I called for a ride as soon as I was done and I was driven to the [Frozen Wasteland] dungeon in 20 minutes. I still had that same backpack with me as it should be more than enough to carry [Core]s that drop even if I dive multiple times

I placed my hand on one of the squares of the monolith, and I was back onto the cold floor with rushing wolves once more. Rank E dungeon, 20 floors, just how fast would it take for me to clear you now that I have Rank D skills?

I quickly activated [Arctic Armor] and [Safeguard], as I wanted to ascertain just how useful the skills were going to be. I immediately felt like my entire body was rooted to the ground as I couldn't move a single muscle

A transparent layer of energy quickly formed on top of the [Arctic Armor], and the rushing wolves arrived. The nearest one took a swipe with its huge claws, but I didn't even feel an impact as the wolf was bounced back

The rank D [Safeguard] provided almost absolute defense against lower-ranking monsters and skills, this held true. With both defense skills on, I watched as the wolves rushed at me and tried clawing, biting, and anything else they could think of, but they didn't even touch my clothes

With my confidence slowly coming back, I then cast a skill I was very much looking forward to, [Flames of Torment]

A blinding ray of flames quickly sprouted in front of me, piercing two of the wolves that were standing opposite me. The flames literally incinerated the area where they touched the monsters, leaving holes in their bodies

The 2 remaining wolves beside me let out frightened yelps, but I didn't give them any time and had two condensed fireballs quickly explode on their heads. I deactivated [Flames of Torment] & [Safeguard] and could move again, and I went to check out the wolves pierced by the pillar of flames upfront

A burnt smell was in the air, as the wolves had almost half of their bodies burnt away. The blood remaining on the other half of their bodies was even bubbling and sizzling

Damn. I kept my amazement inside as I rushed forward, wanting to see more of just how this deadly new skill was. I only kept [Arctic Armor] active and continued indiscriminately throwing fireballs in front of me so that I could increase its proficiency

Now that I was becoming more familiar with skills, it seems that the closer the proficiency nears 100, the closer the skill becomes able to deal just as much damage as a skill of the next rank. As the F rank [Fireball] neared 100 in proficiency, its speed and damage was almost the same as an E rank offensive skill

to completely abandon [Fireball] now that I had the rank D skill, [Flames of Torment], as it was still very

the pillar of fire move horizontally instead of just shooting

rush of easily overpowering these monsters, I rushed down the floors even faster. No matter if it was the wolves, the foxes, or the Musk Ox, [Flames of Torment] did not discriminate and easily burned holes through the beasts

the stairs to the BOSS once more. I was decent enough to leave in one piece yesterday, but I was

went down the stairs and watched the slumbering mass of a beast get up once more, Its bright red eyes trying to pierce

blooming red flower. The rising bear raised its huge paws

GRAAAA!!!

last even a second, blasting them apart in an explosion of flesh and bones, continuing onto the

at the center of the beast's chest, stopping its howls short, and causing it to plummet back down to the cold

BOOM!

that was now burning in front of me. Something that gave me fear the day before, did not even

my eyes as I relished this feeling, and then

beside the huge bear, [Swift Boots: Increase the speed of the wearer]. The item brought a smile to my face, as they rarely dropped and could fetch a high price. The best thing about items is that you can use, reuse, and then sell them without them

my body get noticeably lighter. I dashed around and confirmed that

sense of accomplishment rose as I went towards the green crystal. Before going out though, I took out a few

300. It didn't matter how many F ranked [Core]s you consumed, if you wanted to go

[Vitality] and [Strength] both reached 50, and as usual, [Focus] was blank so all those cores were saved up in the bag. I wrapped everything up and approached

outside the monolith, I debated whether I should repeat this dungeon, or

the monsters in this Rank E dungeon as if they were paper, the

a lot more sense to head to a higher-ranked dungeon, which will

issue to repeat this dungeon once or twice. There will be no surprises and

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