BATTLE OR ALIVE
Chapter 12: The Great Dungeon III

The atmosphere was dark and it was hard to see where to move. In silence it can only be seen there is one place that is glowing, the light produced from ‘Bright Crystal’ can be seen at the end of the view.

It is in a dark and vast sand field. There was absolutely no illumination on the floor of this Dungeon. The 20th floor is truly mysterious.

[In addition. The application of floor bosses at each level varies, on level 1 or floors 1-10, the floor boss is on the 11th floor. Level 2 or floors 12-20, the floor boss is on the 20th floor. The 3rd level is still unknown.]

The 20th floor was large and only layered with deadly quicksand, and for this state, Jell and Mai were completely in an unfavorable position due to their strength being sealed by the quicksand.

And if only the group of human-faced lizards appeared for such a time and confronted them, then Jell and Mai would get an unpleasant ending.

But on the 20th floor can be said to be quiet and empty. Like an obstacle that is provided only through an endless field of quicksand.

But Jell did not believe that, because as far as they passed through this Dungeon they had never had anything like this. And for what happened on the 20th floor is a strange thing.

***

“The more we progress, the darker it will be.”

“Nn, this is a little troublesome.”

Jell and Mai moved down the sand field and looked around and could not see anything. There's only pitch-black.

Yet...

““!!!””

In the silent darkness and from earlier no attack had occurred, for the first time those on the 20th floor felt a truly dangerous thing.

“Mai! You felt? Don't let your guard down, stay alert.”

“Nn! I feel it too. I know.”

As they speak. Something happened that made Jell and Mai become instantly alert.

It was vague and did not appear in the dark, but Jell and Mai were able to sense it. An incredible suppressive aura could be felt from the darkness.

Something big and powerful, incomparable to an 11th floor boss. This time it was really dangerous.

Jell and Mai were in a position to guard against the unexpected. Even in non-Class conditions (Class is not activated, in other words their strength is weaker than usual.) they remain alert for the worst.

And if it was something that could not be handled with non-Class conditions, then Jell and Mai were forced to activate their Class, even though their worst condition could be dragged by quicksand.

Jell was holding a Mini Sword with a length of about 30cm and Mai was also holding the same Mini Sword as her.

In non-Class mode, we cannot use equipment that requires a Class match. Like Jell's sword that matches his Class fighter, he cannot use it in non-Class mode.

And if it remains imposed it prohibits the taboo that has been applied by the god of this world. And breaking the taboo will get rewards.

***

Being unable to use Class in its current state, completely made Jell and Mai like prey who could do nothing and wait to be in prey.

“Damn it, how will we face this.” (Jell)

“If things get worse, you should be bait ok!” (May)

A fight broke out between them. Deciding who should be the bait of life to save one life, it must be considered carefully.

Smiling fearlessly, the two made a two-way defensive formation between their backs to touch.

Like not having a fear of death that is a little more approaching, both of them are just like waiting for this, and can't wait to meet the figure that made the aura of pressure earlier.

And just as they were in a vigilant position, what emerged from the surface was unexpected.

Out from within the quicksand, it was a Monster that only existed in a fantasy world and was only a legend. Sandworms.

With a length of more than 6 meters, it weighs about 4000 kg. The skin is scaly with a sharp pattern and has a striped pattern next to their body, a line with a dark green color extending up to the tail, and it produces an opaque glow.

Not only that, the worm had a mouth that opened round as wide as its body and had hundreds of teeth in it. The coiled teeth in his mouth had an incredible impression, it was a Death Worm.

Right in front of them. Jell immediately held Mai's hand and slammed their bodies in the opposite direction.

The moment the worm came out of the ground, just as he was about to make a landing, it seemed to be eyeing Mai. Mai who was only astonished by the appearance of the giant worm could only see it and did not gain her consciousness.

Next, the worm that was after Mai, hit the ground with her face.

Dust scattered everywhere, the powerful collision resulted in a light earthquake, and in the collision the Death Worm disappeared without a trace.

The sand that was hit did not leave a mark. As if disappearing in the swallow of the earth is a language fairy that matches this incident.

Jell and Mai who saw the absence of marks or signs of damage in the sand immediately noticed around. Look around and find nothing. The giant worm completely disappeared and was not found again.

