Harry Potter: Potter Verse Chapter 5 : Dungeon Ahoy!, a harry potter fanfic

For those who recognized the monsters; yep I shamelessly took them from Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning :)

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Chapter 5

Harry was running, shrubs, broken branches, stones and any other obstacle in his path didn't even phase him as he ran through the forest. He could hear the howls of the Barghests that chased him. Harry didn't stop to turn around and look for the signs of his pursuers. He had only one goal in his mind and that was a small cave on the side of a small cliff with a ledge leading out of the cave. He has been using it for three days now.

The howling was getting nearer now. Just as a Barghest lunged at Harry he flashed away in a yellow light.

Harry's heart was pounding as he huddled to the end of his cave. Harry was more frustrated than exhausted as his plan has gone awry so quickly.

Sighing Harry decided to rest for now and try again a couple of hours later, if that was possible today. As he closed his eyes in meditation he thought back to all that he had done, from entering the dungeon up until now.

Three days ago.

Forest Dungeon, Day One.

"Holy Shit!" Harry gasped. Whatever he was expecting this was not it. Harry thought that dungeon would be like the ones he saw on Dudley's game station, a small maze of trees or high hedges made of strange plants that needed to be traversed until the boss room is reached, maybe a bit larger but certainly not an entire forest spreading around in all direction.

Harry took stock of everything around as much as his eyes could see. The dungeon was a large forest with trees that even reached the skies. The forest seemed to be packed more closely than the one outside of the dungeon. Harry looked back to see a stone arch way in the place he supposedly came from.

Harry tried to leave the dungeon, a blue screen appeared before him.

Warning!

You are trying to leave Forest Of Surrey.

Do you want to continue?

YES - NO

'It seems I can leave the dungeon whenever I want though what the price for that will be is unknown. It may be possible that the dungeon may disappear if I leave now' Harry sighed and decided to be very careful about this whole dungeon thing. Checking all his equipments once more Harry started to brave the dungeon.

Harry was cautious, using his Sneaking skill all the time and using Shadow's Embrace whenever he can. The first few minutes into the dungeon, Harry was jumping at shadows and at any sound he heard with him waving his blade around towards the obstruction. But Harry soon calmed down to a state of not being jumpy but still with utmost caution towards his surroundings.

It took about an hour and a half on his slow paced advance for Harry to come across the first Dungeon monster. They were brownish pink in color and had a large head for their short bodies being barely about three feet in height. They had batty ears and sharp pointy teeth.

Brownie - Lvl 3

HP : 100/100

MP : 30/30

STR : 8

VIT : 7

DEX : 4

INT : 3

WIS : 1

Small big-headed wild goblins that inhibits the forest. They are a distant cousin to the goblins who are much more civilized and intelligent than their evolution stunted cousins. Their teeth are razor sharp and can spread diseases. Brownies are not aggressive unless threatened.

Reward : 50xp

Harry decided to engage the five Brownies as they were low in level and he needed experience in fighting as well as for leveling up.

Harry used his DEX to rush them together with his katana. It seemed the Brownies weren't expecting the attack as they were easily dispatched before they could even counter an attack.

He gained 250xp as he moved to check the loots from the Brownies. He selected the 'Collect All' option and started checking each items.

Items Obtained!

Lesser healing potion x5

250 galleons

'It looks like Brownies are a source for those gold coins called Galleons' Harry mused.

Successful in his first scrimmage Harry spread through the forest with more confidence. The group of Brownies he faced were all dispatched easily. He faced 6 more groups of Brownies before coming across a new type of monster.

Harry approached a huge tree with a width larger than triple the size of his relatives house, which seems to be the centre of this part of the forest. It was there he met the green leaf covered monsters.

They only had a wooden mask for face with wooden limbs and hair made of the same leafs. They were between three and three and half feet in height. They seemed to be dancing around the huge tree. They had a hollow body like how a hollow tree trunk would be, but with a small green ball of light inside of them. Their masks had different markings of red and white, with some sprouting horns as well. The mask almost looked like the ones used by early shamans in one of the books Harry read.

Boggart - Lvl 5

HP : 150/150

MP : 45/45

STR : 7

VIT : 9

DEX : 12

INT : 4

WIS : 2

Enchanted wooden forest creatures. They are weak, but nimble and usually travel in groups.

Reward : 50xp

They were weak alright as using fire type attacks did double the damage and Harry had enough mana to burn them all using his Fire Balls. But the comment about they being nimble was very much understated as they danced around his Fire Balls. It took Harry two or more tries to get a hit on them. But the fact that they exploded as they are about to die helped Harry in defeating them as there was 10 of them in the group and one exploding causes nearby Boggarts to get caught in the cross fire.

Gaining 500xp Harry continued the same way when he defeated the Brownies, collecting loot that is.

Items Obtained!

