...fuck
I blame college and writers block for this delay!
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto…Yet
"Talking"
'Thinking'
"Chakra Beast/Boss/Summon"
(AN: Authors Note)
(Side thought)
'Game'
"Jutsu"
Emphasis
Last Time:
Warning! Field dungeon found!
Recommended Level: 15
If you wish to enter the dungeon anyways, simply step forwards.
Huh…whelp, Fuck that! I am NOT dealing with that today! Not when I'm only level one, no thank you!
Right as I turned around to nope outta there however, a massive boom of thunder made me slip on the wet floor, falling backwards and, much to my horror, right into the level 15 dungeon. As this happened, only one thing went through my brain.
'Ah…Shit…'
Chapter Four:
You know, falling down a dark hole at high speeds isn't usually what someone would consider fun. Especially if said hole had various sharp rocks that you had no choice but to run over, each one giving you a painful cut on your back and legs. But that was the situation I found myself in as I rolled towards the bottom of the tunnel, unable to stop myself.
By the time I finally reached the bottom, I was missing over a hundred health and had over a dozen deep cuts on my back, each one stinging painfully as I grit my teeth in pain.
Waiting a few minutes for my health to regenerate, I looked at the window that popped up in front of me.
'Dungeon Diving!'
After foolishly falling into a dungeon high above your level, you need to find a way to get out alive!
Quest: Survive the dungeon!
Bonus Quest: ?, ?
Success: Five Thousand EXP, 1 Random Skill Token
Bonus Quest Success: Three Thousand Exp, ?
Failure: Death!
Eye twitching at the quest, I barely managed to hold back a scream of frustration, only managing to do so by reminding myself of where I was.
Taking a quick look around, I saw that I was in some sort of stone corridor with torches lining each side of the wall, stopping once they reached a large, heavy looking door. Looking back to where I fell from I couldn't help but let out a disappointed sigh as I was left staring back at a blank wall, the passage seeming to have disappeared. Groaning, I decided to just get it over with.
Slowly opening the large door, I carefully looked out into the next room, stopping as soon as I saw something. Standing in front of me was a tall humanoid figure wearing a full set of leather armor, wielding what looked to be an iron short sword. The most shocking thing about the figure however, was their distinct lack of skin and muscle. Thankfully they were facing the other direction, letting me cast an observe on the skeleton.
'Skeleton'
Name: N/A
Gender: No
Level- 10
Health- 550/550
Mana- N/A
Str- 45
Vit- 45
Dex- 45
Int- 5
Wis- 1
Cha- 0
Luc- 0 (He's dead, his luck sucks)
One of the most basic and well known monsters, skeletons are created using magic to reanimate the bones of a corpse. When created, all remaining flesh falls off, leaving only the bone.
Drops: ?, ?, ?
Kill to gain 25 Exp
…That was a lot of Exp…
I only need to kill four of these guys to level up! I should be able to take them out easily too, since these things stats are horrible for their level! Granted, I did a lot of constant grinding to get where I am, but these things should be easy to take out unless they're in a group, but even then that's not much of an issue with Telekinesis, since I could just take them on one at a time that way. Since this is the only one, I should try to expand my skills a bit.
Drawing out my mana, I imagined the mana flowing into my hands, flowing slightly upwards as I guided it into the shape of a ball, just waiting to be thrown and release its pent up energy on impact.
Ignoring the sweat dripping down my brow, I opened my eyes to see a bright blue ball in my hand, condensing the surrounding water in the air to make small clouds of fog drifting down to the floor, similar to how dry ice acted.
'I wonder if this is because of my 'King of Winter' perk, did it make my spells ice based?' I thought to myself, throwing the orb at the skeleton
Skill 'Ice blast' has been created
'Ice Blast'
Level- 1 0/100
Ice Blast is a projectile spell that explodes when it hits, covering the affected area in a layer of ice.
Cost- 500 MP each
Damage: 150 Hp + 10 cold damage per second (lasts for ten seconds)
x5 Damage to cold blooded creatures
'Huh, I'll take that as a yes then.'
The Skeleton, now aware of my presence, immediately turned around to see what dared to attack it, its eyes landing on my small frame not even a second later. The skeleton immediately raised its sword and charged towards me, ready to strike.
Ducking under the swing, the skeleton stumbled past me, leaving it open to another ice blast to the back, ice crystals forming on its right shoulder and rendering the arm practically useless as the ice locked it in place.
