Alan and the party killed 2 more orcs. Ruo Si leveled up to level 7. They were now at the place Alan had seen the mushrooms.
He had picked them dry previously so they checked nearby areas. Such mushrooms grow fast in their suitable environment so they found them in no time.
After collecting enough as per Alan's plan they set off for the camp. The orcs will be brawling it out for the position of boss so it was a good opportunity.
After they reached a good distance from the camp Alan distributed the gas masks he brought for this occasion.
He had also brought some cheap practice arrows for this task, so he would not wanted to waste time searching for his arrows.
He as per plan smoked out the orc camp, and after waiting for a while they marched into the camp. They effortlessly took out one orc after another.
Arun reached level 10 in no time. Ruo Si also reached level 9 and was about to break through to level 10.
They cleared the drugged orcs in no time and cleared the camp. The entire team is now maxed out at level 10.
Unfortunately the boss was not selected so they did not get to kill the boss.
They one by one picked up the coins and distributed them equally.
"I didn't know leveling up would be this easy." Ruo Si said. She grinned ear to ear looking at her panel.
"As long as you use good strategies and slay powerful opponents, leveling up will be as easy as this." Alan replied as he checked the time they had spent nearly one and half hours after they entered the dungeon.
All of them nodded when they heard this.
"Alright, let's head to the tier 1 area"
They then departed from the camp towards the tier 1 area marked on the map.
They soon reached the edge of the area that seperated tier 1 territory from tier 0.
Alan looked at his panel and decided to put all his free attributes to spirit. He suddenly felt very clear headed when the spirit went up by so many points suddenly.
"So remember the plan. Each monster here at tier 1 area may be low levelled in tier 1. But their strength is comparable to a tier 0 boss." Alan said.
Alan discussed the battle battle formation and setted foot into the tier 1 area. Everyone felt a chill go down their spine when they set foot into the area.
This was one of the special effects provided by the dungeon to warn the low level players from setting foot into a high leveled area.
Soon they all recovered and walked forward in search of prey. They found their first prey soon enough.
It was cotton wooled sheep. They were a group of 6. In tier 1 area those monsters that formed a pack were those relatively weak ones. Butbthey are still powerful compared to tier 0 ones.
"Alan, I remember reading about them. Their wools are extremely resistant to physical damage. But it is a big fire hazard. So your fireball skill will be effective against them." Ann said as she observed the sheep.
"Okay" Alan said as he kept his bow away.
"Also they might run into you after they are engulfed in fire" Ann warned.
"Kane you're up, Ruo Si focus your healing spells on Kane, Arun protect Ruo Si and Ann standby" Alan instructed.
They formed their planned battle formation. The sheeps detected them as soon as they came in range.
As they detected the threat they all grouped together tightly and formed like a cotton ball. This will negate all the melee attacks directed at them, unfortunately they are weak against fire elemental attacks.
Alan shot a fireball into the group. They were set on fire immediately. Soon their health started falling down like crazy.
They started acting like crazy. With their body on fire they realised they were at a big disadvantage. They ran after them trying to take them down with them.
The group formed a defensive formation.
Kane used taunt and all the sheep focussed their attention on him. Ruo Si focussed her healing on Kane, while others barraged the sheep with ranged attacks.
After a few minutes of struggle they took down their first tier 1 prey. Each dropped 4 attribute stones and a few origin stones on the side.
As for loot distribution each first got 4 stones each. Then the remaining 4 were split among Kane and Ruo Si as they did the most work.
"Alright this time we were lucky and got easy prey. But we won't be lucky all the time so recover quickly. We still have a long day ahead." Ann warned so they would not get complacent.
Everyone nodded and took out recovery potions.
After recovery Alan took out the map and looked at each area marked on the map.
"What do you all think of the fire apes?" Kane asked looking at the map.
"No no no… not the apes" Arun replied with horror. He kept having flashbacks about the time he was chased by those gorillas. If it were those tier 0 gorillas he might consider taking revenge. But tier 1 apes were entirely different things.
The apes were strong asf. And if they encounter trouble they would send out signals after which a bunch of them would come swarming. No matter if it is a gorilla or any other monkeys. Their behaviour is more or less the same.
Arun shared his experience about the gorillas and everyone decided to avoid that area for now.
They chose the earth turtle territory. Earth turtles had a very high defence, their only weak point is their neck which is very soft. They will retract their neck as soon as they spot any threats.
So you have to be quick. And Arun being the assassin class is a good match for these beasts.
"We will be relying on you." Alan said to Arun.
"Leave it to me" replied Arun.
As they marched to the area Alan maxed out his spirit attribute to 50. And he put the remaining one attribute to agility.
The area where they are found is somewhat hilly so they had to do some climbing. Soon, they found one. It was munching on the berries on the shrubs.
As per plan Arun snuck up on the turtle. His special boots negated the sounds. When he got into a specific distance from the turtle Arun bursted out with his full speed and cut off the head in one smooth motion.
Critical hit and death with one shot. The soft necks offered little to no resistance for those daggers.
"Why is this turtle like this? It got an unbreakable shell but got a soft and fragile neck like this" Kane complained. This was supposed to be a tier 1 area, it should not be this easy.
Well it was thanks to Arun's agility and well timed attack but he expected it to go down with a fight.
"Everything is easy as long as you find an effective weak point and strike it right" Alan replied
This was one of the things his brother taught him.
They got 6 stones this time Arun got 3. The rest 3 will be equally split among the rest once it is accumulated enough.
They then went out searching for the turtles.
(End of chapter)
[
Name: Alan Cross
Age: 16 [78]
Talent: gold
Class: none
Tier: 0
Level: 10 (-/-)
(Stats)
Strength: 25
Agility: 40
Physique: 25
Spirit: 50
Free attribute points: 0
HP: 250
MP: 500
(Elemental mastery)
Fire element: 9%
(Skills)
Active: [F]: fireball
Passive: bow mastery-basic (32%)
]