Lesser Healing potion x2

50 galleons

Their loot was low compared to the Brownies. Harry continued his traversing until it was close to evening. On his exploration he found a cave on the side of a small cliff with a ledge leading out of the cave. It was a perfect spot to be used as a safe house, for his time in the dungeon.

Harry only came across two more Brownie groups and four groups of Boggarts. The Brownies were a good source for galleons and lesser healing points while both Boggarts and Brownies were good for gaining xp. Harry had never gained so much xp in just one day.

'I will level up tomorrow if I continue like I did today, that is if nothing goes wrong.' Harry thought as he called it a day. He had reached a small stream that seems to cut the forest dungeon into two parts when he decided to end his clearing of the dungeon for the day. If the dungeon has any similarities to ones he know Harry was sure there will be tougher monsters on the other side.

Forest Dungeon, Day two.

You have slept in a bed. HP & MP restored to 100%. All negative status effects and ailments have been cured.

Harry was well provisioned for his time in the dungeon thanks to his inventory. So food, drinks and change of clothes were not a problem for him.

Harry got up earlier than usual to cover more area with the extra time. Harry went straight to the stream he had founded yesterday.

The forest on the other side of the stream looked eerily calm. Harry made his way slowly into the forest using Shadow's Embrace as much as he could. No later than a few minutes in, Harry heard growling and small howls. Harry gulped, he know what that means wolves or something similar. Harry edged closer to the clearing he was approaching. What he saw there put a small shiver through him.

In the clearing was a group of five wolf look alike with protruding teeth like the ancient saber tooth.

Barghest - Lvl 10

HP : 900/900

MP : 40/40

STR : 20

VIT : 15

DEX : 24

INT : 11

WIS : 4

Large half hound - half wolf monster with a vicious bite. They are fast and their lunge have enough force behind them to unbalance a heavily armored warrior. They often travel in packs, surrounding their prey and tearing it to pieces.

Reward : 2000xp

On a second more detailed look of the Barghest Harry could see the hound parts as well. Their skin was covered in a dark blue color hair, with a sort of reddish-brown mane on them. They had large claws that seemed sharp as knives and strong as steel, if the way they glinted in the sunlight was any indication. Harry didn't question the information about they having a vicious bite after taking one look at their teeth. The Barghest were big more so than the normal hounds or wolfs he had seen and read in the books. They were at least four feet in height, six to seven feet in length including the tail.

Harry decided not to engage them since as a group they are more organized and powerful than the Brownies and Boggarts. Harry didn't want to pick a fight where he know he will lose badly if he went half assed.

"I need to pick them apart one by one in order to defeat them. It won't be easy but it isn't impossible as well." Harry thought as he moved away from them. He truly did need a plan.

On his further exploring Harry came across one more such pack. "It seems there are less of them than Brownies and Boggarts. But I don't think they are this dungeon's boss. I wonder where the boss room is?"Harry internally asked.

Suddenly he was met with a pungent smell that almost made him gag, it reminded him of unwashed cloths or even an unclean toilet. Looking around he didn't see anything. Then he saw a movement, it was like two small trees where uprooting themselves and planting again. Looking closely he understood that it was a monster, a 12 foot monster with skin that looked like the bark of a tree.

Forest Troll - Lvl 15

HP : 1500/1500

MP : 50/50

STR : 70

VIT : 23

DEX : 4

INT : 7

WIS : 1

A forest troll, found in the deeper part of forest. They are more docile than there mountain counter parts. They are all brawns than brains. They are weak to fire but immune to all other magical attacks.

Reward : 4000xp

Harry looked at the info got through Observe and decided to try his luck in defeating it, as fire was his forte, along with his high DEX it won't be too much of a hassle.

Harry started looking for a perfect opportunity to open his attack as he wanted to take full advantage of his stealth. Harry saw that the weapon used by the troll is a wooden club which was as long as his own height.

"I can set fire to the club using Fire Ball and then use my katana to cut his tendons while he is distracted to make him fall" With a plan ready Harry came out of the shadow throwing two Fire Balls at the club simultaneously.

It resulted just as Harry planned, the club got on fire quickly and the troll started to wave it around and beat it on the ground to put the fire out.

Harry quickly used his Fulmen Curre to get behind the troll and cut its tendons, making it fall on its knees. Without missing a beat, Harry used a Fire Cone straight to its face and quickly moved back out of the range of the troll's long hands.

[Critical Strike]'s level has risen!

Critical Strike Lvl 5 (23%)

The ability to do critical damage to an enemy and find critical spots on the enemy.

50% additional damage to attacks

100% additional damage when landing a critical hit

His critical skill just rose by 4! Harry was surprised, but he soon understood as a new message popped up.

51 + (40%) = 71.4

71.4 + (50%) = 107.1

107.1 + (50%) = 160.65

Critical Hit!

