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09: The first dungeon (3)

"So this is the boss room, huh?" Ky says while looking at the massive door signalling the end of the cave. "Fancy looking door and I can feel the danger coming from a mind away."

Without hesitation, Ky put his hand on the door and opened the massive door. As Ky entered the room, numerous torches filled the walls, illuminating the vast space.

Ky looks around and notices how the room looks like a medieval arena, with the interior having a semblance of a stadium in Rome.

"Well, now, isn't this quite interesting," Ky says, and as if the signal has gone off, someone or something has come out from the other side of the room.

With an appearance looking like that of a human, the figure in front of Ky looks like a hybrid between a deer and a human, wearing armours all along its body except its head, the height of the monster is that of 2 meters tall, and in one of its hand, holding a very long spear that is easily longer than than the height of the monster.

"Well, that's just unfair." While looking at the monster deer before him, Ky says, "But I guess that is the consequence of me challenging myself. Bring it on, ugly; it's you and me now!"

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Standing where Ky had created the mountain of corpses, two figures can observe the mountain of bodies, one man and one woman. The man has short black hair wearing traditional knight armour with a shield and sword on his back. The other person is a woman with long red hair tied into a ponytail, contrasting with the man; she is wearing what seems to be a traditional suit that would belong to a butler.

"Salena, what do you think about this?" The man asks the woman; Salena only responds with a hum while tilting her head slightly before letting a small smile.

"It seems whoever this is, this Sorcerer have quite a potential in them." Salena says, "Not to mention that the Dungeon increase its rank halfway through, so whoever this person is, they are deep inside the Dungeon instead of running away. It's either that they are dead or..."

"Right." The man says while also letting out a huff of air, "There is no way some newbie would be able to clear a Rank B Dungeon."

It was, of course, by pure coincidence that they stumble upon this Dungeon and by using their ID card, they also learn that someone had already entered the Dungeon and there is only one person. However, they entered the Dungeon to help or recruit whoever was stupid to try to clear the Dungeon solo. After all, a high-rank Sorcerer would never care about this Dungeon, so whoever is inside the Dungeon must be a low-rank or a new Sorcerer who thinks they are strong enough to take it alone.

However, the moment they enter the Dungeon, the Dungeon Rank suddenly increase from D to B, a mid-rank tier, something that no newbie Sorcerer can clear alone. Despite the mountain of corpses in front of them, these monsters are still nothing more than Rank D monsters; whatever is inside the Dungeon after the Rank change, the monster must be a Rank B at least.

Not only that, it reinforces that the lone Sorcerer is a newbie, the fact that he doesn't even try to harvest monster stones from the dead bodies, proving that he either doesn't care about the money or doesn't know about it.

"Let's go deeper; if he is still alive, we will help him," Salena says

"And if they aren't alive?" The man asks

Selena smiles

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When the fight started, the deer monster's line of sight was cast into the void. At that moment, Ky's instincts sounded the alarm bell, barely dodging the spear that left a small scratch on his arm; Ky looked shocked at the slight injury.

"That speed..."

However, the deer monster doesn't give Ky another chance; it delivers another piercing strike toward Ky, who dodges the attack barely again.

"You are unbelievably fast!" Ky says, but he cannot help but smile.

With that long spear thrust forward, it looks nearly invisible from the front in Ky's eyes; however, against a spear that is more than twice as long as usual, Ky will find no opening or opportunity to bring him in range.

"I'm sitting duck standing straight in front of him." Ky mutters, "What if..."

'I went diagonally!' Ky thought as he dodged the next attack before rushing from the side toward the deer monster; however, as he did so, the deer monster let out a breath before swinging its spear sideward toward the oncoming Ky, who, out of pure instinct, put up his guard while reinforcing it with Enforcar, reducing the damage of the attack. However, it was still enough to cause Ky to lose his balance.

While Ky was to regain his balance, however, the deer had already brought its spear upward before swinging it down with a mighty blow; Ky was still fast enough to use Enforcar on his leg and dodged the attack by jumping away, avoiding the spear, that leaves a massive crack on the ground when the spear hit it.

