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After waking up and eating a meal Shiki’s meal prepared with the provision she bought at the town, they got ready to enter the tower’s third floor.
As she was checking her equipment’s durability, she noticed something wrong with her sword.
Ice Moon SwordDamage:18-20Durability:72/80Quality:RareA long time ago in the Oni's country, the Moon Goddess gave this sword to a young girl to defeat their evil ruler. As time passed the sword was stolen and lost it's power.
Emit a frost aura when attacking
Awakening: 1,5%
Requirement : Strength 20, Agility 20
‘Awakening’ appearing in the sword’s description, following the description, the awakening must be about the sword regaining its lost power. But even after using this sword for training two months this stat didn’t appear.
Not knowing what may have suddenly made the stat appear she left it alone for now with an ‘I don’t care’ state of mind and just went to the next floor.
The third floor’s ground was full of books and bookshelf, this floor was similar to a library as there were books everywhere the looked. Shiki who was looking around her had sparkly eyes, she loved discovering new things, but she was saddened that there were not even a little library in Azureal.
This high amount of books was for her similar to a treasure.
Yuki who saw her sister being distracted by the books snapped her out of her daze “You can read them once we are done with the monsters of this floor.”
Shiki who finally recalled she was in a dungeon prepared for an upcoming battle, but she still couldn’t help but smile as she thought about the time she will spend reading those books.
After walking a few moment they came across the first monster of this floor, as expected it was once again one of those green-skinned orcs, but unlike the previous ones, on his skin were blue warrior tattoos. There went from its arm all the to his torso and stopped at his neck.
‘Silverteeth Tribe Blue Orc Warrior Level 27, 5500 hp’
The orc was armed with a large two-handed war axe who was a little bigger than Yuki, but she wasn’t afraid of it, she was far more afraid of quick weapon.
Seeing this orc alone, they didn’t hesitate and charged at him, using her Reinforcement skill her slashing at him multiple times.
~2184 damage
Just like Shiki’s damage, now Yuki’s damage were cumulated although she didn’t understand the reason why.
The orc who had lost in an instant almost half of him health roared and forced Yuki to step back by swinging his heavy war axe.
As she swiftly dodged it, the strength of the orc’s swing told her that it wasn’t an attack she could possibly try to block, she had to be careful not to take a single hit.
Shiki who had summoned her magic orbs launched them in an instant, hitting him all over the body.
~2608 damage
At the same time her orbs touched the orc, Yuki took the opportunity to rush at him as well and land several blows.
~364 damage
Out of the six attack made by Yuki, only one landed on the orc’s body. He had blocked the five other why using his war axe as a shield.
Of course the slow orc, moreover under the frozen effect would normally not be able to block them all, but as Yuki was concentrating her attacks at the same spot in order to obtain the concentration damage bonus, by blocking this spot he parried most of her attacks.
But even so the orc didn’t have much health left, but in his red eyes one could still see his resolve to give his everything even if he had to die in the fight, one could say it was for his honor, others because he was stupid.
Yet the orc even with his wounded body gave all he had in one vertical swing aimed at Yuki. The swing was far quicker and stronger than the first one he made, but she still managed to dodge it by a hairbreadth, slightly grazing her as she felt the air produced by the war axe lightly touch her cheeks.
~372 damage
With a small step she approached the orc and pierced his chest with her sword, the slow orc couldn’t react in time and simply fell to the ground before disappearing, only leaving behind 2 silver.
Yuki looked for a moment at the place where the orc previously was, before making a cute smirk “Those orcs are more experienced in fighting than the previous ones.”
Not only Yuki but Shiki as well noticed that compared to the ones on the second floor, those orcs had more combat instinct. Otherwise, how could he parry Yuki’s attacks while he was slower than her?
After finishing the orc, her level passed to 20, the level of her skill Swordsmanship level 7 and Reinforcement level 4.
She now had a bonus of 54% damage with her Swordsmanship and Weaponship, adding to this the 30% from her skill Reinforcement which took into account the passives bonuses, it gave her a total of two times her normal damage.
Closing the windows and taking Shiki’s hand who was still distracted by the high amount of books around her, they continued to explore the floor.
The next orc they encountered was something different from the previous ones, unlike the others, his upper torso was covered by light clothes, on his head there was a wolf skull and in his left hand a long wooden staff. It was a shaman.
‘Silverteeth Blue Orc Shaman, level 26 4800 hp’
It was a monster who could use magic, being the first one of this kind they encountered they were even more careful than before. But as he was a magic caster he had less health than the previous orcs even though his level was higher.
