The light clash of metal on metal followed by the scraping sound of my dagger against its sword is my sign to strike. Now all I have to do is finish this battle in a single blow.
With a yell, I bring my blade downwards releasing all the energy built up inside. A demonic-looking dark red crescent of flames covered in a sharp white aura of wind emerges from my sword and rockets at the monster in front of me.
I watch in awe as the High Ogre struggles to keep my dagger at bay while lifting its shield to block the incoming deadly strike.
The beast attempts to move its sword to block the incoming wave, but my dagger slides downward threatening its neck, keeping the long blade occupied.
On impact, the dense wind energy cracks its shield instantly, splintering metal fragments off in all directions.
An echoing roar fills the air as the wind blade filled with dark fire slices through the Ogre's heavy chest plate as well.
The beast is thrown backward as it takes the full-force attack head on....
I was expecting it to slice clean through, but my eyes widen as I watch the beast dig its feet into the ground while being pushed back over 10m.
The High Ogre cries out and struggles in agony until it finally twists its body out of the way....
*SHINGGG*
The dark crescent of energy slices off its arm at the shoulder before arcing upwards and disappearing into the wide-open black sky.
I grin and reach into my item storage to pull out a few mana crystals, plundering their MP.
*THUDDD*
The smile leaves my face slowly as the dust settles and I watch the mutilated body of a flaming Ogre drop to its knees.
The slash took off about a full third of its left side. Arm, shoulder, and all. The beast's armor and shield are destroyed beyond use. It's losing blood at an alarming rate and cannot continue.
I sigh and walk over to my defeated opponent.
It glares at me coughing up more blood and readying its blade with its good arm.
I nod slowly.
"I commend you for your resolve, but this is the end."
With a flick of my left wrist, I use telekinesis to summon my fallen dagger. It flies through the air and lands directly into the High Ogre's neck.
The monster's eyes become cold and its sword falls to the hard ground.
[Level Up]
[Level Up]
[Use Absorption]
Skill: Extreme Strength
[YES][NO]
I smirk and choose yes while taking the dagger out of my former opponent's neck and placing it into my item storage.
[Status Open]
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Name: Jay Soju
Level: 307
Hp: 1540/1540
Mp: 1535/1540
Strength: 744 [+662]
Speed: 886 [+532][+260]
Agility: 916 [+412]
Defense: 664 [+258][+232]
Mental Strength: 744 [+149][+365][+298][+335]
Skills:
Absorption
Swordsmanship
Combat Magic [Fire Summoning]
Inspect [Special Grade]
Enemy Detection
Body Hardening[Special Grade]
Self Regeneration
Spacial Magic[Item Storage]
Plunderer
Telekinesis
Appraisal[Special Grade]
Conceal
Dungeon Walker
Intimidation
Dagger Mastery
Stealth
Bloodlust
Equivalent Exchange
Combat Magic [Wind Summoning]
All-Seeing Eye
Extreme Strength
Items Equipped:
Golden Wolf Ring [+20% Mental Strength]
Cyclops Eye Pendant [+40% Defense]
Dark Elf Boots [+60% Speed]
The Flame Emperor's Sword [Fire Aspect][+89% Strength][+49% Mental Strength]
Ring of Protection [+35% Defense]
Griffin's Talon [+40% Mental Strength]
Enchanted Silver Ring [+30% Speed]
Serpent King's Scale [+45% Agility] [+45% Magic Resistance]
Desert Troll's Charm [+45% Mental Strength]
[Rodrigo's Silver Bracelet]
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I look around as the adrenaline from my battle begins to wear off.
To my right side, Arie stands about 20m away with his arms crossed examining the corpse of his fallen creature with 3 white glowing arrows sticking out of its forehead.
I grin then turn to my left.
Abby and Maria are about 30m ahead still battling with their High Ogre.
Steam fills the air as Maria creates walls of Ice to block while making "smoke screens" for Abby to attack it blind.
Abby does the same once the steam cloud clears. She creates half a dozen spears of stone to keep the creature occupied while Maria attacks head-on.
They're both much quicker than the Ogre, each attack slices away at the monster's thick flesh. In time, they will win.
I nod slowly while turning to see Bruce and Nessa handling a beast of their own.
Bruce is holding off the Ogre shield to shield and sword to hammer. They both grit their teeth and let out battle cries.
This is a battle of the tanks, I like it.
Nessa darts around in circles landing cheap shots while glowing with the same golden light as her opponent. Bruce has the natural strength and defense to hold it off, while Nessa is much faster and better at landing guaranteed hits. They have this battle in the bag as well, we'll just have to wait it out.
I smile and watch my teammates fight as my monster dissolves next to me dropping a large mana crystal at my feet. I pick it up to place it in my item box as I hear Arie's voice from behind me.
"These Ogres aren't bad. Rodrigo was right, this dungeon may have a quite difficult boss."
I turn to see the tan-skinned archer grinning while watching our teammates duke it out with the Ogres.
"Yeah, that was a pretty good fight. It stood no chance, but still, it wasn't boring-"
"Yes, I watched the end of your duel, it was definitely not boring."
Arie nods slowly while staring forward.
I do the same. Gold, green, and blue lights flash before my eyes as the battles continue.
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Dungeon Diver: Stealing a Monster's Power
FantasyA story following a young hunter named Jay. He has grown up in a world where dungeons, monsters, and humans with leveling systems are a cultural norm. At the age of 20, he awakens a skill that allows him to steal the abilities of monsters. While oth...
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