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Chapter 28: I Was Wrong, Please Let Me Out

(Yue(♀))

"Although I didn't plan to specifically conquer the Dungeon, I still made it all the way to the Throne Hall."

Every Dungeon has a Throne Hall, and in every Throne Hall, there's a Dungeon Lord, known as the "Maze Demon King."

Even if it's just a Maze Demon King from a Level I Dungeon, they still possess tremendous power. In fact, this isn't a level that a group of high school first-year students, even from the Royal Intermediate Academy, can handle.

After all, this Level I Dungeon has a total of ten underground levels. The monsters born on the first level are Level 1, on the second level they are Level 2, and so on. Only the Maze Demon King born on the tenth level usually has Level 10 right from the start. Their Inherent Attribute values and Potential Attribute values are many times higher than ordinary monsters, and their skill levels are also at Level 10 from birth – that's the terror of a Dungeon Lord.

Even if it's a Maze Demon King from a slime-themed Dungeon, it's still a Dungeon Lord, not a level that can be tackled by a group of first-year students from the Royal Intermediate Academy.

So, the main focus of the final exam is still to collect magic stones as an evaluation criterion. Subduing this Maze Demon King directly for victory – that's a preparation for the possibility of a prodigy appearing.

Thinking about it this way, it's not that surprising that I was the first one here.

After all, as long as other students weren't absentminded in class, they wouldn't have deliberately aimed to challenge the Maze Demon King.

And while I didn't intentionally seek out the Throne Hall, I had been descending all along, so it's only natural that I was the first one to arrive at the Throne Hall on the tenth floor.

Hmm? Why do I know I'm the first one?

Of course, the great doors of the Throne Hall are still closed. Naturally, the Maze Demon King couldn't have been conquered by someone else already, and there's no sound of battle inside, which means that no one else is in the process of conquering it. Therefore, I'm naturally the first – though it's not impossible that someone else has already attempted and failed to conquer it, then ran back to the entrance of the Dungeon.

So maybe I'm not really the first?

... That doesn't matter.

In any case, I said I'm the first, so I am.

Oh, by the way, for the Royal Intermediate Academy's intermediate-level exam, the Dungeon had already closed its doors a day early, and adventurers were also prohibited from entering. So today, only students from the first year of high school, like me, are inside this Dungeon.

So, this Dungeon currently only has a group of children the same age as me.

Hmm? You're asking why I specifically mentioned this incident?

"Fireball."

I activated "Magic Enhancement" instantly, forming a blazing red fireball in my hand, and I hurled it to the right.

With a deafening explosion, the fireball suddenly expanded, enveloping a tall figure in dark clothes who had been quietly approaching. This figure couldn't help but let out a surprised exclamation:

"What—?!"

Yes, the reason I wanted to mention this incident is to emphasize that right now, in this Dungeon, there are only two kinds of adults who would appear alongside kids like me: either they are not enemies, or they are enemies.

Even if it's really a case of friendly fire, they'd have brought it upon themselves, right?

However, even friendly fire is impossible because in the moment between using "Fireball" and launching the fireball – I had already used "Appraisal" to confirm the opponent's Attribute values.

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LV.50

Title: "Crimson Hunter"

Occupation: "Assassin"

Mana: 23,190/23,190

Skill Points: 0

<Individual Attribute Values>

STR: 2,972

AGI: 2,730

VIT: 1,154

INT: 1,165

<Inherent Attribute Values>

STR: 55

AGI: 50

VIT: 20

INT: 20

<Potential Attribute Values>

STR: 222

AGI: 230

VIT: 154

INT: 165

<Exclusive Skills>

None

<Skills>

Mana Refinement Level 10

Mana Manipulation Level 10

Mana Release Level 10

Assassination Level 20

Assassination Techniques Level 20

Qi Training Level 19

Acceleration Level 20

Body Strengthening Level 13

Meditation Level 15

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There's no time to appraise all the effects of their various skills, exclusive skills, occupation, and title, or the branching skills under Assassination Techniques. The moment I saw that their occupation was an Assassin, I launched the "Fireball."

And I didn't hesitate at all. I instantly opened the Throne Hall's door, rushed inside, closed the door behind me, and then canceled "Magic Enhancement," avoiding unnecessary magical power consumption in this crisis.

At this moment, the hall was bathed in white light, indicating that the conquest of the Dungeon Lord had officially begun.

From this moment on, no one is allowed to enter or leave the Throne Hall until the Dungeon Lord battle is over.

Damn, LV.50, it really scared the heck out of me.

I immediately thought of using the teleportation stone, but unsurprisingly, it didn't work. When an assassin has made it to your doorstep, they won't give you a chance to use a teleportation stone. Do they think an assassin is a fool?

— I really wish he were a fool!

But my hopes were shattered.

What to do, what to do, what to do?

Unless they have a skill with the "Destruction" attribute, the Dungeon is indestructible. In other words, before the Dungeon Lord is defeated, they can't get in.

Time is running out, and I have to come up with a solution to this crisis.

Outside, they've probably noticed that something is wrong. If I keep the Dungeon Lord busy in battle here, I should be able to wait for reinforcements. No, no, no, if they decide to target other students instead, Laphaell might be in danger.

Actually, there's no reason to believe that there's only one assassin, and that I'm the sole target.

What should I do? What should I do? What should I do?

Do I have to take the risk?

Heh, try to fight against an LV.50 as an LV.3?

I couldn't possibly have such a crazy thought even if I were insane!

At this critical moment, I didn't even have the presence of mind to pay attention to the deep blue slime sprawled out on the pitch-black throne.

It was only when the flattened slime slowly reformed into its cute elliptical shape and bounced over to me that I turned my gaze toward it. I appraised it absentmindedly while desperately thinking of a plan.

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LV.10

Title: "Slime King: Can command all slimes lower than itself, magic stones scattered throughout its body, completely immune to physical attacks."

Occupation: "Sin of Gluttony: Can digest and evolve anything consumed, automatically gains the skill "Devour LV.1""

Mana: 61,790/61,790

Skill Points: 0

<Individual Attribute Values>

STR: 3,365

AGI: 2,500

VIT: 3,044

INT: 3,135

<Inherent Attribute Values>

STR: 150

AGI: 150

VIT: 150

INT: 150

<Potential Attribute Values>

STR: 1,865

AGI: 1,000

VIT: 1,544

INT: 1,635

<Exclusive Skills>

Devour LV.1

• As long as the digestion Attribute is not at its limit, it can consume anything, and skill level increase enhances digestion capacity. Automatically gain the Sin of Gluttony occupation.

<Skills>

Mana Refinement Level 10

• Can refine mana inside the body, and mana limit is "Skill Level × (INT + VIT)"

Mana Manipulation Level 10

• Proficient in manipulating mana to use skills that require mana. Using skills that require mana allows the same mana consumption to produce a 110% skill effect.

Slime Fluid LV.10

• Slime body fluid that can dissolve substances.

Digestion LV.1

• Enhances digestion of food.

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Watching the scene where the fireball I instinctively shot out was completely devoured by the slime, at this moment, in my heart (Yue(♀)), there was only one thought:

Now, open the door and let me out, can I go head to head with that LV.50?

This young lady is ready to take him on!!