Versatile System Online

"Is it just me, or has the fourth floor gotten easier to clear?" Tim asked as his shield slammed into a goblin, turning i1t into a meat paste.

"No.. The floor hasn't gotten easier to clear. In fact, it will only get harder" Ray answered, his face stoic as he led the team forward.

"Then why do I feel that I am getting less injured while taking down more goblins at a time," Tim inquired, confused over the phenomenon.

"Tim, you are as foolish as ever, can't you see that you have gotten stronger while our teamwork has been refined as well," Elina answered as she hit Tim in the head while chiding him for being foolish.

"Okay, I understand sorry," Tim apologized and ran away from Elina's side while everyone laughed at his expense.

"Enough, we have the floor boss up next. Be careful," Ray said, his voice cold and his expression stern as he stood in front of the team with his fiery sword in one hand while lightning cracked around the other.

Looking at Ray's broad shoulders and firm back, everyone felt a sense of security as their motivation to get stronger only increase.

On the other hand,

"Aurora, Analyze the path and tell me the situation," Ray told Aurora as his perception picked up light traces of eerie magic.

"On it," Aurora answered as she used her power to analyze the whole path ahead.

As for how she analyzes everything?

Aurora has an ability called,

[Mana Sense],

Using this ability, she could sense all traces of mana in the surrounding area and further break them down into smaller components to find everything that happened, is happening, and will happen in the said area.

This ability allowed Aurora to devise plans for Ray and this was the ability that she used to sense the treasure on the last floor. Though, it had limitations as well.

Such as; Aurora could not pinpoint the exact location of the artifacts she could sense and could only sense things with a higher level of mana within them. Other than that, the ability was restricted to Ray's perception. Therefore, she couldn't sense outside of Ray's perceptive range.

Not only that, but it also consumed a lot of System Energy and if used excessively, it could cause the system to malfunction. Therefore, Aurora used this ability in limited amounts and only when needed. Also, this ability of her was still in the developing stages as it would need the system to evolve for further development and calculations, so it could be used to determine the future as well.

Due to all this, when asked by Ray, Aurora supplemented the ability by consuming Ray's mana and bloodline energy instead of her System Energy.

However, it took a toll on Ray's body as the consumption rate was too high. Therefore, she only used this ability when asked by Ray.

Using Analysis, Aurora scanned the area and picked up and examined every trace of mana there was, after her analysis got completed, she told Ray,

"I pick faint traces of dark magic mixed with forbidden magic. This might be the work of hobgoblins trying to conduct some experiments using forbidden magic. I recommend you to travel with caution as there might be some traps up ahead,"

"Okay" Ray nodded as he activated his barrier ability to cast,

[Mana Immunity Barrier],

Activating this ability, a multicolored barrier appeared around Ray, covering every inch of his body.

With the barrier's protection, Ray motioned the team to move forward as he kicked his feet on the ground and accelerated forward,

"Let's see how good your traps are," Ray muttered with a grin as he sped forward like the wind.

Meanwhile,

The whole team followed behind Ray as they looked for any ambushes or stray goblins along the way. This way, the team protected the rear while Ray cleared the traps in the front.

Activating the traps that he passed by, Ray felt his barrier weakening. Seeing this, he asked Aurora in panic,

"Aurora, what is happening,"

"The traps have forbidden magic mixed within them. I told you to move with caution," Aurora told Ray as she advised him, "Now do one thing, erect your barrier in layers and keep doing so until you pass through all the traps"

"Un" Nodding to Aurora, Ray did as she asked and used his ability points to erect more barriers around him. This allowed him to stack their effects and have better immunity against the traps.

Just like that, Ray passed through the traps and came across a hall. The hall wasn't very wide or spacious, just enough to accommodate a dozen people or so.

However, there was something strange about the hall. Something that Ray hadn't witnessed on the previous floors. There was a statue of a female goblin and not only that, the female goblin looked more like a human than any other goblin there.

The female goblin in the statue held a spear in one hand while she held a grimoire in the other and her face had a wicked grin on it. Not only that, she had slits instead of eyes while there were just holes for breathing instead of a nose.

This all made a very unsettling combination along with the scars on her face. Ray felt disgusted as he looked at the state and thought,

"If the statue is such unsettling, I wonder how bad looking the real person may be,"

However, Ray shook his head and focused on the other aspects of the Hall as he took a look at his surroundings.

Looking around, he saw a strange creature sitting behind the statute in a meditative pose.

The creature didn't look like a goblin from any angle. Rather, it looked like a monstrosity created through the amalgamation of two or more goblins.

The monstrosity had a greenish-purple skin color with withered spots all over its skin while his face had four eyes and two noses. Looking at it, one felt as if two faces had morphed into one face.

Other than that, the goblin had two arms but four hands as each one of his arms divided into two from its elbow.

However, the most unsettling thing was the aura surrounding the goblin as it was a very wicked and eerie aura.

"Aurora, what the f*ck is that thing," Ray asked in fright as he couldn't bear seeing such a nasty sight.

"That right there is a failed experiment,"

"What do you mean by that?" Ray asked, confused over what Aurora was trying to say.

"What I mean is that the goblin you see in front of you is a failed product made by someone who dabbled in forbidden magic and dark magic as the person who did this might have tried to fuse two different goblins into one," Aurora explained, her voice quivering with anger as she stated,

"Ray, I request you to finish that thing as fast as possible,"

"Okay, but can I know why?" Ray asked in confusion as it was the first time that Aurora had requested anything. However, he didn't deny it as he continued, "I don't care why but I will help you with that. Though, you owe me an explanation after all this ends,"

After saying that, Ray tightened his grip on his sword as he walked toward the strange goblin.

As Ray closed in on the goblin, the goblin opened its eyes and looked at Ray. Seeing his eyes, Ray froze as his steps halted and he felt a chill run down his spine,

"This bloodlust, just what is this," Ray thought as he sense mortal danger from the opponent in front of him.

However, Ray merely grinned as he spoke,

"Ahh... Such a good chance to fight freely without holding back. Let's have a go at it, shall we?"

Ray said and kicked the ground with all his strength and soared forward as the wind stirred up behind him. Moving forward with all his speed, Ray infused his sword with his magic,

[Infusion magic:- Fire and Lightning Infusion],

With this spell, both of Ray's most destructive magic attributes were infused with the sword as lightning and fire covered the whole sword.

With that, Ray slashed forward as he sent an arc of lightning and fire towards the goblin.

Seeing the sword arc coming towards itself, the goblin stood up and raised its hand as it caught the arc with its bare hands and dissipated it.

However, Ray didn't stop and continued his relentless onslaught as he continued slashing forward. However, the goblin defended against all the arc as if nothing happened.

Stunned, Ray retreated to the hall entrance as he asked,

"Aurora, what now. What is my magic not working against it,"

"I know why, that goblin is a fusion of a warrior goblin and a hobgoblin," Aurora answered, her voice stoic.

"How do I defeat it," Ray asked in worry as he ran his mind to search for a way to defeat the goblin.

"It would be hard but fight against it in melee combat and give it any chance to recover,"

"Okay, but I won't be able to do it alone. That thing's perception is very high. I would need to corner it to land some good hits," Ray muttered gravely.

Just as Ray was thinking on a way to defeat it, the whole team arrived as everyone shouted,

"Ray, we are here. Let's take it on together".

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A/N:- Another fun chapter for you all. Have fun and don't forget to vote with power stones and golden tickets for bonus chapters as I will upload one bonus chapter for every 100 powersotnes and 10 golden tickets.