The walls of the town were nice. They were made of dark grey stone with moss and vines growing up the sides. Nemesis sighed and began the long walk to the dungeon inside the town. The forest was not a good place to level up after all. Maybe she had been expecting to find only slimes in the forest but the encounter with the goblins had shown her otherwise. On the way to the dungeon Nemesis stopped by the item shop and bought a escape rope with all of the money. She did not want to lose another point of experience even if she had to spend all of her money to keep it.

Nemesis had already formed a plan to ensure that she could safely gain experience points, it was quite simple really. The plan was to enter the first floor, kill as many lonely rats as possible, and then get the hell out and reset the floor. Then all that was left to do was to rinse and repeat until she could stomp other players into the ground.

As she approached the dungeon Nemesis saw that there were several Player groups that were around the entrance talking. Guy took a deep breath and channeled his role playing spirit. Nemesis confidently approached the dank dungeon entrance with swagger extruding from her cloaked body. Her heels clicked and clacked on the cobbled floor as she walked toward the entrance of the Dungeon and walked down the stairs like she was out to get groceries. She had gotten a few glances from some of the groups but nothing more. Those few moments were enough to stoke her role playing spirit as she continued down the steps for another few seconds.

Nemesis finally reached the first floor of the dungeon and carefully observed her soundings for any lone rats. After spending a good thirty seconds counting all the rats she chose to go after a group of two that were in a corner that was mostly empty. She spent another thirty seconds carefully and quietly making her way over to the monsters. Once she was close enough Nemesis mentally prepared herself for the two verses one that was about to happen. She cast (Lesser) Weaken I on both Rats and immediately started to beat up the rat closest to her.

You cast (Lesser) Weaken I on Rat Lv1! Rat Lv1 has -4Hp for 13 seconds! You cast (Lesser) Weaken I on Rat Lv1! Rat Lv1 has -4Hp for 13 seconds!

Nemesis curb stomped the closest Rat so fast and hard that it died in less than a second and a half.

Rat Lv1 was killed!

+20xp

Rat Lv1 was killed!

+2xp

The second rat leapt into the air with its claws drawn. Nemesis dropped to the floor and narrowly dodged the rats air-born tail attack.

Nemesis swiftly got onto her feet to counter attack the rat which had turned around upon landing only to see her heels drive into its eyes.

After a few more kicks the second rat was dead and Nemesis received the experience notifications.

Rat Lv1 was killed!

+20xp

Rat Lv1 was killed!

+2xp

Nemesis headed back to the surface and viewed her status.

Name: Nemesis El-degon

Dark Human

Hexigation 1 (4/100)

Level 2

(HP) 13/13

(Sp) 10/47

Mp 13/34

Agi 2(+4)

Pow 2(+4)

Dex 2(+4)

Wis 16(+4)

Knw 16(+4)

Faith 2(+4)

Create 4(+4)

(+0) Status Points

Armor

-Rookie Robes(White)

-Rookie Leggings(White)

-Rookie Boots(White)

Weapons

-Hex Gauntlets(White)

Skills

-Lesser Weaken Curse I

-(Select)

-(Select)

-(Select)

-(Select)

Inventory

-0 Mon

-Escape Rope(x1)

Nemesis wanted to screech out with joy at the top of her lungs! She finally obtained some experience points without getting herself killed! She had actually progressed (however small) in the game and could continue to level like a normal person. Like a normal player...

Nemesis took a deep breath to calm herself and went back into the dungeon to repeat her last victory. She did not waiting for the dungeon to reset of course. Luckily, that did not stop her from hunting another two rats and escaping to the surface once more to regenerate her mana and stamina. With her confidence back she continued to hunt down the rats that were in smaller groups nearly dying at moments ,but it was all worth it when she leveled up. When she finally reached the surface Nemesis immediately checked her status.

