Random Skills: Exploring Dungeons - Chapter 30

Chapter 30 Entering the Dungeon Again

After a few days of rest, Kane’s injuries finally healed.

It was time to continue clearing the dungeon.

Kane had passed the first level, but Clea had never entered this dungeon.

The progress of a team was dominated by the person with the most progress in the team, so Clea would follow Kane directly to the second level.

When they were ready, they went to the dungeon to register. The day’s notepad clerk was the one who helped Kane find his teammate.

He also recognized Kane and smiled when he saw that Kane was on the same team as Clea. “I’m relieved to see that Mr. Kane has found a teammate.”

“I have to thank you for your help,” Kane thanked him.

The clerk smiled but said nothing more.

These notepad clerks beside the dungeon crossed out the names of some people every day. It clearly had nothing to do with them, but they could not help but feel a little heavy until they gradually became numb.

Although they were numb to the deaths of the explorers, they would still tirelessly remind explorers and resolve matters that could reduce the number of deaths.

If he could make fewer crosses, it would relax his hand.

Once again, Kane was in the underground hall at the entrance of the dungeon. There were clearly more explorers in the hall today than before.

Among these explorers, there were always some who knew their stuff.

They saw Youyou behind Kane and then they noticed someone else with him.

They couldn’t resist coming over and inviting them to team up. However, they were rejected by Kane’s reponses of ‘unfamiliarity,’ ‘location overlap,’ ‘next time,’ and ‘I’ll think about it.’

Seeing that the first few teams were rejected, the other teams gave up on the idea of coming over.

After all, not everyone had the strength to bring along an unsuitable teammate for the sake of Youyou, let alone two.

Taking advantage of the lull, Kane and the others quickly went onto the platform and disappeared.

They entered through the Mistgate.

He was in the familiar dim corridor again. The rusty iron railing at the end was still there.

“Through this hallway is the arena,” Kane said, and began putting on his armor.

Clea nodded, suddenly aware of an extra layer on Kane. It felt the same as the attack.

I didn’t expect it to work like this. She thought Kane’s transparent creation would disappear in a short time.

At her words, Kane explained, “Transparent creations only disappear quickly after they’re two meters away from me.”

Clea nodded in understanding, and in a burst of holy light, she changed into the armor which Kane had seen when he first met her.

This time it wasn’t Kane who led the way. Clea walked ahead with a medium shield and a sword.

Kane’s current location was remote output and control. He was a being that needed to be protected.

They passed through the raised iron bars and were in the same arena as before.

There were familiar cheers from the audience, but Kane already knew that the number and tone of the cheers determined how many gold coins would appear beside the treasure chest after they cleared the level.

Since he depended on them for sustenance, he just had to tolerate them.

There was nothing he could do about the voices.

The huge crystal hourglass rose into the air again. The only difference from before was that instead of a single halo in the middle of the hole, there were two halos.

Kane was familiar with such scenes, but it was different for Clea.

She, who had just become an Explorer, could only clear some simple dungeons alone because she did not have suitable teammates.

And most dungeons did not have such pomp.

For a moment, she was shocked by the scene in front of them.

The hourglass reversed and a bell rang.

“It’s about to start, Clea,” Kane reminded her loudly.

“Yeah.”

Clea nodded and braced herself. The first batch of monsters was already forming

A short figure about one meter tall appeared.

A goblin.

A miscellaneous monster that appears in almost all fantasy works.

He wore an ill-fitting soldier’s helmet and held a small wooden shield and a broken blade.

He looked like a rookie.

Kane shot an arrow straight at him.

The goblin was dead before he could see his enemy.

With the death of this small monster, the hourglass did not stop. It began to condense a second wave of monsters.

This time, 10 goblins appeared.

After Kane shot three of them first, the other goblins swarmed over, roaring unintelligibly.

Seeing the goblins charging, Clea raised her sword to meet them.

She was a centaur in armor that weighed tons.

She charged and knocked the goblins off their feet, brandishing her sword wantonly.

After a round trip, there were no intact goblins on the ground. All that was left was goblin mud or chunks.

With the death of all the goblins, the hourglass still did not give time to rest. Immediately, a faint magical light floated down.

This time, the number of monsters doubled. Five goblin sentries in green robes and holding short bows appeared.

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The five goblin sentries were shot dead with precision by Kane the moment they appeared, and Clea had already rushed into the group of goblins.

Clea was much stronger than Kane. To the goblins, her weight was crushing. Every swing of her sword split them apart.

The two of them quickly cleared out all the goblins.

This time, the hourglass was not in a hurry to condense the next wave of attacks. Instead, it gave them some time to recover.

Clea canceled her shield sword and replaced it with a mace.

Judging by the size of the mace, it was not something Kane could wield.

The fourth wave came, 21 this time. Only one more than the previous wave.

However, this one was worth 10 of them.

A 2-meter-tall goblin centurion in armor appeared at the front of the group with a large saber.

Kane quickly cleared the goblin sentries.

In that short moment, the goblin captain was facing off with Clea.

But under Clea’s mace, the goblin captain was sent flying with his saber.

After she changed into the mace, these goblins died faster and, of course, were shattered into more pieces than before.

After a short break, 40 goblins appeared in the arena.

A new breed had also appeared. There were eight goblin bandits in black cloaks.

The moment the goblin bandits appeared, they disappeared.

As usual, Kane eliminated the sentries before quickly taking out his spear to help Clea.

She could only charge through the goblins now to avoid being surrounded.

However, charging would severely deplete her strength.

As Kane joined her, it greatly relieved her physical strength.

“Behind you!” Clea roared.

Without pausing to think, Kane swept behind. Three goblin bandits were swept up in the air and revealed themselves.

Meanwhile, five goblin bandits appeared on Clea’s side.

One of them managed to stab her in the back.

After Kane sent the bandit flying, he spat out spider silk with both hands to trap the few surviving goblins.

“Are you okay, Clea?” Kane asked when he saw that she had also killed a few bandits.

She flashed her back at Kane. The goblin bandit’s attack had only left a white mark on the armor on her back.

Casually killing the last few goblins, Kane looked at the hourglass in the sky.

Only a third of the sand had leaked out of the hourglass. Less than half.

After some thought, he suggested to Clea, “This can’t go on. Although these goblins are weak, many hands make light work.

More and more of the goblins are likely to injure us and slow down our clearing.”

“Have you come up with a good idea?” Since Kane had said so, there had to be a solution.

“I did think of a way. Come with me.”