"What the hell is going on with that player?!"
"This is unreal."
"It's clearly cheating. He is exploiting something."
"How can he reach level 15 in just five or so minutes after reaching level 10?"
"Where is the report button?!!"
"Surely, the devs are watching?"
"You mean gods? Because this is not a fucking dream. We are all in a game-like world physically, and it hurts when we get injured. There's not even a function to reduce pain sensitivity."
Everyone was confused and shocked as they saw the Level Leaderboard.
"Jesus, he already reached level 15. What is he doing?" Yuta muttered.
[ Level Leaderboard ]
Rank 1: Ace (level 15)
"He really found some kind of way to level up faster." Jason flicked his tongue.
"Selena will surely get him to help us level up faster, right, girl?" Lexi grinned.
"Of course." Selena smiled. "He'll message me once he is out. For now, we should focus on our quests."
…
Axir cleared the second area of the dungeon by first using Murlock Captain to draw a few Murlock Guards and killing them, and then he exposed Murlock Captain completely while he targeted Murlock General with Blue-Eyed Marionette and used him to kill the rest, reaching level 15.
Using the large space and terrain in this area, he prevented Murlock General from getting ganged up on and killed all monsters.
'There should be a treasure chest here if I remember correctly.'
In this big cavern with wet ground, grass, small trees, and moss on the wall, Axir faced a wall and cut it with his sword.
It was a hollow wall, covered by vines and moss, so without checking, everyone would only think it was a wall like the rest of the part of this area.
But inside it was a treasure chest!
[ Tier-2 Treasure Chest ]
It was not a Mystic Treasure Chest like before, so there was no chance of it being a Mimic.
Mystic Treasure Chests could either give rewards directly or pop a Mimic, but a normal chest like this had zero chances of being a Mimic.
Axir opened it right away.
[ Congratulations, you have acquired the following reward from the chest that has been added to your inventory. ]
—> Uncommon Deck: Weapon Enchanter
—> Tier-2 Resource Box (Common - Rare)
'Great. One more deck.' Axir's eyes glinted. 'And it's Weapon Enchanter.'
A rather famous deck because it enables and boost power of decks that can generate weapons.
Axir then moved to the next area with Murlock General as his servant.
It was unfortunate that he could only manipulate one servant at a time.
Soon, he arrived at the final area. The boss's chamber.
It was the easiest battle of his life
He just used Blue-Eyed Marionette and controlled the boss, Murlock King.
After commanding it to kill Murlock General, he commanded the Murlock King to kill himself.
Ace — level 19
[Congratulations, you have successfully cleared the level 20 Elite Dungeon — Murlock's Blackwater Camp. ]
[ World Announcement! Player Ace is the first player to clear a dungeon among the players of Earth. +1000 Gold. +10 stat points. ]
"Holy shit!"
"What the fuck?!"
"Wait, wait, he jumped from level 4, so he fucking entered level 20 Elite-fucking-dungeon and cleared it?"
"Cheating! Cheating!"
"Where's the goddamn report button?!"
"He is gathering gold crazily. We barely get one gold after selling tens of materials from these low-level monsters."
"He is level 19…and the highest I've ever seen is level 5."
"I also saw Berserk Zhang. He got an Uncommon Deck after killing a level 5 Flamehorn Bull with his hands when he was level 2."
"Then could it be that this Ace person also got some powerful deck and managed to clear a dungeon because of that?"
"Fuck, how do we get powerful decks?"
Players were in uproar and discussing Ace.
But those determined to play and rise were busy doing their stuff. Naturally, they were also shocked at the world announcements regarding Ace, but they were fueled by those feats to do better.
…
"Ace is progressing fast. But now that he cleared the dungeon, he'll finally contact us." Aoi grinned. "I can't wait. He must have gotten so powerful."
"Level 19 already…yeah, with him, we will be able to level up faster." Jason smiled.
"Let's just rest for now and wait for him. This hill is good." Yuta sat down on a boulder.
"There's something shining here. Let me inspect it." Behind the boulder, Kazuo saw something shining with a window above it. "It's called Flitz Ore. Tier-1 Rare. I think we should get this, folks."
"A tier-1 rare resource? Damn, good find."
"I got his message." Selena's eyes flickered.
"Send him the address of this place. Tell him we found Flitz Ore," Jason said.
"Alright.
…
"Flitz Ore?" Axir blinked and grinned.
He sent a message back to Selena.
[ Axir: That sounds like a good place. You all start collecting all the Flitz Ore in that area. I'll be right there soon. ]
Naturally, Axir was going to take his time.
First, the rewards.
The boss dropped a Tier-2 Legendary Wand, which Axir would gift to Selena.
The other mobs dropped some random material and stuff, which he planned to sell.
But now, the final reward.
Clearing this level 20 Elite Dungeon rewarded him with an Elite Tier-2 Legendary Chest.
All Elite dungeons gave a guaranteed Legendary Chest, which means good stuff.
Naturally, elite dungeons were also rarer than normal dungeons, like this one that was hidden pretty well.
But just like how Axir knew its location, he also knew the locations of many other elite dungeons in the World of Belkris.
Axir opened the chest, and all items instantly entered his Inventory.
[ Congratulations. You have acquired the following items that have been stored in your Inventory. ]
—> 1 x Card Slot Machine.
—> 1 x Card Constructor.
—> Equipment Set: Blackwater Zim Set (Tier-2|Legendary).
—> 1 x Mysterious Deck.
Axir's eyes glimmered.
Card Constructor!
This was the most amazing item in this game. It was not that hard to get either. Elite and greater difficulty Dungeons always dropped it in their chests, and there were others way to get them as well, but not easily.
[Card Constructor]
—Fill the slots with required catalysts and create a card.
Slot 1: Random Weapon.
Slot 2: Random Fire-attributed resource.
Slot 3: Random Material of a Tier-3 or higher.
Keywords: Add up to 3 words to affect the outcome.
'Three keywords? Not bad. I thought it would be 2 keywords. As for the material…that alligator is a level 20 Field Boss. That will be perfect, and since one slot outright demands a weapon, there's a high chance I would get a fire-attributed attack-type card.'
Axir's eyes glinted. Card Constructor gave random slots, and this set of slots was pretty good for a level 20 Elite Dungeon. He wanted a powerful offense card to progress faster, and this would help him.
Putting this in the back of his mind for now, Axir took out the Card Slot Machine from his inventory, which expanded into a big cartoon slot machine with a single slot roller screen.
He was not that excited about this because the result was random, and most of the time it gave useless and weak cards.
In his past life, his luck was abysmal when it came to this.
'Whatever. Better not expect anything in gacha. Hope leads to disappointment.'
Axir pulled the lever and took out the equipment set.
He was going to let the slot machine spin to its full length of 10 seconds instead of stopping it midway.
And while it spun, Axir took out the legendary equipment set and wore it after removing Azure Blaze's Mantle (Tier-2|Epic).
'Time to see if I rolled any good stats in this set, if any.'