Reaper's Resurgence - Book 1 - Chapter 43 - A Race to the Finish (Patreon)

Last one I have written right now. You'll probably start getting them more frequently since I'm planning on posting the story soonish to Royal Road. Although at the same time, it won't be free to read these chapters on my Patreon anymore after that. You'll have to be a patron once the story starts going to Royal Road as these will be advanced chapters.

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                                    In a Dungeon in Tutorial Block #1

Lucas indifferently swipes his blade to the side, sending all of the green blood off of it from the green ogre he had just slain. The hidden boss of the dungeon. Then he moves over to the loot box and grabs his prize, a brand new sword. One that he immediately uses to replace the basic sword he has been using since the start of the Reset, tossing away that old sword without so much as a second glance.

Then he turns around and leaves the cavern lit up by lava before making his way towards the final boss area. A large, metal vault door stationed in the side of a massive cliff connected to a mountainside. One covered in greenery that contrasts with the lava from the hidden boss’s area he had cleared.

After making it to the vault he stares at it for a few seconds, only to check the leaderboards once more.

[#1 Alexia Knight – 1952 points]

[#2 Lucas Nightshade – 1744 points]

[#3 Leif Eriksson – 1629 points]

[#4 Aurora Frost – 1629 points]

[#5 Isabella d'Aragon – 1599 points]

[#6 Leonidas Silver – 1584 points]

[#7 Alexander Frost – 1499 points]

[#8 Noah Kowalski – 1488 points]

[#9 Nathan Briar – 1398 points]

[#10 Damien Black – 1285 points]

The girl got more points than me even after I cleared a hidden area…

Lucas shakes his head, clearing the thought from his mind.

No. I will clear the dungeon first and get that Legendary Feat. It has to be me.

So he reaches forwards and touches the large vault, making the door begin inching open inwards toward the mountain.

I will become the strongest once more, and I will find her. The love of my life.

His fists clench a little before he lets out a breath and walks into the vault, the door closing behind him to find a System Message greeting him.

[You have entered the Tier 1 Dungeon Goblin Mountain’s Final Boss Room. The King’s Lair.]

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                                            In a Dungeon in Tutorial Block #2

Aurora waves her hand, creating a large wall of ice that blocks the attacks of the last kobold warrior in the massive fortress. Then she uses her Icicle Spear skill to send two large icicles straight at the monster, impaling it through the chest and the head before she turns around and begins walking towards the end of the throne room she just finished clearing with that last kobold.

And more importantly, towards the large trapdoor that is in the place of the throne. A throne that is currently tossed to the side, revealing the entrance to the final boss area of her dungeon.

When she reaches the trapdoor, she simply kicks it open with her bow drawn and pointed directly at it and her quiver over her shoulder. Then she relaxes the string a little and opens the leaderboards.

Looks like I caught up to him again. Now let’s see if I can’t pass him. And maybe I might be able to steal that first dungeon clear of the System Reset away from the Beast and the mystery girl.

Aurora can’t help but grin at the thought before she jumps down into the trapdoor. Into the final boss area of the dungeon where she is greeted with a System Message.

[You have entered the Tier 1 Dungeon Molten Volcano’s Final Boss Room. The Crest.]

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                                      In a different Dungeon in Tutorial Block #2

Leif Eriksson, the former King of Arcadia, walks through the halls of the medieval style dungeon just like what one would see beneath a castle that is the dungeon he was left stuck in for the Reset, simply ignoring all of the traps as the arrows and darts ping off of his armor – armor he had obtained from a hidden area boss that suits his holy element perfectly. It isn’t until he comes across a large door at the very end of the corridor that he had briefly wondered whether had an end or not that he stops to open the leaderboards.

But after opening it, he simply shakes his head very lightly and closes it again before reaching for the door to the final boss area.

A legendary feat would be nice to start things off.

And with that thought, he opens the door and enters the final boss area, finding the System Message appearing in his vision.

[You have entered the Tier 1 Dungeon Undead Labyrinth’ Final Boss Room. The Hall of the Dead.]

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                                                                      Alexia

I stare at the rift in space making up the boss area before breathing in deeply once and letting it out. Then I swipe my polearm straight at it, once again cutting open the rift. But this time I step through the opened rift instead of immediately backing out like I did the last time.

[You have entered the Tier 1 Dungeon Crawling Cavern’s Final Boss Room. The Nest of Night.]

Since I know how final boss rooms always work, I immediately summon my polearm and sprint straight through the opening stretch of it. But no traps are set off, and I don’t find any monsters, meaning this is a single boss final boss room.

Which I don’t think I like but will at least make this go faster.

Generally the final boss rooms are set up in two different categories. Ones like this one where there aren’t any monsters or traps at the start and it just leads to a single boss, and ones where there are monsters and traps at the very beginning of the area with a slightly weaker boss that relies on its minions at the end.

Which one I need right now would probably be the one with the minions, strictly because it would’ve let me level up and close the gap between me and the boss. But since I am in a bit of a hurry to finish the dungeon since I don’t know how far the other Legendary Feat holders are in their dungeons, and I want to make it back to Astrid as fast as I can, this might actually be the better option in the end. Even if it’s more risky.

Not that I have a choice.

I slow down before making it to a wide open cavern with a spring in the middle of it, and a small geyser of water at the center of that. Pure, clean water.

The spring identifies the exact same as the pond I had seen before in terms of its benefits, so I quickly jump in to heal my remaining soul. Then, after I finish refilling my soul, I get back out and head straight for the tunnel on the other side of the cavern.

The tunnel that will lead me to the final boss of this dungeon.

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