Is It Wrong To Level Up In A Dungeon?

Chapter 29. The Demon Castle

A brute of a demon, twice his size with a body of smoldering obsidian, slammed its massive fist into the stone floor, sending cracks splintering outward. Bell kicked off the ground, flipping over the shockwave just as the creature's molten eyes locked onto him.

Boom!

The moment Bell landed, he was already moving. Five slashes in an instant. The demon staggered, its rocky hide fracturing, molten blood spilling from deep gashes.

[ You have defeated a low-ranking demon. ]
[ You have obtained three demon souls. ]

More swarmed him. Shadows coalesced into twisted forms, screeching as they lunged from the walls. A horned beast, its body wreathed in dark fire, swung its massive cleaver. Bell ducked, feeling the wind from the strike graze his cheek before retaliating with a downward slash that split the fiend in half.

[ You have obtained five demon souls. ]

The castle seemed endless, a labyrinth of nightmares filled with foes that only grew stronger.

Bell's breathing grew heavier. His arms ached, his heartbeat thundered in his ears—but he didn't stop. He couldn't stop.

He burst through another chamber, greeted by a horde of twisted demons lurking in the crimson glow of a lavafall. They snarled, charging in unison. Bell's grip tightened on his weapon, a faint smile forming.

Good.

This was just the warm-up.

With a surge of strength, he launched himself forward, his blade cutting through the darkness.

—Hours later, he stood alone in a field of smoldering corpses, steam rising from his body. Blood—most of it not his—dripped from his weapon, pooling at his feet.

[ Total Demon Souls Collected: 309/10,000 ]

Bell exhaled, steadying himself. He wiped his brow, eyes lifting toward the towering fortress ahead.

Only 9,691 more to go.

And he wasn't slowing down anytime soon.

[Item: Entry Permit]

Level of difficulty:??

Type: ??

An entry permit that allows you to ascend to the second floor of the demon's castle. The divination circle allows you to move between floors. This permit only allows access to the floor divination circle on the first floor.

Bell sees a bright pillar of light piercing the clouds. "That must be the divination circle." He summoned the large shadow ice bear, hopping on top of it. The beast was a tank.

Three demons blocked their path. The shadow beast lunged and tore them apart. "I am going to call you 'Tank' from this point forward." Bell says with a smirk.

The battle raged on, a relentless storm of steel and fire.

Bell moved like a phantom through the Demon's Castle, cutting through the darkness with deadly precision. His blade gleamed under the flickering hellfire, slicing through mid-ranking demons as they howled in fury. The deeper he ventured, the stronger they became—but so did he.

With a flick of his wrist, Bell summoned Igris, Baruka, and Titan.

Igris materialized in a burst of shadow, his crimson armor gleaming as he rushed forward like a vengeful storm, carving through demons with his greatsword. Baruka, his silent, deadly presence unmatched, wove through the chaos with twin blades that moved faster than the eye could follow, every strike a death sentence. Titan, towering and unyielding, crushed demons beneath his sheer power, sending shockwaves through the battlefield with every thunderous blow.