Chronicles of Time and Space

Chapter 4: Illfang the kobold Lord

Authors note:

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Thinking: ‚ .........'

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„Let's go Kaachan the dungeon is waiting for
us" Izuku said grabbing Katsukis arm dragging him along.

Hey, let go of my hand, Izuku. I can run on my own, I don't need your help for it," the silver-haired boy said, freeing his hand from his best friend's grip and running alongside him with excitement on his face.

"Now that we have our new gear, mapping should be a breeze. Those damned monsters can't do shit now," Katsuki said, unsheathing his sword and cutting the air with it to illustrate his point.

"You're right, now we'll surely be able to find the boss room today," the green-haired swordsman concluded, opening his map to locate the nearest teleport point, then leading the way toward it.

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A couple of hours later
Dungeon {Floor 1}

"So, if I'm reading the map right, we should have most of the dungeon mapped out. The only place we haven't been yet is the passage straight ahead. C'mon, Kacchan, I know how much you like fighting monsters, but we still have quite a way to go," Izuku said to his silver-haired friend, who was in the middle of fighting a goblin monster. Well, "fighting" is an overstatement—he was just blocking all of its strikes with his greatsword without breaking a sweat.

"Alright, I guess I'll finish things on my end as well. Die, you damn monster!" he exclaimed, knocking the goblin's short sword away, then pulling his sword back, making it glow red before yelling, "Stone Crusher!" and splitting the monster in half vertically.

"You know, you could have just slashed it normally; there was no need to use a sword skill like that," Izuku said with a sigh, arms crossed.

"I don't want to hear that from you after you basically turned all the goblins in the last corridor into sushi," the crimson-eyed boy said, sheathing his blade while looking at his best friend, awaiting a response.

"Touche," Izuku said, holding his hands up in defeat. "Now, let's go. We still have some monsters to beat, and I'd like to find the boss room today if possible," the green-eyed swordsman added, placing his hands on his hips.

Both boys began walking toward the corridor they hadn't explored yet, their hands resting on the hilts of their swords, ready to fight monsters at any moment. Luckily, the dungeon had torches on the walls, so they could easily detect any monsters coming their way.

Just as they were about to turn a corner in the seemingly castle-like structure of the dungeon, they saw a new monster they hadn't encountered before—a heavily armed hobgoblin wielding a spear. Until now, the only monsters they had fought were normal goblins and, on occasion, hobgoblins.

"Ruin Kobold Sentinel Lancer, huh? And five of them at once. Be careful, Kacchan—we don't know how strong they are yet. You go in and try to knock them off balance, then I'll decapitate them, okay?" Izuku said, gripping the hilt of his sword tightly.

"Don't think you can order me around like that, but I was about to suggest the same thing, so let's go beat 'em," the silver-haired boy said, pouting at first but getting excited afterward.

"Well, if you say so. Let's go beat 'em," Izuku replied with an anticipatory smile on his face.

Taking advantage of the element of surprise, Katsuki jumped onto the wall, propelling himself toward the enemies, his sword glowing a bright blue at his side, ready to strike. Before the monsters even had a chance to get into their stances, the silver-haired boy was already in the middle of their circle formation, yelling, "Whirlpool Slash!" as he made a 360-degree spin with his sword, knocking the spears out of four of their hands. "Izuku, you're up!"