Third Dungeon: Wandering Beast

## **Third Dungeon: Wandering Beast Summary**

[Entering Single Player Dungeon] (Ch105)

[Difficulty: Third Dungeon]

[Background: The city has experienced a couple of vicious animal attacks. As a reporter with a good reputation, you sense that there is a secret behind those attacks. Your boss does not agree with you though, so you need to prove your worth once again…]

[Main Mission: Discover the truth within two weeks.]

[Temporary language pack, Disappears upon exiting the dungeon.]

[Clothing, backpack, weapons, and other items remain unchanged, Temporarily altered appearance, Returns to normal upon exiting the dungeon]

[Hint: This is your third official dungeon. You can fail the Main Mission, but you will have to pay 300 Points as a penalty and your highest attributes will drop by one point. If your points are insufficient, the system will deduct from your equipment. If your equipment is insufficient, you will fail.]

Kieran spawned in his room, where he saw the camera that belonged to his reporter persona. His phone then rang, which was Larry, Kieran’s informant, telling him that there were new developments in a case Kieran was investigating. Kieran left to visit Larry at the laundromat he owned, where Kieran paid Larry for some information. As Kieran left, a car pulled in front of the laundromat and opened fire on it. When they exited the car after thoroughly destroying the laundromat, Kieran killed them and took one hostage alive. Kieran confirmed Larry’s survival, and agreed to help Larry get to a safehouse after Larry recognized the assassins as the Morocco Brothers.

[Sub Mission Unlocked: Helping the Informant] (Ch106)

[Helping the Informant: Larry has gotten into some trouble, and he needs you to take him to his safe house and hand over the captive to him.]

Kieran drove Larry to a broken down factory, where Larry went down into the sewers. Kieran followed him with the hostage, and found a fully stocked safehouse underneath the sewer cap. Kieran finished the sub mission, and was quick to leave as he did not want to participate in Larry’s illegal activities, but as he climbed back up to the surface he was shot at by a sniper. Kieran tried to probe Larry for information as to who might have hired the sniper, but Larry was unable to think of a person.

[Sub Mission Unlocked: Unknown Attacker] (Ch107)

[Unknown Attacker: Larry is being hunted down by an unknown killer. Since you’ve helped him before, he’s asking for your help again. He will not forget your goodwill if you agree!]

Kieran agreed to help kill the sniper, and Larry allowed Kieran to use any of the firearms stored in the safehouse. Kieran declined and pulled out his [Viper-M1], which greatly shocked Larry. Kieran got two jackets, and used them to trick the sniper into firing; he then jumped out of the sewer and quickly took care of the sniper before three SUV’s pulled up. Kieran shot the tire of the middle one, causing it to crash into the first one; the third SUV then crashed into the already crashed middle one. The middle SUV started leaking oil, which came in contact with a spark. All three SUV’s were destroyed in the following explosion, killing everyone inside them. Larry came out of the safehouse and started talking to Kieran. He mentioned Creedo, another person in the same business as Larry, a very dishonest man. Kieran then looted the sniper, finding a [Jagdtiger-X1] sniper and a keycard. Using the keycard, Larry was able to identify that the group that wanted him dead was the Sphendix Corporation, because the witness Larry had taken in was one of their discharged employees.

Kieran drove Larry to the safehouse the witness, Leonard, was in. Upon reaching the nice house, Kieran found Leonard and Larry’s men dead, their heads blown off. Despite the many bodys, Kieran could also tell that the suspect had been searching for something within the house; Kieran found a crumpled newspaper that had once wrapped the object that the suspect had successfully found. The newspaper had three sentences underlined, from the article about the man-eating beast: they all were about the recent victims Sidney, Courtney, and Paul. While Kieran was thinking about Leonard, Larry called for Kieran to come downstairs. Downstairs, the tv was on a news station where the reporter announced that the main suspects for a ‘gang war’ at the factory near Larry’s safehouse were Kieran and Larry themselves. The Sphendix Corporation put a $500,000 bounty on their heads. Larry had a slight mental breakdown at the news, but Kieran managed to calm him down before telling Larry that he planned to both continue investigating Leonard and fight the Sphendix Corporation.

