Greetings all. Hoped you liked the Cliffhanger i left. Here is the chapter to kill the cliff hope you like it. Heavy battle chapter so i hope you like it.
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Mavis PoV
I face palm myself. Why, because i have always hated Helens habit of insulting her opponents before, during and after the fight. No matter how much that is related to her fighting style.
Still i can only sigh as i watch her standing there with a somewhat feral grin showing her long fangs that are as long as a normal tigers but for a human they can be seen like saber tooth.
Some 5 meters away was the paladin who was in the crater created by the impact of Helen's attack.
I should clarify something about the Paladin class. Just like many other classes there are sub category which are different jobs. This guy is known as a Blood Berserker specifically. It’s a holy version of the regular Berserker class that normally blood thirsty war mongering fighters like Helen would have. And yes she is also a berserker. That is why she is so good at using so many types of weapons.
The thing is that it gets scary after she changes from sword and shield to anything else. I really hope she can finish this with only that.
I can only try and protect everyone by getting them to hide in the human village inside me.
I make sure to watch intensely because Helen has a quick switch which is when she shifts from sword and shield to dual sword in seconds. The change to that already shows things will get intense.
Helen PoV
I stare at the little man walk out of the crater looking at his sword which seems to be some form of holy weapons. These kinds of weapons are best against demons and creatures of the dark but saber tooth cats, tigers, Ape Tiger and War tiger men are all air attribute creatures. I really can’t wait to use my normal magic skills with my fighting style. I’ll finally be able to fight to my fullest.
Berserker: ‘Heh I think i misheard you bitch. Did you say Helen Beatrix, the greatest weapons master! DON’T FUCK WITH ME! Someone so great would never be a monster like you!’
Helen: ‘I guess you idiots don’t know. The Dungeon Research Guild reached a bottleneck some years ago.’
Mavis: ‘Helen!’
Helen: ‘What, it won’t change anything if they knew. Anyway we began developing a spell to create dungeons so we could learn the inner workings and the spell eventually reached a point where we became the dungeon. I was the second person to use the spell i was revived by Mavis as a wildcat and no you seem me.’
Everyone was speechless hearing something like that but the guys behind me just sighed.
Berserker: ‘So this is the kind of evil that retarded guild was doing. Researching dungeons to eventually become one and take over the world!’
Now it was our turn to be speechless but soon all of us burst out laughing.
Reylin: ‘Oh my, i never thought i would be witness to the fabricated stories of a paladin.”
Mavis: ‘That was good but please we don’t need to take over the world. We just build the dungeon in pursuit of our research. The more we dive and deeper i get the more we discover and we even help out the people of the world by giving them a safe dungeon where you have less chance of dying.’
The man turned red as he heard the chuckling of the clergymen behind him and all the villagers as well.
Helen: ‘Let's get to killing you before things get ridiculous.’
I say that while bending low and using my magic manipulation abilities i coat my legs in air and lunge at him while using the air like springs. This makes me a blur and i reach him cutting at his neck but he blocks it but is pushed back. I jump just after the jump because he sends a swing my way and cleavers the ground.
He looks up and grins but doesn’t find me because i kicked off the air itself by forming an air platform.
Being a monster is so much better for my combat style which is freestyle.
He looks around but feels my killing intent and ducks just in time for my air slash to pass by hitting the ground behind him leaving a deep scar.
He looks up and sees me standing on one of the air platforms while the air was shimmering around me. The cut was on a diagonal trajectory so i wouldn’t hurt anyone behind him. Even if they were a good 50 meters back this was a fight that could make the whole area a battle field so i was at least going to torture him from above where i can concentrate the damage from above.
Berserker: ‘You fly without wings?’
Helen: ‘It's magic skills idiot. My War tiger men gain air manipulation when after ranking up from Ape Tiger.’
He frowns before he puts his sword on his side ready to swing. I instantly feel his killing intent as his sword is covered in a red light and he swings.
The cut cleavers the very air with a red light that flies up towards me.
[Blood Light Flurry]
I kick off the platform and start forming several. The first one breaks the first one and he continues slashing all over the place sending cuts towards me and destroying the platforms. I end up having to make them while i fall and jump to make sure i can survive. After a minute of him shooting i got annoyed and similar to him i charged my weapon with magic power and started to jump up high before making one that left me upside down and i swung as well.
[Air Light Flurry]
Just like him my swing cut the air like before but this time it left a green light which flew with much more speed towards him then his come at me.
I started swinging in a flurry just like him. I stayed fixed to the platform because the strength of the attack pushed me up against it. Because of this I was sending attacks down while he sent them up.
