Adrian managed to reach the quest board. He passed by different NPC''s. The NPC''s were of course that of the Daemos race. Djinn''s, Imps and Diabolons of different stature and jobs make the City Square. The Paradox ne consists of three towns which corresponds to the three species of the Daemos race.


    He was marveling at the sight of the uniqueness of the city square and inadvertently managed to stumble right in front of the quest board. The quest board were full of quests of varying difficulty and types. The quests were mainly of either subjugation or harvesting. There were some that have escort quest but the level requirements were in the hundreds which he would not reach anytime soon. After continuous browsing he managed to finally find a good quest.


    Quest: Smander Fire Pouch


    Level Requirement: Level 10


    Dungeon: ming Burrow


    Description: Get 5 Fire Pouch of the Red Smander. After collection give the quest item to Jianna.


    Reward: Engraving Stone


    The reward for this quest was that Adrian needed to bind his rune stone in his weapon slot. He then proceeded in finding the portal that directs to the ming Burrow Dungeon. After confirming the right fracture Adrian with Sirius in tow went ahead into the unknown. The dungeon ming Burrow was not a known dungeon by many since when Adrian searched for details about the dungeon, no results popped up. There was a great chance this dungeon was unexplored and it could get him the First Explorer Reward. The First Explorer Reward consists of the two times experience bonus and a slight increase on dropping higher tier items. This is the reason why therge guilds tend to monopolize or fight for this instances since its the perfect way to grind for levels.


    As Adrian exited the fracture and was teleported outside the dungeon, he now knows why it was called ming Burrow. The dungeon entrance was apparently as the name sounds was a burrow or a hole in the ground though it was not ming though. It looks like the dungeon got its name because of being near a volcano. He entered the dungeon and was surprised by the sudden announcement.


    [yer ''Equinox'' has been the First to Discover the ming Burrow Dungeon]


    [yer ''Equinox'' is given the double experience bonus and drop rate increase for the first clear of this dungeon]


    Upon entering Adrian could now get the ming name that was given to his dungeon. It was hot inside of it and his stamina consumption is greaterpared to normal temperature dungeons. As Adrian with Sirius entered the dungeon they managed to see that there was a ceremony being held by what can only be called a Red Smander Shaman and ten Red Smanders.


    Monster: Red Smander


    Lvl: 10


    HP: 150/150


    Description: Bipedal smanders that are as big as an adult human. Capable of breathing mes for a brief moment. Their me sacs are said to be extremely useful ingredients in brewing me resistance potions.


    Monster: Red Smander Shaman


    Lvl: 12


    HP: 180/180


    Description: A variant species of the red smander that are as big as an adult human. Capable of breathing mes for a brief moment. Their me sacs are said to be extremely useful ingredients in brewing me resistance potions. Able to use hexes in order to curse targets.


    From afar it looked like they are venerating an egg. The egg has a scaly shell that is red in color. The shaman is practically dancing in front of the egg and singing a song like it was performing a ritual. Adrian then conjured up a spacemine in the middle of the praying red smanders but he was noticed by the shaman. The red smander shaman started to hiss as if barking upmands.


    "Guess we got noticed buddy! Sirius ''Howl'' !" Adrian told Sirius and he too prepared himself.


    Sirius'' howl echoed in the cave structure and he lunged himself towards the red smanders. The red smander shaman then performed a weird dance and the red smanders bodies shone bright with green light. Adrian knew this was the effect of receiving a buff but he did not know what. Sirius then managed to attack the nearest red smander but Adrian was shocked.


    <Red Smander> -40HP


    Usually Sirius''s damage would be in the hundreds. It seems the red smanders have high defense and was now just boosted by the red smander shaman. Adrian then detonated the spacemine that he previously made in order to confuse the enemies charging at them. The red smanders just brushed off the damage they took while their bodies shone with a white light and the red smander shaman was seen casting another spell. Apparently the red smander shaman cast a healing spell towards his red smander minions.


    Adrian got annoyed by this shaman. He wanted to nt a spacemine near the shaman but he was too far from the coverage area.


    "You leave me with no choice then. Sirius ''Phantom Rush'' !" Adrian yelled.


    Sirius then broke from the confines of this world and vanished while the coverage area turned into a gray colored zone. Sirius started attacking the red smanders vigorously after about 4 strikes a red smander turned to pixels. Adrian was suppose to rejoice but it took Sirius about one second to finish one of the red smanders. Adrian did not sit idly by and kept making spacemines. It was a good thing that the mastery went up which enabled him to conjure up a spacemine in four seconds.


    Sirius'' Phantom Rush ended but he only manage to take out five red smanders. The remaining five were damaged by Adrian but not by a lot. It seems the red smanders have higher magical resistancepared to physical resistance. The red smander shaman the did a weird dance again but this time shadow tendrils were made and managed to bind Sirius. Adrian then got worried since the remaining red smanders ganged up on Sirius. He conjured up a spacemine and detonated it at the red smanders faces but it did not switch aggro at him and Sirius was still bounded. Sirius HP was now down to half which prompted Adrian to panic. He then looked at the shaman, its seems it was channeling the skill. Adrian then activated Flight and flew towards the red smander shaman. When he was in range, Adrian conjured and detonated a spacemine. It exploded right in front of the red smander shaman which angered it but the bindings on Sirius was dispelled.


    Getting the red smander shaman''s attention, Adrian then continued conjuring spacemines. He ordered Sirius to deal with the red smanders first before helping him take down the shaman. The red smander shaman was furious since Adrian was not taking it seriously. The shaman then conjured a shadow double of itself. Its very own shadow solidified and taken form. It had the silhouette of the red smander shaman. Together with its shadow, it fired mana bullets at Adrian. The shaman tried to shoot Adrian out of the sky. Adrian maneuvered through the onught of attacks attempting to dodge. Although he managed to dodge some mana bullets, he was still hit or grazed at areas not vital which continued causing him to be airborne. He was now contemting on what to do since he was wasting mana at a fast rate and he needed to end this match.


    After a few seconds, Sirius managed to defeat the remaining red smanders and assisted Adrian in dealing with the red smander shaman. Adrianmanded Sirius to execute Phantom Rush and that made the aggro shift to Sirius. Adrian went back to the ground and supported Sirius with the mana he had left by conjuring spacemines. After a few more minutes, the red smander shaman finally drew itsst breath as Sirius was biting its neck.


    [yer Equinox has leveled up]


    [Sirius has leveled up]


    Adrian breathe a sigh of relief and after a few minutes picked up the loot that was dropped.


    Item: me Sac x6


    Tier: Common


    Description: An important ingredient in making Fire Resistance potions.


    Item: Red Smander Shaman Ornamental Ne


    Tier: Rare


    Requirement: Level 12


    Effect: Increases mana regeneration by 100%. Reduces mana consumption of skills by 5%. Fire Resistance increases by 5%.


    Description: A ne with a fire stone centerpiece with feathers adorning its sides. Said to only worn by shamans that revere the God of Fire, Ignacius.


    There were some silver and bronze coins too which he happily collected. Adrian was going to exit the dungeon but he remembered the egg that the smanders were worshiping. He went to the altar and picked up the egg and inspected it.


    Item: Mysterious Egg


    Tier:???


    Description: An egg with unknown origins. Take it to a beast master to know the eggs details.


    Adrian then stored the egg in his inventory since its supposed to be a monster but he just does not know which one. Since the smanders seem to be worshiping it, it must be great monster when it hatches. Adrian then returned back to the Paradox ne to submit the quest items.