NOVEL NEXT Chapter 20: Dungeon Rewards
The mace seemed even larger now that it was only a few centimeters from his head. However, Tanaka remained calm and used substitution in his place, and only a clone was a bit slower, getting hit by the attack.
"Bang!"
The blow from the Zombie Marshal came from above, and the moment it hit the building and the shadow clone, the building began to be demolished due to the strong impact of the attack.
Now standing 10 meters away, increasing even more to 30 meters, Tanaka saw the building that was demolished by the Zombie Marshal's attack and swallowed hard.
"That was close…"
Making several stones float under his control, Tanaka used Precise Throw while visualizing the weak points of the Zombie Marshal, which so far were only a few, being the joints and head.
Like a comet streaking across the sky, the stones streaked through the air, heading towards the Zombie Marshal who was heading towards another building where two of his shadow clones were.
"Almost there," Tanaka murmured.
Even knowing that the Zombie Marshal was heading towards them, the two shadow clones did not run away and continued attacking, hitting the target even more than the others due to being closer.
"URHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
With a final pitiful scream, the Zombie Marshal began to take slow steps before disintegrating into a paste of slime and then transforming into dark smoke.
'Why do I feel it's a bit brighter?' Tanaka didn't have time to think about the cause and effect of this since several notifications appeared on his retina.
- [You obtained 329,000 EXP!]
- [You leveled up 3 times!]
- [You obtained <Soul Stone – Rank A> x1]
- [You obtained <Recovery Potion – Rank B> x5]
- [You obtained <Lucky Necklace – Rank B-> x1]
- [You obtained <Zombie Marshal Helmet – Rank B> x1]
- [You obtained <Second Chance Ring – Rank A> x1]
- [You obtained <Skill Book: Taunt - Rank B+> x1]
- [You obtained 1,000,000 ryō]
- [Great achievement! You defeated the Zombie Dungeon Boss for the first time!]
- [You received the title <Zombie Dungeon Conqueror>]
- [Notice: You can complete this dungeon 2 times per day. To reset, you need to exit and re-enter the dungeon.]
"Zombies aren't spawning anymore..." One of his clones murmured.
Of course, only he was seeing the notification that appeared before his eyes, and this also confirms that not even common zombies will appear now that the Boss was defeated.
For now, he put that aside. There were other things he had to think about, like the items the boss dropped.
While walking back home, dispelling the clones, temporarily ignoring the notifications that it yielded, he waited a bit until the notifications finished and opened the inventory to take out an item.
- [Second Chance Ring – Rank A]
- [Special Effect: Grants a second health bar equivalent to 50% of the user's total health.]
- [Notice: When the health bar provided by the 'Second Chance Ring' is depleted, the item will be destroyed.]
- [Level Restriction: Minimum level 40 to use the Second Chance Ring and maximum level 100]
The ring was refined, with a contemporary design. The center of the ring featured a large, intense green oval gemstone, secured by four silver prongs that held it firmly in place. The band of the ring was a dark, almost black tone, further highlighting the vibrancy of the central stone.
"So it was because of this item that the Zombie Marshal's life turned out like that..." Tanaka murmured as his eyes sparkled a little: "A good item."
He didn't want to use this ring for now and stored it in the inventory, then he took out the next item.
- [Zombie Marshal Helmet – Rank B] - Defense Increase: 100.
- Additional Effect: +1,000 HP.
- Additional Effect: 5% reduction in damage received.
- Set Effect: [2 items from the Zombie Marshal: Increases the user's max HP by 10%] – [5 items from the Zombie Marshal: 500 defense].
- [Minimum Level Restriction: 20]
When the option to equip the item appeared, he clicked it, going to the inventory, on the left side where the equipment slots were, he went to the helmet and chose the option to hide it.
When he did this, even when he touched his head, it was as if he wasn't wearing the helmet.
'So, you can't even touch it while it's hidden...' he thought, happy.
HP: [6,584/6,584]
Seeing that his health did indeed increase by a thousand, he opened the inventory and took out another item.
