Chapter 55: Dungeoning (3)


    Having heard the mention of his name along with the association of his old cing, Shinto slightly flinched back. ''This guy... Just what is he trying to do?'' he thought to himself as he gave a nce over towards the two other members of the party. They were quite far ahead and as such, they couldn''t listen in on the conversation that the two were having.


    Shinto knew well that there was a chance of yers ying in the early stages of the game would know or have heard his past history of being in the top unified rankings. Though, he never would have expected to find someone like that here.


    Composing himself, he turned back towards Lucas as he replied. "...The ex-first ce yer, Shinto? I haven''t heard of him before."


    "Oh really? You don''t know him? Hmm, I figured seeing as your name was ''Shinto'', I thought you might have taken inspiration from his name as a fan or something, but I guess not." Hearing Shinto''s reply, he shrugged.


    "Ah... My name? Well, the name was given to me by a friend of mine, so I just decided to use it as my in-game nickname," he said. "Though it''s a funny coincidence that I end up having the same name as him..."


    "Oh haha. Yeah, the coincidence is real huh?" Lucas chuckled. "Since you don''t know him, I suggest looking him up! He''s a great swordsman with awesome control skills!"


    "Hmm... Why all of a sudden you ask that out of the blue though?"


    "Haha, well, I just want to get him more fans! Despite suddenly falling off the ranks, he still has a presence, y''know? So I don''t want him to be forgotten!"


    "...I see." Shinto couldn''t understand where this conversation was going. Seeing as how he suddenly brought up the topic, was he just a fan of him? Well, he would be ttered if that was the case. "Well I''ll look him up in my free time, but for now, don''t we have a dungeon to go through?"


    "Right, right~" Lucas turned away from Shinto as he made his way forward. "Ethaniel must have been impatient and went ahead of us, so we better catch up."


    "...I have no idea whether this guy is acting friendly or suspicious..." Shinto muttered under his breath as he followed along.


    ...


    Grouping up with the rest of the team, they continued to run through the waves of monsters as they levelled up steadily via Lucas''s 200% experience buff. Shinto was still in disbelief that such a scam skill existed.


    [ You have defeated Shivuliz''s Servants! ]


    [ You have defeated Shivuliz''s servants! ]


    [ You have defeated... ]


    [ You have levelled up to level 14! ]


    [ You have obtained 10 stats point. ]


    "...This is way too good to be true," Shinto showed a disbelieving look as he turned towards Lucas. ''To obtain such a skill from Lavida''s Hotel as the top contributor... Just what did he do?'' he thought to himself.


    "Haha, well, you''re levelling up faster than usual right? That''s enough of a proof you need," Lucasughed whilst picking the materials the Shivuliz''s servants dropped.


    "The skill is insane right? Even I couldn''t believe it..." Raina said. "I wonder where you got it from."


    "It''s a trade secret," he chuckled. "Anyways, we''re close to the boss room. I''m sure everyone''s prepared for the battle right?" he turned towards Shinto and Raina. "Shinto, since you''re a priest, do you have your ''Purifying Essence'' skill unlocked yet?"


    "...Ah, well... Er..." Shinto let out a cough. He had hoped he had unlocked a skill rted to curing status ailments as he levelled up while in this dungeon. But it appeared that even at level 14, there were no signs of unlocking any new ss abilities. At this level, most yers would have four to six ss skills by now. "I haven''t done the quest to unlock it yet since I just levelled up to level 14. I''ve only got the healing skills and damage ones from the level up."


    "Hm... That''s too bad. Such a skill would have been useful for the boss fight, but it''s fine," he nodded his head. "I have a few status ailments potion, so we''ll be able to fight with ease when we reach that phase. You just need to watch out for my health alright? Heal me when needed."


    "Right... Though, what if my abilities are on cooldown?" he asked. Mark of Umbra was a skill which had a longer downtimepared to cure, which only has a 1-minute cooldown. But thanks to his cloak, at the very least, he now has two healing abilities.


    "It''s fine. The battle won''tst for more than seven minutes, since our damagebined will be enough to down him before things get too out of hand, and with your healing it''s damage won''t be much of a threat," he said. "Your silence would also be susceptible to the boss right? So it''ll give us an easier time during the poison fog."


    "...Hmm, right," he nodded his head. There wasn''t much to worry in the first ce seeing as how the two swordsmen had equipment that would allow them to dealrge amounts of damage on the boss. The only threat to this party was the excessive ailments from Shivuliz''s gimmick and abilities, but that was solved with Shinto being in the party.


    "Now then, let''s hurry along," Lucas said as he went on ahead whilst ying the monsters that spawned in the dungeon.


    "Tsk... Lavida bastard," Ethaniel clicked his tongue as he followed behind.


    "...Status window," Shinto silently muttered as his status window appeared in front of him.


    [ yer Profile ]


    yer Name: Shinto


    Level: 14


    Rank: N/A


    ss: Shadow Diviner (???-Unknown Rarity)


    -ss Attribute-


    ...


    -Titles-


    ...


    -Stats-


    HP: 222/222 | MP: 204/204


    Strength: 1 | Stamina: 18


    Intelligence: 25 | Agility: 20


    Shadow: 16 | Divinity: 7


    Wisdom: 1


    Stats Point: 80


    Confirming his current stats, Shinto let out a smile as he was satisfied with the steady growth of his two unique stats. Therge waves of monsters from earlier helped increased the numbers drastically, thus it won''t long until he is able to test out the fifth ability, ''Shadow Recreation''.


    ...


    The party continued along the passage through the dungeon as they stopped in front of arge door that was decorated with cobwebs all around. Beyond this door was the boss''s chamber.


    "Looks like we''re here," Lucas said as he gripped his sword tightly. "Just as n, I''ll go in first, then Ethaniel andstly you two."


    "Right!" Raina nodded her head.


    "Yeah, yeah, just finish this up already," Ethaniel said.


    Without wasting any more time, Lucas opened the door as he walked in.


    "...Huh?" The moment the golden door opened, Shinto received a strange notification.