Kae

Dungeon Diver CH76

On my way home I grab a bite to eat and stroll around Alpine Park for a while to think about the monster I just faced.

It wasn’t the dungeon boss, that’s for sure. My only guess is it was a random mutant spawn, or has something to do with this skill… “Dungeon Walker”. I’m leaning toward the latter.

As ...

Dungeon Diver CH75

The Demon looks me in the eyes as our swords clash.

I grit my teeth and watch the sparks fly. I use plunderer while releasing a wave of flames through my blade toward the monster. It lets out a wave of intense intimidation as we test each other’s limits.

My flames glow hot illuminating the area around us. I burs...

Dungeon Diver CH74

The darkness around me suddenly dissipated. I can see waves of black and purple energy dissolving all around me to reveal the dungeon’s orange sky again.

I grip my sword tight and keep all of my skills active while staring down the odd sight before me.

This is a completely different section of the boss room. I c...

Dungeon Diver CH73

I wake up after a good night of rest and crawl out of bed. There are birds chirping outside to the rising sun.

I get dressed and open my door to be immediately greeted by a familiar face.

“You ready Jay??”

Maria is sitting on the upper ledge of the apartment building stairs, resting the new High Orc swor...

Dungeon Diver CH72

We walked for another 20 minutes or so.

The terrain changed a little bit. There are much fewer rocks, less trees, and the ground feels a lot harder. It just seems like there’s unlimited flat ground surrounding us in all directions… it’s a bit eerie.

Finally, a new monster appears up in the distance. Rei step...

Dungeon Diver CH71

*CRACKKK*

The High Orc roared as it broke free from its ice prison. The dark red aura around its body gave off an immense power that definitely was not present before.

I looked back to see Rei standing close behind us with her arms crossed. Maria had turned back to the beast looking ready to attack again. Her base...

Dungeon Diver CH70

“Uhh- sure. Sounds good to me!”

Jack left the room and came back around 5 minutes later.

“They should be back from a raid within the hour. You’ll have to wait around for a little while.”

I nodded.

“That’s fine.”

Jack looked me up and down.

“Rei told me you got a new sword ...

Dungeon Diver CH69

“Hey! Would you look at who it is?”

I heard a familiar voice behind me and turned my head to see Hudson smiling and waving while walking in my direction. Trailing behind him were 4 hunters I’d never seen before.

“Are these your new recruits?”

He nodded and looked back.

“Yup! Fresh D Class H...

Dungeon Diver CH68

We let the crowd die down and disperse before exiting the arena. I kept my mask on to avoid being identified. No one’s going to know who I am, but it’s just better for people to not associate my face with an illegal underground fight ring champ…

Bri leads me into the main market. We walked no more than 500m and ma...

Dungeon Diver CH67

My vision is blurry, and my clothing is soaked in blood. Even after regenerating most of my body aches with fatigue.

That doesn't matter now though, all I can think about is the man I have to defeat in front of my eyes. My blood is boiling and adrenaline is pumping through my veins. Even though I'm face to face with dea...

Dungeon Diver CH66

Bri smiled while looking straight ahead at the ongoing performance.

“Theodore is strong. Much stronger than you.”

I gulped.

“Really? Should I drop ou-“

“No. You’ll be fine. As long as you take control of that sword.”

“Take control?”

“Yes. If you let it push you around li...

Dungeon Diver CH65

Xavier stared me down with a cold look as I continued to shoot flames high up into the air through my sword.

The announcer’s voice rang out again. I brought my sword down and let the flames go out slowly as I listened.

“Everybody knows the rules! There is no time limit in the ring, all tricks, magic items, and...

Dungeon Diver CH64

Bernard walked me up the stairway back to Bri’s room, or better yet, her lair.

“How was your shopping trip? Find anything good?”

She walked towards us as I stepped into her office. Bernard stayed back and let me approach.

“Yeah, I got a few things!”

I lifted the new necklace off my chest whil...

Dungeon Diver CH63

The underground market seemed to go on forever. We walked for about 20 more minutes, every new merchant stand looked the same to me. Every 100m or so there were doors and hallways that lead off of the main path, but they all either lead up to the surface or were private property.

Bernard finally stopped in front of anot...

Dungeon Diver CH62

Bri pointed at the floor and that same white light started to glow all around her hand. With a swift motion, she threw the orb of light at the floor. It sank right through and disappeared out of sight. She looked up at me and spoke.

“My assistant will come up here shortly, shall we begin?”

