<h4>Chapter 51: End of the Dungeon with a Hidden Quest</h4>


    "So that''s why we had choices. Well, let''s hope we get more rewards for more trouble," Rin chuckled. "That''s how it usually works, right?"


    "Indeed, but we''ll see," Erix nodded as he sat down. "Let''s recover our mana first."


    "Yea, I also spent a lot of de energy, so I need to recovery it before fighting the boss."


    "Erix, why is your Life Orb not recovering even after resting like our Vitality?" Isabe confusedly asked.


    Erix shook his head, "I need blood to fill it up. It doesn''t recover naturally for me because of my race."


    "Oh…" Isabe was surprised, and then as if remembering something, a realization dawned on her. "So, that''s why you stopped at that blood bank when we were in the city."


    "Yep," Erix nodded as he put his hand inside his leather armor and took out a blood pouch. "Human blood is perfect for me since I am half-human and half-zombie. I can quickly recover it even if I drink a bit."


    Erix opened the pouch and took a big sip, causing his Life Orb to fill up to full.


    It was only 23 points short, so that sip was enough to fill it up.


    Afterward, the trio sat in meditation to recover their mana and absorb the origin cores of Ogres.


    Fifteen minutester, they finished recovering to full and proceeded to thest cave.


    "Let''s give it our all right from the start since a fifty percent boost to a boss is no small amount," Erix said with a serious expression.


    "Then let''s kiss," Rin smiled as she wrapped her arms around Erix and then nted her lips on his.


    Ignis Ad Intimacy, activated.


    The trio arrived at the passage''s exit and saw an Ogre four-meter tall! It had a dark gold crown on top of its head and a club with dark gold patterns as its weapon.


    Moreover, it immediately noticed when Erix stepped out of the passage and rushed towards them with red eyes and a dark aura around it, simr to Rage Rush!


    "It started with a skill right off the bat," Rin was dumbfounded, and so were the other two.


    *ROAR!!*


    Isabe quickly used her Frost Shield and hurled toward the iing Ogre Chief.


    *Boom!*


    The moment it hit the shield, it almost broke with cracks all over it.


    "Legs! We have to impair it," Rin said and immediately saw Nether Grasp forming to the left side of the cave.


    Rin understood and quickly used 300 of her de energy for her de Tune to harmonize with the Nether Grasp.


    When Chief Ogre neared the transformed Nether Grasp, Rin immediately controlled it and grabbed its legs!


    *Chaa!*


    Its left leg broke out of the Nether Grasp, but its right leg couldn''t, so the des skewed its flesh and bones, finally stopping its rush!


    -1496!


    The damage was great, but the vitality of this Ogre Chief was also high!


    [Ogre Chief]


    _Level: 60


    _Vitality: [4504/6000]


    _Attack: 550


    _Defence: 465


    _Skills:


    —> Rage Rush, Destructive Stomp, Break Swing, Call To Chieftess.


    Despite Rin using 300 of her de energy that managed to kill three Ogres while injuring four and raising their overall power by 30% with Ignis Ad Intimacy, it only dealt 1496 damage to this Ogre Chief.


    *Roar!!*


    "I''ll distract it. You all rain attacks!" Erix flew towards the Ogre while Iron elements gathered around from the ground!


    The Ogre saw Erix and quickly swung its club while standing on one leg!


    Erix narrowly dodged the attack and arrived behind it before using Crimson Blood re on its head!


    *Growl!!*


    The crimson blood re covered its head in an intense burning me, causing it to growl ragefully.


    -783!


    This 2nd Tier skill was truly powerful to be able to deal this much damage with just 50 mana! It was also the only attack skill that scaled with dual stats: Strength and Magic.


    Meanwhile, Rin unleashed her Sword Beams from her de Eater sword that had digested Butcher''s festive sword, and Isabe used her me Whips while holding her Crimson Hell staff.


    Damage rained down on the Ogre chief in just a few seconds, bringing its Vitality down to roughly 50% of its original.


    *Roar!*


    Suffering such injuries without being able to hit anyone, the Ogre Chief angrily roared and jumped with its single leg!


    It glowed dark as the trio could sense powerful energy gathering towards its single leg!


    "Erix!"


    Erix quickly backed away because the shockwave would still severely injure him if he remained in the attack''s range, even if he was flying.