Name: Nemesis El-degon

Dark Human

Hexigation 1 (12/100)

Level 3

(HP) 13/15

(Sp) 12/51

Mp 15/36

Agi 3(+4)

Pow 3(+4)

Dex 3(+4)

Wis 17(+4)

Knw 17(+4)

Faith 3(+4)

Create 5(+4)

(+10) Status Points

Armor

-Rookie Robes(White)

-Rookie Leggings(White)

-Rookie Boots(White)

Weapons

-Hex Gauntlets(White)

Skills

-Lesser Weaken Curse I

-(Select)

-(Select)

-(Select)

-(Select)

Inventory

-0 Mon

-Escape Rope(x1)

Nemesis split her newly earned status points between Knw and Wis. She hoped that specializing harder into magic would help with her generally underpower-ness. Her new status looked like this:

Name: Nemesis El-degon

Dark Human

Hexigation 1 (12/100)

Level 3

(HP) 15/15

(Sp) 17/59

Mp 20/44

Agi 3(+4)

Pow 3(+4)

Dex 3(+4)

Wis 22(+4)

Knw 22(+4)

Faith 3(+4)

Create 5(+4)

(+0) Status Points

Armor

-Rookie Robes(White)

-Rookie Leggings(White)

-Rookie Boots(White)

Weapons

-Hex Gauntlets(White)

Skills

-Lesser Weaken Curse I

-(Select)

-(Select)

-(Select)

-(Select)

Inventory

-0 Mon

-Escape Rope(x1)

Nemesis waited another few minutes for her Mp and Sp to regenerate before heading back into the dungeon to test her new stats. Nemesis noticed as she was headed down into the dungeon was the speed and stability at which she walked had increased slightly. She made her way to the bottom of the stairs and counted the remaining rats in the room which was quite easy as all of them were together in a large-ish group. Right where the stairs to the next level were four rats stood together in a single row all facing toward her.

Nemesis cast her spells on all the rats in quick succession.

You cast (Lesser) Weaken I on Rat Lv1! Rat Lv1 has -5Hp for 16 seconds! You cast (Lesser) Weaken I on Rat Lv1! Rat Lv1 has -5Hp for 16 seconds! You cast (Lesser) Weaken I on Rat Lv1! Rat Lv1 has -5Hp for 16 seconds! You cast (Lesser) Weaken I on Rat Lv1! Rat Lv1 has -5Hp for 16 seconds!

The middle left rat leapt at her, it's jaw gaping open.

Nemesis caught the rat with her hands and held it by the mouth.

Rat Lv1 bit You! -5Hp

In the mean time, the rats that were on the outside of their formation went behind her. The other center rat soon boulderer toward her and hastily attacked Nemesis.

With a burst of speed Nemesis swung the rat that she was holding to take the blow for her. Her make shift shield died and slipped out of her hands.

Rat Lv1 was killed!

+20xp

Rat Lv1 was killed!

+2xp

Keeping her momentum at a high she kicked the rat in front of her which caused it to collapse.

You kicked Rat Lv 1! Rat Lv 1 lost -5Hp! Rat Lv1 was killed!

+20xp

Rat Lv1 was killed!

+2xp

Nemesis head a scuffle behind her and dropped to the floor kicking her feet behind her.

One rat flew over her head and Nemesis felt her feet hit something.

You kicked Rat Lv 1! Rat Lv 1 lost -5Hp! Rat Lv1 was killed!

+20xp

Rat Lv1 was killed!

+2xp

'

That was three.' Nemesis counted in her head. The rat that leap over her was the last one in the room.

Nemesis got up from the floor and ran at the remaining rat that had just recovered from its jump.

The rat prepped for another jump as she close the distance. Once Nemesis was in range the rat leapt from the ground and opened its mouth readying to unleash its devastating bite.

Nemesis wouldn't let this happen as she ducked underneath the rat and gripped its tail.

The sudden stop for the rat caused it to slam into the ground ,but the weight of the rat changed Nemesis's Center of Gravity to much causing her to fall to the floor to.

Rat Lv 1 tackled You! -6Hp

Knowing that her health was low Nemesis hopped onto the rat and began to beat it to a pulp.

After three punches she got the notifications that the Rat died.

You punched Rat Lv 1!(x3) Rat Lv 1 lost -3Hp! Rat Lv1 was killed!

+20xp

Rat Lv1 was killed!

+2xp

Level Up!

Nemesis collapsed to the floor and closed her eyes in rest. She breathed out only a single word.

"Yes..."