160.65 + 160.65 = 321.3 damage inflicted

+ bleeding damage , -20 HP/min

The level up was because he landed a critical hit on the troll. Harry quickly used another Fulmen Curre to get behind the downed troll to slash him at the back of its neck, giving him another critical hit.

Harry put two more Fire Ball into the torso of the troll by moving around. His Fire Cone and Fire Ball were boosted by his Mage' Gauntlets giving him quite the damage count.

105 + 36 = 141

141 + (20%) = 169.2

70 + 36 = 106

106 + (20%) = 127.2

The troll was helpless against the onslaught of Harry as Harry was much faster than the troll and fire being its weakness. Two more Fire Ball and a Fire Cone later the troll was defeated. Harry was glad he defeated the troll without taking any damage. It was strong but it was at a disadvantage against him. Harry doubted all of his plan will go just as smoothly as this one.

You have leveled up by 1!

Harry smiled as he finally leveled up. He quickly took the loot he obtained.

Items Obtained!

Skill Book

Healing Potion x5

50 galleons

Harry decided to inspect the items later as he took a look at his status.

Name : Harry James Potter

Race : ?

Title : Elementary Student

Level : 9

Exp : 3140/10,000

HP : 550/550 + 20% =660/660

HP regen : 20% (660) = 132 HP/min

MP : 240/240

MP regen : 15% (240) = 36 MP/min

STR : 34 + (50%) = 51

VIT : 30

DEX : 32

INT : 30 + (20%) = 36

WIS : 22

LUC : 30

Status Points : 13

Status : ?

Money : 236 £/ 2700ᶃ 0ᶄ 0ᶊ

Harry Potter is the son of Lily Potter nee Evans and James Charlus Potter. His family history and past are unknown to him as his parents died when he was just a baby. Harry Potter is a ? and he wants to learn about his past and his parents.

"So I got +2 DEX from that fight as well " Harry stated as he closed and moved off again to explore.

Harry was sure that he was close to the other end of the forest dungeon as it had been an hour since his fight with the troll. The Forest seemed to get more darker and menacing as he moved further in. Harry was sure he was now close to the boss of the dungeon as a sense of doom enveloped him.

But still Harry moved forward intent on finding his last nemesis of this dungeon so that he could form a plan to defeat whatever it is.

It was a clearing that Harry got to after his hours of walking. There was a cave of sorts, a very large one at that there. The opening was full of big rocks littered over the area. Harry used his Sneaking to good use as he edged near to the cave.

The sight that greeted him chilled him to the bones. There in front of the cave was a giant at least 20 foot in height with one eye which made Harry think it was a Cyclops mentioned in the Greek legends. The Cyclops was armored and was watching the group of Barghests like they were his personal hounds. Harry used Observe on the monster.

Bolgan - Lvl 25

HP : 5000/5000

MP : 100/100

STR : 88

VIT : 23

DEX : 20

INT : 18

WIS : 9

Massive one-eyed battle hardened humanoids. They use swords and shields and wear heavy pieces of armor. They are beast masters and can control Barghests. Though they are one-eyed, they are not related to Cyclops.

Reward : 10,000xp

The only thing that stopped Harry from shaking like a leaf and screaming like a girl was because of his Gamer's Mind.

"How the hell am I to defeat this thing. It can even control those damn Barghests and those alone are tough enough for me. I seriously am in trouble now" just as Harry though this, a blue screen appeared.

A quest has been created!

Quest Alert!

Hero or Zero : Be the hero or be zero

Kill the Bolgan and rescue Nimuae from his captive

Rewards,

10,000xp

Failure,

Death to you and Nimuae

YES - NO

"Not now, And who the hell is Nimuae." Harry raged as he read the new quest. "Stupid hero complex" Harry grumbled as he pressed yes.

With it being close to sun down Harry decided to get back to his cave and start planning for his quest and the ultimate confrontation with the Bolgan. Harry moved back into the line of trees before using his Fulmen Curre so as to not draw any attention.

Inside the relative safety of his cave Harry started planning as he ate some pancakes and syrup. Harry knew that the monsters once killed won't come back as he checked it out by taking a look around the forest where he killed Brownies and Boggarts yesterday. Also a quick sweep of the first part of the forest informed him that he was the only one there on this part.

"So if I killed off the Barghests, I can face the Bolgan one on one. All I need is a plan to get rid of them." Harry continued to muse "There are two wild packs of Barghest in the forest other than the Bolgan's. I can use them as test subjects. Since there is only me on this side, I can put up a trap and lead them here to my traps. Yes, that's what I should do. Now for traps..." Harry's planning continued for the most part of the night before he finally went to sleep.

Forest Dungeon, Day three.

You have slept in a bed. HP & MP restored to 100%. All negative status effects and ailments have been cured.