“Barusan earlier—” (Mai)

“Death Worm's. Who would have thought they were in this world. Though as I know, there has never been a Death Worm in BOA .. This shit is troublesome.” (Jell)

Jell and Mai did not lose their vigilance. While searching for information and understanding the situation, the two of them were holding a knife in their hands in a vigilant position.

At the moment when Jell and Mai who were confused by the appearance of the giant worm, suddenly appeared before them once again.

A 6-meter-long giant worm greeted them back. Jumping upwards was like flying, and once again created an elegant gaze and firmly struck the sand on their footing.

Jell and Mai are currently in unfavorable condition and in danger. The class could not be ejected at this time, and the giant worms continued to surface with incredible blows.

The movement of worms when falling is so fast, and in addition the body of the worm has scales that are like crocodile scales that surround the upper part of his body.

If people called it a dragon, then they could not deny it, it was because the Death Worm in this world was better called an earth dragon than a worm.

The top hard scales, and it was certainly very difficult for their blades to injure him. Strong defenses, hard-to-read attack patterns, lurking in deadly sand. It really describes a tank running, honestly more than that.

“Damn it! How to hurt them.”

Jell cussed at the current state, while trying to injure the body of the worm, and the worm did not deal any damage at all.

The Death Worm dived in the sand in an elegant falling style, and while waiting for its reappearance Jell and Mai were ready for it.

But their wait was destroyed. The Death Worm did not return in a short time.

“What did he do?”

In astonishment at the undisciplined worm's attitude of being late, Jell was puzzled and began to look around to find the worm's location.

Unexpectedly, the moment after Jell looked for worms, without realizing from that their foothold appeared dark green light that gradually enlarged.

And...

GgghHhuaAAHH!!!

Get out of the sand. Accompanied by a huge explosion from their appearance. Right, they. It was a horde of giant worms that came out from the ground simultaneously.

Falling to the ground with a tremendous blow. They simultaneously fall off simultaneously with the pattern of blooming flowers.

Jell was simply dumbfounded by what she saw. The giant worm was not alone and suddenly a memory of feeling the pressure aura of that time, appeared in his mind.

The giant worms that hit the ground rose back up to meet expectations, they were fast and strong. Striking the sand is like diving in the water.

Targeting two helpless people in their territory, the worms were as if laughing at the torment of a weak creature.

“Damn it! How is this, what should we do, how is this~!”

“Whispering! Pokonya, we have to run away from here and find a place that is not sandy.”

Jell and Mai escape as the worms surface a second time. Weak creatures, the word can already be used to show the action of these two people.

They run zigzagously. Avoiding the collision of the giant worms, they ran towards the front from where they stood.

Running showed little effect, the worms had appeared more rarely to the surface, but their presence in the sand was just as frightening. But this is better than running zigzags continuously.

***

Already 15 minutes of running and hitting, the two sides did not give up each other to stop the chase that they had been doing.

Jell and Mai were not exhausted, and the mercury worms were not exhausted either. In this case, fighting endurance will be a victory.

However, if viewed norman, then Jell's side suffered defeat. Not being able to use the Class, was their defeat.

“It seems, indeed there is no other option.”

“!!!”

To Jell who said their defeat, Mai fell silent and felt pain in her chest.

Jell stopped running and kept silent, Mai just looked at him blankly and still ran. Slowing down his speed he looked at the silent Jell.

“Jell, what do you want to do this time, you will act cool again and become a hero? It's on the sand you know, if you use Class here, then it's over.”

“Nn, I know. However, do you think walking more than this will pay off? When I first entered this Dungeon, I had already thought. This Dungeon is in control. Controlled by the person who made it and he made it difficult for us to finish it.”

“What you say..”.

“And for this sandfield case, don't you understand? It won't have an end, and I think that we're just going around in circles in the same place.”

“If that is so, why! Surviving a horde of worms is natural isn't it? And what you're doing is like giving up!”

“This will be endless. And here I'll make it the end.”

“ (!!!) What do you want to do! Why do you always do stupid things when I can protect myself. If you do, I'll also come with.”

“Mai! What did you say Ka-”

“I will not accept rejection, I will help you here.

You go I'll go, you advance then I will also advance.”

“What you do. I'll give you time to find a place not sandy.”

Mai smiled broadly with a feeling in it.

“When and wherever, I will always be there. Even if it's the last judgment place of man, I'll always be next to you.”

