While they were at the banquet, Beast King Leonardo Vicente showed the map of the continent to Rey and explain everything there was to know about the other countries.
"The holy Church of Divine Country is one of the countries that we are keeping an eye on. They are opposed to the thought of having a monster/beast like us having our own country, hence we have predicted that the attack of barbarians is the plot made by them. This is Dakufindo, a country of demons that rules over all of Paradisus Silva. Despite the fact that they are demons, they do not attack without cause, though there is some cases that the demons was still trying to swallow some small country by finding some faults on them. The Dwarven Kingdom is a country populated by dwarfs who specialize in forging and construction. Though the Dwarven Kingdom's military is not particularly large, half of its population is made up of warriors, in no way inferior to any other nation. Lastly, The Country of Human race, There are four countries that are ruled over by the human race, but the ruler of them all is the Empire of Tigris and some of them were independent and doesn't want to associate with any other human country."
Rey recommended to the Beast King that both of them should construct a stone road between the two countries to formally declare their union. The Beast King will provide the resources, and Rey will offer the manpower needed.
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After two days away, Rey and the others returned to Maharlika to meet with the ministers namely Goblu and the other member of the seats to discuss the future road development. And, happily, no one has objected to the concept of constructing a road connecting the two countries.
Rey also informed them of the information that he had obtained from the Beast King and told them that he intended to embark on a quest in which he would conquer the dungeon that would rise on Tenebris Silva's northwest side. Ministers are supposed to oppose him going there because it is being eyed by another country, but they eventually gave up after Rey persuaded them for nearly an hour.
As a result, Rey delegated Maharlika to the seat while he was away and just as he was about to go on a departure, a carriage from the Beast Kingdom suddenly arrived and was told that Rey could use it whenever he wanted to.
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After a five-day trip, Rey finally arrived at the location of the so-called high-ranking dungeon and was surprised to learn that the dungeon had a total of 20 floors.
Rey called Khufra who was in his dimensional space to accompany him. They quickly prepared and entered the first floor. Fortunately, they were able to get past it quickly because the first-floor monarch is a goblin king who is only as strong as a hobgoblin and with their huge gap, it was like an ant being stepped on and not being able to fight back.
The second floor is the same as the first floor, but there are more of them, and the monarch of that floor is a goblin magician who was merely a rookie magician and as usual, they dropped an inner-gy Stone.
"This world really has some similarities to the anime that I watched back then." Muttered Rey.
Rey and Khufra reached the 5th floor after two days of raiding the floors. And for some reason, the only monsters on that floor are kobolds and a kobold king with ogre-like power.
They've made it to the 6th floor because their future opponents are also kobolds, and the king was a kobold magician akin to a magi-goblin. Rey decided to leave it to Khufra as to let him gain some combat experience battling a magician.
He was shocked that Khufra is already showing a sign of evolution and just a few minutes of battling, Khufra finally undergoes an evolution.
Five hours passed, and Khufra's appearance didn't change much, but he acquired the ability to manipulate fire while his claw has become more sharpened.
NAME: Khufra
SPECIES: Horned Beast
ABILITY: Berserk
AFFINITY: Fire element.
RESISTANCES: Resistance to Physical Attack.
STATUS:
STRENGTH: 500
AGILITY: 300
INNER-GY: 1800
Both of them made it to the 7th floor and had a hard time because the opponent was a half-human, half-bird, but got through it nevertheless.
Ten days later, the two made it through the 10th floor and their opponent was a minotaur and a monarch of minotaurous lord with the might of an aka oni and the solid body of an orc knight.
"Leave it to me, brother!" Said, Khufra.
"Hm, okay.."
Khufra rushed toward the enemy and gathered innergy to his claw that turned into a fire element and just after he entered the enemy range, he strike him with brutality, but only dealt a small amount of damage.
Rey also attacked the enemy with his newly learned technique [Storm Fist], which is a simplified version of his ultimate skill [Storm Black Flame- Storm Flame turned into Storm Black Flame after his fire evolved to a high-ranking fire called Black Flame.]
