BXBX NOVEL Chapter 215 Cursed Tomb Of The Sea Devil Makrov - Third Floor
[You have entered the 3rd Level]
The third level was surprising to me. It was dry land. Well, not dry land, but there was breathable air, with ice platforms and ice water underneath.
‘Somehow we got teleported to Antarctica.’
‘Let’s build a snowman.’
‘Um, we’re here to clear a dungeon quickly, remember?’
When I walked on the ice platforms, I noticed that I didn’t feel anything. In fact, I found it odd that the environment wasn’t making me feel cold. I eventually came to the realisation that [High Cold Resistance] meant I wouldn’t feel such things. It felt kind of nice, but at the same time, I would miss not being able to feel cold. There was just something nice about it.
I went towards the water where I presumed the monsters were hiding. While scanning, I found a bunch of monsters called Dark Mirror Mimics hiding underneath the water. Maybe the air was meant to suffocate the entrants so they could enter the water then get killed by these monsters.
If the air didn’t kill them, then the mimics would. Kind of creative on the part of the sea devil, but that meant nothing to me.
“Duduu!”
There was a weird sound. I looked up and saw a penguin looking monster staring at me. This thing was ugly as hell. Its legs were facing backwards and its feathers were ruffled up, with its belly having a weird black marking on it. Its eyes glowered at me like some sort of terminator robot.
‘It’s scanning us, you idiot.’
‘Oh no. It’s scanning me. What shall I do? [Water Blade]!’
The quivering ice-cold blades managed to hit the dark mimic in the abdomen.
‘I guess I’ll just electrocute the mimics in the water then.’
‘Don’t bother. They have resistance to lightning.’
‘Well, having a resistance doesn’t mean you’re completely immune to it.’
I walked towards the water while conjuring up some lightning.
‘Wait.’
‘What?’
‘You didn’t kill the penguin.’
“Duduu!”
There was a crisp sound from where the penguin stood. Like shifting ice. At first, one would assume the platform it stood on was breaking, but once the icy clouds settled, I was stunned with the sight of… myself?
It was in my appearance, but with diamond scales instead of my usual scales.
‘Oh, another mimic.’
‘Ugh, we really are ugly.’
‘Shut it.’
“Duduu!”
A monstrous cry escaped its beak. So horrendous, it would make even the best of the best shiver.
‘God… they can copy our abilities?’
‘To some extent.’
‘Eh?’
‘It’s not allowed to steal unique skills and magic skills, but it can copy four other skills at random.’
‘Seriously? What skill is that?’
‘A dark mirror mimics natural skill, [Mirror Mirror].’
‘That’s sounds too broken to be a normal skill. Even [Remorse] isn’t that broken.’
‘They don’t copy the skill at the same level.’
‘Whatever. Let’s just finish this guy off.’
The moment I thought that, it sent diamond feathers flying my way. Of course, I easily avoided those. This cheap copy had nothing on me.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
Explosions erupted behind me and my eyes widened in shock.
‘What!? My explosive feathers too?’
The mimic appeared before me in an instant with its leg in my chest.
‘Vector control too!?’
And before I realised, a terrifying amount of pressure hit my breast. So much so, even [Shock Absorber] and [Impact Absorber] couldn’t cancel the effects.
[You have lost 200 health points]
‘That’s four skills.’
I said through the immense pain. I decided to replicate my pain to the mimic, but it had already returned to its original location. Luckily, I had a myriad of skills that could perfectly and easily trap it. With [Gravity], I forced the mimic to move towards my outstretched leg.
[Fiery Kick] set my leg ablaze and with [Stabbing Enhancement], [Lethal Black Claw], [Destroy], [Lizard Man Sharp Claws], [Spear Stab] and [Stomp], I was prepared to finish this in one attack. When it came, my leg was met with opposition as I clashed with its diamond scales.
“Du- krieekk!”
The mimic made a weird sound and now, on its head, instead of my face, half of it resembled a spider’s. One of the large ones from Larm. Acid spit was dropping from its mandibles, but that had nothing on my defences and resistance. With no mercy, I tore right through it and its diamond armour. I dropped it on the floor, so it could die.
Weirdly enough, it was still moving. I shot a tiny bit of killing intent its way and finished the job.
[You have killed 1 Dark Mirror Mimic]]
[You have received 5000 experience points]
‘What? Only 5000? This guy is clearly stronger than those guys from before?!’
‘Nope. Look at the average Dark Mirror Mimic’s stats.’
STATUS
[Name: -
[Species: Dark Mirror Mimic Level 30/70
[Status: -
[Age: 4 years
[Rank: C
[Race Rank: Tier 1
[Talent: D grade
[Titles: [Of World], [Dungeon Mob]
[Blessings: -
[Level: 51 Exp: 790/3,500
[Health: 350/350 Stamina: 350/350 Mana: 700/700 Strength: 350 Speed: 350 Defence: 350 Dexterity: 350 Intelligence: 980 Luck: 350 Magic: 350
‘What’s up with those stats? One hit should be more than enough.’
‘Yeah, when they’re in their normal form.’
‘But when they mimic a creature’s appearance-’
‘T-They m-mimic t-their stats too?!’
In that moment, a strange sense of doom bore down on me. Below the thin ice platform I stood on, I saw red devilish eyes looking at me from down below. Some were using [Impish Gaze], some were using [Terror]. All in all, I was feeling agitated at the moment, but I could resist acting on impulse to a certain extent.
Hopefully, I could simply electrocute these guys and be done with it. Hastily, I let lose a powerful blast of lightning. It was so mighty, the ice exploded and most of the mimics popped through like popcorn. Easily over a hundred, each jumping out through holes my lightning blast created.
