3: RAYNARE!!

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(OC is based off of a Manhwa named 'The Player that can't level up'. One of the swords has the same name.)

How long has it actually been since Ethan's raid? Time in the Dungeon seems to be moving at a faster pace than what Earth gives. A minute in there equals 1 second on earth, an hour would equal a minute, 1 day would equal 1 hour, but Ethan hasn't reached a month. Just 1 day. His first few hours were a hassle as wolves kept on spawning and spawning, almost like a wave in video games.

"FINALLY....!" Ethan took a seat next to the boss wolf "a day. A day! Just to take down one. Single. Freaking. Wolf. I need a breather."

"With us, you could've taken it down in 6 hours top."

"That would mean we are still far too weak just to take down a single D-Rank Wolf, wouldn't it, Ian?"

"All that matters is that it's dead. Nothing else. But please...keep it down....my head hurts, metaphorically and literally."

You have slained 'Big Bad Wolf'

You have leveled up!
You have leveled up!

Yippee! Now, bug off...don't bother me anymore. Look! My fatigue is at 621! ~(Ethan)

And not only that, he wasted that Status Recovery on the first hour. Maybe it would've been a good idea to save it. There was a mechanical beeping noise when a notification came on...

Daily Quest: Preparation to becoming Stromger!

Ah yes, stromger. Did you misspell 'Stronger'? ~(Ethan)

"Haha, shut the fuck up kid."

Good. All better ~(Ethan)

(I actually misspelled stronger. So I rolled with it)

If only a recovery potions were at his hand. He would chug the entire bottle like a man stranded far too long in a desert. Well, nothing Ethan can do about it but just comply to this painful and annoying Daily Quest.

"I wanna ask something and you better give an honest answer."

"Yes, master. I have a historic moments of pledging truth to the master."

"If I recieved the punishment, would it take me, uh...I dunno, another dungeon?"

"As a matter of fact, yes, it would. You will simply be transferred here to the other dungeon we prepared if you ever failed."

"Good to know."

"Did you even pick up the boss' items?"

"Ah shit. Of course!" Ethan nervously laughed at himself "ooh! 5 items!"

Name: Ears of BBW
Rank: D
Item Type: headband
Torn from the wolf's Ears, spiky enough
To impale a finger or even a nail. These
Ears will boost the Player's stats.
When the set is completed, the sense stat
Will automatically go up by 5 points
+5 Strength, +5 Agility, +5 Vitality

Name: Fingerless Gloves of BBW

Rank: D
Item Type: Gloves
You wanna be those emo kids? Well do
Not worry for this bracelet has that type
Of style to suite your taste.
+4 Intelligence, +5 Strength

Name: Recovery Potion
Rank: D
Item Type: Potion-

Before he can read the whole thing, Ethan just did what he wanted and chugs it every last drop. There was nothing left inside the glass bottle.

"That must've quenched your thirst, master. Say, how do you feel?"

"A lot better when my fatigue went down by 50. Not enough." Ethan discovered that the potion was only a low-grade one "what's next...?"

Name: Tail of BBW
Rank: D
Item Type: Attachable Tail

You will now have a tail! This can
Help the Player attain more
Females since they prefer dogs.
+5 sense, +5 Agility

Name: Necklace of BBW
Rank: D
Item Type: Necklace
The necklace was gifted from its
Original owner who passed. Carry
This to continue on its legacy

What am I? Some kind of furry?! I ain't putting this on! ~(Ethan)

"You need those stats to become stronger."

Yeah, nah. Gonna put on status points instead of wearing that ~(Ethan)

"It is the master's decision to wear what suits him best, literal terms."

"Elle gets me. I ain't wearing that furry shit, I'm just gonna donate to a random kid being eaten alive by a pack of wolves in a middle of a park where he ain't supposed to go. Then after being reborn as a devil, he'll have a love triangle between a sweet and flirtatious-slash-devilish girl who sparked his interest and a neko who made his heart go beep-beep-beep." Ethan reference

"Did you...just make a reference?"

"Did I? I'm not sure if a lot of people know about it but Oh well."

You have defeated 1/3 bosses in the dungeon.
The next stage is ready to be proceeded, would
You like to enter?
Y/N?

Not until I finish this daily quest! ~(Ethan)

It took a couple of hours just to finish all at once thanks to the sweet buildup of fatigues, which is horrible because his movements were limited. His arms made weird clicking noises but still kept going. Even when spitting out blood, he still kept going. Ethan's legs were so heavy they refused to move. The abdomen were painful because his mind tricked him into thinking something was stabbing him.

Yes....status recovery....haha~, fuck you ~(Ethan)

Onto the next stage of the instant dungeon. He descend deeper down the hill when a new playable area has been unlocked after the last boss, how strong will this one be? BBW took an entire day just to finish it off. With level 14 at arms, hunting could get a lot easier than before. Names were still red due to being an extreme low level player the dungeon has expected him to be.

"Finally going to use us?"

"Maybe. Depends on how troublesome the magic beasts can be." Ethan replied, bluntly

"Master, may I add an incredible change about yourself?"

