Chapter 21

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio

Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

Exiting the entrance to the Instance Dungeon, Chu Ge stopped in front of the computer. Reflected on the Multi-universe Instance Dungeon System page was the option for points calculation. It appeared as an available option for selection.

Since Chu Ge already killed all the monsters in the Instance Dungeon, naturally, he would start the points calculation process. There was no reason to delay the points calculation any longer.

System: Calculating Instance Dungeon Points

System: Killed, “Gruff (Gnoll Overseer),” 10 DKP obtained.

System: Killed, “Felag (Kobold Firescryer),” 10 DKP obtained.

System: Killed, “Nargue (Kobold Chieftain),” 10 DKP obtained.

System: Killed, Hidden Boss “Seras (Queen of the Lair),” 20 DKP obtained.

System: Abandoned Quarry Instance Dungeon successfully cleared, 10 DKP obtained. Total DKP obtained: 60 DKP.

System: Points calculation has been completed. The current Instance Dungeon will end in five minutes. After the end of the Instance Dungeon, the system will proceed to have a cool-down period. You may start the next Instance Dungeon after seven days.

Chu Ge checked his Instance Dungeon records.

Character Name: Chu Ge

Multi-universe Instance Dungeon

System Level: One

Instance Dungeon Started: 1

Instance Dungeon Cleared: 1

Monster Kills: 67

Boss Kills: 4

Accumulated DKP: 60

As he looked at the slowly shrinking Instance Dungeon entrance behind him, Chu Ge sighed. Clearing an Instance Dungeon in person wasn’t easy at all. He stumbled a few times before clearing the Instance Dungeon, and, although it was a somewhat successful ending, he had also had a few life-threatening encounters.

However, the benefits he received were relatively large as well. Living a life of challenging Instance Dungeons was exhilarating compared to having to work an ordinary job. He could not wait to start the next Instance Dungeon already.

But, as things went, it seemed like he had to wait seven days before he could start again.

Next, Chu Ge checked out his character stats. It seemed as if, when he came into contact with any ability or learned specific skills, he should be able to see the skill or ability on his character stats page. Previously, after learning the Fire Missile skill, it showed up reflected under his skill panel.

In that case, it should be the same for skilled professions. As Chu Ge guessed, under his basic stats, and below his battle abilities column, there was a panel that reflected skill professions. In it, there was only one skill.

Cooking Skill: 72/100, Apprentice.

The Cooking skill was ranked like the magic skill; there were five levels—Apprentice, Expert, Master, Grand Master, and Godly.

Chu Ge was still thinking. Since he was only an Apprentice chef, the 72 cooking skill points should have been amassed and calculated from the meals he cooked for himself, right?

Chu Ge took out a few spider’s legs, thinking he might grill the spider’s leg to see what happened. He already experienced and understood the importance of having and consuming HP-replenishing foods. Although he still felt sick at the thought of having to eat spider legs, he couldn’t care too much about it when it concerned his life and survival.

He tried using his cooking skill.

But, hmm… Something wasn’t right. Oh, right! There was a bonfire requirement for grilling the spider’s legs.

However, lighting a fire inside of his house was not something Chu Ge could do. The only thing was, he did not know whether using LPG would be sufficient. He went into the kitchen and turned on the gas stove, then started using his cooking skill on the gas stove.

Oh? It seemed to work.

There was a ball of light that appeared on the spider’s leg in his hands. The next moment, with a puff, the originally stinky and fishy-smelling spider leg became a fragrant and delicious-smelling spider leg. Chu Ge glanced at the bright red shell of the spider’s leg. It looked similar to the crab legs of a king crab but even larger.

It was too amazing.

Chu Ge grilled five spider legs in one shot.

However, the sight of the one-meter long spider’s leg made Chu Ge hesitate about sinking his teeth into it. After agonizing for quite a while, he decided to heck with it! By the time he was really injured and losing blood, he would now be able to bite into the spider’s leg for survival.

He placed the five grilled spider’s legs into his bag. Because they were all the same type of item, they only took up one compartment.He had also placed Seras’ Fangs and Seras’ Poison Gland into his bag, and he wore the Poison Biting Ring on his finger.

After organizing the items that he had gained from the Instance Dungeon, Chu Ge decided not to do anything else for the night and have a good rest.

Although he had gained quite a bit of loot from the cleared Instance Dungeon, and it was thrilling and adrenaline-pumping, he had to admit, going into an Instance Dungeon live was incredibly taxing. Honestly speaking, the process of clearing the Instance Dungeon was not too long or complicated. If it were in-game, he would most likely be able to clear it within half an hour. But in real life, it was just too exhausting.

It was also good to rest up, Chu Ge thought. Besides, he could also take the chance with the week’s rest to train himself and increase his stats to learn the Poised to Strike skill. That way, he would be able to become adept in both magic and physical battle skills.

Also, he thought he had better sell the gold first. He had already spent all the money he made from selling the previous loot by purchasing all his equipment and weapons. So, he urgently needed to have some income.

But that was an issue for tomorrow. Looking at the time, it was already after 8:00 p.m., and the sky had turned dark.First, Chu Ge went to take a hot shower, and then he grabbed something to eat. He fell asleep the moment his head touched his pillow.Chu Ge did not have a good night’s rest. Although his body’s exhaustion kept him fast asleep, he had constant nightmares related to spiders, resulting in him tossing and turning throughout the night. It couldn’t be helped. The imprint of those giant spiders in his mind was too great and frightening.

It was only in the latter part of the night that he fell into a deep sleep.When he woke up the next morning, Chu Ge felt his body aching everywhere. As a semi-otaku, he seldom did strenuous exercises. The adventure into the Instance Dungeon over the past few days could be considered a highly-strenuous activity for him.

Chu Ge ate his breakfast as he kneaded his aching muscles, and at the same time, organized the Kobold’s gold that he had.

He had gotten a total of 14 pieces of Kobold’s gold in the Abandoned Quarry Instance Dungeon. Besides the piece he had sold earlier, he had 13 pieces of Kobold’s gold remaining. He also had a Sapphire and a Kobold Chieftain’s Crown that should be worth quite a bit of money.

If he sold all the Kobold’s gold, he estimated that he would be able to get around 200,000 dollars. As for the Sapphire and Kobold Chieftain’s Crown, he was not in a hurry to sell them. He planned to keep them as souvenirs.

The problem was, wouldn’t it be too flashy he sold so much Kobold’s gold all at once? Chu Ge felt conflicted as he looked at all the Kobold’s gold on the table.

But he convinced and consoled himself. It shouldn’t attract trouble. After all, it was only 200,000 dollars. These days, the price of a house could easily be a few hundred thousand.But Chu Ge still felt a little uneasy. “Forget it,” he thought.

He wasn’t that hard up for cash now. He would only sell a portion of the Kobold’s gold first.

Giving it a thought, he decided to sell five pieces of Kobold’s gold. The rest would be kept for later.

After finishing his breakfast, Chu Ge brought the Kobold’s gold with him and set off.He wrapped the Kobold’s gold with a plastic bag, scrounging it into a ball, then placed it into the Black Leather Pouch. It only took up one compartment. In the remaining five chambers, besides storing his wallet and mobile phone, he also brought the Tang sword, the compound bow, as well as a quiver of arrows.

After having experienced battles in the Instance Dungeon, he felt uneasy and naked if he did not carry any weapons with him.

As for the Chieftain’s storage bag, because it was too ugly, he did not bring it with him.