Fang Xinhan walked with a stone sword in his hand, cautiously looking around.
Spiders would appear from time to time, but Fang Xinhan quickly dealt with them using his stone sword. He checked the time on his panel.
〈10:15〉
“Only 10 minutes left? Looks like I need to pick up the pace.”
Fang Xinhan estimated the time, then took out the enchanted wooden sword with the 'Arthropod Killer' enchantment he had won from the lottery.
Soon after, Fang Xinhan noticed a boss health bar appear above him.
【Ghost-Faced Poison Spider HP: 200/200】
“Two hundred HP, huh? I probably won’t need to transform into Tiga.”
Fang Xinhan let out a long breath. After all, transforming into Tiga was his trump card, and if even his trump card couldn't help, he would only be able to run or wait for death.
Fang Xinhan stealthily made his way to the deepest part of the forest, where he saw a giant spider as large as a car, with a hideous face and fangs filling its mouth. It was currently resting with its eyes closed.
“My goodness, it’s so big!”
Fang Xinhan couldn't help but gasp. Just looking at this thing made his sanity drop rapidly.
Fang Xinhan took a deep breath, grabbed both swords, and quietly walked behind the Ghost-Faced Poison Spider. He then fiercely slashed at its rear.
“Clang~”
The stone sword landed on the Ghost-Faced Poison Spider, but it didn't lose even a single drop of blood. When the enchanted wooden sword landed on it, the sound of blades cutting into flesh could be heard.
【-5.5】
【-7.5】
The Ghost-Faced Poison Spider was sleeping when someone suddenly scratched its butt. It didn't pay much attention, but then a long, large object struck its butt, causing immense pain.
“Hiss~”
That was the sound the Ghost-Faced Poison Spider made in pain, but its usually quick-reacting body was now very slow. It didn't understand why this was happening.
Fang Xinhan: MC mechanics, kid.
Although the Ghost-Faced Poison Spider wanted to turn around quickly, it couldn't. The Slowness IV effect granted by 'Arthropod Killer' was no joke.
And so, the boss-level monster, which should have been extremely ferocious, could only endure Fang Xinhan's frantic attacks from behind.
However, the Ghost-Faced Poison Spider was a boss after all. It quickly adapted to the damage Fang Xinhan was inflicting. Gradually, when the Ghost-Faced Poison Spider's health bar dropped to one-third, the damage caused by the enchanted wooden sword became negligible.
With a 'bang', the wooden sword in Fang Xinhan's hand disappeared. Fang Xinhan immediately felt something was wrong and quickly distanced himself from the Ghost-Faced Poison Spider.
“Tsk, the wooden sword's durability is too low. Otherwise, I would have scraped it to death, even if it was just a slow grind.”
After retreating to a suitable distance, Fang Xinhan glanced at the countdown.
〈4:39〉
“Four and a half minutes left? I wonder if I can clear this without taking damage.”
Fang Xinhan began kiting.
At this moment, in the corresponding forest in the real world, several small teams were on high alert. Among them were players, but more were ordinary people, and Fang Nuannuan was one of the players.
“Team Leader, the test results are out. This fluctuation isn't very large, so it should be a beginner dungeon. However, this fluctuation is a bit higher than previous beginner dungeons we've seen. After the examiner's assessment, the chance of a newcomer clearing it is only 5%.”
A team member ran over and reported to Fang Nuannuan.
Fang Nuannuan also felt that this dungeon was a bit off. Generally speaking, dungeons were inner worlds projected from the real world, and most dungeons would set the time and place where the person appeared.
But this time it was in the forest. Of course, it didn't rule out someone wanting to go camping, but it hadn't been long since it rained, and the roads were still wet. How could anyone still come here?
With a myriad of thoughts, Fang Nuannuan decided... to send a message to Fang Xinhan.
【My dear younger brother, are you home yet?】
One minute passed, no reply. Five minutes passed, no reply.
“Strange? He usually replies very quickly, doesn't he?”
Suddenly, a possibility occurred to Fang Nuannuan. So, Fang Nuannuan called Fang Xinhan.
