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n'Ant my ass! It's a god damn giant millipede!!!' Shiro thought cursing at the misleading name of the monster.

n'No wonder the ants weren't as common closer to the obelisk. There's another species guarding it that's why!'

nMillipedes were different to centipedes. While some may get the two mixed up, there are a few distinct differences.

nFirst off, the Millipede have very short antennae compared to the Centipede. The physiology of a centipede is flatter compared to a Millipede which supported a more rounded chitin armour.

nThe centipede's legs are positioned outwards like a razor blade while the millipede's legs are tucked under its body.

nIn addition to this, the centipede was limited to a single pair of legs per segment of its body.

nThis is where this huge Millipede earned the name Hundred Blades. Unlike a centipede, the millipede has two pairs of legs per segment. Not only this, each segment is relatively smaller than the centipede's segments.

nWith each of the legs being composed of a razor sharp blade, Shiro shivered slightly just thinking about getting caught in those legs. Even with her MP and attack, the millipede would just wear her down in a battle of attrition.

n'Millipede millipede… They are scavengers that are classed as herbivores. Yet obviously, this one wants to chew on meat.' Shiro thought seeing the 'Ant' move around.

n'Since I can't base it on the normal standards, I'll learn as I fight.' She concluded.

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nPreparing herself so that her concentration was at its best. Shiro created two daggers for now.

nWhen testing the capabilities of an enemy, one must be between the fine line of the danger zone and the safety zone.

nToo far into the danger zone without sufficient understanding can be highly fatal. Yet, staying in the safety zone will restrain the knowledge you receive. Therefore, one must dance around these two zones carefully to get the maximum benefit.

n'First, concussive shock. Test the reaction when robbed of its sensory.' Shiro thought as she dashed towards the millipede.

nTwirling the blade by the handle, she threw it towards the short antennas. The speed was decreased dramatically as most of the force was focused on making it spin through the air.

nThe millipede raised its head as the daggers bounced on both antennas.

n*CRR!

nFreezing the antennas, Shiro jumped backwards immediately seeing the desired effect.

nWithout hesitation, the millipede rolled into a ball.

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n'Is that all?' Shiro thought with a frown.

n*KISHIN!

nThe millipede's blade-like legs protruded from the side of its body while the shell spiked up abnormally like a porcupine's quills.

nShe wasn't sure how the millipede was generating the forces for it to spin on the spot, but she knew it was preparing to go on a rampage.

nPushing her palms outwards, a ramp was created with scaffolds to support the structure.

n*KRKRKRKRKRKR

nThe sound of blades cutting through rock could be heard as she knew it was rolling around to try hit everything due to a loss of its sensory.

n'Robbing the millipede of the senses will increase fight difficulty. Patterns become random as it would try to attack anything and everything.' She thought, dismissing the daggers freezing the antennas.

nThe millipede continued to roll, causing Shiro to frown.

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nMaking a spear of ice, she threw it towards the millipede hoping for it to cause some damage.

nUnfortunately, the spear was smacked downwards due to the millipede's roll and crushed under its armour.

n'Armour is absurdly powerful. Fighting head on is not advised.'

nRemaining calm, Shiro retracted all of the Ice as she waited for the millipede to unfurl itself.

nIt was only after 10 minutes of rampaging did it unroll itself.

nHer eyes narrowed as she peered past the tens of blade legs it had under its body.

n'With the blades being mostly concentrated on its underbelly, it may be a natural defence due to its weakness.'

nRaising up her arms, Shiro gritted her teeth slightly as ice started to form under the millipede.

n*CCRRRR!!!

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nThe ice raised the millipede into air little by little as it tried to claw away at the ice.

nFlexing her fingers, Shiro froze the bladed legs in their place

nMaking a sharp ice spear, she took aim and threw the spear.

n*TSSSSS!!!!

nChemicals sprayed out from under the millipede as Shiro watched all the ice melt visibly.

n'It has ridiculous armour, bladed feet and chemicals…unless you try to overpower it, you won't kill it in anytime soon. And if I try to fight it in a battle of attrition, it's not worth the effort.'

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"However… I want to see just how I will pry your shell open.

" Shiro grinned.

nElectricity sparked in her hand as she started to use her new skill. Sword Creation.

nRunning towards the millipede before the swords even finish being crafted, Shiro stepped down hard as a pillar of ice extended out and pierced towards its legs.

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nFour of the millipede's legs reacted as it cut the pillar into small sections that did it no harm.

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"Surprise~

" Shiro appeared near the legs as they couldn't retract in time.

nThe sword formed fully in her hands as she twisted her body and cut the legs.

n*KREEEE!!!

nThe millipede screamed feeling 6 of its legs cut off in one go.

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"Aiya~ Just as sharp as I remembered.

" Shiro grinned.

nThe sword was a metallic black in colour, mechanical details could be seen around the guard and the hilt. It was a simple looking sword but its sharpness was something to be feared.

nNano Craft Sword LVL 24 (Blue)

n 30 Sharpness

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n 25 Bleed

n 10 Critical Rate

n 5 Critical Damage

n 30 Severing

nSkill: Razor Edge

nUse 400MP to gain 20% cutting strength for the next attack.

nMP – 3600

/4000

nQuickly kicking her legs so that she flipped backwards, Shiro avoided the chemicals the millipede spat at her.

nMid flip, she sliced towards the chitin and left a slight groove.

