My King System
Chapter 24 - Stage 4

Even before getting a chance to analyze the figures in the distance, Yuki knew just by the red glow in their eyes that 7 more ghouls had shown up.

"I could barely hold off two of these monsters, now I have to deal with 9 of them?!"

"This is so rigged!"

"That's it! I was going to save this for later on in the dungeon but clearly, this dungeon doesn't like me!"

Just as he said that, Yuki opened his inventory and pulled out 1 speed, attack boost, and HP regeneration potions. He cracked each glass capsule with his bare hand as he drank the liquid flowing from them in the air.

[+1.5x speed]

[+1.5x attack]

[5 minute automatic HP regeneration]

As blood continued to flow from Yuki's bitten shoulder, he smiled and rushed to one of the ghouls.

[Hungry Ghoul: Trini]

Yuki quickly sprinted towards it with his sword at his side and cut the ghoul in half using an upper cut slide. He had made a perfect slice which caused one half of the ghoul to fall to the ground before the other as it turned to dust.

"Now! Who would like to go next!"

[Hungry Ghoul: Alon]

Yuki set his eyes on another ghoul, without a second thought, he threw "Fallen angel of hell" straight at it like a spear. The sword hit the ghoul right in the neck which instantly killed it.

"I can't drag this out any longer! I need to finish the rest of them with one blow!"

Yuki held both "Lucky Sword" and "Fallen angel of hell" forward. With a single spin, Yuki cut down all the remaining ghouls.

[Notice: Lucky Sword was used simultaneously with another sword. Effect: negated]

[+22500 exp]

"Well that sucks, I was hoping I would double the exp I earned. I guess it's only fair that such an overpowered ability comes with its fair share of drawbacks."

[Player: Yuki Kaito]

[Level 3: 33600/50000]

"Damn, I guess this dungeon isn't actually all that bad. Even though it keeps giving me near impossible challenges to beat, it's pretty rewarding."

"If I'm getting this much exp from stage 3, the amount I'll earn in stage 10 will be insane!"

[Stage three: Complete]

[Hungry ghouls: defeated]

[Item drop: Scroll of Summoning: Ghoul]

"Oh, so it's just a piece of paper. I want to see what it does."

Yuki double tapped on the scroll to open its information chart.

[Rank: D]

[Attack: ???]

[Description: Power: able to summon a ghoul to fight for the user of the scroll for up to 5 minutes. The kingdom of Ligeia was once a cheerful and rich place. However, once the king's greed led their economy to crumble, the citizens began eating each other to survive which caused them to turn into ghouls. They were willing to do anything for food. So much that their subservience turned into this scroll.]

"What a pathetic way to die."

"Finally, I've completed the 3rd stage! I can't believe that there are still 7 more of these painful stages to complete."

Yuki began walking, which looked more like limping to the next gateway.

[Save point reached]

[If you would like to move to the 4rd stage of the dungeon, please step forward]

[Stage 4 difficulty: level 2-3]

Yuki grabbed a full status recovery potion and drank it.

"This feels much better!"

"Well, here I go again." Yuki said as he walked forward into the 4th stage of the dungeon.

The terrain was a desert. It was extremely hot which made Yuki sweaty and uncomfortable.

"I guess this place doesn't run out of surprises. I wonder what kind of monster I'll have to face now."

From under the sand, creatures wrapped in some kind of white material started to appear.

[Fortified Mummy: Manoela]

[Fortified Mummy: Inga]

[Fortified Mummy: Ebba]

[Fortified Mummy: Timur]

[Fortified Mummy: Jóna]

[Fortified Mummy: Zsuzsanna]

"I should've guessed. The only monster that could come from a desert would be a mummy. Well, here I come!"

"Wait, shouldn't undead monsters have less intelligence than average. I think this might actually work," Yuki thought to himself.

There were about 6 mummies in front of Yuki. He quickly ran towards the mummies and grabbed the linen covering one of them. Linen in hand, Yuki ran around in circles and tied up the 6 mummies.

"Well, that was a lot easier than I thought."

"All that's left is to kill them."

Yuki grabbed "Fallen angel of hell" and swung it right at their neck in hopes of slicing all their heads at once and ending it with one blow. Instead of doing any damage, the sword defected off of their skin and wobbled. It was as if they were made of an iron wall.

"So that's their specialty is the defense attribute. How irritating!"

"I guess I'll have to use this again."

Yuki once again opened his inventory and took out an attack potion. Before the mummies could escape, he quickly drank the potion. They kept struggling to escape from the linen so Yuki knew he didn't have much time to finish this.

[+1.5 attack]

"Okay, how about now!" Yuki said as he swung his sword once again with all his might. This time, it caused a small scratch on the mummy.

"Really? This was the best a 0.5 multiplier on my attack could do?" Yuki said with an irritated tone.

[Open inventory]

Yuki grabbed 5 more attack potions and drank them all at once.

"If this doesn't work, I don't have any hope of defeating this stage."

Yuki pulled his sword back and swung it one last time with all his will power and strength. This time it worked, he cut through the mummies like they were a stick of butter.

"Maybe I overdid it with the attack boost," Yuki thought to himself.

[+600 exp]

"Oh no, they only gave a small amount of exp. This means that either there is an army of them or..."

Just as he said that, a giant figure appeared behind him

"Or a mini boss monster will appear," Yuki finished.

[Fortified Mummy Mini Boss: King Raza]