Mai said so, with a big smile. What Jell couldn't figure out in his mind, and it made him dizzy sometimes.

But this time Jell was really happy with his words. He was willing to enter death just for the sake of being able to be with her. And that was enough for Jell not to stop Mai's determination.

(Additionally, as they spoke, the Death Worms were still chasing them. Jell and Mai ran faster than the horde.)

Hordes of worms were able to run towards them. Jell and Mai were at the front and still did not activate the Class at all.

If noticed, the worm horde seemed excited and headed faster towards the two of them. The worms seemed to think that Jell and Mai had given up and would willingly become their meal.

Yet. Their hopes were lost in an instant.

(!!!)

Right before their eyes, Jell and Mai gave off an overwhelming killing aura. The aura emanating from their bodies overflowed out like smoke from a huge fire.

The worms did not know what they had done and stayed towards Jell and Mai with overflowing anger.

What Jell and Mai do is use nature mana. They used the abundant natural mana in the Dungeon, and used it to activate the skill they were going to use.

Suction sand will not react to where nature is, and more precisely, quicksand is the source of where nature is.

Jell put up the horses and Mai followed him by putting up the same horses. The natural mana they used could not activate the skill, and rather they could only use buff-type skills.

Even so, it was enough to counterattack from the giant worm horde.

The distance between the worm and Jell had already reached 5 meters and that was enough distance to perform the final slash.

Mini Sword with a length of only 30 cm, increased to 40 cm. The length of the blade is covered by the buff skill they use.

Making the Mini Sword that initially looks weak, become a weapon that must be considered before acting.

Hordes of worms dived in the ground, and with a rhythmic horde appeared and shot to the surface.

Darted into the air, creating a mysterious sight. Forming a tree that had many twigs, the worms simultaneously formed a pattern.

Just above and landing with a blow. The worms targeting his target were two boys who had dared to challenge them.

By dropping their bodies gracefully piercingly. Jell and Mai will also not lose in terms of cooperation. The purpose of Jell and Mai's final attack was, they would directly attack the vital area of the worm.

Precisely the part that was not protected by their hard scales, the mouth was the target.

Will slice the worm body with Mini Sword, by splitting them into two parts. Attacking from mouth to tail, was his dispossession attack.

““AAAaaa!!!””

““SSshHHAaa!!””

Run towards the giant worms and giant worms towards the two boys.

Shouting to describe the strength and determination of the finishing attack, Jell and Mai shouted with strong feelings. Not to be outdone by the spirit, the worms also let out a powerful voice as well.

Face each other. Giant worms from above that fell vertically hit Jell and Mai.

In a beautiful tempo, just as Jell was about to make the first attack, one of the worms from the mob confronted him and knocked him down.

Jell, realizing it, will make the choice wrong and she will be the first victim in this final battle.

Zing!

In the mouth scratches the worms that are blocking, slashed from his mouth towards the tail. And one victim has appeared in battle.

***

Mai who ran towards the worm, tried to do things like Jell did. One of the worms approached by falling vertically towards it.

Mai who thought that she could kill more than one worm at the same time, did something crazy.

One of the worms that came after him slashed from the mouth into the tail. With conditions that jumped into the air, Mai should have made a landing to take a foothold for the next jump, but it was rejected.

When finished slashing one of the worms, Mai immediately used the body of the worm as her footing in the air.

Running on top of the worm that became her foothold, Mai headed for another worm that was in front, and slashed at her.

The tempo used by Mai is very fast and really cannot be read the movement. Who would have thought, he would use a worm that had hard scales as a foothold. And finally he dropped two victims in one jump.

“Don't be careless Mai, the Death Worm still hasn't detected their strength. What if they could change the trajectory of their movement?”

“Buu– , you're not cool Jell, if your attitude is so no woman wants to be with you.”

Veins appear on Jell's head. Mai did a joke at this time of serious situation, and this habit of hers made her slightly regretful due to the determination to protect her.

He hit Mai's head and let out a strange sound because he got a sudden attack from Jell.

“Kya–, what are you–”

Mai's anger was not continued. That was because, the giant worms began to behave strangely.

(In addition, the number of worms in the horde amounted to 6 tails.)

The giant worms right when they hit the ground, they came to the surface with a strange attitude. They just hang their body from the surface with a shape like “r”.