“Begin now? I thou...

Dungeon Diver CH61

I made it back to the Inn and nodded to the man sitting behind the front desk before riding the elevator up to my room.

After my usual hot shower, I fell into bed and stared at the ceiling thinking about my day.

Maybe the folks at the Tara Guild are a group of good people after all. I wouldn’t mind seeing Nessa ...

Dungeon Diver CH60

I made my way back to the market with a smile on my face.

The guild took the 7 mana from those other monsters, so I think it's fair that I get to keep the big mana from the boss. It ended up being a pretty even split. The Minotaur Horn, on the other hand... I'll just take it as compensation for dealing the final blow to...

Dungeon Diver CH59

I lifted the large mana crystal up in the air to show them the boss's loot, but the white transfer light already started.

We were all sent back to the dungeon's starting point. I heard Hudson's voice a moment later.

"That was much harder than I predicted it would be. Usually, one buff is more than enough. I'm glad...

Dungeon Diver CH58

I look around to see all my new team members fighting for their lives in battle.

The team of 3 has done some pretty good work on their Minotaur, with a little more time they'll be able to finish it off.

Nessa is visibly exhausted, but she's landed a few good hits on the boss with me so far. If I had to guess, I'd ...

Dungeon Diver CH57

Nessa and I continued charging forward with flaming blades straight at the mutant boss. The closer we get the denser the air fills up with magic.

The beast is cracking the ground with every step and letting out large amounts of air from its nose while grunting.

The speed of the Minotaur is astounding. I've never s...

Dungeon Diver CH56

Once transferred into the boss room I looked around in awe. This is much different than I expected it to be.

We all stood in a wide open plane with short grass and no trees. There were tall rocky hills blocking off the area acting as walls in all directions around us. It was about 500m long and 500m wide if I had to gue...

Dungeon Diver CH55

"Hey! What do you mean you're borrowing my skill?"

She giggled and turned back towards me.

"It's my skill called Mimic."

I squinted at her with a confused look on my face.

"Okay? What exactly does it do? How's it work?"

"Well, I can mimic any skill I see. I chose to mimic your fire magic, so its ...

Dungeon Diver CH54

We all moved forward in line and approached the two guards. One of them recognized me.

"Hey, welcome back. Looks like you do have a party."

I nodded.

"Yep."

We all handed our IDs over and made it down the escalator to the D Class platform. It's a mess down here today. There are very large groups waitin...

Dungeon Diver CH53

I arrived to the market less than 20 minutes later and waved to the old merchant.

"Hey kid, how are ya today?"

"Great."

I took my axe and mana out of my item storage to place them on counter between us.

"Ya know, that's a neat skill. I don't think you were using it when we first met, but I gotta say it...

Dungeon Diver CH52

The Shaman looked me up and down with bloodshot eyes. There's a peculiar magic aura surrounding it.

I stared it down as well with my sword pointed straight ahead. I'm sure I could defeat this monster in seconds if I went all out, but I want to see what it can do. I've only read about shamans in comics, this is the first...

Dungeon Diver CH51

I let the crowd of hunters go into the dungeon first. I'll take my time and venture a bit deeper today to find some harder opponents. I'm probably not ready for the boss yet, it'll take a few days before i can handle that solo.

There's a large sense of tension from the other parties. This whole dungeon surge thing is a ...

Dungeon Diver CH50

I boarded the escalator down to the train station and made my way back to the main Dungeon Hub.

It's really crowded this time of day. Most hunters are finishing up their raids and heading off to the market to sell all kinds of loot.

I walked outside and started to head towards the market center as well, I am one o...

Dungeon Diver CH49

The injured flaming Minotaurs came charging at me in a fit of rage. These two aren’t the problem though. I can doge their attacks all day and kill them whenever I please. Their leader is the real issue. I haven’t gauged its full strength yet, but its definitely higher than mine.

My best course of action is to take t...

Dungeon Diver CH48

I stood in front of 3 charging Minotaurs with my burning blade and prepared for an attack.

The monster up front is the most wounded, its about 30m ahead of the other two. The smartest thing to do right now would be to take it out first. I charged in at the wounded beast and let my flames burn bright trailing behind me o...

Dungeon Diver CH47

I made it back to the main D Class platform and checked out the list of dungeons.

The Minotaur Dungeon caught my eye. The old merchant said it would be better to challenge this one with a group as a D Class hunter, but I think it’ll be fine. He doesn’t know how many skills I have, they’re more valuable than levels...