Infinite Competitive Dungeon Society - Chapter 201

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Chapter 201

Chapter 201 . Second Season (4)

What kind of a golem had bones!? If it’s a bone golem, it should only be made of bones . Alternatively, if it’s a flesh golem made of a mixture of bones and flesh, it should be covered with disgusting rotten flesh . But this guy was neither! I scrutinized it closely and realized something . It wasn’t a golem!

“Are you…”

[Kuha!]

Its steel arm extended like a certain pirate king candidate’s and shot toward me . As I thought, this wasn’t a golem, but a living being! Golems couldn’t freely transform their bodies like that . However, it could maintain its steel body and stretch its arm . What was its identity? Did it really have bones underneath all that steel…? No, now wasn’t the time to leisurely think about it .

“Lotte, dodge!”

[Leave it to me!]

Lotte dodged the steel arm in an instant . At the same time, her wings produced a raging whirlpool of black flames . It seemed she had gotten stronger from the trip to the Panan continent . Was it because she spent more time with me? Or was it because she participated in battles? Regardless, I may need to reconsider how I let Plene grow .

[Hero, it’s trying to do something!]

“It’s fine . I know what it is, so let’s finish it now . ”

The 60th Floor Master wasn’t worthy of blocking my way for over 9 seconds . It seemed its ability was freely manipulating its large steel-like body . Though it probably had one or two hidden skills, I didn’t care . Rather than waiting for it to use them, I decided to just kill it .

However, just when I thought that, its steel body began to boil . As Lotte said, it seemed to be preparing for something .

“What is that?”

[An opening, Hero!]

Right! Lotte flew forward at an incredible speed . Meanwhile, I compressed the elongated spear blade and enveloped it with my white aura and chaos flames . My skill of choice was Heroic Strike .

It seemed to be trying to transform its body to something . However, before its boiling body could complete the transformation, I reached it . Cutting off a transformation was one of the best feelings!

“Sacrifice!”

A black aura seemed to wrap itself over the spear blade . Realizing that the spear blade now contained an immense amount of power, I slightly hesitated to thrust forward . However, thinking that it was probably better to hurt myself than letting it do something suspicious, I thrust my spear forward .

[Critical Hit!]

My spear penetrated its body before the transformation completed . At the same time, I felt a heart rupturing amount of pain . It was as if someone squeezed my heart and set it aflame . The pain then spread through my body . Perhaps this was what being in lava felt like . Alternatively, it could be like being pierced with a thousand needles .

In an instant, everything within my sight turned white . This skill… I couldn’t take it lightly . The damage I took was one thing, but more importantly, it even stopped me from moving for a moment . If it didn’t finish the enemy, I would be vulnerable to the enemy’s attack .

That said, I was only taking 50% of the damage, while the enemy received 200% of the damage . Currently, with the enemy having bones and receiving a critical hit, the damage it took totaled to 600% . Whatever this golem-like thing was, it instantly exploded in the middle of its transformation . Blowing up a Floor Master… Sacrifice, I like you!

[A Grand Achievement! You defeated the Floor Master, ‘Superior Doppelganger’, alone! Amazing!]

[You became level 61 . You obtained the qualification to challenge Beyond’s 10th floor . ]

[You obtained 5 bonus stats . ]

[You obtained the title, ‘Superior Doppelganger Slayer’ . All stats permanently increase by 1 . This effect will apply even if the title is not equipped . ]

[You became Gold Rank 6 . Congratulations . ]

[You defeated the Superior Doppelganger alone . You obtained the special reward, ‘Superior Doppelganger’s Hat . ’]

[You obtained 400,000 gold . ]

[Choose your reward . ]
[1 . Weapon Swap Magic Book . ]

After confirming its death, I fell on Lotte’s back . Right, if it didn’t die with how much damage I dealt to myself, I would be troubled . But doppelganger? I was right! After all, doppelgangers were closer to mimics than golems!

[Are you okay, Hero? It looked like you received a huge blow just now . ]

“Yeah, I’m fine . In fact, this much pain makes me happy slightly . It snaps me awake, you know? It’s not like I like pain or anything, but it helps me not overestimate myself . ”

[Wise words as expected of a warrior . ]

I smiled at Lotte’s words while circulating Peruta Circuit and recovering . It seemed my HP never fell under 10% . After battling this Floor Master, I became certain about one thing .

Sacrifice had a clear flaw, but if used correctly, it would be of great help to me . It was probably best to use it with weaker skills to minimize the damage I took, or conversely with extremely powerful skills when I knew it would surely kill the enemy . Or perhaps, using this skill with Devourer could mitigate Sacrifice’s flaw .

“Anyways, it looks like I’m not the first one to clear this floor solo on my first try… Well, I guess it isn’t that surprising . I wouldn’t be surprised if it was the same for the future floors . ”

The world was infinite and full of outstanding explorers . There were undoubtedly other talented explorers who could defeat Floor Masters alone on their first try . In fact, Daisy probably could do it without much difficulty .