In an alley Larry and Kieran waited in a car. They discussed how they would go after Creedo, before Kieran asked Larry about Spendix’s security consultant. Larry told Kieran the consultant, Kailuark the Executioner has brutally murdered hundreds of people. Just then Creedo and a group of his men entered the alley. They started searching the alley before Kieran turned on the car and attacked them. After they were all defeated, Kailuark the Executioner entered the alley and started shooting at Larry and Kieran before he started a knife fight with Kieran. Larry, watching, couldn’t believe that Kieran was fighting equally with Kailuark as it went against Kieran’s reporter persona; Larry then mistakenly started believing that Kieran was the urban legend, the Shadow Stinger. Kieran killed Kailuark and looted his gun and sword. After a thorough search, Kieran found the roman numeral III tattooed on the back of his neck. Kieran grabbed Creedo and put him in the car when Larry asked Kieran about being the Shadow Stinger; he did not believe Kieran when he said he was not the Shadow Stinger.

Kieran and Larry tied up Creedo and started interrogating him; Larry started beating Creedo in order to vent all of his anger. He then started breaking his fingers to torture information out of him. Larry eventually gathered that the person behind Creedo was Compton, an underground King known as Mr. Big. Larry started to panic and the information, knowing that both he and Kieran were too weak to be able to fight both Sphendix and Mr. Big, but Kieran consoled Larry by trying to put together a strategy; they talked about assassinating key peoples in order to start a war between the two powers, but Kieran eventually dismissed that line of thinking, knowing that in the end he would have to kill both Sphendix and Mr. Big at the same time. Kieran then revealed to Larry that, since Mr. Big did not know that he and Larry did not have Leonard’s object, they could use it as leverage to join Mr. Big.

While avoiding police and bounty hunters, Kieran and Larry traveled through the city until they reached the barber shop that served as Mr. Big’s front. They greeted Mr. Big, who was the barber, but before they could even start to explain what they had come for, Mr. Big attacked Kieran and Larry with a fear authentication check which Kieran passed easily, but Larry failed. Mr. Big offered to allow them to serve him in exchange for the leverage, but Kieran declined, saying that he wanted a collaboration in exchange for the leverage. Mr. Big called Kieran’s bluff, knowing Kieran didn’t actually have any useful leverage, and Kieran was about to fight his way out of the barber shop when a man ran in, informing Mr. Big that there had been another beast attack. The man and Mr. Big looked at a map that had all the previous attacks marked Sidney, Courtney, Paul, and now Redecker was added to the map. Kieran was able to see the map from where he was, and realized quickly that the incidents were in the shape of a pentagram magic circle. When the man and Mr. Big were done talking, Mr. Big again asked Kieran what leverage he had, and Kieran pointed at a location on the map, claiming that his leverage was there.

Mr. Big’s men escorted Kieran to the location he pointed out, while Kieran mused about his knowledge of magic circles, and where the conversion circle for a pentagram the size of a city would be. When they arrived the location, Kent, Mr. Big’s right hand man, personally verified that there was another victim of the beasts in the alley Kieran had pointed out on the map. Kieran also investigated the body; he found that except for the skull, there were almost no bones left in the mutilated body. Kieran used [Tracking] to follow the beast, where he found tracks of a human joining the beast; Kieran believed this human must have been a tamer who brought the beast here and helped it escape afterwards. He followed the tracks to a street, where they abruptly ended next to some tire marks. He requested a car from Kent, but offended Kent after stating that Kieran was Mr. Big’s collaborator; Kent started to fight Kieran, but Kieran used [Half-Dead’s Gaze] to inflict fear on Kent and all of Mr. Big’s men who surrounded them to watch the fight. Kent went and got a driver for Kieran, and Kieran guided the driver while following the tracks of the car. The tracks eventually led them to Sphendix’s headquarters, where Kieran had the driver turn around and return to the barber shop.

Back at the barber shop, it was empty except for Mr. Big and Larry. Mr. Big was holding Larry hostage while interrogating Kieran, unable to come up with a reason how Kieran knew about the latest body’s location without being affiliated with Sphendix. Kieran then used his [Lightning Tiger’s Finger] to make electricity appear in his hand, attempting to convince Mr. Big that he could use magic. Kieran told Mr. Big that Sphendix was able to survive his fatal illness because he had hired someone who could use magic “like Kieran”, causing Mr. Big to finally accept Kieran as a collaborator. He released Larry, and invited Kieran to his real headquarters.