They are afraid or worried about something. Like a wild animal that has the sense to feel disaster, the worms behave like that. They bent over by hanging their bodies, and could be told they were terrified.

***

Jell and Main who saw him just put on a confused face while being on standby. They did not look as excited as before, as in the broom of their strong winds of spirit.

However, the answer has arrived.

(!!!)

(What is that? What pressure was that. Strong, it's very strong)

Jell vanished in her mind, and was unable to express what she felt from the pressure earlier. He could not open his mouth and could only make a sound in his heart.

A moment to see Mai. Mai put on a face that was more or less the same as her, a little pale and speechless. The pressure they felt earlier was 10 times stronger than the pressure exerted by the giant worm.

After seeing Mai who was at least fine. Jell turned her gaze towards the hanging worm horde.

They were still there hanging themselves, but then they returned to the ground slowly.

“You feel it?”

“Nn, earlier it was scary.”

Jell opened the conversation. It seemed like Jell's body strength from the pressure had returned, she asked Mai's opinion and Mai answered him honestly.

But in that unpleasant condition, suddenly appeared a figure who really did not want them to meet.

“MAI BEWARE!!”

Jell directly slammed Mai's body, but this time Jell did it violently.

With the position of the two falling on the ground, suddenly an explosion or a lump of earth exploded around them, and made them both fall from the footing.

The dust storm from the sand blew violently and hit everything. Jell and Mai, who were swept away by the storm, regained their balance and saw what happened.

There was nothing to see from the cloud of dust before their eyes, shutting everything shut and dark. But as dim light began to emerge from the dust, an opaque emerald green glow emerged from the dust.

The light has a height of about 20 meters. Jell looked at him and the light appeared close to them.

And...

“!!!”

A huge blow weighing tens of tons to hundreds of tons hit the ground. The shock from the hit made an earthquake in the area. The ground that was hit left a mark, it was a colossal worm.

“Different. He is different from those who previously.”

A height of 20 meters towered to the ceiling of the dungeon. The weight he has is unknown, he is 10 times heavier than a giant worm. The colossal worm appeared gracefully standing hanging staring at the two boys.

(TN: Giant worm: 6 meters, while colossal worm: 20 meters.)

Unable to turn his gaze away from the colossal cecing majesty, Jell simply fell silent looking at him.

However, the colossal worm did not give them any rest, and directly slammed his body standing upright. And resulting in a hit that was as strong as the first hit.

“Mai, he is the floor boss. Be careful, he is 10 times stronger than the previous worms.”

“Nn! But if you see, we're in trouble.”

The two put up a fighting position earlier, and waited for the colossal worm to hang its body again. Colossal worms when they hit the ground, do not hit with the head, but use the body. So that he did not dive in the sand, and is currently still lying on the ground.

Zet! Zet! (Lap sound)

The two attacked first, using the previous combination, Jell and Mai advanced towards the colossal worm that lay helplessly. But it can't be done easily.

SsshHHH!!!

Colossal worms shouted, and in a swoop appeared giant worms closing the path of Jell and Mai's attack.

Giant worms try to protect the colossal worms. From the scream, it seemed like it was a signal. The colossal worms were their leader, and the giant worms were his men.

Shocked by the appearance of the worm horde, Jell and Mai changed direction and turned around. They cannot approach colossal worms because they become a shield.

The colossal worms that fall asleep wake up, wake up and hang. And then just like before, she compared her body fiercely towards Jell and Mai's direction.

DduKAPR!

They hit the ground and they were not there. Jell and Mai are currently in untraceable conditions, where nature is insufficient to defeat the colossal worms and their men.

“The only way is to use only job.”

In a mixed mind, Jell voiced hope. Mai who was looking at him directly went towards her.

“Jell. If that's the only hope, let me do it!”

Surprised by Mai's words, Jell looked at her with an uneasy feeling.

(Jump!)

It seemed like those giant worms had not given Jell and Mai time, and the colossal worms had already begun to rise upwards for the third time.

“What makes you feel so.”

Smiling faintly from Jell's worries, Mai clenched her hands and patted her on the chest, while raising her other hand to reveal muscles. Even though his muscles are invisible.

“Hehe, who do you think I am?!”

With Mai's reply, Jell smiled slightly. And that smile lifted up and became her smile fearlessly.

