Chapter 11: Chapter 11

Nero made his way back to floor one after his encounter with Elik.

He noticed an adventurer leaning against the wall, bleeding from his chest area.

"Hmm another dead adventurer?"

Nero walked a bit closer

Then a hand reached out and grabbed his foot

That startled Nero a bit who came down with a punch but stopped mid way

"Please help my party.."

Nero crouched down to hear what the man was saying clearly

"Huh?"

"Please help my party sir...."

Nero with a disinterested look on his face

"What do you mean?"

The man weakly got to his feet

"My party known as Spade tried to do a boss raid on floor fifth-"

Nero cut him off mid sentence with a raise of his hand

"A boss raid? You know the risks of doing that so why ask for help?"

The man pleaded with Nero

"The boss was stronger than we anticipated and we weren't prepared so I managed to escape to find help"

Nero sighed

"Why didn't you set any escape crystals?"

"We didn't have any time for it, we just wanted to get to the raid as soon as possible but I was actually cautious"

Nero looked at the man

"So you were unprepared for a stronger boss and didn't set escape crystals. Your party was just asking for death to embrace you. What levels are your party members?"

"Four level twos and a level one"

Nero calmly asked

"Any healers?"

"Yes but she was the first to go down"

Nero chuckled a bit to himself 

"Please sir, the more we stand here talking, they could possibly be dead already"

Nero stared at the man coldly

"You're the one asking me a level 1 to put my life on the line and have the audacity to rush me when your party's incompetence led to this situation. What about our adventurers?"

The man now down on his knees

"I haven't seen anybody else so far, it's likely they set teleportation markings on their desired floor in the dungeon already and don't have to use the usual entrance"

Nero sighed and said to himself "Emi will probably kill me for this but she probably kill me for leaving people to die as well. She's just that  complicated"

Nero looked down at the man who was still on his knees

"Fine, I'll assist you but if it's too hectic. I will withdraw immediately because my life is my first priority"

The man grabbed Nero's hand and thanked him with tears streaming down his face.

In an instant they were on floor fifth teen  

There was a primal roar in the air

Nero observed the battleground.

Severed limbs, blood everywhere and incapacitated adventurers on the ground

It was more than four adventurers so using deductive reasoning he figured out that out adventurers must have came to assist and got cut down as well

Nero looked on in shock as he saw the beast that was mowing these humans down

Standing at 15 feet with silver fur covering it's huge body with the head the size of a basketball backboard and long razor sharp claws the length of a average human arm.

The beast roared again, shaking the very ground Nero stood on.

"Hey guys I brought some help" said the male adventurer

There was no answer

"Guys please be ok"

He rushed over to one of his party members who was laying motionless on the floor

"Come on Stella be ok"

Still no answer

Nero scratched the back of his head 

"Can you please focus on that big guy in front of you please" 

The man turned around 

"Huh?"

The beast used it's long legs to leap forward and slashed it claws

Cutting the man and the deceased Stella in half

Blood started to spray as the only the man's lower body remained

Nero stepped back a bit

"What the hell are those claws? It ripped through armor and human bone as if it was nothing"

The beast then turned it's attention to Nero as he was the only living person there 

"Ok I maybe starting to regret this now, I have no potions and only a sword against this beast I am unsure about. Is this floor going to be my grave?"

Nero balled up his fists

"Damn it, Damn it, Damn it"

The beast rushed towards Nero and slashed it's claws once again

Nero barely blocked the attack with the sword in his hand

Sparks flew as the blade connected with the claws

The force of the attack pushed Nero back some inches and he looked at the blade.

"Damages to the body of the sword already?"

Nero stood his ground again as the beast came back for round two

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With a three slash combo this time

Nero blocked the first two and tried to dodge the third one

The tip of one of the beast's claws nicked him on his cheek

The wound began to bleed and blood started to run down onto his shirt

Nero stood in a way that resembled the fencing stance En Garde 

Taking a deep breath, he awaited the next attack from the beast.

The beast circled around Nero like a predator awaiting for an opening to finish off it's prey 

His eyes following the beast and not losing track of it

"I can use Mana Enhancement but that's only in case of an emergency. I would probably end up running out of mana before I can finish it off anyway" 

Tightly holding the hilt of the sword

"It's initial attack is fast but the follow ups are slow, if I can successfully clear the first hit, I will be able counter attack" 

The beast came in with another attack but he dodged it

Just as Nero predicted, the follow up attack was slow

The beast slashed but Nero side stepped and swung his sword connecting on it's muscular fur covered arm

*Clink*

"Huh? No way!"

Nero jumped backwards to a safe distance

"Damn, it's fur is like some armor, this blade didn't even draw blood"

The beast didn't give him time to recover and pounced on him again

Nero blocked with his sword and was knocked backwards.

Rolling on the ground, he hit a rock that stopped him movement.

Nero sat up and leaned against the rock

He was bleeding due to wounds from his chest, arm and cheek

Panting, he picked up the sword and looked it it

The top half of the sword was missing

It broke off from the last attack.

Nero laughed and looked up to the sky

"Damn I am actually getting whooped out here"

The beast steadily approached the injured Nero and roared

Nero slowly got up to his feet and sighed

"I only got about 50 seconds worth of this so it's do or die"

Translucent Crimson Red mana surrounded his body and even his broken sword

The beast came down with a slash with it's long claws as Nero blocked it easily

He raised his blade and knocked back the beast a bit

Nero then took a step forward and stumbled a little.

"I can't maintain it, I took too much damage"

 The mana faded from him and he fell on one knee

Nero's mana was depleted more than he anticipated and Mana Enhancement was a technique that wouldn't function properly if the user was  injured to a certain degree.

Nero stood up and pointed his broken sword at the beast who roared at him in confidence

Using Mana Enhancement again. This time coating the blade of the sword and sharpening it.

He charged towards the prideful beast, their attacks causing sparks as the respective weapons of each being clashed together.

Nero managed to side step and used a vertical slash, this time managing to injure the beast to it's surprise 

Wildly slashing at him this time in anger, Nero struck the same spot and cut even further into the wound. The beast which was getting even more desperate tried to run away to regroup.

With it's back turned, he noticed that the back of the beast's knees and Achilles tendon was unguarded with no fur.

Nero quickly took advantage of the newly found knowledge and cut the left tendon, causing the beast to fall on it's face

He then quickly cut the other tendon then the back of the beast's knees immobilizing it

The beast roared in pain as it attempted to crawl away

Nero then used the enhanced blade to hack away at the beast's already injured arm, severing it from the elbow area

"Crap I only have a few seconds left of mana enhancement before I reach critical mana pool level"

With his last bit of strength, he managed to sever the beast's bear like head while it was on the floor in a manner that resembled an executioner. The beast's head plopped on the ground with a final pitiful roar.

The mana faded from the sword as Nero fell to his knees in exhaustion and panted.

*Clatter*

The broken sword falling out of his hand and hitting the ground

The status crystal around his neck began to glow

He held it in the palm of his bloody right hand and poured some mana. Just enough to avoid crossing over into the critical mana levels 

The holographic image popped up from the crystal

Nero Ambrose

Level 2

Skill Type: Mana Enhancement 

"Level 2 huh?"

Nero then let out a maniacal laugh as if he had been laughing in the face of death.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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