Darell and the group couldn't move their bodies an inch no matter how hard they tried. It was as if there were chains bound all over their bodies preventing them from moving.As the monster first walked out of the cover of darkness, they saw the monster's appearance. To say that it was huge would be an understatement.'A dragon?!', Darell thought as he looked at the monster. 'No, a dragon has four legs while it has two legs. It's a wyvern!', he concluded as he looked at the monster. The creature was approximately 35 feet long, weighed around a ton, and was covered in pitch-black and grey scales. It had red glowing eyes and it's jaws were filled with long and sharp teeth.Unlike true dragons, it only had a pair of hind legs instead of a set of four. It's wingspan covered over 50 feet in length and it's tail was often quite long, comprising almost half of it's body, yet very mobile. It ended in a thick cartilage knot with a stin
Two weeks later,The end of the competition came closer and closer as the group continued fighting monsters from one room to another as they inched closer to the final room of the dungeon.In the two weeks, Darell with the help of Emma and Lilith worked on his fear of killing humans. Emma and Lilith helped him calm his fear and panic and taught him to use it as a means to think clearly and train efficiently. On the other hand, he helped Emma and Lilith since he realised that they were just putting up a fake brave front for him so as to not scare him more. With their help, he realised that he would have to become accustomed to killing humans since he realised that to protect his family he has to sometimes kill them. But, he also set a moral line for himself that he would never cross which helped him greatly.Ariel helped Eric to move on from his guilty feelings regarding Abel since he had begun regretting his past actions and kept thinki
"Ugh...!" Darell groaned as he woke up. His body felt heavy and his ears were constantly ringing. He quickly took a healing potion from his inventory and drank it. After some time, the ringing sound in his ears faded, and his body felt light.He looked around and found that he was in a tent and he got up quickly after recalling previous events. He could hear sounds coming from outside the tent.Fearing the worst, he took off his armour and walked out of the tent. He sighed in relief after he saw his friends safe.Lilith, Emma, and Alfen were collecting the monster cores. They had tired looks on their faces as they cut open the chests of the monsters and extracted the cores. Eric was tending to Ariel who was sitting on a chair and talking to him with a smile on her face. Vylan and Alfith were sleeping in their tent peacefully.Darell walked toward Lilith, Emma, and Alfen and quietly extracted the monster cores. Although, Lilith
Eric took a deep breath and shouted, "Abel, come out!"* THUD *Abel and forty other students appeared in front of them with menacing expressions.Darell saw him carrying a device in his hand and he realized that the device was a teleporter crystal but it had different modifications done to it as it was inside an apparatus.Abel clenched his fists and said angrily, "You idiots! Why can't all of you just die?! How many more monsters will it take to finish all of you off?! "Eric shouted, "Shut up! Your plan has failed.I...don't want to kill you, honestly. We grew up together, Abel. We ate at the same table together for eight years. Remember, the number of times I had to save you from being scolded by Uncle and Aunty. Remember, how I always tried to help you break out of the shell you created around yourself and how much effort I had to put into helping you make new friends.I don't want to kill you, cousin. I can't sit at the dinner table and look into the eyes of Uncle and Aunty and
Three huge terrifying monsters wearing complete armour on their bodies appeared in front of them."Oh, come on!" Vylan shouted as he stood on his feet tiredly ready to fight.The group observed the three monsters emanating a terrifying pressure on them.The first monster appeared as a cross between a human and a bear and stood upright. It was three times taller than humans and had white fur all over it's body. It didn't carry any weapon on either of it's hands and shouted savagely at them.Darell used Inspect skill and found the rank of the monster.[ Beast - Tundra Yeti ][ Rank - 04 ] [ STR - 1001 ] [ AGI - 542 ] [ VIT - 412 ] [ DEF - 806 ] [ Ability - Ice ]The next monster was a giant collection of bones wearing armour with a sword and shield in either of it's hands. Darell checked the monster and found out that the monster was a rank 04 monster called Bonecrusher.He looked at the last monster who weirdly stood like a statue. It was around 15 feet tall and had dark gray or b
* GRAAAWWLL * Darell helped Eric stand and they got ready for the battle.Emma made several Light sparrows quickly and spread them across the dimly lit room.* THUD ** THUD * * THUD * The light sparrows lit up the room and they saw a large horde of monsters walking towards them.The large horde of monsters walking towards them consisted of small monsters like goblins to tall monsters like ogres, beanoids, and coras to giant monsters like fire giants, trolls, spirit trolls, etc."Don't be scared!" Darell said as he noticed the fear and hesitation evident in their eyes. "We can do this! All of us have been doing this regularly for the past weeks. We have learned so many spells and trained tirelessly for situations exactly like this. So, don't falter. We have to do this because Abel has left us with no other choice."The rest of the group regained some of their confidence and quickly adjusted their breathing and posture.Alfen said, "We have to start with the larger monsters first. O
* CLAP * * CLAP * * CLAP * From a dark corner of the room, Abel stepped out clapping, and said with a sinister grin, "At last, I have found you."Brown, straight hair clumsily hung over a lean pale face. Wide blue eyes, set charmingly within their sockets, looked at the group with arrogance and excitement as if he had been looking forward to the moment for some time.A grin spread across his face with a scar stretching from the top of the right cheek, it first ran towards his fairly big lips and ended under his right eye which showed his tragic childhood.This was the face of Abel Falter, the person who was the group's expressions with amusement and arrogance.Darell exclaimed, "Abel?!" He looked around the room and said, "What the hell are you doing here? You shouldn't be here. Weren't you exempted from the competition due to your special condition?"Abel looked at Darell and the group as he said, "What? Are you surprised? Are you shocked? Are you bewildered? Can you feel the pou
Darell and the group haven't met any of the other students from their class other than Vylan and the twins. This doesn't mean that there were zero students by the time Darell and the group arrived in the room. It means that Vylan and the twins were extremely lucky to have survived and been rescued by Darell and the group otherwise their demise was set in stone.This is due to the uniqueness of the dungeon they are in. The Temple Of Sunless Terror is not a typical dungeon where there are levels and all one has to do is kill a few monsters at a level and then go to the next level.The dungeon has rooms in place of levels and one has to progress through it to reach the 'boss' room. The peculiar reason as to why they haven't met any of their classmates is because when any person or group enters a room, they are teleported to a pocket dimension similar to others but different since they have to rely on their own.The dungeons of the world are basically a gateway to the other worlds more or