He decided to go left, because more Loot couldn"t hurt him....
He easily went through the first three rooms, and arrived before the Mini Boss Room.
From the information he had, he knew that inside were three Fighter Skeleton - LVL 10. Each had about twice the Stats of normal Skeleton, because they"re just an Evolution of the latter.
He entered into the room and saw three sinister looking Fighter Skeleton. Their auras were at least 5 times stronger than the Skeleton from before.
"Huh? Why are they so strong?"
*CLANG!* the sound of hitting metal sounded out
*BANG!* Roy hit the door behind him with a force comparable to two trucks slamming into each other
Roy coughed out fresh blood. What the h.e.l.l just happened?
Roy looked up and saw the windows above the thing that just hit him.
[Mutated Fighter Skeleton - LVL 10
LP 5 000 / 5 000]
"MUTATED!" he exclaimed in shock.
Mutated Monsters are around 5 times stronger than their normal counterparts, so it was natural that he was surprised. But that wasn"t the reason he was surprised, the reason was that Mutated Monsters are rare. If it was just one, then it would still be reasonable, but there were actually three! If he could beat them, he could get better drops, otherwise, he would have to use an I Give Up Stone to escape with his life.
"It"s so fast and strong!"
Although Roy reacted fast enough to block with his sword, he was still slammed backwards with great force. The Skeleton"s Agility wasn"t any lower than his. In fact, ti was greater!
It"s Strength was even more frightening. From what he could tell, it was almost 4 times greater than his own. You should note that his Agility, and Strength were 153, and 57 respectively.
Luckily, Roy"s Defense was 400+, so he didn"t need to worry about their Damage too much. But it still hurt like h.e.l.l!
He got up and glared at the Skeleton in front of him. He understood that he was the weaker one in this situation. Not to mention that it was a 1 vs 3 battle.
He knew that he mustn"t underestimate his opponents, not even by a tiny bit.
He got up as fast as he could.
All of the three Skeleton were looking at him, seemingly confused about something. He took this chance to attack the one in front of him. He was aiming for the neck.
Because of the slight delay, the Skeleton was a little too late to respond, but it still tried to block his attack.
*Crack*
[Critical Fatal Hit!]
The Skeleton"s right arm was destroyed in its effort to block. "At least", Roy thought. He partly disabled one of his opponents.
The Skeleton became mad as its sword fell to the ground. It had cracks over its whole chest area, so it didn"t want to move too much.
It rattled, seemingly yelling for help. The other two Skeletons responded quickly at its call.
One came from the right, one from the left. Roy gripped his sword with both his hands and swung it toward the left Skeleton.
He had no way of competing with it in terms of Strength, so he was aiming for its vital spots.
*Clang!*
But he was blocked. The Skeleton was just staring at him, trying to see how he would react.
He swung again, this time with Wind Rider, and Cut. His speed increased by +100%, making him even faster that the Skeleton for 20 seconds.
*Crack* it was cut down
He stared at the Skeleton on the right, and he leaped towards it. *Bang* he was blown away. Although he became faster, he was still lacking in terms of raw power compared to it.
He used his Double Slash to attack it from both sides, but he was. .h.i.t on his shoulder with a sword before that. *ACK!* Although it didn"t do any damage, the Skeleton still used Slash to hit him, making him hurt badly. His hands also became numb because of the Skill"s backlash.
With pain spreading all over his body, he quickly attacked the Skeleton"s leg bones. It wanted to stop him, but was blocked by the arm that it"d just hit.
*crack*, success! He made i-
*Tong* his head was. .h.i.t mercilessly, making him hit the ground hard. He felt dizzy, but it was not enough to make him unconscious.
He quickly grabbed towards its cracked leg, and started shaking it. The Skeleton never expected him to do something like this. It lost its balance, further pulling the leg, finally making it break.
"Yes!" he rejoiced. He picked up his sword and stabbed it at its neck. The Skeleton saw this and hit his legs, making him fall.
Fortunately for him, the fall just made him use all of his weight on his attack. *Hrrsk* its neck broke.
He was ecstatic, but knew there was still one left.
He looked around and found it picking up a sword with its remaining hand. A light flashed through Roy"s eyes as he eyed it.
Wind Rider was still active, so he practically flew towards it.