Harry looked up swiping the sweet from his brow to see the noon sun glaring down at him. Harry cleaned up using the water from the stream and looked at his handiwork. In a word Harry felt satisfied. There were several pits covered up with twigs, leaves and mud. Inside the pit were several sharpened pointy wooden pikes. The pit was also half filled with dry leaves and twigs as well.

Harry woke up early in the morning just like yesterday to make all the pits that covered most of the bank of the stream. It wasn't too close to the stream but not too far away as well. The shovel Harry had taken for his treasure hunt was still in his inventory. It made things that much easier for him.

The only thing Harry wished he had was some oil or a bow and arrows. It would have really helped him in what he was about to do. After eating and drinking some milk to restore his spent energy, Harry was ready to trap some Barghests.

He made his way cautiously towards the first group of Barghests he saw yesterday. Harry quickly jumped on to a tree and climbed up to be as high as he could be to carry out his plans.

The Barghests were lazing around when they were hit with small rocks, looking up they saw Harry waving and making weird gestures at them. Getting angry they chased after Harry as he weaved through the broken branches, fallen trees and shrubs to reach the bank of the stream.

Suddenly Harry stopped and stood still, the Barghest came crashing through the thick vegetation and stopped seeing Harry standing still. They circled around him carefully. Seeing nothing dangerous they all pounced on Harry.

They inched closer and closer as their lunge was faster as the Observe noted yesterday. Just as the first Barghest claws reached Harry, it passed through him. But they didn't had time to contemplate what happened as they all feel into the pit as their weight gave away to broke the twigs.

As soon as they fell and got impaled, Harry came out of the trees and started showering them with Fire Balls which also caused the leaves and twigs in the pit to caught on fire, which was Harry's final touch to the trap. The combined effect was enough to defeat the Barghests who went down howling in pain as they were burned.

Harry waited near the pit and stabbed any Barghest that was able to make foot hold on the edge of the pit sending it back to the pit.

It was over in about fifteen minutes. Harry was exhausted, yes sure he didn't seem to have done much but that's not true. Firstly Harry had to produce the illusion that provided as bait for the Barghest. Yes illusion, in the morning Harry remembered the skill book he got from defeating the troll. He actually had forgotten about it after seeing the Bolgan.

Skill Created!

Illusion Lvl 1 (8%)

The ability to cast any and all illusion. The illusions are limited only by your imagination.

30 sec duration for each illusion cast

15% chance of making it look real

Cost : 20 MP

After receiving the new skill, Harry used it nonstop while digging pits to increase it level. This had indeed paid off as he was able to make it to level four and thus increasing the duration to 2 minutes, chance of making it look real to 30%.

It was his illusion that served as bait and using it while jumping through tree tops drained Harry, then followed up by throwing Fire Balls he was quite drained. The keeping guard over burning Barghests and keeping vigil to stab back any crawlers was demanding of his mind as well.

But Harry quickly regained his lost strength by eating some food. The howling was loud enough to alert the other group and possibly the Bolgan as well. He needed to be more careful about his next set of attack.

Just then Harry received a message in blue screen that made him smile like a fool.

You have leveled up by 1!

You reached level 10! You get to choose a Perk!

Warriors Call : Gives you 20% additional STR

Rouges Will : Gives you 20% additional DEX

Magic Sense : The ability to sense magic around you, making it easier to track your surroundings and get valuable artifacts ( Adds [Magical Sense] skill to you repository)

Arcane Magics : Gives you 50% additional damage with elemental attacks and reduce the cost of all elemental attacks to 10 MP permanently.

Unbroken : Gives you 50% additional HP if it falls below 20%

Harry quickly choose Arcane Magics as it reduced his MP cost of his elemental spells he had now and those which he might get later. This was as an easy decision for Harry as he looked at the perks he could see that the ones he got to choose from before, but didn't, in the list as well. Right now the most needed thing for Harry was the ability to use his magical attacks at reduced cost. The ability also provided an increase in their damage as well. He could get the others when he leveled up by another five and pick the ones most suited as needed then.

Harry closed the window and checked the items he obtained from the Barghests. There were 20 healing potion, 150 galleons, 2 Barghest claws and 5 Barghest hide. No skill book or cool weapon/item this time. Harry was actually hoping for some seeing as they were of high enough level and danger.

" I should be carefull now, the other Barghests would be alert by the ruckus caused by the ones I killed" shaking the disappointment away and with determination firmly in mind, Harry made his way to the second group. On his way he checked his new status.

Name : Harry James Potter

Race : ?

Title : Elementary Student

Level : 10

Exp : 3140/11,000

HP : 600/600 + 20% =720/720

HP regen : 20% (720) = 144 HP/min

MP : 260/260

MP regen : 15% (260) = 39 MP/min

STR : 34 + (50%) = 51

VIT : 30

DEX : 32

INT : 30 + (20%) = 36

WIS : 22

LUC : 30

Status Points : 18

Status : ?

