Chapter 13. Golden Serpent.
Wait, I am Eevee??
Chapter 13. Golden Serpent.
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In the safe zone of the dungeon. ----
[ Ding! You can now become the Rank-Two magical beast by fulfilling the following conditions:
Defeat a level 15 boss (✓)Defeat 50 Rank-One Monsters (50/50) (✓)Have an SP pool of 250 (✓) ]
[Ding! Do you want to rank up to rank 1?
Yes or No]
Finally, I can become Rank 2.
Kiran couldn't wait to rank up, so he clicked yes.
[ Ding! You will enter a deep sleep state.
Deep sleep state will last for ten days.
Time counter: 240:00:00 ]
I'm so sleepy, like before.
He lay on the ground and instantly fell asleep.
[ Time counter: 239: 59: 50 ]
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[ Time counter: 239: 59: 30 ]
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[ Time counter: 239: 55: 10 ]
Time passed by very quickly. ---
[ Time counter: 10: 30: 10 ]
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[ Time counter: 9: 55: 10 ]
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[ Time counter: 5: 25: 0 ]
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[ Time counter: 2: 45: 18 ]
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[ Time counter: 0: 55: 10 ]
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[ Time counter: 0: 00: 10 ]
After ten seconds, he woke up.
"I feel so energetic. (Eevee, Eevee)." He shouted while stretching his body.
[ Ding! You are now a Rank-Two Magical Beast ]
[ Ding! You have gained passive abilities.
Rank 2 Physical strength; Rank 1 Poison immunity; Rank 2 Agility; Rank 1 Pain resistance; Rank 2 Defence; Rank 1 Energy resistance; Rank 1 Recovery; Rank 1 Elemental Resistance;...]
[ Ding! You have unlocked two extra skill slots ]
It's time to clear the dungeon.
He clenched his paws and rushed towards the dungeon boss.
[ Ding! You have entered the Dungeon Boss room ]
He looked around the room. The room was very big, with a radius of 12 meters, with smooth marble floors, beautiful chandeliers hanging from the ceiling, and paintings on the sidewalls.
This room is very luxurious.
From the first floor, he felt this wasn't a poor, muddy dungeon like shown in the anime and manga.
He then glanced at the throne at the end.
Why does it need a throne?
His eyebrows twitched, feeling wired as the golden serpent coiled around the throne instead of sitting on it.
It was very small compared to the floor bosses that he faced. It was around one meter long, very slender, with a sharp tail and a smooth, shining body.
[ Golden Serpent!
Level 42 (Rank-Three)
SP: 500/500 ]
Rank-Three? Are you kidding me?
He was shocked to see the status of the boss.
He knew the power gap between each rank as he checked this first-hand. As a Rank-One beast, he was immune to attacks from mortal beasts. No matter what they did, they couldn't even lay a scratch on him, even when he was not defending.
[ Ding! You used Lucky Sense ]
He first got luck on his side.
How can I defeat a Rank-Three beast?
He rubbed his head with his paws, feeling dejected, as he knew that he couldn't defeat it.
Wait, boss-room. How can I forget it?
He remembered after some time that in anime, the boss rooms have something that can help players.
He then held his breath and, with silent steps, started to search the room.
He looked carefully at the paintings on the sidewalls, the ceiling, and everything else in the room.
There are a total of five paintings in the boss room.
Those paintings. Each painting should be from a different floor.
He remembered that those paintings resembled the ones he saw on different floors of the dungeon.
[ State: Normal ]
It was also due to luck that he remembered about anime and noticed them.
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On the first floor of the dungeon. ---
This painting matches one of the paintings in the boss room.
Finding this painting took him more than five days, even if he looked around only on the first floor, as there were many other paintings on the floor to check.
What now?
He was confused, looking at the beautiful yellow snake painting. He looked around and touched the painting, but there was no movement, much less a hidden compartment.
This statue.
He spotted that one of the statutes of hall was aligned with the painting.
[ Ding you used Thunder Shock ]
Gzz!
Boom!
The statue broke into pieces. He checked the statute for a few hours, but after finding nothing, he smashed it in anger.
A golden key fell to the ground.
A key.
He quickly spotted the shining key within the broken pieces of the statue.
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[ Ding! You have entered the Dungeon Boss room ]
He entered the boss room after collecting five keys.
This is the is the key to this painting.
He brought the golden key he found to the painting similar to the one in first floor.
Hmm.
He looked at the painting and spotted the key hole in the snake's mouth.
Kacha!
He placed the key in it and rotated it.
Kacha!
Kacha!
Kacha!
He did the same for the four last keys.
Deep sleep.
He checked the state of the golden serpent once in a while, since it would be his death if it woke up.
Purple energy lines formed over paintings, and they extended to the centre of the boss room and combined with each other.
