Tale Of Unknown: Hero From Zero

14. Life on the Deepest Floor

Two months had passed since the fall of Riyan into the abyss, which was directly related to the 6th floor. Almost all parts of his body and personality changed. His body became slightly taller, his muscles swelling so clearly visible from behind the shirt, even his status as well.

With his sword, he separated the head of a [Heavy Kobold] from his body in a single slash. The sounds of falling and death were clearly heard in Riyan's ears. Successfully completing the hunt on this day, he sheathed his weapon into his sheath, then took out a knife made from [Chimera] fangs to cut through the flesh of a creature that looked like a large dog walking like a human.

[Kobold] was one of the monster races that looked like dogs, but had a body that was exactly like a human, only slightly larger. Different from the [Kobold] race in general, the [Heavy Kobold] body was several times larger and its entire status was far above average.

"It looks like dinner is ready. All right, good-bye."

After skinning and cutting the flesh, Riyan directly devoured it without hesitation. It is disgusting for a modern living being like himself to eat raw meat, but this he must do in order to maintain his life. To drink, he found a small lake on the floor on the fourth day. Before, he had to drink the blood of every creature he killed.

In these two months, he had gone through terrible times. Even though his status changed, he still had a hard time surviving alone, let alone this floor was filled with destructive class monsters and nightmares, it was only natural that he ate raw meat in order to survive. After all, he could not make a fire because no twigs or wood could be burned.

Riyan's appearance changed drastically, especially in her hair. Little by little, his hair began to whiten as it continued to be suppressed by stress and loneliness. True whitening, but it's only in a few places. Because of his loneliness, he even had several times to talk with his sword and the corpse of a monster.

"Huaa, full of stuff."

While hitting his stomach a few times, he said those words as casually as he could. Although relaxed, he still activates his [Sense] to detect the presence of other monsters nearby. With this skill, he became more aware of the surroundings.

[Sense] is a passive skill gained by Riyan because he is constantly alert to his environment. His five senses were getting stronger in detecting the presence of both living beings and undead. This skill was really suitable for someone like him who always hid behind a shadow, then pounced on his prey like a tiger.

Feeling full, drowsiness began to attack him. Therefore, he decided to return to the outskirts of the lake, where he now resides. When he reached the outskirts of the lake, he saw some [Cave Goblin] were about to drink water from the lake. Seeing this, Riyan immediately drew his sword and killed them one by one, then skinned their skin.

According to Riyan, the skin of living things is very warm and comfortable, when compared to hard stone floors. He collects the skin so that it can make a kind of soft bed like a mattress. Even if he was just an ordinary High School boy, he knew how to survive in times of emergency, through instinct.

Finished washing the skin of the [Cave Goblin] that he had gathered in the lake, he entered a very small cave, not even enough of a person to go inside completely if standing up. He entered by crawling, so small the mouth of the cave. Inside, there are monster skins that he carries and makes a carpet or bed.

Right, that cave is his home. As an ordinary human being, he had to survive using what was available in nature.

He placed the skin of [Cave Goblin] and all his fighting gear on the cave wall, then lay down on the carpet while looking at the stone ceiling of the cave. He thought, how to get out of the Hexaphlia labyrinth. In the end, he gave up and was going around this floor once again.

"Status."

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Name: Riyan Klaint

Race : Human

Class : Residents

Level 51: 51

Life: 265/380

Life: 79/345

Physical Strength: 360

Magic Power: 490

Resilience: 980

Attribute : Hamp

Skill: Appraisal, All Five, Distract, Eye Deviser, Mana Manipulation, Comprehension, Auto-Counter, Mana Shield, Mana Burst, Mana Slash, Owl Vision, Sense, Mana Bullet, Stealth, Throwing Stone, Silent

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He sighed as soon as he saw that his status that rose drastically from the previous one was extremely extremely weak, becoming extremely powerful. There were many new skills in his skill column, and it was all thanks to his [Deviser Eye].

After successfully defeating the [Albtraum Troll] on his first day landing on this sixth floor, his level turned into level 25. When his level touched the number, his [All Zero] and [Nothing Eye] skills evolved, becoming just like the ones on his status hologram screen.