- [Lucky Necklace – Rank B-] – Luck Increase: +20.
- Additional Effect: 10% resistance to all elements.
- Special Effect: If you fall below 50% HP, there is a 5% chance to reflect 90% of the next damage received for 5 seconds. This effect has a 30-second cooldown.
- [Minimum Level Restriction: 10]
The pendant of the necklace was a circular golden design, decorated with a symmetrical and intricate pattern, featuring eight curved arms radiating from a geometric center, forming a kind of stylized sun. Each arm of the design had braided details, adding a complex texture to the pattern.
The pendant was attached to a well-crafted black cord.
Equipping the necklace, he immediately saw the result when looking at his stats.
LUK: 151 (+20 +25%) <(+0)>
Closing and going to the skill, he clicked. When the notification appeared asking if he would like to learn the skill, he clicked yes, however, the screen shook and a red notification appeared.
[You cannot learn this skill. Minimum prerequisite to learn: 100 STR]
Seeing this, he sighed: "I should have expected this..."
Clicking on the book he got from the miniboss earlier, a similar notification appeared, but this time it required 85 STR.
Even the Elite Zombie General's Hammer had a STR prerequisite of 80 STR to be used.
'Even if I distributed all 25 extra points I have, it would only be enough to use the Elite Zombie General's Hammer.' He thought calmly: 'For now, I'll wait to get more points.'
With his status page open, Tanaka clicked on titles.
- [Zombie Dungeon Conqueror]
- [Obtained by defeating the Zombie Dungeon Boss for the first time]
- [You have demonstrated exceptional skills in overcoming the challenges of the Zombie Dungeon! Keep exploring and facing even greater dangers!]
- Bonus when the title is active:
- [40% increase in damage against Zombies]
- [40% increase in defense against Zombie attacks]
- [+10 in all stats when inside the Zombie Dungeon]
Without thinking twice, he equipped this title.
Back in front of his house door, Tanaka thought for a moment, seeing that although many things seemed to have happened, in reality, not even an hour had passed. He returned to his room before extending his hand upward and exiting the dungeon.
With sounds of shattering glass, he returned.
The sounds of birds singing, which had been silenced with the creation of the dungeon, now began to be heard by him once again.
Extending his hand in the air, he created a second dungeon.
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[A/N: I decided to skip the second time he completes the dungeon, as it would basically be a repetition of what happened before. I was going to end the chapter here, but I'll take the opportunity to show the things he gained, especially from the Zombie Marshal, and a summary of the skills that evolved.]
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It took him half the time he took the first time to complete the dungeon. After learning the patterns, especially of the miniboss and the boss.
Looking at the boss loot, Tanaka smiled a little.
- [You obtained <Soul Stone – Rank A> x1]
- [You obtained <Recovery Potion – Rank B> x4]
- [You obtained <Zombie Marshal Boots – Rank B> x1]
- [You obtained <Zombie Marshal Gloves – Rank B> x1]
- [You obtained <Second Chance Ring – Rank A> x1]
- [You obtained <Skill Book: Sudden Attack - Rank B+> x1]
- [You obtained 1,000,000 ryō]
Tanaka held the glove, which was at least 8 times larger than normal medieval gloves.
While holding it, he inspected it.
- [Zombie Marshal Gloves – Rank B] – Defense Increase: 150.
- Additional Effect: +1,500 HP.
- Additional Effect: 20% increase in attack speed.
- Set Effect: [2 items from the Zombie Marshal: Increases the user's max HP by 10%] – [5 items from the Zombie Marshal: 500 defense].
- [Minimum Level Restriction: 22]
When he chose the option to equip, the phrase "fit like a glove" never made so much sense.
The glove, which was enormous before, adapted to his hand. And, it was actually cool, having cracked details, especially on the fingers; it was a strangely pleasant feeling. However, he still went to the glove option and clicked on hide.