For every one of his attack i send three. His held power while mine had speed and in the same proportion i needed to use them to block and attack.
Everyone stared awestruck at the inhuman war going on but you could clearly see i was gaining. He has been attacking longer than me so has accumulated more fatigue than me. That said i attack at a greater speed so we were both about to give in and just like that we both stopped attacking at the same time.
I fell down and landed on my feet in the same spot i started in and since he didn’t move except for the amount i pushed him back he was still there.
Berserker: ‘I see, so it wasn’t a lie about being Helen Beatrix. Guess it’s time to stop the warm ups and fight for real.’
CLANG
The man dropped his shield and pulled out his second sword. This makes me grin as i feel the intense killing intent come from him.
Helen: ‘He...HAHAHAH! Finally someone with a pair of balls!’
CLANK
I drop my sword and pull out my own sword and just like him i let my full killing intent. The impact of both our killing intent seems to cause some reaction to the space around us.
We were both in a defensive pose but it wasn’t the same for those behind use.
Mavis: ‘EVERYONE INSIDE THE DUNGEON!! IT'S GETTING TO DANGEROUS!!’
The guys opened a large gate and the minions as well as the villagers were running in but the church men were running the opposite direction.
Not even the other paladins themselves stayed near us but that was fine.
Helen: ‘Guess we can finally play with all the obstacles out of the way.’
Berserker: ‘I don’t know if that's good or not because i don’t need to hold back anymore.’
Helen: ‘Come at me little man!’
I shout before i run at him and completely vanish from his sight.
Let me say Philip wasn’t the only one training with human skills. I picked up blur as well but because i mixed it with my air manipulation i became completely invisible from how fast i was going.
By using his instincts he dodged the double slashes that fell down from above splitting the earth and even returned the attack but i was gone already.
He looked around but soon decided his eyes were turning into liabilities and closed them. I could feel a trace amount of magic power being released which meant he was probably using the skilled called Magic Sense. It acts like a third eye letting the caster of the skill to see through the use of magic itself.
It was a skill best used against opponents that were too fast for the regular eye to see and it lets them see even behind them so it’s a pain in the ass for sure.
I get out of range of the skill which seems to be around 14 meters in diameter in all directions including up.
I was wondering how i should deal with him but since he didn’t move at all and stayed on the defensive i tried to test something.
I made steps until it was near his field of vision and they put my hand in. Instantly he reacted and attacked but i was already gone from there.
Next i tried attack with a simple air slash but from a distance was he wouldn’t accidentally run my way and make me enter his field of vision. He reacted just the same and attacked accordingly but i could see he was frowning. He knew i was testing the waters.
Well i had pretty much reached the result i wanted anyway. He could see magic power while like that but he couldn’t distinguish between attack and me. Because of that i pulled out my bow.
Never thought it would get like this but being a paladin i guess it should be obvious i reach level 3. Oh by level 3 i meant the weapon. I am more proficient with some weapons than others so sword and shield is level one, dual swords is level 2, bow and arrow is level 3. The last one is my great sword which no one will ever survive because of a skill which i hate using.
Anyway with the bow i pull the string and with magic just like when i was a human a magic arrow forms from my magic power.
I grin at how i could still use it but i go further and augment it with my wind affinity and the blue MP Arrow turns a bright green.
[Arrow storm]
I let go and the arrow flies three meter before erupting into several dozens of long arrows that weaved towards the man.
When they entered his field of vision he was started and swung his dual swords at the arrows and took several before they arrived but soon he had to hit them away when they reached him. His skillful swordplay helps him destroy all the arrows and he opens his eyes and finds me in seconds since i wasn’t hiding myself.
I had the bow nocked already but this time i had three arrows formed and was about to put him through hell.
[Fall of a Thousand flowers]
I let them go and quickly pulled the bow again and let more go and continued. Like the first arrow the all burst into several dozen smaller MP arrows but this time it was a massive shower and i didn’t stop shooting as well. He scowls and then starts sending slashes taking out many of them but it isn’t enough and he is forced to attack them head on but he finally starts to take damage as they start hitting him on the legs and feet where his sword barely reached.
After a bit i stopped and what i found was him crouching while his legs were bloodied.
He was scowling at me and quickly pulled out a crossbow and pulled the string forming a magic arrow like my own and firing at me. The speed couldn’t compare to my own but his was a single shot which i dodged before i pulled the bow and aimed at him again and fired in rapid fire sending a second shower at him.
I continued for thirty seconds and when the final shot stopped and the dust cleared i could clearly see him limp but from far i could still feel he was alive.
To finish him off i pulled the bow and began charging one last shot. I didn’t aim since i would need to stop running for it but charging a shot doesn’t need to be aimed.
