The group arrived at a large glade, full of chatter from the many adventurers. At the centre of the glade was a red swirling portal with rock pillars on each side, covered in runes.
Some adventurers there were either entering or leaving the portal in groups while others where making preparations to.
"We finally made it." Said Natan.
"There's way more parties here today." Elenya stretched out her arms. "I hope I can make it to at least 110."
"So, Klyde. Are you gonna go in solo or do you wanna go in with us?"
' Go in solo? Is it not a shared space? ' He looked back the portal, seeing a party of adventurers going in. He noticed that held hands first before they went in. ' So you get separated in the dungeon, most likely. It might not be a shared space then. '
"I appreciate the offer but I will go in on my own." Klyde responded.
"Suit yourself then." Elenya sighed.
"Well, good luck then. Don't die on us, k?" Natan said before the group walked over to the portal.
Klyde nodded and watched the group enter the portal, holding hands. Soon after, he too approached the portal. He put his hand through first before completely walking through.
Klyde found himself in a hallway made of dark green bricks. The mortar on the bottom bricks glowed a lime green color, illuminating the hallway. And the walls stretch up endlessly. At the end of the hallways was an enclosed room.
『 Dungeon Entered 』
〘 Dungeon basics 〙
〔 Dungeons are a realm space filled with monsters and different loot that can be obtained 〕
〔 There are many types of dungeons all with different monsters and effects. 〕
〔 Dungeons have different levels and can be climbed up once an ascension room is reached. 〕
〔 Say [Exit] with the intent of leaving to escape the dungeon. Cannot exit while in combat. 〕
"So there are different dungeon types. and I can simply leave by just saying exit. I'm also the only one here as far as I can tell so I might've been right.
『 Dungeon 』
〘 Dungeon Type 〙
〔 Maze dungeon [10 levels] 〕
〘 Dungeon passive 〙
〔 None 〕
〘 Monster types 〙
〔 Frostma 〕
〔 Tachima 〕
〔 Golem 〕
〔 Ferri 〕
〔 Terrian 〕
"This dungeon has 10 levels. I don't know what a maze type does so I can ignore that for now. But these monster types. Frostma must be linke those wolves fought yesterday. And Tachima is the same name as the core I got today. But the rest are a mystery. I hope I can fight these things in range."
Klyde walked through the hallway to the empty room ahead, and after reaching the room, a wall formed from where her entered, closing off the room. The room was around 50 meters in size through Klyde's observation.
Klyde enabled his blasters, preparing himself for whatever was coming, then a screen opened in front of him.
『 Dungeon Room 』
〔 Clearance Exp: 200 〕
〘 Wave 1 Monsters 〙
〔 Frostma Wolves: 4 〕
〔 Frostma Tarri: 1 〕
"Frostma Tarri? That's a new one."
Before he could finish reading, five monsters spawned in front of him. 4 of them were frostma wolves as the system said, but the last one, in the middle was different.
A saber tooth tiger with white fur. Ice spikes protruded from along it's spine. Its two long teeth were made of ice and it's tail had an ice blade on the end.
『 Greater 』
〔 Frostma Tarri 〕
『 Greater 』
〔 Frostma Wolf 〕
『 Greater 』
〔 Frostma Wolf 〕
…
Klyde raised his hands, aiming at the Frostma Tarri at the centre, but before he could even shoot, it was already charging at him, pouncing from left to right.
Klyde crossed his arms as it tried to slash his chest with its claws, damaging the left forearm guard and pushing him back.
' Shit! '
He tried shooting again but the wolves at the back shot ice shards at him, forcing him to dodge.
He ran along the wall, dodging all the wolves' attacks whilst being chased by the tarri, and it was catching up.
' Even with my enhanced agility, this thing is still catching up! And those wolves are providing support from a distance.'
The tarris pace lowered to around his as it charged an attack from it's mouth. The two started catching up to the wall and noticing the tarris attack, knew he had to do something or he'd be dead.
Then suddenly, an idea caught up his mind.
Klyde ran even faster going straight to the wall, pushing himself to his limit. Once he got close enough, he jumped, planting both his feet to the wall and pushed himself back, skipping over the frostma tarri.
The frostma tarri crashed head first into the wall, it's charging attack diminishing while Klyde landed on both feet, sword in hand.
Without wasting time, he charged at the frostma tarri and stabbed it through its back and it cried out in pain. He then immediately skipped back as more ice shards flew at him, stabbing the collapsed tarri.
『 Kill reward 』
〔 Exp: 68 〕
〔 Exp: 203/400 〕
' I still have them to deal with. And I'm down a sword. And that running has drained a lot of my stamina. I can't drag this any longer or I'm finished. '
He charged at the wolves dodging their attacks but the just stopped firing and dispersed.
' They plan to drain my stamina by attacking me from a distance. '
He stood still, aiming at two of the four wolves while they were still running. He shot but only his right blaster fired, his left one failing, though the other still landed to it's thigh, amputating it's leg.
He looked at his left forearm, seeing the craw mark from the tarri did more damage than expected.
"Shit!" He exclaimed as the threw sword at the disabled wolf, stabbing it's head.
『 Kill reward 』
〔 Exp: 50 〕
〔 Exp: 253/400 〕
' I'm a weapon down now. Can I even survive this?! '
The remaining wolves positioned themselves, surrounding Klyde, ready to fire at him.