The Dungeon Master's
Chapter 133 - Survival 2
...-Desert World-s...
...Day 2's...
My first day of survival in this desert-filled world was very hard. I continuously flew in all directions to avoid the invasion of land monsters while avoiding the attack of desert dragons capable of flying and the rain of arrows of Desert Lizardmen.
But in exchange, I spent over half of my Potion supplies on that first day.
“32 Full Health Potion, 142 Full Mana Potion, and also 58 Full Stamina Potion…. I still have hundreds of other low and medium level Potions but..” I murmured to myself who was currently still continuously flying in the air.
Not enough!
That's the word I wanted to say but was held back by myself. If I were to say it, I'm very confident that my spirit would break here. After all, I spent over half of my current Potion stock to survive the first day.
Hence….
“I have to turn my head.”
Immediately, I flew as fast as I could across the sea of monsters that were beneath me. Including the desert dragon who was constantly chasing me. But they are not my match who have now begun to understand their attack patterns.
“Ah, it's time to come down.” I said briefly as I swooped down sharply.
At the same time, the several desert dragons that were chasing me flapped their wings very strongly. Instantly, created a very powerful sandstorm and blew the sea of monsters that were on the surface of the sand.
‘Wuuuooosshh!! Wuuoooossshh!!!’
Although this sandstorm is very strong, I have found the right and easy solution to overcome it.
“Mana Shield!” Shouted me while standing with my cane as my main grip. The outcome?
[You have received 15 damage!]
[Mana Shield has.].
This sandstorm is not very strong. All that sucks is the terrible wind pressure and the possibility to throw my body into a very distant place.
“It's time?” I said to myself while releasing my Mana Shield. I immediately jumped to the back.
‘Duuaaarrr!!!’
Some of those desert dragons struck the ground with their enormous, sharp claws. At that moment….
“Amplify. Extermination Ray!” Shouted me while pointing my wand at one of the desert dragons.
An extremely bright and hot ray melted the body of the desert dragon instantly. It is only natural that I have increased that magic power by 50% due to the amplification during those 1 second.
The outcome?
[You've done 341,312 damage!]
[You've done 339,418 damage!]
[You have …. ]
[You have killed the Desert Dragon!]
[You have earned 496,451,095 Experience Points!]
[You have leveled up!]
[You have …. ]
My level has continuously flown into the sky since yesterday. Now I have reached level 267. Even so, I did not dare to perform Ascension. After all, if my level dropped at the moment then only death would await me.
Immediately after killing one of those desert dragons, I again flew into the sky and tried my best to recover my Stamina Point and Mana Point.
I kept repeating this cycle all day without eating, drinking and sleeping in this virtual world.
...***...
...-Desert World-s...
...Day 3's...
In the end, I did Ascension by the time my level reached 289 last night. But I did not sacrifice my level to raise my Growth Point, but rather to give Trait to myself.
Honestly, I never thought that Trait could be given to a Player let alone myself. Therefore, I was very pleased with my new knowledge.
The trail I chose?
[Extreme Endurance]
[Rating : S]
Having a body with extreme endurance. Allows the owner to reduce the Stamina Point requirement in every move and also increase its regeneration to the extreme.
Why did I choose this trail?
Of course because my Full Stamina Potion is now only 21 bottles left!
While the effects suffered when experiencing a run out of stamina is terrible. The body of this character will not be able to be moved and experience extreme status decline.
Therefore, I felt that the Trait that increased my body's resistance from this virtual fatigue was very important.
I continued my hunt in the same way as yesterday. Although I had a little difficulty due to my level drop to 2 digits, I was still able to hold on well.
...***...
...-Desert World-s...
...Day 5's...
2 Days have passed.
Now I managed to do Ascension 3 times. I used the 600 levels I gained by giving my body some new Traits.
[Enhanced Regeneration]
[Rating : S]
Effect: Increase the regeneration speed of Health Point, Mana Point and Stamina Point Trait owners by 100%. Allows regeneration of lost or damaged parts of the body.
[Enhanced Sight]
[Rating : S]
Effect: Improving character vision. Allows the use of the [Zoom] skill to see long distances by magnifying vision by 2 to 20 times.
[Improved Mana Circuit]
[Rating : A]
Effect: Increase the number of Mana Points owned by 75% and Mana Point regeneration by 20%.
With these 3 new Traits, I have eliminated the possibility of my defeat from running out of Potions. Moreover, I have memorized well every attack pattern from the monsters that exist in this world.
Really, I guess I'll get the win easily. Survived for 14 days? Now I just want to stay here forever to harvest as much EXP as possible!
...***...
...-Desert World-s...
...Day 8's...
I'm too arrogant.
Now that I have reached day 8, I begin to feel it. A very extreme tiredness. But it did not come from this virtual body. Stamina Pointku is still in the range of 70% more.
This tiredness comes from my body in the real world. It is only natural that I keep thinking while awake in this virtual world.
Not only tired, hunger began to eat away at my body. No matter how much I ate the hard bread from my Inventory, the hunger did not go away.
In fact….
...[.THE WARNING!]...
...[.THE SYSTEM DETECTS YOUR FASTENING HEART RATE!]...
...[.THE SYSTEM SUGGESTED TO THWART THIS SECRET QUEST!]...
...[.YEAH] [NO]...
The system notification kept appearing in front of me every few hours. Especially when I was fighting in a difficult situation.
Of course, I won't give up once I get here. Immediately, I pressed the [No] button and continued my hunt as usual.
I have even done Ascension 2 times after these 3 days. The amount of Ascension I did started to decline because I started playing it safe.
How else, the entire Potion I have is exhausted and now I can only rely on this virtual body to regenerate itself.
As for the Ascension I did?
I put 8 Points in Intelligence and 8 Points in Stamina.
Simultaneously, the number of Rebirths in my status window has now become 4. It seemed, Rebirth only counted when raising Growth Point alone. Whereas if I use it to give Trait, that number doesn't add up.
And with this, my battle in this desert world entered the second round.