“Yosha! Let's beat these bastards!”

“Nn!”

““Job Active!””

Shouting at the same time. Light emerged from their bodies, and then their sword and Dual Knife appeared floating before them. Appearing mysteriously makes the conditions awesome. Like an item that appears in front of players in the game, is the current condition.

“Saa, forward here!”

““SSshHHAAa!!””

Running towards the battle, this time was truly the final battle.

“Jell, I leave those crocoes to you!”

“Ahh, leave it to me.”

The movement of both changed the pattern. In an ordinary battle, Jell is the one who will confront the boss and weaken and kill him. But this time they took turns, Jell was now going to fight the enemy's men and Mai was going to face the main course.

Due to the mana and job use, the quicksand as expected, they began to swallow Jell and Mai's legs. However, they move quickly and it will not give any problem if their legs are swallowed slowly. But their goal is to use giant worms as a foothold. The same thing Mai did.

Grinning with a fearless face, Jell added speed.

“I'm really fed up.”

With his sword, Jell slashed the giant worm with a single strike. No need to slash to the tail, Jell added a buff skill extending his sword.

With the tempo not stopped, Jell jumped up and used the corpse of the giant worm as a safe foothold, and ran towards the other giant worms.

Cut in horizontal and vertical directions, the giant worms die without resistance. Giant worms appeared continuously from the depths of the sand, and they were endless.

Mai, who used a corpse as a foothold from the worm that Jell had killed, ran towards the colossal worm that was ready to hit.

“Not going to let me.”

The smile on Mai's face, showed a burning feeling like she had been waiting for this moment.

“Dash!”

The buff skill was pronounced Mai and she quickly climbed the scales of the colossal worm.

The colossal worm showed no signs of stopping the lacing, and as soon as Mai had climbed half her body, the scales of the worm suddenly let out smoke.

Hot smoke was coming out from the sidelines of the scales, and its origin seemed to be from his skin. And because of the sudden hot smoke, Mai lost her balance and fell from her body.

Hot smoke is getting more and hot, about 100°c to 200°c heat. And it turns out that the use of the smoke is to add the style of impact that will be used colossal worms.

The skill that colossal worms possessed was a buff skill that increased strength and speed. And from that smoke, too, it can be a semi-final defense.

“You saved it for moments like this huh. I thank you for that!”

Mai took a position right after she landed on the pile of corpses.

(Breath .. Dispose .. Target is colossal worm ... Final attack ..)

Mai was swallowed with her concentration, and did not think of anything that was beside her, nor would she be attacked by a giant worm, she would not be afraid. Because he believes Jell will protect him.

Mai's body was instantly roamed around by the flow of mana, which was so strong and pressing, surrounding her body. The aura Mai exuded was as large as that given by a colossal worm.

Opening his eyes...

“Falcon!”

Mentioning the skill and instantly Mai's Dual Knife there was a whirlwind surrounding it. And by using the slashing position, Mai slashed her Dual Knife with “X” pattern.

From the slash resulting in a huge tornado storm, with unparalleled speed, a tornado formed before everyone. A tornado of 900 meters was created as a miracle.

From the tornado emerged a look in the eye, bright yellow eyes emerging from the tornado. And come out accompanied by a large shrink tornado. And emerging from it was a bird.

Like a tornado is its wings closing, the tornado disappears and leaves behind a giant bird. His body was made of a dense lightning badadai, the cat's eyes glowing amazingly.

The bird flapped its wings and flew above the ceiling of the dungeon. Spinning around with a beautiful twist, the bird plunges itself into a colossal worm.

The colossal worm did not lose its concentration and it emitted more hot smoke from its body. Like he was about to jump and crash into a storm bird, the colossal worm was ready with its preparations.

The storm bird dropped itself into a colossal worm.

An amazing sight occurred, like a thunderstorm bird fighting a hot storm dragon. Making the two of them like a fight in an ancient legend.

Both collide and...

UaaARRR!!!

A huge explosion occurred and made an incredible shock wave that flew everything.

A strong wind hit everything. Mai's body was exhausted and her body was carried away by the wind, but someone caught her, it was Jell.

Using her own body Jell protected Mai from the effects of the explosion. Jell held their weight with the sword she had struck.

It took about 3 minutes until the explosion stopped and separated the hole by 500 meters wide.

***