The first thing Lukas saw when he opened his eyes was the red sky. The sky was a different color from the one in Aegis Empire. The ground was dry and hot, and littered with small pebbles. It was also red like the sky, and there was little to no vegetation around. Lukas brought his gaze forward and saw Sivanthe standing with the other members. They gazed around frequently, their eyes constantly scanning their surroundings, showing how alert they were.After confirming there was no immediate danger coming their way, Sivanthe was the first to speak up, breaking the silence."I know we've gone through this before, but I'll say it again.""We're currently in the F-ranked dungeon 'Ariel's Castle', and we are unable to exit until we take down the boss in this dungeon.""We don't know where the boss is now, which means we have to find it ourselves. Therefore, we have to be very careful with our actions."Sivanthe paused, scanning the gazes of his teammates. Satisfied with what he saw, he nod
It had been three hours since their encounter with the blue carits, and since then they had encountered a considerable amount of monsters on their journey.They had fallen into a routine, using the strategies and formations Sivanthe mapped out for them to fight the monsters they had come across. Sometimes it was the physically gifted classes that fought, and sometimes it was the magically gifted classes that fought. Any injuries obtained from such fights were quickly treated by the healers. It was a convenient but effective method.Lukas and Eipi had yet to be involved in any fights, as their teammates quickly took care of any monster they came across with seamless teamwork and effective joint attacks. Unlike Eipi and Lukas who were new to the team, the team members had been fighting together for a long time, so their teamwork was naturally fluid.Lukas and the team were currently resting again. The team had just finished taking care of a group of green furies, a servant type class of
CLANG!Lukas moved back from his present spot due to the force behind the hit. However he was not allowed a moment of reprieve, as another attack came right at him. Lukas expected this, so he naturally positioned the silver shield in front of him in order to block the attack.CLANG!Lukas found himself on the passive side of the fight not long after the fight commenced. However, this was naturally because he had no attacking spells in his arsenal. The two spells he had was purely defensive.Another attack came at him, right after he blocked the second one. He tried to block it, but the consecutive attacks made him react a second later, and that was enough for the monster to impale one of its sharp branches in his right side.Lukas looked down at the torn coat and his right side which was now bleeding and groaned. It turned out that he didn't make the right choice by purchasing the non enchanted combat outfits. Otherwise, he would have been protected from the attacks of this monster. I
“Mercury Magic; Mercury Shield!”A beautiful silver shield emerged from a silver magic circle and blocked the incoming attack of the tree monster.CLANG!Lukas moved back again from the force of the attack, but this time, he was not just on the defensive. “Mercury Magic; Mercury Spear!”Another gigantic silver magic circle formed at his back, and three stunning silver spears emerged from the circle. They flew at a fast speed and impaled themselves again on the trunk of the tree monster, bypassing its flimsy defense.CRACK!Lukas smirked. He wasn’t done yet. The constant training he did on his mana control had begun to pay off. Now he was able to change the state of his element at will.He changed the state of his spears embedded in the trunk of the monster from solid to liquid, making them penetrate the wounds they inflicted on it. As for why he did that, the reason was obvious.His element was poisonous.Instead of allowing it to heal, the poison from his element would attack the mo
Lukas looked at his team leader in confusion. He could not understand the sudden urgency in his voice.Was the orb something very special? Or was it very dangerous?Lukas thought that must be the case. Otherwise there was no reason why he should behave like that.“I asked you where you got that orb!” Sivanthe shouted; while shaking Lukas’ shoulders with an almost crazed expression on his face.“Calm down!” Lukas responded agitatedly; already annoyed by his attitude.Sivanthe came back to his senses and took a look around. He saw that his team members were looking at him as if he was insane, but there was also curiosity in their expressions. It was rare to see Sivanthe lose his cool, so they were all wondering what the orb was that could have warranted such reaction from him.Sivanthe cleared his throat and turned his gaze back to Lukas.“I’m sorry for raising my voice at you, but could you please tell me where you got this orb?”Sivanthe asked in a calm tone, but Lukas could hear the
They started moving again in the still scorching heat, walking swiftly across the dry red grounds.This time around, they were more careful when looking for places to rest. Their rest time also significantly reduced, and they took care of monsters swiftly and effectively.Lukas and Eipi were not offered any opportunities to fight, but unlike before, the stares directed at them, particularly Lukas, were friendly. The only exception was Gures, but Lukas could care less.Maintaining their fast speed, they rapidly swept through the dungeon, killing monsters as swiftly as they could.After 3 hours of incessant killings and resting, they finally came to stop in front of a huge cave.“This is the lair to the boss monster of this F-ranked dungeon. When we kill it, a portal will open, and we’ll be free to leave this place.” Sivanthe said, explaining the rules to the newbie hunters among them.Lukas and Eipi nodded their head in response to his explanations.“We’ll take a 20 minute break here,
“KNIGHTS!”The three burly men repositioned themselves again, raising their gigantic shields to block the incoming attack again.BOOM!When the monster collided with the shields again, Sivanthe shouted again.“MAGES!”Immediately, the mages in the team responded, casting several spells on the monster.The monster growled loudly from the pain, and tried to attack. Unfortunately, he was stripped of the chance to fight back as Sivanthe yelled once again.“CCQ!”At his call, all close combat quarters fighters, including Sivanthe his self, ran towards the monster. Without giving the monster a moment of reprieve, they launched several brutal attacks on the monster.When the monster was on the verge of exploding from anger, Sivanthe yelled again.“FALL BACK!”Immediately everyone obeyed, moving away from the monster to a safe distance. Even at that, Sivanthe did not let the monster have a second of rest.“MAGES!”The mages, who were mainly long distance fighters rained spells upon spells on
Lukas stood still after unleashing another third tier spell. He was very glad that he had broken through and learnt the third tier spell of his element. If this fight had happened when he only had two spells in his arsenal, then he would have very little chance of winning.Gures blocked all three spears this time with surprisingly good skills. As someone who could be labeled a veteran hunter, it was no wonder that he was able to block Lukas’ attacks. At first, Lukas attacks might look threatening, but to a veteran like Gures, they were nothing worth mentioning. One could easily tell that he had no experience when going up against hunters.Gures didn’t wait for Lukas to cast another spell again. He dashed forward at a frightening speed, and got close to Lukas. He swung his sword vertically, aiming to decapitate Lukas and end the fight at once.However, Lukas was a step ahead of him.“Mirror Casting; Mercury Shield!”CLANG!The ring on his index finger let out a dull shine, and a magic