Chapter 9: Getting Stronger

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"All right, enough playing around. Let's end this battle already."

Takara said in a loud, clear, and confident tone.

The beast she's facing is the Nemean Lion, the tenth Mini-boss in the Novice stage.

What it lacks in magical prowess, it makes up for in its extremely sturdy fur, immense strength, and fast speed.

It let out a loud and deafening roar.

It bared its fangs at Takara, then ran at a very fast speed before pouncing with its mouth open, with the intent to kill.

Takara immediately chanted a poison spell, aimed for the lion's open mouth, then she activated the accuracy boost and speed boost she bought from the system with her unlimited gems.

Then she activated the special poison shadow clone skill she also bought from the system.

She managed to switch places with one of the special poison shadow clones before the Nemean lion bit nothing but poisonous air in the space where she used to stand.

After the lion bit one of the shadow clones, it dissipated into thin air, leaving behind poisonous smoke that made the lion retch and struggle to stay up on its four legs, before the poison eventually overpowered the Nemean Lion, and made it lie down on the ground.

The lion let out a pained and enraged roar, but it will be the last roar that came out of its mouth, as its body started twitching and shaking uncontrollably while foaming at the mouth.

"You roar too much for a lion who's about to die. Time to put you out of your misery."

Takara said while approaching the lion, her hands crackling with magical power.

She then faced the lion, which is in its death throes, and started to chant.

'Ō , taiyō no kami Aporo yo, kono raion no kurushimi o owara seru tame ni, watashi no chikara ni mahōwokakete kudasai.'

Translation: "Oh, Apollo, god of the sun, enchant my power so as to end this lion's suffering."

After she finished the incantation, her hands unleashed a red-hot fire that crackled and burned the lion to ashes.

Then her spell book, which floated in the air on its own accord, and was glowing bright red, closed itself and fell back down to the ground in front of Takara with a thud.

A golden fur cloak glimmered on the ground before her.

She picked it up and stashed it in her inventory.

She looked at the cloak's description on the system.

"Nemean Lion Fur Cloak

"Durability: 45

Strength: 85

Speed: 86

Defense: 96"

She stashed the fur cloak into her inventory.

She might as well sell it later since it is more suitable for Assassin, Warrior, and Tank class players.

Then she checked the notifications that popped out in her system.

"You successfully finished the main quest. Clear all the sub-quests on this floor first before proceeding to the next."

A scroll popped up right in front of her.

"You leveled up - Level 11

You leveled up - Level 12

You leveled up – Level 13

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