The moment the two heard a loud shout coming from the front of the group, multiple spider-like monsters appeared from all sides as they made their way over to the party.
"You two, get behind me and Ethaniel! I'll draw the aggro while you keep the waves in check!" Lucas commanded as he sent a sweeping horizontal slash at his front, quickly turning the monsters into grey ash.
"Yikes, so the waves begin huh?" Raina said as she held her staff tightly as she hurriedly began to chant a spell. In the next moment, a burning blaze of fire shot forward over towards the side of the party from her staff.
[ Burning Wave ]
The skill was an AOE attack skill that dealt fire magic damage over towards an area. It was a skill mages learn the level of 7 alongside Fire Bolt and Mana Strike.
As she sent a blazing fire over towards the area, Shinto followed up by sending multiple shots of his basic attack, Mana Spark. Thus finishing off the remaining spiders that survived the attack.
"...Alright," Confirming that the monsters have been finished off on his side, he swiftly turned towards the other side as he observed the situation. The first thing that caught his eyes was Ethaniel's skills.
He saw a shining white light protruding out from his blade as it quickly rained down on the spiders. Ethaniel followed it up with a quick lacerate slash towards the enemies which he had hit, swiftly killing them.
'That skill... I haven't seen that before?' He blinked at the sight of Ethaniel's abilities. As a person who had used the swordsman class in the past, he knew the typical skills of one, but for this case, he had never seen anything like this before. 'It's like the attack animation for Crescent Moon but obviously, it's not that skill...' Crescent Moon was a skill which was only unlocked when one chooses the Lunar Moon class during the class change quest at level 190. So it was impossible for such a skill to be in possession of a level 11 swordsman.
'Hmm... Then, could it be a skill obtained from a hidden quest? Or... Could he have a hidden class?' Those were the only two possibilities which could explain how he could have such an ability. Quests that would give hidden abilities were rare. Even more or so, they were rarer than hidden class quests. This was because hidden skills or passives were much better in performance compared to normal class abilities, oftentimes even performing better than certain hidden classes as well though that was not always the case.
'If he has a hidden skill or class... That could most likely explain why he's our main damage dealer despite the three-level difference between Lucas, but...' He averted his eyes away from his movements as he quickly turned to the equipment Ethaniel was wearing. Like his skills, his equipment caught his eye. 'Huh? Isn't that White Knight's Rose? That equipment should be around the level 30s... How is he wearing it?' he raised his brow at the sight.
For a level 11 player to be wearing such an equipment, it would obviously mean one thing, he had a hidden class. 'So this means that it wasn't a skill obtained from a quest... But it was a skill from his hidden class, huh? I guess this explains.' he nodded his head in understanding.
Quickly, Shinto turned his head over towards Lucas, who was at the front lines. Seeing as that he had cleared the monsters away already, he sighed. '...I didn't get to see the equipment's performance at all since I got distracted with Ethaniel. But oh well... There should be more opportunities later,' he shook his head as he looked towards his notification.
[ You have defeated Shivuliz's Servants! ]
[ You have defeated Shivuliz's servants! ]
[ You have defeated... ]
[ You have levelled up to level 13! ]
[ You have obtained 10 stats point. ]
"Oh? I levelled up?" He hadn't expected to see that he levelled up by just defeating the spiders earlier. If he had remembered correctly, the servants gave only a little experience as they come in many. One would be required to clear at the very least two waves in order to level up from level 12.
"Ah, you must be confused huh?" Lucas walked up to Shinto as he saw his confused expression. "We'll be levelling up quite a lot while we're in the dungeon since I used an experience increase skill."
"An experience increase skill?"
"Yep. Although I can only use it once a week, this dungeon is perfect for this skill, so I decided to use it," he let out a laugh. "It increases the experience gain rate by 200% for a single dungeon run."
"...By 200%?" he opened his mouth wide in shock. "Am I hearing correctly?"
Having one's experience rate increase by 200% was a scam. One could easily level twice as fast, and if Shinto was getting such a buff as well from Lucas, it would mean it was a party buff.
"Aha, the common expression huh? Yeah, it's 200%."
"...Where did you get such an ability?"
"Hmmm..." Lucas turned left and right as he scurried over to Shinto's ear as he then whispered. "Keep it a secret will ya? I got it from Lavida's Hotel as a top contributor."
"The top contributor...?" he blinked at the statement. "Like... A contributor as in?"
"It means what it means," he laughed. "I got the equipment I'm wearing right now from there as well. You seem like the type of guy who would also excel there, so you should give the monthly pass a try! I'm sure you've heard it from the temple right?"
"...Cough. I'll give it a thought," he let out a cough. Was this guy trying to tempt him to join the hotel or something? He couldn't fathom why he'd reveal such information to him. Though, since he seemed to be loosely revealing the information, he might as well take advantage of the situation. "Would you mind letting me have a look at the details of the equipment?" he asked. "I heard it had the same performance as a rare equipment drop from the boss monsters, so I wanted to confirm it for myself."
"Hmmm, I'll think about!" he laughed. "Maybe after the dungeon run, I'll let you have a look. This equipment is also for the top contributor y'know? So me showing you this would be like, showing what the top player's build is!" he reasoned.
"...I see."
"Oh! And speaking of the top player, do you know the ex-first place player, 'Shinto'?" he asked.