The Hunter System
Chapter 19 - Fighting In a Rank B Dungeon

The first thing Alvin did after being lost from the vantage point of Miranda and his men of course took off the borrowed armor from the Association which was of very poor quality and replaced it with his own armor which he had just at forging by System.

The Association's armor was only slightly better than the military's bulletproof vest. The advantage was only because the armor had magic energy to reduce the impact of the attacks of F and E rank monsters, but not to above it.

But, even though he already had good equipment, as he felt the dark magic air of this B rank Dungeon, Alvin actually felt a little nervous.

That feeling also arose because he knew that this Dungeon was ranked one time higher than the Dungeon of the system quest he had last entered.

If there alone he had almost died many times, what about in this B rank Dungeon?

That thought was a little annoying to Alvin.

His anxiety increased as he faced the poisonous centipede monsters in the four areas he had visited.

The more he entered the territory adjacent to the area the Dungeon boss was in, the difficulty level of his poisonous centipede monster also increased.

Those poisonous centipedes are a little hard to kill. In addition to their bodies that are as big as a train car to make them dangerous to approach, they are also very agile.

Not to mention, those monsters also continuously drenched the entire battle area with poisonous mucus that made his health point continue to decline with just his poisonous air.

But, when Alvin was finally able to defeat the centipede monsters, he luckily obtained an item that came out from inside one of the centipede mouths.

"Item? A Dungeon monster from my era can also take out items?"

["Looks like Rimi helped you find a hidden item."]

"Is there really a hidden item in all the Dungeons in my time?"

["Maybe. Check the item first."]

As soon as Alvin touched the blackish-purple stone, a status window of the item appeared before him.

...°•°•°•°•°•°•°...

...Item Name: Poison Core...

...Type : Magic...

...Level ' Rarity: A...

...Unlocked Condition: Can be used...

...Function: Poison Magic Area...

...•°•°•°•°•°•°•...

"Rarely A?! How could a monster in a B rank Dungeon take out an A rank item?"

["Can be. And again, it was a hidden item. If Rimi doesn't help you, you won't find him. That's why you've never heard of a hunter finding an item in the Dungeon."]

"You guys are amazing. But, how do I use it?"

["You should crush him with the grip of your hand. But.."]

Krak...!

The system told him too late. Alvin had already crushed the purple stone within his grasp.

As soon as the stone was crushed, the fragments of the stone emitted a blackish-purple smoke that swirled around Alvin's hand before finally being absorbed very quickly into his body.

"Is this the process of using it?" alvin asked when he saw the smoke and stone fragments in his grasp suddenly disappeared into the skin of his body that was not covered in armor.

["Yes. But, you should have kept it first. That item was for a Mage-type hunter."]

"Is that a problem?"

["If it's an ordinary item, you might just lose it. Since it's a poison-related item, it might be a problem for you."]

Just now the Hunter System told him, The Intelligence System gave a warning as well.

"What?! But, I don't have a job Mage."

While Alvin was still confused by the warnings from the System, he felt his health point gradually began to drain. In addition, he also saw the skin discoloration on his hands slowly darken and turn purplish.

["You should immediately rise to level 46! Quickly move to the next location!"]

"W-what?"

["Quick, your time is not much. I can feel the poisonous magic of the item starting to poison your blood."]

Hearing that, Alvin quickly opened the Dungeon map and immediately ran towards the area the other monsters were in.

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Upon arriving at his destination, Alvin felt his body begin to weaken drastically as the poison from the Poison Core continuously ate his health points.

Wussh... Wusshhhhhhhhh...

Just as he entered the area, three giant spiders directly attacked him with webs he failed to avoid until it successfully wrapped around his body.

"Why is there a spider here? Isn't this not the Dungeon of the System?"

["This is a Dungeon with a type of insect monster. So it's not strange that there are different insects in it. Never mind, change jobs to Warrior now."]

"But my helth point has dropped dramatically."

["No problem. You don't have much time. You can replace them again after you beat them. They were not very strong withstanding physical attacks."]

Alvin finally followed what the System suggested.

After he changed his job, Alvin instantly destroyed the net wrapped around his entire body with the Warrior power he had.

But, just as he was about to strike back, the 3 monsters had already preceded him spraying poisonous mucus from their mouths.

["Don't get exposed to the poison,"]

With great difficulty, Alvin finally found an attacking gap after 1 minute more convoluted to and fro. He managed to kill one poisonous spider, then kicked the monster's body as a foothold to hurl its body towards the second spider.

Stab...!

Alvin directly stuck his sword on the head of the second spider after he had landed on his big head.

Only one more opponent remained.

Unfortunately, the last opponent was too far away until he was a little difficult to reach him.

.........

Every time Alvin advanced, the monster used its net to move from one tree to another that filled their battle area.

'I should be able to let him off guard. If I had a long-range attack skill...'

Imagining the opponent might be off guard if he could attack from a distance, Alvin then opened the inventory window and took out 5 swords from there.

Alvin threw one by one the swords in his hands at the spider trying to fend off with its webs.

While Alvin threw the sword at the spider, he also ran up to the spider.

As he expected, he could approach opponents who were caught off guard by having to withstand his long-range attacks.

When he reached the target, Alvin immediately buried the last sword in his hand on the spider's head.

Crakk!!!

'Successful...'

"Hoshis... Hosh..."

Although he was finally able to win, but his health point continued to decline due to the poison in his body.

["Quick go to the boss area. You don't have much time."]

