World’s Fastest Level up! - Chapter 127

Chapter 127 – Vs Salamander

After the battle against Rock Lizard, I was able to descend smoothly to the lowest floor without encountering any other monsters. And now, in front of me stood a large door leading to the boss room.

“In the end, it merely took me less than 30 minutes to arrive here. It makes me wonder whether it is fine for my first B-rank dungeon capturing to be this easy… But well, it’s not like there’s someone complaining about it, though. Let’s not worry about it and just go.”

As follows, I opened the door of the boss room and entered right away.

In the center of the room stood a lizard-shaped monster whose body was clad in flames– Salamander. Its size was considerably large, and its height was probably around 1 meter.

Although I have investigated the boss before challenging the dungeon, I will use [Appraisal] on it just in case.

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【Salamander】

・Recommended level to subjugate: 10,000

・A monster whose body is clad in flames. Besides being able to freely manipulate flames, the attacks made by its strong body is also powerful.

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“Un, just as I’ve investigated. If it’s just like this, then I’ll manage somehow.”

Holding Greed in hand, I faced the Salamander head-on. And it was the Salamander that made the first move.

“GAAAAAA!”

The roar of the Salamander echoed throughout the area. Then, responding to the roar, flames gathered in one place– Or not. The flames circled as if making a vortex before firing towards me in a straight line.

If I directly took that attack that boasted a huge amount of heat, great damage will be unavoidable.

–But of course, that was if it could even hit me.

“Eat it, Greed!”

“–!?”

The moment the crystalline blade touched it, the flame vortex disappeared in an instant. At the same time, the blade of Greed shined a red color.

“–Here I go”

Facing such an unexpected situation where the flame vortex it released disappeared in an instant, the Salamander halted its movement. And I didn’t miss this opportunity.

There wasn’t even a need to use Time Zero, as I instantly closed my distance to the Salamander by super-fast movement relying purely on my speed parameter. Then, right after I raised Greed to attack, a thought suddenly crossed my mind.

… Isn’t it also possible to absorb the flames that clad the body of the Salamander?

If Greed can absorb flames or lightning released by monsters, then, this shouldn’t be impossible too. Thus, as an experiment, I tried to absorb it.

The result was–

“– it could!”

Greed brilliantly succeeded in absorbing the flames, causing Salamander’s body to be exposed in the air. In other words, the flames armor that protected the Salamander was gone.

And Salamander’s scales aren’t as hard as the Rock Lizard’s. Hence, the blade that I swung right after absorbing the flames deeply pierced its body.

“GAAAUUUUUU!”

“Whoa!”

Nonetheless, as expected, it looks like it’s not an enemy that could be killed in a single blow, as at the next moment, the Salamander tried to launch a body blow at me vigorously, ignoring the blade that pierced into its body.

I pulled out Greed that was stuck in its body and evaded it with a slight movement. Then, using that momentum–

“Haa!”

“GAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!”

–The blade that I brandished with all my might cut through the face of the Salamander.

That became the finishing blow, and the Salamander collapsed while raising a death-cry.

『Dungeon boss has been defeated』

『Experience acquired – Level has increased by 1』

『Dungeon capture reward – Level has increased by 50』

“Yosh, capture complete”

After hearing the sound of the system that reverberated in my mind, I said.

Although this was the first B-rank dungeon that I challenged, it was actually much easier to capture than I had expected. Well, my level was higher than this dungeon’s recommended level after all, so it was unsurprising.

“Still….Even though I’m glad I was able to absorb the flames, it used a lot of MP”

The MP bar floating in the corner of my field of vision displayed that my MP was reduced by more than a quarter. And most of it decreased due to absorbing the flames that cladded the body of the Salamander.

That kind of magic was probably activated by the monster itself using a considerable amount of magic power. Like for example, the Thunder Barrier used by Tenraijuu. Although this undoubtedly might be an effective countermeasure depending on the monster I fought, it looks like I have to think carefully about where to use it.

At any rate, now, all I have to do was to take out the magic stone from Salamander, receive the capture reward, and return to the surface. By the way, the capture reward of Suzuka Dungeon was a magic tool called Magic Amplification Stone. The aspect where it contained magical power inside was indeed the same as normal magic stones but, in the case of Magic Amplification Stone, there were other uses besides a simple energy resource.

That was, of course, the amplification of magic power. By utilizing the magic power inside the Magic Amplification Stone when casting magic, the power of that magic would be increased dramatically. For that reason, this stone was very popular among wizards and could be sold at a considerably high price.

That’s why I couldn’t contain my excitement as I waited for the reward to appear. However…

“It’s not appearing at all.”

No matter how much time has passed, there was no sign of the reward appearing, even though normally it should have already appeared…

“Wait a minute. I feel like I’ve experienced this before–”

And right after I had such a bad feeling, the sound of the system reverberated in my mind.

『We have confirmed you captured this dungeon in your first challenge』

『We have confirmed you captured this dungeon alone』

『We have confirmed you captured this dungeon within 60 minutes after you stepped into the dungeon』

『Condition: 【The Swift Hunter】 has been cleared』

『Extra boss, 【Griffon】 will appear』

“As I thought!”

Before I knew it, a monster with the upper body of a steller’s sea eagle and the lower body of a lion– a Griffon, floated in the sky with the sound of fluttering wings.

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【Griffon】

・Recommended level to subjugate: 25,000

・Extra Boss: Suzuka Dungeon

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Amane Rin – 19 Years old – Male – Level: 14418

Title: Dungeon Conqueror (10/10) ・Nameless Swordsman ・The One Who Brings The End (ERROR)・The One Who Surpassed The Sage

SP: 4510

HP: 112500 / 112500 MP: 23150 / 31680

Attack Power: 25740

Endurance: 22060

Speed: 25930

Intelligence: 25180

Mental Strength: 21850

Luck: 23420

Unique Skill: Transfer Within Dungeon Lv21・Plunderer Lv1

Passive Skill: Body Reinforcement Lv10・Herculean Strength Lv10・High-speed Movement Lv10・MP Recovery Lv2・Magic Power Increase Lv10・Abnormal Status Resistance Lv4

Active Skill: Superhuman Strength Lv10・Gale Lv10・Resilience Lv1・Beginner Magic Lv3・Cladding Barrier Lv1・Purification Magic Lv1・Enemy Detection Lv4・Stealth Lv4・Appraisal Lv1・Item Box Lv6・Concealment Lv1