With her sword unsheathed, Yuki ran as fast as she could and delivered attacks one after another while Shiki sent her magics orbs against him. They gave all they had to prevent the shaman from using magic.
~2963 damage / 2305 damage
The damage dealt by Yuki were higher than what they were against the orcs outside while Shiki’s damage seemed to be reduced, they found it obvious that the shaman would have some resistance against magic while being a caster was more sensitive to physical damage.
The orc didn’t even have the time to look at the girls, he was instantly killed without being able to do anything.
Both the girls looked doubtful at the falling corpse while simultaneously thinking the same thing ‘He is weak !’
They were expecting much more from the shaman as he was at a higher level than the previous orcs, yet their experience bar went up by 4% while the previous one gave 2%.
The next enemies they encountered was a group of one shaman and one warrior armed with his war axe. Even if they were two of them how could it be a problem? All they had to do was instantly kill the shaman and then they could take their time with the warrior.
With this idea in mind both of them targeted the shaman.
~2351 damage
Shiki orbs flew straight to the shaman and took out almost half of his life while Yuki was running toward him to finish him off.
But as she charged at him, she was blocked by the warrior who seemed to protect the shaman. As she tried to bypass him, she pierced the orc’s foot as she applied the frozen effect.
~312 damage
The orc having his foot injured and being under the frozen effect couldn’t hold Yuki back anymore as she passed by his side, but she was quickly forced to withdraw.
The previously 2v2 fight now became a 4v2. At the shaman’s side were now two wolves spirit who forced Yuki to step back.
‘Wolf Spirit level 25, 1200 hp’
Looking at their health, the wolves weren’t very resistant, but they were really quick as they got in front of Yuki and forced her to step back.
The girls now understood that the shaman wasn’t weak but dangerous for them, he could easily turn the side of a battle by summoning spirit. Moreover that wasn’t all, after muttering a few words he became enveloped by a light.
+1374 hp
The shaman had healed himself, and it was by a high amount as he instantly regained a quarter of his whole life.
Seeing this, Shiki looked at her sister as quickly made a plan “I’ll take care of the spirits, take care of the shaman.”
Yuki nodded before dashing toward the shaman, the warrior once again tried to stop her advance and force her back with a horizontal swing of his massive war axe, but by dodged it by sliding under his weapon before landing behind him and moving toward the shaman.
The two wolves jumped toward her as they tried to stop her, but both of them were greeted by Shiki’s magic orbs.
~1482 damage / 1320 damage
Shiki’s damage against the spirits were incredibly two times higher than against an orc, she assumed that those spirits maybe fell in the same category as the ghost and took more damage from magic.
There was nothing between Yuki and the shaman now, she charged toward him as fast as she could and with repetitive slash enhanced by her Reinforcement skill she quickly took out his remaining life in only 6 seconds.
The last orc quickly followed the other in the afterlife as he couldn’t defend against the sisters combined attacks.
Once the fight ended, they opened their character screen to once again check their experience bar, it only went up by 6%; the wolves spirit didn’t give them any experience which they found sad.
If the wolves gave them as much experience as the orcs, they could have farmed them by leaving a shaman alive and killing them one after another as he would continue to summon them, their little health would have made them easy to kill.
Picking up the money on the ground, they noticed that the shaman had left an item behind him; it was his wooden staff.
Silverteeth Shaman’s StaffDamage:5-10Durability:60/60Quality:UncommonA staff made by the Silverteeth tribe for their shamans.
Bonus : Increase Spell Power by 12% / +150 mp
Requirement : Level 24, 54 Intelligence
As she saw the staff, Shiki couldn’t help but feel happy. Until now she didn’t use a single weapon as the first staff she had became useless after she learned the skill on it. This staff was her first true weapon.
The low base damage were only reflecting the damage done by physically hitting an opponent with the staff, how could she be bothered by it. The true worth of this staff was the 12% bonus it gave as she ignored the bonus mana.
There was only one strange thing on the staff, it was its quality. She had the Mystic Necklace which was also an ‘Uncommon’ item, but this staff ‘Uncommon’ was written in green while the necklace’s one was written in white.
‘There are different kind of color for an item rank ?’ She thought as she looked at the staff.
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After thinking for a few minute, she stored the staff in her inventory as her level was still too low to equip it.
Before exploring once again the floor, the two girls made a strategy about how to deal with the orcs. They now knew that the warriors would protect their shaman and those shamans would summon spirits and heal their allies.
In short, a shaman was a dangerous opponent and needed to be taken care of quickly. They decided to let Shiki aggro the orcs alone while Yuki would sneakily approach the shaman and kill him before the orcs could react.
