Chapter 16: Dungeon Crawl with Erin
Two days later, after the tension died down and the residents had returned to the city, Rai and Erin snuck out of the city to go to the goblin dungeon in the ancient ruins near the city. Besides goblins, the dungeon was also home to low-level monsters like slimes and horn rabbits. When they reached the mouth of the cave,
"Should we go in, big brother?" Erin asked.
"Yep, we can enter this dungeon because it's an E-rank dungeon," Rai replied.
"Okay, but I haven't registered as an adventurer yet, right?" Erin asked.
"It's fine. After you level up a bit, we'll go to the guild to register you," Rai answered.
"Oh, okay," Erin said.
They both stepped inside, descending the stairs into the ruins. Once at the bottom, they were faced with a hallway with neatly arranged large brick-like walls. They walked casually down the hall. When they reached the first intersection, Rai stopped and peeked into the hallway to the left. There were two blue slimes walking back and forth. Then Rai turned to Erin.
"Try attacking them," Rai said.
"Oh, okay. With what?" Erin asked.
"Up to you. Just remember how Kiko used to attack," Rai said, pleased.
Without delay, she immediately stepped into the left hallway. The two slimes, walking back and forth, didn't notice Erin's presence. Suddenly, "Pyaaaaaash!" Erin shot a yellow beam from her eyes and instantly, "Crack!" destroyed both slimes until they disintegrated. "Bwoooooong!" A hologram screen immediately popped up in front of Erin's face.
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Name : Erin.
Race : Human.
Gender : Female.
Age : 13 yo.
Class : None.
Rank : None.
Level : 2 / 99 (EXP : 120 / 1800)
Power : 100 > 1.700.
Speed : 100 > 2.900.
Magic : None.
Stamina : 100/100 > 1000.
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Passive skill :
Superhuman in water. Kaiju martial arts. Regeneration. Auto barrier.
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Active skill :
Partial body transform level 1 / 99 (EXP : 0 / 10) Yellow Eye Blast level 5 / 99 (EXP : 3 / 10) Tentacle sword level 1 / 99 (EXP : 0 / 10) Summon tentacle level 1 / 99 (EXP : 0 / 10) Transform into Kiko (all active skill and main level 99)
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Gigas (Kaiju) : Kiko.
Type : Humanoid kraken kaiju (Female).
Power : 10.000.000
Ability : Kaiju martial arts, regeneration, steelcoral scale skin, telepath.
Arts : Atomic beam, tentacle bind, tentacle stab.
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"Wow... went straight up to level 2!" Erin exclaimed.
"Yeah, it's fast at the beginning. It starts getting tough once you hit level 70 and above," Rai said.
"Oh... I see," Erin replied, a little disappointed.
"Don't give up. After this, we'll register at the guild," Rai said.
"Okay, I'm excited again!" Erin replied cheerfully.
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New Skills and a King
After that, they continued walking down the hallway. They encountered a group of goblins led by a goblin warrior. Without further delay, Erin rushed forward. She unleashed two tentacles and formed a tentacle sword from her palm. "Crash... slash... slash!" "Pyaaaaaash!" Erin was a blur, her two tentacles attacking goblins on her left and right, her sword slashing in all directions, and the beam from her eyes finishing off any goblins trying to flee. When she was done, she returned to Rai, covered in goblin blood.
"Hehe, easy!" Erin said with a wide smile.
"Okay, good job," Rai said, stroking Erin's head.
"Crack!" A few pebbles fell back to the floor. Rai had been ready to help Erin if she got into trouble, as her opponents were about 20 goblins and one goblin warrior. Erin immediately opened her status.
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Name : Erin.
Race : Human.
Gender : Female.
Age : 13 yo.
Class : None.
Rank : None.
Level : 27 / 99 (EXP : 3337 / 31800)
Power : 1.700 > 80.578.
Speed : 2.900 > 102.980.
Magic : None.
Stamina : 1000/1000 > 10000.
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Passive skill :
Superhuman in water. Kaiju martial arts. Regeneration. Auto barrier. *New Skill* Atomic black water mastery.
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Active skill :
Partial body transform level 1 / 99 (EXP : 0 / 10) Yellow Eye Blast level 20 / 99 (EXP : 3 / 200) Tentacle sword level 20 / 99 (EXP : 0 / 200) Summon tentacle level 20 / 99 (EXP : 0 / 200) *New Skill* Drain bind level 1 / 99 (EXP : 0 / 10) *New Skill* Atomic water spear shoot level 1 / 99 (EXP : 0 / 10) Transform into Kiko (all active skill and main level 99)
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Gigas (Kaiju) : Kiko.
Type : Humanoid kraken kaiju (Female).
