>Kestrel Ruins Guardian (Hound) has been killedExperience obtained 10%
"I'm already halfway through this. I should be able to hit level 7 in the ruins. After all, this is just one of the guardians." Arthur said before consuming some bread and water to replenish his stamina and HP.
If he were to fight a strong foe like that, he should be in his peak condition at all times after all. Not to mention, the way for him to fight in this condition was to be faster than the foes or be accurate with his attacks.
Only when these conditions were met would he be able to survive this quest.
"Let's continue onwards." Arthur said before picking one of the paths.
The ruins were vast and stretched on for kilometers underground. He was barely at the surface level right now and needed to reach the underground part.
Exploring the ruins was thankfully made easy with the old torches that were still hanging on the walls.
FLASH!
As soon as Arthur stepped into the dark corridor, all the torches lit up one by one magically.
If one was not used to something like this, they might have been greatly astonished or even scared. But to Arthur this was normal. He continued on before finally coming across another enemy.
>Inspect SuccessfulKestrel Ruins Guardian (Spider) has been killedExperience obtained 10%
Arthur looked at this experience that had accumulated enough to reach the next level.
>Player Arzhur has leveled up!Five Free Stat Points have been granted!Player Status
Strength: 6 -> 7
Toughness: 6 -> 7
Agility: 5 -> 7
Dexterity: 4 -> 5
Vitality: 4
Wisdom: 2
Intelligence: 2
Will: 4
Arthur chose to raise his Strength, toughness by one point, while raising his Agility by two. He had seen the lack of his speed becoming a disadvantage in his battle against the enemies that were faster than him.
Since he was going for stronger enemies, he might not be able to overcome them with strength, but he needed to be faster than them. That would allow him to dodge their attacks, allowing him to stay alive too.
With the level up, he was now a lot more confident in progressing. It took Arthur nearly three hours before he finally reached the lower level of the ruins.
"That certainly doesn't seem to be good…" Arthur muttered as he looked at the large gate that blocked his way.
While it looked like there was no way to proceed, there was one in fact.
"It should be right around here…" Arthur crouched and looked at the lower parts of the gate.
After a minute of search he finally found a way in.
"Here!" Arthur touched a section of the gate that seemed to be normal, but once he pushed it a bit, it moved.
THUD!
A section of the stone gate fell backwards, allowing Arthur to continued onwards.
"The ruins are certainly falling apart. Hopefully they don't fall on me." Arthur said before crawling through the small opening that was only enough for him to wiggle through.
Standing up and patting the rough dust off his hands, Arthur looked at the new section of the ruins that were different than the ones above.
"Whoa…" Arthur looked at the runes that glowed on the walls, illuminating the path brightly.
There were no torches here, but there wasn't a need for them either way. But that wasn't all, Arthur could feel a palpable energy within the very air.
"Magic, there's no doubt about it…" Arthur muttered.
While he had no magic spells, being a player he still had mana. Not to mention, his non-physical stats still allowed him to sense the magic in the air, as long as it was strong enough.
"With this much magic, this place could have been a great conduit… Worthy of what hides within it…" Arthur muttered before going further in.
This time his journey was short as he soon reached the end of the path, coming upon an altar.
The altar was unlike anything and was covered with red runes, that looked sinister.