Normally a mage wouldn’t take the role of the bait, but as she was able to deal with the wolves with a single spell and was faster at running than the orc, she was totally able to act as the bait.
By using this method they managed to hunt 33 orcs warrior and 27 shaman, making them gain two levels and gain a level in all their combat skills which seemed to level up faster than when they were training.
Only one time did they actually almost died, it was against a group of two shamans and one warrior; after killing the first shaman by using their strategy.
The second one surprised them by using a curse on Shiki, slowing her movements which was something really dangerous against the orc warrior who were chasing her, forcing Yuki to aggro him.
After focusing on the warrior who died even while he was healed by the shaman who couldn’t keep with their damage, another group of two orcs warrior and one shaman who patrolled in the area arrived and also joined the fight.
Shiki had to deal with the four spirit summoned while Yuki was fighting against the orcs warrior, thanks to her sword effect and their slowness, she had enough time to dodge and hit the warriors. But even if she dealt damage, the orcs regained almost 2700 hp under the support of two shamans.
But Yuki managed to grab the victory by doing a reckless charge at the shamans, taking a hit from one warrior at the same time which resulted in taking 800 damage, leaving her less than half of her life.
After passing through them the rest was simple, she managed to kill one shaman before they arrived to defend the second one, but with the amount of heal halved, they were now able to damage the warriors and after killing both of them simply finished the shaman.
This battle was a long and intense one and made they relearn a basic lesson, always check the surrounding before engaging in a fight.
It took them four hours to deal with all the orcs of the floor before stopping in front of the stairs to the next floor, after those fight they ate a meal prepared by Shiki which made her Cooking skill pass level 7. Their meal was a soup made with Rabbit Meat, giving them a bonus of 3% in Strength, Agility, and Health.
Actually it was the first time Shiki made this meal, at every meal she was trying to make a different recipe to level up her skill and also discover new tastes. She loved to see Yuki’s face as she was eating and complimenting her meals.
After finishing eating, the girls went up toward the fourth floor while the first floor seemed to be a living room, and the third floor a library, the fourth floor was the laboratory.
The orcs on this floor didn’t seem to be violent as they didn’t destroy any furniture or the glass bottle all around the place. But all of them were empty and there weren’t any book left, showing that the mage who lived here maybe destroyed all his research before leaving the place.
Shiki thought about something before looking at Yuki, “Once we are done with the dungeon let’s return to the second floor, I think there is something there.”
“Okay…?” She replied, uncertain about the reason behind.
Seeing her sister making a face showing her curiosity what was Shiki’s reason, she answered her doubt “The first floor was a living room, the third a library, this floor is a laboratory, the five may be the archmage room or treasure room. But what was the second floor? It was only composed of hallways and didn’t have any purpose. It would have been better if the tower only had four floors.” She said as she considered this possibility.
Above Yuki’s head shone an imaginary light bulb “Oh I see, there must be something hidden there.”
“Right.” Shiki nodded her head as her sister arrived at the same conclusion as her.
The first monster they encountered on the floor was… once again an orc.
“Seriously it is becoming boring to see orcs all days.” Yuki said as she looked at the orc ahead.
The orc was very similar to the ones of the lower floors, but instead of having blue tattoos, theirs were red. The orc was armed with a single short sword and a shield, unlike the previous orcs he didn’t give off a feeling of being as strong as them, yet they thought of him as more dangerous than the previous ones.
‘Silverteeth Elite Warrior level 30, 6000 hp’
Normally they would instantly engage in a fight against the orc, but after almost dying in the previous floor because of a patrol, they decided to examine the surrounding before fighting.
Only after making sure there was nobody around, they finally engaged the fight against the orc.
Yuki as she rushed at the orc to deliver a surprise attack, but as she approached the orc quickly noticed her and raised his shield at the same time as she began her swing which resulted in her attack being parried.
Noticing she would be in trouble if she didn’t retreat as her blade was too far to parry his sword, she hastily retreated before the orc started his counter attack.
The orc who didn’t think about letting her retreat peacefully, he advanced and swung his sword at her, if he had pursued his attack, he would have hit her, but Shiki forced him to defend.
Seven orbs rushed at him, by rising his shield in order to block them he did exactly what she wanted and aimed exactly at the same spot with all her orbs.
The consecutive attack on the same spot considerably lowered the shield durability which was shown by many cracks appearing on the shield with this spot at the center. Noticing this, Yuki rushed at the orc and pierced this spot as well, resulting in the shield being destroyed.
Shiki could have done damage to the orc instead, as she was able to control the orbs as she wished she could make them touch the orc without him being able to block them, but by destroying the shield she allowed Yuki to fight as well without being bothered by it.
