Chapter 13: The fifth floor

In the dungeon gateway square.

The explorer party had arrived and after going through some verification processes they had once again entered the dungeon.

Then to their extreme displeasure they had to redo the entire first floor again.

Also this time they had not been as lucky as the first time clearing the first floor and had been detected by a pack of three flame salamanders.

The battle which had happened had been very hard for the party but when they did end up winning against the pack of three flame salamanders they had all levelled up by a level and had received a new class skill.

So their current status was as follows:

Rebecca: lvl 3 skills: healing light, shield of light, light's blessing.

Miles: lvl 3 skills: flame,ember stars,spirit fire.

Luna: lvl 3 skills: shadow step, shadow substitution, shadow edge.

Robin: lvl 4 skills: vine control, growth, thorn prison, summon lesser fae.

Luke: lvl 3 skills: freeze, ice enchant, frozen armour.

‘Wow these flame salamanders sure gave us a ton of exp now didn't they.’ said Miles with joy of levelling up.

‘Yeah it indeed looks like all of us have levelled up and Robin has even levelled up twice.’ said Rebecca.

‘Oh divine system, will you please show us the effects of our new skills.’ requested Luna and she called the system as the divine system because all of her kind believes that the system is a divine gift given to them to help them grow by God.

[Request has been verified showing the details of the acquired skills]

[Rebecca: new skills: light's blessing:

This light category skill allows the user to be able to grant buffs to other users and make them stronger though it can also be used upon the user themselves.]

[Miles: new skills: ember stars,spirit fire.

Ember stars:

This fire category skill allows the user to create several magic embers and then shoot them at their enemies.

Spirit fire:

This skill allows the user to cover themselves with spirit fire which buffs the user and also gives the user a slight healing effect.]

[Luna: new skills: shadow edge:

It allows the user to coat any bladed weapon with mana enhanced shadow to make it many times sharper and it also makes it deal magical damage.]

[Robin: new skills: thorn prison, summon lesser fae.

Thorn prison:

This skill allows the user to be able to create an ever regenerating prison of thorns to trap any enemies and the thorns also give the imprisoned enemy with bleed status.

Summon lesser fae:

This skill allows the user to be able to summon a lesser fae which is a spirit of nature and increases the effectiveness of the summoner's nature type skill.]

[Luke: new skill: ice enchant, frozen armour.

Ice enchant:

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This skill allows the user to cover any type of weapon with enchanted ice and increase its durability and power.

Frozen armour:

This skill allows the user to create frozen armour to protect themselves.]

‘Wow all of our strength has indeed increased by a lot.’ said Miles.

‘Right our strength has indeed increased greatly though we should now continue progressing after we harvest these flame salamander corpses.’ said Rebecca after which all the party members had started harvesting the flame salamander corpses.

While the explorer party was harvesting their spoils of victory. In the dungeon, fourth floor.

Lucas has once again levelled up from being continuously challenged by the adventurers.

[Congratulations to host for levelling up to level 5]

[Ding, the host has now reached minor stage 1]

[Obtained two skill points and the maximum floor limit increased to 6.]

‘Wait a second, system,why did I receive two skill points and why did the floor limit increase by two entire floors instead of one and just what is this minor stage 1 which I supposedly reached.’ questioned Lucas.

[Detected that question is valid]

[The received double the usual reward for levelling up due to reaching minor stage 1]

[The minor stage 1 which the host reached refers to the twenty minor stages and the five major stages which represent how powerful an creature is in the eyes of the system and it also represents how evolved a creature is and reaching higher stages allow a creature to become more powerful with each level up when compared to a lower stage.]

‘Ah, I see then,system,what happens if a creature reaches higher than major stage 5.’ asked Lucas.

[Detected that the question is invalid]

‘Ah so that's as much info as I am gonna be able to get huh.’ said Lucas with a little disappointment.

‘Anyway since I have two skill points this time then I choose to upgrade the skills,monster creation and plant creation.’ said Lucas.

[The skill monster creation lvl 4 has now been upgraded to monster creation lvl 5]

[The skill plant creation lvl 1 has now become lvl 2]

‘Alright now that's taken care of let's start the fifth floor's terrain manipulation shall we.’ said Lucas before using the skill floor designation to designate the fifth floor.

Then he used the skill terrain manipulation to turn the entire fifth floor into a massive sea of lava with an enormous colosseum in the other end of the floor which could only be reached by a bridge made of obsidian.

‘Alright that should be all for this floor's terrain manipulation so let's choose my new monster and plant types.’ said Lucas before using the skill monster creation.

[Choose the two new monster types:

Molten metal golem (fire+earth)(champion)

A true molten metal golem which is a champion among magma golems and is able to command magma golems as it desires to help in combat and also has the following skills:

Giant's strength:

Grants the monster the strength of a giant.

High Speed regeneration:

Grants the monster ability to regenerate at high speed.

Reconstruction:

Grants a construct type monster the ability to reconstruct themselves as long as their core is intact.

Intermediate metal magic:

Grants the monster the ability to be able to use intermediate metal magic.

Per floor number limit: 1

Lava ray (fire) (uncommon)

An uncommon kind of ray which has the ability to live in lava and be able to shoot lava blades to attack any enemy.

Magma golem (fire) (rare)

This is a evolved version of the lesser magma golem and has higher physical capabilities and defence together with faster regeneration.]

‘Well the choice is pretty obvious now isn't it after all the magma golems are needed so that the molten metal golem can truly show its full power. So,I choose the molten metal golem and the magma golem.’ said Lucas.

After choosing the new monster types he then used the skill plant creation to choose the new elemental plant types.

[Choose any two elemental plants (Elemental plants allowed for each level up Increased due to reaching minor stage 1)

Hidden obsidian trapper (earth)

This is an earth type elemental plant which can disguise itself as obsidian to trap any creature that goes near it and then kill them with acid.

Floating infernal flower (fire)

This is a fire type elemental plant which floats on top of lava and absorbs the lava through its roots which it then releases as explosive spores which float around it.

Lava strangling kelp (fire)

This is a fire type elemental plant which grows in lava and has the ability to grow exponentially in a short amount of time to grow out of the lava and then strangle any creature which has come near it to a bloody pulp.

Obsidian energy tree (fire+earth)

This is a earth and fire type mixed elemental plant which has a bark as tough as obsidian and it also has a massive amount of explosive energy stored in it which when exposed will destroy the surrounding area. ]

‘Hmm now this choice is a tough one indeed so, let me think a little.’ said Lucas before starting to deeply think about which choice to make.