The Shaman gave a toothy Werebear smile as Carnage vanished, and the Berserker picked himself up off the floor.
"Totally didn’t expect that to end with a loss by headbutt knockout."
The berserker sighed as he dusted himself off. "I didn’t see that one coming either. That wasn’t the sort of fight that I had expected, but I learned a few things about how to handle an axe.
Fighting someone with your own style and body type, but better than you, is a brilliant learning experience. Still, fighting a dungeon boss one on one is just crazy talk.
I still can’t believe that both of you managed to do it and win."
Karl patted him on the shoulder. "Don’t take it too personally, we’re a different breed."
"Speaking of which, what did you get for winning?" The Dwarf leading the team asked.
Karl sorted through his inventory. "Let’s see, a couple of Mythic Rank Rare items, a bunch of fire element gems and materials, and one reward chest."
The team waited impatiently as Karl took the oversized chest out of his inventory.
With a dramatic flourish, he flipped the lid open, and a System Message appeared in his vision.
{Title Gained} Mythic Duellist
Inside the chest was a pair of Epic Grade, Immortal Rank gloves.
{Carnage’s Challenge Glove} Epic Grade, Immortal Rank. Increases strength and agility by 150 Percent of base. Increases Skill Damage by 100 Percent of base as Fire Damage.
The other team members stared at the gloves in shock. Only three bonuses on an Immortal Rank, Epic Grade item? That shouldn’t be right.
Though... One hundred percent of base damage as fire was as good as an average skill, and the strength bonus was absolutely ungodly.
Karl slid the soft leather gloves on, and then flexed his fingers, wondering how to test the change.
He was already immensely strong, but he didn’t know how much the increase would be in practical terms.
Dana giggled as she opened the box and found that she had received an identical set of soft black gloves. Apparently it wasn’t a random reward, but a quest reward for accomplishing the feat. Even if you didn’t want to show the title, you could show off your skill just by wearing the gloves.
While she wasn’t as strong as Karl, and didn’t usually need huge amounts of strength or agility in combat, the bonus to skill damage was still worth it.
She could see the fiery aura on her Golems’ swords.
"What do we tell the others? This isn’t exactly a hard mode. It gives a reward, but we won’t know if it’s repeatable until we come back. For all we know, beating Carnage in a duel once might be the only extra bonus you can get from the Dungeon." Dana reminded them.
"But isn’t that already impressive? It’s a guaranteed Immortal Rank item if you can beat him. And not a weak item. Most of the challengers will be Warriors because they’re the ones who practice as duellists the most." The Shaman countered.
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