Money : 236 £/ 2700ᶃ 0ᶄ 0ᶊ

Harry used the same tactics on the second group, it worked the same way until the time where they ambushed illusion Harry. Instead of all of them trying to take the illusion out only three lunged this time.

Harry was in a conundrum, he had three Barghests in the pit howling in pain while two stood around growling. Deciding to take the advantage in any form that came, Harry initiated his Fire Ball attack igniting the pit.

As soon as he lit up the pit, Harry concentrated on the two remaining ones. They were cautious making it easier for Harry to launch the first attack. Two Fire Balls hit them each on their face as Harry moved towards them with his Katana drawn. He was able to land two hits directly on their faces that was charred from his Fire Balls, making them critical hits.

The Barghest were far from down as they pounced on Harry knocking him away. They shook their pain away as they circled Harry and lunged at him. Harry was able to dodge the first one but got hit by the other.

Before being torn to pieces by them Harry used Fire Cone around him as they lunged at him again, hitting them square on their exposed underbelly making it a critical hit as they fell down howling in pain.

Harry made quick work of them using his Katana as he stabbed both of them through the skull of the Barghests in quick succession using his Fulmen Curre. The attack caused a chained critical hit on the Barghests.

51 + (40%) = 71.4

71.4 + (50%) = 107.1

107.1 + (50%) = 160.65

Critical Hit!

160.65 + 160.65 = 321.3 damage inflicted

+ bleeding damage , -20 HP/min

That was enough to finish them off. Just as Harry turned he was mauled aside by a burning Barghest that made it out of the pit. Cursing his luck, Harry quickly got up. His katana was dropped aside during his impersonation of a rag doll.

The monster was down for the count, but it still had the ferocity in it to take a piece out of Harry before its death. Harry used Fire Cone full power on the Barghest, burning it to the bones as he finally let up his attack.

Harry looked down at his body after making sure that all the Barghests were dead and are no longer trying to crawl out of the pit. His clothes were ripped, he had several scars which would probably heal after a quick wash and some food and a healing potion if necessary. All things considered Harry was happy. Sure the plan didn't work as well as the first time, but Harry expected that.

But now the two wild packs of Barghests were gone for good and looking at the blue message he know he leveled up again. Content with the result Harry made his way back to his cave picking up his dropped katana and the monster loots, which was same as the last one.

He checked his new status, it seemed he had gained +4 STR, +3 VIT, +1 DEX, +3 INT, +4 WIS for his well executed plans and working around the problem of the failed plan, which gave him a new perk.

By reaching 25 points in WIS you have gained a perk!

Wisdom's visage : Gives you the ability to read books 3x times faster than normal without missing anything. Also you get a 5% boost for every social related skills.

Also his Physical endurance had leveled up by 3, Fire ball by 2, Fire Cone by 1, Illusion by 1, Sneaking by 2, Sword Fighting by 2 and Critical Strike by 1.

Name : Harry James Potter

Race : ?

Title : Elementary Student

Level : 11

Exp : 2140/12,000

HP : 650/650 + 20% =730/730

HP regen : 20% (730) = 146 HP/min

MP : 280/280

MP regen : 15% (280) = 42 MP/min

STR : 38 + (50%) = 57

VIT : 33

DEX : 33

INT : 33 + (20%) = 39.6

WIS : 26

LUC : 30

Status Points : 23

Status : ?

Money : 236 £/ 2850ᶃ 0ᶄ 0ᶊ

Forest Dungeon, Day four.

You have slept in a bed. HP & MP restored to 100%. All negative status effects and ailments have been cured.

Harry's plan went south the moment he initiated it. His improvisation didn't work out as he thought as he was now running around the forest with the Barghests at his back.

Harry made his way to the Bolgan hideout after making sure that the traps were intact and in perfect condition. He reached the clearing before the cave and climbed up the tree and created an illusion of himself to lure the Barghets away from the Bolgan. But the Barghests didn't start to follow the illusion as it taunted them.

Harry quickly realized that the Bolgan was not fooled by the illusion and he called back the Barghests as they began to gave chase.

"Well if they don' fall for the illusion let's see if they will for the real thing" Harry stated as he moved down into the clearing as to lure them himself.

It worked, just that it worked too well. Now Harry was running for all his worth as the Barghest chased, ambushed and cut through his path making him push his limits.

Harry was running, shrubs, broken branches, stones and any other obstacle in his path didn't even phase him as ran through the forest. He could hear the howls of the Barghests. Harry didn't stop to turn around and look for the signs of his pursuers. He had only one goal in his mind and that was a small cave on the side of a small cliff with a ledge leading out of the cave. The one he has been using for three days.

