Chapter 16
I had knocked on Team JNPR's dorm on a Saturday morning to get Jaune. And the door was quickly opened by Pyrrha "morning Jack" she said cheerfully
"morning Pyrrha is Jaune ready and do you want to join" I say back
"yeah sure it sounds lovely fun Jaune will be out in a couple minutes and I'll quickly get ready "
"okay I'll just invite teams RWBY do you think Nora and Ren would want to join" I ask thinking we might as well try to make this fun the dungeons tend to get tedious.
Pyrrha just shakes her head "Nora had dragged Ren out of the doom earlier didn't quite catch what it was about" I wasn't all that surprised with Nora you can`t really plan for her.
"okay don't bother bringing anything with you. You can't take anything into the dungeons I'll get team Ruby now" I say smiling at her before I head to the other dorm.
When I had knocked on the door a couple times before I heard Ruby reply with a quick "coming" before I hear a serious of crashes and a yelp before she opens the door. She looked like she had just woken up and she was dressed in her pyjamas still.
"sorry didn't mean to wake you" I say sheepishly rubbing the back of my head.
"It`s okay" Ruby says smiling back rubbing her eyes "what do you need us for"
"Me Pyrrha and Jaune are going to train in one of my dungeons do you and your team want to join us"
"that sounds awesome" Ruby says excitedly "but Yang is with her friends from signal, Blake is reading in the library and I`m not sure about Weiss we can ask her though" Ruby had then blurred away I out of sight leaving a couple rose petals until I hear her argue with Weiss for a bit. I tune them out not wanting to eavesdrop until Ruby ends up in my face again with a flash of petals. "Weiss said she`s busy now maybe next time"
I nod understanding besides if I were to bring Weiss then Jaune would be doing all he can to impress her and which Pyrrha would be upset about which even I can see why it annoys Weiss but it`s not like she is much better with her obsession of Pyrrha although I do not think it`s based on romance more of a worshipping thing.
No, it`s too early to deal with that plus I feel like Pyrrha would want to be Jaune's focus today I then hear Ruby clear her throat poking me. "I`ll still go she says with a smile".
I become sheepish again at that I really need to get better at not getting distracted it`s causing me a lot of trouble in my fights.
"So I`ll meet you outside of team JNPR when you're ready but don't bother bringing much you can`t take stuff into the dungeon" I say to Ruby making her panic a bit and stand straighter.
"I can`t bring anything with me what about Crescent Rose" She says pouting until she turns red "and what about my clothes"
All the pure thoughts had left my body when she said that as I imagine the sight that would give me. If this were an anime, I probably would have gotten a noise bleed and maybe even fainted. I shake my head being thankful that I had worn my Cloak which hides my lower body I then shake my head dispelling the thought as I begin talking "No don't worry you`ll still be wearing clothes" I say cursing my stutter she relaxes a bit at this "my semblance will give you these costumes that are like self repairing but you won`t be able to take anything with you even your weapon" I finish talking and she stiffens again.
"I`m not sure then I don't like to fight without Crescent Rose" she says staring to change her mind.
"Please" I plead "I don't want to be alone with Pyrrha and Jaune" I say honestly.
"I thought they were your friends what`s your problem with them" Ruby asked curiously but with an edge to her voice getting protective on them.
"Oh nothing like that there both great I just don't want to feel like a third wheel around them it will be more fun you around" I say to her and I can tell that she is still on the fence but I still have one more card to play, "I`ll make you a dozen chocolate chip cookies"
She then becomes excited "you can cook" I nod at her and she then turns to this thinking pose "make that two dozen and we got a deal" She says putting her hand out.
I quickly shake her hand "good doing business with you I`ll bake them tomorrow" I say before I leave to let her get ready as I wait outside.
Jaune and Pyrrha had went out outside after a couple minutes and quickly approach me after we get passed our normal greetings and then Ruby get outside so I decide to talk about the important stuff "only Ruby is coming with us and I`ve already told her this but you can`t bring anything with you into my dungeon my semblance will give us all a costume though so I`ll need you all to tell me what melee weapons you can use" I say to them and Pyrrha goes first.