"Go ahead."

"Your face...it no longer carries the look of a 12 year old."

"Shit, did I look that young?" Ethan has the answer now. Back then students would see him very childish in looks despite being old enough to become an adult in a couple of years "what do I look like now?"

"You are what a 16 year old should look. Not too young, not too old. Perfect mixture of both."

"Don't forget a haircut and better....clothes that suit my taste."

"I wear whatever I want! I'll wear occasional clothes when important stuff are at hands." Ethan ignored the Kuoh Academy Uniforms as for it is it's own thing of fashion. The uniforms are mandatory to show which school you come from unlike American Public Schools were you can just wear whatever you want as long as it fits their dress code

"Another I want to point out: since we live in Japan, why does everyone we come across look foreign?"

"Now that you mentioned it, Elle. That's weird. I and them are living in japan yet we look foreign as heck. Aren't Japanese people...not want to be racist...but supposed to look almost the same? Asia is an actual foreign, she told me her parents abandoned her at a church down in Europe. Rias Gremory (despite being a devil), Japanese and not. Everyone in the Academy are really foreign looking. It makes me think if we're really living in Japan." Is Ethan's life a lie up until this point? "Yikes. Let's not fall deeper into this hole."

"What are your honest opinions about her past? Asia's, I mean."

"She was tricked. When a devil came into her church, it wasn't just some kind of coincidence. More like...planned in my part. What you told me Ian, about devils cannot enter a church's range for it can start a war. Why didn't it happen on that day? Whoever that devil was...knew what he or she was doing despite the consequences other devils have warned about." Ethan gritted his teeth upon getting to the point where she was banished from church "it sickens me! They called her a heretic! A witch! All because she had the power to heal devils. So what? She's a healer. Her heart is so pure that even her healing capabilities can heal a devil."

Ian was used to stab a lizard's neck and behead it all in one quick session. Lizards came in all kinds of directions such as behind, left, right, and above but their plan has lead them to death. Things started off easy before these lizards like demons started to obtain intelligence, for an example: Ethan loves to throw his sword at staggered enemies when he parried an attack, so they figured out how to fake a directional attack. A lizard went for the head only then to change for a pound slam.

"Kid, these are gaining brains now."

"Oh really? I couldn't tell from that dupe just now." Ethan sarcastically replied "welp, time to use common sense. RUN AWAY!"

"Yes, I completely agree with that as of right now."

"WHAT...They're chasing us!"

"Perfect!" Ethan mimicked the announcer who says 'perfect' from street fighter "throat punch!"

He yelled out his attacks and somehow gotten all of them down on their legs, leaving him to finish off one by one, jumping around like a monkey having fun.

You have leveled up!

Ian has leveled up! (X1)
Elle has leveled up! (X1)

"You guys powered up quicker than I did. Must be because you're only level 10 before. Hey, now it says level 12 on both of you." Elms praised for their level rising "must be all. That....felt too easy."

"We have incapacitated the enemies....which were the babies."

"Excuse me? Can you run by me that one more time?" Ethan thought his ears were clogged

"The lizard demons you eliminated...were the babies."

"BABIES?! You mean to tell me that these adult size demons are babies!? Then who are the parents??"

"You have angered the father."

"Father?! The male gave birth - I mean, male seahorses give birth so I wouldn't be surprised if that were true." Ethan gives in to a fact "but seriously....I'm about to die ain't I?"

"If you think clearly about the current situation you're in then no."

"Hey you guys...what's the best stat to take on tougher enemies?" Ethan had to quickly ask before death can knock on the door

"Best piece of advice: spend it on strength. More strength, more one shotting them."

I hate myself for doing this ~(Ethan)

The ears and gloves are finally equipped to gain more status

Strength: 47

It finally came. The father of those lizard beasts stood taller than the demon of hatred with veins pulsating its blood, over that were rock-hard skin acting its armor to prevent any sharp object to cut through it. It had black sharp claws reaching about 1 meter, apparently those claws had dried blood from its hunt for food or for fun. Seeing its fallen children, the creature roared out of remorse, vibrating Ethan's eardrum. Anger, loss, regret, agony. These emotions could be sensed on the lizard thanks to his sense status.

"Oh fuck. It's transforming!" Elms knees gave out for a moment before picking himself back up

Was it fast or his agility stats were low? Anyhow, that beast shows its speed and power in order to intimidate Ethan.

"Kurrrkkk!!"

The blow was too powerful to fully defend from it, making Ethan's body go from the grave of it's dead children's to 20 meters away with trees showing where his body went. Elms lays behind a tree, unable to lift a single tendon on his finger. When he did the tendon refused and snapped out of place, placing it out of commission.

"GGGGRRRR!!!" Ethan muffled his scream of pain "oh fuck! Oh my god!! My hand! I can't use it!!"

"Kid, get up! That thing is closing the fuck in!"

This exact feeling on that day washed over Ethan, trapping him on the spot. Elms sworn to never experience this feeling for it was....death.

"No, no, nonononono! Get up!!" He shouted at his legs "please! I don't want to die...!"

"Master!!"

