Archmage Reincarnate Into Apocalypse World

Chapter 5 Grinding (1)

The white scene from before had colors added to it. The precious scene was one of those that couldn't be seen outside the Tower of Magic. Now, the chilly air tickled his skin. The background of the dungeon changes to the Cave.

"Grrr—"

"Kraa—!"

The Cave was empty, but the cries of the monsters could be heard from somewhere.

"What great sound effects"

Starting from the first floor, the background looked great.

Although he made this dungeon, he never knew about the theme, of what he was facing. It's as if the tower of magic has its own algorithm.

Arnold had internal conflicts.

"Would this be the right choice? On the contrary, wouldn't choosing those with greater difficulties bring worse results? I have never tried this grade before"

But his concern did not last long.

"Nothing changes if there are no differences. Nothing is impossible. I'll do it anyways"

Change does not come without one's will. There's nothing else as stupid and selfish as expecting positive changes while doing nothing.

[Choose your summon.]

Every time Arnold trains in that place, he has the advantage where he can summon one of the souls that are loyal to him to help him fight. Because basically, he didn't want his magic to be disturbed by monsters that would attack him. His summons will help him become bait.

"Of course, Asmo will join me"

[Choose a weapon for your summon]

A variety of weapons appeared around Zane.

Sword and shield, dual sword, scythe, staff, magic book, bow, etc.

And Zane smiles as if he knows what weapon is suitable for his summon.

"Click—"

Zane grabbed the double-handed sword and gave it to Asmodeus who was still in the form of white light.

As he handed over the weapon, Zane said something "Compare it to the abilities that exist in this new world. As always, you are in charge of protecting me."

[You have chosen the "Dark Greatsword"]

[Please, check our status, sir.]

"Open State."

Level 1                         

[Name: Gyan Zane]             

[Strength: 10] [Dexterity: 10]

[Vitality: 10] [Agility: 10]

[Intelligence: 100]  [Luck: 50]

Level 1

Summon Active: [Name: Asmodeus]

[Strength: 40] [Dexterity: 10]

[Strength: 40] [Dexterity: 10]

[Vitality: 40] [Agility: 10]

[Intelligence: 10] [Luck: 10]

Unique Skills:

1. [Mage. No Casting, available spells: Fireball, Ice Missile: D]

2. [Soul master (summoner): rank E. Available summon 1/1]

Its overall stats were not inferior, maybe you could say it's too weak. Even he couldn't consider himself an Archmage anymore. Even the summon he used to issue at the start called Asmodeus looked quite weak.

The average stats could be seen as 10, so there weren't any stats lower than that.

Particularly, the Intelligence and luck stat was well above average. As for his summon, his strength and vitality are quite high compared to other statuses.

"Why did I get beaten up so much with such stats? Or did my int and luck abilities only appear when I entered his body? Perhaps Zane's personality was the most significant contributing factor. It was not bad at this level, although there are almost a few unique skills from mine that are missing too. The Status Window also looks different, now it looks more concise."

All preparations were completed.

Up until then, nothing had happened in the Cave.

It seemed that time was given to the starter to check his own condition and adapt to the new environment.

No matter how Zane thought about it, the Tower of Magic algorithm and its system treated him quite well until now.

Of course, Zane didn't need this friendliness.

Zane stood in the middle of the Cave and looked up at the roof of the cave.

"Stop wasting time and start now."

[Do you wish to start now?]

Indeed, because Asmodeus has appeared and helped Arnold, now the system is taking over the orders received from Arnold.

Like a meticulously built artificial intelligence, it understands every intention and gives the right replies.

It was a very convenient point.

"Yes."

[The dungeon starts now.]

[Fight, defend and achieve victory.]

Very simple command.

There's no need to complicate things. Zane and his summons knew what to do as soon as they saw the monsters appear in front of them.

"Grr…"

A black-furred wolf grew as it watched Asmodeus and Zane.

If there was one more unique feature, it would be his golden eye, the ability to see auras, and the extent of the opponent's strength. He didn't know how the skill appeared, when he was still in his own body, he suddenly had that ability during his first big war.

There would be people flustered at the monster which appeared suddenly. But Zane is different. He knew about the dungeon beforehand, as well as the beast standing before him.

"The darkie welf, eh? Isn't he a monster in dungeon F? Why is he in grade S?"

Amongst all monsters, the Darkie Welf was considered the weakest and of the lowest rank.

Its physical abilities did not have much difference from ordinary wolves. However, he has unique skills. If it is in the dark, as befits the cave its strength and abilities will increase drastically.

"Dash—!"

The Darkie Welf dashed toward Zane and Asmodeus. There are quite a lot of them, almost around forty.

At that moment.

"Slam—!"

"Splat—!"

Asmodeus swung his greatsword at the charging Darkie Welfs and chopped off half its head and managed to injure several of Darkie Welf's other bodies.

[Damn, their movements are too fast and I'm too slow! Mr. Zane, be careful!]

"Baam—!"

"Kaboom—!"

With the two magic skills, he has, Zane successfully supports Asmodeus.

Although Zane could not completely burn off his head due to lack of strength, it made the Darkie Welf plunge headfirst onto the floor because of a combination of his magic.

"Squash—!"

Asmodeus swung in the opposite direction, cutting off the wolf's head and the monster's body entirely from behind. They succeeded kills seven monsters that fast.

[You have leveled up seven times.]

[You have gained 70 points.]

"Leveled up by seven when we killed seven monsters, huh? It's really satisfying"