Aaron was the one who walked in front, which, of course, the team leader had to do. Isabe and ra followed behind while watching in case any monsters suddenly attacked.
"Do you know the route in this maze, ra?"
"Sorry. I''ve never done a monster raid before. So, I don''t know for sure."
"I guess so, huh?"
The three stopped at the first intersection, with two paths leading in different directions. Aaron squinted, uncertain which was the right path to the floor boss.
"Right or left?" Aaron asked Isabe.
"Should we split up?" asked ra.
"Splitting up will make us easily killed. It would be better if we stick together."
Isabe walked forward right beside Aaron, her eyes focused on the left path. Aaron noticed Isabe''s line of sight and wondered why she kept her eyes on the left path.
"Is there something?"
"I have a strong feeling the floor boss should take the left path," Isabe exined.
"What do you think, ra?"
"I''ll follow where you guys are heading," ra replied.
Not wanting to dy, Aaron continued the walk by taking the left path. Isabe nodded, stepping off, with ra following close behind.
The walls and width of thebyrinth path made the three walk freely. The high roofs of the maze caused air cirction so abundant that it wasn''t stuffy or choked.
The more Aaron stepped ahead, the more a woman''s scream was heard from the front, in the dark of the maze.
The three paused in their steps. Aaron prepared the purple energy power from his palm while Isabe brought up her talent magic.
"Be careful."
In the distance, two people came out of the dark with injuries. The man held his severed hand while the woman helped carry the man beside her with shuffling steps.
"H-Help us," pleaded the woman.
"Isabe, you go protect them."
"You go heal the man, ra."
"Okay." The two women behind Aaron said yes, they hurriedly ran to get them while Aaron stepped quickly towards a ck w crab monster.
[Monster Details:]
[Monster: ck-Capped Crab]
[Level: 35]
[HP: 32000/38000]
[MP: 34000/40000]
[Element: Water]
''So, is it the one who injured those two?" Aaron asked.
The woman was saved by Isabe. She looked beside her and watched as ra healed her friend. ra couldn''t perform body reconstruction, but she could help stop the bleeding.
"What is he doing? He won''t be able to kill the monster by himself!" said the woman. Isabe smiled and patted her shoulder gently.
"Don''t worry. The monster is no match for him."
Confident words from Isabe, but the woman had also heard simr words and always ended in death. For her, confidence was good, but it must be bnced with strong abilities.@@novelbin@@
The crab began to release a ck fluid from its mouth, an acidic liquid that could melt flesh and break bones. Aaron jumped back, preventing the crab''s attack from hitting one of his bodies.
''That''s pretty dangerous, a slight hit could be fatal,'' Aaron said.
Just as the young man was floating in the air, it surprised him to see the crab pointing two ck ws straight ahead. Aaron widened his eyes, immediately directing purple magic to the front.
BOM!
An explosion happened on the maze''s rooftops, causing rocks to fall and potentially injuring Isabe and the others. The woman pointed her hand up, preventing the rubble from falling on her head.
"Is he alright?" asked ra, still stopping the bleeding on the man''s hand.
"I have no idea. I''m sure he can handle the attack."
[Magic Activated]
[Magic Talent: Purple Wall Shield]
[MP -750]
Aaron smiled. Although it wasn''t high-level shield magic, the strength of the dark talent managed to deflect the two ck ws of the crab monster.
[HP -450]
''Even though I tried to withstand the attack, I still took damage from it,'' Aaron exined.
The ck liquid was still pooling on thebyrinth floor, yet to evaporate as the monster''s magic remained active. Aaronnded firmly before Isabe, the woman smiled in relief to see Aaron was fine.
"I told you it''s hard to kill. We''d better get away from this ce," said the woman, insisting.
"Is this the right path to the floor boss? Do you know how to get there?" asked Aaron, turning his head.
"I do. Still, I don''t know what kind of floor boss."
"That''s more than enough."
[Talent Activated]
[Sub Talent Activated]
[ws of Darkness]
[MP -37000]
Again, Aaron brought out the purple magic in his hands. A great power with a strong gust of wind was created around Aaron, surprising the woman and ra. Neither of them had expected that Aaron could use such a powerful talent.
''How strong is he really?'' ra asked curiously.
Isabe smiled. She asked the others to step a bit away from Aaron. ra and the woman obeyed what Isabe said.
The purple magic of the dark element wrapped Aaron''s two hands in the form of sharp eagle ws. The crab monster screamed loudly as both ws began to mp down. It drove powerfully through its own ck acidic liquid.
Aaron moved his hands diagonally, forming a six-sickle attack that crossed forwards. The pace of the scythe attack was so fast and powerful, it even left a trail of scratches on the ground.
They watched the cross scythe attack; ra and the woman were curious about the damage caused by this power. But, it was different with Aaron and Isabe who knew what the result of this battle would be.
[Damage +15689]
[Critical +27560]
[Critical +29800]
[Three Combos! Great!]
BOM!
A powerful explosion with purple energy filled the location of the crab monsters, a st of strong wind was created that made Isabe have to form a magic shield to protect them.
''The damage he dealt was equivalent to 70000 HP. Is it possible he has another sub-talent with arge amount of damage?'' Isabe asked.
Due to the attack, two ck ws were cut off and spurted ck blood. Slowly, the crab monster''s body vaporized and disappeared into tiny scattered particles. An EXP notification panel appeared before Aaron.
[EXP +26584]
[TP +13292]
[3500 RL]
[DING! Congrattions on leveling up]
[Level 31]
[DING! Congrattions on getting thest hit reward]
[3 Blue Mana Crystals Lv.1]
[2 Labyrinth Map Floors 2-3]
[4 Water Element Beast Fragment Lv. 1]
''Blue Mana Crystal? I never knew about this,'' Aaron said.
"Did you manage to level up?"
Isabe walked over, Aaron responded with a smile. He also brought up a Blue Mana Crystal Lv. 1 that was small in size, simr to a pill with a wave-carved pattern on its surface.
"Oh, it''s a blue mana crystal to increase your mana capacity. For the 1st level, it usually gives an additional mana capacity of 100," Isabe replied.
"Really?"
''Then this thing will be very valuable to me. It can help me solve the problem of my MP amount being unbnced with my talents,'' Aaron exined.
Haunted by curiosity about the truth of blue mana crystals, Aaron brought up the three crystals and shattered them.
A stream of blue energy entered Aaron''s body through his forehead, a notification popping up before his face.
[MP capacity increased!]
[MP Capacity +300]
[Total MP: 6900/6900]
''Woah, it really increased from before, plus the level increase and three Blue Mana Crystals.''
''I should get more of these.''
"What kind of monsters do I have to kill to get the Blue Mana Crystals?" asked Aaron.
"Monsters level 35 and above with water elements," Isabe replied.
"You don''t have to worry. Many equipment shops on the tenth floor sell this thing. We just need to climb there quickly."
Aaron nodded. If what Isabe said was true, then he could buy many blue mana crystals there while slowly leveling up and killing many water elemental monsters.
The rescued woman withdrew her words about confidence and carelessness. She admitted that Aaron''s abilities were different from others.
"My name is S, and he''s Thomas. Since you''ve helped us, I''ll help you safely get to the floor boss room," S said.
"Follow me."