[You have killed 1 Dark Mirror Mimic]
[You have received 300 experience points]
No. I was mistaken. They made those holes to escape the death trap that was once their home. Some did die, but those that survived were either fast enough or had a high enough [Lightning Resistance].
‘Crap.’
They all looked like half-baked versions of me. I was talking disgusting halfies. Partially me, partially a monster. Spider, wolf, mossidile, bunny and so many other monsters they shouldn’t have had access to.
‘Wait… those are monsters I’ve consumed.’
‘Ew. That’s gross.’
My attack barely did any damage, and managed to kill only one out of the hundreds of mimics. This was starting to look hopeless.
‘Guess we’ll just call the shadows.’
‘No.’
Hyakkun didn’t bother hiding his disagreement. I cringed hard at his denial.
‘Come on. It’s me versus a thousand bastar-’
In that moment, 3 mimics had closed the gap and were about to release their attacks, [Peck], [Lethal Black Claw] and [Snap]. I evaded them casually, grabbed the one in front of me and spun him around to hit the others before finishing him off with [High Force Impact].
[You have killed 1 Dark Mirror Mimic]
[You have received 4500 experience points]
‘Think about it. We have a chance to test our abilities. Our physical stats have barely scratched the ten-thousands, yet we’re A- in rank. Arisu is only considered B+ in rank with physical stats easily twice as high as ours. Also, if we take enough hits, we could develop [Physical Attack Resistance].’
He made a valid point. The others in the back were just here for the ride. Akkun prepping the magics and Akira readying the skills for execution. It would at least make Akira somewhat useful given how things have been in recent times.
‘If that’s the case… let’s do this.’
He won me over, so I shrugged.
‘Ou, ou. I’ve got something for this.’
He said, just before a nostalgic sound played in my head.
‘Oi, oi! Is this!?’
‘Yep. Good old beats. Every dungeon grind needs proper beats from Earth. Now let’s go!’
Hyakkun was forever my god! He was playing songs I listened to back on Earth to make this a better experience. He was quite possibly the best mind I’d ever gotten.
‘Hyakkun for Vice president!’
‘Here, here!’
The others agreed with me. Afterwards, I proceeded with what I could term the most traumatic grind of my life. I hadn’t been forced to be so creative with my abilities in a long while, even using skills I’d forgotten I had.
[Acrobatics], [Vector Control] and [Evasion] to narrowly avoid the hordes of incoming mimics, [Sinuous King Adamas Armour], [Impact Absorber] and [Shock Absorber] to avoid possibly lethal attacks and for counters. An absurd number of skills. A great number of skills levelled up and evolved, and I even developed some new ones. By the time I was done, I was mentally exhausted. Killing, over and over again and even seeing some stuff I didn’t expect to see. Minerva, Ulva, Kawaii and even people from my memories back on Earth. Everyone who was close to me, killing them over and over again till I puked. Akira had to take over at some point, finishing the job.
It was then, that I realised that this entire dungeon was meant to kill you from the inside, not just the outside. From the weird vision in the second dungeon to this. I was terrified of what the next level and those beyond would do to me.
A dungeon of despair, doom, dread and soul breaking. It was the Cursed Tomb that no one was ever supposed to make it out of. The Atlanteans weren’t overkill. They knew what they were doing when they hid this tomb. That was why Daxia didn’t come down with me.
She’d been through this before and wasn’t in the mood to go through it again.
Yet, she was strong. She was bold. She could laugh like nothing bad had ever happened in her life. I was weak in comparison to her. That had to change. I would get stronger. I would find Minerva. I would take care of everyone who was close to me and ensure that this kind of scenario never has to happen ever again.
I can’t let one of them take on this kind of scenario because I’m too weak to do anything.
***
It was at this moment, something inside of Hinotori had begun to change. The skills [Soul Armour] and [Mental Damage Resistance] couldn’t offset most of the effects done to Hinotori. A tiny corruption had found its way deep into Hinotori’s soul.
The corruption was such that fed on weak wills. It would seep its way into facades and crumble them. Shatter a person’s will till they were nothing more than hollows of themselves. But, this corruption was also one that once conquered, would become reinforcement to one’s will. They became stronger and bolder, better than ever.
Hinotori conquered this corruption. Right now, in terms of will, she was catching up to the likes of Daxia who she held in a high regard.
STATUS
[Name: Hinotori Hyakkiyako
[Species: Level 47/70
[Status: [Full]
[Age: 56 days
[Rank: A-
[Race Rank: Tier 2
[Talent: S grade
[Titles: [New-born in a New World], [Rare Species], [Named Beast], [Survivor], [Vulture], [Bunny Slayer], [Saint], [Trickster], [One Loved By The Nature Spirits], [Compassionate One], [Family Head], [Shadow Princess], [Chimera Slayer], [Dungeon Brave], [Dungeon Conqueror], [Dungeon Master], [], [Champion of Primordial Darkness], [Nimble Feet] , [Dark Mirror Mimic Slayer], [Homicidal Maniac], [Dungeon Mob Slayer], [Fiendish Beast]
[Blessings: |Blessings of the Ancient Goddess *****|, |Blessings of the Demi-Goddess of Wisdom Mekala|, |Blessings of the Divinity of Mischief|, |Blessings of the Ninth Elemental Spirit|
[Level: 91 Exp: 314,200/790,200
[Health: 40,000/40,000 Stamina: 69,000/69,000 Mana: 19,000/19,000 Strength: 8,590 Speed: 13,320 Defence: 8930 Dexterity: 9130 Intelligence: 200 Luck: 85 Magic: 710
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