Equipped with the KRABER sniper as my primary, the infamous RE-45 automatic pistol as my secondary, and this double-edged short sword as my melee I stepped into the place called the dungeon.
Well....despite being in the dungeon, for me to say that I just stepped into the dungeon is quite confusing. What I meant is that the part of the dungeon earlier where I am at earlier was the relatively peaceful area. The area where I am standing is filled with monsters here and there.
There's a slime, a rat, a snake....and a crab? As far as what the map has reflected, there seems to be relatively a lot of those that I mentioned just loitering around the place.
Right when I got closer, their hostility became apparent.
[Kaaa!!!] (??)
[Blublublub!] (??)
[Kisha!!!] (??)
Not even attacking one another despite monsters, their aim is clearly me, a human.
As if it was on reflex, the pistol at my hand was automatically aimed at the incoming monsters.
*Pratatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatat!*
I missed a few shots because the targets were moving quickly especially the rats and the crabs.
{YOU HAVE DEFEATED DUNGEON RAT LV1, YOU HAVE EARNED 5 EXP!}
{YOU HAVE DEFEATED DUNGEON RAT LV1, YOU HAVE EARNED 5 EXP!}
{YOU HAVE DEFEATED DUNGEON RAT LV1, YOU HAVE EARNED 5 EXP!}
{YOU HAVE DEFEATED DEVIL CRAB LV1, YOU HAVE EARNED 10 EXP!}
{YOU HAVE DEFEATED DEVIL CRAB LV1, YOU HAVE EARNED 10 EXP!}
{YOU HAVE DEFEATED A DUNGEON SERPENT LV2, YOU HAVE EARNED 30 EXP!}
The monsters were relatively agile despite their sizes, the dungeon rat is quite the size of a capybara but nimble, the crab was as big as a coconut crab but agile, and lastly the dungeon serpent is a boa constrictor. How come these monsters are fast despite their size? It makes me wonder, but then again this is the dungeon so the impossible is possible.
These monsters are bound to surprise newcomers huh, no wonder new adventurers who want to go to the dungeons are also accompanied by their seniors for a few sessions to tell the basics.
I am glad that Rynia and Ethan has taught me well enough on the do's and don'ts here.
[Pilot, your accuracy at best is 90%. Out of the 20 rounds fired, only 18 managed to make a hit] (Ronin)
[Fuuu, I guess I can do better huh] Behind me is Ronin, also, accompanying us are 2 spectres and 1 plasma drone. I wanted to test their capabilities in the dungeon so I took them out, but first......
[It will be your turn to deal with the monsters next time]
Ronin nodded in affirmation, after that it stepped ahead of me and is now the vanguard of this party.
Now that I remember it, just before diving deep down into this place I must make a solid battle formation just like what I was taught.
The vanguard (the front liner) must be put at the front due to their defensive capabilities matched with their offensive skills hence Ronin's placement at the front, next is the middleman or in this case me who is a ranged and melee oriented attacker, lastly would be the support and the rearguard consisted of the drone and the spectres.
The good thing with having inhuman partymembers is that I won't worry about them being hurt, but rather I would have to worry whether they are still functional or not. BUT! I have trust that the engineering of futuristic technologies like them are topnotch, so the should not breakdown that easily.
[Let's do this!]
[Pilot, incoming hostiles approaching 50 meters northwest] (Ronin)
Readying the smg in hand, we faced another wave of monsters that seems to have sniffed out our location.
[Raaaaaaaarrrr!!!!] (??) A wild roar echoed out from one of the holes on the top side of the walls.
Humanoid looking monsters jumped out from the hole in the ceiling. Red furious rabid eyes, brownish red fur, and long claws. It was a knoll, and it was not alone.
[Incoming!] I slowed my breath as I was about to hold it, my shaking hands soon relaxed and the sight began to align. With that, I squeezed the trigger and the orchestra of gunfire echoed in the area.
*Pratatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatat*
{YOU HAVE DEFEATED A COMMON KNOLL LV2, YOU HAVE EARNED 15 EXP!}
[Huff!] I held the short sword in my right hand, swinging it at the neck of the monster before shooting another with the pistol on my left
[Raaa?!] (??)
5? 10? I could not count them due to the chaotic atmosphere that ensued in this encounter.
Ronin, with its massive build stomped at the knolls that were heading towards the rear and to me.
{YOU HAVE DEFEATED A COMMON KNOLL LV2, YOU HAVE EARNED 15 EXP! RONIN EARNED 15EXP!}
The spectres and drones also helped, shooting down the knolls that were trying to flank my position.
[Raaaa!!!!] (??)
*Pratatata!*
[Target Eliminated] (01)
{YOU HAVE DEFEATED A COMMON KNOLL LV2, YOU HAVE EARNED 15 EXP!}
*sha! sha!
