A powerful cheat in the apocalypse

The dark level

"Good, it's time to check my level."

Rin said with a slight smile before raising his hand toward the sky.

Instantly, a considerable amount of lightning condensed in his palm before exploding and spreading across the battlefield, striking and burning the draconic creatures that were advancing toward him. Cracks began appearing on the already damaged ground, worsening its condition even further.

There were around fifty of them, but now only about twenty remained.

"Very well, at least I'm not a Rank C anymore. I'm definitely above that!" he said, rushing toward the remaining monsters as a sword made of lava appeared in his right hand, which he used to fight.

Every creature he cut had two problems to deal with.

The wound, and then the lava spreading across its body, burning it fiercely.

"You are not the ones I'm looking for. Bring me your father."

He said with a cruel smile as he saw more creatures appearing.

The creatures, or subordinates of a floor boss, never truly died as long as the boss was alive. The boss would always bring them back shortly after.

Then, a change occurred on the floor.

The more creatures he eliminated, the more a portal began to appear, and behind it, a frozen world could be seen.

A great roar echoed from behind, inside the ice world, filled with hatred and provocation, as if the ice dragon had sensed its subordinates being miserably annihilated.

"..."

Why didn't it roar like that last time?

Rin wondered, confused, before shaking his head and laughing, then saying with amusement:

"I don't care!"

He continued eradicating the subordinates without stopping, until the number stopped increasing, showing that the portal had already fully opened.

No more creatures could appear once the portal to the boss was opened.

Rin moved forward without hesitation, entering the ice world.

His first sight was the ice dragon flying through the air, moving around as if it was waiting for something.

Rin no longer had anything to fear from the cold of this place due to his powerful ice resistance, allowing him to move without any problems.

"Yo! Am I the one you're looking for?"

Rin shouted while looking at the giant dragon flying in the sky.

However, as soon as he finished speaking, he suddenly became silent and quickly touched his chest.

What is that?

He wondered, surprised.

He had just strongly felt something attracting him to this ice world, forcing him to look around in confusion.

It was like a call or something similar, like when your phone suddenly rings and then immediately stops.

That was the sensation he felt, and he couldn't properly explain it.

Meanwhile, the ice dragon, having heard his voice, had already started charging toward him at incredible speed, opening its mouth and absorbing the freezing wind of this world, condensing it more and more.

"I'll deal with that later..."

Rin said, putting aside the thing that was attracting him.

The dragon, without hesitation, spat all the condensed freezing wind toward Rin with great force.

The further the attack advanced, the colder it became.

Rin felt his cold resistance being slightly bypassed, even though it wasn't enough to harm him, and ice started forming heavily around him, forcing him to react quickly.

A large amount of lava began coming out of his body before completely surrounding him, as if he was standing inside a circle of lava, acting as a barrier.

The ice dragon's freezing wind attack collided with the barrier and spread everywhere, unable to touch Rin.

"Very well."

At the same moment, Rin opened his palm as a small fireball appeared, spinning again and again, absorbing the lava that formed the circle around him, but its size did not increase.

All the ice around Rin began melting due to the enormous temperature of this tiny fireball.

The ice dragon suddenly stopped, hesitating.

But after five seconds, it charged toward Rin, opening its mouth and attempting to use the same attack: freezing air to freeze Rin.

However, its expression suddenly changed drastically when it felt the temperature of the fire becoming more intense.

It wanted to stop, but it was already too late.

Rin, smiling mischievously, threw the fireball directly into the ice dragon's mouth as it was forming the freezing air.

The fireball traveled through its throat and reached its stomach, burning it from the inside and dissolving its body little by little before exploding violently.

The explosion destroyed the ice dragon completely.

When the explosion disappeared, the ice dragon was no longer there.

All that remained were small pieces of ice falling to the ground.

Immediately, a portal appeared right in front of Rin.

It was the portal to the next floor: Floor 21.

It was completely black, and the inside was covered in mist.

Rin's smile disappeared.

"What kind of portal is this?"

Rin asked while slightly stepping back.

Never in his life had he seen this kind of portal, and he had never even heard about one like it.

[ Humanity has encountered its very first "dark level" inside the Zenith Tower. Fascinating how much " he " prepared everything, isn't it? ]

Charly, the system, said with a sigh.

Rin's expression suddenly changed as he asked in confusion:

"What is a dark level? And who is " he " that prepared everything?"