Apocalypse Monster
Chapter 028: One Month After the World Changed

40 Floor

Twenty days had passed since they had completed the Lt.20 Dungeon, and it had been a month that the world had turned into such a mess. In that time, Natan had already raised his level and taken all the resources on every floor they had passed through all this time.

They were currently resting after killing the 40th floor Dungeon Boss who was a level 200 Cyclops, which they were very easy to defeat due to their current level.

Natan opens the three-screen interface, comparing the improvements of the three of them, excluding Kuro who he let in, as Kuro's stats are not greatly improved with Status Points.

[Name : Nathan Alexander]

[Ras : Man]

[Age: 18 Years]

[Level :215 (640/1,550,000)]

[Job: Assassin/Mage/Archer]

[HP :116,950 [113,000/116,950] [13,413/m]

[MP: 28,800] [26,500/28,800] [1255/m]

[STR :965 (+109+78+675)]

[VIT :300 (+90+80+90)]

[AGI :340 (+98+22+68)]

[INT :250 (+95+60+50)]

[DEX :270 (+117+44)]

[LUCK :150 (+87+44)]

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[Name : Tanaka Ayumi]

[Ras : Man]

[Age: 14 Years]

[Level :207 (422,250/1,200,000)]

[Job: Sorcerer/Healer/Blacksmith]

[HP :74,650] [74,200/74,650] [7475/m]

[MP: 113,725] [99,000/113,725] [4677/m]

[STR :520 (+50+52+125)]

[VIT : 258 (+40+43)]

[AGI : 150 (+50+20)]

[INT :1020 (+80+60+918)]

[DEX :150 (+33+40)]

[LUCK :100 (+38+40+40)]

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[Name : Erina Adriani]

[Ras : Man]

[Age: 14 Years]

[Level :206 (1,076,000/1,175,000)]

[Job: Paladin/Alchemist]

[HP :110,000 [98,400/110,000] [10,420/m]

[MP: 15,600 [13,005/15,600] [553/m]

[STR :995 (+30+60+597)]

[VIT :400 (+35+60+80)]

[AGI : 220 (+35+20)]

[INT :150 (+15+30)]

[DEX :200 (+45+45)]

[LUCK :150 (+35+40+20)]

Natan watched him closely. He realized their level-ups were both very fast, especially for Erina who was almost on par with Ayumi.

Erina really took a position as the vanguard, and if I don't take the first achievement, maybe my strength will be preceded by Erina.

However, I still have twenty percent Point Exp that I haven't used yet. At least I'll use it on the fifty floor. Then Ayumi got an additional ninety percent INT.

By the way, why hasn't Erina's third Job opened yet?

Natan looked up to see Ayumi and Erina attacking each other, practicing both endurance and attack power. "The three of us became top players, along with Kuro. Once we're out of here, lest anyone find out if we're Top Player ..."

"Since we can be hunted, I've seen it in the Forum when it has reached level one hundred. Many wanted to kill Top Player."

Ayumi and Erina stopped their second fight, then walked over to Natan. "Good, Brother!"

Natan fell silent while patting her face, she did not expect that the two came to her just to shout. He looked up at Ayumi. "Ayumi, do you feel rivaled when Erina is about to reach the same level as you?"

There must be a jealousy between each other about this, especially Ayumi had reached a higher level long ago.

Ayumi shook her head, then replied, "Nothing, Ayu is instead happy that we both can reach the same level." She hugged Erina, and vice versa.

Natan smiled warmly at the closeness of the two. He stood up from his seat made by Ayumi using earth magic. He raised both hands, and gently rubbed the tops of Ayumi and Erina's heads. "Do we have to go now?"

The two chuckled smallly and nodded their heads, then they went through the gate connecting between the 40th and 41st floors.

For the reward of every Dungeon Boss, not too much was valuable. Only Dungeon Boss Cyclops alone was useful to them, more precisely to Erina, since the Drop Item obtained was related to Job Paladin.

The monsters that were fought from the 22nd floor themselves started with Stone Pangolin, Giant Zombie, Steel Leather Cow, Imps, Ogre, Giant Rats, Mountain Wolf, Toxic Spider, Skeleton, Wood Golem, and so on, Stone Golems and so on.

Natan realized every floor of the Dungeon Boss would be transferred into the room, then back again into the wild.

[Dungeon Tower 41st Floor]

[Kill Giant Crab (0/125)]

[Reward: 3,000,000 additional Exp Points, excluding Exp Points earned from killing Giant Crab, and opening the Light Portal to go to the 42nd floor]

"Sister, the Giant Crab has a deadly poison bubble. It can reduce a thousand HP every second under normal circumstances" Erina said.

"Thank you." Natan gently rubbed the top of Erina's head. He really did not expect Medical Knowledge Lv.Max would actually have any knowledge of the poison from high-level monsters, along with how to make the antidote.

Ayumi stomped her Magic Wand on the ground, then puffed out her chest. "Hum! Take it easy, the Healing Ayu Area has already reached its maximum level!"

Natan smiled thinly and gently rubbed the top of Ayumi's head. "Good, fine. Ayumi is great."

If you think about it, we are different. According to the information from the NPC Shop, the number of Active Players was no more than fifty million, and the human population was steadily decreasing.

According to the Player List, the Top 5 was taken by their team, and the distance of the Fourth and Fifth Players was very far. Their level difference is 48 levels, which means that the Fifth Player in the Player List is level 158.

Their supplies were also very plentiful, it could feed at least 10,000 people, and it still lasted up to a year or two.

