Dungeon Prowler : One Man Army 355 Sparing Partners

Upon return Lucian grabbed Leader and took her somewhere while growling a threat to any who may think about following them, Dustan and Balin were trying to get a time and place for Yunan to do his consultation but he refused, answering them by saying "just leave it to fate" after having a few mood uplifting moments with his wives and daughter, he stepped into the dungeon and the 66th floor, there he found himself back on solid ground, but inside a cave system, the resident monsters were a type of digging moles that looked like kobolds with oversized sharp claws, strong upper bodies and legs made for fast sprinting, these furry things did not look half as ferocious as they actually were, they relied on outstanding 3 types of attribute points to fight, dexterity, const.i.tution and strength, they were masters at attacking with both strength and speed and their soft looking fur was more like an armor that protects them and keep them warm.

These monsters were called digging hares, they had to dig for hours on end to trim down their stupidly durable claws, it worked both as training and tr.i.m.m.i.n.g, the claws never stopped growing and would someday out grow their owner finally making them unable to lift their hands and effectively stop them from moving, it also worked as a showcase of strength and ability to keep claws that are longer than most.

Yunan found out that these claws were extremely dense and full of mana, the claws feed on mana from the monster constantly growing and strengthening, they can start as brittle nails and then keep growing into things that can make steel feel like tofu, just a brush and the metal would sunder and make way to the claw.

For the first time, Yunan felt what it was like going against himself in a fight, impeccable defence, unrivalled attack and sneaky-sneaky footwork, the good news, he could keep up, the bad news was they knew how to gang up, there were probably the first monsters with no magical attack after the ninth floor, their mana was completely focus on growing their mighty hand claws and making them the best weapons possible.

These monsters were basically the best dual wielding sword masters Yunan met, the way they integrate both strength and agility in their attacks marked them for being duelists, there were little to no flaws in the swordsmanship and the footwork, prompting Yunan to enter enlightenment and upgrade both his footwork and weapon mastery to new heights, these things tasted like wild hares and were as delicious as you might expect, the fact that mana was not used to enhance the body too much meant that it was still as tender and soft even though it's muscle ma.s.s was high, these were the new favourite delicacy at home for a bit, reminding Yunan of the taste of the small and bite sized silver mice, and brought back the memory of the brave and dauntless Silva, Yunan wondered for a second how beautiful the little girl turned out to be after twenty years, he thought maybe he should bring her home but brushed that idea entirely.

Catelyn was his only daughter, so far and she was to stay that way until she gets proper siblings, there was no need for Yunan to adopt a stranger just for sentimental reasons, that and his wives would kill him if he brought up a fully grown up daughter when they did not have their own children yet, somethings must never happen, Yunan came to the conclusion after think about it for less than a second.

The digging hares were very helpful as training partners, unfortunately they were not tameable nor could they awaken, very few monsters in the dungeon were unable to awaken, and most of these needed a catalyst to awaken, just like the cloud falcons, still Yunan could see the benefits of making them sparring partners, unfortunately he was actively trying to speed up, and the little bit of enlightenment he got had to suffice for now, he steam rolled through the place using the utmost of his ability, especially after adding the ability to strengthen his dragonborn form claws, the ability was troublesome if it was in its raw form, something Yunan didn't need to worry about.

The digging hare boss was a berserker tank for lack of better terms , it relied on its tough hide to tank the incoming damage while attacking with reckless abandon, its claws were as big as two handed swords and were sharp enough to slice and dice most of what was below its level, it was something that it shouldn't have done while fighting Yunan who could do the same and had the extra advantage of being able to employ much more than just a thick hide and sharp claws.

Yunan used his dragonborn form to duke it out with the boss, and just like that, two nuclear tanks clashed against each other, a winner was declared 3 hours later with blood and flesh littering the floor of the burrow, greyish white fur mixed with crimson and black scales, at the center of the boss arena stood a battered Yunan with a broken claw piercing one of his armored wings while on the floor a headless digging hare was sprawled on its back with its claws either broken or chipped like rusted old saws.

Yunan was recovering visibly, his body healing and restoring back to shape, his self-healing has progressed to the point where Yunan thought he could survive as long as he had a head and a heartbeat, once Yunan was functional again he fed the boss to Dragonification so that it could repair itself, being merged with Yunan during his dragonborn form did damage but nothing that cannot be repaired by feeding on a big tough boss.