Not giving up however, that skeleton used its left hand to take the sword before charging me again. Since it was closer this time, I wasn't able to completely dodge in time as the blade buried itself into my shoulder, forcing me to grit my teeth in an attempt to hold back a shout of pain.
A quick glance at my health bar showed me I lost over four hundred hp in that one attack. If that was just from one attack, then I really couldn't afford to keep getting hit like that.
Leaping back, I shot off two more ice blasts, bringing its hp down to zero, reducing it to dust and-was that Ryo?
Looking closer, I saw that it was indeed a pile of Ryo, 100 Ryo to be exact. Nothing amazing, but not bad for a single skelly.
After waiting a few minutes for my health and mana to regen, I made my way to the next room to see another three skeletons standing in the middle of the room. Not wanting a repeat of what happened earlier, I fired four ice blasts at two of the skeletons, using telekinesis on the last one to slam it into the wall, instantly turning all three to dust; though at the cost of my entire mana pool.
Taking a moment to regen my mana, I looked at the notifications I received and saw that I leveled up ice blast twice, and leveled up myself once.
Level Up!
Name: Sora Uzumaki
Guild: N/A
Age: 5
Gender: Male
Familiar: N/A
Title: King of Winter, Jinchuriki of the Nine Tailed Fox
Level-2
EXP- 0/250
Health- 1740/1740
Mana- 4260/4260
Chakra- 5830/5830
CC- 50%
Str- 49
Vit- 67
Dex- 61
Int- 203 (x2 = 406)
Wis- 103
Cha- 1
Luc- 34
Skill Points: 10
Ryo: 400
Looking at my new stats, I couldn't help the grin nearly splitting my face. If this is what I got from one level, and the skeletons gave that much experience, then I was about to get a lot stronger. Though it would probably be a good idea to save some of my Skill Points for an emergency. I would probably keep around thirty or so and use the rest on Charisma.
Before entering the next room, I pulled out one of the swords the skeletons dropped, casting a quick Observe on it.
'Iron Short Sword'
Rank: Common
Description: This weapon was one of many, being mass produced to supply low ranking soldiers.
Damage: 50 + (Str x 8)
Giving it a slight nod, I put it back in my inventory before walking into the next room.
My eyes immediately taking notice of the five skeletons spread throughout the room. Two of the skeletons had shields in addition to the standard short sword.
So, since they hadn't noticed me yet, I used wall walking to walk up and stand on the ceiling, making sure I was well out of their reach before sending three blasts each at the shielded skeletons, and two more at one of the normal skeletons; dusting the shielded skelly's and reducing the one to ten hp.
Seeing this, the other skelly's looked to where the shots had come from and spotted me standing on the ceiling. Not that they could reach me however, even when they tried to use each other as step ladders in a comical attempt that ended in hilarious failure. So they were forced to watch as my mana regenerated enough to allow me to finish them off without incident. Picking up the loot, I moved onto the next room and repeating the process, proceeding to do the same in another dozen rooms, killing 60 more skelly's and bringing ice blast up to level 19,
'Ice Blast'
Level- 19 2945/3750
Ice Blast is a projectile spell that explodes when it hits, covering the affected area in a layer of ice.
Cost- 310 MP each
Damage: 330 Hp + 10 cold damage per second (lasts for eighty seconds)
x5 Damage to cold blooded creatures
And me up to level five
Level Up!
Name: Sora Uzumaki
Guild: N/A
Age: 5
Gender: Male
Familiar: N/A
Title: King of Winter, Jinchuriki of the Nine Tailed Fox
Level-5
EXP- 425/700
Health- 2140/2140
Mana- 4460/4460
Chakra- 7030/7030
CC- 50%
Str- 49
Vit- 67
Dex- 61
Int- 203 (x2 = 406)
Wis- 103
Cha- 1
Luc- 34
Skill Points: 40
Ryo: 6900
And finally, after that, I reached what looked to be the boss room.
Said room was a large open room with multiple stone pillars to hold up the ceiling. At the opposite end of the room was what looked to be some sort of alter with a single stone coffin in the center.
Once I was fully in the room, I heard the door slam shut behind me, locking me in the room with what I presumed to be the boss.
Looking back towards the coffin, I saw a gaunt, withered hand grip the side of the coffin in an attempt the pull the being out of the coffin. As it did this, I cast a quick observe on the boss.