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I could see him following me as i jumped from one platform to another. I don’t trust my opponents until he is dead so i wasn’t going to drop by guard just yet.
Finally after a minute of charging i lifted my bow while i was in midair and aimed at him and as soon as i put the next platform and stabilized myself he moved and pulling his great sword out he swung sending a powerful magic slash. I released the shot and jumped away.
The two attacks met in midair and the clash send sparks flying and pushed the air around it. Thankfully my attack held his in place so i jumped away just before it game out.
This bastard used his great sword. To a berserker a great sword is the ultimate sword and should be used in last resort.
I seem he probably sees his life ending here. That said with that giant holy sword out i feel danger to my life as well so i put the bow away and jump let my body go down to the ground and land on my feet.
Helen: ‘So you choose to pull it out then. You know what that means when two berserkers fight right.’
Berserker: ‘Of course. Only one of us will come out of this.’
Helen: ‘I see you are ready to die honorably instead of as some cocky asshole making excuses to fight monsters. That’s good; I’ll let you die like a proper Berserker should.’
I remove the giant sword from the sheath on my back and hold it in both hands. The color itself is black like obsidian caused by the magic power inside the Iron and Coal. We both get ready and pour all our magic power into our swords. A holy blade vs. a magic blade, a blood berserker vs. a normal one, him vs. me. This is the true meaning of a duel. We fight with everything that is ours to kill your enemy.
During our stare down, where we changed our power, the pressure in the area was so dense that the plant life completely dried up and left the area bare because of the reaction of our killing intent and pressure mixing.
Finally when the tension reached its max he both ran at each other without any skill or spell just running and finally swung.
Mavis PoV
This battle feels like a war. Because they are using a lot of magic so close to the location my dungeon is the vibrations even reach here and everyone is worried. I tell them what is happening and through our link i show those who are dungeon dwellers.
As soon as the recoil of the last attack ends I open the portal again and we start walking out. The air is filled with dust that is setting. We could hear the yelling of the clergy men calling out to the paladin but because of my link i could already feel where Helen was.
Finally a strong wind blew the dust and revealed the bare battle ground scared with blade cuts and holes made by the arrows shot. At the center were Helen and the paladin both stood there. In Helens hand her great sword which was buried halfway into the paladin and in his hand a great sword broken near the base and hilt.
Those of the church were speechless seeing that but the man was still alive somehow.
He spoke several things to Helen before she pulled her blade up and he fell over dead. She looked back and called us.
Helen: ‘Hey Dalson, come here and drain his MP. Then take the body and weapons inside the dungeon and let Mavis absorb them.’
Without batting an eye Dalson did just that and walked up to the body and put both hands on it. The body began glowing and soon split into a yellowish glow and a bluish glow. He then lifted his hands and a large blue orb of magic power come out on his right hand and a small ball of divine magic power on his left.
He stood up and opened a portal and walked in and closed it. Moments later i felt a huge surge of magic power and something else. A power that made the MP i have gathered look like a puddle compared to the ocean of power it contained. I opened my dungeon status to see how much exactly it contained.
Dungeon Name:Mavis ShinDungeon rankSDungeon TypeLabyrinthMagic Power1,466,000Divine Magic Power50,000Number of Floors11Number of Rooms862Number of Biologicals11085*Number of Native Species*99+Dungeon skills4
The man held one million magic powers inside his body and fifty thousand of divine magic power. Truly a demigod, for Helen to beat him that means she has even more magic power making up her body then. That seems kind of scary when i think about it and it seems she didn’t get out of it unscratched. She had a few cuts around her body but it seems she used speed to her advantage.
When Dalson came back and picked up the body a sudden body appeared behind him with a slender sword to his neck.
I walk forwards until i am close enough to hear them.
Paladin: ‘I would suggest you remove your hands from him. His magic power was already taken so leave the body.’
Helen: ‘He said we can have his body as a whole so fuck off.’
Paladin: ‘I don’t believe you in the least even if it ended in a berserker’s battle of honor.’
Suddenly like a ghost a new figure appeared behind the man and holding his left hand on the side of the man's head while the back hand was armed to strike and his tail curled around all of them glowing and ready to attack. Yep my father stood there behind the man who felt the cold wind of death step behind him.
Philip: ‘Boy, remove your blade from his neck less you wish to end up in pieces.’
The man was covered in cold sweat and it was clear he was shaken.
Mavis: ‘You are a saint Assassin correct?’
Paladin: ‘How do you know?’
