"Alright, I'll be there in a second,"
…
The next morning, I woke up before any of the kids and told Alia that I was going to go shopping for so things.
"For what?" She asked, suspicious of what I was actually going to do since I only had a few silver coins on .
"Stuff. That's what. If Asger, Petra, or Mari ask where I am, just tell them I went to go train or sothing. They'll co looking for if you don't, okay?"
"Sure, sure… okay, go ahead. Just make sure to be back before lunch,"
"Easy enough," I said before waltzing out of the orphanage and down the hill, where I greeted a few shops just beginning to open.
Everybody here was pretty friendly, and if I sucked up enough to them, I was able to actually get a considerable discount, which helped out graciously when I ran errands for Alia.
"Hey, is the old man open?" I asked an old woman while helping her set up her accessory stand, which she sold for a very low price.
"Thank you for the help," She said with a kind smile before sitting down on her wooden chair and slowly opening a book.
"U-Ummm… O-Old lady?"
"He'll be opening in a few minutes!" One of the guys from a shop across the street shouted, so I tipped him with a copper coin and quickly dashed down the dirty and dark streets.
Just as the sun broke the horizon, I arrived at a small weapon shop where an old man was sitting still… very, very still.
He always ditated before people ca rushing in, and as I didn't want to disturb him, I just placed down a couple of silver coins right next to him before grabbing a short sword.
A short sword was perfect for this body right now as it wasn't too heavy and wasn't too big for to swing around.
"Okay, let's see what's up with this dungeon…." I smirked before dashing down the dirty streets again.
…
"It's… a bit bigger than I expected," I chuckled to myself as I arrived at the front of the dungeon, which was just a few inches above the raging river.
After traversing through the forest, I took the sa path down the barren wasteland by creating small stepping stones of water, which quickly supported .
I didn't even need to create my own water as it was literally just below .
And when I arrived at the very entrance of this dungeon, I didn't expect it to be infested with so many cobwebs… as spider-type dungeons like these are always troubleso.
The webs they weave aren't even the worst part but the almost infinite amount of monsters that continuously flow out of the queen.
She lays spider eggs every few days, and it's not like the dungeon tries to reduce the population as that is the purpose of adventurers… but when it's so hidden away, I'm sure the population must've skyrocketed.
I groaned endlessly as I walked down the dark path, wishing I had obtained so fire skills.
I an, I had the lightning trait, but that wasn't going to do anything for until I class up… aning I had to work with these shitty water skills.
Crack Crack Crack Crack
All of a sudden, I dashed to behind a rock and was swiftly greeted with a few familiar but slightly changed panels.
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[You have entered The Dungeon: Dark Spiders Crypt]
[Recomnded Level: 20]
[The benevolent crypt has granted you The Buff: Anti-Stick]
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"Ohhhhhhh… wait, that's a pretty good buff," I whispered to myself before taking a peek around the corner of my cover.
The cave I had entered was short and had tons of coffins lying about as if the spider monster themselves were mocking the thousands of skeletons piled up in several corners of the room.
Then, right next to those coffins were hundreds of spiders crawling about… so I had already decided on what I wanted to do.
"First, provoke them," I muttered and flicked my hand.
A stream of water erupted from the river outside and pierced straight through the head of one of the spiders.
Its pitch black body dropped to the floor… and my calculations were a bit ssed up as I didn't expect there to be more than a few hundred.
From what I saw with the illumination of the light from outside, there was a manageable amount, but once all of them charged toward , I noticed there were at least a thousand spiders there.
"Kekekeke… Well, it's a sha you t , though," I muttered before jumping out the entrance of the dungeon and dipping my feet in the water below.
FWOOSH
I felt a strong force rip my feet to the side, but before the river could wash away, I slamd my hands onto the surface and grabbed on tightly.
By swirling the water at high speed with [Water Manipulation], I am capable of creating surfaces that I can easily grab onto.
But I'm still being dragged away by the current.
"Fuck… I underestimated this river," I muttered with a weary smile before focusing all my power into my core and trying to bring myself up into a handstand… but I forgot that I didn't have my old body.
This body was still frighteningly weak and hadn't been trained. I've only been making up for gaps in power with my very own skill.
"Dammit,"
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