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Stopping to loot the corpses, Naruto blinked in surprise as he got a decent-looking Bō staff from one of the Moku Bunshin, while the other three merely offered planks of wood. However, the really good loot came form the main body, which gave him several [Mokuton Altered Oak Seeds], which, if their descriptions were true, would grow to full size in a month and, when fully grown, would regenerate any limbs cut off from them in under two days.
He'd have to give most of them to his Jiji, he'd know how to put those to better use than Naruto could.
Moving through both the first and second sub-areas, Naruto quickly dispatched any other Mokujin as and when he came across them, none being rare monsters. Considering that, in the almost a year since he'd gained the Gamer, he'd only come across one of them, that probably shouldn't be that much of a surprise.
"OK…here's the entrance to the Third Area." Naruto stood in front of the gate and, out of reflex checked his equipment. Not that he had much, but he made sure that his tantō holsters were secure. He made a mental note to give his C-Rank Mission outfit a test run at some point, as it was heavier than his regular outfit and he needed to learn to fight with that additional weight.
Pushing the gate open and stepping through, Naruto blinked as the trees instantly vanished, leaving a fairly large open field, but not so large that he couldn't cross it at a light jog in under five minutes. Also, his weapons were sheathed again, for some reason.
"There's absolutely nothing here…what the heck?" the blonde genin said in surprise.
Looking around, Naruto decided to canvass the meadow (which was basically what it was) for any sign of monsters and/or clues. The minimum level for this area wouldn't be 14 if it was just an empty clearing in the forest. After ten minutes of frustrated searching, he finally found a hole in the ground, on one side of a gently sloping hill to one side of the meadow. It was large enough for him to walk into without ducking, and he could spread his arms wide with his tantō drawn and still not brush against the sides.
"I have a bad feeling…" Naruto muttered as he eyed the hole. As a window popped up, he knew that his bad feeling had been vindicated.
[Congratulations!]
You have discovered the first Regular Dungeon in your life, the [Wabbit's Warren]! You receive 100 EXP for this feat!
"…'Wabbit'? What the heck's a 'Wabbit'?" Naruto blinked before an idea occurred to him. "As in…a rabbit? Great, I'm gonna be fighting rabbits in their own damn burrow. Terrific."
He'd hunted ordinary rabbits before; they were quick, agile and had surprisingly sharp claws and teeth. Scale them up to the same size as the squirrels and moles he'd fought before and Naruto was suddenly feeling even worse about meeting them on their home turf.
Despite what most people tended to think about them, rabbits could be vicious little buggers.
Letting out a breath and shaking away his nerves, Naruto drew his tantō again and marched into the burrow at a cautious pace. Surprisingly, after about ten paces into the underground burrow the warren's layout started to change dramatically. Torches were set into the walls at set intervals and the tunnel itself expanded, becoming far smoother and more polished, looking more and more like something man-made rather than something carved by a bunch of mutant rabbits.
"OK, this is starting to get weird." the Gamer remarked quietly. He advanced along the burrow until he caught sight of the first monster in the warren. It was, unsurprisingly, a rabbit, albeit one the size of a greyhound. It was white, with black spots on it, a piebald rabbit. It was the little banner above its head that confused him though.
Wabbit Warrior LV15
[Wascally Wabbit]
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'Is the Gamer interface trying to mimic a guy with a speech impediment or something?' Naruto deadpanned to himself. Shaking his head at the idea, he focused on the task at hand; namely, taking out the rabbit.
Before he could do anything though, the rabbit blurred and vanished, reappearing in front of Naruto in an instant and kicking him into the wall.
You have lost 100 HP!
A hundred from one kick?!
Gritting his teeth, Naruto engaged his [Fūton Chakra Nagashi], before kicking off of the wall and dashing forward, bringing his tantō around in a quick series of attacks, only to miss as the nimble rabbit seemed to blur around him, dodging each attack with ease.
Biting back a growl, Naruto quickly realized that he needed a better way of keeping track of the overly hasty rodent if he wanted to beat it. With a thought, he activated his [Doton: Mogura Kanchi] jutsu, allowing him to sense the opposing monster's movements through the surrounding earth.
As if it could tell what he was doing, the [Wabbit Warrior]'s eyes seemed to narrow onto him in a glare before it vanished again in a blur of speed.
'So that's how you're doing it! Damned thing's bouncing off the walls and ceiling to boost its speed and make it harder to predict where its going.' Naruto thought as he tried to keep up with the rabbit's movements. While he was too slow to keep up with the movements physically, his sensory technique was at least able to tell him where the rabbit was landing.
Feeling the long-ears suddenly kick off from the wall directly behind him, Naruto twisted around, bringing one of his tantō around in a broad slash.
*SHICK*
With a single lucky hit, the rabbit's head was severed from its shoulders in a spurt of blood.
You have slain [Wabbit Warrior] X1! You earn 500 EXP!
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