The Earth After Rebirth

Chapter 385 Harbinger in the Dungeon

"You can't be serious?" Nikolai was flustered.

He thought this would be a fun time with Kiro killing monsters, using them as a stepping stone to level up. It never crossed his mind that they could run into a harbinger of all monsters.

"I am." He answered exploding one of the monster's head with his bare hands.

Another troll came from the rear end attempting to avenge its comrade. If it was anyone else maybe they would've been caught off-guard but Kiro turned with one foot already in the air and connected his heel to its thick neck.

The head flew to the other side. Something that even the kicker didn't expect, which spoke on how strong he was and was vaguely aware.

"Oops!" He exclaimed.

Nikolai would've laughed if his hands weren't full. The hoard of them or the army as the system called it just kept coming.

Making it even harder for them to reserve their energy as planned. It was clear that the dungeon was made to wear down the challengers until the boss showed up.

It was only after this realisation that Nikolai understood why the dungeon was A-ranked. The tactic was a good one, something he wished he could possess. If only his shadow class allowed him to manipulate shadows.

"Sigh. Who am I kidding, I'll never be that good." He mumbled to himself, taking his anger out on the neverneding army.

Ding!

[You've levelled up!]

Kiro couldn't believe his ears, he quickly checked his status window to make sure that he was level 130 at last.

"I thought I'd never level up again!" He said excitedly, the way they were levelling up was still rather fast compared to the past.

A part of Kiro was waiting for the system to give them an edge and tell them the thing's skills. That's why he didn't move, only warily looking at the beast in front of them.

Ding!

[Whatever you both do, don't get hit by that sword. Dodge it with all your might, even your weapons are not safe. The level of the boss is unknown.]

Kiro sighed. He took his staff and placed it on his back careful. He closed his eyes and in a blink of an eye, there were three of him.

"I can just have Hiro make me another pair." Nikolai refused to put his weapons away.

He didn't have a lot in his arsenal, the daggers were his primary weapons for attack, losing them would be losing half of his strength. A part of him knew they wouldn't do much but he could just stand around whistling.

"I wanted to introduce myself but seeing as you've murdered my foot soldiers, we are beyond introductions. My blade will do all the talking." The harbinger said, pointing its sword right at them.

It was a wonder how it was even able to hold it like it didn't weigh anything. The blade looked heavy, heavier than anything they could be able to pick up.

It appeared right in front of them before either of them could react. If it weren't for the sword it was still pulling from behind, they wouldn't have been able to dodge its attack.

The sword landed a second later right where the two had been. The earth tried to hold itself together but the attack was too much and it split it in two.

"If it weren't for your dad, I think that attack would've landed." Nikolai broke into a nervous laugh.

Their seemingly calm atmosphere was broken by yet another lightning fast attack. Though this time it was slightly different, the first one wasn't aimed at anyone in particular. But this second one came for one.

It came for Kiro, marked as more of a threat by it. Although there were three of him and there was no telling which were clones, the harbinger had a nose for the real one.

Kiro was only able to dodge three of its attacks and the blade dug deeper in his chest.

For the first time in Asgard since fighting the Queen, he was injured, badly and for the first time ever the monkey King's armour was no longer enough.