"well I can use swords, shields and spears but I could probably get by with a dagger too" Pyrrha says and I nod they won't be hard to find.
Jaune then goes next "long swords and shields are what I can use but a I`ll try whatever I get" Jaune says making me smile at least he isn't picky my main worry is Ruby I feel like scythes are rare.
"I'm best with Scythes but I`m trained to used swords too" Ruby then says making me feel relieved that she won`t have to fight unarmed I`ve seen that when she get knocked away from her Scythe in training she becomes really bad at fighting luckily she`s fast enough to get back to her Scythe in most fights I almost snicker remembering when I had sparred with her I had managed to get her Scythe away from her then I just put it in my inventory it made me feel mean.
I stand straighter and address my friends "okay that`s good swords tend to be pretty common the way it works is that you can find weapons lying around the map and you also get weapons and other stuff as rewards for finishing each round and wave, round one has ten enemies round 2 twenty round 3 thirty and so on, each wave has 5 rounds and after every wave there is a boss fight and a chance to go home" I stop giving them time to digest the information before I add one thing "any questions".
"How safe is it" Jaune asked a bit scared.
I smile at him to help calm him down before answering "it`s completely" I say appeasing him "dying in the dungeons just causes you to lose all the stuff you earned with an embarrassing status affect trust me I learnt it first-hand" I say shivering as Ruby averts her eyes away from me with a red face my semblance is just evil I will never be able to move past that.
"What clothes will we get" Pyrrha asked.
I shrug my shoulders "I don't know it tends to be a costumed based on the world the dungeon is based on and it`s random, different every time" I say and then a silence envelopes us and I wait for what feels like a minute "anymore questions" everyone nods there head no do I then invite the three of them to my Party they quickly accept the invite while being confused.
Jack White
Level: 40
Nara
Level: 30
Jaune Arc
The false knight
Ruby Rose
The mini Reaper
Pyrrha Nikos
The lone Champion
I pause a bit surprised at what the titles said but quickly move past it. Jaune was obviously the weakest at the school all he currently has going for him is his high aura reserves but were here to change that, Ruby's title is fitting for her kind of cute too, and Pyrrha is now with people that care about her even Weiss I`ll keep an eye on her but I don't feel worried I feel like her title will change soon.
It makes sense that they don't have levels it wouldn't make sense for other people normal people don't have levels.
"So are you all ready to start" I ask, and everyone quickly says that they are ready once I explain the party system. So, I quickly use my semblance to bring us into the dungeon menu.
Game mode?
Enemies?
Allies?
I quickly go through it setting it to be the same way as before except instead of Zombies I set it to Draugr, and I then press start.
I noticed again that other than the fact that there are Draugr instead of Zombies this world It was identical, well I was thinking until I saw Ruby's costume.
"wow this is so weird" Ruby says and then noticed that I was staring at her with a blush "what" she asked. She was dressed in one of Barmaids costume which was pretty low cut and I couldn't help but stare. Ruby quickly then looked down realising what she was wearing she let out a loud eep with her face going red. She then crossed her arms which may have covered them but it empathised the size.
I couldn't look away, so she punched me. "sorry" I say averting my eyes and rubbing my arm I had no idea that you would get a costume like that" I say looking away by looking around. I then noticed Pyrrha's costume.
She was also dressed as a Barmaid, but her clothes were more revealing, but I look away not wanting to get caught starring again so I then look to Jaune who was staring at Pyrrha and laugh.
He was dressed as a jester he even had the make up to match and it was kind of funny. I move past that though and look at my costume and feel relieved when I see it.
I was dressed as a mage, I had a dark blue cloak with dark blue pants I read the next pop up that said if I make it five waves I`ll unlock the skin.
after everyone had gotten used to their new skins, I felt three sets of glares being sent my way "I have no control on what skins we all have my skin just likes to stir up chaos, now let's find some weapons I say to placate them looking around I me and Pyrrha managed to both find knifes as we were searching before I see all the Draugr from this round quickly approaching.