For now, I decided to look at the reward . Though I wasn’t expecting much, I quelled the thought and chose the reward . Immediately, a message rang out .

[You learned ‘Weapon Swap . ’ By using 1,000 MP, you can instantly store the weapon in your hand into your inventory and replace it with another weapon . When empty-handed, you can instantly equip your weapon . Conversely, you can instantly unequip your weapon, becoming empty-handed . For 15 seconds after using Weapon Swap, your weapon’s performance increases by 10% . The buff duration and performance increase are enhanced with skill levels . ]

“Huh?”

That wasn’t so bad! I was curious why something that sounded like a physical technique came in a magic book, but with an effect like this, it really was more like magic .

For example, if an enemy ambushed me while I was empty-handed, I could use Weapon Swap and instantly equip my spear . Although my spear would take the form of a choker, it was still easier to directly summon it in my hands than having to reach for it .

Plus, this skill would let me change between different battle methods . Weapon Swap’s strong point was being able to use it without any delay . Although I had to use 1,000 MP, that much was an expenditure I could easily handle . Plus, with this skill, I would be able to use different weapons depending on the situation, which I had found difficult to do in the heat of battle .

My Crossbow Marksmanship was high-ranked . Attacking enemies far away was significantly easier with a crossbow than a spear . If I felt like an enemy was nearing me, I would be able to swap to my spear instantly . I quite liked it .

Not to mention, I could now do something entirely new… Huhu .

“Alright, let’s start the grinding!”

Encouraged by the new skill that was better than my expectations, I jumped down from Lotte’s back so she could transform back to her human form . After all, she wouldn’t be able to leave through the door otherwise!

[Hero, Hero’s body is shaking . ]

“I might be a bit anemic… Let’s rest for a bit…”

I almost forgot about the HP I lost from Sacrifice! Once I left the Floor Master room, I bought a Fatigue Recovery Juice and Special HP Recovery Meat Skewer from Loretta . It was only then that I continued with the Superior Doppelganger grinding .

[Kuaaaaaaa! Human, I will—]

“Die!”

Right when the Superior Doppelganger was about to transform with a villain-like line, I killed it with my spear . As this was today’s 10th fight or the last, I happily ended it with Sacrifice Heroic Strike . Now that I had felt the pain from Sacrifice a few times, I felt like I had gotten somewhat used to it . I trembled at my potential .

“Or maybe, I’m just becoming a pervert…”

Damn, I’d rather not have said it!

I resented my instincts and chose the item I desired from the reward list . The 60th floor also had strengthening elixir . It was none other than the ‘Mana Circulation Elixir . ’

Somewhat like the other elixirs, the Mana Circulation Elixir raised my magic and charm by 1 . Supposedly, it cleaned the internal pathway used for mana circulation and increased the quality of mana . Because of it, I felt like I was getting cleaner every time I ate one . It was undoubtedly a placebo effect .

It took exactly one hour to defeat the Superior Doppelganger 10 times . I’d kill one every 5 minutes and rested for a minute, so it was about right . These Superior Doppelgangers were rather easy to hunt . I just had to kill them before they transformed!

Although they appeared as a giant golem, the moment they received damage, they started transforming . As I’d never seen them complete their transformation, I still didn’t know what they were transforming into . My guess was that they took the form of the explorer that damaged it .

Since they started transforming after receiving damage, I easily killed them by taking their head with the first attack or by using two attacks before they finished their transformation . It was too obvious that their real attacks began after their transformation .

Although killing them with first blow was ideal, for explorers that weren’t confident in their attack power, it was probably better to kill them with their second attacks . After all, while they transformed, they were noticeably slower . Of course, if they couldn’t kill them by the second blow, it was better to just give up .

… Why was I talking about this?

When I left the Floor Master room with a tired expression, Loretta, who was waiting at the Floor Shop, smiled brightly and jumped on me .

“Shin-nim, that was the tenth, right? Then play with me . You can buy some items while you’re at it . ”

“I think the ‘while I’m at it’ part is what you really want . ”

“How rude! It’s half-half!”

I ignored Loretta’s pleading eyes and bought more of the relatively low-priced Fatigue Recovery Juice and HP Recovery Meat Skewers . Even as she sold them, Loretta tilted her head .

“Shin-nim, why do you need them? Didn’t you finish grinding for the day?”

“Ah, you see, Loretta… That’s because the second season of thrashing phase is beginning now . ”

“Thrashing phase…?”

Loretta looked like she had heard the phrase before . Meanwhile, I snickered with an evil grin . That was what a thrashing phase was .

Ever since I went through the thrashing phase with Father, I always thought that it was more to alleviate the teacher’s stress than to help the student fix a habit . Now, I knew the answer . Fixing a student’s habit and alleviating a teacher’s stress . It was half-half!