Dungeon Diver: Stealing a Monster's Power

Chapter 83

[Test 1][Time Remaining: 39 Hours]

"Let's go! We don't want them catching up to us anytime soon."

Maria nods and follows close behind as I start jogging toward the back of the dungeon.

After about 20 minutes I'm already starting to get winded, and my legs are getting really tired. I hear grunting in the distance and activate enemy detection along with inspect.

[50m]

[Lv. 151]

[Lv. 149]

[Lv. 148]

The grunts grow louder as we venture into the heavily wooded forest. I draw my sword and get ready for whatever's coming at us....

Moments later, three massive wild boars appear. They're dark brown with short hair and massive muscular bodies. The boar's eyes glow red and two massive tusks protrude from the sides of their mouths. Each of them is over 3m from head to tail.

I make quick work of the beasts without even having to use fire magic. I use this opportunity to plunder as much MP as I can. Maria stays close behind and doesn't join the fight.

"Hey Jay, I know you said not to ask too many questions....but one of your skills can locate enemies, right? Can we find a group of hunters? I need a new sword. I'm not too confident with these daggers and my Ice sword uses up way too much MP to rely on it."

I look back to see Maria awkwardly handling the daggers she picked up from one of our previous fights today.

I activate enemy detection as the boars begin to disappear by our feet. There are 12 teams in this dungeon now... and some of them are pretty strong. That team of two we faced moments ago is over a 1km to our right side, there isn't much to worry about there. We have 4 other teams behind us, they're all lower levels, but there's no sense in moving backward. Out of the 7 teams ahead, there are a few that look like easy prey, others look like they should be avoided... I lock onto a team of 5 and point forward with my blade.

"Sure. Let's find you a new sword."

We continue at a steady pace weaving through the rocky forest. After an hour we run into 4 more small packs of boars and successfully avoided any unwanted trouble from strong teams. Finally, we come across the team I've been tracking down.

I can hear footsteps in front of us get louder and louder until the team finally comes into view as the forest begins to clear up. I use inspect.

[Lv. 250]

[Lv. 250]

[Lv. 250]

[Lv. 250]

[Lv. 250]

"HEY! WAIT UP!"

As I yell out, a small woman in a green outfit and lightweight armor turns her body quickly firing a glowing arrow straight at my head. With a grin, my eyes track the arrow and I move my head away at the last second. I was expecting an attack, but a bow and arrow? That's new.

The group of 5 stops and turns at us. Maria and I stop in our tracks as well to face the team.

They're all wearing Hunters Association gear. That explains why their level is so uniform.

It seems like the girl with a bow is their captain. There are two large men with shields, one swordsman, and a thin girl without a weapon. She may be their healer, I don't really have the time to inspect or appraise them all right now though. The leader points her drawn bow at my head again and speaks up.

"What do you want? It's 5 against 2. Don't pick fights you can't win."

I grin and raise my sword at her while igniting the blade's tip.