"It seems that this Dungeon is more than I anticipated," Ky says to himself,

'This guy, he is not even using mana, just pure physical strength; it is as if he is looking down on me...' Ky thought, 'Not that I blame him, mem a weaponless human facing against him, it should be easy for him to kill me, however...'

"Thinking that you are looking down at me pissed me off," Ky says

It seems impossible for an ordinary man to fight against a monster from a Dungeon that is stronger than you and fully armed. However, the experience one gain fighting without any weapon s invaluable, prodding at the limits of a superior opponent. But there is still a limit on how far a person can go before hitting the wall.

Even so! Ky Kurenai's talent has no limit!

So slowly, gradually, little by little, Ky has seen through the monster spear!

"I think I might die here..." Ky says to himself.

So once again, the deer monster thrusts its spear forward, and Ky, without moving his leg, opens up his arms when the spear comes near him; the spear rightfully impacts Ky's body, although Ky uses Enforcar to protect himself.

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However, something else happened instead of the spear piercing Ky's body!

"Heh heh, I finally caught it!" Ky says gleefully.

The spear had been trapped!!

The spear of the monster had been trapped under Ky's armpit! The deer monster can't pull back its spear without bringing Ky closer.

Unbeknownst to Ky, however, two figures are watching from afar and witnessing Ky's battle with the deer monster.

"That guy..." The man says, "He's insane! What kind of idiot thinking that catching the monster spear is a good idea!!"

"Him, that is..." Salena says, 'To face that god-speed thrust head-on is courageous, and before he tries to dive in to find an opening. His Enforcar and physical ability are truly impressive. Not to mention, that monster is no normal monster; its spearmanship is something else; with that kind of body and spear, that monster has its defensive domain, yet that guy could see through the attack.'

Seeing its spear being trapped, the deer monster, instead of trying to pull the spear back, swings it sideways, trying to make Ky lose his grip. However, instead of pulling away, Ky rolled along with the spear, not losing his grip on the spear!

'He's moving with the flow of power!?' Salena's eyes widen as she continues to observe the fight.

Not wanting to waste his chance, Ky rushes forward, and the deer monster responds, trying to swing its spear back toward Ky; however, the deer is not fast enough. With such speed, Ky land a hit on the monster by thrusting his hand forward like a spear, leaving a slight injury on the deer monster's cheek while spilling out some blood.

Thus the first one to get injured was the deer monster!!

"HAA!" Ky exclaims, 'This is fun!'

"Hou, this is a surprise," Salena says, but at the same time, she also notices Ky's hand shaking; clearly, that attack did leave a wound on the monster; its skin is still too tough for his bare hand, even with Enforcar. 'This is completely beyond my expectations...'

So, with an idea in mind, Salena turns toward the man beside her.

"Goro", Salena says toward the man, causing him to turn toward her, and Salena only does a single move of her head, signalling toward Ky, "Your sword."

Goro looks at her weirdly before understanding the girl's intention, "Fine."

"Oi!" Goro shouts, getting both the deer and Ky's attention; Goro then quickly tosses his sword toward the latter, who quickly catches the sword before looking back at the two figures that stand in the room. "Next time, bring your weapon!"

Ky looks at the sword before looking back at the two figures before looking back at the deer monster. He had not noticed the two new people because he was too focused on the fight, but now he took notice of them; not only that, it seemed that they would not try to interfere in his battle, causing Ky to feel at least grateful for them.

Ky grabs hold of the sword tightly before looking at the deer monster watching all this happening in front of it.

Salena notices the smile on Ky's face and cannot but think, 'Look at him; it looks like you are having so much fun.'

"Now, shall we begin this fight properly?" Ky says while pointing the sword toward the monster with a crazy grin n his face.

As a response, the deer monster takes a combat stance, while Ky also takes his combat stance, holding the sword with one hand while looking back at the deer monster in front of him with a smile. At this moment, Ky also feels the killing intent coming from the deer monster in front of him.

"Hey, is that a killing intent? I never felt something like that before." Ky says, "It sure is nice to learn there is still something out there in the world that I don't know of."