Nara quickly splits himself in half and then the two of him attack the Draugr with fire, his teeth and claws growing to the size of a lion.
Not wanting to be out done I jump into the fight followed closely by Pyrrha. I slam my knife into the head of a skeleton shooting a fireball at the Draugr approaching we then make quick work of the remaining skeletons
Wave 1 complete
Rewards 1,000 XP, 500 liens, an iron sword, two iron daggers, a long bow and 50 arrows
I nod happy at the rewards "hey who here can use a bow" I ask not really expecting anyone to answer but surprisingly Jaune put his hand up.
"my grandpa taught me to he said that all Arcs must be able to hunt I`ve gotten pretty good with bows and throwing axes" I grin at Jaune happy and throw him, the bow and arrows then give Pyrrha another knife she then goes to Jaune to make sure no Draugr can get to close to him, although I notice that Jaune is having trouble with meeting her eyes.
I then see a couple Draugr approach, so I quickly approach Ruby trusting the others to protect us.
I can tell that Ruby seems to have lost her confidence now that she has no weapon I give myself a reminder to help her with that later and then ruffle her hair giving her a smile to raise her spirits before I give her the sword as I summon 4 Draugr "don't worry we`ll be fine" I say to her smiling before, she disappears only leaving behind rose petals as she slashes at them with the enemies with speed.
I quickly join the fray and with our numbers and weapons we quickly finish off the rest of them.
Wave 2 complete
Rewards 2,000 XP, 1,000 lien, two iron swords, two long bows a steel war axe 100 arrows
I grin we are getting some better stuff now I give Pyrrha and Jaune a sword and she gives me back her daggers I then also give Jaune another 50 arrows as we await the next Draugr
Time had flown and before I know it was soon time to start wave 5.
All our gear had improved iron swords were replaced by steel and long bows were replaced by hunting bows. And I even got a new spell.
Mage light(activate) Shoots a ball of light that sticks to whatever it touches lasts for a minute and costs 50 Mana
Okay it`s not the most useful spell in combat especially since I can see in the dark but it`s better than nothing and it will help because a lot of the people I hang around with who don't have night vision.
"okay guys stay on guard there will be a boss fight at the end of this" I say to the crowd getting nods as everyone else gets more serious.
I had around twenty Draugr on our side so wasn't that difficult for us we weren't going to get over whelmed I put myself in the middle if the Draugr and hack and slash with my twin war axes we were able to take out the Draugr without much difficulty although we almost lost Jaune when he was surprised by a Draugr but luckily his aura and chest plate saved him all he got were a few bruises.
Things started to get more difficult when there was only a couple Draugr left I was having trouble with one of them it just far more difficulty then the rest of them, so I choose to observe it
Draugr weight
Level 60
hit was my thoughts when I saw what the enemy was this was the boss and it was twenty levels higher than me. The Draugr was smart too it tried to take advantage of my surprise I had to cross my axes together in a makeshift block in order to stop the Draugr from taking my head off and then the worse thing happened.
"FROUSE RU DA" It shouted sending me hurtling into a wall with a crack as I go through it. I felt super panicked when I realised that it wasn't just the wall that had broken.
My back had been twisted at an angle that I know it shouldn't be and I couldn't feel my legs this Is bad. I quickly look at my stats wincing when I see them.
HP: 40/410
SP: 200/410
MP: 60/410
AP:200/820
I couldn't spend too long worried as Ruby was quickly in my face "oh my god Jack are you okay" Ruby said trying to help me up.
"stop" I scream in pain when I felt Ruby try to Yank me up "never try to move someone when they've been hurt you`ll make things worse" I says seriously it`s like one of the first rules when it comes to injuries to do with the head or spine, but when I notice that she is upset I soften "don't worry I`ll be okay I just need you to buy me some time to get my stats up" I say trying to make her feel better I then drink both a health and Mana potion to speed up my recovery after about a minute I feel safe to stand.
