Chapter 2:
Newfound Strength
! Alarm !
[You have entered the instant Dungeon.]
Izuku weakly swallows before he hears something that sounds like hardening. He turns around, seeing the blue portal starting to turn into a wall. "WAIT!" Izuku hits the hardened wall. "NO WAY… the entrance is blocked" Izuku pushes against the wall until a girl walks past him straight through the wall he couldn't. "S-so I can't run if something bad happens… I'm stuck."
! Alarm !
[You cannot leave the Dungeon. Either Kill the BOSS or use The Return Crystal.]
Izuku stares at the message on the wall. He swallows roughly before turning around, looking into the subway station. "I l-literally just got my quirk, and they want me to kill a boss?" The subway was dark and seemed wholly abandoned. "Y-y-you got to be kidding," Izuku mutters sarcastically.
A long howl comes from the depth of the subway, and Izuku shook his head before standing straighter. He walks forwards with his fists clenched at his side. The flickering lights above him and cracked cement gave the subway station a creepy feeling. "god, this place looks as good as Endeavors personality." Izuku looks around, seeing grass sprouting between the cracks. The store gates where all shut and locked as Izuku comes to a cross-section.
"What do I do… what do I do?" Izuku stares down the hallways and takes a deep breath. "Bleh…" Izuku sticks out his tongue. "gross" Izuku covers his nose. Suddenly a deep growl comes from the left. Izuku's eyes snap onto it as a red-furred beast jumps at him, ready to rip his head off. Izuku jumps backward, dodging the creature as it skids on the floor. "A-A wolf?" Izuku lowers his stance, some staring before a name pops up above the beast's head.
[STEEL FANG RAIKAN]
The beast had red fur, and what looked like a metal lower jaw. 'ah, that's why it's called steel fang' Izuku clenches his fist brings his leg back. 'I've never fought in my life… beaten up… yes, fought, oh hell no.'
The beast growls again while baring its teeth. Izuku looks down, seeing he didn't move an inch even though he thought he did. 'Am I that afraid?' Izuku tears up. 'come on, move!' The beast lowers itself before charging. "DAMN IT!"
Izuku jumps to the side as the wolf tries to attack him. 'I can't cry all the time,' Izuku whips his cheeks, staring down the beast. The wolf goes on the attack again, making Izuku move his head left as the metal jaws snap shut where his head once was. He jumps backward, using his hands to cartwheel away and flips, landing on his head with his back slamming against the metal gate. Izuku saw the world was upside down. He tilts his head some.
"h-huh?" Izuku pushes off the floor, doing a perfect handstand with ease. 'my body is lighter.' Izuku pushes off the floor with his hands before righting himself, landing on two feet. He stood face to face with the beast as it goes for another attack. Izuku pulls his fist back. "I almost died a few days ago… I'm not dying now!" Izuku slams his fist against the metal jaw of the wolf. The wolf's jaw snaps shut before its body was flung backward into the metal gates, caving them in.
Izuku staggers back some raising his hand, seeing a soft green glow around his hand. 'c-could it be because I improved my strength stat?' Izuku wants to laugh. 'I might be able to get into U.A University now… 13 pathetic years of being a quirkless kid…' A growl knocks him out of his thoughts, making him look down. Izuku watches as the wolf walks out of the broken storefront. 'Not yet… It's still stronger than I am!'
"Let's GO!" Izuku charges forwards meeting the wolf and punching it as many times as possible without getting caught by its teeth. Izuku leaps backward again. 'it's not affected by my hits… I don't have a weapon to...' Izuku jumps away, getting a claw mark across his thigh for his troubles. "Inventory!" The blue screen pops up next to Izuku as the wolf was digging itself out of the metal hole it creates in a different gate. Izuku's eyes scan the weapons page seeing an icon of a sword. His hand quickly reaches into the screen, grabbing the hilt of the weapon. Izuku pulls the weapon out. "my first reword from that nightmare run." A sword materializes from the screen.
[Item: Steel Blade]
Type: Sword
10 attack
Izuku didn't have time to look at the stats because the wolf attacks him. Izuku swings in a forward motion cutting the beast in half, with the forward momentum of the animal. Its body lands behind Izuku, and blood splatters the walls.
! ALARM !
You have Defeated The [Steel Fang Raikan]
! ALARM !
YOU LEVELED UP!
"Inventory you beautiful thing," Izuku breaths out, holding the sword in front of him. A sudden sound makes Izuku look down the hallway as two more names pop up next to each other. Red eyes are piercing the darkness that surrounds the same beast he just killed. "I have a weapon. I'm not afraid of you anymore" Izuku pulls the blade up only to see the tip of the sword was stuck in the floor. "I swung it that hard!?" Izuku yanks and pulls with both hands as he hears the Steel fangs charging him. "COME ON!" The wolves got closer and jump at him.
