Myles walked down a stone pavement lit up with glowing stones. There were muddy grounds on either side of the pavement, with either frozen or hibernating frogs numbered in dozens on both sides.However, Myles’ gaze was on the throne that was on the other side of the pavement. A humanoid brown frog was sitting on the throne and was smoking from a pipe. He had a cone-shaped star crystal come out of the crown of his head.“I’ve been dying from boredom and was thinking about leaving this place,” the boss frog spoke, “but someone finally showed up.” He blew smoke through his mouth, nostrils, as well as ears. “I don’t want to kill you too quickly, so…” he picked one of the swords that were next to the throne and threw it on the pavement. The sword slid and reached Myles’ feet and stopped inches away from him. “Why don’t you use that sword and kill some of my boredom first?” he whistled, and the hibernating frogs moved and converged onto Myles. There were more than 24 frogs, all of them with
“I used only half of my strength, and you’re already like this,” the boss frog stopped spinning and so also stopped the tornado that traveled along with him at the center. “I thought you’d be strong since you came in alone, but I surely overestimated you. But for killing my underlings, I’ll kill you by cutting you bit by bit.”Myles got back up, still holding onto his broken sword. His veins throbbed as he forced himself to keep releasing vera. “I can’t allow myself to be beaten by the likes of you.”“By the likes of me?” The boss frog’s pride was hurt. “Alright. I’ll show you my full power. Let’s see if you can say the same thing afterward.” He pressed his feet into the ground and made it compress as if it were a cushion.Myles frowned from seeing that.Suddenly, the boss frog leaped forth and cannoned toward Myles. Even though Myles could see him coming, the boss frog was so fast he struck Myles with his head. The sharp star crystal on his head pierced through Myles’ abdomen. A surg
“Die!” The boss frog swiftly thrust his dagger, but it barely missed Myles’ throat. However, at the same time, Myles’ ankle struck the same location as before: the ribs. And the cracks grew, causing multiple ribs to break. “Ngh!” The boss frog felt air escaping his lungs as a great pain gripped his chest.Myles threw a punch, forcing the boss frog to counter with the dagger, but Myles withdrew his punch at the last second and launched another kick. It landed well; however, the boss frog grabbed and locked his leg between the arm and torso.Myles used his support and threw another kick from the opposite side. This time to the face. Though the boss frog defended it with one hand, the strike still hit his head and made his whole brain buzz. He was forced to let go of Myles’ leg. (To think I fell for a feint…) His pride was hurt much more now.Myles didn’t give him the time to breathe. He came swinging his fist big-time, getting an immediate reaction from the pissed-off boss who swiped hi
“What the hell?” Russell could feel the power of the crystal flowing up into his arm steadily so that his body could bear it without suffering much pain.[Absorbing the Demon Shadow Frog’s core in progress…]The screen that popped out of his right hand showed the progress.“This…” Myles remembered the old man that had fixed this artificial right hand. “Just what kind of an arm did he attach? I’m sure I held the power crystals with the same hand, but it didn’t absorb those crystals. However, it sucked in a star crystal straight away.”[Absorption complete.][You can now try using the crystal’s powers if you want.]Myles looked at the screen. “Powers? Not just a power?” he could already feel the change in his body. “I see… Does this artificial hand make sure I absorb all of a star crystal’s power without making any go to waste? This is pretty useful.” He tried to stand, and he suddenly cringed in pain, as the abdominal wound was hurting.[Receiving pain signals. Sending healer bots to t
The guard sitting outside the sewage tunnel was yawning. He looked in Ria’s direction. She was sitting under a tree shade, seemingly meditating.“It’s been more than a day, Miss. He’s probably dead, so I think it’s better you leave,” the guard said, but she didn’t respond. (My shift will end soon, so why should I care?)Just then, Ria stood.(Is she leaving?) The guard wondered, and then he heard footsteps coming from inside the tunnel. He quickly stood and grabbed his spear. It could be a human or a monster, so he was ready to fight if needed.Moments later, Myles entered his view. Moreover, he had a yellowish energy glowing around him. “This…” his eyes bulged open. “It can’t be… that’s the dungeon energy enveloping you. Don’t tell me… y-you conquered the dungeon all by yourself?”“I was wondering why it stuck to me, but can you explain what’s happening to me?” Myles asked politely.“Y-You don’t know?” The guard looked bewildered. “When a person conquers a dungeon alone, a part of th
Dungeon Bureau was the public organization that managed the dungeons on behalf of the government.Though the guilds had great power in the city, they still didn’t have as much authority as the Dungeon Bureau whose members wouldn’t necessarily enjoy very many privileges as those of the members of private guilds like the Dawn guild for instance.The Dungeon Bureau managed everything regarding the dungeons from allocating dungeons to different guilds and overseeing the progress, collecting taxes, importing and exporting business and so on and so forth.About an hour after Myles had exited the D-rank dungeon, one recruiter from the bureau arrived at the Dawn guild. After stepping out of his Lamborghini, he looked at the Dawn guild with disgust. “I just happened to be nearby, so I volunteered to come here, but this place really has become quite desolate.” With slicked back hair, he looked sharp and handsome. He lit up a cigar and entered the guild.Sercy saw him and frowned. The dragon emb
Venture City was made of 52 districts, and every district generally had its own trash street where all the garbage would be collected, and the mages from different guilds would take turns to burn the trash.It was the Dawn guild’s turn this time. Actually, another guild had pushed it on the Dawn guild on purpose.Sercy, with her ability, could burn the trash into ashes with her flaming ability. However, because of her pride, she didn’t accept the cleaning job. Still, after Myles had taken the job, she changed her mind.If someone who wasn’t even part of the guild was willing to clean up the trash, what should a senior guild member like her do?Wanting to set an example, she rushed over to Trash Street first. However, to her bewilderment, the street looked very clean. There were no signs of ashes, either.“Who cleaned up the street?” she asked a local guard that was guarding the neighboring street.The guard explained a long story, but at the end, Sercy realized that even the guard did
“Y-You bitch!” Robert, the leader of that little group, barked. “Do you have any idea who we are?”“If even you don’t know who you are, then how will I know?” Ria coldly replied. “But that aside…” she started walking toward them. “For you guys to laugh at such a vulgar comment about a woman’s breasts, I guess you never drank your mother’s milk, ah?”“Shut the fuck up,” Robert lunged at her and threw a punch. “Boulder Breaking Fist!”Ria casually blocked his attack by grabbing his fist, leaving Robert in a bit of a shock. Ria swiftly slapped him in the face so fast he couldn’t even cover his cheek in time. Robert’s cheek turned red pretty fast. “Apologize, and I’ll let you walk away.”Robert ground his teeth. Everybody in the market was looking at him and was whispering this and that. His pride was hurt big-time, but realizing the gap in power, he lowered his head and said, “Sorry.”“I can’t hear you.”“Sorry,” Robert raised his voice.“I can’t quite hear you.”“I’m sorry!” Robert yell