I exhaled and rolled my shoulders. My body felt light, my muscles relaxed after the intense battle.
"That felt good... now what?"
I stood there for a few minutes, thinking about my next target.
My Strength had already crossed 50, and my Constitution was solid. The next logical step was Dexterity. I needed eight more points to reach the 50 mark.
There were two ways to do that.
Either level up once and then add 10 units of Essence to bridge the gap, or absorb energy to generate Essence and increase Dexterity.
I decided to go with the first option.
I moved forward.
Soon enough, I reached another lava pool.
Ten more orcs emerged, all level 24.
"How many damn level 24s are there in this place?" I muttered in frustration.
Without wasting time, I rushed in and ended the fight in five minutes.
I stood there, waiting....but the level-up notification never came.
"Oh, come on."
Annoyed, I had no choice but to keep moving.