Another thing, by equipping 2 items from the Zombie Marshal, he received a 10% increase in max HP.
Taking the next item, a new window overlapped.
- [Zombie Marshal Boots – Rank B] – Defense Increase: 150.
- Additional Effect: +1,500 HP.
- Additional Effect: 20% increase in movement speed.
- Set Effect: [2 items from the Zombie Marshal: Increases the user's max HP by 10%] – [5 items from the Zombie Marshal: 500 defense].
- [Minimum Level Restriction: 21]
The design was similar to the glove, with a pointed toe and cracked details on the top. And, just like the glove, it was enormous, only becoming 'small' when he clicked on equip, fitting him perfectly just like the glove.
After hiding the boots as well, he clicked on the skill, but it also had attribute restrictions.
'Status.'
- Name: Tanaka Uzumaki
- Class: The Gamer
- Title: Zombie Dungeon Conqueror
- Level: Lv 49 [92.64%]
- HP: [11,079/11,079]
- MP: [5,075/5,075]
Attributes:
- STR: 58 (+10%) <(+0)>
- VIT: 134 (+80%) <(+0)>
- DEX: 67 (30%) <(+0)>
- INT: 202 (+110%) <(+0)>
- WIS: 53 (+15%) <(+0)>
- LUK: 151 (+20 +25%) <(+0)>
- Points: 55
- Money: 3,550,000 ryō
'11 thousand HP…' His lips curved into a smile: 'These equipment pieces are really good. Especially the defense they provide.'
If it weren't for him using shadow clones, he knew it wouldn't be so simple to finish off the Zombie Marshal, who had the complete set.
Putting that aside for now, he looked at the 55 unallocated attribute points.
'Should I increase my STR?' He pondered for a second but dismissed the idea: 'For now, I'll keep these points.'
After that, his attention was diverted to the skills that leveled up during this time after canceling all the shadow clones.
- [[Precise Throw] (Active) Lv19 EXP: 42.94% / 2MP]
- [[Psychokinesis] (Active) Lv19 EXP: 46.99% / 5MP]
- [[Shadow Clones] (Active) Lv14 EXP: 97.11%]
- [[Critical Hit] (Passive) LV11 71.91%]
- [[Throwing Mastery] (Passive) Lv21 EXP: 18.90%]
- [[Detect Bloodlust (Passive)] LV10: EXP: 69.01]
- [[MP Regeneration (Passive)] LV13 EXP: 24.67%]
- [[Substitution] (Active) Lv27 EXP: 41.29% / 1MP]
- [[Clone] (Active) Lv29 EXP: 84.71% / 1MP per clone]
- [[Uzumaki Vitality] (Passive/Active) Lv8 EXP: 89.65%]
- [[Uzumaki Chakra] (Passive/Active) Lv9 EXP: 98.24%]
- [[Adamantine Sealing Chains] (Passive/Active) Lv4 EXP: 19.11% / 850MP per chain]
- [Life Drain (Active) Lv8 EXP: 67.27% / MP: 16]
Going over each skill, he mainly realized that he was mistaken about something.
To be honest, for a moment, he believed that the change from the chakra he previously had to MP was a mistake. You see, he didn't know how it was quantified in numbers, but he definitely had enough chakra not to be limited to just a few jutsus and get tired afterward.
However, MP was different, especially in the beginning, he ran out of MP very quickly. But now that the skills leveled up, he understood something.
'It's not that MP is weak or insufficient. The problem is that my understanding of each skill is still very superficial. From what I understand, when learning a jutsu that is transformed into a skill, it creates a process where I can use the jutsu as a skill. However, for this, I need to compensate with more MP in its use.'
An example of this is the Precise Throw skill, which now only requires 2 MP to be used.
Even the Adamantine Sealing Chains, which he hasn't been using much, had a significant reduction. Although it still requires 850 MP to activate each chain and the same to keep it active per minute, this represents a saving of 150 MP per use.
Closing all the open system pages, Tanaka prepared to leave the dungeon when he reached his house.
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