Power : 10.000.000
Ability : Kaiju martial arts, regeneration, steelcoral scale skin, telepath.
Arts : Atomic beam, tentacle bind, tentacle stab.
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"Wow... check this out, big brother!"
Erin closed her eyes, and 40 black, snake-like tentacles emerged from her waist, back, and the base of her arms. Rai stepped back a little and raised his hands.
"Okay, turn them off. I've seen them," Rai said.
"Hehe... I'm back to being myself as Kiko! And what's this atomic black water mastery, big brother?" Erin asked, pointing to her screen.
"Hmm, that's your water magic. Probably because you're a kraken type kaiju and in this world, we can use magic. I have fire and lightning myself," Rai replied.
"Wow... interesting. How do I use it?" Erin asked.
Rai explained what he knew and had done. Erin closed her eyes and opened her palms. Suddenly, both of Erin's hands turned black, looking like Kiko's hands, which resembled tree trunks with long, sharp fingers. "Plop!" A black ball of water appeared, floating above her palm. Erin opened her eyes, instantly mesmerized.
"Wow... so this is what magic is called," Erin said, amazed.
"That's right. Humans, dark elves, and beastmen need incantations to use magic, but we don't. Just transform a part of your body and think about what you want to summon," Rai said.
"I'll try," Erin said.
Erin turned, then raised her palm forward. She closed her eyes. The black, ink-like water ball in her palm changed shape into a sharp spear. Then, "Pyaaaaaash!" the water spear shot out and sped far down the hallway in front of her. Erin immediately turned back to Rai, excited.
"It worked, big brother!" Erin exclaimed.
"If I'm not mistaken, Kiko used to be able to shoot waves in the water, right?" Rai said.
"Yep, that's the method I just used, and it worked," Erin said.
"Good, keep practicing," Rai said, stroking Erin's head.
After that, they continued walking through the hallway until they found a large room. As they entered, Rai immediately stopped Erin.
"Be careful, this is the boss room," Rai said.
"Okay," Erin replied.
"Graaaaaaaaah!"
"Thump... thump... thump!"
A giant goblin emerged from the darkness. The goblin wore full armor, carried a spear and a sword, and had a scary, ugly face.
"Hmm, a goblin king. Can you handle it?" Rai asked, preparing to open his palm.
"I can!"
Erin immediately shot forward, unleashing 40 tentacles from her back. "Whoosh!" The 40 tentacles immediately bound the unprepared goblin king, and "Pssssssssh!" purple smoke came out of the tentacles binding the goblin king.
"Aaaag... graaah... gaaaah!"
The goblin struggled in pain, but Erin's tentacle grip grew stronger. Slowly, the goblin king's body began to shrink and finally turned into a mummy. "Crack!" Erin crushed the goblin king mummy by tightening her grip. After that, she turned and ran towards Rai.
"We won!" Erin said with a cheerful face and her hands raised in a victory sign.
"Awesome!" Rai said, giving Erin a thumbs-up.
"Bwoooooong!" Erin's status screen immediately appeared in front of her face. Then she walked towards Rai so Rai could also see her screen.
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Name : Erin.
Race : Human.
Gender : Female.
Age : 13 yo.
Class : None.
Rank : None.
Level : 30 / 99 (EXP : 7429 / 60.200)
Power : 80.578 > 198.400.
Speed : 102.980 > 324.530.
Magic : None.
Stamina : 1000/10000 > 25000.
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Passive skill :
Superhuman in water. Kaiju martial arts. Regeneration. Auto barrier. Atomic black water mastery. *New skill* Fast stamina regeneration.
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Active skill :
Partial body transform level 1 / 99 (EXP : 0 / 10). Yellow Eye Blast level 20 / 99 (EXP : 3 / 200). Tentacle sword level 20 / 99 (EXP : 0 / 200). Summon tentacle level 30 / 99 (EXP : 0 / 400). Drain bind level 25 / 99 (EXP : 0 / 260). Atomic water spear shoot level 2 / 99 (EXP : 0 / 20). Transform into Kiko (all active skill and main level 99)
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Gigas (Kaiju) : Kiko.
Type : Humanoid kraken kaiju (Female).
Power : 10.000.000
Ability : Kaiju martial arts, regeneration, steelcoral scale skin, telepath.
Arts : Atomic beam, tentacle bind, tentacle stab.
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"Grrruuuyuk!" Erin immediately clutched her rumbling stomach, her face flushed. Rai smiled at the sight.
"Let's go home, we'll eat. You're hungry, right?" Rai said.
"Yeah, let's go, big brother!" Erin replied.
"But before we eat, take a shower. You're messy," Rai said.
"Uuugh... okay, big brother," Erin grumbled.
They both turned and walked out of the dungeon and back to the city of Trierra to go home.