I look over my stats again feeling better although I can still feel what seems to be phantom pains.
HP: 410/410
SP: 410/410
MP: 356/410
AP:642/820
I get out the room to see Jaune being sent flying out the room the same way as me although unlike me Jaune has managed to get up not that hurt I forgot how durable Jaune is sometimes Pyrrha says it`s because he has a lot of aura.
I quickly look at what we're dealing with all that`s left is the Draugr weight and around ten Draugr Ruby and Nara are currently handling them while Jaune picks a few off from a distance. Pyrrha is currently fighting off the death lord with a great amount of skill that I doubt that I could ever hope to match so I quickly sneak up behind the death lord and wait for Pyrrha to give me an opening.
I don't have to wait long as Pyrrha Sparta kicks it towards me, so I sink two electricity fuelled elven daggers using up all my Mana causing it to shake as it becomes shocked.
Pyrrha then uses the distraction to decapitate it ending the wave.
Wave 5 complete
Rewards 10,000 XP, 5,000 liens, an ebony sword, a steel scythe, two steel daggers, flames spell book, telekinesis spell book, a minor Mana potion a Dwarven bow and 50 Dwarven arrows
I sigh feeling like this is worth it since I've been able to level up and I got a telekinesis spell book I've always wanted that.
I quickly heal every one of their minor injuries luckily no one took any bad hits "so do you guys want to leave now or go to wave ten" I ask feeling fine with either one luckily you can pause it when you reach an exit point so we have time.
"Is there any danger in the dungeons" Pyrrha asked tentatively I can tell that everyone has had fun with this but it's starting to get difficult especially with the final bosses.
"It's perfectly safe" I say appeasing her while learning the skill books "dying in this will just cause you to get embarrassed or a temporary status effect."
Telekinesis (activate) this ability allows you to move stuff with your mind Mana cost depends the object`s weight, distance, and duration.
Flames (activate) this ability allows you to shoot a wall of flames out of your hands 50 Mana per second.
I nod happy at the ability then give Ruby the scythe causing her to stand straighter to her using a scythe is like breathing she seems to find a new confidence as she says she's ready for a new wave.
After she agrees everyone else soon follows so I give them the better weapons and pull out my two steel war axes and start the next wave.
The next enemies come quickly around 40 of them at once so I summon another 4 of my own Draugr and we meet them.
I was so concerned with fighting the enemies attacking me that I had forgotten that ranged attackers exist.
I felt an arrow hit my shoulder doing around 100 damage to my aura and I jump back using my ice shards to by me some time. "Jaune take out the archers" I say and I quickly see him in the corner of my eye stepping back and pulling out his bow to do as I ask trusting Pyrrha to protect him and as a team we managed to reach wave ten without too much difficulty.
We were on wave ten know feeling prepared we all had ebony weapons Jaune and Pyrrha were wearing ebony heavy armour and Ruby was wearing glass due to her size and fighting style it was decided that she would be best suited for light armour I had even got two more spells books detect life and equilibrium.
It was pretty cool seeing Jaune and Pyrrha in action together they had a great amount of trust. Jaune was fighting with the bow taking out the Draugr that are far away as well as the archers. Pyrrha was protecting Jaune from any Draugr that came close.
Nara had split himself in half and was fighting the Draugr in the corner using his flames and his spiked tail.
And Ruby was taking out Draugr left and right in a flurry of rose petals.
I was identifying the Draugr in front of since it seemed more powerful than the rest of them.
Draugr overlord
Level 100
Oh, that explains it "found the boss" I call out shooting a wave of ice spikes to mark it. It then lashes out hitting me with its great axe so I pull a shield at the last second but my legs buckle from the force of the it as I roll to create some distance I then summon as many Draugr as I can and pull out my bow and start shooting it.
And that was when things started to go wrong. There became too many Draugr so Jaune had to switch to a sword and shield. Jaune was struggling with one enemy and blocked the wrong hit. The force from the blow knocked him to the ground dazed unable to defend himself from the killing blow.