Chapter 15. Dungeon Boss

“EMMA!” I shouted happily as I saw a blondie in the crowd as we approached the depth of the dungeon.

While Emma ended up in a different group, luckily for me, we were in the same dungeon and now that the 3 groups of 100 seem to have gathered, I was united with my blondie who I missed dearly.

“Interim sidekick, it was nice knowing you. You are now dismissed.” I said happily to Mia while I rushed to my Emma.

“Who the fuck are you?” I said in confusion as I reached the blondie who was definitely not Emma when I got closer.

Turning around just as confused, the new blondie got a cute face but was definitely not Emma. Now that I had a closer look, there was no way this could have been Emma. Her hair is like 3 tones lighter and while this one’s got quite a pretty face with blue eyes, Emma’s got a much sexier curve while this one is flatter than I am.

“Ken Emerarudo? Level 0?” The girl questioned, obviously decided to inspect me after I had mistaken her for my blondie.

“Sorry, wrong blondie. Didn’t think there were any blondies here so I thought you were mine.” I replied, while also deciding to inspect her. You don’t get to inspect me without me returning the favor.

“Annika Yal…. Nevermind. Well, goodbye.” I said after inspecting the blondie who was level 36.

Like do those motherfuckers even go to school? Without a super low exponents like Emma, even if they are at a .5, to get to those high levels, these girls must be grinding the dungeons all day and night. Is there an exponent between .25 and .5? Since I can’t gain level, I never paid attention to shit that only people who needed to level would care about.

“It’s Yaroslavna. How do you gain stats if you are level zero?” The blondie asked while having the audacity to grab me from leaving.

“Yea. Don’t care. Don’t wanna explain. Wrong blondie. I need to go find mine.” I replied while trying to get away so I could meet up with Emma before the final test.

“Why are you two following me?” I asked, as my ex-interim and the new blondie decided to both follow me while I looked through the crowd to locate my Emma.

“There you are Ken. I was looking all over for you.” I heard the familiar voice called out from behind.

“EMMA!” I turned around and hugged my blondie tightly.

“How did you think you did on the tests?” Emma asked as I rocked her back and forth with my hug.

“Not bad, I did the most damage and was able to tank physical damage like a boss. If anyone in my group deserved to pass, it would be me.” I replied confidently.

Finally letting her go, man it’s good that Albert isn’t around to ruin things. I bet that old piece of shit would freak if he saw me hugging Emma so passionate in front of this many people.

“Emma Lionheart. Why are you only level 36 when you have a .25 exponent?” Annika asked out of nowhere like she should be part of any conversation.

“I don’t care about leveling.” Emma answered casually.

Before I could monologue more, one of the instructors spoke up and I was forced to wait. Who the fuck does he think he is to talk over the protagonist?

“Behind this door, is the dungeon boss. Once he is defeated, your practical exams will officially be over. Everything you have done so far are being monitored and once the boss is defeated, are you free to leave. If you have been chosen for the interview process, you will receive communication at a later date.” The guy went on and on and I was ready to fall asleep.

Anyways, he told us for the final portion, we had to form parties of 2 to 6 and instead of getting graded on as individuals, we will be judged as the party.

Naturally, I was ready to register Emma and I but things didn’t go according to plan.

“You are really going to ditch your online bff who had your back on all those disputes you had over the years?” China girl asked when I tried to ditch her.

“You can’t guilt trip me! Go form a party with blondie jr here.” I snapped back.

“Who are you calling blondie jr? Why are you so offensive?” Blondie jr replied, like I care what she thinks.

“Sorry. Ken doesn’t have a filter. He will probably just make you mad so you should go find your own parties.” Emma commented obviously not wanting to share me and not because there is any truth in what she is saying.

I knew I was popular with girls! Emma must have just kept all the weaker low confident ones at bay and I am finally around some girls who aren’t afraid of her! Now I just need some other cutie to approach me!

Even when I am fully trying to stay as a party of two. Mia was way too persistent and after she brought up more and more times where she defended me against those trolls online. Even I, who is normally very set in my ways, could no longer refuse her desire to join my party. What can I say? I guess I am just a chick magnet.

Since blondie Jr kept following us and won’t leave us even when we registered our party, I decided to let her tag along as well since she is high leveled and I guess the chick magnet strikes again even though I am not at all attracted.

“So Jr, what class are you trying to be?” I asked. I think it might have been better to ask her first before letting her join our party. Oh well, she is level 36 so she couldn’t be weak.

“Tank. And we are not close enough for you to give me a nickname.” She retorted.

“It’s not a nickname, I am too lazy to say your name. Tank uh? Do you have high magic resist? Could actually be useful for the party since I’m only good at tanking physical damage.”

After confirming that she does have quite high resists for both physical and magical damage and even have quite a few useful skills for tanks. This thin blondie that looked nothing like your traditional tank could prove to be rather useful.

Finally, with everything set, we joined the rest of the parties into the final room after one of the instructors opened the dungeon door and we came face to face with a dungeon boss.

The first for Emma and I since we never bothered going for a dungeon clear and always focused on killing as many motherfuckers as quickly as possible. Besides, I doubt we are even strong enough for level E dungeon bosses. Those fuckers are supposedly much stronger than the normal monsters.

The dungeon boss happened to be a necromancer with the ability to infinitely summon skeletons and golems while doing this magic attack that sends out a bunch of ghosts and has a whopping one million HP! This motherfucker was juiced up!

“This is just a level C dungeon? How much hp does the motherfuckers have from level A or S dungeons?” I wondered after inspecting the motherfucker to see his hp and stats to figure out how we should approach this fight.

“Well. My dad recently finished a level S in China. It took all of the top people in his guild which included another elite 50. It took them 7 days to beat it and after running out of revive, 2 tanks and a support ended up dying. I know this is just an exam but we need to take the boss seriously.” China girl answered in a serious tone.

Ok ex-interim sidekick, I know it’s a serious matter and all, and you are trying your best with the limited abilities you have to answer my question. But I wanted to know how much fucking hp the high tier bosses have and you didn’t say shit about that!

Anyways, not like I will be able to enter level A dungeons anytime soon anyways. Guess it’s better to just focus on this motherfucker at hand.

The boss room was massive with the necromancer stationed in the dead center with all sorts of wires pumping who knows what into it and according to Mia who has had boss fighting experience. Unless a dungeon was about to fully mature and the creatures inside ready to escape into the real world, the boss will be stationary like this one and if the boss isn’t it’s time to hit the panic button.

Since the big fuck can’t move, our strategy is quite simple, blondie jr will be the main tank up front to protect me from any magic damage from the boss. I am the second tier tank to protect my Emma and China girl from the skeleton and golems it summons since they do physical damage and I own those motherfuckers with my physical defense and luck. Emma will be doing all of the buffing with protection, healing, speed boost, damage boost, etc,etc and China girl will be our main damage dealer trying to hit the boss with max damage abilities while I will provide secondary damage.

Once every party was registered and entered the boss room, one of the instructors engaged the necromancer. Unlike regular dungeon monsters that wandered around the dungeon and will attack anything that gets within their hostile range. The boss will remain neutral until someone activates the fight and after the instructor does just that, the door behind the group suddenly closes shut and until the boss is eliminated or everyone inside dies, no one shall leave this room.