[Sub Mission: Unknown Attacker (Completed)] (Ch120)

Mr. Big led Kieran to the back of the barber shop, where an undisguised elevator led them to an underground base. Mr. Big started showing off his wealth, and tried probing Kieran to see how strong he really was. The maids pulled out guns, and Kieran used his [Primus Arm] to defend himself from the bullets. Mr. Big completely accepted Kieran’s identity as a sorcerer when he saw the bullets fail to hit Kieran. Mr. Big led Kieran to a more secure room, and told Kieran the whole story;

““My source told me that six months ago Sphendix had gotten some terminal illness and he only had three months left to live. Yet those three months have passed, and Sphendix is still alive and well. My source is really reliable and would never betray me. Sphendix Medical Group must have made some major breakthrough, and I am very interested in that. I asked my men to approach Leonard, who was a gambling addict. We wanted to get him over to our side and it was easy, but Leonard was too stupid. Before he could make himself useful and discover anything, he was fired. By the time that happened, I was too distracted by the beast attacks and did not notice what Leonard had discovered. By the time I noticed, it was already too late. Sphendix had sent out his cutthroat killer and gotten rid of Leonard. I’d never expected to bump into you though!” Mr. Big laughed bitterly.” (Ch121)

After, Kieran requested all the information about the third victim, Paul. Mr. Big returned with all the information he had gathered about Paul’s entire life, from childhood to his death. Kieran initially found nothing of note, but when he looked at the arm which was the only remnants of his body after being mauled by the beast, Kieran saw an incomplete tattoo that he could only read due to his [Mystical Knowledge]. That tipped Kieran off that Paul was definitely not the same as the other victims, but he could not figure out in what way he differed; Kieran had no way of knowing if Paul was secretly affiliated with Sphendix, how he learned [Mystical Knowledge] or what the tattoo meant, or if he was really dead. Kieran then asked Mr. Big about the tamer, and learned that Sphendix is extremely protective of them, therefore Mr. Big knows nothing about the tamer. Kieran drew the tire marks he was tracking before and gave it to Mr. Big, asking him to find what kind of vehicle they belong to.

A few hours later, Mr. Big returned with a file containing surveillance photos of Paul, alive and with both arms, driving the car that matched the tire marks. Mr. Big said that although Paul had no connections to Sphendix, the director of the orphanage Paul grew up in did; he also revealed that the director’s coffin was empty and the orphanage itself had several secret rooms. Though the secret rooms had been cleaned, Mr. Big’s men were still able to find evidence of cruelty against the children, such as a lone tooth and bloodstains. Kieran and Mr. Big were united in their disgust towards Sphendix, and started planning to take him down.

[Sub Mission Unlocked: Final Fight] (Ch124)

[Final Fight: Mr. Big has decided to declare war on Sphendix, but considering that Sphendix has a sorcerer on his side, he has to watch his back. He has asked you to take care of the sorcerer!]

That night, Mr. Big’s men attacked the Sphendix headquarters. Mr. Big and Kieran were sitting in a limo, watching the men carry on their assault. As they were talking, the beast appeared and flipped the car over. The beast used a sonic attack to defeat a lot of the men as Kieran got out of the flipped car; Kieran wanted to find Paul, but the beast quickly started to attack Kieran during his search. Kieran shot a few bullets from his [MI-02] into the beast’s mouth, getting it to stop using its sonic attack, while he looked around for Paul again. Mr. Big’s men managed to blow up the headquarters, as the building was collapsing Paul appeared. Paul instantly used flames to attack Kieran. Kieran retaliated with [Lightning Tiger’s Finger] and [Flaming Kicks], spamming Paul with powerful kicks until he easily died. The beast attacked Kieran again, and Kieran shot at its weak spots until it too was dead.

Trumbo then appeared; he was both Spendix’s secretary, and Mr. Big’s mole, but he was revealed to also be the director of the orphanage. Both Mr. Big and Kieran attacked Trumbo, but the system told Kieran that Trumbo had a force field barrier, which was able to negate all damage. Kieran tried to find the conversion circle to destroy the barrier, but rumbo said it was already complete. Just then, Trumbo was stabbed through the heart from behind by Shadow Stinger Rock. Kieran had hoped that because of Rock’s appearance, the barrier would have been destroyed, but after shooting at Trumbo some more Kieran saw that the barrier was still in effect. He went back to the flipped car, and called Larry asking him to bring Kieran’s equipment to the battlefield.

