“Gegege-gah?!”
“That makes nine Mia, keep it up!”
“Hey so…” Mia launched another spear, it flying through the air till it found it’s purchase, stabbed through the skull of the final goblin who fell flat on the ground, dead.
“That makes ten, first request complete!” Roxie cheered from besides Mia, not having the chance to defend at all.
“This is boring.” Mia sighed, looking at her status revealed she was not getting any levels from this either, it was all very underwhealming. ‘ was this it? This was the dungeon city?’
Roxie shook her head “Well, what did you expect from the beginner area.” She put her hands on her hip, pointing back a few dozen meters to a group of kids ganging up on a goblin “Monsters on the outside here are weaker than they are on the mainland.”
“But why?!”
Roxie shrugged “Who knows, the dungeons can get a bit tough, but unless you are trying to get them done as soon as possible, with your level and power it’s a waste of time.” She then cozied up to Mia “whiiiich is why I suggested taking out the area boss, it’s a good way to get to 2-A fast. Some dungeons there can get challenging.”
“Yes, please! Anything.” She now saw why people would make a fuss about getting stuck here, this place sucked at her level.
Roxie pumped her fist “Good! Now, follow me!” she ran off, Mia forced to run after her.
Shockingly, Roxie was fast, faster than she had first expected, Mia having to try and keep pace “How are you fast?” Mia asked, looking at the small mouse in armor.
“I told you, I pointed everything in con, mind, and dex, that’s it.” She smiled “No attacking, all defense!”
“…why?” she was one to talk, having put the majority into Int, dex, and Mnd, but she had points to spare getting the hero bonus, while she probably had less.
“So the boar, it roams the inner rim near the border. Last I checked it should be a 20 minute jog from here. Can you run the entire way?”
‘She changed the subject…’ sighing, she answered “yeah, is it tough?”
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“Shouldn’t be, for you.” Roxie nervously laughed “Remember that boss I told you I held in place for an hour?”
“Yeah?”
“That was the boar, this will be my revenge, my sweet sweet revenge!” she chuckled, a twisted grin spread on her face “Oh, and our one way ticket to 2-A”
“Hm, that easy huh?” well, regardless, with everything else on this floor being the way it was, she doubted anything here would give her a level fast enough, she wanted to get to the highest level she possibly could before heading back in time and kicking the church away from her village.
The two ran silently, passing by a few large pits in the ground and a few monsters they ignored. The only monsters passed where goblins, spiders, some wolves, and a blob. Mia’s face squinted, she couldn’t stand being here any longer.
“Up ahead.” Roxie stopped, pointing to a large rock “That’s it, let me take a charge to halt its movements, than you come in and finish it off.”
Staring at the rock, Mia looked at her in disbelief “the rock?”
“yeah, the rock, it’s sleeping.” Roxie nodded “I told you two times already; I kept one of those things at hay…bay for 5 hours before. “
“oookay “ She shrugged, going with what ever she said “Y’know, I can just launch an icicle at it from here.”
“No! I need to get a hit in, alright?” Roxie pleaded.
“Fine…” She waved her off, something about this smelled fishy, but not being able to see anyway this could come bite her in the butt, she agreed.
“Thank you! Thank you! A thousand times thank you!” Roxie turned on her heels, rushing forward. She raised her hand, the area around it glowing as a great shield materialized on her arm. She then placed it in front of her “Hiyah!” and charged into the rock, the rock moving slightly from the impact.
“hooo.” Mia clapped, amazed at the item box pull.
“Mia! Attack now!” Roxie shouted, she had taken a few steps back, keeping her shield between her and the rock.
“Right.” Mia raised her hand, forming a giant icicle as the ground started to shake “hrm?” the ground rumbled, the ground around the rock started to break, shattering as a horned snout broke free from the cement floor. ‘oh it was the boar…’
“MIA! Now!” Roxie desperately shouted back at Mia, the girl holding firm as the boar, clad in metal that started to glow red as it got its front hoofs free, steam escaping from its snout every time it snorted.
“R-right.” That thing was the boss of the beginner zone? She felt like she skipped a few steps somewhere.
Snapping out of it, she chucked the icicle, the spear flying through the sky and lodging itself right into the boars eye socket, blood spewing everywhere as it squealed and panicked in its hole, quickly going limp .’oh, gained three levels?’ yeah, she definitely skipped something.
Roxie fell to her knees “Finally… revenge!” she shouted, standing up and kicking the deceased boar “No need for saving now you ass of a boar!” she cheered.
Mia rolled her eyes and started putting all her points into in. she then approached Roxie “So that’s it?” she asked, looking forward to going back and getting promoted.
“Should be, we just need to get the gem as proof and we are all set, right as rain.” Roxie smirked “Can’t wait to see their dumbass faces…”
“Right, I’ll go grab it then.” She walked over to the boar, beginning the long process of trying to figure out how to cut through the metal to get to the gem.