[Deviser Eye]: evolution [Nothing Eye]. This skill raises the percentage to get a skill from the ability that is often used by the owner.

[All Five]: evolution [All Zero]. This skill multiplies all the status of its owner by five times, except the level.

With both skills previously completely unknown and considered detrimental, Riyan had become someone much stronger than him two months ago. He managed to get through all the challenges provided by this Hexaphilia labyrinth using his own strength.

At first glance [All Five] was indeed cheated, but that was the skill that Riyan possessed. Multiplying the entire status, except for the level, five times stronger, was quite terrifying for ordinary people. On the other hand, Riyan did not mind his skill at all, even he was grateful to have become stronger. He was able to survive to this day thanks to his [All Five] skill.

Another new skill that was plastered on his status hologram screen was thanks to [Deviser Eye] and all the abilities he often honed and used. As stated in the explanation section, [Deviser Eye] was a skill that allowed its owner to obtain a skill.

[Sense]: a skill that sharpens all the senses of the owner.

[Mana Bullet]: the skill that makes up the mana that is removed from the hand or finger into a bullet.

[Stealth]: a skill that can disguise the air of existence.

This skill was similar to [Distract], only [Stealth] could be used for a long period of time. If [Distract] only multiplies the opponent's attention in a moment, then this skill can be used until which parameter is exhausted.

[Throwing Stone]: this skill strengthens the owner's stone throw.

[Silent]: a skill that can reduce the sound caused by the user.

With these various great skills, Riyan was able to survive until now. He was really troubled at first, but Riyan had gotten used to living with death who was always ready to pick him up, if only he made a fatal mistake.

After checking his status, his eyelids slowly closed due to the various activities he went through today. Not knowing whether it was day or night outside the labyrinth there, he slept when he was drowsy or tired of attacking him. Soon enough, Riyan slumbers into his kapuk island, which has nothing but nightmares and frightening thoughts.

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As usual, today Riyan is looking for food by hunting down nearby monsters while exploring the last floor of the labyrinth. For drinking water, he has prepared in his own container. He took the stomach of a goblin, then washed it to safety, then made it a place of water to be easily carried everywhere and did not bother taking from the lake every time he wanted to drink.

Gru...

"Glay, let's get some rest, I'm getting hungry."

Hearing the bells ringing from her stomach, Riyan stopped walking and sat on the floor, leaning his back against the wall. He opened the cloth bag that used to be a robe, and took some of the meat he had cut into pieces, then mlai devoured it one by one. In addition to meat, the shabby cloth bag is also used to carry some materials that can be sold when successfully out of this Hexaphilia labyrinth.

By the way, Glay was the name of the sword that Riyan was carrying. Since the name [Glayster] was too long to mention, then he shortened it to be easy to pronounce. At the very least, Riyan spoke to the sword or the monster corpse six times a day. If not, maybe he could go crazy and finally give up, then kill himself.

Can you imagine how Riyan is doing right now? Alone without a interlocutor for two months, even an experienced human would go crazy if only his mentality was not strong. Riyan managed to survive so far also thanks to the sword and various monster corpses that he had killed, although mostly due to the roar of the original creatures of the sixth floor of the labyrinth.

"The flesh of [Dark Rabbit] is indeed the best."

While saying that, his mouth went back to devouring the piece of raw meat he was grasping. The meat of the [Dark Rabbit] was the rest of his quarry this morning. He killed about three to four [Dark Rabbits] for foodstuffs and materials that could be sold.

[Dark Rabbit] is a rare monster that can only be found in a few places. The creature is shaped like a rabbit in general, black hairy, and glowing red eyes. Although the parameters of his life and attack power are few, but his agility and skill are inversely proportional.

If calculated, the agility of this one monster is six times that of an ordinary rabbit. Moreover, one of his skills, [Auala Vave], was the most troublesome. [Auala Vave] is a skill that can allow speeding up the foot steps while strengthening the leg muscles so that it makes users will be very fast.

There was another troublesome one, namely [Valea Vae], a skill that could drastically increase agility. If using this skill or magic, the user's agility will be greatly increased for several minutes, depending on which amount is owned of course. When [Auala Vave] and [Valvea Vae] were combined, one's breakout percentage would change from 'possibly' to 'definite'.

