A giant mangled wooden pillar rushes down atop me and my campfire. I scramble out of the way just in time to see my fire snuffed out with a large thud, and a heavy shake rubles through the air. And I am left in complete darkness again.

I lay there in complete darkness, dazed by what had just happened. Out of nowhere, sparks of light ignite before me, and flames burst out from where my campfire was.

Flames engulf the Giant's leg. The fire climbs up to the main body, and I see the rest of the giant, which looks like a human made out of dried wood and trees. I hear a mix of a roar and trees creaking as the flames now cover most of the giant.

The flames quickly cover the wooden colossus, illuminating the entire area. I hear another roar and branches snapping as the colossus tips over on one side and starts falling to the ground.

It hits the ground with an earth-shattering crash and a deafening wooden snap. The shockwave pushes me back into the giant lizard behind me.

I awoke to a sharp ringing in my ears and a pain in my head again. I use the giant lizard behind me to stand up, and I shake the ringing out of my ears. And watch what's left of the burning Colossus before me.

Another notification window pops up in front of me. This time, it says

“Congratulations, you have defeated the dungeon boss of Mother Earth, and you have done it solo so that you will be rewarded greatly. Rewards will be awarded when exiting the dungeon.”

After that window closes, another says I have gained another 100 levels. I am still unsure what these levels do, as I do not feel any different, but I guess I will have to find out, and hopefully, they’re enough to get me out of here.

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I grab a piece of the burning colossus and use it as a torch. I walk toward a tunnel barely visible in the light from the burning colossal corpse. When I reach it, I see it’s about the same size as the corridor where we entered.

Going through, I am met with a gentle slope upward. After walking for a while, the tunnel begins to open up into another chamber. As I peek around, I catch a glimpse of a shiny black streak swoop down in front of me, then back up into the darkness above.

Not equipped with anything, I check my stats to see if I have gained any new skills or ability to use magic. When I open the window, I see what looks like me. But I am barely recognizable with so many scrapes and bruises. And my level has increased to 224. Along with my stats increasing:

Strength - 228

Agility - 403

Magic - 500

I don’t know what they mean or do, and when I tap on them, nothing happens. However, in the skills section of my status, I see some new skills that were not there the last time I checked it.

Pure magic: defeating the boss of Mother Earth has granted one not of this world the abilities of the natives to shape and control a force referred to as magic.

Death Defying: you have come close to dying multiple times but have come out on top. That has earned you this skill that nullifies all instant kill attacks.

Along with those, I see that my mind and body skills have leveled up to level two. Now, it says that I can control everything in my body better than before and boost certain parts of my body.

If the dungeon name is anything to go by, I would assume that I might have to fight some creatures of Earth here, but that wouldn’t explain the zombies on the first floor.

Maybe it was that damn archbishop that set up those zombies in the first place, all just to kill me. If I get out of here, I am going to kill him.

I grab a rock from the ground, hold it back, ready to throw, and wait until I can see the flying creature again. I let the rock fly, and before it even hit the bird, it made a loud boom, pierced right through, and embedded itself in the far wall with a crash.

I toss what’s left of my burning torch towards the creature's body and see what looks like a giant crow. That’s about 15 feet long.

With nowhere else to go, I cautiously walk into the room and see another tunnel on the far side. From the middle, I can see the rounded walls around me, but when I look up, I can’t see anything but a black void of light.

I cautiously walk past the corpse of the giant crow, now leaking blood from the hole I made with the rock. Just as I’m about to pick up my torch, I hear loud crowing from above me.

I look up just in time to see another giant crow diving beak first at me. I try to dive out of the way, but it’s too fast; I only move an inch before its beak pierces through my chest.