Plundering in the Apocalypse

The Ninth floor of the Labyrinth.

It was a grassy field for as far as the eyes can see. But there was no time to admire the view as they suddenly got attacked.

*Bash*

"Oh, Shit," Shin immediately grabbed Alice and jumped in the air avoiding the attack barely.

Alice was surprised. But they didn't have much time to think as another attack was launched at them.

Shin immediately used his ability.

"Gravity control."

With gravity control, Shin was able to reverse the gravity for both of them and propel themselves dodging the attacks.

The attacks didn't stop there. As many monsters were attacking simultaneously Shin avoided all of them.

'Just what are those monsters? They look like bulls.' The monsters they were facing has features just like a bull but the body was bigger and a ferocious aura surrounded them.

"Appraisal."

[Blue Taurus (Level 80 - 90)]

As another monster jumped on them to attack. Shin didn't hold back on attacking.

"Dark Flames." As Shin used his ability blue flames conjured by his side as he attacked the monster.

But that wasn't the end of it. He conjured more flames and attacked them.

"Take this you monsters," Shin shouted in frustration and attacked them.

'Wow, Shin is so cool.' Alice thought as she saw his dazzling figure holding her in between the balls of blue flames.

'What am I doing? I should start fighting too.' Alice broke out of her reverie and transformed into her dark form.

Alice's cold red eyes emitted immense blood lust. She summoned her soul grimoire and used her skill.

"Soul Bomb." Soon a familiar ball of Black purple energy manifested right above Alice's palms.

She had used more energy than normal while using the skill this time.

She waved her hands toward the ground where a lot of Blue Tauruses were ready to attack Shin and Alice at any moment.

*Kaboom*

With a big blast, the area was clear. Although this time the bomb was much more powerful as Alice had used 30% of the total chaotic energy she had.

Alice smiled and turned to Shin.

"That place is clear. Let's go, Shin." Alice said with a bright smile. For anyone that smile would have looked like a maniacal smirk. But to Shin.

'Wow, she is adorable.' Shin was stunned by the beautiful Alice.

"Ahem." He cleared his throat as he kept his thoughts to himself. 'Just what am doing. This is my girlfriend and this is not the time to look at her beauty.'

Both of them came to the ground. As it was suitable for Alice to fight. She didn't have enough physical strength to jump like those Blue Tauruses.

She summoned her scythe and jumped at the horde attacking them.

Shin wasn't idle either. He immediately started using his new abilities.

"Dark Flames." As his proficiency was almost zero with his new abilities. This was a perfect time to improve them.

So he kept on using Dark flames at those monsters. Whenever he felt like his mana would run out. He immediately uses Devourer's touch and regains it all.

If the monsters come close to him. He finishes them with the Formless. He used a sword, sometimes a spear. This fight was very good for his improvement and for getting used to his new abilities.

As the fight continued Shin also started focusing on using weapons. While simultaneously killing the ones far away from him with Dark flames.

He jumped in the air then used extreme speed and appeared behind a monster. As he moved forward the monster's head the already detached from his body.

Black Blood splattered everywhere as the fight continued.

"Dark Flames."

Alice was also killing monsters with the support of her soldiers. Which for some reason seemed a little stronger as they were able to hold their grounds against monsters above level 80.

This was proof of their growth with Alice's growth in power and level.

The sight of two human-like monsters drenched in black blood while they keep swinging their weapons while a unit of black humanoid figures with weapons in their hand supported them.

A very gruesome sight indeed.

This continued for a while. They slowly but surely dealt with all the monsters. Hours went by as they finally stopped surrounded by corpses.

"... That took a long time," Shin uttered while facing those monster bodies.

"Just how many were there?" Alice was very surprised by the number of monsters that kept on attacking her.

This seemed endless. They continuously fought for 4 hours.

Just when they thought everything was over. The ground near them started shaking.

"Huh?" X2

*Woosh*

Both of them felt a very terrifying presence a little away from them. It was getting closer by the second. They had a very bad feeling about this.

"Shin, what is this?" Alice asked as she looked at Shin's serious expression.

Shin was using his new skill Magic eyes to know what was going on. If it was before none of his skills would have worked out.

But this time. He saw a huge figure heading toward them very clearly.

He got all the information he needed about the monster. Shin glanced at Alice and replied.

"Let's go. There's one left." Alice nodded her head and followed after him.

They soon a monster 40 meters in front of them.

It had a huge body with bullhead and a humanoid body. Red skin covered every muscle on his body. The black fur on its back seemed much thicker than a hide.

[Minotaur ( Level 120)]

[Elite - Mini boss]

Shin saw the monster and then turned his gaze to Alice.

"Let's kill him fast and move to the next floor. We have to collect the items too."

Shin said with a sigh.

"Sure," Alice replied and immediately used a soul bomb on the Minotaur.

The size of the energy ball was small. It hit the chest of the monster. Although the damage was negligible.

The attack did the work. It was after all only meant for a distraction. Shin used this chance to close up on the Minotaur using Extreme speed and Shadow Veil.

'Maybe I should have combined these two too. But too bad. They aren't enough. I need to rank up extreme speed before I can merge them. I'll need a lot of skill points.' Shin slashed his sword while also using 'Razor Slash'.

He aimed for the Minotaur's head but was only able to attack the left hand. His attack grazed the monster.

Shin saw the wound and smiled. His plan worked.

[Now we can continue to fight and it will be over before long, ] Shin said to Alice using his mind control.

Alice was ready after Shin's signal and summoned her servants, who will also support Shin in the fight.

Hence the fight started. Shin used his skills while dodging the monster's attack. With his improved stats and abilities. It was easy for him to kill a monster of this level. But that wasn't it.

It was a normal monster of Level 120. It would have died after some attacks. But the boss monsters have a rather annoying trait. Their vitality is very high.

That wasn't the only reason for this fight to last this long. It was also because of the monster Minotaur.

They have strong bodies with high endurance and also their blood with recovery elements is annoying as well.

The recovery was a minor one. So it can only recover small wounds. But if a Minotaur has that. It becomes difficult to deal with them. As their body is also tough. So even landing a small wound is tough on them.

This fight would have frustrated and made anyone panic. But the expressions on Shin and Alice's faces were rather calm.

[Any minute now.] Hearing Shin's words Alice smiled.

The Minotaur was rather annoyed with the constant attacks on him. The humans in front of him were able to dodge all his attacks. The only ones he could manage to hit were the black figures. But if he kills one, another shows up.

The Minotaur was annoyed and started targeting Shin. If he just managed to land a hit on him. The fight will turn in his favor.

The Minotaur soon felt something was very weird. His vision started turning dim. The monster's hand soon started turning blue as his body began shaking.

The cause of all these was the first wound Shin inflicted.

"Well, I hope the proficiency increases with this," Shin uttered while sighing.

Yes, all this hassle was to improve the proficiency of his ability.

[Poison Master(B)]

The Minotaur was poisoned in his first attack and now it looked like a helpless practice dummy that can't attack.

Shin's blade was covered with poison when he first attacked the Minotaur. The inflicted wound started taking effect soon.

The Minotaur turned crazy and tore his poisoned hand.

"GRAAAHHH"

"Useless effort." Shin sighed while shaking his head.

"Let's finish him."

Shin and Alice didn't wait anymore and started bombarding attacks on the monster.

Soon after the Minotaur finally died.

"It's over," Shin uttered but soon a series of notifications flashed in front of his eyes.

"Huh?"