He ran closer to the enemy while black flame was spinning around his fist. The firepower and fatality rate increased and he strike his side that has been wounded by Khufra just as he entered its range. His insides crumbled while his innergy orb has been destroyed and eventually died.
[32% evolution rate...]
The two take a break for two days since their innergy was depleted to some extent. and resumed their raiding after another two days passed.
This time, their opponent was a drake with the strength of an aka oni and the boss was similar to that of a wyvern.
Khufra can now keep up with the drakes after his evolution and so Rey entrusted it to him, while he himself fought the wyvern.
He tried to put a little innergy on his feet and jumped into the flying wyvern that significantly increase his jumping ability.
Rey used [Storm Fist] and tried to punch the boss in the center of its body, but it didn't even suffer any damage.
"What a defense you have there, big fellow~" Muttered Rey.
He once again tried to strengthen the power of [Storm Fist] and attack but it only received a small wound. The wyvern continuously used its skill called [Thunder Breath] to attack Rey and could do nothing but dodge and take it to a distant place where khufra would not be hit.
Rey started to accumulate a certain amount of innergy to his two hands and was slowly turning to a ferocious fire that continuously spins from the center of his two palms. He runs and run while dodging its thunder breath until Rey finally cast his ultimate skill.
He turned around and pointed his two palms to the flying so-called Wyvern, "Take this, big fellow~ Storm Black Flame!"
[The 10th Floor has been successfully cleared.]
>Blue Stone: Resistance to thunder attack, Will you use it? [Yes/No]<
End of Chapter 08
Author: Zorenico
Will you use [Blue Stone] Resistance to thunder attack ([Yes]/No) Acquired: Resistance to Thunder Attack. They rested for 2days to regain their lost innergy and another two days passed once again and continued their raid to the next floor. Both of them got to the 15th floor quickly because they were able to easily kill the enemies as what they faced was a Fire Elementalists dungeon monsters and Rey was immune to fire and can manipulate them at will. The two had the impression that someone was watching them from above as they entered the 15th floor and suddenly felt an overwhelming desire to kill. They looked up into the sky and saw a winged lion that resembled a mythical griffin described as an S-Rank Beast in the Book of Mythical Beast that Rey acquired from the Beast King. "O-Ohh, it was not fully matured.." Said, Rey. He took a deep breath. Rey immediately told khufra to enter his dimensional space, and the griffin started to cast a skill [Wind Storm] with strength or equ
The blood of an ancient dragon continues to flow throughout Rey's body and can feel all the changes in himself. His appearance became more human-like while having pointed ears. His hair color turned crystal blue while feeling an indestructible amount of dragon's strength in his body. Attainment Acquired: [Dragonification- Dragonification is an ability to turn thyself onto a half-dragon, giving a boost to his strength, agility, and innergy.] Ten days have passed, and Rey's stats increased. He also acquired new abilities such as: [Dragon's Breath] - The ability to emit Black Flame through his mouth. [The Step] - Able to teleport forward at a fixed distance. During this time, you are invincible to damage and attacks. [Dragon's Roar] - Imitate a true dragon's roar, if used, will suffer a decrease in stats and slow its movements for a minute. [Eye of Dragon] - Griffins Eye has been upgraded to Eye of Dragon, New ability: See-through lies, Measure the ability of others, See-through any
The hero began to walk to the front of the battlefield and started to raise his hand, casting a skill." "A fireball?" Asked, General Drakuru. "Is this only the power of the said hero class? I can only feel a small amount of innergy from his casting." Said Beast King. "No. Everyone, use all your remaining innergy and cast a shield, now!" The fireball began to increase its size covering the whole battlefield. The hero smiled and muttered something, "Such a pity.." And began to release the huge fireball. "Inferno!“ The Beast Kingdom's main gate was destroyed in a second, and the Beast King himself is nowhere to be found. Meanwhile, the generals have exhausted their innergy and have passed out. ... Grim, having infiltrated the Divine Kingdom's Holy Church has witnessed a meeting between the Holy Church and one of the minister of the Beast Kingdom, which he assumes was a conspiracy devised by them. Grim abducted the said minister in secrecy as soon as the meeting concluded. The