When Kieran and Mr. Big left, Trumbo started to fight Rock earnestly, but before he could do much, Kieran returned with a rocket launcher. Trumbo shifted his attention to Kieran, because he knew that his barrier would be unable to defend against a missile. Trumbo had to focus on attacking the missiles being shot at him. Rock detonated the dagger still in Trumbo’s heart, destroying the barrier. Kieran then quickly shot as many rounds into Trumbo that he could, afraid that he would miss out on loot by Trumbo being killed by Rock instead. Trumbo died to Kieran’s guns, and dropped a lot of loot that Kieran wanted to quickly grab, but he was blocked by a horde of formless souls. Kieran used his lightning and fire to kill the large mass of souls, making sure to pick up every [Soul Shard] that dropped. When he was done, he went over to Rock who was standing next to Trumbo’s body; Kieran looted the body, then asked Rock to give Kieran a little more time before they talked, as Kieran knew the mission would end once he talked to Rock.

Kieran gathered all of his loot, including several heavy weapons he got from Mr. Big and Larry, then went back to Rock. Rock told Kieran about his history with Trumbo, and the mission ended.

[Third Dungeon: Wandering Beast]

[Dungeon Type: Free World]

[Dungeon Difficulty: Low]

[Main Mission: Find out the truth within 2 weeks!]

[Mission Completion: 100% (Rating: F)]

[Sub Mission 1: The Informant’s Aide]

[Mission Completion: 100% (Rating F→E)]

[Sub Mission 2: Unknown Attacker]

[Mission Completion: 100% (Rating E→D)]

[Sub Mission 3: Final Fight]

[Mission Completion: 100% (Rating D→C)]

[Battle Performance: Very Active (Rating C→B)]

[Exploration Performance: Average]

[Special Rating 1: Greatly shortened dungeon time (Rating B→A)]

[Special Rating 2: Eliminated Paul the Tamer (Rating A→S)]

[Special Rating 3: Assisted in eliminating Trumbo (Rating S→SS)]

[Acquired Title: Spectre Buster (Rep +1) (While Ghost Buster is active, kill 300 formless souls in one battle)]

[Spectre Buster: When the title is active, +10% Attack and Defense against Enemies in Spirit Form, A certain percentage is required to induce [Fear], Some places welcome you, while other places expel you!]

[Final Rating: SS]

[Calculating Player’s Third Dungeon Reward…]

[Player’s Final Reward is as follows…]

[Points: 10,000; Skill Points: 6; Golden Skill Points: 1; Golden Attribute Points: 1] (Ch132)

## **Third Dungeon: Wandering Beast Received items**

[Name: Jagdtiger-X1] (Ch108)

[Type: Firearm]

[Rarity: Great]

[Attack: Strong]

[Magazines: 3 Rounds]

[Attributes: Armor Penetration Lvl 2]

[Effects: None]

[Prerequisites: Firearm Weapon (Light Firearm)(Entry)]

[Able to bring out of the dungeon: Yes]

[Remarks: This is a very powerful sniper rifle. Even Medium Armor is no match for it!]

[Armor Penetration Lvl 2: Able to penetrate Medium Armor (Strong Defense)]

[Name: MI-02] (Ch112)

[Type: Firearm]

[Rarity: Great]

[Attack: Normal]

[Magazines: 7 Rounds]

[Attributes: Silence lvl 1]

[Effects: None]

[Prerequisites: Firearm Weapon (Light Firearm)(Entry)]

[Able to bring out of the dungeon: Yes]

[Remarks: This handgun is equipped with a silencer, but don’t expect dead silence from it!]

[Silence Lvl 1: Able to suppress gunshots to a certain extent.]

[Name: Alloy Blade] (Ch112)

[Type: Sharp Weapon]

[Rarity: Excellent]

[Attack: Common]

[Attributes: None]

[Effects: None]

[Prerequisites: Strength E+, Sharp Weapon (Long Sword)(Basic)]

[Able to bring out of the dungeon: Yes]

[Remarks: This alloy blade has been forged using modern technology.]

[Name: 0.357 Bullets] (Ch129)

[Type: Ammunition]

[Rarity: Excellent]

[Attributes: Armor Penetration Lvl 1]

[Effects: None]

[Able to bring out of the dungeon: Yes]

[Remarks: A 0.357 diameter bullet. Use it and you won’t be afraid of the black bear anymore!]

[Name: Python-W2] (Ch129)

[Type: Gun]

[Rarity: Excellent]

[Attack: Common]

[Magazines: 6 Rounds]

[Attributes: 1. Armor Penetration Lvl 1; 2. Precise Shooting Lvl 1]

[Effects: None]

[Prerequisites: Strength F+ (E when single-handed), Firearm Weapons (Light Firearm)(Basic)]

[Able to bring out of the dungeon: Yes]

[Remarks: This is a custom-made weapon. Its grip is good and it packs quite a punch!]