Half a minute passed, no one answered. Fang Nuannuan's suspicion seemed to be further confirmed.
“No... don't be. He must have been busy and couldn't answer.”
Fang Nuannuan didn't notice her heart beating very fast.
Fang Nuannuan looked at the dungeon location surrounded by various teams in front of her. She just wanted the monsters in the dungeon to come out quickly so she could deal with them directly, then rush home to see her younger brother.
Finally, a few more minutes passed, and the dungeon automatically closed.
At this moment, Fang Nuannuan's phone rang, displaying Fang Xinhan's phone number.
“Hello? Older Sister, why did you call me just now?”
“Oh, you killed the boss?”
“What boss? I was just taking a shower; my phone was outside, so I didn't hear you call. What happened?”
“Nothing, wrong number.”
“All those calls were wrong numbers? Older Sister, are you hiding something from me?”
Fang Nuannuan was about to explain when she suddenly realized something was off. Why would Fang Xinhan take a shower as soon as he got home?
Something was wrong, very wrong.
“You took a shower right after coming home? Don't tell me you sweated too much in PE class; you don't have PE today.”
Fang Xinhan on the other end of the phone was also startled.
'Damn it! I was careless.'
Fang Xinhan hadn't expected his Older Sister to keep track of his class schedule.
“Of course, I don't have PE class. It's almost the college entrance exam, so all PE classes have been changed to self-study.
I took a shower because I accidentally spilled ink on myself. I originally just wanted to wash my clothes, but once I was in the bathroom, I thought, since I'm already here, I might as well take a shower.”
Luckily, Fang Xinhan had a backup plan, otherwise, he would have been interrogated by his Older Sister today.
“Was I overthinking it?”
Fang Nuannuan couldn't help but wonder if she was too nervous.
“If there's nothing else, I'm hanging up. Phone bills cost money too.”
Fang Xinhan hung up the phone, his heart pounding.
“That was close, I almost exposed myself.”
Fang Xinhan pressed his hand to his chest and slid to the floor.
“I can't expose myself now, otherwise, Older Sister will definitely protect me everywhere. Judging by Older Sister's attitude, she's probably joined an official organization. In that case, I'd be forced to live off her. No, even if I have to expose myself, I need to have enough strength first.”
Two minutes ago.
Fang Xinhan had been kiting the Ghost-Faced Poison Spider, running frantically in front.
The Ghost-Faced Poison Spider chased him wildly. Finally, Fang Xinhan waited for the countdown to hit zero, but an unexpected event occurred.
〈0:01〉
〈0:00〉
〈Countdown ended, please exit the dungeon after disengaging from combat.〉
“You motherf*cker $&"!~...”
So Fang Xinhan began to curse. You didn't say that when the dungeon opened!
But then Fang Xinhan stopped and charged towards the Ghost-Faced Poison Spider.
At this moment, the Ghost-Faced Poison Spider's health bar had only a sliver left. Fang Xinhan had no weapons left; he had used them all up while kiting and had even enraged the Ghost-Faced Poison Spider.
Now, the Ghost-Faced Poison Spider and Fang Xinhan were running towards each other (literally).
When Fang Xinhan was not far from the Ghost-Faced Poison Spider, he made a leap, and at the same time, an item appeared in his hand—a Spark Lens.
“Taste my Spark Lens Skull Crush! You bastard!”
Fang Xinhan slammed the Spark Lens heavily on the Ghost-Faced Poison Spider's forehead, instantly clearing its health bar.
〈Congratulations, Player 'Xin Bu Re', you have defeated the Novice Dungeon boss.〉
〈Calculating rewards for you, please exit the dungeon first.〉
Fang Xinhan walked to the Ghost-Faced Poison Spider's corpse and picked up the Spark Lens. Immediately, the Ghost-Faced Poison Spider's corpse disappeared, and a pile of items burst out.
Fang Xinhan had just picked them up and hadn't had time to examine them when he was sent out of the dungeon, then returned to the entrance of his residential area, and then to the present situation.
(PS: Everyone can offer suggestions, and I can adopt some.) (*˘︶˘*).｡.:*♡