Harry realized by now that the traps as they are now would fail spectacularly. The Barghests are definitely well trained, it would take more than simple traps to get them. The howling was getting near now. Just as one of the Barghests lunged at Harry, he flashed away in a yellow light as he used Fulmen Curre.

That brought Harry back from his musings of his days up until now.

"Back to more planning" Harry grumbled as he rested while looking out into the forest. Harry decided to do his meditation in order to think on his problem. After a few more hours later, Harry had a plan of action as he went out of the cave to the traps.

Harry modified the existing traps as well as added some new ones. Then he began to map out the second side of the forest, every fallen branches, toppled trees, unevenness in the ground and even the twist and turns and the shrubs on the different paths from the Bolgan cave to his traps. It was a long and tedious process, but he went through it patiently memorizing all of it. He wanted every advantage he could get and to stop the cutting off of the Barghest on his run as they clearly knew this forest well.

Harry even marked some tree trunks pointing towards his traps, this was so that he could mix up the different paths if necessary. All of this took the rest of the day and Harry was anything but patient now. He knew at the level he was now he could take them on easily one on one and against the whole group if his traps worked perfectly.

Checking everything once more Harry went to bed, determined to get the Barghests no matter what tomorrow.

Forest Dungeon, Day five.

You have slept in a bed. HP & MP restored to 100%. All negative status effects and ailments have been cured.

With a fierce determination Harry went to face the monsters once again. Harry wasted no time in making elaborate illusions this time as he strode straight through the clearing and started taunting them. The Bolgan screamed at the Barghests and they leaped forward to hunt Harry.

Harry was more focused now, he ran as fast as he could weaving, rolling out of the way when one of the Barghests lunged at him but never stopping as he came out of the roll in one fluid motion and started up running again.

The chase through the forest was shorter in time but still felt like several hours to Harry. He leaped towards the shore line towards the traps, but was cut off by two Barghests. Harry didn't stop though as he turned direction and came to a stop near the edge of the stream further down.

"This is it" Harry mentally prepared as he took out his katana to face off the Barghests. The now caught up beasts have surrounded Harry and was stalking him. Harry carefully watched their movement as he readied into a fighting stance.

Suddenly the one in the back lunged towards Harry as he barely avoided it, he was pummeled by the one on his left side. Harry rolled on the ground keeping his grip on his katana tight as he came up just in time to slash at another one who lunged at him.

It put a nice gash on the beast and Harry rolled to his side once more to avoid the next attack. The fight began a new as some beasts continued to lunge at him while others tried to bite or ram him, as Harry leaped, rolled and side stepped the attacks. Harry didn't let up even as he received gashes, cuts and even a full blown bite to his torso as he hacked, slashed and kicked the Barghests.

The beast were wary as they surrounded him again in a box formation on Harry's four sides as one stood back calling shots or something of the like. Both sides were heavily damaged, Harry was bleeding from his gaping wound on his torso from the bite of one of the Barghest, whose one eye was damaged as Harry stabbed it with his blade for getting out of its bite. The Barghests were sporting wounded eyes, torso and slashed up backs and was also bleeding just like Harry was.

All four ran towards him planning on pinning him from all sides and that's when it happened. All the four fell down simultaneously into a very deep pit with pikes just as they moved towards Harry. Harry however was anticipating it as he used Fire Cone in a 360 degree arc around him to lit the pits up.

This was Harry's plan from the beginning. He knew that he couldn't fool them like their wild counter parts and have to catch them unaware. What better way than to catch them in a trap in the heat of the battle. Harry made this new trap that was a four set of pits in four directions, leaving solid ground in the middle and small open spaces for Harry to walk through but not big enough for a Barghest. He also made the pit more deeper and larger remembering the time one made out of the pit and mauled him.

With how deep he made the pits Harry was sure they won't be coming back up before they died. Harry quickly turned his focus towards the last one through the screams of the other monster's dying howls. The Barghest was confused and angry to see the attack from Harry coming, to respond.

Harry sliced at its neck and stabbed it in the skull with all his might as he used Fulmen Curre to reach the beast, killing it before it even registered what happened. Harry turned to check whether all the ones in the pit had died or came up. They hadn't done either and he watched on as the last one died.

It took some more time for collecting all the loots and healing himself using the healing potions. Harry had to use two healing potions to fully recover. Harry received the normal 20 healing potion, 150 galleons, 2 Barghest claws and 5 Barghest hide as loot this time as well.

"Oh come on, they were more dangerous than the wild ones" Harry grumbled at the loot received as he walked back to his cave. Reaching inside the cave, Harry was happy as he got another level up. He cleaned up by the stream on his way back removing another set of torn clothes off his body and putting new ones.

