Game Of Eternals: Sinner

Chapter 8: Options.

Neo kept looking at the core to confirm what he thought was correct and only after confirming that was the case did he move his attention away from the mana core. He checked the increase in stats after he "absorbed" the "soul of the Goblin Elite". He found that there was indeed an increase in his stats. Neo felt the need to hunt more monsters to see why that happened.

He butchered a lot of the monsters on his way to the boss's room, but none of them gave him any increase and why he didn't "absorbed" their "souls".

He tore open the boss's chest, and he found the sphere in its body, but it was slightly bigger than the spheres he collected so far, red in color.

"Might be because it's an elite monster or a boss monster."

He had no time to think because he had wasted a lot already and the potion might not hold on before he could complete this dungeon. Neo put the sphere in his pocket and walked past the throne. The stairs came in his view.

"Crossing this, I'll be eligible to access the Tower," Neo said to himself as he took the first step on the stairs, and a notification appeared before him.

『 Congratulation of Clearing the Goblin Dungeon's First floor. 』

『 Difficulty: Nightmare.』

『 Calculating Reward. 』

『 You received: Inspect. 』

The Inspect was a skill that every evolver received upon clearing this floor so him receiving the skill was no surprise. But Neo felt a little unresigned as he cleared the "Nightmare" Difficulty, which he didn't know what meant. Just from the name, he deserved more.

There was no one he could complain to, so he just went on with it and waited for the other notification as he descended that appeared when he was on the last step.

『 Calculation Complete. Please choose your class.

Swordsman.

Mage.

Martial Artist.』

He stopped walking. contemplated on which one to choose and determined that Martial Artist would be the pleasant choice. Mage was also a good choice, but his intelligence stat was not that brilliant that garnered him to think too much about that class and with the problem of him unable to allocate points into it, his decision became more firm to not choose Mage.

As for a swordsman, honestly, he was using a sword because that was the only piece of weaponry he had. Just as he was about to decide when a new notification appeared which piqued his interest.

『 New Calculations will be carried out if the player successfully conquers the dungeon. 』

『 Would you like to proceed to the Goblin King's Keep or Stay in the Goblin's Den?』

Now Neo was puzzled as he processed what it was telling him.

『 Option 1: Goblin King's Keep

Option 2: Goblin's Den 』

He pressed on Option 1 and more information popped up.

『 Long ago, a powerful goblin king named Grommash ruled over a vast horde of goblins in the area. Under his leadership, the goblins grew strong and prosperous, and their numbers swelled with each passing day.

But Grommash's ambition knew no bounds, and he started coveting the lands of neighboring kingdoms. He led his goblin armies on a campaign of conquest, pillaging and plundering all in their path.

As the goblin horde grew ever more powerful, a coalition of neighboring kingdoms banded together to stop them. After a long and bloody war, Grommash and his armies were finally defeated, and the goblin king was slain.

But even in death, Grommash's legacy lived on. The vast underground complex that had served as his fortress became known as the Goblin King's Keep, a place of great danger and potential reward for those brave enough to venture into its depths.』

"That… sounds too epic for a beginner dungeon." Neo said to himself as he read the description and then checked the information on Option 2.

『 A beginner stage dungeon to test the player and grant them a class based on their attributes and combat style.』

"Now, that's lackluster." Neo commented on that. He wanted to laugh over it, but now was not the time as he thought about which to choose. He had his doubts, like why did this choice appear before him as he hadn't heard about this Goblin King's Keep before? Not that he researched too deeply into the novice dungeon, but still he did his homework, and there was no such mention of this.

Then came the problem with Neo's experience points (Exp for short), as this was several times higher than the experience required for a player to level up. Bella told him how much each level needed to level up.

Level 2: 100 exp

Level 3: 150 exp

Level 4: 200 exp

Level 5: 300 exp

Level 6: 600 exp

Level 7: 1200 exp

Level 9: 2,000 exp

Level 10: 4,000 exp

This was the normal experience required for a person to level up.

[Exp is the quantification of life force, given the numeric representation of Exp. As adventurers overcome challenges, conquer fearsome creatures, and unravel the secrets of the Tower, they absorb fragments of this extracted life force. These fragments, collected and measured as Exp, serve as a catalyst for their personal evolution, fueling their growth, and allowing them to unlock new abilities and reach higher levels of mastery.]

His Exp requirements were skyrocketing with each level up, and he felt he might not level up further if this kept on. Still, it was still not enough for him to venture into an unknown dungeon and he decided to go with Option 2, the normal dungeon.

But he was surprised when he heard a notification.

『 The first option has been selected automatically for being inactive for over 30 seconds.』

"Wait, what the h--" Neo wasn't able to complete his word as he got teleported to a new zone, and from the looks of it he was standing before the stairs that moved up, might be the first floor. Neo tried going up but couldn't, as some sort of force was blocking his path.

『 Please Clear the Goblin King's Keep. Only after clearing the dungeon would you be allowed to leave the dungeon.』

Neo's expression changed as he felt cheated by the Tower, but again, who could he complain to? He checked but couldn't find an exit. He decided to check the description of the dungeon to see if he could clear the dungeon as fast as possible, before the potion effect ran out with some loophole, but there was nothing unusual other than that the whole dungeon was unusual.

Neo calculated the time that had passed since he took the potion and found that he still got 210 minutes. He felt like lashing out but controlled himself by taking deep breaths and started moving toward the first hall. Likewise, he had to clear this dungeon as fast as he could. A light flashed in his eyes as he looked at the floor before him.