Somehow, Riyan managed to capture and kill monsters as quickly as possible. Judging from the skill he possessed, it was likely that he used [Silent], [Stealth], [Mana Shield], and [Auto-Counter].

When [Silent] and [Stealth] were used simultaneously, it would be impossible for the existence of its users to be known, let alone for Riyan to have a very thin existence. Then he used the [Mana Shield] to lock up the rabbit, and wore a [Auto-Counter] that could counterattack very quickly when he was attacked by his opponent. And finally, he managed to kill that rare [Dark Rabbit].

Although said to be rare, [Dark Rabbit] was quite often encountered by Riyan on this sixth floor. Indeed, the monster's fur is so black that it is almost impossible for one to notice it in the dark, but Riyan uses [Sense] and [Owl Vision] continuously to prevent other monsters from approaching.

"Okay, the stomach is full, the energy is also restored. Let's continue the journey to find a way out, Glay."

The sword answered him with silence. Riyan got up from his seat and returned to his feet to continue the activities that had stopped. Every day he walked around the sixth floor of the labyrinth to find a way out. But, since the two months of his arrival, he had never seen another room or passage other than the one on his mind map.

Because he had spied this floor so many times, he memorized it with his entire area so that he could not get lost. In fact, the place where the appearance of monsters such as [Albtraum Troll], [Cave Goblin], [Heavy Kobold] also he knew. His ability to remember him also increased thanks to [Comprehension], so that he could remember all of it.

A few minutes walking, Riyan stopped in a room that seemed familiar. At the end there is a small treasure chest that can captivate an adventurer. Riyan took the stone from the floor, then threw it into the chest using the [Throwing Stone] skill. As a result, the crate that was thrown using the stone was dented on the lid.

About three seconds later, the lid of the chest opened like a jaw and moved closer to Riyan by jumping, with sharp teeth in his jaw. Looking at him, Riyan smiled slightly as he was interested in the thing he had just seen. A small chest monster, he had never seen this type of monster in a book. Increasingly curious, he used [Apprasial] to see the status of the creature.



(Source: google)

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Name: Fierce Chest

Race: Mutant Monsters

Class : General

Level 22

Life: 39/39

Day :16/16

Physical Strength: 60

Magic Power: 24

Resilience: 102

Attribute : Hamp

Skill : Cuddio

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Knowing the status of the monter named [Fierce Chest] before him, Riyan laughed. The treasure box had a decent level, but its status was truly trash. When compared to the previous Riyan, their status was about the same.

"Geez, it turns out there's a trash monster like him on this horrible floor, it could be."

Muttering, he raised his left hand and pointed it at the living box that was getting closer to him, then exerted [Mana Bullet]. In a moment, the box monster that was his opponent was smashed to the point that there were useless pieces of wood.

As Riyan's status increased drastically, such a weak monster would definitely die instantly. Not wanting the monster material he killed in vain, Riyan picked up the pieces of wood to carry into the cave where he lived. Wh-wh-what for? With wood, he can make a campfire.

"If it's like this, I should have used a sword instead of a skill. Hah, how stupid I am."

He picked up pieces of wood that he could pick up, and then kept them in a bag because they were small in size.

"OK, Glay, our game today is [Fierce Chest]!"

Finding a monster made of wood, his spirit ignited. During these two months, he had only used the robe he had taken from [Chimera] leather as a warmer, it was only natural that he was excited to find a wooden-bodied monster. In addition, he could also burn the meat he had gathered from the monsters he had killed.

Finally, he left excitedly while grasping Glay in his hand. He looked for a similar room and directly entered it, then slashed through the treasure box monsters if there were any. On the way back to the cave, he managed to kill over 20 [Fierce Chests] and take out the entire wood.

So far, the [Fierce Chest] had a core inside his body that allowed him to move. If the core is destroyed, then it is finished with their lives. Riyan also took out his teeth in order to be used as a weapon in an emergency. He doesn't know when [Glayster] will be destroyed, so he has to get ready as early as possible.

Arriving at the cave, Riyan made a bonfire out of used wood [Fierce Chest] and a pair of flint. He immediately burned the meat of [Dark Rabbit] above [Glayster]. Because iron is a good conductor of heat, it uses its weapon as a frying pan. Pretty creative, right?