Asher touched the slain monster, and a red aura, like mana, came out of his hand. Alyssa was confused by Asher’s action, but she kept looking at him.
The red mist started wrapping around the body of the monster. In a few seconds, the mist subsided and returned to Asher.
“What was that?” Alyssa was confused but didn’t want to pry into Asher’s matters, so she didn’t say anything.
Monsters were greatly different from humans; they did not have precise control, but the strength they possessed was far greater than humans. But around D Rank, when the mana core would grow, the difference between each Rank grew larger than lower ranks. That’s why Asher was taking all this so seriously.
Right now, the C Rank Boss Monster could very well kill Asher. This was the reason Asher was not rushing into higher-level dungeons and increasing his strength carelessly. But the Curse of Fate made him realize something else as well.
Dungeons were still the best thing Asher could use to gain strength faster than others. But he needed to wait until after this Assessment Test, but the current situation was a curse and blessing at the same time.
Asher smirked, thinking what would happen if he managed to get out alive from here.
“This is a C Rank Dungeon,” Asher turned and told Alyssa.
She expected it to become a C Rank Dungeon, but the monster in front of them was a mid D Rank Monster. Encountering it so early meant that the monsters ahead were far more powerful than this.
[Host has gained 500 Exp]
[Host has gained +10 Endurance Stats]
“This monster is called Hyelther,” Asher said as he sliced the body of the monster.
“Their skin is tougher than other D Rank Monsters, but their weakness is their neck, eyes, and their back,” Asher explained.
Hyelther were Rank D monsters who were three meters tall, with eyes that looked like molten lava. Their skin was brown, and it was quite hard to penetrate if you didn’t know their weakness.
“But expect to see other types of monsters as well,” Asher said, but he had an idea of what kind of beasts could live in such an environment.
The monster’s red blood was filling the ground beside Asher, and the stench was going to alert other monsters as well.
“I will be the distraction. Aim for their eyes if we encounter more Hyelthers,” Asher said while looking to his right.
Alyssa joined Asher as she looked at the turn where the Hyelther had come from, but the view shocked her a bit. Molten lava leaked out from the cracks in the walls, but what surprised her even more were a few ponds of water.
In this heat, the water should have evaporated, but it was present, and there were four-legged beasts sipping the water from the pond. As they were far from them, the beasts did not notice the two humans.
“Kirons, their agility is the best among D Rank Monsters,” Asher said as he knew about the beast.
Kirons were four-legged beasts larger than wolves, but their faces resembled those of foxes. What was even more interesting were their crystal grey eyes and their fur-coated bodies, which didn’t match the environment around them.
“Is that water?” Alyssa asked.
“It’s a special type of liquid that’s useful in making potions, but it is not water. Treat it like poison for now,” Asher said as he stared in front of them.
“Let’s go down.” They had no choice but to go forward and find the portal gate.
They walked on a downward slope without making any noise. As they got closer to a rock,
“I can delay their movements,” Alyssa suggested, and Asher nodded without looking at her.
“Right now, he was calculating the optimal path to take to kill all the Kirons. Unlike huge and hideous monsters like Hyelthers, Kirons looked more majestic, but they were far more ferocious than Hyelthers.
Alyssa stood up and flared her mana. As they walked closer to the Kiryoons, the four-legged beasts turned to look at the human standing in front of them. Sensing the presence of Alyssa, the Kirons started to run after her. But before they could move, Alyssa raised her hands and brought them down.
“Descend,” Alyssa muttered as the gravity above the Kirons greatly increased.
“RoaaRRRR,” the beasts roared at Alyssa, but before they could adjust to the sudden increase in gravity.
“Now,” Alyssa said as she released the gravity on one of the Kirons.
*Dash*
Asher dashed towards one of the Kirons, and he could see the nodes on the back of the ear of the Kiryoons.
Before the beast could even turn his head to his right, a sharp sword decapitated its head.
[Host has gained 500 Exp]
“Ice lance,” Alyssa conjured an Ice Lance on top of her head with a chant and pointed her fingers at the group of three Kirons.
*BAM* *BAM* *BAM*
As the Ice Lance attacked the beasts, the difference in temperature made mist arise from the ground. After the mist subsided, three beasts could be seen with their bodies penetrated by a huge Ice Lance.