[Armor Penetration Lvl 1: Able to penetrate Light Armor (Weak and Common Defense)]

[Precise Shooting Lvl 1: The projection of the bullets becomes more accurate after an adjustment to the gun barrel (+5% Damage to Target)]

[Name: Cobra-I] (Ch132)

[Type: Rocket Launcher]

[Rarity: Excellent]

[Attack: Powerful]

[Magazines: 1 Round]

[Attributes: None]

[Effects: None]

[Prerequisites: Firearm Weapon (Heavy Firearm, Basic)]

[Able to bring out of the dungeon: Yes]

[Remarks: The armor-penetrating effect might vary depending on the type of rocket round that you use, if you even have such a rocket.]

[Name: BK-20] (Ch132)

[Type: Firearm]

[Rarity: Excellent]

[Attack: Strong]

[Magazines: 100 Rounds]

[Attributes: None]

[Effects: None]

[Prerequisites: Firearm Weapon (Medium Firearm, Entry)]

[Able to bring out of the dungeon: Yes]

[Remarks: A big amount of 5.56 mm bullets is the key to unleashing its destructive power!]

[Name: MG-08] (Ch132)

[Type: Firearm]

[Rarity: Excellent]

[Attack: Strong]

[Magazines: 250 Rounds]

[Attributes: Armor Penetration Lvl 1, Rapid Shooting Lvl 1]

[Effects: None]

[Prerequisites: Firearm Weapon (Medium Firearm, Master)]

[Able to bring out of the dungeon: Yes]

[Remarks: 250 rounds is definitely not the limit. An extension might be possible if you remember to modify the reloading method.]

[Armor Penetration Lvl 1: Able to pierce light armor (Weak or Common Defense)]

[Rapid Shooting Lvl 1: Increases shooting speed (350 rounds per minute)]

[Name: Paul’s Camouflage] (Ch132)

[Type: Armor]

[Rarity: Magical]

[Defense: Strong]

[Attributes: Hiding lvl 2, Nimbleness Lvl 2]

[Effects: None]

[Prerequisites: None]

[Able to bring out of the dungeon: Yes]

[Remarks: Paul had named his pet bear Paul as well. The bear was brought up with Paul’s special raising method, and it grew to an extraordinary size. Its size did not affect its nimbleness or specialty to hide itself though.]

[Hiding Lvl 2: Increases 20% Hiding Effect during Undercover or Hiding]

[Nimbleness Lvl 2: Armor will not affect your movements]

[Holy Blessing Potion Prescription, costs 10,000 Points to learn, Yes/No?] (Ch133)

[Potionology (Grand Master) not learned…]

[Requirement not met, Unable to learn]

[Beginner Healing Potion Prescription, costs 2,000 Points to learn, Yes/No?] (Ch133)

[Potionology (Entry) not learned…]

[Requirement not met, Unable to learn]

[Beginner Fire Resistant Potion Prescription, costs 2,000 Points to learn, Yes/No?] (Ch133)

[Potionology (Entry) not learned…]

[Requirement not met, Unable to learn]

[Underwater Breathing Potion Prescription, costs 2,000 Points to learn, Yes/No?] (Ch133)

[Potionology (Master) not learned…]

[Requirement not met, Unable to learn]

[Name: Medium Healing Potion] (Ch133)

[Type: Potion]

[Rarity: Excellent]

[Attributes: Instant Recovery of 100 HP, Continuous Healing of 20 HP per second for 5 seconds]

[Prerequisites: None]

[Able to bring out of the dungeon: Yes]

[Remarks: This is a magical potion crafted by a Potionology Prescription. The magical power in it could save your life during desperate times!]

## **Third Dungeon: Wandering Beast Learned Skills**

[Skill Learned: Burning Hand] (Skill Book found Ch127/ Learned Ch132)

[Name: Burning Hand (Basic)]

[Related Attributes: None]

[Skill Type: Offensive]

[Effects: A 45-degree cone-shaped fire with a length of two meters will strike and inflict Strong Level Damage. There’s also a small chance of inflicting Burn Damage. (Burn Damage: Target is inflicted with a Burn for 1 second, If the authentication of their Constitution is lower than E Rank, Target will carry the Debuff for another 4 seconds, until the Burn Debuff ends.)]

[Consumes: 1 Cracked Rank Ruby and Jagen Volcanic Ash]

[Prerequisites: Mystical Knowledge (Entry)]

[Remarks: This is a spell that requires a hand gesture and tribute items. To make full use of the skill, every gesture must be done in a certain order. If you don’t want the spell to backfire, you have to remember the gestures!]