NOVEL NEXT Chapter 9: Grinding....
As I stepped on second floor..
[DING!]
A new task pop up.
[A new task, Explore the floor for half an hour]
[Reward, a complete map of second floor will be added to the system database.]
[Do you to accept the task]
OK, so something similar to the city exploration task, fine I'll take it.
Then I start roaming the second floor in the shadow like the ghost I have become with my cloak killing groups of monsters in a single slash.
"This shit is really sharp" I said to myself looking at the bisected monsters and the deep cuts running through the walls and floor but there is one great thing and that is, I don't have to manually open the corpses of the monsters and carve out their magic stones. Doing that consume a lot of time but now all their internal are exposed with their stones.
Now that I think about it should be disgusting and terrifying for me but I guess its one of perks of being a system user.
Anyway as I continue my sneak attacks at monster groups half an hour has passed and bam my reward is here...
[Task completed, reward has been given]
And ya my map was updated now so I made my way toward the third floor as well as used all my EXP to get stronger.
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After reaching the Third floor I got the same task message again and got to the work.
After around 20 minutes as I was clearing one group after another I heard sound of a group of over a dozen of monsters so I got there running but stealthy. When I got there I saw a young boy with white hair fighting against them alone.
Just when he was about to be overwhelmed I interevent cut all the remaining dog like monsters in one go.
Man I am falling in love with this beautiful and lovely sword. Am I being a perv for having such felling for a sword.
Anyway back to the boy. He was looking at me with bright Admiration filled eyes which creep me out so before he could say anything left the place disappearing into the shadows leaving without taking any magic stones from the wide open corpses.
"Haaa, That guy was quite weird," I exhaled a breath tiredly and said as I continued to hunt and explore.
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After around 40 minutes I was here sitting in the shadows near the stairs that lead to fifth floor after completing the task of third and forth floor. Here eating my lunch and resting to recover my stamina and mana I used in running here and there with my new boots.
Now that I was finally relaxing a bit doing nothing memories of my past life before this world start to flood in left me pondering if this is reality or just a dream again. How my parents might be doing and all.
"Well no need to think about spilled milk" I whispered myself like a reassurance and get up to continue my grinding as a distraction.
(Sometimes when you don't have someone to share your thoughts and don't know what's happening in your life. It fuck up your mental health telling ya.)
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Lets see, the terrain has changed quite a bit according to that guild's guide book from here on out new monsters start coming at us like war shadow thing and those dog size ants.
[Ding!]
Same task again and same reward again. Lets go and do some grinding.
With my boots bursting into speed I started flashing through the floor killing any and all monsters in my path and Indeed their stones give a bit more points with normal monsters now giving 5-7 points randomly and war shadow's giving 6-10. "Noice"
I also got drops but I put them in a cloth bag I bought in case and put in my inventory which cause it to only take 1 slot instead of multiple slots. "Big brain move"
War shadows were a trouble In the ass. It was a tie at first where nor they could see me nor I could see them as we both were hiding in the shadows. The only helping grace was map where red dots were showing there location.
Anyway the most fun were the ants just kill them and don't take out there magic stones so their body won't disintegrate in air and boom I have a Ant farm just keep coming at me !!!!
Some adventurers came around to look where these ant were going in armies. When they saw me surrounded by piles of these dead ants and cleaning groups after groups of these so called newbie killer in each slash they got scared and run away.
After I got bored I quickly pick up the stones and drops before continuing my exploration as well as increasing my stats and turning magic stones into system points. I continued this process till 9th floor well taking rest from time to time.
Here I am again resting beside the stairs to 9th floor in the shadows hidden from the eyes of people and monsters alike. This cloak is really something such stealth without any mana cost truly incredible.
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In the guild....
"Bell, how many times I have to tell you NOT to be that reckless while you are in the dungeon" shouted an angry and flustered half-elf with short brown haired, green eyes and grasses at the white haired boy whom Rain had helped at the 3rd floor.
"Sorry, Eina I just wanted to push myself harder to grow strong like them" apologized Bell bowing for jumping into hordes of monster instead of running away.
"Anyway you said a black blue haired werewolf with blue eyes helped you. I don't know any of such adventurer with such strength but recently a new adventurer with description joined the guild but he was still a unblessed when he joined this morning" said Eina after calming down a bit and thinking about the mysterious adventurer.
"Yes, that's his description but he disappear before I could thank him or say anything else" replied Bell felling bit down.