'Sphyrna, The Withered King'
'Gender: Male'
Level- 20
Health- 1500/1500
Mana- 20,000/20,000
Str- 65
Vit- 65
Dex- 65
Int- 150
Wis- 130
Cha- 10
Luc- 0 (He's dead, his Luck sucks!)
Once a great and noble King, Sphyrna was forced to watch as his family and kingdom were stolen from him before being destroyed. Overcome with grief, he started searching for a way to regain both, delving into darker and darker magics as he did. Eventually, his soul became so tainted that it could no longer pass on, binding itself to his body, making him unable to pass on and join his family in the afterlife.
Drops: ?, ?, ?
Kill to gain 2500 Exp
'Huh, poor guy, I feel bad for him now. Better kill him quickly then, let him reunite with his family and all that.' I thought to myself, watching as he finally finished pulling himself out of the coffin, his eyes immediately locking on my figure, opening his mouth to speak.
"Who dares ent-"That was as far as he got however, as I immediately shot him with fifteen ice blasts, covering him from head to toe in ice as his health immediately dropped to zero.
Watching both him and the ice disappeared into nothing, I wished him luck in the afterlife, hoping that he would find his family there.
After giving the king a moment of silence, I looked at the new notification before seeing what he dropped
Level Up x3!
Giving my stats a quick once over, I put forty points into Charisma, bringing it up to 41 before giving the screen a satisfied nod as I looked at the loot I got from the boss.
Looking over the loot, I found 10,000 Ryo, a low level healing potion (Nice!), and an old golden crown
Casting a quick observe on the crown, I felt my eyes widen once I saw the description
'Crown of the Fallen King'
Once belonging to Sphyrna Nightingale, this crown has been enchanted to accelerate the speed of which one can learn magic.
Effect: When worn, x3 Exp gain for mana based skills
...yeah, that's a pretty bullshit item; but like hell I was going to complain! I'm going to end up fighting someone who can summon fucking meteors!I'm not nearly stupid enough to complain about something that'll help me survive the absolute bullshittery of that!
Equipping the crown as I sat down, I spent the next few minutes waiting for my mana to refill before walking through the door that appeared behind the coffin, only to fall down another hole immediately afterwards.
Fucking. Damnit.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (You guys have NO idea how tempting it is to end it here) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
After falling down the second unnecessarily deep hole, I was understandably upset for having foolishly thought it would let me leave, because of COURSE there would be multiple levels! 'Cause why the hell not, right?
Sigh…
Whatever, let's just get through this quickly; I've already been down here for well over four hours, no need to waste time.
Looking at my surroundings, I saw that I was in an area similar to the one I was in when I first entered, but instead of the smooth stone bricks, it was just a plain rock wall, looking as if someone dug it out with sharp claws.
Keeping that thought in mind, I slowly crept towards the next room. Peering around the doorless frame to the next room.
There, standing to the side of the room, was a single, short, lizard like creature. Casting a quick observe on it, I took a minute to look at its stats.
'Kobold'
Name: N/A
Gender: Male
Level- 15
Health- 750/750
Mana- N/A
Str- 65
Vit- 65
Dex- 65
Int- 10
Wis- 5
Cha- 2
Luc- 2
A distant cousin to the mighty dragons, Kobolds are a reptilian race that typically live in caves, only venturing out to search for supplies.
Drops: ?, ?, ?
Kill to gain 50 Exp
Taking a breath, I gathered the energy for an ice blast, sending the glowing bolt flying towards the kobold; only to watch in shock as the kobold was suddenly covered completely in ice, shattering not a moment later, causing me to stand in shock for a moment before I snapped out of it.
Is that what it meant by x5 damage!? It didn't say it would completely decimate it, what the hell!?
After I took a moment to calm down, I walked over to where the kobold had been standing not a minute earlier, checking what it had dropped.
Picking up the loot, I found 250 Ryo, and a necklace that looked like it was made of- were those finger bones?! That's disgusting! I don't care what effects it might give, I am not taking that!
Barely holding back my urge to vomit, I slowly made my way to the next room, leaving the necklace on the ground as I did.
Inside were four kobolds gathered around a table, playing what looked like a game of poker.
'…You know what? Fuck it, I'm not even surprised anymore.' I thought as I sent a single ice blast at each of the kobolds
One of the kobolds managed to dodge however, having apparently smelled me if its flaring nostrils were any indication.
Watching its friends turn to ice and explode didn't seem to improve its mood as it let out a loud hiss like howl, the sound seemingly loud enough to be heard throughout the entire cave system; though that was probably its intentions.