"Y-yeah..."

With unstable footsteps, Alvin tried to run at the maximum speed he could towards the area the boss was in.

Alvin also obeyed what Rimi said. While running, he continued to increase his health point.

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When Alvin arrives at the boss area, he is shocked to see a different kind of insect monster waiting for him there.

However, Alvin is actually more worried about his health point which is very slow to increase because his point is also almost exhausted.

“Rimi, how many health and which points do I have?” alvin asked Rimi.

In this kind of besieged state, he did not have the time to open his status window. And again, he also knew that Rimi could tell about such technical matters.

"This Dungeon is hard too."

["But this is better compared to when you were in the Dungeon before. The way you fight is good enough."]

Getting praise at a time of near death like this, Alvin could only smile.

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The poisonous bees, each of which had a body the size of a panda, attacked Alvin with their stings that could even penetrate the leather armor Alvin wore.

While staggering because his gaze had also begun to blur, Alvin tried to kill some bees in front of him, also sometimes slashing the bees that attacked him from behind.

However, when his health had reduced to 5%, Alvin finally began to struggle to stand. Both of his legs were limp, until he finally fell when he was unable to stand again.

Seeing that his opponent was no longer struggling, the bee army immediately ganged up on Alvin by sticking their stings as big and sharp as a sword.

Stab.. Stab…

Although his armor and body began to be pierced by bee stings, Alvin still tried to attack the bees with a sword in his hand which was also very weak.

"Damn it, I can't die yet. I have to get rid of Miranda Lewis first!" alvin with a weak voice.

[“You still have two more chances to use the hidden power of the System. You can wait until your health points are at one percent.."] After saying that, the system fell silent for a while. He noticed the miracle that was happening around them.

"I don't want to use it only for B rank Dungeons."

["Replace your job to Healer and restore your health point now.”]

“Why not just to Tank?” Although he gave a proposal, but Alvin still follow the advice of the System.

“But, why do I have to change jobs while I'm wrestling with them?” alvin asked as he rolled to not let the newly caught bees escape.

[“Note the bees around you. They died after stinging you earlier.”]

While wrestling and trying to pluck the wings of the bees he had just caught, Alvin watched his surroundings. Sure enough, many bees were already lying on the ground with charred bodies.

"Didn't an army of bees really die right after they sting?"

["That monster is different. They won't die after stinging."]

“Did they contract the poison in my body?”

[“Yes. That's really lucky. Now you just concentrate on continuing to fill your health point. Let them sting you and they'll die afterwards. Or...,”]

“Or?”

[“Be quiet and let me finish them off with hidden strength.”]

“Tsk... If I lose against these guys, how am I supposed to fight this crazy woman up ahead?”

Laughing system, [“It looks like I'm starting to like you.”]

“What? So you haven't liked me all this time?”

.........

Alvin tried to stand up when his health point had risen back to 15%.

With all the strength he had gathered in his legs, he tried to run away leaving the bees that kept stinging him.

[“Hey, where did you go?”] ask the confused system. In fact, Alvin should just shut up and continue to focus on filling his health point.

"I don't have time anymore, where my point is only two percent." Alvin said, while continuing to run towards bees that have a larger body than other bees.

[“... You're crazy. The sting is huge. It can penetrate your body.”]

Regardless of what System said, Alvin immediately jumped up to ambush the Dungeon boss who was flying behind the bee army.

When Alvin was nearby, the queen bee immediately pointed her sting at Alvin who had guessed that the monster would do it.

Crack…!

.........

It's true what the system says. As the sting stuck in his body, the sting of the Dungeon boss even went straight through Alvin's chest to his back.

“Arghh...!”

‘Sial, this is very sick.’

Alvin somewhat regretted this action because the sting actually caused his body a great deal of pain.

[“You should have just lay there waiting for your health point to drop to 1% while the poison in your body kills the stingers.”]

“But this is not as painful as when my body is crushed golems,” Alvin forced himself to laugh.

As Alvin is about to die, the queen bee who took him flying suddenly falls when the poison that came from Alvin's blood begins to work inside his body.

Knowing that the monster was about to die, with the last strength he had, Alvin immediately plucked his body from the sting.

Soon, the voice he had been waiting for was finally heard.

"Yoh!"

Alvin knew that his physical condition along with all his descending status would be restored once he leveled up. That was why he had directly approached the Dungeon boss when he knew they would die when infected with the poison in his body.

Although his body had recovered, the poison from the Poison Core again gnawed at his health point.

"The poison isn't gone? I thought I'd disappear after I leveled up."

[“No, I asked you to rise to level 46 not because of that. Open and activate your new job now. Fast!”]

Alvin opened his gift window and instantly activated his new job.

"What's? The poison was turned into a skill?!"

["You're so lucky!"]

"really?"

["Try using your new skills to attack those bees."]

Alvin turned to the rest of the army of bees swarming the queen of dead bees.

He then pointed his palm at the team of bees.

"Poison Attack."

After Alvin uttered the name of the skill he had read in his Mage job status window, purple smoke shot out from both of his palms and flew towards the remains of the bee army.

Not until 5 seconds after the smoke enveloped the bees, their bodies blackened and they fell and died instantly.

"Crazy! What is this skill I got from the Poison Core just now?"

["Yes. You're lucky. Thank you to Rimi."]

.........

Alvin's still in the boss area for another 30 minutes. He finally left from there after destroying the magic pillar which was the key to closing the Dungeon gate

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