Seeing his shattered shield, the orc unequipped it and threw it away before running at Yuki with his short sword.
~389 damage
Using the distance of range between their sword, Yuki used hers to pierce the orc's hand before retreating, inflicting the ‘frozen’ effect and slowing him.
Although the orc seemed to be a powerful, under the frost effect from Yuki’s sword coupled with Shiki’s constant bombardment of magic orbs, how could he possibly resist?
Having fought more than one hundred of orcs in the dungeon, both of them were now very familiar with the orcs patterns. With their intelligence being pretty low, they only used simple and crude movement and relied on instincts.
The orcs main characteristic is their strength and vitality which make them able to deal an insane amount of damage with a single strike. But this is at the expense of their speed, making them easy to kill as long as one remained patient and concentrated.
In a one against one, orcs aren’t hard to kill; but generally they would emit a warcry when they meet an enemy which would make their enemy face a horde. In this regard, they are pretty similar to goblins.
However, in this dungeon, the orcs seemed too stupid to call their comrades, making battle really easy as long as they sneaked around.
“This is getting boring…” Yuki sighed as she looked at the orc’s remain disappearing.
Having fought orcs all day, she now knew all their pattern and didn’t truly find any fun in fighting anymore. But more than anything, she was tired of seeing their appearance, dressed only in rags which covered their lower body.
All the orcs have an imposing stature full of muscles, making bodybuilders look pathetic. Seeing those body all days from very closely while she is fighting made her feel somewhat disgusted.
Luckily, this floor was smaller than the previous ones. It didn’t more than three hours completely wipe out the floor as they killed a total of approximately thirty orcs, collecting few scrap items which were mostly reserved for tanks.
However, they didn’t find a single item on the shamans which made the girls feel disappointed. After visiting the last part of the floors, the girls found the stairs to the last floor.
From the outside, one could see that the top of the dungeon was very small compared to the bottom, roughly 150 meters wide.
Noticing the stairs, Yuki’s began to feel excitement as the path leading the final floor was right in front of her. She had only fought a single boss before, and it was a bunny; how could one feel like having an adventure if the only boss you fought was a bunny?!
In the last battle, Shiki finally passed level 24, making her able to equip the Shaman’s Silverteeth Shaman’s Staff right before the boss battle.
Before entering the last floor, the girl rested for a moment in order to regain their mana, health; but also their satiety as they took a break.
Eating Shiki’s sandwich, with a hesitation in her eyes. Yuki looked a few times at Shiki who was reading a book. She wanted to ask something, yet was hesitating about it.
“Is there a problem with the food?” Shiki asked worriedly as she misunderstood Yuki while she was lost in her thoughts, staring at the sandwich.
Yuki’s heart skipped a beat as she heard Shiki’s voice, but as soon as she recovered, she gathered all her courage.
“Shiki, can you...revive Aralche?” She finally asked.
Although she knew that her parents were dead for good, the world she is currently in is a game and a game could be altered.
The month she passed with Aralche was enough for her to treat him like her family, something close to a sadistic elder brother. She had already lost her parents and didn’t wish to lose anyone close to her anymore.
She has already experienced this suffering which one should suffer when they are adult and married, but Yuki already knew this pain.
Shiki’s expression changed into a pained one, “Whether, in reality or this world, I can’t revive the deads.” She replied with a certain bitterness in her voice.
Even though Shiki had only said a few words, it was enough for Yuki, her pained expression spoke more than her words.
Furthermore, Yuki already held some doubt about Shiki being able to revive him; after all if it was possible, then she would have already done it. But now that she knew it, she ironically felt better; she could now advance without looking back at the past.
“I see…”
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A few minutes passed since that moment and the girls prepared to walk into the next floor, after walking a few minutes upward, they finally arrived in front of a corridor with a single large black metallic door.
“Are you ready?” Shiki asked in confirmation.
Yuki cheerfully unsheathed her sword and prepared for the boss battle. “Yup~ Bring it on!”
Shiki nodded as she pushed the large metallic door, opening the way toward an obscure room. All of a sudden, the room lightened the moment they walked inside as many torches suddenly started to burn and blue crystals all over the wall glowed.
“GRUAAAAAAAAAAH!!” A large roar resonated in the room, it came from the large monster who was seemingly sleeping on the middle of the room… Until the girls entered and the place lightened.
The large monster stared at the girls with crimson eyes filled with anger and madness, when he breathed, one could see his silver-like razor sharp teeth.
‘Silverteeth level 45, ??? hp’