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n'Hmm, seems like the best way is for me to attack the bottom.' Shiro thought, preparing herself.

nLanding softly, she slammed her hands down and created a wall of ice just under the millipede raising it up into the air.

nOnce again, the millipede tried to use its chemicals but Shiro was way ahead of it.

nClutching her fist, the ice pillars lifting the millipede up exploded into a myriad of spikes penetrating its weak lower body.

nChemicals went everywhere as Shiro had to shift her location several times to avoid getting dowsed in corrosive liquid.

nDragging the sword on the ground, Shiro dashed towards the underbelly.

n*KRRRRR!!!

nThe sword ripped through the soft armour with barely any resistance.

nUsing Faded Snow Movement, Shiro quickly avoided some of the bladed feet trying to kill her.

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nTwisting her body, she escaped from under the millipede.

nHP: 43,000

/80,000

nHer attacks proved to be extremely effective as the health was dropping rapidly.

nSensing its doom, the millipede wanted to take her down with it.

nCurling into a ball, the millipede's chitin spiked up as Shiro narrowed her eyes.

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"Oh you M*******!!!

" She cursed seeing the abnormal mana density.

nRunning would prove foolish as her defences are too weak to survive the self-destruction of a level 25 boss.

nShiro quickly dissembled her sword to regain her mana and used Harden.

nHarden

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nHarden's your skin for increased defence.

n 35 DEF and -20% damage taken -20% AGI

nDuration: 30 seconds.

nCooldown: 2 minutes.

nA silver metallic sheen seems to cover her body as she placed her palm on the ground and used the remainder of her MP to create a giant wall of ice.

n*BAM BAM BAM BAM BAM!!

nLayers upon layers of Ice walls shot up in front of Shiro as she quickly braced for impact.

n*BOOOOOMMMMM!!!!!!!!!!!!!

nIt felt like the entire Dungeon shook as Shiro was blasted backwards from the explosion. Even when her ice walls absorbed most of the impact, the force hitting her body still launched her backwards.

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nRolling on the ground a few times, she made sure to use her arms to protect her head.

nWhen she finally stopped rolling, Shiro quickly put her guard up in case any blade ants wanted to ambush her.

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"Fuuu…..

" She sighed out seeing that there was no danger and checked her HP and MP.

nHP: 950

/7300

nMP: 80

/11,300

nThis was the first time her HP and MP have dropped so low in terms of the overall percentage.

nStumbling on her feet, Shiro limped towards the obelisk.

nWhat used to be the space for a boss fight was now covered in corrosive chemicals, flesh, blades and armour.

nLooking around, Shiro was sure the walls per pushed back by quite a remarkable amount as the explosion must have taken some of the cave walls with it.

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nIt was a known fact that Dungeon walls are one of and if not THE strongest material known ever. The material scaled up in level as the higher level the Dungeon, the sturdier walls.

nFor the boss to be able to shave off quite a few layers of the wall, shows just how absurd that explosion was.

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"Collect

" She collected her look straight away as she knew there won't be a mana stone.

nWhen the monster self-destructs, the mana stone was used as the source and gathering point.

nTherefore, there won't even be a shard of the mana stone left.

nThe loot she got wasn't too bad but she had no use for any of them.

nRecycling everything, Shiro sat down by a rock that wasn't coated in corrosive liquid.

nWhilst waiting for her HP and MP to regen, she decided to have a look at her current food stock.

nE Rank Mana Stone x84

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nD Rank Mana Sone x40

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"40 D rank mana stones should last me a while.

" Shiro muttered as she laid on her back and threw an E rank mana stone for her mouth to eat.

nIt took her quite a while to regenerate everything as she wondered if she should stock up on some health and mana potions.

n'It would probably for the best if I stocked up. At least then I can regenerate my health and mana quickly.' Shiro thought.

nHowever, as handy as health and mana potions can get, they also have their own backlashes. Mainly due to the skill of the creator who made the potion.

nExamples being low tier health and mana potions having adverse effects later along in the line.

nThese effects can be a decrease of total HP, slow MP recovery and so on. Only the higher quality health and mana potions provided barely any adverse effects.

n'I think I'll stick to my Passive Regeneration for now.' Shiro concluded. There was another skill she would like to get, it was the top tier regeneration skill of monsters called Cell Rebirth.

nIt was a skill that is both passive and active as the monster can use its own MP and exchange it for health. The known limits of this skill were the power to regrow anything that doesn't destroy over 80 to 90% of your body.

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nJust remembering the sight of a level 100 monster regenerating all of its lost HP made Shiro curse at the perverted skill.

nWith that being said, she wanted the skill as well since it would increase her survivability by a large amount. Not only that, she was currently a monster so there may be a chance for that in the future.

nGiving her body a stretch, she opened the obelisk and tapped the final floor. The boss floor.

nThe room was oddly shaped as it had an open sky that was sprinkled with stars. The surroundings seemed to be the ruins of an open Colosseum as Shiro spotted the boss.

nThe boss had an armoured body like the rest of the ants but there was one HUGE difference.

nFlying Frag Ant Queen LVL 25 – Boss

nHP: 150,000

/150,000

nMP: 200,000

/200,000

nThe boss hovered in the air was the transparent wings flapped at incredible speeds.

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"…

" Shiro stared at the boss with a bland expression.

nFlicking her finger, a huge ice spike shot up as the queen wanted to evade.

nSuddenly, the tip of the spike opened up like a flower as the smaller spikes pierced the wings, suspending the queen in mid-air.

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"When you expose such weak wings and stay in the same spot, you're asking to be killed.

" Shiro said without a smile. Her azure eyes bore into the queen's eyes as Shiro created two daggers whilst the queen seemed to be shocked.

n*KSH KSH!

nSlicing the wings off in a few simple movements, Shiro kicked the queen's head as she leapt off and landed softly.

nEnraged, the queen's body started to enlarge as the armour became the colour of quartz with a slight rainbow pearlescent tint onto of the quartz.

nFrom the wounds of her old wings, neon blue mana gathered together to form 2 pairs of wings.

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"Much better.

" Shiro grinned at the feeling of challenge.

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