After some time passed, Rey suddenly held a meeting with the members of the seats to discuss something that pertains about the beast kingdom. >Conference Room< "I call upon your presence to discuss about the current issue. The beast kingdom was attacked by the holy church and many life was taken. Even then, the livings still persisted and is still have the dream to live. As a country of monsters, we will face the same situation no matter what we do. I want to help the beast kingdom to rebuild their country. Their home. But one thing preventing me from doing so. If we really did help them, our man power would be enough, but our resources will be depleted as time pass by. I came to a thinking that there is only one way for this kind of situation, and that is by delegating the Beast King as an official of our country, Maharlika." "An official? Wouldn't it be appropriate to do so? the beast king is still a king after all." "I already have a talk with the beast king, and fortunately, fo
They finally arrived at the front of the Dwarven Kingdom's main gate while a massive statue of a dwarf with a hammer greeted them. As they walked closer to the entrance a stench of burning charcoal pervades the air while loud irons hitting each other could be heard throughout the Dwarven Kingdom. Before entering the gates of the Dwarven Kingdom, Rey used a mask that could conceal his appearance to avoid any problems along the way. The scent of burning charcoal was lingering with them as they pass through each market. Frander showed Rey his old blacksmith shop, which was afterward owned by an acquaintance of his. They decided to visit Frander's acquainted while both of them heard a loud voice just as they entered the shop. "As I said, I would never be able to make what you want if you don't have the stuff that I require, now go and don't interrupt my business!" "H-Hello?" "And who might you be? Are you acquainted with that human? If that's the case, please leave my blacksmith s
After going back to the inn, Rey asked Frander what really happened back there. "That time I saw a very familiar face, the face of the one who killed my wife and son. Seven years ago, I am just a dwarf who has some skills in forging and had a small blacksmithing shop. As I was working at my blacksmith shop, a human girl was looking for me and asked me if I could make her a dagger that she can use as an adventuring weapon, so I accepted her request. She always comes back to my shop every day to let me repair her dagger. As time pass by, we became closer to each other, to the point that I started liking her. Five years have passed, we became a lover and had a month-year-old son. That was the time that she told me that she was a noble and a daughter of a notable family. She also told me that she has been engaged to a son of a viscount. After that, a week has passed, and while I was working at the shop, my wife and son has been abducted by someone. I immediately went to the place that the
The Auctioneer eventually announced the start of the auction after an hour of waiting. The massive red curtain began to move, and the bright light from the main stage encircled the entire auction house. An auctioneer, a dwarf in his seventies, with a white beard explained the rules. "Today, ten items will be sold, seven of which will be displayed in the first round for anybody to bid on. Following this round, the last three items will be offered to all of you, but only the VIPs will be able to bid. The others may leave or remain to observe the entire process." After the explanation from the auctioneer, a man in his twenties began to walk at the center of the stage and presented his first item. "This is a ring called, 'Concealment Ring.' It can conceals the innergy of one's wearer." After explaining the ability of the ring, the auctioneer then proceeded to give the signal to the bidders to start their bid. "The price shall start at 200,000 magic stones!" Since Alliyah need it t
Because Rey was not a forger and that object was used for forging, Frander thought for a while before asking Rey, hoping to get a good response. "This was for you." Said, Rey. "Ahh?" Frander were taken aback to what Rey said and was thankingful to him despite the fact that Frander wasn't a grandmaster forger yet. "As I already mentioned, I will make you the finest forger in the entire world, and this is only the beginning, Frander." Rey patted Frander's shoulder as he spoke. "T-Thank you Rey, hicc- sama." His tears gushed out his face just as he learned how important was he to Rey. .. The auction continued once again. "Please welcome, Rebecca, 'The Fanatic Genius.' The top elixir maker will now present the third item." "This is known as 'Revival Potion,' and it has the capacity to revive someone on the verge of death. The only drawback is that the person must have a certain amount of innergy in order to fully consume the stated potion." "For this last item, The bidding will s