By the time Eren arrived at the Beginner Dungeons, just like yesterday, crowds had already gathered around every faction.
Headmaster Lucien hurried everyone to enter the dungeon immediately.
Cassian, who was wearing a full golden equipment set, looked at Eren with challenging eyes, as if Eren had somehow offended him, before entering the portal.
'What the hell is wrong with this guy?'
Eren had no memory of offending Cassian in any way.
Shaking his head, Eren stepped into the portal.
Just like yesterday, there was a sudden shift in the environment.
But instead of being teleported to the beginner area, he was transported directly into the Inner Region of the dungeon.
The surroundings were dark.
The rustling sound of wind caressing the bushes echoed everywhere.
"Time to earn more money…"
Eren immediately transformed into his Moonborn Silver Wolf Alpha form and moved straight toward the Core Region, completely ignoring the Level 5 and Level 6 monsters along the way.
Some tried to pounce at him, but his speed far exceeded theirs.
He left them behind in the dust.
As he entered the Core Region, the surroundings became even darker, as if light itself avoided this area.
Around him stood only withered, dark trees.
"Ssssk… sssk…"
"tkk… tkk…"
With his senses spread across the area, Eren immediately located the creature he had come for.
The appearance of the Shadow Smite had changed once again.
Their bodies exceeded two meters in length and stood nearly one meter tall.
They moved with extreme stealth, barely making any sound.
If his perception hadn't been maximized through skill upgrades, he would have had a hard time locating them.
Their charcoal-black bodies carried a faint purple tint that looked deeper and stronger than before.
The biggest change, however, was their tails.
Each tail was razor-sharp, glinting faintly in the darkness.
As they moved, the tips tapped against rocks and the ground.
"tkk… tkk…"
It almost felt as if they were communicating with one another through those taps.
When Eren suddenly revealed himself in front of them, they didn't attack immediately.
Instead, they surrounded him, slowly circling as if trying to gauge his strength.
Without hesitation, Eren kicked off the ground with his hind legs and, at incredible speed, used
Despite its sturdy appearance, its head was instantly mutilated by the single blow.
[You have slain Level 7 Shadow Smite…]
[Gained 13 Life Essence and a Lesser Spirit Stone…]
[Random Reward Multiplier Triggered…]
[Random Number: 678…]
[You gained 8,814 Life Essence and 678 Lesser Spirit Stones…]
'One down, nex—'
Just as Eren moved for the next target, the tail of the dead monster suddenly swung toward his head.
He immediately jumped back, sliding across the grass before stopping.
His eyes widened in shock.
"…!"
The tail that had attacked him missed—and then instantly disintegrated into nothing.
'What the hell was that?!'
'That thing was clearly dead! And its tail still moved after that?!'
Eren didn't sense any real danger from that attack.
His body had moved on its own and avoided it instinctively.
Even if the strike had connected, he wouldn't have taken any significant damage.
His current constitution far exceeded what someone Level 10 or below should possess.
Eren hadn't expected a monster that could literally attack even after death before completely disappearing.
That was something new he had learned.
"SHRRAAAK!"
Now that he understood their attack pattern, Eren didn't slow down at all.
In fact, he moved even faster.
His dazzling silver fur and mesmerizing blue eyes danced through the wind as he dashed forward.
"shhk."
"KRRR-CHHH!"
Since they were larger in size, he found it even easier to strike them down one by one.
With 68 points in Strength and Agility during his beast transformation, Eren completely dominated them from beginning to end.
His
Not only that, the skill dealt double damage due to natural faction advantage.
There was no difficulty at all.
Messages kept appearing in his mind.
[You have slain Level 7 Shadow Smite…]
[Gained 13 Life Essence…]
[Random Reward Multiplier Triggered…]
[Random Number: 45…]
[You gained 585 Life Essence…]
[You have slain Level 8 Shadow Smite…]
[Gained 16 Life Essence…]
[Random Reward Multiplier Triggered…]
[Random Number: 50007…]
[You gained 800,112 Life Essence…]
[You have slain Level 8 Shadow Smite…]
[Gained 16 Life Essence and a Lesser Spirit Stone…]
[Random Reward Multiplier Triggered…]
[Random Number: 48,730…]
[You gained 779,680 Life Essence and 48,730 Lesser Spirit Stones…]
Seeing their comrades being one-shot, the surrounding monsters tried to flee desperately.
But Eren didn't give them any chance to escape.
He began chasing them down, killing nonstop.
'Where are you all going? Let's play, guys!'
Eren didn't even notice that he had completely succumbed to his beastly instinct.
Like a dog happily chasing moving toys, he pursued them with his tongue hanging out and his tail wagging joyfully.
Each time he killed a monster, he instinctively stepped back out of the range of their tails.
The final desperate strike of each Shadow Smite only sliced through empty air before they vanished.
This process continued until he felt hungry and stopped to eat lunch.
Due to the constant use of
He took out the Spirit-replenishing potion resting in his inventory from yesterday and restored his Spirit completely before starting his hunt again.
Wherever his wolf form went, Shadow Smites fled for their lives while Eren had the time of his life hunting them down.
Before the end of the eight-hour session, his total Spirit Stone reserve had risen from over 950,000 to over two million.
The highest multiplier triggered that day was 85,201, while the lowest was 25.
In the Core Region of the dungeon, the drop rate of Lesser Spirit Stones had increased significantly.
What was even more astonishing was his Life Essence, it had jumped directly from 9 million to 21 million in a single day.
His total gain for the day exceeded even the previous day's harvest.
As the time for transportation out of dungeon approached, Eren chose not to level up for the day.
Leveling up once already seemed like a big deal, so Eren decided to keep a low profile.
He planned to reach Level 3 only after a couple of other students had done so.
A blue light enveloped the area as everyone began appearing outside.
"Yes! I reached Level 2 now!"
"Me too!"
"You also?!"
Most of the students who appeared outside had now reached Level 2.
Only a very few were still stuck at Level 1.
Eren looked toward the other side and saw that everyone in Cassian's party was now Level 2 as well, but no one had reached Level 3 yet.
"Dammit! I was so close to leveling up!"
Cassian clenched his fists as he cursed, which surprised the other students.
They hadn't expected that he was already close to leveling up again.
Headmaster Lucien seemed quite satisfied with the results.
Ding… Ding…
Just as Eren was about to get on the bus, his phone began receiving a flood of messages, chiming nonstop.
"Mm?… So many messages?"
When he opened them, he saw notifications about missed calls, how many he had missed while inside the dungeon.
Inside the dungeon, no network functioned.
However, missed calls during that time were stored in the system and delivered as notifications once signal was restored.
There were dozens of missed calls from his mother and friends.
That immediately startled him.
Eren quickly dialed his mother's number.
Anxiety crept into his heart as he wondered why everyone had been calling him so many times.
A bad feeling enveloped him as the ringing tone echoed in his ear without anyone answering.
Then, the call connected.
And he heard a desperate voice from the other side.
"Brother!"