Day 25
Green walked through the seemingly endless tunnel path.
After reaching the third level, he was confident of facing the giant rats and went after them fiercely.
To his confident mind, the poor rats did not understand their miserable fates.
They would soon find out.
《Encountered Level 2 Giant rat
Fight: 4 stamina
Damage dealt: 34 | Damage received: 3
Reward: 7 XP,》
《Encountered Level 2 Giant rat
Fight: 4 stamina
Damage dealt: 30 | Damage received: 6
Reward: 7 XP, 2 Gold》
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The occasional spiders that got in the way were also solved effortlessly, simply adding themselves to the enormous experience pool laying quietly in Green's status panel.
《Encountered Level 1 Spider
Fight: 4 stamina
Damage dealt: 26 | Damage received: 0
Reward: 5 XP, 2 Gold》
《Encountered Level 2 Giant rat
Fight: 4 stamina
Damage dealt: 28 | Damage received: 3
Reward: 7 XP, 2 Gold》
Looking at the cascading Battle Log, Green showed a victorious grin and crushed the life of yet another giant rat.
The fighting was fierce and the giant rats still managed to get through his level 3 defense; something he had not expected.
At one point, he wanted to stop hunting them because of his falling HP.
But fortunately when he completed the [ rat killing task ], he obtained a special item that allowed him to continue on.
Congratulations! Completed Task
Kill 20 Rats, Kills: 20/20. Rewards: 42 Exp , 18 gold, Level 2 health potion
He tapped on the last reward.
[ Level 2 Health Potion
Regain 20 HP ]
This item was a game changer!
The level 2 health potion allowed him to regain 20 health points, it was a single time item but it ensured him a certain safety net.
Unfortunately, he could only complete the task once and obtain this valuable life potion.
The tasks could not be repeated endlessly.
He had killed so many spiders over the past few nights but he only obtained their task reward once.
Green clutched the small vial of red liquid tightly in his hands.
Such a miraculous item could allow him to completely let go of his hands and feet.
Now, he could increase his heroic efforts to eradicate the enemy.
Plus, he had calculated that he was close to another level up.
After ranking up he would regain all the lost health points.
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Name: Green
Class: Warrior
Level: 3
HP: 80/80
Stamina: 138/150
Attack: 20
Defense: 40
Gold: 91
Items: Lv 2 Health Potion
Battle Log
On Day 26 and Day 27, his fierce dedication to eradicating monsters was on display and he wiped out five giant rat dens.
Harvesting a large amount of EXP in the process.
《Encountered Level 1 Spider
Fight: 4 stamina
Damage dealt: 26 | Damage received: 0
Reward: 5 XP, 2 Gold》
...
《Encountered Level 2 Giant rat
Fight: 4 stamina
Damage dealt: 34 | Damage received: 3
Reward: 7 XP, 1 Gold》
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Day 28
Green was still energetic, he ran around in search for hours but was only rewarded by a single rat cave and a few stray spiders.
Green could only Kill six rats during the whole six hours.
He suddenly felt a sense of dejavu.
The rest of the time was spent playing hide and seek with the wandering high level monsters.
Their large figures rushing through the darkness was truly frightening and scary.
Their unusual active movement was quite puzzling to Green.
The silver wolves, goblin imps and trolls that he would see after a long time were now a common sight.
Thankfully, his concealment skills were quite good now and he safely escaped their attention.
But the few close calls had him break out into sweat.
With his level 3 health points, he would have to hang up after a set of punches from higher level monsters.
Returning from the dungeon, he felt a deep uneasiness wash over him.
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Day 29
His luck had finally run out.
The previous unfounded uneasiness were truely confirmed.
While he was walking down the dark corridors looking for a rat cave he suddenly heard a loud thumping noise.
The ground shook, almost like a mini earthquake.
Green cursed under his breath before jumping behind a large rock.
This noise was familiar.
《 Level 25 Orc 》
A big, majestic orc stepped out of the dark.
It was more than three meters tall, like a little hill walking.
It's face and body were grey, just like a pig.
The short, strong legs were like pillars, and it's upper body was chubby compared to the lower part.
It was not really fat as the whole body was covered in muscles.
Holding a huge, barbed wooden club that was the size of a normal man.
It covered lots of ground with each big step, making the earth shake as it did so.
Just looking at this gruesome weapon, Green knew he could only bend under the eaves and allow this god of death to pass through.
In fact, this was the highest level creature he had ever seen in the dungeon.
The forest would not be quite today, the relatively quite dungeon seemed to come alive in an instant.
Numerous giant orcs grew agitated and rushed around the dark tunnels.
The ground shook and Green was afraid of the tunnels collapsing.
Thankfully, the walls were strong and held their structure.
The monsters did not seem to have any set destination and fought other creatures in the endless caves.
Not just orcs, the trolls, goblins and all other monsters.
Green felt his body shudder due to the loud roars, painful screeches and was stunned for a moment.
The orcs echoing footsteps seemed to have stepped on Green's faint heart, his body froze and he held his breath.
After what seemed like an eternity, the cacophony of noise subsided and Green cautiously emerged from his hiding place.
Green was unsure and afraid to even walk down the tunnel corridors.
On this day he vanquished a measly three giant rats.
The rest of the time he spent concealing himself behind various objects.
He couldn't let his guard down.
Green was someone who believed that tragedy strikes when you least expect it.
Although the noise had subsided, who knew if he would encounter one of the orcs in tunnels.
Or some other monster lurking in the dark dungeon.
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Day 30
Green managed to find two giant rat caves, he finished off another eight giant rats and gained their rewards.
The numerous battles had exhausted his health points until it barely reached double digits.
HP : 13/80
Thankfully, the health potion saved his life in the end.
Plus , all the running around he had done for several days bore fruit on this day.
The Exp requirements had been finally been met, Green straightened his back and looked at the rolling blue panel.
Congratulations! Rank Up, Level 4 Warrior
Rewards: +15 HP, +5 Attack, +15 Defense
All the hard work was rewarded.
Green could not believe that it had already been a month since the world went down the shitter.
Already, the faint hope of a military rescue had began to vanish from his mind.
In this situation, the best thing he could do was become stronger to ensure his own safety.
Green chased away the erratic thoughts and opened up his status panel.
Name: Green
Class: Warrior
Level: 4
HP: 95/95
Stamina: 150/150
Attack: 25
Defense: 55
Gold: 128
Items:
Equipment Shop
Battle Log
Looking at his full HP bar, Green felt more comfortable and a smile broke out on his stiff face.
[ Wait! There is something's something new. ]
His eyes drifted to the lowest line of text.
He swiped his hands over and read the information that popped up.
[ What! ]
As he grasped the implications, his eyes widened and he couldn't contain his excitement.