happened after seeing a familiar enemy, the Devil Master. That bastards would heal devil spawns to full heal or even resurrect them. Making Kenji to smile.
Alas a familiar feeling has once again arose. The first time he encountered them was one of the most memorable one as he was surprised by what happened. The fallen enemies rose once again and was in full health! Though they were only limited to their own kin and not other species of devils or demons.
Imagine having such powers and resurrects the Enemy Boss without breaking a sweat. It would be a disaster and an out balance to the game itself. He immediately used his wand and sent soul fire at the devil master.
Sending forth in succession towards the devil master. To his surprise, the devil spawns were protecting their master. Making his soul fire to get wasted to bunch of idiots and cannon fodders.
Kenji was annoyed and so he dashed towards the fray and went all out. Even though he was panting, he tried to exert precise movements without wasted effort or stamina. He slashed lightly on the 3 enemies making them frozen while passing them by. He immediately headed towards the devil master and then attacked him. Making the enemy surprised by his courage and daring act.
Merlin was also shocked at his change of tactics and it was one of the most dumb idea he has yet. But he was left with no choice but to kill their boss.
Kenji rotated and slashed the minions that were blocking his path. Swerving into the cluttered enemies and assaulted the master. The devil master's eyes bulged as he did not expect to have a deathly glare at him. Maybe it will be his last moments or so he thought.
Kenji slashed it once and it was a hit. Making the devil master froze.
But to his surprise, the enemy has over 50 health. And so he has to hit him six times before he would get killed.
Feeling a sense of urgency, he has to kill it before the other devil spawns would shake off the freezing effect.
And so, Kenji slashed twice in a flicker of his hand. Not even a second has passed but he already slashed twice. Still it was not enough, he kicked his enemy that produced a knock back effect and then dashed to follow the enemy.
Other minions have already unfreezes and he has to kill the master before he could get swarmed by them.
He immediately stomped his feet to dash and then slashed the Devil master. One slash and it froze again. Making another 2 and then another 2 in a second. The enemy has fallen. While he was combatting the master, Merlin already finished the minions with flames skill. He blow fire from both of his hands and they melted like a butter against heat.
It was finished and Kenji panted with such straining and taxing non-aerobic execution. It has left him nearly passing out with how small air he has breathed.
He was breathing high and low until he laughed hard.
Making Kenji have a high five with him.
"Good job!" Kenji shouted. "Master, don't be hasty. You would die if you do that again," Merlin was concerned.
"Yeah!" Kenji agreed. The two then laughed.
While they were laughing, Kenji saw a notification.
[Level up!]
[Level 2]
+ 1 Strength
+ 1 Dexterity
+ 1 Intelligence
+ 10 Mana points
+ 1 Skill point
[Skill tree unlocked]
[Reaper, Curse, and, Summoning Unlocked in Level 2]
Skill Tree
[Reaper]
Vitals Stealer unlocked - Steals random 1 Health stat, Mana stat, Stamina stat and add it to your status permanently per enemy. Last only for 1 hour per day.
[Curse]
Drain unlocked - Drain 10 Health, Mana, Stamina per second and rejuvenate you.
[Summoning]
Raise skeleton unlocked - raise a skeleton from a corpse on an enemy. Relies on Summoner's combat ability
...
With it, Kenji whistled. He did not know that his problem was solved that easily. He used 1 skill point to the Drain skill which would steal stamina from enemies. With it, they continued their travels deeper. But to their surprise, they smelled decay on the air.
He saw 3 dead adventurers by the way . They were only wearing leather armors and one was only a robed clothing. Merlin felt sad for them but it was blessings for Kenji. And so he looted the decaying corpses and he got 110 gold coins.
"Whohoo lucky!" Kenji shouted.
"We are debt free at last!" Kenji blurted out. As for their voices, the louder the better. They need to clear this infested cave. The more enemies heard them, the easier to clear them out.