Three hours later, Takeru awoke once more. Checking the time, he smiled with satisfaction.
Clearly, he had made the right choice. Although he had only rested for three hours, Takeru felt as if he had experienced ten hours of deep sleep. His mind was now incredibly sharp and refreshed.
Leaving the inn, Takeru headed straight for a potion shop. Inquiring about the price of Health Recovery Potions, he found they cost 500G per bottle.
Without hesitation, Takeru used all his remaining gold to purchase potions...
Carrying a full two hundred Health Recovery Potions, and after asking for directions to the Poison Dragon Labyrinth, Takeru set off once again.
The Poison Dragon Labyrinth was located to the east, directly opposite the forest he had been in before...
Along the way, Takeru traversed a vast plain until he reached the entrance of the labyrinth: a peculiar cave...
Upon entering, Takeru immediately noticed the entire maze was filled with a green mist, akin to poisonous gas. Unsure if this mist had negative debuffs, but thanks to his Intermediate Poison Resistance, Takeru found himself completely unaffected.
Moving forward, he soon encountered a group of slimes. Seeing the not-so-cute slimes, Takeru raised his novice shield and slammed it down, quickly eliminating them all.
Since his level was already 20, Takeru didn't gain any experience from them, but he didn't mind and continued onward...
As he pressed deeper, Takeru encountered many unique monsters. However, under his ultra high defense and Shield Bash attacks, they all turned into experience and provided a fair amount of gold...
Pushing forward steadily, Takeru soon came upon a massive wooden door. Without hesitation, he pushed it open and entered...
As he stepped inside, the door closed automatically behind him. Before Takeru stood the final boss of the Poison Dragon Labyrinth: a three-headed purple Poison Dragon!
Its colossal size made Takeru's figure seem insignificant in comparison.
Seeing Takeru, the Poison Dragon showed no intention of friendly interaction. All three heads immediately unleashed terrifying streams of venom towards him...
Witnessing this, Takeru quickly moved his shield to the side, knowing full well his novice shield couldn't withstand the corrosive poison.
The novice shield, after all, still provided him with 28 points of defense, which was crucial.
Soon, Takeru was completely drenched in the venom. Watching his HP continuously drop, he swiftly retrieved a Health Recovery Potion...
When his health dropped to a critical point, he quickly used the potion, and the red health bar filled up again.
Seeing that Takeru survived its venom baptism, the Poison Dragon gathered its strength and unleashed another torrent of deadly poison...
Takeru produced another recovery potion, pulling his health back from the brink once more. This cycle repeated for several rounds until Takeru's Poison Resistance evolved into [Advanced]...
With Advanced Poison Resistance, his HP loss slowed even further. After enduring the Poison Dragon's relentless efforts and consuming another 10 recovery potions, Takeru's resistance finally evolved into [Poison Immunity]...
Seeing that the Poison Dragon's venom now caused him no harm, Takeru allowed himself a smile.
Next, it was time to emulate a certain lucky protagonist. Takeru bared his clean, neat teeth, charged directly under the Poison Dragon, and began biting down hard.
With each bite, chunks of flesh were torn from the dragon, inflicting significant damage. The bitten areas glowed with a purple light...
This was just the beginning. Relieved to see it was effective, Takeru took a breath and continued his relentless biting attacks.
Time seemed to stretch. Takeru's jaw began to ache from the effort, but finally, the enormous Poison Dragon breathed its last...
With its death, a Super High-Level Treasure Chest materialized before Takeru. Most importantly, his [Poison Immunity] passive evolved once more...
It transformed directly into [Poison Dragon Devourer]!
[Poison Dragon Devourer: Freely control the power of the Poison Dragon. Consume MP to use poison magic. Immunity to Poison and Paralysis. Acquisition Condition: Acquire Poison Immunity and defeat the Poison Dragon by absorbing its HP.]!
The terrifying effects of Poison Dragon Devourer kept a smile on Takeru's face. The Poison Dragon's skills consisted of four abilities.
[Paralyzing Roar], [Poison Dragon Breath], [Venom Capsule], [Acid Rain]!
One crowd control skill and three area-of-effect attacks...
Besides granting Takeru the Poison Dragon Devourer skill, the dragon also provided a massive amount of experience. Takeru's experience, which was barely into level 21, surged all the way to level 24...
Looking at the newly gained attribute points, Takeru thought for a moment and once again allocated them all to Defense. Thus, his pure Defense value reached 160. Adding the 10 points from equipment, it totaled 170 points...