It took me a moment to recover from the shock, but that was all the kobold needed as it rushed forward, using it's sharp claws to cut into my side, dealing over five hundred hp in that single attack, making me bite back a shout as I threw another ice blast at the thing, swiftly bringing its life to a halt.
I didn't have time to see what it dropped before I heard a multitude of footsteps rushing towards the room I was in.
Thinking quickly, I shoved the loot into my inventory before I leapt to the roof and used my minor cold weather control to cover the room in snow, both hiding me, and slowing down my enemies, making them prime targets for the barrage of ice blasts I sent their way; turning their group of over fifteen kobolds to nothing but piles of ice and loot.
Dropping to the ground, I swept the loot into my inventory before looking over what I had,
'Finger Bone Necklace' x20
Rank: Common
Description: This necklace is made by kobolds as a coming of age ceremony where they take the life of a human, and take their fingers as a sign of strength
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'Live Rat' x11
Rank: Common
Description: It's a rat… Seriously, what did you expect?
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'Kobold Claw: Crafting Item' x5
Rank: Uncommon
Description: A claw from a kobold, it's sharp enough to cut through solid rock as if it was warm butter.
Throwing the necklaces away in disgust, I looked over the rest of the loot before focusing on the rats.
Pulling out one of the rats from my inventory, I watched in shock as it began to move around. Putting it back in, I pulled it out again to make sure it wasn't a fluke.
It wasn't
This… this had a lot of potential uses. This, showed me something very, very, important. This meant that I could probably carry people.
And if I could carry people, and since my inventory put things in stasis, then I could grab someone on the brink of death and just shove them into my inventory until I or someone else could heal them! Not only that, but I could just spam shadow clones and shove them into my inventory until I needed them, giving me an army of thousands in seconds if needed.
Holy shit…
Potentially world-ending thoughts aside, I would still need to learn the shadow clone skill first, and who knows when that'll happen!
Putting that away for later use, I made my way towards the next room, only to find it empty, along with the next two rooms. These rooms must have been where the other kobolds came from. Looking around the rooms, I didn't see anything of interest, just a few sets of cards here and there, and the occasional bit of worn cloth.
Moving on, the next room only had a single kobold in it, which was quickly reduced to zero with a quick ice blast to the face, the same process repeating for the next few rooms, each having more and more kobolds, leading to a total of 18 more kobolds killed.
The next room I went into however, was a bit…off. This room, like the others, had a group of kobolds in it. Unlike the other rooms, however, this room only had a group of two kobolds. These ones looking as if they were guarding something. The problem? There was nothing there, it was just a blank wall.
Eyes narrowing in suspicion, I quickly killed the two kobolds before taking a closer look at the door, picking up the loot as I did. (Minus the necklaces, of course)
Running my hand across the wall, I noticed a slight change in texture. Not much, but enough to notice a difference. Looking closer, I saw a faint line on the wall, barely noticeable even now that I'm looking at it.
Pressing in on it, it slowly grew bigger as I pushed, the shape slowly forming the shape of a door. Seeing this, I pushed harder until it was fully open, revealing a secret set of rooms within. Moving as quietly as I could from room to room, I noticed a distinct lack of kobolds, filling me with a strange sense of unease.
Before I entered the next room, I felt the unease increase dramatically, filling me with a sense of urgency. The scream I heard right after confirmed the feeling as I completely abandoned stealth, busting the doors down with a blast of telekinesis as I rushed into the room, slamming Gamers Mind into place as soon as I did, if only to hold back the urge to puke at the sight I was met with.
There, in the middle of the room, was a young girl with her hands chained to the ceiling, forcing her hands above her head, leaving the rest of her clothless body vulnerable. Something the kobolds had obviously done purposely, if the countless cuts and burns across her body had anything to say about it. And they must have been doing this for a while too, if the scars and dried blood all over her had anything to say about it.
Immediately looking at the group of kobolds surrounding her, I felt myself fill with a rage unlike anything I had ever felt before as I saw their faces filled to the brim with sadistic joy. My newly found rage easily overcame Gamers Mind as I felt something bubble up from around me, shattering my illusion as it did. But I didn't notice any of that, my focus being only on the pathetic wastes of flesh that dared to harm a child like this.
Rushing forwards, I knocked the first one to the ground as I used my newly grown claws to tear out its throat, leaving it a gurgling mess as I leapt to the next one, digging my claws into its chest and tearing just as the other two came over their shock, using daggers to repeatedly stab my back.
