The Dungeon System
24. Entering stage 2

Adam sat for a few minutes to relax and recuperate after his battle.

"Status"

LVL mortal: 5

EXP: 233/400

HP: 123/140

MP: 13/17

Power: 14

Speed: 15+4

Intelligence: 19

Charisma: 5

Luck: 5

Seeing that his HP and MP had already been taken down at the first stage, Adam was unsure if he would be able to complete the Sub-Dungeon in a single try and was also curious as to whether he was lucky and what was to come.

After a while, he stood up, decided not to think about it for too long, and without thinking too much decided he was going to pass through the middle tunnel.

Adam knew he had no time to waste and the thought that there were strong cultivators out there kept clinging to his mind.

"I wonder how people are cultivating" he muttered to himself as there was a thud behind him from the closed tunnel.

Looking at the empty area that was twice the size of the previous one, Adam now knew that it did not mean that he was lucky and with a dagger in his hand carefully headed to leave the tunnel.

As soon as he stepped out of the tunnel and into the larger open cave, 5 coyotes of LVL 6 emerged from thin air.

He deliberately only stepped on one foot, hoping to outsmart the dungeon and retreat back into the tunnel if he wanted to retreat.

But just as he was about to return to the tunnel, he was pushed by an invisible force and the tunnel closed, as he faced off against 5 powerful coyotes and growled furiously.

"Fucking system" cried Adam who was forcibly trapped into a cave with 5 terrifying coyotes.

They were much larger than fox beasts, so Adam assumed they would have less speed and power.

Forest dog

LVL: 6

HP: 170

Power: 17

Speed: 14

Intelligence: 14

Looking at the stats of the beasts, Adam could not help but be cautious and nervous to fight them looking at their higher HPs and strength.

With two daggers in hand, Adam still had the edge in terms of speed and intelligence, but was disadvantaged in everything including numbers.

With his dagger and enhanced speed, he was almost twice as fast as the average prime human who traveled 10 meters between them in a matter of seconds.

The cavern-like enclosed space he was in had a length of 20 meters and 5 ferocious beasts stood in the middle of it.

In the same way as the previous stage, the monsters were programmed to attack and were unlikely to be able to attack until they were attacked, so Adam made use of the advantage given to him.

He attacked the beast to the far left and held his dagger with a standard grip, thrusting both of his daggers upwards into the beast's throat as blood gushed out from its wound.

-90

As soon as Adam attacked him, he felt that the beast could move and with its faster speed and reflexes was able to leap back before the beast could counterattack.

-5

-10

-7

Adam could see that the initial attack took up more than half of the animal's health which continued to drop rapidly as it lost more blood and struggled to breathe.

Already seeing the beast he attacked being defeated the moment he fainted in the pool of his blood, Adam had 4 beasts left to defeat.

Knowing that attacking the four of them would only cause him unnecessary injuries and struggles, Adam plans to divide the monsters as he circles the outer walls of the cave to spread the monsters that are trying to chase and stop him.

It was exhilarating and thrilling, and terrifying as he fought against the 5 coyotes with his dagger and he felt the wind pounding his face as he ran at incredible speed for the average human.

As he dashed past him, a coyote beast closest to him, pounced before he tried to block him as the others attempted to chase after them.

Running past Adam glides under the coyote pouncing on him, and while in the air, the, he slid under it and thrust his twin dagger into the beast's stomach and used forward momentum to slice his stomach open as he slid past it. .

-80

Blood splattered all over Adam's face as he slid past him and as he stood back up and continued running so the other coyotes couldn't catch up to him.

He lost a bit of HP and could feel his back sore and his fur jacket scratched and lost its durability, but was not significantly affected.

Adam felt that the first coyote he attacked had died the moment he received the notification.

{Do you want to integrate this animal as part of your Canidae Calling YES /NOT}

[Yes] replied Adam who already had a dagger and did not need a weapon.

Instantly he felt a coyote fused with the polar fox beast within his mind in a place that seemed to be formed by the Skill Collector.

The beasts were walking straight towards each other and when they collided, the, they fuse and form a hybrid animal that sits between two animals in terms of size and acquires some Arctic fox speed and coyote power.

Watching the scene in his mind, Adam was amazed, but being in the heat of battle could not notice back then and focused on his battle.

But he could not help but think about how outstanding his Collector Skills were and wonder what the limit was.

The second coyote beast whose internal organs were torn apart by Adam's slash had also died within seconds and shattered into pixels.

Adam felt an item had entered his inventory and knew he had obtained gold, but don't check what it is and suddenly stop running and turn to the last three animals clinging to each other after realizing Adam's tactics.

"There is no point in continuing to run, now to finish off these last three beasts" he muttered with a demonic smile, mesmerized in the heat and adrenaline of battle.