My dehydration and mental exhaustion are pushing me to my absolute limits. My lips are cracked, my joints aching, and my hair starting to fall out. No amount of self regeneration is helping at this point. The hard ground is getting comfortable, the hot dry air is oddly soothing, and the lack of food and water hardly bothers me. All I'm focused on is finishing my mission.
Hours later, I'm woken up by more "level up" ringing noises.
[Level Up]
[Level Up]
[Level Up]
[Level Up]
[Level Up]
[Level Up]
[Level Up]
I gained another 7 levels in my sleep... I'm at 384 now.
[Status Open]
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Name: Jay Soju
Level: 384
Hp: 1925/1925
Mp: 320/1925
Strength: 945[+954][+652][+473]
Speed: 1112 [+667][+556]
Agility: 1211 [+545][+836][+606]
Defense: 835 [+334][+418]
Mental Strength: 945 [+567][+378][+425][+662][+491][+473]
Skills:
Absorption [Special Grade]
Swordsmanship
Combat Magic [Advanced Fire Summoning]
Inspect [Special Grade]
Enemy Detection
Body Hardening [Special Grade]
Self Regeneration [Special Grade]
Spacial Magic [Item Storage]
Plunderer
Telekinesis
Appraisal [Special Grade]
Conceal [Special Grade]
Berserker
Dungeon Walker [Special Grade]
Intimidation
Dagger Mastery
Stealth
Bloodlust
Equivalent Exchange
Combat Magic [Wind Summoning]
All-Seeing Eye
Extreme Strength
Dual Wielding [Special Grade]
Telepathy [Legendary Grade]
Items Equipped:
High Ogre King's Ring [+60% Mental Strength]
Cyclops Eye Pendant [+40% Defense]
Dark Elf Boots [+60% Speed]
Griffin's Talon [+40% Mental Strength]
Serpent King's Scale [+45% Agility] [+45% Magic Resistance]
Desert Troll's Charm [+45% Mental Strength]
The Flame Emperor's Sword [Fire Aspect][+101% Strength][+70% Mental Strength]
The Wind Tyrant's Dagger Set [Wind Aspect][+69% Strength][+69% Agility][+52% Mental Strength]
[Greater Demon's Core] +50% All Stats
[Lenses Of Illusion]
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At this rate, I'll be a B-Class in just a few more days. I gained 20 levels yesterday and 7 while sleeping... If I can survive this trial I'll be a B-Class just mere weeks after my C-Class exams...
Today, as I do my morning ritual of rubbing my dry eyes, stretching my poor arms and back, then slowly standing to my feet. I realize my MP bar is nearly at 0.... A red tint fills my vision and the ground beneath my feet reverberates with a powerful hum.
I look over to the far side of the rectangular white-walled room to see Ember bathed in an aura of intense, dark red energy. The surroundings seem to bend and warp under the sheer pressure of the Dragon's skill.
I step closer and the hum gets louder. Every echoing footstep I take toward the rapidly leveling Dragon sucks more and more MP from my body. I'm easily able to plunder my way back up to full, but it's still an odd sensation.
At 50m away, the ground isn't just humming anymore, it's rattling making it hard to stand up straight without concentrating on my balance.
At 20m away it's a whole different story. The crimson veil around the creature is so dense that if I didn't have an MP plundering skill myself, along with the intense training these past few weeks, I'd be sucked dry of mana in an instant. The floor shakes and moves violently at this distance, it's very difficult to stay upright.
Determined, I tighten my jaw and decide not to go in any further. I understand that by keeping my distance and focusing on my training, this ordeal will be over soon. Based on my foggy-brained calculations, Ember has the potential to achieve a rank-up within the next 5 days, given his current rate of progress. My primary goal here is to endure and survive.
"Just... a little longer..."
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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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