If Kain goes into the cave, he will lose the advantage of hiding, having vision and attacking from his far position.
It can be said that the bandit leader is quite intelligent.
Unfortunately, Kain is not just an ordinary archer, he... can also be counted as a Magus.
The bandit leader probably didn't expect this to happen.
Without saying much more, Kain immediately jumped out of his hiding place and entered the Dungeon.
This Dungeon is larger in size than the previous Dungeon that Kain went into. The entrance to the Dungeon was quite empty and had no cover, so Kain guessed that the bandits would not attack him here.
And Kain also knew that he had appeared in their sights.
Although the glowing grass provided some visibility, that much light was not enough for the bandits to see his face at a distance.
Therefore, Kain intentionally made his voice low.
"So what? Are you scared? Come out here and have a fair fight with me!"
"You bunch of mice! You're all just a bunch of cowardly mice!"
Kain looked like he was arrogantly challenging the bandits, but in fact he was trying to find out where they were hiding.
After the above statement, Kain carefully heard the sound of falling rocks deep in the cave.
These bandits are used to bullying others, which makes it difficult for them by temperament to endure blatant challenges and insults.
Therefore, Kain deliberately used the above words to attack their psychology. Let's see where they hide their tails.
Sure enough, someone took the bait.
Thunder suddenly appeared and tore through the air, striking somewhere. Immediately making the bandits scared and jumping out of their hiding place.
Kain had been waiting for this opportunity. The arrow flew out and directly hit a bandit in the chest, then another arrow pierced the side of another bandit.
They knew that they had fallen into Kain's trap, so they had to risk their lives to rush forward.
They didn't dare to go any deeper, because there were monsters inside. If the bandits went in, they would definitely die.
Only by defeating the archer in front of them will they have a way to live.
Facing a group of mountain bandits who were risking their lives, Kain still appeared very calm.
Arrow on the bowstring, stretch and release. Continue until all the arrows in the arrow box are shot.
Because it was difficult for fast-moving humans to aim at the head, Kain switched to aiming at the legs and abdomen. As a result, although all the arrows were shot, quite a few bandits fell.
But it was all within Kain's plan.
A mountain bandit rushed closer to Kain. Seeing that the arrow box was empty, this person had a clearly happy look on his face. But his joy did not last long, because Kain's dagger cut through his neck.
Blood splattered from his arteries, and the unfortunate mountain bandit fell to the ground, dying while still opening his eyes.
As a hunter, knowing how to shoot an archery is not enough.
Sometimes, the "prey" will resist quite fiercely, which is when the "hunter" must use strong measures.
In other words, Kain is also proficient in fighting with daggers.
His fighting style is very simple. Use stabbing as main, slashing as secondary, because stabbing does more damage.
Eye sockets, neck, shoulders, abdomen,... each exposed area is a weak spot.
However, because the number of enemies was too large, Kain also had to coordinate with [Thunder Bullet] to completely defeat them all without taking any damage.
In the end, only the bandit leader remained.
He also recognized Kain's identity.
"So it's you, damn Magus brat!"
The man roared in helplessness, finally collapsing from a deep wound in his abdomen.
The threat has been eliminated.
Kain collected the bandits' arrows and weapons as trophies.
He is considering whether to continue exploring this Dungeon or not.
"It's best to still explore the Dungeon in the best condition."
Kain left the cave and found a place to rest.
He took out dry food and drinking water to replenish his satiety. Dry food is made from wheat flour. Even though this food is filling, it is very difficult to eat. You still need to eat and drink water to swallow it down to your stomach.
Otherwise, there will likely be a situation where you have indigestion after eating.
After resting, Kain returned to the Dungeon.
Right now, at the corpses of the mountain bandits, there were a few monsters wandering around.
Skeleton, a monster made of bones.
They want to take the bones from those corpses.
Skeleton is also not entirely a specific skeleton, but sometimes can be made up of many different bones and bone fragments. Sometimes there are bones from many different creatures.
A type of monster that is quite difficult to deal with.
Not only because the hard bones act as a defense for Skeletons, but also because of their ability to regenerate as long as their "heart" is not damaged.
A Skeleton's heart is mainly located in the chest, protected by a bunch of ribs, sometimes they will be located in the skull. Some rarer ones are located below the pelvis, a location... quite sensitive to talk about.
For this type of monster, bows and arrows were almost meaningless, so Kain put away the bow and used a long knife he captured from the bandits.
A Skeleton saw a living creature entering and gave up picking bones from corpses and rushed to attack Kain.
A strong rotten smell rushed in, but Kain's face remained unchanged.
The Skeleton was immediately hit and paralyzed. Taking this opportunity, Kain rushed forward and stabbed hard into its chest.
However, the protective bone was still quite uncomfortable, so Kain's knife tip was deflected.
Skeletons' resistance to the paralysis ability of [Thunder Bullet] is also much higher than that of flesh-based creatures like Zombies. That caused this Skeleton to move again not long after.
Its arm reached out, catching Kain's blade. The monster's incredible strength caused Kain to give up this knife. He switched to using another knife, once again stabbing towards the Skeleton's heart.
The monster was motionless again, this time Kain did not fail, successfully killing this Skeleton.
[Thunder Magic]'s initial attack power is not too high, but its ability to cause paralysis is a deadly weapon in a duel.
However, there were still two other Skeletons, and they were also heading towards Kain.
He reluctantly had to retreat.
+[Thunder Bullet level 4] 0/5 (+)
+[Thunder Summon level 1] 1/ 3 (+)
+[Thunder Navigation level 0] 2/ 3 (+)
-[Enhancement Magic ★ ]
Skeletons are indeed difficult to deal with, but the rewards are also very generous, equivalent to killing 5 Zombies and killing 10 Slimes.
There wasn't much to say, Kain immediately added his only skill point to [Thunder Navigation]
[Thunder Navigation level 1] 0/4
Right after that, Kain immediately felt that he could slightly control the direction of the thunder's movement. Not only can it be applied to [Thunder Summon], but also to [Thunder Bullet].
This is indeed good news.