Toe to Toe

*Booom*

After the loud explosion Theo used his Short blink to close the distance between the nightcrawler and him.

He didn't use his other hand to yield a weapon, he purposely did so he can keep on spamming fast heal while fighting.

*Growl!*

*Shhhhk*

What Chiyo was witnessing was not even a fight anymore it was like a torture for the nightcrawler, Theo didn't even bother playing it safe, he just kept on hacking and slashing draining the boss life continuously.

It was raining blood and guts. Whenever the Nightcrawler is trying to attack, Theo would not try to evade but instead he would receive the blow so he can catch all the nightcrawlers Claws and then mutilate it, if he can reduce the number of arms of the nightcrawler, the nightcrawler's DPS(Damage Per Second) will also be lowered, making it even more easier to kill him without worrying about getting burst (burst damage is when suddenly an enemy uses a skill or attack that deals a massive amount of damage, which is usually used by pro gamers to kill or pick off another player before they can even do anything that might turn the table around).

*System*

*you dealt 3000hp damage

*you dealt 2837hp damage

*You receive 1000hp damage

*Critical

**you dealt 4000hp damage

*You receive 800hp damage

*You Recovered 10,000Hp From Fast Heal

-The battle continued like that for an hour then Theo finally killed the boss.

*Congratulations you have slain the boss

*You leveled up

--------------------

"Finally you died, you made it harder than it was suppose to"

After killing the boss Chiyo and Theo decided to head back to the guild to claim the reward, but before leaving, Theo was rather piqued to check the body of the boss to see if there are any items dropped by the boss.

"Hold on Chiyo let me just see if there are any items dropped by the boss, I feel like we didn't search enough."

Theo tried to dig deeper into the corpse and he saw something shining inside the body, it was a small stone glowing a dim red light.

"That's a monster core, it can only be found from time to time but it has no real value, although some nobles would buy it for a very low price to make an ornament or jewelry out of it."

Said Chiyo.

but Theo was looking at it differently.

-System-

A rare crafting item that can be imbued with other items to grant additional stats or special effects.

-

Well It should be fine if I keep it.

"Theo didn't bother explaining what he saw since Chiyo probably wouldn't understand it."

For Theo it was a nice drop because he already has a good amount of luck stats and his item create skill will take advantage of that stats, since the item result is random, Theo can exploit his quick save and quick load skills, since the results are random, he can just keep on doing a trial and error method without wasting any resources.

*System*

You Leveled up! x4

"Hey Theo it seems like I also leveled up quite a few times after killing the boss." Chiyo was feeling happy because bit by bit she is growing stronger.

"Well that's good for you, but leveling up is not enough to grow stronger, you also need to experience fighting in a battlefield because no matter how high your level is, if you don't know how to handle the fight, there's a high probability that you're going to lose."

Theo and Chiyo finally defeated the boss in the 10th floor. They decide to rest for a bit since there's still a lot of time, and resting is also part of preparing for a battle.

Theo was thinking kinds of stats and skill builds for Chiyo, whether a burst damage mage, AOE sustained DPS build or a Crowd Control Mage.

( Burst Damage Mage, is a kind of playstyle where the player will do, A burst damage character is focused on doing bursts of skill to deal a high damage in a short time period, but usually with this kind of playstyle they would either have a long cooldown before they can do it again or running out of MP constantly making them reliant on items that gives MP regen, usually they are expensive on most MMORPG games since you need to have a lot of MP potions to recover your MP.)

(AOE Sustained DPS build, is a kind of playstyle where you use a short Cooldown skill and low MP cost that you can almost literally do it forever without losing your MP or using a lot of MP potions. It doesn't deal as much damage with a burst damage playstyle, but because of it's AOE capability and consistent damage, they are the most annoying playstyle on a MMORPG game.)

(Crowd Control on the other hand, limits the number of mobs actively fighting during an encounter. It can also refer to abilities that influence or prevent the abilities or actions of other characters. Crowd control can be extremely powerful, controlling the possible outcomes of an encounter, as it forces opponents to use a smaller set of abilities/actions. Players use crowd control to create offense/defense ratio imbalances between themselves and their opponents; used properly, CC often renders an opponent nearly useless, allowing the CCer to use abilities/actions against an opponent without fear of retaliation or response. In a group setting, crowd control often makes combat safer, easier, or viable.)

but with Chiyo's stats growth, it would be a waste if she's going for a CC build, since burst and sustained DPS relies on high INT stats values.

"Well there's no use, worrying about it for now since she doesn't have a lot of skills yet, Well I think we rested enough Let's proceed Chiyo!"

"Ehhhhh~ I haven't rested enough" Chiyo Complained

"We don't have a time to slack!"

End of Ch.