Devouring Experience Points (3)
“If I take this out, monsters will cease to appear.” Ryu Han-bin said while looking at the dungeon magic core.
It was a rather unfortunate result for him. His goal was to gain experience. It would be a problem if the monsters stopped spawning.
“But the monsters here are useless anyway…”
He didn’t want to miss the chance to get a magic tool. Han-bin carefully pulled out the bracelet then activated the guideline’s search function.
“What is this?”
Light emerged next to the magic tool.
[Fireball Bracelet]
[A magic item that gives the user the ability to use fireball magic.]
[Can be used 30 times.]
“Oh! Not bad!”
Thanks to the Demon Dogs at the Rocky Mountains, he had a lot of experience dealing with magic attacks.
He knew how powerful Fireball was.
“It’s not that great, but…”
With his strength, throwing stones became a lot more destructive than the Fireball spell.
“I can use this to cast ranged magical attacks anytime.”
Han-bin always carried throwing daggers.
However, throwing daggers had its own limitations. The movement needed alone to take it and throw it consumed a lot of time. Having magic attacks at his disposal made the scopes of his combat operations wider.
Even if it wasn’t that strong, it could still be used to keep enemies at bay or to check suspiciously dark corridors.
“Since I can use it 30 times, using it once to experiment with it shouldn’t be a problem.”
Ryu Han-bin quickly put on the bracelet. Its size was adjustable, allowing it to fit his thick forearm without difficulty.
“How do I use it?”
[Aim the palm of the arm wearing the bracelet and shout “Fireball”]
Enthusiastically, he targeted the corpse of a nearby monster. Honestly, he couldn’t help but feel thrilled. In his possession was the eternal romance of every man!
“Fireball!”
…Nothing happened.
Not even a spark was created, let alone a fireball.
“Huh? Is it broken?”
He began to wave his hand frantically.
[User’s level is insufficient.]
“What?”
[Magic tools have user requirements that must be met. Raise your level to use the item.]
“…….”
A level requirement had been placed on the item, preventing him from using it.
“Raise my level? What level does it need?”
[Fireball Bracelet’s Conditions of Use: Lv. 33.]
“No, this isn’t a game. Why is there a level requirement?”
Han-bin removed the bracelet and threw it away in frustration.
“It’s rubbish.”
After calming down, he picked it up again.
“I should at least be able to sell it at a high price. I can’t just throw it away.” He sighed.
* * *
Four hours had passed since he entered the Alpha Dungeon. Throughout that duration, he managed to collect nearly a hundred Devil’s Spirit Stones. He couldn’t sell them without raising suspicions, but he at least found a magical tool that should fetch him a huge amount of money. That was enough for him. Ryu Han-bin didn’t have plans to return yet, however.
He was still yet to meet a monster strong enough to give him experience, after all.
“I have to head deeper.”
After putting the stones in his pockets, he kept moving. He had only encountered two more battles since then. He reached a location where monsters didn’t appear. The sloppy traps that popped out from time to time also disappeared. A piece of common knowledge about the dungeons that he had heard before came to mind.
“When you attack a dungeon, there would usually be an area where the monsters can’t appear even though it’s not a cleared area.”
Hunters were advised to be extra careful upon reaching such a place.
“It serves as proof that I’m close to the deepest part of the dungeon.”
A guardian who protected the Artifact awaited at the end of every dungeon. The other monsters in the dungeon feared the Guardian, causing them to leave it alone. His extensive knowledge about dungeons all came from Buckman.
“He had so much knowledge about dungeons for a hunter that’s never been in one before.”
Still, any hunter was bound to have such common information regardless of their experience with dungeons. They needed to be familiar with the information in advance to survive the dungeons in the future. That being said, the monsters’ disappearance served as enough evidence for Han-bin to know he’s reached Alpha’s deepest parts.
He kept going forward without slowing down.
About ten more minutes passed before the passageway ended in front of a huge building. It was an ancient temple-shaped building with its lower half buried in the ground. Thick stone pillars supported the 20-meter-high ceiling.
In the middle of it floated a large beast. Its ball-like body was around 5 meters in diameter and had numerous tentacles sprouting out of it. Large eyeballs were all over its body, each emanating a dim light.
[Race: Tentacle Beholder. Lv. 45]
Han-bin lit his eyes.
“Hoh, Level 45?”
That might give him some experience.
* * *
[Aerial floating monster. Its eyeballs can fire destructive rays, and its highly elastic tentacles are capable of a wide range of physical attacks.]
[Ability: Magic nullification. Within a radius of 30 meters, any magic below level 38 cannot be used. This is the most powerful ability of the Tentacle Beholder. It is recommended to find the eyeball that can activate the magic nullification ability and remove it first.]
Ryu Han-bin unsheathed his sword while reading through the explanations of the guidelines.
‘Its most threatening skill is its ability to dispel magic, but I don’t have to worry about it.’
He began his approach towards the temple.
The Tentacle Beholder found the intruder and flinched.
“…… !”
Its big eyeballs immediately began to shoot out bright beams of light.
Han-bin swiftly dodged sideways to avoid its attacks.
“Huft!”
The beams broke through the floor before exploding.
Bang bang bang!
Looking at the broken floor, he carefully analyzed the situation.
“This level of destructive power…”
He didn’t think there would be any problem even if he got hit by its beams. It was ridiculous that the hard stone floor had been turned into a deep crater, but it didn’t have enough power to be a threat to him.
“Gaaooooh!”
With a strange roar, the Tentacle Beholder fired a series of destructive rays.
Bang! Bang! Bangbang!
Ryu Han-bin dodged all of its attacks calmly. He steadily narrowed the distance while moving in a zigzag pattern. Targeting the intruder, the Tentacle Beholder furiously swung its tentacles.
Like whips, its tentacles began to sweep towards him from all directions.
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