"Defeating a monster twice his level really highlights the heroes' unfairness," Clark said, observing Yuki swiftly clear the rooms in under a minute or less.
Meanwhile, Nagi attempted to enter the room but couldn't open the door no matter what he tried. Sitting down, he wondered aloud, "Does everyone else have to clear their room before I can?"
"Yeah, you've got that right," Clark replied, having overheard Nagi's words.
"Sure, I can control the dungeon layout, but I can't watch all of you fight at the same time." He turned to see Yuki finishing off the last monster with his dagger and leaving the last room.
As Yuki cleared the last room, Ren entered his.
"Ren. Skill sword manipulation, for you I prepared multiple monsters, all level 16 only," Clark said with a frown.
As soon as Ren entered the room smirking. He summoned his wooden swords on his magic item, killing all the spiders inside without breaking a sweat.
"Easy," he said, entering the next room without looking back, and like before, he killed the monster inside without moving an inch when he entered the room.
As the monster took its last breath, Ren fell to his knees, gasping for air without stopping. Clenching his fist to his chest he looked up and saw the door of the next room.
"It's a great skill, right?" Clark said, watching him on his screen. "But the mana consumption is high. You've only been using it for over two minutes, and now you're like this; this is your limit."
Standing up, Ren held on tightly to his dagger and entered the room, knowing the room contained three monsters each, he prepared for the worst.
As he entered the room, he found only one pill bug inside, unlike the two previous rooms. He stared at it, convinced there had been three waiting for him. When the pill bug curled up and charged at him, he quickly closed the door.
Avoiding the monster's attack completely, Ren took a deep breath, opened the door again, and kicked the creature that was waiting beside it.
As the monster tried to curl up again, Ren sprinted toward it. However, even at his fastest, he couldn't catch up.
A second later, a notification appeared in front of him:
[ New skill obtained! ]
[ Skill: Dash. Level 1 ]
Without hesitation, he activated the skill, boosting his speed by 20%. Despite this, the monster managed to curl up, rolling into him and knocking him against the wall.
He groans in pain for a moment then points his dagger at it, ready to attack. As the monster was ready to attack him again a notification appeared.
"Ding!"
[ New skill obtained! ]
[ Dagger mastery. Level 1. Passive ]
With his two new skills, he gained confidence and was ready to fight again.
Activating his new skill, specifically [ Dash ] and with his skill [ Dagger Mastery ] actively on its own, he found that his speed and penetration were so impressive that the monster's shell felt as weak as paper to him.
Gripping his dagger tightly, he charged forward and plunged it deep into the creature's body, delivering a final blow that killed it instantly.
[ New skill obtained! ]
[ Penetrate. Level 1. Passive ] - Penetration increased by 20%-30%.
[ Skill level up! ]
[ Dash: level 2 ]
Armed with three newfound skills that promised to make the hunt for the monster a breeze, Ren stepped into the dimly lit room, adrenaline coursing through his veins.
With a swift motion, he activated [Dash], propelling himself forward like a shadow in the night.
Before the spider even had time to register the threat, he struck with precision, delivering a decisive blow that silenced its menacing presence in an instant.
Like that Ren entered the remaining rooms and killed the monster within them swiftly before they could even react to him.
[ New skill obtained! ]
[ Shadow step. Level 1 ]
After clearing all the rooms left, he obtained another skill and a level up with his [ Dash ], making it level three.
Calling out his Status window skill, he smiled seeing all of the newly added skills.
[ Status window skills ]
[ Special skill: Sword Manipulation. Level 10 ]
Skill: Dash. Level 3 | Shadow step. Level 1 | Mana manipulation. Level 1 | Item Box. Level 1 | Appraisal. Level 1 | Heavy kick. Level 1
Passive skills: Sword mastery. Level 2 | Penetrate. Level 1. | Dagger mastery. Level 1. | Basic language translator. LV: max | Basic knowledge of the world. LV: max | Fear resistance. LV: 5
***
With Ren and Yuki done, Clark looked over the rest and spotted Mio in a lotus position, deep into her meditation.
Seeing this, he planned to open the door on his own from his spot using his title, wondering what she would do, whether she would do something that would amuse him or worry him.
As soon as the door before her opened up, she blasted the room with multiple wind magic without stopping, killing the monster inside it.