Izuku screams in frustration as he rips the sword away from the stone and slices the air in quick succession of each other. The first beast only got cut in the side. The second one caught the blade between its teeth. "Steel Fang… got it", Izuku swallows his spit. The beast was looking right at him. Izuku quickly brings his knee up, connecting with the creature's chest, making it fly into the air. Izuku pulls the blade from its mouth and cutting the wolf in half. The first wolf looks at its buddy before looking at Izuku, who stands up straight.
"You monsters are pretty weak… even Katsuki could probably take care of you" He watches as the beast lowers itself, and the shadows surround it. Only red eyes showed before it disappears.
Izuku pulls up his stat sheet seeing each one of his levels was up by one.
Status
Name: Midoriya Izuku Level: 2
Job: None Fatigue:3
Title: None
HP:205
MP:22
Strength: 20 Vitality: 11
Agility: 11 Intelligence: 11
Sense: 11
Skills
[Passive]
? (unknown) Max
Muscularity LV. 1
[Active}
Sprint Lv.1
"I already put most of my points into Strength… but every time I level up, each stat goes up by one as well." Izuku rubs his chin looking at the blue screen in front of his face. "Clearing the daily quest gives me 3 stat points… leveling up means all my stats go up by one. I get a total of 5 points" Izuku takes a deep breath trying his best to keep the information in order since he didn't have his notebook with him. "Hunting monsters and leveling is more effective at gaining stat points… how much stronger do I become per stat point?" Izuku questions himself. "wait… are my stats weighted?"
Izuku looks down at the two dead bodies of the monsters that attacked him. He walks over to them. "Did my quirk create these just to have us fight?" Izuku touches the jaw gently before grabbing one of its teeth and pulling it out. It pops up information about it.
[Item: Raikan's Fang]
Item class: None
Type: Junk
A large and sharp fang of a Raikan.
You can keep it in your inventory or sell it in the store.
"There's even a store here…" As Izuku talks, the store screen pops up next to him while he was crouched over the dead monster. He clicks the buy button, but the system informs him he was not a high level enough to buy from the store. "Okay, new players can't use this function then… what about sell?" Izuku pushes the button before pressing Yes.
"20 gold? I can't tell how much it's worth since it's not cash… then again", Izuku looks up into the dark hallways. "This is a dungeon…" He sighs before standing up. "I can't leave unless I kill the boss. I always have the return crystal… but I don't think I could return if I used it" Izuku groans at the complexity, but a smirk appears on his face. "I got a quirk, though… what do you think now, kacchan?" Izuku looks at the blade as blood rolls down it, but he did not feel sick or scared. 'I can do this.'
A low growl comes from the end of the hallway leading into the deeper part of the station. Izuku looks overseeing a single wolf staring at him with crimson eyes. Then multiple crimson eyes light up behind the visible wolf. They all begin moving towards him. Izuku steels himself glaring at each of them. "There's nothing to fear" Izuku sings the mantra in his head out loud, reading the sword in one hand. "I'm pretty sure I already died once before… let's go." Izuku lunges forward at the same time the Raikan does.
Izuku starts attacking, green and blue mix with each swipe slicing through one wolf than another and another. A wolf got behind him, biting his hoodie. Izuku quickly swiped backward, killing the wolf. "I won't die that easily!" Izuku glares back towards the wolves in front of him. "So, you all should put up a good fight… or I'll feel bad" Izuku's eyes glow blue before attacking with ferocity. 'This world is built on fighting,' Izuku kills three wolves before mowing down more. 'fighting with everything on the line.'
! Alarm !
You have level up!
'I get it now,' Izuku kills another beast. 'I never fought back before.'
! Alarm !
You have level up!
A wolf goes to bite Izuku's arm only to get sliced in half. 'If I quit here, I'll get slaughtered… this isn't school… this isn't kacchan or his goons'
! Alarm !
You have level up!
Izuku slams a wolf down, shoving the tip of the blade through its steel jaw. 'If I die now, I will never become a hero… I will never save anyone' Izuku walks towards the beasts as he pulls the blade out of the one he just killed. 'I won't keep my head down like a weakling anymore' Izuku swings the sword in front of him before gripping the handle with two hands. 'If I can become stronger… I'll follow these rules to get there!' Izuku yells and dashes forward with the blade back, ready to strike.
! Alarm !
You have level up!
The hallway was littered with dead bodies of the monsters he killed. Blood sprayed across the walls and ceiling. Some blood splashed across his neck and face as he continues to go deeper into the station. He walks into an open area where the gates were at. He turns his head, seeing a wall of Blackness and crimson eyes. Waiting and wanting his blood. Izuku turns and faces them as he breathes out calmly.
! Alarm !
You have earned [Title: Wolf Slayer].
