"Yes," I replied. Suddenly, the key illuminated, and a bright light engulfed my vision. I closed my eyes for a few moments. When I opened them again, I found myself in the center of a large, sandy arena. The sun was beating down on me, making the sand sparkle. I looked up at the seats surrounding the arena, and my eyes widened with surprise. The seats were filled with rats, similar to the rat jailer, but they were dressed in peasant-like attire. They all seemed to be staring at me with glowing red eyes, showing hints of excitement and madness.
Suddenly, a bunch of holographic-like screens were above the arena, showing me, and I was dismayed to see that I looked like a lost 10-year-old child. My large, bright eyes made me have an innocent-like look.
The image of the screen then changed, and the holograms depict a large and opulent red silk and gold chair on which sits a gigantic fat rat with three heads and tails, black fur, red eyes, and a golden crown. The Rat King's left paw holds a golden scepter encrusted with jewels.
Level 3 Rat King: Health 120/120 Mana 120/120
Seeing the Rat King's health and mana, I couldn't help but become anxious, but soon, my anxiety was interrupted by a shocking thing the Rat King spoke. "Welcome all citizens of Varonas. We all have a vic-volunteer who will give us a great show before our journey outside the dungeon! Let us watch our challenger struggle through three challengers ahead!" As I heard the crowd roar, I couldn't help but have a vein pop on my head.
"Did that rat bastard think I'm just a victim to be killed off! Wait until I win these fights; I'll beat you down a notch."
Suddenly, I hear him announce, "No, let's have our challenger go against their first opponent, the Beast!" As he said, I saw a blue circle near the arena's wall in front of me. A figure materialized from the circle, looking like a large bipedal wolf wearing a loin cloth with scars all over his body.
Level 2 Lyconian: Health 60/60 Mana: 30/30
Seeing the health of the Lyconian, I couldn't help but feel bad for a moment before it grinned and spoke, "I wonder what this little white meat tastes like." Any pity for them was wiped away.
As they charged me, I waited until they were close and raised my shogun towards their face with a grin. With a deafening bang, the bullets hit the Lycaonian in the chest, where a blast erupted, making its body burst into a blue light, and even the sand in a large radius was blown back.
Seeing how my enemy was blown away from one shot, I couldn't help but cackle in glee. Suddenly, I was given a notification.
Congratulations on defeating 1 of 3 challengers.
Choose 1 of 3 rewards
Healing 20 Evolution Points One Random Uncommon Item
Seeing the rewards, I ignored the crowd's booing and began to think for a moment. After a few moments, I started getting frustrated. "I really want to get the evolution points and item! This dungeon is getting stingy," I say with a pout. Doing Eenie meenie miney mo, my finger lands on the third option, and I immediately choose it so I don't think myself.
Suddenly, I heard the roll of dice, and I immediately panicked. "Wait, is it a roll on my luck? Please don't give me a Nat one." After a few anxious moments, I hear the sound of a chime, and an item falls in front of me. And I hurriedly catch it before it lands on the floor.
Midnight-Dancer Shorts
Grade: Uncommon
Descriptions: Lightweight, stealthy tight shorts that enhance the wearer's Nimbleness by four stat points.
Dumbfounded, I look at the black denim mini shorts briefly. My face turned red with anger. "Are you kidding me? The rise in stats is good; however, why are they mini-shorts! I'm going to freeze my butt off if I walk outside!" Looking at the crowd, I saw them all looking at me in interest, and I immediately felt goosebumps rise.
Does the user wish to equip the item? Y/N
Seeing that I could equip them without taking my pants off, I breathed a sigh of relief and clicked yes. Shadows surrounded me for a few moments. Once I saw the light again, I felt warm air hit my legs. Looking down and around, I found that my jeans had disappeared. "Did the dungeon take my pants?" Suddenly, I heard the Rat King's voice echo around the stadium.
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"Well, looks like we have quite a tough one this time. Let's make this harder for our challenger. This round, we will be sending in the Blazebringer."
A circle appeared not far from me, and an imposing male figure appeared wearing dark red armor that protected their body, and on their waist was a sword.
Level 3 Flame Hobgoblin Warrior: Health 80/80 Mana 80/80
As I readied myself to use my shotgun, A deep voice spoke from the figure, "To think I would have to fight a child. Whatever, let's get this over with."
The figure suddenly swiftly unsheathed the sword and swung it in my direction. Immediately, I felt the hair on the back of my neck rise, and I rolled to my left, where a flame-like arc passed, and I felt the heat hit the side of my face, leaving a burning scratch on my right cheek.