Roy attacked it midair. It blocked, but was pushed against the wall in the process. Although its Strength was much higher than his, Roy"s speed was currently something that could somewhat neutralize that.
He swung his sword again, and again, each time making it hit the wall. He was slowly winning. He attacked from above, then from the left, then the right.
Finally, the cooldown on Cut was over. He used the Skill right away.
*Crack!* it was over
He picked up the drops and rested in the Safe Area.
[Level Up!]
...
After thinking for awhile, he went back to the second room of the Dungeon. Although what happened was an unexpected surprise, to say the least, he still decided to go to the other Mini Boss Room.
From the information he had, he knew that the next Mini Boss was a Warrior Skeleton. Warrior Monsters are twice as strong as Fighter, so they"re basically just the next Evolution of the species.
*creeeaaak* he entered
He suddenly felt pressure bearing down on him.
"How is it even stronger than before?!"
*Pack!* he got slapped with metal, and was sent flying
"AOUUUUU" he howled at the Skeleton, "Can You Not!?"
He stepped into the room in one moment, and the next? BAM! This was the second time this happened!
Roy checked the Skeleton"s Status
[Special Warrior Skeleton - LVL 10
LP 6 000 / 6 000]
He look at the Monster in front of him for awhile, dazed. He became p.i.s.sed off. Why the h.e.l.l did he come across a Special Monster? First there were three Mutant Monsters, and now this? What kind of bad luck did he have?
Although it was stronger than the Skeletons he fought with before, it was now 1 on 1, not 1 on 3. So he thought that there was still a pretty good chance of him winning this fight.
But there wasn"t enough time to think about that. He quickly got up and charged at the Skeleton. It seemingly smiled at him, thinking that he was some random bug that invaded its Dungeon. But it quickly changed its mind, seeing his speed. Now it was thinking that he was just a weakling.
Of course, Roy wasn"t a weakling. Especially not for his Level. He was slower than the Skeleton, but he could perceive things more clearly, at such speeds, than it could.
The Skeleton used a Skill right off the bat, Slash to be precise, making its attack much stronger than the one from before. Roy countered by using Cut, swinging his sword directly onto the enemy"s, trying to destroy it.
But it figured out what he was doing. It turned its sword around, taking the Skill"s backlash. But in doing so, it made him hit the face of its sword, negating almost all of the impact. Roy now saw that it really was smarter than those Mutated Skeletons. But he didn"t fret. Although he complained quite often, he actually enjoyed battling. It filled him with energy, making him excited.
Roy attacked for awhile, and then blocked, or dodged. The battle before, with the Mutated Skeletons, was actually really fast. You would usually have to spar with your enemy for awhile, to get a feel for their rhythm, and attack patterns, before you would have a chance to defeat them. Of course, this mostly applied for opponents of equal, or greater power. If they were weaker than you by a margin, then you could defeat them quickly. Roy was just lucky earlier, to get a few great opportunities in his battle.
After some time, the Skeleton used another Skill, this time Cut, attacking Roy"s waist. He knew that it was much stronger than him, so he used Slash, and Double Slash simultaneously. That made something like a pseudo Triple Slash, but it was still far from it.
He directed all of the slashes at one point on the Skeleton"s sword. Its sword flew away, tearing its arms off completely with it. The Skeleton was now shocked. Although it saw that Roy wasn"t such a weakling over the course of their battle, it still didn"t think that he would have the ability to swing his sword that hard.
It instantly lost over a third of its LP. It knew that, now, it couldn"t defend itself anymore. It abandoned all reasoning and charged at Roy. It headb.u.t.ted at his head, trying to take him out before it dies.
*Bam!* Roy felt like his head split in two. He tried hitting it with his sword, *Bam!!* he got hit again. This time, he got angry. *Bam!!!* he was enraged now. *!!Bam!!* he became furious! *!BAM!* his rage exploded!
He activated Cut, Abnormal Strength (+5% damage for next 3 attacks), and Wind Rider! He roared at the top of his lungs "STOP HEADb.u.t.tING ME YOU MOLDY PUMPKIN!!!" and he swung his sword down with all of his might.
"!!!" the Skeleton felt immense pressure, and...
*HRRRSSK!* the Skeleton got annihilated
*CRACK, !BOOM!*
[...?]
The floor was completely destroyed....