I didn't even feel it.
I couldn't even feel it, so lost was I in my rage.
The wounds closing faster than they could give them, they were left prime targets when I whirled around, crushing one's skull to mush and biting the others throat out before I stood, panting. As I did, I felt the bubbling feeling slowly start to vanish, my world fading to black as it did.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Several Hours Later~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I let out a groan of pain as I woke up, each of my muscles felt like they were on fire. Thankfully, the feeling soon faded thanks to Gamers Body.
Taking a few minutes, I tried to remember what happened, before it hit me like a brick. The kobolds, the bubbly feeling- was that Kyuubi mode?! And…and something else. A girl? - THE GIRL!
Looking around frantically, my eyes settled on the girl, who looked the same as she did when I entered, though she was now unconscious, thankfully.
Taking this time to get a better look at her, I saw that she looked around my age, with light blue hair. She had a round, pale face, and what looked like dark blue scales under her eyes, near her cheekbones.
The most striking feature about her however, was the large, dark blue tail that replaced her legs.
"Huh"
Taking the set of keys that dropped from one of the kobolds, I unlocked the shackles and carefully set her down before dressing her in one of the spare shirts that I had in my inventory. It was a bit big, but it would have to do for now. Sitting down, I put her head on my lap before grabbing my last blanket from my inventory, using it to cover her. Leaning back against the wall, I let out a deep breath before casting observe on the girl.
Name: Sienna
Guild: N/A
Age: 5
Gender: Female
Title: Precious Sapphire
Level-12
Health- 490/1550
Mana- 1430/1430
Chakra- N/A
Str- 55
Vit- 35
Dex- 60
Int- 23
Wis- 17
Cha- 36
Luc- 15
Description: [Unavailable: Observe Level Too Low]
'What the hell? She's missing over two thirds of her health!' I thought to myself, casting Heal 'I should have made those bastards suffer more. To do such things to a child is unforgiveable!'
Watching Heal do its work, I saw her skin gain more color as the spell did its job, sealing the cuts and burns that covered her body and causing the scars on her body to fade, some of the smaller ones even disappearing altogether. I watched as she let out a deep breath, breathing easier than she was before, a small, relaxed smile creeping onto her face.
Seeing this, I let a small smile form on my face as well before I turned to look at the notifications I now had.
Level Up x2!
Name: Sora Uzumaki
Guild: N/A
Age: 5
Gender: Male
Familiar: N/A
Title: King of Winter, Jinchuriki of the Nine Tailed Fox
Level-10
EXP- 775/1500
Health- 2940/2940
Mana- 4860/4860
Chakra- 9430/9430
CC- 50%
Str- 49
Vit- 67
Dex- 61
Int- 203 (x2 = 406)
Wis- 103
Cha- 41
Luc- 34
Skill Points: 50
Ryo: 16,900
Quickly assigning my new points into Charisma, I moved onto the second screen,
'Torture Tool Sets' x3
Rank: Rare
Description: A set of tools used to violently extract information from unwilling targets. These tools seem to have been used…
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'Kobold Teeth: Crafting Item' x7
Rank: Uncommon
Description: The tooth of a Kobold, It's in surprisingly good condition.
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'Kobold Claw: Crafting Item' x9
Rank: Uncommon
Description: A claw from a kobold, it's sharp enough to cut through solid rock as if it was warm butter.
Yet again struggling to hold in my nonexistent dinner, I immediately took out the tools and started bashing them against the walls to reduce their durability to zero, turning the offending objects into nothing more than motes of light.
Taking a deep breath to recover, I decided to distract myself by looking at the last screen,
'A New Skill Has Been Created!'
'Tailed Beast Mode'
Level- 1 0/100
Tailed Beast Mode is a skill that is only available to the Jinchuriki, as it uses the power of the tailed beasts to boost their power to incredible levels, in exchange for a loss of control.
Cost- 300 MP/min
Forms Available:
No Tail- 50% boost to all physical stats
Looking at the skill I couldn't help but be intrigued. If I managed to master this skill, then it would go a long way to helping me start to change things for the better.
Sinking deeper into my thoughts, I felt the almost unfamiliar tug of fatigue just before I drifted off to sleep.
Chapter End
Sorry this chapter was so late, (and short), but I'm hoping this doesn't happen in the future, especially since I have a bit more solid grasp on the timeline I want.
Also, there's a poll on my profile about another story I'll be working on. Both will likely come to fruition, but I want to know what you guys want to see first!
