A small sigh escaped through his mouth as he walked deeper into the dungeon. "Let's just collect as many as I can. If I get some spare, then I'll just sell them off."
When he walked deeper, the surroundings changed as he found himself in another chamber of the dungeon.
The air around him suddenly thickened more than before, and on the floor, there was a slight mist that was covering his boots.
Walls were made out of black stone, and the engraving of purple was done onto it; multiple crushed bones were scattered on the floor.
The dark mana was pulsating in the air, which was clearly visible.
'Hmm, this chamber might be of the Dark Imps.'
His hand slid down to his pants as he put his hands inside the pockets.
When he reached the middle of the chamber, he felt a bit of mana source coming from his right. His head turned toward them instantly.
Eyes were scanning the area, face was still unreadable as before. "I felt the presence of something coming from here." He muttered under his breath.
He didn't stop; his steps were slow and calm. After a while, he reached there.
His steps stopped, eyes were scanning the entire field. There was a puddle of purple water a few feet away from him.
'A puddle of water? And the color of it is purple, huh?'
Leon's gaze fell onto the ground, and he shook his leg slightly, which made the nearby mist on the ground disappear slightly.
His eyes widened when he saw what was in front of him. The whole ground was covered with these small puddles of purple water.
He leaned in slightly as he extended his finger towards one of the puddles. "Why are there so many of these? There's not even a single water source from where these will come, so how?"
One of his fingers extended, he was about to dip it inside the water, but then—
A small creature came out of it in the blink of an eye, and it swung in the air to hit him.
Leon flinched as he jumped backwards, dodged the attack, but still, its hand brushed against his cheek. A small scratch appeared on the spot where he had just been hit.
His eyes scanned the monster, which had just come out of the puddle. It was small, and its ears were big, and they were popping out from the top of the skull. The body was slim, ribs were clearly visible.
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[#System Notification#]
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[New monster detected.]
[Name: Shadow Imp]
[Rank: D+]
[Level: 8]
[Description: A mischievous, humanoid creature of shadow magic, they are known for playing tricks.]
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A small sigh escaped through Leon's mouth. "So, this is the Shadow Imp. I don't think the Shadow Bind will work this time." He muttered under his breath as he looked around the whole chamber.
He continued. "There's no shadow in here; the mist is covering everything."
Before he finished his sentence, the Imp jumped towards him. Before it even reached near him, small dark bolt-like strikes were released through its palm and were directed towards Leon.
A bead of sweat formed on his forehead. "Tch, can't dodge it fully."
He slightly ducked to dodge the bolt, but there were many of them, and some of them brushed against his back.
His eyes flinched, and he bit his own lower lip. "Ugh!" A loud groan escaped from his mouth as he straightened his back once again.
Voices of loud chuckles were coming out of the mouth of the Imp. It kept sending the bolts towards him, and a wicked grin was on its face.
"That little shit—" He jumped to his right and then used his skill [Shadow Pierce], his lips mimicked the words as he said, "Shadow Pier,e." and extended his hand towards the Imp.
One of his knees was on the ground, which was giving support to his body, hand extended forward as a shadowy substance left through his palm in the form of a spike.
The Imp didn't expect him to use an attack on it, and it caught it off guard. The shadowy strike pierced the chest of the Imp and it fell onto the ground with a loud thud.
Leon pushed himself back to stand on his two feet as a sigh escaped through his lips. "Fuck! It was tiresome..."
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[#System Notification#]
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[Experience received: 200 EXP]
•[Level Up!]
•[Level Up!]
[Current Level: 5]
[Unallocated Stat Points: 40]
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A small smile appeared on his face when his eyes fell onto the system window, which just appeared out of thin air.
"40 stat points, huh?" He muttered under his breath as he sat down on the ground.
He looked at the screen carefully and continued. "This dungeon will now get difficult because even defeating that one Imp took a lot of time," He said as he brushed his hair with his hand.
"Let me just assign these stat points to my stat entries."
He clicked on the system window and opened his stat window.
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[#System Notification#]
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[Level: 5]
[Strength: 1+5]
[Agility: 1+5]
[Endurance: 1+5]
[Intellect: 1+5]
[Mana: 150+20]
[Skills:]
•[Mana Blast]
•[Shadow Pierce]
•[Shadow Bind]
[Titles:]
•[Brewed Executioner (Rare)]
•[True Path Initiate (Legendary)]
•[The One Who Walks Alone (Elite)]
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He took his hand up to his chin as he scratched it slightly, his eyes staring at his stat window. "Hmm, these stats would never be of a newbie." His lips curled into a satisfactory smile.
He extended his fingers and started tapping on the screen. "This looks good for now."
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[#System Notification#]
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[Name: Ragnar]
[Level: 5]
[Strength: 5+5]
[Agility: 10+5]
[Endurance: 15+5]
[Intellect: 20+5]
[Unallocated Stat Points: 0]
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He raised both of his hands up in the air as he stretched them fully, and a small yawn escaped through his mouth as he pushed himself back on his two feet. "Let's finish the dungeon now."
A/N
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