NOVEL WEB E N Chapter 16 : Nightmare Dungeon [2]
E N Chapter 16
: Nightmare Dungeon [2]
[N POV]
Regeneration magic is one of Claude’s original spells.
Using the basis of what he learnt from Zenith, Claude tried several different things, and succeeded in creating one.
Not only can he restore his fatigue, he can even slowly grow the missing meat on his body. Slowly but surely. He can use this magic to replenish his mana and restore anything that has been lost within his body.
Magical.
A magic that can increase mana regeneration. It’s something that Claude had already taught his group of Militia. Even so, not many can use them as the knowledge behind the spell isn’t something that can be understood easily.
"Bang!"
Claude said as he shot a rock bullet towards the bear.
You might think that rock bullet killed the bear, but sadly, it only grazed.
GROAAR!
The shout of the bear stunned Claude at that moment. The young swordsman couldn’t help but remember every path his 3rd incarnation took to defeat the bear.
As the weakest of his 3 other incarnations, the 3rd is actually the most cunning. He had plenty of experience before his reincarnation. Given another chance, he might even be someone that can rival the Dragon God, Orsted.
"Damn, what the hell!" Claude said, as he evaded the thrust.
Boom!
As the bear’s thrust hit the dungeon wall, it dented.
"What?! That damn thing can hold an advanced spell of mine, and it’s easily destroyed like that? I’m going to get myself killed. "
Claude once again felt fear, shuddering at the fact that the monster in front of him had the same rank as a group of B-ranked adventurers.
Although the thing fell below A rank, because of its lack of magic. The amount of brute power it had could easily destroy a gate or two. Heck, even Paul should be dead with an ambush from this bear.
As he continued to battle the bear, Claude once again opened his memory regarding the nightmare beast he remembered from the memories of his 3rd incarnation.
The Nightmare Dungeon is definitely a scary place, filled with monsters he's never seen in the book of monsters he got from the adventurers. However, the variety of the beasts that lie within the dungeon is definitely lacking.
As of now, he had reached the 3rd floor after having 3 months of exploration, and the only beasts he saw were the bear, wolf, and rabbit.
However, since he couldn’t hastily act alone within the dungeon, Claude had to prioritize his safety; only after annihilating all life on the floor could he feel safe, even if it meant having less food to forage. which is why it took Claude 3 months to reach the 3rd floor.
Amusingly, he actually follows what his 3rd incarnation does, and forgets the fact that it’s weird for a dungeon to have stronger monsters whenever you head up.
It is a magical place that is usually built on a cave.
Normally, the deeper you go, the stronger the monster will be. However, it’s different for the Nightmare Dungeon, which has weaker monsters the deeper you go.
What does this mean?
Unknown.
Neither Claude nor his 3rd incarnation understand what kind of secret the dungeon hides. In addition, the fact that the weakest monster is a vorpal rabbit makes you question how strong the monster in the entrance will be.
A Vorpal rabbit alone is a weak entity that a D-rank adventurer can solo. However, in a group, They can even kill a B-ranked monster.
You won’t see them again outside, since the vorpal rabbit was a target to kill on sight. An extermination quest will be sent whenever information about them is found outside, though in the nightmare dungeon, they are nothing but a feeder for the beast on the floor above.
The wolf ate the rabbit, and the bear ate the wolves.
The lowest floor had an abundance of grass and food to feed the rabbits, and an influx of rabbits would occasionally go to the floor above, only to get eaten by the wolves. The same thing happened to the wolves that wanted to get out, only to get eaten by the bear.
Amusingly, they never went below. It might be their instinct or something. Still, until he reached the 3rd floor, Claude had never seen any monsters of a different species living on the other floor.
Even so, from his memory, this would change when he reached the 5th floor.
"Argghhhhh!"
Claude suddenly shouted as a simple graze from the bear tore off the flesh off of Claude’s thigh.
The young boy was screaming in pain as he continued to do his best to defeat the bear in front of him.
Sadly, there’s no way he can defeat the bear while being injured so heavily.
"Ugh…"
As he burned the wound, Claude was agilely running away from the bear.
The bear roared at him but was stopped by the trap magic circle Claude had set up ahead of time.He was steadily running away from the bear while looking at his surroundings.
After he safely returned to his base, he cleaned the wound using water magic and tore open the burned wound as he applied regeneration magic to his wound.
Beads of sweat fell from his face as he grunted from the pain.
After resting for a while, he changes his tattered and bloodied clothes for a new one he got from his space magic.
His weapons, which he prepared from the village, were broken one by one after living in the dungeon. Even so, he still had plenty of them in his item box.
Taking a bite of the Wolf jerky, Claude took a deep breath and calmly analyzed his situation. He was thinking of the best way to defeat the bear while incorporating the knowledge he had from his 3rd incarnation memories.
"There’s no way I can do something that a lunatic did..." Claude said, as he remembered the time it took for his 3rd incarnation to clear the dungeon.
"I need to clear this dungeon as soon as possible, meet up with Mike, and deal with any other situations that may come. There’s plenty of things that need to be done, and I can’t take 6 years to clear the damn dungeon... "
Claude sighed as he lay on the ground.
"Ugh... damn it, if only there was a summoning magic or something within my repertoire like the one Perugius had..."
Perugius Dola, the armored dragon king, is the hero that defeated Laplace and the one living in the flying fortress. He specializes in summoning magic and is the greatest summoner who ever lived.
"Argh! There’s nothing I can do with moping. Let’s review the previous battle and think of a way to deal with the monsters! "
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[Edited 24/10/2022]
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