[ Level up! ]
[ Level up! ]
Two notifications appeared as she opened her eyes, standing up she looked over the room and saw a spider on it, and used her skill [ Appraisal ]
[ Giant spider ]
[ State: Dead ]
[ Level: 20 ]
"That's it?" She said, looking up to the ceiling as if she were talking to Clark. Seeing this, he was anxious and felt his heart skip a bit, thinking he was caught.
"Add more, please," she insisted, demanding more monsters. In response, Clark complied and added two more monsters to the next room.
When Clark added the two pill bugs inside, Mio smiled as if she knew it. Seeing this, Clark rested his chin on his palm and said: "Is this truly the pinnacle of potential, standing head and shoulders above all the rest?"
He was pleased to see a genius before him. Sensing a monster through your mana was not a simple skill, especially for someone who had only gained mana in the past three weeks, yet Mio accomplished it.
Even with a skill [ Mana manipulation ] one cannot do what she did, making it more impressive for him to acknowledge.
Most heroes can only do this when they have reached level 50 and have reached their skill level 5 at most.
...
Entering the fifth room of hers, she hesitated entering it, although she was the strongest among the groups the monster inside was stronger than her.
Taking her time, slowly opened it, making a gap in between, looking around inside the room, she spotted seven monsters in total, four giant spiders and three giant pill bugs, seeing this, she closed the door completely.
"Giving up?" Clark thought as he began to call the monster back, as she breathed in and out.
A second later, Mio kicked the door and rushed into the middle of the room. As the monster ran towards her, she screamed: [ Reflection ] creating a sphere forced field around her.
Following up with her skill [ Wind ball. Level 6 ] creating six of them around the sphere, scaring the monster with them.
Looking at the terrified monster inside the room, eyes twitching uncontrollably as it tries to escape from the creatures before it.
She smirked, deftly controlling her mana to shape a swirling ball of wind into a spear.
As the air condensed around her, she shot the spear at the monster, the spear hissing forward like a storm, slamming all seven creatures into the wall,
[ New skill obtained! ]
[ Wind Spear. Level 1 ]
Ignoring the two notifications before her, she moved to the next room, unlike her previous entrances.
This time, she chose a more cautious strategy. With a range of skills for offense and defense, she recognized that success was never guaranteed, and the unpredictability of fate always lingered.
Opening a gap between the door, she pressed the end of the staff against the floor of the next room, quietly and gently saying [ Wind Spear ] creating ten spears in total, using her { mana sense } to feel the position of the monsters, taking them out in one go. And leveling up her level and skill at the same time.
"Yes!," she screamed in her head, delighted about her accomplishment over the past month. She was happy that, from the beginning, she decided to use her special skill as soon as possible.
While all of this happened, Clark was smiling ear to ear, seeing her improvement in her strength.
•••••
Back when they were sent by the Goddess to this world.
They were summoned at night by the temple. At that time, when they were summoned, she realized something; her special skill and [ Mana manipulation ] skill were activated as soon as she took a breath in this world.
While everyone was sleeping, she was wide awake unable to sleep at all. Sitting on her bed, watching the moon within the starry night.
Though her body wanted to, she didn't; instead, she went meditating and obtained the skills [ Meditation ] in ten minutes in doing so, a passive skill that increased her proficiency when using a breathing-type skill.
And her special skill [ Wind Magic ] with the highest rank, was reacting to her along with this new skill, obtaining her second skill [ Breathing ], although surprised at gaining two skills in a single hour, she didn't stop and only continued to meditate.
And when she was three hours into meditation, she obtained her third skill of the night and her very first active skill: [ Wind ball ] a skill, she later learn, when she had received their rewards from the temple.
This skill was very weak at that time, barely the size of a marble. After casting it a couple of times, she realized something bizarre.
Her special skill and the new passive skills she obtained, were improving all the wind skills-type skills she has, every time she breathes.
Although the accumulation was slow, it still improved her skill, and by the time she woke up after her sleep, her skill [ Wind ball ] level had increased by one.
After receiving her rewards along with a skill that corresponds to her affinity, she found it to be [ Wind ball ] as well, feeling disappointed, since she already had it. At that time, she was with the two who got their first skill, and decided to learned it with them.
And when she learned this skill given to her, it leveled up her already existing skill making it level 3 at that time.
And through her ability to passively accumulate proficiency just by breathing on her wind-type skills, her skills [ Wind ball ] have reached level 5, while her skill [ Mana manipulation ] reached level 3, on their own, after two weeks in this world.
Chapter 13 end.