SSS Rank Dungeon — Demonic Fortress “Avoid it!” Arthur shouted, his throat burning from the demonic mana present in the room, along with the suffocating smell of burning wood in the background. In front of him was the Demon Lord, a massive entity hated by all races. The one who radiated intense demonic mana unlike any demon they had faced before. The entire space seemed to bend to his will. Even the pressure released by him was enough to make normal people collapse in an instant. Behind Arthur, his squad was already falling apart. “Don't just stand there! Move!” Arthur shouted, fighting through the deafening ringing in his ears. With every ounce of strength left in his battered legs, he lunged forward, thrusting his longsword to intercept the Demon Lord's heavy blow—a monstrous cleaver made from raw black metal. Clang! The massive impact crashed through his arms, nearly shattering his bones. “Tank! Shield wall! The right flank is wide open!” Arthur ordered. Moving out from hi

For the first time in his life, Arthur saw the glowing word written next to his status. “Evolution...?” He muttered the strange word and looked dazedly at the notification hovering in the air. Wanting to get rid of the screen or figure out how to move through it somehow, he instinctively stretched out his hand and attempted to swipe with his bony finger. But it didn’t go well. “Damn it, how does this thing work?” he growled and jerkily moved his fingers like an elderly person using a smartphone for the first time in their life. Flailing his fingers around in mid-air, he randomly tapped on something, completely missing the touch points, and finally, by some miracle, the system window enlarged. He opened his status tab and made the updated information appear. «[System Status Window] Name: Arthur Title: Death Conqueror (Increases Abyssal mana control by 20%) Species: Skeleton Soldier Rank: F-Rank Level: 1 Stats: Strength: 9 Agility: 4 Mana: 104 Stamina: 3 Defense: 5 Un

The humid atmosphere of the underground tunnels of the SSS-rank dungeon buzzed with the malicious intent of an ongoing battle. Arthur turned on his heel, just barely managing to dodge the sharp claw of the ferocious beast. Another Shadow Wolf appeared, lunging straight for his head, its sharp jaws snapping shut with a vicious bite force far stronger than that of an African crocodile. Three more Shadow Wolves appeared around him, circling him slowly. Unlike unintelligent Skeleton Warriors, the Shadow Wolves were intelligent by nature, able to strategize in small numbers to take out their opponents. As a 1v4 fight against intelligent and quick-witted creatures was no joke, Arthur had to use all of his skill and reflexes to evade each attack. The wolf attacked from the side with speed. However, Arthur knew better than to hesitate. With increased agility and his Survival Instinct skill, which gave him a 10% boost to his stats, he quickly moved his feet and used the greatsword as a bar

«[System Alert] * All conditions have been met. Beginning evolution.» Immediately, a torrent of dark energy emerged from Arthur’s body, twisting into a swirling maelstrom of demonic fire. The frightening burst of energy startled the other adventurers completely. The priestess screamed, pulling her hands away and staggering backward immediately while leaving the jagged dagger in place inside Arthur’s mana core. The rest of the party members, which included the tank, the mage, and the surviving swordsman, moved in closer due to the strange light. “What the hell happened?!” the priestess shrieked, her face going pale and her hands shaking continuously. “Isn’t he already dead or something? Didn’t his HP reach zero not long ago?! He should have just turned to a pile of bones like usual. What's with the show?” Before any of them could even think about what was going on, Arthur’s consciousness was transported out of his body. He opened his eyes and found himself in an infinite, pitch

The 10th floor Boss of the SSS-rank dungeon was an enormous cavern with a sharp spiky rooftop, covered in darkness.In the center of the underground bowl stood a creature—a Level 56 Abyssal Gorehound, three times larger than ordinary beasts and covered with the dark energy of the Abyss. Its eyes gleamed with a dark crimson color, and aggressively glowing bony spikes jutted all over its back. Unlike the previous floors he had gone through coming up, the floor was the end of what adventurers call the dungeons tutorial stage with floors considerably harder than this difficulty .SKREEE-ROAR!With a powerful thump of its massive paws, the Gorehound Alpha shook the cavern floor.Thud. Thud.Opening a dark portal where endless monsters flowed through it—half a dozen Level 37 Razor-Tooth Skitterers appeared directly from the void and rushed toward Arthur, blocking his way."Tch. Endless fodder," Arthur said, his bony voice tinged with disgust.He wasted no time. Combined with his heightened