At the place where they fused, a small hole opened.
Tip!
Tip!
Good, it's still sleeping.
He silently walked to the hole.
It's a hidden compartment.
He looked in and found out that it was a small room.
He didn't wait any longer, as he activated his lucky sense and jumped in.
[ Ding! You used Lucky Sense ]
Boom!
The room made a noise once he jumped in.
Crap.
He felt a chill, thinking that the serpent would wake up from the sound.
He quickly looked around and found a small chest.
He opened the chest with his paws, hoping that he could find something useful.
[ State: Normal ]
His luck got into effect as he gained something extraordinary from the chest.
[ Ding! You found the Grand Boost (Ex-Rank)
Do you want to learn it? ]
[ Grand Boost (Ex-Rank):
A supreme skill that grants an enormous boost in strength and defence upon activation ]
"Got rich, got rich (Eevee)." He shouted excitedly, forgetting about the serpent, looking at the thick book, which was thicker than math and science text books in his previous life. It should easily have around 5k pages.
A Skill Book!
Ex-Rank Skill!
Yes.
[ Ding! You have gained Grand boost ]
He quickly checked the skill.
[ Grand Boost (Ex-Rank):
A supreme skill that grants an enormous boost in strength and defence upon activation
Level 1
Proficiency: 0/?
SP Required: 10,000
Useable once per month ]
Once a month and 10,000 SP?
Kiran was literally shocked.
He quickly checked the chest to see whether he could find any more useful things, but it was empty.
It's over.
He dropped his paws and fell to the ground in depression, thinking that Serpent would come at any moment.
Time passed as he looked nervous.
Soon, one hour passed by. —
Huh.
He was confused as to why Serpent hadn't come in. He slowly climbed up.
It's still sleepy?
He couldn't fathom why the snake was slumbering so deeply.
He didn't care and silently slipped away, using the opportunity.
Only when the boss was attacked would it wake up, which worked to his advantage.
In the safe zone. ---
Energy drink, energy candy.
He kept drinking and chewing on the energy candies that he got from killing.
[ +10 SP ]
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[ +50 SP ]
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[ +10 SP ]
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[ +50 SP ]
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[ +10 SP ]
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[ +50 SP ]
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[ +100 SP ]
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[ SP: 10285/285 ]
He forcefully raised his SP by 10,000 by using energy candies and energy drinks. Low level energy drinks gave him 50 SP, and high energy drinks gave him 100 SP.
Now, it's time to kill the serpent.
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[Ding! You have entered the Dungeon Boss room ]
He rushed towards the serpent and activated his skill.
[ Ding! You used Grand Boost ]
"Whoa! I feel so powerful. (Eevee, Eevee)." He shouted as he felt an incredible energy within himself.
He looked at himself, as he shone with a bright aura, which was a light blue colour. The aura surrounding him gave him an otherworldly feeling.
[ Ding! You used 'Thunder Shock' ]
He didn't waste time, as he activated his skill to attack.
[ Ding! Golden Serpent's 'Damage Sense' skill is activated ]
Hiss!
The golden serpent opened its eyes.
He looked at the eyes of the golden serpent, which were blue in colour. The golden serpent's eyes resembled a blue sky.
What a beautiful beast.
He felt that the golden serpent was very beautiful, unlike the other serpents he fought in the dungeon.
[ Ding! Golden Serpent used Phantom Surge (D-Rank) ]
Hiss!
Boom!
[ Ding! Golden Serpent used 'Lesser Phantom Fang' (D-Rank) ]
An illusionary blue tooth formed in the air that bit him.
Kacha!
The teeth broke apart.
He watched in shock as the fangs broke apart.
Sonic Boom. It reached the speed of sound.
Golden serpent was so fast that he couldn't even react. By the time he reacted, he had already been hit by the serpent's skill.
Good that I have Grand boost. My strength and defence must be comparable to those of Rank Four.
He looked at the serpent, which was shining with wind energy, and estimated his strength.
[ Ding! Golden Serpent used 'Lesser Phantom Fang' (D-Rank) ]
Kacha!
[ Ding! Golden Serpent used 'Lesser Phantom Fang' (D-Rank) ]
Kacha!
[ Ding! Golden Serpent used 'Lesser Phantom Fang' (D-Rank) ]
Kacha!
"Shadow Switch, Thunder Shock (Eevee)." He activated his two skills at once.
He was getting hit continuously by fangs left and right.
When he was about to get hit from the left side, he appeared behind the serpent's tail and zapped it.
[ Ding! You have killed the Golden Serpent (Dungeon Boss) ]
It wasn't his plan, but the serpent kept attacking him, and he used his skill suddenly, which made his skill hit the serpent.
Gzz!
End of the chapter. __________________________________________________________
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