Soon enough i reached my target floor and slowed down to catch my breath sinuch sprinting took a toll ohe dungeon had a habit of not having monsters at the start of floors when there was a design ge like this so I knew I could afford to rex a bit. Not for long mind you as if it sehat someone was camping the entra'd start spawning mohere until they moved. I only o catch my breath though so it shouldn't be an issue.-

  While I was doing that I pulled out a pass that I may or may not have ripped off from pirates of the Caribbean which was also my metal detector. Flipping open the lid I watched as it spun for a bit before pointing off to my left. Grinning I followed the dire until lo and behold I found a small k of impure mithril rowing out of a cra the wall of the floor. It was a dull grey blue crystal substahat was in truth metal when refined. I wasted no time at all smashing the ore out of the wall and then refining it on the spot to get the of pure mithril the size of my thumb from it.-

  It wasn't much but it roof of the tool w and that was all I hat of course left my greo test and I wao see how it did against an orc. Walking through the thin mist I came across some needle rabbit and imps but no or the tenth floor so I went further down to the eleventh. The mist was thicker here but not so much as to cause me issues seeing into the distance quite yet though things further away were rather hazy. As I result I noticed that this floor just like the previous cked any orcs which fused me that was until I heard it.

  "ROOOOAAAAR!"

  A roar loud enough to echo into this floor from the and my eye lit up. 'An infant dragon, how lucky!' I thought happily and rushed towards the twelfth floor killing the mohat got in my way.

  Infant dragons were a special type monster much like deep floor unis and the first floor Jackbird that rarely spawned in a specific set of floors and was the most valuable thing there. Uhose two monsters however infant dragons were a sort of miniboss type monster sitting at a firm level two ranking normally and highly aggressive to the point of actively hunting the or the floors it spawned on. The things rarely ate magic stohough and were often hunted down shortly after they spawned so variants were rare though not unheard of. In the few cases where one does turn variant it's usually because someo cocky and ended up eaten including the magic stohey had on them.-

  I , in theory, had the stats of a middle level two and thus an infant dragon was the perfect oppo for me to test my grenade on before fighting myself. Naturally I wasn't the first person to arrive at the area the infant dragon was at. I was actually the third as there arty of three currently fighting the mohe party sisted of an amazon and two human men, one of which porter if the huge backpack they had was anything to go by. The amazon used a scimitar and was stantly making shallow cuts against the monster.

  The human who was fighting used a spear to take pokes at the infant dragon but her fighter was doing any real damage to the beast. Not that they could be bmed as the "infant dragon" wasn't just a faname but was very literal. I'm talking four cws and wings on the back with extremely hard scales and the ability to breath a. Much like other types ons the infant dragons came in a variety of elemental fvors that influeheir appearahis one had a bright blue color to it's scales and as a result I khat it was a lightning type dragon species monster.-

  Much like "adult" dragons scales and hide an infact dragons scales and hide were highly resistant to damage. This meant trying to bleed it out or cause small wounds to kill it simply had no real ce to work. I had no iion of stepping in however as unless an adventurer asked for help jumping in was a fast way to create arguments. As a result there was a sort of etiquette to situations like this where an outsider waits until the fight is over or is specifically asked to help.-

  The porter looked at me suspiciously but i merely smiled and waved from my spot while I waited. Despite not really harming the mohe two fighters were otherwise doing fairly well as they were avoiding injuries themselves as well. They had also both noticed me but chose to quickly ignore me since I was following the rules.

  'It'll be my turn soon enough as they are both starting to show signs of fatigue. One of them will slip up soon and they'll o retreat or risk death.' I thought as I paid close attention to the fight.

  Judging from the relut looks the two fighters were throwing my way they had also figured this out and were debating about whether to ask me to jump in or just forfeit any loot and leave. If I jump in I am per the unspoken rules alloart of the loot which meant less for them but if they leave they won't get anything but won't have to suffer the fate of sharing loot with a stranger either. That may seem like a no brainer as some loot is better than depending on how proud they are it was also humiliating to have to ask for help.-

  Judging from their reluce I'd say they are pretty proud individuals as they REALLY don't want to tag me OR leave. That was fine by me though as I win regardless of what they chose to do. Five mier my predi came true and the human fighter was slow on the dodge and got a nasty gash on his right arm from the infant dragons razor sharp cws.

  "Fuck Retreat!" he called out with an upset look while the amazon looked relut but plied as she disengaged.

  The infant dragon smelling the blood went in aggressively to prevent their escape but i hit it square in the side with my grenade.

  "BOOM!"

  Bck fmes ripped out of the orb on tad quickly covered the mohat roared in pain and rolled as the impact of the explosion rocked it's ihis provided a perfect opening for the two fighters to get out e while I moved in. I sprihrough the bck fmes on the ground ign them sihey couldn't buro begin with and with a twist of my waist and shoulders I threw my full strength and accumuted momentum into the swing of my on straight into the burning writhing monsters ribcage.