Terra Nova Online : Rise Of The Strongest Player - Chapter 122

Chapter 122: Exposed
( Leo’s POV )

Leo had become an unstoppable menace after mastering both ‘kill strike’ and ‘vanish’.

Not a single monster in the wild was safe against him as he even one-shot mountain lions when he took them down using the kill-strike.

In just a week after he mastered the move, his level shot up from 65 to 85 as he rapidly gained strength.

However, despite his rapid increase in level, he was still lagging behind by a whole 20 levels to his expected level on the leaderboard, as somehow DarkEmperor sat on level 95, prompting the leaderboards to display his own level as 105.

‘Does this DarkEmperor guy have no skills to train in? Why the fuck does he keep levelling up like a maniac?’ is what Leo wondered whenever he opened the rankings, however, there was nothing much he could do about it.

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( Cervantez’s POV )

Cervantez was heartbroken when he realised that despite his best efforts, someone eventually reached level 100 before him as just before his boss fight of the dungeon, he looked up the global rankings to find that ‘TheBoss’ was level 105, beating him to his goal.

However, there was one thing that he found very odd about ‘TheBoss’ reaching level 105, which was the fact that there was no global announcement made when he breached the level 100 threshold.

Ofcourse, the global announcement could be denied if a player did not wish to announce their achievement, however, based off TheBoss’s personality, Cervantez seriously doubted if he would reject such an announcement or not?

‘Something feels off here, I can’t determine what, but something feels off here-‘ Cervantez thought, as while he could not put his finger down on what felt fishy to him, his gut feeling told him that something was bound to be wrong here.

” *Sigh*, I’ll worry about it after the boss raid” he said, as he moved into the final room of the dungeon, the boss fight room where a giant horned bull monster, ( Level 140 ) awaited him.

*Stomp*

*Stomp*

“MMOOOOOOOO” The bull said, its snorts sending puffs of steam into the air, thick and heavy with the scent of battle.

As it charged, Cervantez calculated its movements, his mind racing through countless strategies in the blink of an eye.

*Trrr*

*Trrr*

The clatter of the beast’s hooves against the stone floor echoed like thunder, a foreboding drumroll to the clash that was imminent.

With a swift, practiced motion, Cervantez sidestepped the initial charge, the bull’s horns slicing through the air mere inches from his cloak.

Cervantez knew better than to engage the bull head-on, knowing full well that the bull’s strength lay in its momentum, its ability to crush and impale with its deadly horns.

Instead, Cervantez aimed to outmaneuver, to dance around the behemoth, striking with precision and agility like a matador.

As the bull turned, its massive body surprisingly nimble, Cervantez darted in. His sword struck, a flash of silver that connected with the bull’s hide.

-24

Yet, the beast’s skin was thick, tougher than any armor, and the sword barely left a mark.

“Tch” Cervantez cursed, looking at the pitiful damage as it became clear to him that this would not be a battle of brute force but one of endurance and strategy.

Cervantez retreated, putting distance between himself and the bull as he reassessed his approach.

He could not afford to tire, nor could he allow the bull to dictate the pace of the battle as with each charge of the bull, he observed, learning the creature’s patterns, noting its strengths and, more importantly, its weaknesses.

As the fight dragged on, Cervantez’s sword found its mark time and again, each strike more precise, each maneuver more daring as he single handedly tired down an opponent that normally needed a three man team to take down.

The bull, enraged, fought with the fury of the wild, its attacks relentless, yet with each passing moment, it began to falter, weariness seeping into its limbs.

In the final moments, as the beast lunged in a desperate attempt to end the battle, Cervantez executed a perfect roll, evading the deadly horns and positioning himself behind the bull. With all his strength, he drove his sword into the Bulls hind legs, injuring it’s legs and also it’s privates.

-450, CRITICAL HIT.

*Amooooooooooooo*

The bull cursed, dropping to its knees, as Cervantez swiftly finished the battle by chopping off its head.

-400! Critical Hit!

As the Bulls head dropped on the dungeon floor, Cervantez stood over the corpse in a heap of sweat and exhaustion as he relished the feeling of a hard fought victory.

As the bull faded, dissolving into particles of light, Cervantez’s attention was captured by the series of system notifications in front of him, as he was shocked to see what it said.

[ Congratulations Player ‘DarkEmperor’ you have killed a level 140 dungeon boss and cleared the hidden horn dungeon!

+You have leveled up!

+You have leveled up!

+You have leveled up!

+You have leveled up!

+You have leveled up! ]

[ Congratulations Player ‘DarkEmperor’ you have reached level100, becoming the first player in Terra Nova to reach this milestone!

As a reward for being the first to reach this monumental milestone you have been rewarded with an +Extra Skill Slot! ]

[ Congratulations on reaching level 100! Do you wish to announce your achievement globally? ]

[ Yes/ No ]

As a result of killing the boss monster, Cervantez gained 5 levels, pushing him to exactly level 100.

However, while he thought that ‘TheBoss’ was already level105, the system not only gave him the extra skill slot that was only given to the player that reached level100 first but it also offered him the chance to make a global announcement to publicize his achievement.

However, the question was, if he had just reached level100 and was the first, then how was ‘TheBoss’ already level105?

It made no sense? As alarm bells went off in Cervantez’s brain.