In a burst of speed, he appeared in front of me, and as he swung down at my shoulder, I felt the sword sink in, giving off incredible heat and burning flesh.
Gritting my teeth and ignoring the pain, I lifted my shotgun towards his head and fired two shots at the figure. I could take a few steps back to astonishingly block four bullets with his sword; however, the blast made him stumble backward, and I immediately used my health points to refill my gun; using leech infusion, I emptied my gun into my foe. The shots all hit, and the figure disappeared in a blue light.
As the figure disappeared, I felt my wounds begin to heal, and I checked my status and saw that my health was thirty. As I pondered, another screen appeared in front of me.
Congratulations on defeating 2 of 3 challengers.
Choose 1 of 3 rewards
Healing 40 Evolution Points One Random Rare Item
Seeing my options, I hesitated for a few moments before choosing to get a random rare item since if uncommon items were so helpful, then a rate item must be more useful. The last item I got fit with the Lyconian, so I may get some based on this guy. After all, he had flame in his race, so I'll get an item related to flames.
Hearing the roll of dice, I suddenly see a small item appear before me, and I catch it. Examining it, I saw it was a black stone ring with a gem that looked like molten lava embedded in it.
Volcanic Ring
Grade: Rare
Uses: 9
Description: This ring gives 20% fire resistance and keeps the body warm in the coldest environment. This ring also allows you to create explosive fireballs by imbuing four mana into each fireball. After summoning nine fireballs, you will have to wait an hour before being able to generate more fireballs.
"This ring is perfect! Not only will it let me survive the cold winter, I will be able to survive the winter of New York, but it also gives me a magic long-range attack. The skill sounds like it could cause a lot of damage. I test it out on the next foe." Putting the ring on, I hear the voice of the Rat King.
"Now that fight was more heart-pumping, right?" The crowd does a deafening cheer, and the Rat King laughs. "Well then, everyone, let's get this show on the road. The next challenger will be the nightmarish beast, the Crawling Terror."
In a blue circle of light, I saw a large creature cross between a panther and a lion with black shining scales and three eyes arranged in a triangle pattern. The end of its tail resembles a club with needle-like spikes.
Level 3 Nightmare Beast: Health 100/100 Mana 100/100
Using three health points to refill my ammunition, I use Leech Infusion and take four shots. The beast grins; its red eyes glow a bright red, and a grey shield blacks all my bullets. The beast, grinning, rushed towards me so quickly, and it was hard to react. I rolled on the ground and heard the swooshing of its tail whipping over me.
Reloading my gun, I shot towards the beast's face. The beast blocks; however, it blasted backward, giving me some time to infuse my ring with mana and create four baseball-sized fireballs. Feeling I have control of their direction and when to explode, I circulate the fireballs around me.
Seeing the fireballs, the beast gave a wary look and began to circle away from me. I immediately refilled my shotgun with ammo, and this time, I ran towards the beast. I suddenly saw its eyes glow as it looked at me, and I suddenly felt my mind become slightly sleepy. Sensing this, I knew it was the creatures doing, and I pretended to stumble as if I was going to pass out.
My fake-out worked, and the beast grinned and rushed towards me. As it jumped to pounce on me, I smirked, lifted my shotgun, and shot four times into the creature's face, which blocked the front of it. Thrown back, I launched the fireballs towards it and detonated them, creating a large explosion that created a bright white light and whipped the sand in the air. After a few moments, a notification appeared.
Congratulations on defeating all the challengers!
You will be healed, rewarded 40 Evolution Points, and given the key to the final level of the dungeon.
As I saw the notification, I felt all the aches and pains in my body disappear. Even the hunger and thirst had disappeared, making me close my eyes, enjoying the feeling. Opening my eyes, I was surprised that everywhere around me was black except for a floating key that shined brightly.
Rat King's Palace Key
Rarity: Rare
Description: Grants the user access to the final level of the dungeon. Once you use this key, you will be transferred to the boss room.
Seeing this, I decided to update my status, and after a few moments, I studied my status
Name: Alicea Grey Sex: Female
Level: 2
Race: Blood Fae
Evolution Points: 0
Health 40/40 Mana 60/60
Stats
Body: 22 (26)
Nimble: 22 (26)
Vitality: 20
Magic: 30
Perception: 15
Seeing the change in my status, I couldn't help but grin. Reloading my shotgun, a notification appeared as I looked at the key.
Does the user wish to enter the boss room? Y/N