Chapter 21

Chapter 21

The next morning I woke up full of energy and got dressed quickly. It's time to grind some levels.

I grabbed my sword, 1 leftover HP potion, 4 silver coins, and 3 bronze. I walked out my front door and bought breakfast on the way to the village market.

I had a brief conversation with my old merchant friend and purchased 4 more MP potions. Today I was Orc hunting.

15 minutes later I arrived at the Pace Guild. I was greeted by Jack in the lobby.

"Hey Jay! I was expecting you. Take this."

He handed me a small card with my face and a Pace Guild Logo on it.

"What's this?"

"It's your Pace Guild ID. Show it to any private dungeon run by or partnered with the Pace Guild and you'll have unlimited access. Let me walk you to the Orc Dungeon today."

"Okay sure."

We strolled through the park. I studied the ID and we made it to the white fair tent in a few minutes.

I showed the guards my new ID and they just nodded.

We entered and Jack started rummaging through one of the top shelves in the guild's item racks.

"Here take this for today!"

He tossed me a small pouch, it looked just like the one I had on my waist.

"W-Why? I already have a bag to carry mana and potions."

Jack smirked.

"That's an item box like I showed you yesterday. It's magic item. You can store all the swords and mana in there, it won't weigh you down. Just hand over the whole bag at the end of the day."

My eyes widened a bit.

"Oh yeahhh. Awesome!"

I tied the bag around my waist right beside the pouch I already brought for today.

"Well, I think I'll be alright solo today. I'll just be exp farming. I think I can handle myself."

Jack nodded.

"Thought so. See you later tonight. Careful, best of luck in there!"

We both waved each other off and I entered the dungeon.

I started off by exploring the dungeon to appease my own curiosity. I trekked around exploring every mountain and valley this dungeon had to offer. It took my about 4 hours. In this time I faced off against 12 Orcs. I didn't have to use my fire magic once. My increased speed and agility stats were almost unfair at this point. I zipped around them and defeated each Orc in 2 shots or less. I could take them out in 1 hit if I hit a vital organ with enough power. I gained at total of 2 levels from the 12 battles, I also had to use 2 MP potions. They weren't very efficient monsters for leveling, but it was good battle experience.

[Status Open]

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Name: Jay Soju

Level: 94

Hp: 475/475

Mp: 475/475

Strength: 230 [+50]

Speed: 269

Agility: 282

Defense: 207

Mental Strength: 230 [+46]

Skills:

Absorption

Swordsmanship

Combat Magic [Fire Summoning]

Items Equipped:

Stainless Steel Long Sword [+50 Strength]

Golden Wolf Ring [+20% Mental Strength]

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The Orcs dropped pretty large mana crystals, I placed them all in the item box. One of the Orcs dropped a long silver sword, I placed it in the item box as well. To my surprise it disappeared completely. When I stuck my hand back into the bag I could still feel the cold metal handle.

It's a mini pocket world on my waist... pretty cool.

After my long morning of warmups I decided to face off against the boss.

I approached the light grey spinning portal and jumped through with my sword ready.

I started sprinting up and down all the close by mountains. I wanted to find as many Orcs as possible... as quick as possible. I could tell I was so close to leveling up!

"1 Orc, 2 Orcs, 3 Orcs....."

1 hour later...

"...7 Orcs, 8 Orc-"

[Level Up]

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Name: Jay Soju

Level: 100

Hp: 505/505

Mp: 60/505

Strength: 243 [+50]

Speed: 286

Agility: 300

Defense: 219

Mental Strength: 243 [+49]

Skills:

Absorption

Swordsmanship

Combat Magic [Fire Summoning]

Items Equipped:

Stainless Steel Long Sword [+50 Strength]

Golden Wolf Ring [+20% Mental Strength]

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"LETS GO!!! Finally!!!"

I yelled on top of a mountain overlooking the dungeon as I pulled my sword from an Orc's head.

I grinned as I walked back down the mountain and made my way out of the dungeon.

I did it. I reached level 100.

I walked out of the dungeon tent. It was very dark out. I stayed really late today... oops.

Minutes later I entered the guild entrance to be greeted with a nod from the tall blond woman.

"Hey could I talk-"

"Head to his office, he's back there."

"Oh okay, thanks."

I walked into Jack's room after knocking.

He looked up and smiled.

"You were in there for a long time... how'd it go?"

"Great."

I smirked and emptied the item box.

Around 3 dozen large mana crystals, 3 boss crystals, and a long silver sword fell out.

Jack nodded with a look of satisfaction.

"Good haul. Looks like you were busy today."

"Yep, I'll be back tomorrow. Well.. honestly I'll be back here everyday this week. See ya tomorrow!"

"Good to hear Jay! We've got more dungeons too. I'd be happy to show you around a bit. There's a cyclops dungeon out by the edge of town. It's recommended for level 130 or higher to solo the regular monsters and 150 is good for the boss. A Cyclops is half rock type and half forest type. They won't be as weak to fire as the Orcs.... but having a fire attack will definitely be beneficial!"

I raised an eyebrow.

"Alright. Good to know. I'll take you up on that offer soon. Let me finish up my training in the Orc dungeon. Maybe next week I'll try that one out with you as my guide."

Jack nodded.

"Perfect. Always a pleasure. Have a good night Jay."

"You too, see ya."

I walked out the front door of the guild with a huge smile on my face.

I opened up my status and stared at it all the way home. I'm really level 100... I can apply for a D Class rank now!