Asher looked at Alyssa, and he was a bit surprised that despite being on E+ Rank, she could deal with D Rank beasts like Kiryoons this easily.
“Release the gravity,” Asher said, and Alyssa removed the increased gravity around the remaining three Kirons.
“GRRRRRROOAH,” the beasts howled as they tried to dash towards Asher.
“Node Art: Swift Strike,” Asher muttered as his sword drew an arc.
In Asher’s eyes, he could see many nodes in the air around him, and his body could instantly perceive the efficient path and move around. Asher’s body was in full sync with his mind, and in his eyes, his sword drew an arc from his leg to the neck of the Kirons.
But in Alyssa’s eyes, all she saw was the quick movement of a sword, and all three of those monsters were beheaded instantly.
[Host has gained 500 Exp]
[Host has gained 500 Exp]
[Host has gained 500 Exp]
Asher turned and looked ahead. His increased mana sense allowed him to sense a certain distance ahead of him, and he was not liking what he was seeing right now.
The terrain already made it hard for them, but due to Alyssa’s Ice Element, there were still ways to counter it. But unlike previous dungeons, C Rank and above dungeons always had different types of beasts in them. What’s worse was that most of such monsters were around the environment that suited them the most.
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“Grant Strength,” Amelia chanted and sliced the dagger into one of the wolves.
“AAh,” Damian shouted as he pushed back the three wolves that had pounced on them.
“Fireball,” Amelia said as she materialized a ball of fire and sent it towards the three wolves, but they dodged the attack, making it useless.
“Take this,” Damian took the shield and bashed it into the skull of the wolf nearest to him.
“Behind you,” Amelia shouted as a wolf pounced on Damian’s back.
Damian immediately turned with his shield and defended himself from the wolf’s claws, pushing it back before it could do anything else. Two short daggers penetrated the wolf, ending its life.
The last wolf died as Damian pushed it away from Amelia, who charged another fireball that managed to hit the wolf, burning its fur and wounding it.
The wolf howled in pain, but its life was also quickly ended as Amelia threw a dagger into its skull.
“Phew, how many E Rank Monsters have we killed?” Damian asked, breathing heavily.
“Around 8. Should we rest a bit?” Amelia was also tired from fighting and using this much mana.
Both of them sat down and saw the girl, who was their safety advisor, sit down near them.
“You guys are really good,” she said while both Amelia and Damian took out an energy bar to eat.
“Should we challenge the boss of this dungeon?” Damian suggested, feeling confident.
“We still have the whole day. Let’s hunt more E Rank monsters to increase our points,” Amelia replied.
“If we had time, we could try, and she will save us if things go south,” she said while the senior student nodded with confidence.
The girl was from a normal family, so she wanted to make a good connection with Amelia, who was from the Greville family.
“How many E Rank Monsters do you think Asher had killed until now?” Damian said while eating his chocolate bar.
“Maybe around 15? I think he will kill the boss monster as well,” Amelia said, but the senior year girl was thinking the opposite of what Amelia said.
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Although she also knew about the infamous Asher Greville, she had fought against many beasts, so she knew how ferocious and strong D Rank beasts were. The difficulty increased so much that parties were a must when going into such dungeons.
Outside the dungeon gate in which Asher and Alyssa had entered, there were a few people looking closely at the gate.
“Only Rank C and below can enter this dungeon,” the runemaster told the professor.
“And the limit is two people!” The runemaster was shocked.
This made it impossible for anyone to enter the dungeon unless Alyssa or Asher died inside.
“I hope that Garcia’s bitch dies. We can’t let the heir of the Greville family be harmed inside,” the professor was panicking.
But what worried him even more was the fact that none of them had come out of the dungeon despite feeling the dungeon defect. It was strange for them not to come out, unless the portal gate was not near them.
Seeing the gate was yellow, it meant that the portal gate was somewhere in the dungeon, but the professor was praying that they could somehow find the portal and come out. There was still a chance that the gate might be near the boss of the dungeon.
“But if that’s the case, both of them will die,” the professor let go of his thoughts, it was better for him to not think about the worst case scenario.
