Nero, The Legendary Hunter

Chapter 84 - 83: Choko Tests Her New Abilities

When Choko dressed in the Draconic Armor, she looked fabulous. The armor showed off her slim waist even with armor, five triangular shapes around the waist, on the arms three layers of protection very identical with tortoiseshell, only more sophisticated and beautiful. On her arms there were five layers of dragon scales. A black cape stretched back on her waist was also secured by an open four-pointed black skirt with gold lines on the outside and wine red ones on the inside. 

Her long legs were protected by four layers and the pads on the knees were triangular with the sign of a pink trident. The boots, despite looking very heavy, were easy to wear and comfortable and at the same time very hard and pointed. A kick would be capable of popping a man's golden balls.

Choko took the red Draconic Gauntlets, and put them on. They were amazing. All red, just like the armor, with lines in pink, almost red. A dragon was drawn on the palm of each hand. The dragon was pink in color.

"I love it! I really enjoy it all! Thank you, Nero!" Choko threw herself into Nero's arms and hugged her tightly.

If she were someone else, they could be crushed alive, as Choko's current strength wearing that armor was surprisingly high, even higher than many who were at Rank D.

"I'm glad you liked it." Nero reached out and touched Choko's face and kissed her in front of Jingu and Honda. She didn't need or want to hide it. She and Choko had a special friendship, it wasn't something they needed to hide.

Only when being kissed so suddenly, Choko's mind fried and she almost fainted on the spot...

Jingu pretended to cover her face, but peeked through the cracks. Honda was more brazen and saw everything.

Nero didn't even explain herself and said, "Ready to go to the dungeon?"

"By the way, those two siblings left the city. After earning a lot of money with us, they decided to live as farmers or something, degozaru," Jingu said.

"Well, they weren't good at fighting. At least now they're able to do something to survive," Choko, who recovered, said.

"Now seeing you guys wearing these armors, it made me jealous, and I want to save money and buy one too. With my savings, I have 50 grand. Apparently, I have a long way to go," Honda said.

"I want some too." Jingu incredibly spoke normally this time. She looked like she wanted to stop talking like that, but it is hard to stop a habit once it catches on.

"Mm, we only need to go to the dungeon about 20 times and you will have enough money selling the items when using: <Plunder>," Nero said with a beautiful smile.

But for Honda and Jingu that proposition was a little scary, as they didn't expect to go 20 times in the dungeon as they would soon be enrolling in Hunter School. And there were only 17 days left until the day of registration, or was Nero planning on going twice a day to the dungeon?

"We'll think about it later. Let's go to the dungeon first, degozaru," Jingu said.

"Yes." The others agreed.

Nero was also eager to use the Black Widow. Despite having no mastery and no skill with a sword, she was fast and strong. There was no harm in trying it out, and with experience she'd learn to use a sword.

'If I use [Obscure Vibration] with the sword, something interesting might happen...' Nero smiled strangely, causing shivers down Jingu and Honda's spines.

When they got to the front of the dungeon they already recognized Nero and the rest. Maybe because of the armor, or because of the level advancements, people didn't look directly at them. Anyway, Nero preferred it that way.

After entering, they had to face the same old cats. But this time, Choko wanted to test her new skills and armor, so they let her act first. Seeing a single tiger from level 5, she tried her <Lightning Leap> and appeared 2 meters from where she was before, and almost lost her balance as she wasn't used to it.

This alerted the tiger who had a mouthful of teeth to bite at Nero.

"<Hurricane Punch>!"

"Bang!"

A powerful punch that was reinforced with a hurricane around her arm struck the tiger's jaw and sent it flying into the air and hitting the ceiling. When it fell, the tiger was no longer moving.

Jingu and Honda sighed in awe, but this was far from over. The interval of the <Lightning Jump> was 5 seconds, so she had to run towards another feline, this time a cheetah type. 

From the front Choko used: <Quick Combo>!

"Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!"

A session of punches from all directions crashed into the cheetah and marks from the fist of the gauntlet appeared and it was only when the last punch was deferred that the cheetah went flying.

'Is there any kind of attraction to not let the prey fly away while launching the combo?' Nero thought.

The cooldown of the <Lightning Leap> ended and she calculated well and chose the best moment to use against a tiger. Jumping, she also used: <Dragon Fist>!

"BANG!"

A shadow of a green holographic dragon appeared and slammed into the tiger's head. It was a horrendous sight; the tiger's head exploded.

After collecting the bodies of the three cats, Choko returned smiling.

"That was so rewarding! I'm so happy!" She felt very powerful, defeating level 5 monsters with a single punch. Well, there was that punching session, but it's part of the skill, so it should count as one, right?

"The level 5s can be left to you, I don't need to fight them." Nero was the least shaken by Choko's show of strength. It was more or less what she expected.

Choko's breathing was still regular. After all, she had passive skills and stamina of level 6. That alone wouldn't make her tired.

There were at most 10 level 6 monsters on the first floor. Nero killed 8, Choko 1, and Jingu the other.

"Let me try to kill the boss, gozaru," Jingu requested.

"Go ahead." Nero didn't care.

Honda and Choko also didn't care.

Holding her samurai sword, she walked over and closed her eyes. Just as the boss was attacking her, Jingu slid to the ground like an ice skater and cut from the bottom to the top.. She appeared on the other side, blood on her sword, and the lion's head fell to the ground with a "thud".