Without lingering any longer, the three jumped up onto Kuro's back which was already extremely tall, five meters tall and could carry five people.

When they had already jumped down and landed on the white sand, suddenly the white sand began to tremble and rise to form a dune. Before long, the sand dropped, revealing a red crab of enormous size, at least twenty meters high.

Not just one, it turned out that there were four Giant Crabs surrounding them in the middle.

Without being given any cues or orders, Ayumi and Erina begin to move according to their respective tasks.

Erina pulled the sword blade from within the shield in her left hand, then she raised her sword as high as possible. "Absolute Defense!"

The tip of his sword emitted a golden yellow light. The light streaked up into the sky, then exploded and spread out forming a protector that the light formed half a sphere, protecting the attack from outside.

Bang out!

A deafening loud bang rang out as the four Giant Crab claws attacked Absolute Defense, making the sand tremble with turbulent seawater.

Ayumi placed the Magic Wand in front of her, sticking it on the surface of the sand. "Ice Arrow!"

The blue-colored mana began to gather above Ayumi, then began to form an arrow, but it was more like the shape of a needle that had two eyes. The heat was about seven meters long, and after it was completely visible, the arrow shot sharply with Ayumi's direction.

The arrow pierced through the extremely hard skin of the crab, then froze the Giant Crab thoroughly.

Kuro stood with his two hind legs, then stomped his two front legs onto the sand surface. At once the shadow belonging to the Giant Crab began to twitch, and formed a shadowy hand that came out from within the shadow, binding the Giant Crab to hold its movement.

Erina who was still raising the sword unleashed another ability. "The Word of Judgment!"

A 35-meter-high light sword appeared in the sky, making the shadow hand almost disappear. But before letting the Giant Crab back into motion, Erina swung her sword, making the Sword of Judgment fall from the sky and break through it.

Nathan ran out of Absolute Defense, and dodged every attack of the Giant Crab, either with his claws or sharp legs like a sword. It was a normal, inconspicuous attack like Ayumi and Erina.

It was very easy for him to be able to be under the Giant Crab's body. He planned to target the weakness of the monsters he fought, whose lower body did not have a hard shell. He lifted Sako TRG up, and pulled the trigger.

The Mana Bullet that had penetrated the stomach of the Giant Crab did not cause any significant damage, despite having managed to enter.

"Explosion Bullet!"

Duarr!

The bullet that had entered the Giant Crab's body exploded inside, then saw seven bullets that spread out, and killed the Giant Crab.

"Sister! One of the crabs is running away!"

Natan knelt down while directing his sniper at the fleeing Giant Crab towards the high cliff. He pulled the trigger, making the Mana bullet go very fast. However, when the bullet almost hit like a back, the Giant Crab jumped.

"Eh?" Natan could not hold his voice, he never knew if the crab could jump. But he had already bought skills to deal with things like this. "Curved Shot!"

The already darting Mana Bullet curved up, aiming at the bottom of the Giant Crab.

"Increase Shot!"

Eight additional bullets appeared surrounding the main bullet that shot out, and killed the Giant Crab that had as much as 139,000 Health Points.

Item Drop started popping up the moment those four Giant Crabs disappeared. Crab Shell, Meat, Monster Core, Eye's.

Isn't this crab claw too big? Twice my height, and for his legs almost three times. Our supplies are getting more and more.

"STR Ayumi was only seven hundred and forty-seven, yet could kill the Giant Crab in a single strike. This was all due to skill ability, and the Wizard Book's adding to the attack power."

Natan turned around, then went over to Ayumi, Erina and Kuro who were already on top of the nineties-meter-high earthen wall. Against enemies with large size or many, they are more decided to fight in higher places.

"Maybe we should need another two weeks to be in the Dungeon Tower. We don't know what's going on out there, then I plan to leave Indonesia, once we get one extra member."

Ayumi and Erina were stunned when they heard Nathan's words that they never expected.

"Why should we leave Indonesia?" ask Ayumi astonished.

Nathan took out the world before the destruction. "The largest regions on Earth are Russia, Antarctica, Canada, China, America, Brazil. There, excluding Antarctica, of course, a lot of monsters, given its vastness and not divided into thousands of islands ..."

"The reason I want to go, is to increase our strength. After all, we don't know why the world is changing like this, but for sure, stronger is better."

Natan did not understand why the big countries there did not have a Top Player, but he was very sure there were a lot of monsters there. He obtained information about monsters from the NPC Shop, the number of monsters that appeared depended on the number of human populations in a region.

Erina who ate the Red Star Fruit paused for a moment, then said, "Aren't we going to be constrained by language? Erina can only speak a little English, Ayumi is good at Japanese. Brother, understand English ..."

Erina fell silent again, eating fruit with an apple-like taste. "But the closest country is China. Surely Brother plans to go there, so our English is not very useful if we go there."

"Language is not a constraint, I have tried to communicate on the Forum using Indonesian, and there are replies using English. I suspect, every language we write, will turn into English," explained Natan.

"However, if the one who opens or checks it comes from the same country, then the language seen is the language of that country."

Ayumi nodded her head in a sign of understanding, then she opened her voice, "That's the problem, how to go there. Making way by raising land on the seabed?"

"It can be done, but the sea monsters won't let us go so easily." Natan had already seen many land monsters, which should have been weak to be extremely strong, and it was possible that there would be a Megalodon that had risen again from the dead.

The atmosphere was silent again, no one spoke. Tens of seconds passed, Nathan spoke again. "That's it, we'll think about it later. Our main goal right now is to complete the Dungeon Tower."

"Good!"

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