{YOU HAVE DEFEATED A COMMON KNOLL LV2, YOU HAVE EARNED 15 EXP!}
{YOU HAVE DEFEATED A COMMON KNOLL LV2, YOU HAVE EARNED 15 EXP!}
{YOU HAVE DEFEATED A COMMON KNOLL LV2, YOU HAVE EARNED 15 EXP!}
{YOU HAVE DEFEATED A COMMON KNOLL LV2, YOU HAVE EARNED 15 EXP!}
As I was not able to hit all of them due to their numbers, but the others managed to deal with it.
The ground shook as it made its movement, dashing towards the incoming group, Ronin immediately stomped its right foot before making a widespread side swing.
*Dan!*
{YOU HAVE DEFEATED A COMMON KNOLL LV2, YOU HAVE EARNED 15 EXP! RONIN HAS EARNED 15EXP!}
{YOU HAVE DEFEATED A COMMON KNOLL LV2, YOU HAVE EARNED 15 EXP! RONIN HAS EARNED 15EXP!}
{YOU HAVE DEFEATED A COMMON KNOLL LV2, YOU HAVE EARNED 15 EXP! RONIN HAS EARNED 15EXP!}
{YOU HAVE DEFEATED A COMMON KNOLL LV2, YOU HAVE EARNED 15 EXP! RONIN HAS EARNED 15EXP!}
{YOU HAVE DEFEATED A COMMON KNOLL LV2, YOU HAVE EARNED 15 EXP! RONIN HAS EARNED 15EXP!}
It was so strong that the walls where the monsters were emerging from shattered due to the force Ronin exerted, despite using a sword in this kind of place, Ronin managed to cleaved that many in half.
Their bodies were either squished or just dismembered as it fell to the ground, whatever lump of flesh that remains that is.
*Pratatatatatatatatatat!*
{YOU HAVE DEFEATED A COMMON KNOLL LV2, YOU HAVE EARNED 15 EXP!}
{YOU HAVE DEFEATED A COMMON KNOLL LV2, YOU HAVE EARNED 15 EXP!}
{YOU HAVE DEFEATED A COMMON KNOLL LV2, YOU HAVE EARNED 15 EXP!}
{YOU HAVE DEFEATED A COMMON KNOLL LV2, YOU HAVE EARNED 15 EXP!}
*Sha! Sha! Sha!*
{YOU HAVE DEFEATED A COMMON KNOLL LV2, YOU HAVE EARNED 15 EXP!}
{YOU HAVE DEFEATED A COMMON KNOLL LV2, YOU HAVE EARNED 15 EXP!}
{YOU HAVE DEFEATED A COMMON KNOLL LV2, YOU HAVE EARNED 15 EXP!}
The notification sound deafened me out as these waves of messages appeared at the bottom right of my view. Nevertheless, the wave after that stopped from going at us.
Holy shit! That's a lot of them. The ground was literally littered with loot and...fur.
Based from the lessons I have learned from the twins, knolls commonly attack by raids, so that was a monster raid. It is definitely scary as well as life threatening, hence most adventurers would flee as fast as they can to avoid them. Still, I was told that others would face the raid head on and win. I am glad that I managed to repel such a horrific experience, as expected of technology from the future!
[Phew, now then.......] The aftermath is unlike the monster wave itself, right now a lot of items just laid at the floor.
Money, monster weapons, erm......and a whole lot amount of fur scattered in the ground where we were There's also a purple powder encased in a small vial, other than that there's just fur, fur, and fur.
The heck is this? It smells so bad that I want to puke out the meal I ate earlier, the smell seems to be ammonia (pee?).
Ugh, fur stained with monster piss is just....terrible.
I collected everything except the fur, and moved on to another place in the same floor.
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CHARACTER STATUS
NAME: JACK COOPER
AGE: 20 YEARS OLD
RACE: HUMAN
OCCUPATION: [MILITIA] TITAN PILOT LV10 [417/2350]
TITAN: RONIN LV1 [8,182/100,000]
HP: 110/110
ENERGY: 190/200
STR: 17
VIT: 11
DEF: 16
STAMINA: 16
LUCK: 13
STATUS POINTS: 0
SKILLS:
CLOAK LV2
STIM LV2
GRAPPLE LV2
A-WALL LV2
PHASE SHIFT LV2
PULSE BLADE LV2
HOLOGRAPHIC PILOT LV2
SKILL POINTS: +3
PILOT KIT I: FAST REGENERATION LV1
PILOT KIT II: LOW PROFILE LV1
TITLE:
DAVID & GOLIATH
INN RECEPTIONIST
ADVENTURER
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Afterword:
Author here, it seems that forgetting the character status is something I could not prevent unless I put it by the end of every chapter, hence what is written above right at the end.
??: Hmmm?? So the peaceful chapters are now finished and now seriousness will take place? No way....