Axie Online

Chapter 75 - Misguided

Bang!

"Cough! Dunk, are you all right?"

"Y-yes it is. How about you?"

"More or less the same."

After a series of powerful magic attacks that destroyed their hiding house, Rudy and Dunk were lucky enough to survive even though their HP parameters were really close to death. Immediately they gulped down the HP Potion II to recover the HP that was lost due to this rubble.

Actually, Rudy and Dunk can be said to be lucky because this house has a bathtub in the bathroom so they use it for shelter, although not completely. With Dunk and Rudy's strength put together, it wouldn't be difficult for them to lift and turn the tub over.

The two of them were also lucky because the group of Chaos race monsters that had previously destroyed their hideout immediately left after completing their task. Being hit by heavy objects for a long time in Axie Online can also reduce HP periodically, so they are very lucky in situations as bad as this.

After escaping from the rubble and recovering the lost HP, Dunk stretched his body while massaging his muscles while Rudy made sure the surroundings were completely safe considering the movement patterns of the Chaos monsters who had partitioned around their previous hideout.

When Rudy was sure the situation was completely safe, then Rudy asked Dunk to walk through this Dungeon to find a way out. Of course, they had brought a lot of preparations, this time Dunk used the strongest equipment at his disposal and Rudy also had the Goblin Killing Sword on his back just in case.

Indeed, Rudy does not have the Dual Wielding skill that can make the user use two or more weapons at once, but at least with the system's innate skill, Self Dual Wielding. Rudy's fighting ability increases significantly considering that he can deploy two weapons at once accompanied by five Hollow Swords which deal a total damage of 250% of the user's main weapon.

Not to mention his unpredictable movements and the way he varied skills, it made Rudy's actual fighting ability far above his level.

In the middle of the journey, Rudy and Dunk barely spoke at all considering how difficult it was to survive in this Dungeon with their current level. While they were walking suddenly a group of small monsters similar to Goblins appeared, but their skin was dark purplish.

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Chaos Goblin

Level: 110

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Seeing the name of this mob monster, Rudy's eyes lit up. Why? Of course, because the Goblin Killing Sword weapon has a special Enchant against the Goblin race and his Goblin Hunter title.

"Dunk, do you think we can beat them all?"

Dunk who heard this strange question from Rudy spontaneously changed his expression in surprise. How could a level 60 player intend to destroy a swarm of level 110 mob monsters? Although he didn't want to reject Rudy's crazy idea considering this was an opportunity to raise his level, but he had no intention of dying more. That's why he shook his head to answer Rudy's question.

Reus himself was a little annoyed that he missed this golden opportunity, but he could only agree considering Dunk didn't have the Goblin Hunter title or special Enchantment Equipment to fight Goblin races like himself. Then the two of them continued their journey to find a way out of this cursed Dungeon that had trapped them.

***

It had been several hours since the two had escaped death from the ruins of their hiding place, Rudy and Dunk once again found a large black double-leafed door with a sinister pattern similar to the door they had found in Ambora Temple earlier.

"Dunk, do you think the same as me?"

"If what you're thinking behind this door is the exit to Ambora Temple like before, then yes."

Actually, they didn't really expect to find a way out considering that the level of this Dungeon-dwelling mob monster was too high for them, Rudy and Dunk always thought they would die first before getting out of the Chaos Lair safely.

The two of them also readied their weapons and fighting stances as they walked to push the black door with a terrifying pattern. Of course, they didn't miss the possibility that behind this door was a Dungeon Boss room that was definitely far more powerful than all the mob monsters they were trapped in right now.

They had already faced dozens of Chaos race mobs before arriving at this door and their levels had also grown quite a bit, but their strength was incomparable to Dungeon Bosses. At least they were betting on this risk or nothing considering there were still hundreds of Chaos monsters strewn all over the Dungeon.

It took a lot of strength for both of them to open the door. Inside, Rudy's and Dunk's gazes were greeted by the thick darkness that didn't glow at all, which made both of them hesitate to enter the room, but Rudy strengthened his heart and determination to take risks. Dunk then followed Rudy from behind.

"Torch Balls."

When he said that, Dunk's hand let out a red ball of fire the size of a basketball which immediately flew upwards and split into five small balls. This made Rudy and Dunk managed to see the contents of the room even though their visibility was very limited.

This is the advantage of Elemental Rune users over Job Class Mage, they have many unique skills that can be varied even for simple things that come from Elemental Arts, passive skills specifically for Elemental Rune users.

It was a few moments of walking down the room before the two of them were surprised by the number of items in this room. There are swords, gold coins, shields, axes, spears, and so on. The two of them looked enthusiastic when they realized that this room was actually a treasure room that only a few Dungeons were rumored to have.

Dunk who saw all this could barely control himself considering he had played Axie Online for quite a while but rarely made anything out of it, while Rudy was trying his best to control his urge to take everything he could from this place.

Even though Rudy was quite greedy when it came to money, he didn't lose his mind. This could be a deadly trap for the Dungeon dwellers considering that worldly temptations like money are terrible.

"Rudy, can we take all this with us?"

"Don't be greedy and relax your vigilance, this room could be another trap."

Dunk paid no heed to Rudy's words and tried to grab a sword that looked attractive in his eyes. When Dunk grasped and pulled the sword out of the mountain of gold coins, suddenly the part of the room near the door lit up and ignited a fire that spread to the walls. In an instant, the flames spread through the walls and then filled the room with a yellowish red glow.

Rudy and Dunk who noticed that immediately reacted then increased their vigilance even more while taking a fighting stance. Rudy was already preparing to draw his Blackstar Sword and activate his Black Form, while Dunk formed a bare-handed combat stance as there were fiery red flames in both of his fists.

A few moments later the two of them heard something quite strange like the clatter of coins falling, but they didn't touch the coins or anything that caused a large number of coins to fall. The sword that Dunk drew earlier was also drawn from the not-so-high mountain of gold coins, so there was no way the sound would be this loud.

"Grrrr!"

Just as Rudy and Dunk began to tense up, they could hear a snarling sound from a creature. The source of this growl came from the corner of the room in front of them. When they focused on that side of the room, the two's eyes were wide and they couldn't believe what they were seeing now.

A giant creature with wings, a long neck, muscular four legs, long and large tail, and sharp teeth could be seen clearly from where Reus and Dunk stood rising from the mountain of gold coins. The figure stood on its four legs firmly and gave off a sinister aura, then looked at the pair of players who dared to enter its territory.

"A-Am I dreaming?"

"Too bad, Dunk. Even if this is a dream, at least we'll wake up in the last village or town we visited after some time."

Both Rudy and Dunk dripped cold sweat from almost all their pores seeing the figure who had just woken up from his sleep because of fear. Why are they scared? That was because the figure that had just risen from this mountain of gold coins was one of the strongest and fiercest monster races in the history of Axie Online, the Dragon race.