'Thought so... the First duo, who touches the treasure chest will be victorious...' Isaac expected something like this to happen.
*Clank* *Clank*
He turned his head towards the shore and heard loud footsteps coming from King Jonathan's metallic boots, which made a clanking noise after each footstep.
Reaching the end of the dry land, he put all his strength in his newly found agility stats and leaped towards the sky and flew over the lake, landing perfectly on the platform, only a dozen meters away from Isaac.
His sword was already unsheathed, and he talked with a tone that told his seriousness, ''Wraith, if you give me the treasure chest, I will reward you handsomely.''
King Jonathan glanced towards another side of the cave and saw Darkside and Deathsong rushing with two other members of the League of Assassins, and they seemed to be in a great hurry, and they will reach the platform in seconds.
He felt even more anxious after seeing Isaac's face not changing an expression.
''I am not joking! My family is wealthy, and I can give you enough money for you to live the rest of your life comfortably, but I need that treasure chest!'' King Jonathan grabbed his sword tighter, and if words won't help, he had to use force.
Isaac's beautiful grey eyes checked King Jonathan's facial features closely and saw the greed in them; he wanted the treasure chest no matter what!
''Sigh...'' He sighed and threw the treasure chest on the air.
Darkside and others reached the platform and saw the treasure chest flying straight towards King Jonathan!
King Jonathan dropped his sword and put his hands forwards in order to receive the treasure chest. His face showed the greediness and desperate need to get it!
But then, Isaac grabbed his Musket Rifle from the barrel and pulled it over his shoulder. He aimed it towards the treasure chest and took a deep breath, but exhaled only half of it, then he held his breath, which stabilized the gun and lastly... He squeezed the trigger.
*BANG*
After firing and the recoil assaulted Isaac's figure, he still kept the trigger squeezed, until the gun stabilized.
He only saw smoke leaving the barrel and the bullet hitting the treasure chest.
King Jonathan widened his eyes because of the sudden sound and saw something hitting the treasure chest, which sent it flying towards a different direction!
The bullet hit the treasure chest perfectly on the side, which sent it flying sharply towards the left, straight towards Darth!
Darth leaped backward and dodged pair of arrows, which wasn't too far from hitting the mark, and once he landed, he was about to rush back towards Queen Diana, who seemed very unwilling to keep fighting.
''Darth!'' But then, he heard Isaac's shout, and without further ado, he turned around and came face to face with a flying treasure chest!
In the corner of his eyes, he saw anxious King Jonathan and Darkside, but he also saw Isaac's calm face while holding the gun, which made him look like a proper sniper.
Darth smirked and put his hands forwards, and caught the flying treasure chest.
''No!'' King Jonathan screamed with anger.
''Fuck!'' Darkside lunged towards Darth and threw his dagger, which was about to touch Darth, but suddenly froze in midair.
His eyes widened until his body became transparent, and he disappeared from the cave, alongside Deathsong and other League of Assassins.
King Jonathan saw his body becoming transparent, and unwillingness was still present, ''D-Damn!'' His screams stopped after he disappeared.
Queen Diana sighed and saw her body becoming transparent as well; she looked at Darth and said, ''I am sorry, Darth-chan. I will talk with Jonathan and make sure that he won't harbor any hate towards you two.''
Darth sighed and nodded, ''Sorry, Guildmaster.''
Queen Diana innocently waved her hand and smiled with a gentle look, ''It's fine... We got greedy and got blinded from our goal... We reached our initial goal, which was to have either Black Arrow or Golden Crown to get the First Clear... And we managed to do that.''
Her body became transparent, and her gentle smile was printed inside Darth's mind forever.
Isaac jumped over the lake and arrived next to Darth.
*Ding* *Ding*
The treasure chest in Darth's hand turned into pixels, which caused a dinging noises and familiar-looking notifications to appear.
They turned their heads towards the rain of notifications with an exhausted look. After hours of fighting and balancing between life and death... It's finally over!
[Congratulations, Player Wraith and Darth, for successfully completing the Duo Dungeon Stronglord!]
[First Clear achieved!]
[Rewards: 15000 XP - 100000 White Coins - Rare Quest Token - Sense Enchantment Token - Epic Teleportation Pearl (5 uses) - Rare Lizard Scale Armor]
[LEVEL UP!]
[Level 22 -> Level 23]
[LEVEL UP!]
[Level 23 -> Level 24]
[LEVEL UP!]
[Level 24 -> Level 25]
[Regional Announcement: Player Wraith and Player Darth (Guild: Black Arrow) have achieved First Clear of the Duo Dungeon Stronglord. Recorded in Stronglord Hall of Fame of Heroes!]
[Unique Title Received!]
[Title: Clearer of Dungeons]
[You have reached level 25!]
[You can choose your second skill!]
[Skills: Explosive Sniper - Sniper of Flames - Icy Shot]
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[Name: Wraith]
[Level: 25]
[HP: 340/340 - Lizard Scale Armor Effect!]
[XP: 1035/5900]
[SP: 30]
[White Coins: 152323]
[Title: Adventurer]
[Class: Marksman]
[Legacy: None + Legacy Tournament Contender]
[Legacy Rank: No Legacy]
[STR: 20]
[AGI: 55]
[VIT: 60]
[STA: 35]
[PRE: 100]
[CHA: 20]
[DEX: 41]
[Map]
[Inventory]
[Help]
[Friend List]
[Party]
[Log Out]
[Good Precision Lv1: Improves the shot accuracy by 1%]
[Illusionary Shot: You can shoot an illusionary bullet!]
[Fear Disperse: Reduces the Player's chances of becoming afraid by 10%]
[Titles: Clearer of Dungeons (Unequipped)]
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After all, notifications appeared, Isaac saw a scaly armor in the color of green appearing on his body, while his broken Chain Armor turned into pixels after it finally broke beyond repairs.
He looked at the armor with fascination and thought that green was a perfect color for camouflage.
Also, the Lizard Scale Armor gives massive 150 HP!
Darth also had similar Scale Armor underneath his robes, which fit nicely with his green robes.
''Hehe, I passed Guildmaster in level.'' Darth grinned and looked at the items on his Inventory with excited look.
Isaac smiled, and there were too many things he received, but he didn't have time to look at them all.
When he was about to check the items, the cave trembled once again, and the platform in the middle of the lake sank in the water, and the color of the lake changed until it was pure white in color.
They closed their eyes after the bright light appeared out of nowhere, and after the light disappeared, they slowly opened their eyes and saw the lake being completely different.
The lake was a massive portal, which showed the Beast Forest.
Isaac and Darth looked at each other and nodded simultaneously.. Without further ado, they entered the portal and left the Duo Dungeon, where memories, which they will never forget, happened.