    *BOOM!*


    s, none of them had expected that the range of this Destructive Stomp would be so extensive!


    All three of them were affected and got mmed by the shockwave and pushed back as they fell. Blood rushed into their throats before it came out forcibly, indicating the internal injury they just suffered.


    But it was not serious since they were still not in danger range of the skill, so they quickly stood up and resumed the attack while feeling slight internal pain due to injuries.


    Meanwhile, Erix finished forming a new structure as a sort of iron armor covered him from head to toe!


    He even poured 100 mana into this iron armor to strengthen it and flew toward the Ogre Chief at full speed!


    *Boom!*


    -283!


    mming into Chief Ogre''s back, Erix caused it to fall down before he flew up again and descended with force for another m! Right on its head!


    *Boom!


    -382!


    Isabe and Rin resumed their attacks as the Ogre Chief quickly reached 30% of its Vitality when it finally stood up!


    *Roar!!*


    A strange aura oozed out of it before a portal manifested beside it, bringing with it another terrible and angry roar!


    "Call of Chieftess," Erix murmured before the trio saw another giant Ogreing out. A female Ogre. However, this Ogre had rotten flesh and a stench of death on it.


    ''Undead?!'' Erix eximed upon seeing its status. ''It looks like the Ogre Chief''s skill calls her from death to aid him.''


    She was weaker than Ogre Chief, but their trouble still doubled. To finish this without significant loss, they must quickly kill the Ogre Chief!


    "Continue attack! I''ll hold them off!"


    Erix put anotheryer of iron metal over his body from head to toe as he increased his toughness and mmed into Chief Ogre, who had barely stood up!


    Meanwhile, Rin closed in and started shing the Ogre Chief''s chest with her sword while using de energy to enhance her de Eater sword for more damage.


    Her damage per second was highest with that, so with Isabe using her me Whip, the Ogre Chief was quickly brought down to 10% of its health.


    But the Chieftess didn''t remain idle for even a second and immediately mmed Erix with her Rage Rush.


    -58 life orb!


    ''Shit!''


    Erix quickly retreated but didn''t n to leave their range since he was sort of a tank in the battle.


    He continued with his antics to let Rin and Isabe freely attack but suddenly got an idea.


    ''Imposing Fist through this metal fist… It should have a higher impact!''


    Erix didn''t hesitate and quickly empowered his fist and also conducted the metal glove over his fist with mana!


    *Boom!*


    Without hesitation, he punched the Chieftess''s face!


    -841!


    With his Punch Force passive skill that literally increased his punch damage by 50%, it dealt massive damage to the Chieftess and threw her several meters, causing Ogre Chieftess to m into a pir!


    On the other hand, Rin and Isabe finally finished off the Ogre Chief!


    "I''ll deal her the killing blow, so I canplete one of my tasks," Erix said before he flew towards the Ogre Chieftess with the fastest speed he could muster and mmed into her again.


    From behind, Rin dashed forward and quickly started shing her while Isabe used her me Whip.


    Erix''s mana was almost empty, so he just physically brawled with her in exchange for several points of his Life Orb dropping.


    In the end, he dealt a killing blow and sessfullypleted a task of his task.


    Now, he only needed to kill a holy being of supra-order and absorb their origin core.


    "Finally, it''s over."


    [ Congrattions, you have sessfully cleared the dungeon andpleted the hidden task of killing all Ogres and enraging Ogre Chief ]


    [ Extra Reward forpleting the hidden task: a random Tier-1 passive skill scroll. ]


    Erix removed his full-body iron armor and felt wobbly in his head.


    "Are you okay?" Rin quickly grabbed him before he fell.


    "Yeah, it''s just that the loss of Life Orb seemed to reflect first in my mind," Erix stabilized himself and sat down before taking out the blood pouch to heal himself.


    "You two should absorb the cores," Isabe arrived with Ogre Chief''s origin core and put it on the ground before she also sat down to recover.


    "Nah, you two should absorb it," Rin said before she handed over the Ogre Chief''s origin core to Erix and gave Ogre Chieftess''s origin core to Isabe.


    "I am more powerful, so you two should power up this time."


    [ You can exit the dungeon within ten minutes. After ten minutes, you will be automatically kicked out.]


    [The rewards will enter your inventory once you exit the dungeon.]


    An exit portal appeared at the center of the cave as the trio heard and saw the notifications.