The Acknowledgment - Volume One

The Apparent Problem

                 "Now that we know the way to the boss room, we can easily get back and forth," Cyrus explained to one of the lizards, exiting the dungeon casually. "Cyrus... Why do we have to make things so complicated? We could've just killed them then and there," asked Bobby, a stocky young man with spiky black hair, neatly trimmed facial hair, and several scars on his left arm. He wore a simple black shirt, gloves, brown pants, and blue armor on his right shoulder and lower legs. Who was a little confused and impatient, "You're an idiot. Even I would be unable to kill him without waking the boss. Then, I would be forced to kill the boss, and we wouldn't get our $125,000 paycheck. So, we let the spider kill Winter, we get your paychecks, and I get my dream job, no muss no fuss. Capish?" Cyrus explains, leaning up against a tree. "O-oh," Said Bobby, baffled but acting like he understood every word Cyrus said.

                "Countless eyes. An unsightly mouth. A body is as big as a house. Far-reaching legs. This boss is on a completely different level," Winter thought, shivering from the C-rank boss's aura. "A completely... Different level?" He smirked with images of the superior strength of his siblings. "What bullshit," Winter laughed, smiling. "I'm on a different level," he added, summoning his dagger. "I'm not trapped in here with you. You're trapped in here with me," he laughed fearlessly. "Are they right? Even though I've reawakened, am I still weak?" Winter thought, "But I don't feel hopelessly overwhelmed," he thought. The Buryura roared as it began crossing the mana crystals. "The fact that I don't feel intimidated while facing this C-rank boss probably means that I've become stronger," Winter thought, smiling at this revelation. It screeched and stomped as it hit the rough stone ground of the dungeon. "I'm currently Level 18," He thought, "I should be able to take on a C-rank boss!" He prepared his attack. The boss stomped now only yards away from Winter, "Jesus!" He then released the tension in his body and brought his right fit into the face of the Buryura with nearly all of his might.

                The Buryura was practically stopped in its tracks, compressing itself as it expanded its backside and lifted off the ground. With it stunned, Winter began to run up the length of the face-down ass up Buryura, dragging his daggers across its carapace. Instead of sparks this time, it began to bleed this strange green color. "My attack, it worked! My daggers seem to level up with me as well..." He thought, leaped off the Buryura as it began to get back up. Winter landed on his feet, bending down to disperse the force. Facing away from Buryura, he turned to face the monster, smirking. "This is where the fun begins," he said, his left shoulder facing the Buryura. It was stomping towards Winter again, dashing towards it, gritting his teeth. It roared, its ill-fitting tongue hanging out of its mouth. He leaped onto the Buryura and made circular slashes as he passed over the spider, landing on each side, barely staying on. Winter summer salted back and forth, cutting through the boss.

                Winter leaped off to the ground as the Buryura began to brush itself up against the walls of the boss room. Noticing he was off, it started to charge Winter head-on, but this swung one of its appendages at him. He stepped away from the swipes directed at him, avoiding them so quickly that it seemed multiple of him dodging the same attack. Winter dashed to the side of the Buryura. It threw another attack with the same appendage, but Winter blocked with both daggers and dashed past it. This time, sparks came from his daggers. "Seems like... Some places on its carapace are harder than others. If I want to damage it more, I'll have to use as much more strength!" Winter thought as he turned around to notice another attack. It plunged two of its appendages into the ground, and Winter had leaped out of the way in time. "There is nowhere to hide... No wonder because it's a spider with eight legs!" He thought, backing up a little more as it raised its appendages again. "Not to mention its destructive power... It's strong enough to break through anything, whether it's the ground or a bolder," Winter thought, rushing past the hole its appendage left in the rock-hard ground. "Each attack could be a fatal blow..." He approached the Buryura. "It'll take some time for me to take this one day alone!" Winter thought, summer salting once more. From one end to the other, making shallow cuts into the Buryura.