Reaching the cave and eating his provisions Harry sat on the cave floor, which was now covered in leaves for comfort by harry, and leant against the walls of the cave to take a look at his status. He had received +2 WIS and +2 INT for his successful execution of the plan. Seeing his WIS was 28 now, Harry put 2 status points, from the 28 he now had, in it to make it 30 and increase his MP regen by another 5%. So his status were now;

Name : Harry James Potter

Race : ?

Title : Elementary Student

Level : 12

Exp : 140/13,000

HP : 700/700 + 20% =840/840

HP regen : 20% (730) = 168 HP/min

MP : 300/300

MP regen : 20% (300) = 60 MP/min

STR : 38 + (50%) = 57

VIT : 33

DEX : 33

INT : 35 + (20%) = 42

WIS : 30

LUC : 30

Status Points : 26

Status : ?

Money : 236 £/ 3000ᶃ 0ᶄ 0ᶊ

Harry decided to put 20 into LUC making it 50 so as to get a perk point in them as well as getting all the luck he needed to defeat the Bolgan. He was running out of time, as he had only two more days before the Dursley's are back from their vacation. So he did that and just as he thought he got a new perk.

By reaching 50 points in LUC you have gained a perk!

Luck's Playboy : 40% more chance of landing a critical hit during your attack, 25% chance in defeating monsters higher than your level. And as Luck's new Playboy you get to be one as you get 40% success chance in getting into a girl's pants and blowing her mind with your skills in love making.

Harry didn't know what to think about the playboy ability but the 40% chance in landing a critical hit and 25% chance in defeating monsters higher than his level more than made up for putting all his points in LUC worth it.

Brimming with anticipation for tomorrow's final confrontation with the Bolgan, Harry settled in for a restless night.

Forest Dungeon, Day six.

You have slept in a bed. HP & MP restored to 100%. All negative status effects and ailments have been cured.

Harry woke up as usual since entering the dungeon. Cleaning himself up, downing another healthy meal and drinks from his inventory Harry was ready for the final fight. Harry had no doubt that the Bolgan will be waiting for him.

With a purposeful stride Harry stepped out of the forest into the clearing before the cave that the Bolgan lived. Just as Harry imagined the Bolgan was already waiting for him. Clad in golden armor, sword and shield the Bolgan was indeed a picture of pure terror. The Bolgan wore a helmet made of golden metal as well. The sword and shield the Bolgan carried were as big as Harry, the blade had one curved side, the shield was round in shape and both just as golden as his armor. Harry checked the Bolgan once again properly.

Bolgan - Lvl 25

HP : 5000/5000

MP : 100/100

STR : 88

VIT : 23

DEX : 20

INT : 18

WIS : 9

Reward : 10,000xp

Harry eyed the Bolgan's HP, 'It would be hard to kill this guy. On top of his high HP, he has armor and shield as well. Getting in some damage will be truly hard.' Harry calculated as he saw the Bolgan's one big eye as its only weak spot.

Harry made the first move by launching a Fire Ball at the Bolgan, which was promptly shielded by the monster. The Bolgan let out a fierce war cry as it charged Harry. Harry was already on the move as he moved around the rocks in the clearing for cover.

The Bolgan was fast, making Harry feel even faster than the Barhests he faced. It charged at Harry, pursuing him relentlessly as it smashed through the rocks that Harry hid behind. Its slashes were ruthless, and one of them could actually cleave Harry in two as he saw the Bolgan do that to the top of one of the rocks he had hid behind. Harry used his high DEX to keep ahead, he was able to land a couple of Fire Balls on the Bolgan reducing its HP a little.

80 + 42 = 122

122 + (20%) = 146.4

146.4 x 2 = 292.8

HP : 4707.2/5000

But it barely affected the Bolgan as it charged without even showing signs of being hit. Harry quickly changed tactics as he stopped moving and used Fulmen Curre to get behind the Bolgan.

Harry was able to slash at the Bolgan's leg tendons as he planned, but what he didn't expect was to be knocked of his feet into the air crashing into a rock as the Bolgan back handed him.

57 + (40%) = 79.8

79.8 + (50%) = 119.7

119.7 + (50%) = 179.55

Critical Hit!

179.55+ 179.55 = 359.1 damage inflicted

+ bleeding damage , -20 HP/min

4348.1/5000

While Harry was able to put some more damage to the Bolgan, the one he got in return was a lot bigger, considering it was just a back hand.

-500 HP

It showed the sheer power the Bolgan possessed. Harry didn't wait around to get hit again as the Bolgan charged him, he used Fulmen Curre to get away from the clearing all together.

Harry wasn't running away, far from it. He used the time to drink two heath potions and one lesser health potion as they restored 200HP and 100HP respectively bringing his HP back.

After restoring his HP, he got back to the clearing the same way. He saw the Bolgan trashing the rocks to find him. Harry used this opportunity to pull another critical strike to the same place. This time just as his attack connected, Harry flashed back away from the Bolgan's reach.