His body would've been squished into flatbread if the skill 'Mist' wasn't active. The ground beneath him shattered to pieces upon impact of its weight. The lizard creature stood up on all fours and searched for Ethan, but his scent, aura, and appearance were replaced nothing but a single mist. Digging around, his trace were unknown. So it left the are to grief over the loss of its children's.

Oh jesus h. Christ....I thought...I thought ~(Ethan)

Kid, kid. Relax. That beast ain't coming back ~(Ian)

Master, remain here. Don't move or anything...close your eyes and you'll regain health back ~(Elle)

There's this passive skill that can repair any damage Ethan has recieved during his sleep. Might take a while before it can fix everything up. Motionless. Scared. Elms had to reflect on himself what went wrong going up against that lizard. A mistake almost caused his life, so he needed to figure out a way how to make it kneel.

The children's sets off it's own fuse, skin impenetrable against sharp objects so my hands is were it comes into place. Veins are poking out of its skin, making it easy to damage it and cause blood loss. Those claws....sharp enough cutting down trees like nothing but that isn't the only case. Ian, how long did it take to sheath its claws? ~(Ethan)

3.8 seconds. It'll rely on its tail and front legs to fend off attackers in the meantime ~(Ian)

Elle, which parts on the body were exposed when transforming? ~(Ethan)

The chin, back left foot, skull, abdomens, tongue, eyes, and tail. Approximately took 4 seconds to guard them upon transformation, in total it took 5.3 seconds for its full ~(Elle)

I recommend sticking one of us onto the veins while you focus on the weak spots. Therefore we can able to slay it without no injuries whatsoever ~(Ian)

But...I wanna lay here....I feel a lot safer being on here than out there. Damn, I'm hungry ~(Ethan)

Starvation can be held off as long as there's nutrition left inside the stomach, but if there isn't, then the stomach will digest whatever is left even devouring itself. Be careful when entering a cold area for the fat stored inside can quickly deplete as the stomach tries so hard to keep itself warm. Water on the other hand...is scarce no matter what situation. Water is highly value to the human body, without it, the body rejects anything else and starts dying off.

A day. This is taking forever to complete, but I shall not rush it. It's not like I have anyone waiting for me - except Raynare...and my cat. But seriously...time moves faster here than earth ~(Ethan)

"Hmmmmm...." He groans "a blanket would've been useful as of right now...and a pillow....a bed....shit..."

The floor were bumpy and uncomfortable to lay at. Pebbles would always poke Ethan's body because of how sharp they were, tiny little critters somehow climbed onto his hands or enter those exposed holes that were spread out. It was deeply annoying to feel them. If only Elms had a runestone to teleport back onto earth. But these loot...they are gonna be left behind. Including that precious XP Ethan wants.

Just go to sleep already! I can see bags under my eyes...and getting upset ~(Ethan)

Reason being is that Raynare desire is to be killed by Ethan and only him. If not, then he has failed as a friend. During childhood, Elms sworn to fulfill a wish no matter what difficulty the wish is, he will make it come true.

(Look upon me girls! Who cares what your wish is, give it to me! You want cake? I'll buy you one! You want love? I'll give you the affection and care! You want some movies? I'll pirate them for you!)

(Ethan no, that's illegal!) Raynare reasons with him

(Too bad! The world doesn't want us to steal, try and stop me!)

(Nooooo!!) Delilah chased him to stop any potential illegal acts

Ha. That was 9 years ago...what a great friend I was ~(Ethan)

You thought he was gonna say 3 years ago when kids looked exactly like toddlers, but no, get bamboozled. Why in the heck would it be 3 years ago? No person would change that much by like 3 years. 9 is a considerable amount. 3 or 2 years would've been in animes but not this one!

So cold. A sky never darkens or brightens...just an empty sky with stars glistening across the horizon. Haaaa ~(Ethan)

Just how many days will this raid last? It's almost the second day and death was just at the doorway. If it takes days, then so be it. As long as Ethan will be able to match up against these bastards.

3 days later

At last. This dungeon is closed now and is empty from danger.

"Gahh...oh shit. My arm..." Ethan's left arm dangling with the bone out of place "water.....food.....tired...."

With those last few words, Ethan tumbles forward face first on the asphalt. That last boss took exactly 3 days to finish while taking breaks in between, even the boss reconcile with him. Extra stat points are added to sense and agility on him. Ian and Elle leveled up at least 4 times inside, leaving Ethan to almost reach level 17. Elms words came true: 'it's not like I have anyone waiting for me - except Raynare...and my cat'. Not a single presence of humans, devils, or angles to stumble upon this broken boy, seeking for help.

"Ha...ha.....haaaaa....." He wheezed "gyaaahhhhh...."

"Master, apply force onto your chest."

Elms took his right hand high into the air, and brought it down with all his strength, causing a clogged airway to open. Ethan gasped for more air entering. The last boss is nothing he should've taken lightly upon, for it was just a knight wielding a battle axe and standing taller; like about 7'9 tall. It had multiple experiences in the battlefield for many decades while Ethan is only just starting out, so that was one of his weaknesses.

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