Mavis: ‘It is the best religious assassin class and the only one besides my father who could move so quickly. I would suggest you listen to his commands because the only other class stronger the saint assassin is the Ghost Assassin and you definitely don’t want to anger the one behind you.’
The man was clearly shaken even more and you could see a slight trembling on his blade.
Philip: ‘So, what will it be. You die now or in when we fight properly.’
The man looked pale but when he suddenly pulled the sword back an inch and moved forward dad vanished and appeared on in front of Dalson and the sound of a sword clashing against metal was heard.
The man’s sword moved back and split moments later and blood could be seen coming from around his waist and his head started to form five bloody gashes.
Not a moment later his blood gushed out and he fell over dead. The fool died a dog's death unlike the berserker. Then again, in an assassins fight it's a single strike that can end it and he was in the wrong position to do anything against him.
With that Helen took the berserker inside while Dalson drained the second man and dad took him in. When i looked at the remaining men they were pale seeing how quickly a Saint Assassin was dispatched.
The next one to walk up was a thin man who held a mace and a shield which showed he was something like a Cleric so he would probably be a magic user as well as close range fighter.
Mavis: ‘So you are next.’
He simply nods. I look back and Rey is the one remaining but soon Dalson appears. It was after i felt several jumps in power.
Rey: ‘I will go, magic and close range is how i fight.’
I nod and walk back to the ranks and simply wait.
Dalson: ‘I’m amazed by the power paladins have. Still the assassin was a bit disappointing dying like that. Still he had a million MP and the same amount of divine MP. His body itself with Philip eating his heart to get some of the power he gave 900K the same for the berserker. It’s rather impressive and with this we would have a hard time running out.’
Mavis: ‘Yes but after this we will be targeted since we already killed two paladins. For killing five I’m sure humanities goddess of light will hate us.’
Dalson: ‘Yes but the Humans Goddess of darkness is probably smiling at us right now. Two humans killed two human paladins she must be happy. I can’t say how the elf god's will feel though.’
Mavis: ‘We will move after this. I just hope we don’t wreck the town here. I don’t want to involve anyone who isn’t already.’
Dalson: ‘I cast a high level barrier around the town already so there isn’t a worry. Unless the gods fire divine punishment over it then it will survive most attacks if it’s not concentrated on the barrier itself.’
With that said and done we turn to the fight which has yet to begin but is sure to be just as explosive. The citizens of the port town were cautiously poking their heads out of the portal to watch how it was going. Not knowing when the next dangerous moment would come.
I leave the portal open for now and let them stay inside and watch the fight.
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Dungeon Name:Mavis ShinDungeon rankSDungeon TypeLabyrinthMagic Power4266000Divine Magic Power100,000Number of Floors11Number of Rooms862Number of Biologicals11085*Number of Native Species*99+Dungeon skills4
Food source
Moss, Coral, Plants, Algae, Moss eater bugs (fly, beetle, bee)
Bug eater (bat, rat, lizard), Fish, FrogsAnimals
Wild cat, Wild dog, Mongrel, Lizardling, Tiger
Raccoon, Rabbit, Bird, Bear, Wolf, Raptor,
LeechesMonstersTier 1
7-color Bat, Man eater bat, Aggressive Rat, Green Goblin
Stupid Goblin, Dungeon Lizard, Skeleton, Dungeon Raptor,
Hind Bear, Black Wolf, Armored Raccoon, Horned Rabbit,
Hare, Demon Fox, Slime, Cave Mantis, Infant Spider, Piranha,
Disease Bug (flies, beetles, etc), Poison Hopper (frog), Swamp FrogTier 2
Feral Rat, Vampire Bat, Saber Tooth Wild Cat, Devil Hound, Gremlin, Kappa,
Kobold, Hobgoblin, Imp, Black Imp, Skeleton Knight, Skeleton Mage, Drake,
Wyvern, Saurus, Onikuma, Bicorn Rabbit, Blade Rabbit, Black Wolf Leader,
Slime (Poison, Acid, Scavenger, Herbal, Water, Rock), Blade Mantis
Spider (Death, Gladius, Acid, Poison, etc), Scout Rats, Black Hunt
Swamp Crocodile. LizardmenTier 3
Feral Marsupial Rat, Saber Tooth Ape Tiger, Death Bat
Ogre, Troll, Red Troll, Orc, Goblin Shaman, Gargoyle,
Gargoyle (variant), Kobold (Foot soldier, Acolyte (mage), Archer, etc)Tier 4
Death Knight, Minotaur, Royal Ludroth, Lords, Saber Tooth War Tigerman
Feral Ratman,Tier 5
Witch, Human, Beast man (Wolf, Rabbit, Cat), Elf, Dark ElfTier 6
Arcane