3989/5000

The Bolgan was furious as it waved its sword and shield and pumped his chest as he charged Harry again. Harry pulled two more Fire Balls which were all batted away by the Bolgan.

With a surprising speed that it didn't had before, the Bolgan rammed Harry using its shield into a rock behind. Harry spit out blood just from the impact of the shield and again did so as his back hit the rock behind him, the total impact causing the rock to crack.

-640 HP

Harry was tried to catch his breath. As he looked up, he saw the Bolgan about to cleave him with its gigantic curved sword. Harry's mind was working at the speed of light as his emotions were a complete mess as it changed from fear to desperation and then to resignation for the death to come. Again it changed to anger, anger at his stupidity for thinking he could take on the Bolgan, to angry at every single thing in his life including the Dursleys and finally angry towards the stupid Bolgan that was about to kill him. And once again it changed to determination and pure will, the determination to defeat the stupid monster and clear the dungeon, the will to live and find out about his parents and his past and finally the will to live and see a new day.

Harry quickly came up with a plan as he used his free hand to throw a stone in the direction of the cave as he used an illusion of a person trying to enter the cave. Harry already realized that the Bolgan can distinguish between illusions and the real thing. So Harry concluded that its eye must be magical in order to detect the illusion. All he needed was a distraction, as the illusion will cause that due to magical eyes of the Bolgan causing it to check on the intrusion around it.

Just as Harry hoped the illusion caused the distraction Harry needed. Just as the Bolgan turned back to look towards Harry after confirming that what caught its eye was an illusion, the monster was met with the sight of a Fire Ball coming towards his eye. Quickly covering his face with the shield the Bolgan avoided any damage.

But it was just the initial phase of a three pronged attack by Harry. The moment Fire Ball sizzled out due to the shield, the Bolgan looked down at Harry angrily only to get hit by a pocket knife into his unprotected eye, which Harry took out from his inventory.

The Bolgan was screaming in pain as the pocket knife was embedded deeply into its eye. Harry didn't let up as he raised his katana and stabbed it through the Bolgans noggin with all his might, which was surprisingly not guarded by any armor, causing a triple critical hit from the blade and one critical hit from the pocket knife thrown.

57 + (50%) = 85.5

85.5 + (50%) = 128.25

Critical Hit!

128.25 + 128.25 = 256.5 damage inflicted!

57 + (40%) = 79.8

79.8 + (50%) = 119.7

119.7 + (50%) = 179.55

Critical Hit!

179.55+ 179.55 = 359.1

Triple critical hit!

359.1 + 359.1 = 718. 2

718.2 + 718.2 = 1436.4 damage inflicted!

2296.1/5000

Harry twisted his blade inside the Bolgan's noggin and pulled it out harshly moving back. The Bolgan screamed in pain as it dropped to its knees holding the damaged part as he dropped its sword and shield. Harry with all the fury and pain he felt, ran straight up to the Bolgan to put the blade through the wounded eye screaming all the way as he did so. The blade went into its brain through the eye and broke through the golden helmet it wore.

Double Triple Critical Hit!

57 + (40%) = 79.8

79.8 + (50%) = 119.7

119.7 + (50%) = 179.55

179.55+ 179.55 = 359.1

Triple critical hit!

359.1 + 359.1 = 718. 2

718.2 + 718.2 = 1436.4

Double Triple critical hit!

1436.4 x 2 = 2872.8 damage inflicted!

The Bolgan draw its last breath as it disappeared in a golden mist leaving several loot items and giving Harry 10,000xp. Harry screamed towards the heavens as the joy of surviving the ordeal hit him like an euphoria.

The sky darkened as small droplets started falling from the sky. Rain, Harry stood on the spot he killed the Bolgan as he basked in the rain which slowly cleaned the mud and blood on his body.

Slowly Harry walked towards the rock he had been rammed into to sat down, breathing heavily he drank three healing potions to restore his health. The adrenaline rush was over as soon as he leaned into the rock and put his head on the cracked rock, which made Harry aware of the exhaustion his body was on. Sure due to the Gamer's Body he wouldn't be having any battle scars nor was his body health low now as he drank the healing potion. But the mind was an another thing entirely.

As Harry faded in and out of consciousness in the falling rain, he felt a change in him, a profound one caused by the trials he faced in the dungeon. Harry fell into a restful sleep basking in the surety that he defeated the final boss of the dungeon. But Harry was unaware of the thing inside the cave.

From the darkness of the cave two smoldering amber eyes was watching the whole battle, never leaving the sight of Harry taking on the Bolgan one on one. As Harry laid there on the clearing, the eyes concentrated on the prone form of the warrior that defeated the Bolgan.

Next chapter - ? muhahaha

Hope this will be enough for another 4-5 days until the next chapter is posted :)