Chapter 189: Third Area

    Derek avoided the final shrapnel from the last Fire Golem. Soon, another orb appeared in the middle of the cavern. One leading to the next area. Instead of immediately warping to the next area, he checked some of his notifications. Dismissing most of the kill notifications, he pulled up the last one.

    You have killed level 160 Fire Ghoul.

    11,787,500 Experience Gained

    Level Up

    1,524,300/20,000,000 Experience to Next Level

    Derek let out a breath and smiled. He knew doing a level 170 dungeon while being around level 100 would be lucrative, but in two areas of the dungeon, he had already leveled up 11 times. Of course, as he leveled, the amount of experience he would need for the next level dramatically increased as well.

    Not to mention the fact that he would only earn half the experience from each enemy once he completed the dungeon once. Still, it would give him a chance to both level his Lesser Solo Diver Award and his Lesser Repetitive Dungeoneer Award.

    He wanted to level his skills as much as possible in the time before he had to return to Savannah, but towards the end, he would work on speed running the dungeon to push his level to the dungeon cap. The rewards wouldnt be great, but it was a dungeon with few enemies that he could run many times.

    If he could level up the Lesser Repetitive Dungeoneer Award multiple times, it would make things better for some of the dungeons with better rewards that he saw. He only hoped that the bonus for the Award kept rising. Right now, he had a five percent chance of receiving a reward after completing a dungeon after the first time. If he could get that to twenty or more, he could farm skills or equipment in high ranked dungeons.

    Derek also checked on the skill notifications that he received during this fighting. His Absolute Nullify was level 2, Void Steps had risen to level 5 already, and he even got another level in Magic Resistance, Void Shift, and Channel Void. This was all in the first two areas of the dungeon.

    Finally, he dismissed the notifications and walked toward the dungeon orb. Placing his hand on it, he moved on to the next area.

    Derek looked at his surroundings. Damn, this system really enjoys sticking you in a cabin. Again, the safe zone he appeared in was another cabin. He opened the door and walked out.

    The third area of the dungeon was a completely open field with waist high grass. The sky was cloudless and the sun was high. It was the perfect sunny day. A constant light breeze fell on Dereks face. It was the most beautiful area hed seen in a dungeon. And there wont be any ticks in this grass because its a dungeon and only dungeon monsters spawn.

    Derek walked through the flourishing flat lands. The only problem he had with the area was that the tall grass was too tall to see the boulders that made up whatever type of golem he would be fighting. Fortunately, that was quickly solved by using Void Steps.

    Derek jumped up and over the tornadoes and dodged an incoming Wind Blade before stopping in front of the torso of the Wind Golem. With the void channeled into his fist, he struck at the core. However, the core quickly moved and his fist landed on the torso a few inches away from the core.

    Derek waited, but nothing happened. There was nothing vital in the area, so the void didnt harm wherever it hit. The other golems were pretty slow at moving their whole bodies, so he didnt expect this one to be any different, even though he should have.

    The wind element made whoever was using it much more mobile, and considering the Wind Golem had no problem flying, he should have expected it to be more elusive. Still, it didnt matter. The thing was huge, and after dodging another incoming Wind Blade, he punched out again. This time, much faster than before.

    The punch connected, and the surrounding winds immediately ceased. The green-blue aura glowing around the golem flickered, and the core pulsed. Derek kicked off a void ripple and headed straight for one of the other awakened golems.

    It would be a mess if all the golems in the area powered up at the same time. He needed to finish as many as he could before they all split and started sending tornadoes and giant Wind Blades at him.

    He jumped from golem to golem, even using Void Shift in between to not allow them to have any offensive. At the end, with an almost depleted mana pool, Derek landed beside the cabin. Because he was using Void Shift, there was almost no time in between the nine explosions.

    This time, the shrapnel was propelled forward at a speed that made it hard for Derek to track. The extra wind behind it must have increased the speed. Derek wasnt expecting that, so he failed to dodge one of the pieces.

    He looked down and saw a jagged rock sticking out of his side. It had pierced his skin, went through his muscles, and even penetrated his liver. He was sure his bones would have stopped it, but unfortunately, it just missed his rib cage, passing less than an inch under.

    Derek cursed at the scene of the jagged rock protruding from his abdomen. He grabbed the stone and pulled, ripping it out of his body. A jet of blood followed, but soon stopped. He cast Rejuvenation on the wound and slipped into Greater Meditation to speed the healing process.

    Having an organ directly damaged took a chunk out of his overall health, which he learned about when Shae destroyed his kidneys. It wasnt too much this time, only 15%, and he was still sure that none of the shrapnel would have been able to pierce through his bones, but he made up his mind to hide either inside or behind the cabin the next time he came to this area.

    Maybe Ill put some more points into Dexterity and Strength soon. It will give me some more speed to avoid things like that. Still, he could have used Void Shift, but he was unsure if the small amount of mana left in his pool would even be enough to activate the skill.

    Yeah Ill do that. If Vitality and Endurance were his primary stats, then Strength and Dexterity were his secondary ones.

    Still, he waited to allocate the points. He wasnt sure how precise skill leveling was, but they were leveling quickly at the moment, and making the dungeon easier for him would surely slow down the leveling process.

    After making his decision, Derek moved to the dungeon orb and touched it. He disappeared.