After a great find, the two of us took some time to calm ourselves. We tested the mana dispenser, which increased our mana absorption speed by 2.5x.
While it was much worse than the one at my family's place, it was still beneficial. Livie had no advantage over others in mana absorption, which would help her pass other students.
I would have asked Livie to hold the artifact, but we had to continue our exploration. I didn't want any accidents happening to our priceless artifact.
Putting the artifact back, we began to explore our final floor. Starting at the twentieth floor, monsters at the third rank would start to spawn.
Meaning the next floor should mark our finishes in this dungeon dive. Well rested, Livie and I make our way to the twentieth floor.
Ugh! That was my first reaction to this floor. Livie and I were in dark crevices that had extremely narrow walls. I hope no creepy crawly creatures get to us.
"Livie, stay close to me no matter what." I couldn't afford to let my guard down in a place like this.
It was frightening that I had to walk into this small crevice without knowing what lay ahead. After ten minutes, the place began to widen.
I was lucky not to have encountered any monsters in a place like that. A large number of monsters had appeared. Ten phantoms were waiting to ambush us.
Attacking on sight, I fire a beamed diagonally, wiping four of the phantoms. These ghost-looking monsters stood no chance, even at the bottom of the third rank.
I want to make an explosion to blow all of them simultaneously, but in a close-end space like this, I want to avoid causing this place to collapse if that could happen.
Making more beams, the rest of the phantoms were dead. Collecting the mana core, our commission was now over.
It didn't take long for us to find the boss's entrance. Livie and I made our way in. What had appeared were ten more phantoms and a ghoul as the boss.
Sensing the power level of the ghoul, the boss had reached the beginning of a fourth-rank monster.
"Livie, power me up." Listening to my words, Livie immediately feeds me a pill.
The boss room was much larger than the tunnel that Livie and I were in. Now I could fight without any restrictions.
It was a shame that there was no sun in a place like this, but my magic should be highly effective against undead monsters.
Creating a sun, I launched my attack on the ghoul. The monsters around my attack had weakened just by seeing the light of my attack.
Even though my attack had weakened the ghoul, it had dodged my attack. The explosion caused by my sun had hit most of the monsters in the room.
The ghoul was damaged but still alive with the addition of three weakened phantoms. My attack had scared the monsters, making them wary of my move.
I didn't think undead monsters had any intelligence. It was good that the monsters in front were wary of me.
Without any hesitation, I launched multiple beams at the remaining monsters. The remaining phantoms had all died without any chance to fight back.
As for the ghoul, it was in pain. I was surprised to see the ghoul survive the barrages of attacks.
Generally, undead monsters are weak to light attack and fire. My attack containing both elements should be four times more effective against the ghoul.
"Stay dead!" I made a ray blast attack, trying to finish off the ghoul.
With my final attack landing, the ghoul that had appeared was no more. I had used more mana than I thought I would.
Well, it was not like it mattered since this would be my last battle for the day. I had an emotional roller coaster. I was mentally exhausted from this place.
"Livie, we're going back to the surface." Now that we have collected all the monster's core, our commission is finished.
"How much do you think we earned?" Livie had high expectations for the amount we were going to earn.
"Don't know, but some amount of platinum coins. We could get more from the mana dispenser, but we're not going to sell that."
It was a shame that the ghoul had no artifact to drop, but from what I got on the nineteenth floor, I couldn't complain.
"You look tired. Need me to do something?" Livie had tried her best to offer me some help.
"Give me your undying love." I had told that as a joke.
Livie smiled and gave me a tight hug. It was supposed to be a joke, but Livie had taken it seriously. I felt some of my energy coming back.
I would like this to continue, but doing this in a dark cave wasn't the best setting. After a brief moment of warmth, we both decided to leave the labyrinth.
Arriving at the surface, Livie and I began to make our way back home. We could hand in our monster's core, but I didn't want to deal with anyone else right now.
Without any distractions, Livie and I arrived at our house. Making my way to my bed, I lay down, plumped on my bed.
When was the last time I was this tired? Even my exercise with Livie doesn't exhaust me this much. Before I forget, I took out the mana dispenser and put it on the table next to my bed.
I felt mana rushing towards me at an insane rate. I was absorbing mana fifty times faster than an average person.
Livie, who was close to me, stared at me in disbelief. Anyone would think I was a monster if they saw me in this condition.
"Livie, we're going to be doing some training for the entire month!" What is the point of class if I could power level in rank?
If I could keep up this progress, it wouldn't be a surprise if I could get the fourth rank by the end of my first year.
This 𝓬ontent is taken from f(r)eeweb(n)ovel.𝒄𝒐𝙢