I'm going to die!
Just then, a spark of light appeared and quickly turned into a fire ball. Marks' fist went through the fire ball and the flames rapped itself around his fist. His fist hit the thing, making the sword miss Loki.
The whole store exploded and begun to fall apart. Kageno rushed in and rescued Loki before the rabble could fall on him.
He came out of the dust cloud with Loki in his arms. "Christine, take care of him while we take care of the boss," He shouted, and he and Celine ran into the rubble. Loki was placed on the floor unconscious.
"Light skill: Mana heals," a mana cycle appeared under Loki's body, light emanated from there and the Ray went through out his body. All his injuries were healed, but he still remained unconscious.
I should get out of here, then I will go and help the others. She picked him up and ran for the exit they came from.
The stores we're being demolished as they fought. Marks provided the openings for Kageno to strike, the Celine followed in just after. The boss had a strong defence but it had a lot of openings. After the sixth attempt, the boss roared and it blasted them away, but they held their ground.
Celine touched the ground, "Earth skill: iron bend." The ground under the boss turned to iron and imprisoned it, making it unable to move. "Ultimate skill: razor," and the iron imprisoning the boss formed cut lines across it. Kageno jumped in the air and slashed through it.
It broke apart and Marks followed in with his ultimate skill: fire iron fist.
He continuesly punched it and his last blow threw it through a few stores before finally hitting the fountain and exploded, wiping out the surrounding area.
The explosion broke through the ceiling of the mall, it was so great, it could even be heard and seen from the out skirts of Hill crest.
Monica
-What was that!
Kamila
-I don't know
Kamila was interrupted by the news reporter on the TV.
Breaking news.
There seems to be a dungeon outbreak at the Hill crest city mall. The whole mall as been turned into a dungeon and several civilians lost their lives. Nexus guild as sent in the Beast Markers, and they are currently fighting the boss. Earlier, monsters broke out of the mall and are now lose on the streets. Luckily, Phonix and Alexa guilds are on site.
Kamila wanders if Loki is involved in this.
Christine hands over Loki to the medics back outside and he is taken to the hospital. She rushed back inside, killing any monster in her way, using as little mana as possible.
The mall dungeon boss slowly tried to get up. Its health bar was in the danger zone. A few more hits and it could die. Marks, Kageno and Celine were exhausted and did not have much mana left.
The boss looked at them and it used its ultimate skill, storage hunter and all their weapons and items were taken from their inventory and appeared in its hand represented by floating icons. There inventories were completely empty.
What was that skill just now.
It equipped itself with Kageno's sword and Marks' mana brass knuckles and begun to charge at them, they were at a disadvantage.
"Wind skill: Wind sever!" Christine shouted and the boss' arms fell off, leaving it dabble handicapped. Christine pointed her staff at the Orc and said, "Ultimate skill: stomach Ripper."
The Ripper's shadow appeared from the darkness from the staff. It gathered mana from the surrounding area for only a second. Seeing that, the boss knew it was over and it accepted its death and stretched its torso, allowing the Ripper to finish it.
The Ripper swung its scythe through its stomach, and they separated, turning it to ash and it disappeared. The dungeon had been cleared.
All the monsters outside disappeared as well and the looming presence in the mall had gone, and all the stores that seemed empty were filled back up in a blink of an eye. It was like nothing had ever happened. It was a normal mall again.
The spot where the boss had been taken down was covered in drop items, a reward for slaying the boss. They collected the items, and they restored their health, mana, stamina, and others.
Christine leveled up and evolved to Commandment, a stage 2 level rank. This was the first time a dungeon had formed inside a human built structure, when it usually appears underneath a human built structure.
The overpass dungeon was also a mystery because it was somehow connected to the mall dungeon.
This was the a sign that the annual dungeon was not going to be easy.
Congratulations Mr Esti for leveling up to Genesis. You are now one of the most powerful seekers in the country. Unfortunately we can no longer keep you here. You are wanted by the strongest guild in Westalia, Spectra guild. I say good bye and good luck in your new guild.
Esti
-Thank you Mr Fury, president of Nexus.
After a few minutes, Esti walked out of the office and on his way he found his wife waiting for him.
Esti
- Nanahoshi, what are you doing here.
Nanahoshi
-I was waiting for you, did you get the promotion.
Esti
-Yes I did.
Nanahoshi
-Then let's go and celebrate!