Chapter 140
Chapter 140 . The Third Explorer (4)
Occasionally, Orc Lords dropped their meat . With a bit of expectation, I checked the meat’s description . After finding out that eating it won’t raise my stats, I burnt it decisively . After all, why would I eat orc meat if it didn’t raise my stats? My inventory already had a hefty amount of food! The Orc Lord meat was likely there for explorers that didn’t prepare food beforehand . If it wasn’t, it was just that .
Compared to the First Dungeon, Beyond was incredibly big . Plus, other than the attack reflecting walls, there were tons of other traps, making it much different than the First Dungeon, where I could simply charge forward on Ruyue’s back . Here, I had to constantly observe my surroundings, look for traps, and hunt Orc Lords .
New pathways and Orc Lords appeared endlessly . Because I had to keep the maze’s map in mind and accurately calculate the trajectory of the crossbow bolts bouncing around, I felt like I was overtaxing my brain .
Of course, I got some benefits as well . Crossbow Marksmanship broke through low-rank and became mid-ranked . Perhaps because calculating the bolts trajectory gave a lot of experience, it was already level 2 . My Elementalist skills also grew greatly . More difficult situations led to increased experience . Whoever thought of this system had to be a sadist .
I shot a bolt forward .
“Eit . ”
“Kak!”
In the blink of an eye, the bolt bounced around from wall to wall, collecting more power, before it pierced the head of an Orc Lord that just made its appearance . As it had not used Warcry, it became paralyzed after taking lightning damage . I leisurely swung my spear and killed it . I had fought Orc Lords here for 2 weeks . Now, they were no longer my match .
It was the result of repeated learning . Once I understood the dungeon’s structure and Orc Lords, it wasn’t that hard to conquer them . When I heard an Ord Lord’s footsteps, I would shoot my bolt out preemptively . As they all had the same size, as long as I knew where the footsteps were coming from, I could figure out where and when they would pop out . Using the volume of their footsteps, I calculated the distance between us and shot my bolt out so that it would hit their face . The result was as I just showed with that Orc Lord .
Hunting a single Orc Lord was very easy . When there were two or three, the calculations got a bit trickier, but I could still manage it .
The problem was when there were over 20 of them .
“Kuaaaaaa!”
“Kuaaaang! Human!”
“Agh, those bastards are doing that shit again . ”
On the 1st floor, there were spacious areas, which were always filled with dozens of Orc Lords . It wasn’t even big enough for them to all lie down and sleep, so I didn’t know what the hell they were gathered for . Almost as if they were suffering from insomnia, they all waited with their eyes wide open . Once they saw me, they waved their hands in greeting and shouted . Seeing the Orc Lords swinging their glaives, which never dropped, was infuriating to say the least .
“Kuaaaang!”
“Kuaaaang!”
“Tsk, like I’d let myself be hit by your crappy spears!”
However, if I fought them straight on, it would only be my vitality that is reduced to zero . I fell back, dodging their charges . Just like I had been doing for the past 2 weeks, I raised my crossbow and shot out hundreds of bolts towards the walls, as I continuously moved .
The troll bone bolts ran out on the third day, and I was subsisting on skeleton bones . But now, I was running low on those as well . Once I completely ran out, I would have to resort to elemental magic, which took three times as much mana . Considering the number of Mana Potions I had left, it wasn’t a wise choice .
“Kuhak!”
“Kuk!”
The bolts I shot out bounced around without hitting each other, then assaulted the Orc Lords . I ducked or moved to the side to dodge the flying crossbow bolts as I shot even more bolts . Ruyue was, of course, dematerialized . It wouldn’t be funny if she was hit by my bolts .
[Mid-rank Crossbow Marksmanship became level 3 . Even without imbuing mana, you can damage spiritual bodies . ]
After continuously shooting bolts and cutting down Orc Lords for 5 minutes, the Orc Lords were wiped out . My Crossbow Marksmanship also leveled up .
I couldn’t remember exactly when, but I became able to hit spiritual bodies with my spear when my Spear Technique became high-ranked . I didn’t know whether my Spear Technique affected it in any way, but I became able to attack spiritual bodies with crossbows at just mid-rank level 3 . In truth, it was quite unexpected . It meant I had already become skillful enough to apply the principles of Spear Technique in marksmanship .
Damn it, somebody, somebody find my identity! I’m a spearman!
It was then . I heard the ground tremor from far away . It gave me a sense of unease . Here, other than me, only the Orc Lords were able to make the ground tremor .
At the same time, the dungeon walls shook and began to transform . The twisted pathways became straight, and new pathway opened up . It seemed to be about… 2 kilometers long? It was a distance I could easily cover within 30 seconds, but that wasn’t what was important .
“Gate…!”
There, I saw the same gate I used to cross over to Beyond . I tried to regain my composure, as I felt the mana emanating from the gate . At the same time, I dispersed my mana out to check for any traps on the way . The result – they were both clean . The gate was real, and there were no traps .
Mana detection and mana dispersion were both things I learned in the past 2 weeks . I had naturally developed a habit for them as I constantly used them to locate the damned Orc Lords and to check for traps . Although they were so basic that they didn’t even register as skills, they were probably my biggest gain .
In any case, now that I knew the gate was real, I knew what to do .
“I have to kill all the Orc Lords…!”
“Kuaaaaang!”
“Kuoooong!”
“Human meat!”
“This is the only chance to eat it!”
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