Alantina Online: The Greatest Sword Mage Reborn As A Weak NPC

"I am not sure, to be honest." Vance had never thought about this because it was supposed to just be a monster, but what was the true form of a mimic? This was a question he really could not answer.

"Maybe it is some kind of slime with a special ability to take on the form of whatever it has consumed?" Alice was just throwing any old idea she could think of out there. But in truth, there was no way of knowing just what a mimic was.

"Could be. It also could be some kind of parasite. Who knows." Vance sighed as he looked around the room once more and motioned for the girls to stay put. He used his sword to press on the bricks on the floor just in case there were any traps. When he got to the chest, he knelt down and opened it while holding his breath. Luckily this room did not seem like a double trap room. He looked inside the chest to see a set of armlets. They gave both strength and intelligence.

[Superior Forged Iron Armlets.]

[Rarity: Uncommon]

[+ 10 Defense]

[+5 Strength]

[+5 Intelligence]

Vance did not hesitate to equip them. But just before he was about to stand up, he spotted a shiny object at the bottom of the chest. He reached in and picked it up.

[Acquired God Coin]

[God System Activated]

[Notice Due to evolution restrictions, God System will be deactivated. User must be of demi god evolution or higher.]

[Notice: User can still collect God Coins to use when the user meets requirements. God Coins can only be found within dungeons and raids.]

Vance was already used to seeing strange systems he did not have before. So seeing this new one was not as surprising. He looked at the coin turning into balls of light in his hand, and sighed. He was still very far from evolving into a demi god.

Vance walked out of the room and showed his new arm guards. "They add strength and intelligence."

"Oo! Perfect!" Alice smiled. She was happy Vance got a bit more armor.

"It does have a strange carving on it though…. Is that a birdgoon? Maybe an insect?" Sally rubbed her chin as she stared at the horrible engraving that was done on the armlets.

"Looks don't matter as long as it gives bonuses. I mean, it could have been a dick cap, and I would have worn it." Vance joked but only got strange looks from the girls. He shrugged, and the group continued through the dungeon.

They went through many twists and turns and arrived at many dead ends, but there were no more treasure chests that they could find. Vance, even while he was fighting, was thinking about the god coin he found. He never found them in his past life so he did not know what they were used for. It was part of some system thing, so he wondered if it was like the NPC shop in a way. But if it was, why the name god coin? He had many questions circulating through his mind while fighting monsters.

Before he knew it, they had reached a rest area on the floor. "Vance, why is this floor so big compared to the last?"

"It depends on the floor. I think the last level was smaller due to the unique elite. But this floor is much bigger since there are only trash mobs and the boss room." Vance answered. He knew sometimes, based on the type of monsters on a floor, that a floor would be smaller than normal.

"Oh… I do hope this is the last floor with spidragoons on it, but then again, after staring at them and killing them for the past few hours, I have gotten used to looking at them, but they still give me the jitters." Alice sighed as she lay down on the floor with her arms and legs spread out. "We only just started, and I already miss the sunlight."

"Don't worry. While it might not be the actual sun, there is a floor in this dungeon that has a fake sky." Vance answered without much thought. When he said this, though, he really wished he had not. Because the questioning gazes were piercing into him. The girl's gazes were like knives slowly sawing into him.

By this time, the group had already gained another 2 levels. Vance was actually quite confused as to why they were leveling so fast. It really did not make any sense to him. But he hoped it would continue like this. He checked everything from his rested experience to his status ailments to see if there was some kind of buff, but he found nothing. He wondered if this was because NPCs did not level as players did.

[Name]: Vance

[Age]: 20

[Level]: 31

[Race]: Human

[Evolution]: Common Mortal

[HP]: 1560/1560

[MP]: 190/190

[Attack Power]: 520(1320)

[Magic Power]: 600 (890)

[Status Points]: 25

[Strength]: 52 (132)

[Vitality]: 21 (156)

[Intelligence]: 60 (89)

[Mind]: 19

[Agility]: 7(57)

[Quest Points]: 180

[God Coins]: 1

[Skill Points]: 40

[Skills]

[Skinning (LVL 3)] [Fireball(LVL 2)] [Alchemy (LVL 3)] [Foraging (LVL 3)] [Minor Heal(LVL 2)] [Earth Wall(LVL 1)] [Minor Taunt(LVL 3)] [Spell Blade(LVL 1)] [Rain(LVL 1)]

[Titles]

[Natural Mage]  [Hero Of The Night]

While he did gain quite a bit of experience so far on this second level of the dungeon, the amount of experience had been slowly going down. He was sure the girls were still getting about the same experience, but if things kept going like this, then they would out level the dungeon in no time.

After thinking for a while, Vance decided it would probably be best to just power through the trash mobs and get to the bosses in hopes for decent drops. "We will no longer clear the floors for the time being. We are out leveling the dungeon quickly. We need to get some decent gear before we leave this place. So we will kill to the bosses and make our way down to the last floor before leaving."

"Sounds good to me!" Alice agreed readily she was already starting to get sick of the scenery here.

"Alright, then we will continue forward then after we get some sleep," Vance announced. That night the tent shook like no tomorrow before finally quieting down.

When they reached the boss room, Alice freaked out when she saw the massive spidragoon boss. It was probably the best DPS she has done yet so far. She rained down arrows and ice spears on thirty small spidragoons and its boss like crazy. The bosses died so much faster than the first one.

Sadly they only got about half a level from the boss experience. But for drops, there was some leather armor for Sally and another dagger. And plenty of crafting materials. The group continued flowing through the dungeon floor after floor. By the time they got to the fifth floor, Alice and Sally both caught up to Vance in levels. They were all now Level 32.  Vance dumped all his status points into Mind, raising it from 19 to 49.

He still needed to raise his agility in the next few levels in order to be at an optimal range. HIs current attributes looked like so…

[Strength]: 52 (132)

[Vitality]: 21 (156)

[Intelligence]: 60 (89)

[Mind]: 49

[Agility]: 7(57)

By upping his agility, he will be faster and will be able to dodge better. This was very important to Vance as someone who wanted to become a sword mage and even much more so as he was the only tank in the team. Even though they were rushing, they were still moving at a slower pace than he would have solo. That was because he was training the girls to fight more efficiently against monsters. Being taught in the confines of the castle is one thing, but field experience is the best way to really get a hang of one's strengths. So many of the battles, Vance would only tank while the other two would handle the dirty work. He was teaching Sally how to be an oof healer while she dealt DPS and Alice how to be a healer while being an off DPS.

So far, things have been going smoothly. Vance only really fought during the bosses, and that was it. But these girls learned fast and could take down the monsters quickly without much direction now. Even during boss fights, Vance could yell out a few commands, and they would follow them without question. No words were needed from the others.

But now they were staring at a real boss room. The massive metal doors with grim reaper looking carvings on them stared down at Vance as if he was nothing but a tiny ant. Vance sat down with the girls to the side of the boss room door. "Okay, this next boss is the real deal. From what I know, this boss will have a randomized attack rotation. But they are no different from what we have fought so far. Just remember the different boss attacks and act accordingly. Of course, I will also be shouting out orders so just listen and quickly do as instructed. "