'If it's you, I can still get stronger! I can learn something more; I'm going to become the strongest! With you as my springboard!' Ky thought

Holding the sword tightly with both hands, he uses Enforcar to reinforce his legs and rush forward, a smile never leaving his face. The deer monster responds by flexing its muscles to the point that it breaks its armour, leaving its muscle exposed. The deer monster follows it up with a lightning-fast thrust of its spear forward.

'It's even faster than before!' Ky thought, seeing the upcoming spear, 'But, now, I can see it!'

Blocking the thrust with his sword, Ky redirected the spear so that it would be above his head, being blocked by the sword held up above his head, and without wasting his speed, Ky continued to run forward, dragging his sword along the spear that is still above his head.

'He's already seen through the monster spear!' Salena thought, 'And what's more, the speed of his advance has not diminished. Not to mention, his transitions speed between Enforcar and Difundir, there so fast that it only leaves a split second of lag time between transitions, and it seems that the lag time decreases the longer he fights.'

However, as Ky is running along the spear length, the monster deer show its fangs and grit its teeth, and with enormous strength, the deer bring the spear downward, trying to crush Ky Kurenai underneath with the spear length!

"What the fuck!?"

Ky stopped running due to the force being applied to him from above, causing his feet to dig deep into the ground and destroy the stone floor. The deer monster let out a roar while Ky himself moved his mana and used Enforcar on his arm to reinforce his strength.

'So heavy!? What is this!?' Ky thought, 'If he keeps going, he gonna crush me with his spear!"

Gritting his teeth while holding the sword above his head, Ky is using all his strength to stop the spear from crushing him. However, the longer this goes on, the further down his feet dug deep down onto the ground, not to mention even with Enforcar, Ky can feel the strength leaving his body at this very moment, so he knows that the longer this goes on, the closer to death he will become.

'At this rate.' Ky thought, 'I'll die!!'

At this desperate moment, Ky's talent, which had stagnated, started to grow once more, like a sprout close to death is now beginning to grow again. The fire of desire inside Ky starts to burn once again.

Gripping the sword tightly with both of his hands, Ky starts to transfer mana into his sword and starts to use Enforcar on the sword with one might push, Ky swings his sword upward, cutting through the spear, leaving the spear broken in half, sending the blade half of the spear flying before it stabs into the ground.

'He sliced through the monster's spear!' Salena thought, 'The monster is now defenceless!'

Following the attack, Ky raised his sword high, readying to swing his sword down toward the deer monster's head, preparing to cut the head of the monster.

However!!

The moment Ky swings his sword downward, it suddenly stops, making the swing come to a halt accompanied by a loud thudding sound.

'What!?' Ky thought, 'My sword stopped!?'

How did Ky's swing stop? Simple, the deer had somehow moved the spear fast enough and blocked Ky's swing by using the blunt part of the spear, which was created by him cutting the spear and using it to stab right at the sword's pommel, causing Ky's swing to stop midway!

The monster deer let out a single breath before pulling the spear back and using the blunt part of the spear to deliver numerous staff strikes at Ky's body, causing Ky to spit out blood from his mouth while also sending him flying backwards.

'Are you serious!?' Ky cannot help but think to himself while being sent flying backwards, toward the direction Salena and Goro are currently standing, 'What's with those thrusts!? I couldn't see them!!'

When his body hits the floor, Ky slides along the ground before coming to a halt in front of Salena and Goro.

"10 hits right in the body." Salena says, "You used Difundir while jumping backwards at the last moment. Those ten hits would have killed you if not for that. Is this perhaps your limit?"

Ky is trying to stand back up while simultaneously spitting out his blood.

"L-limit?" Ky responds to Salena's question, "Ky Kurenai have no such thing as limit!!"

Standing back up once again, Ky looks at the deer monster in front of him while blood still comes out from his mouth, not to mention the pain he feels from his torso.

At this very moment, Ky's talent has finally received the 'nourishment' of a strong enemy and challenge.

Ky Kurenai will begin to grow rapidly. As the world's most extraordinary talent, the one standing in his way is the most difficult challenge he has faced.

Had Ky never been transported into this new world, then Ky's growth would never have come to fruition.

Thus, Ky will stand tall to cut down the giant tree before him.

"Open your eyes wide." Ky says while standing up straight, "And bear witness to my evolution."