In Orario half to 1/3 of all adventurers were only level one adventurers, not because people don't try to gain strength in the dungeon.
For one everyone fears dying, I'm no different in that regard as until now I didn't even transfer personally into my Warframe due to having so low stats, but Rhino was different in that regard.
He is a Tank, no, he is THE Tank Warframe with only certain other Warframes comparing to or being better than him in that regard, however he was and still is the OG Tank Warframe as his skills were simple compared to later Tank Warframes.
And it's all thanks to his Skill 'Iron Skin' which gives a Boost to Overguard, a gauge that goes over the maximum amount that his shields are at plus increasing his armor at max to 2.5x its original amount.
However unlike Excalibur that was already at its max rank to begin with, the newly made Rhino was unranked and as such I only had access to Rhino Charge, thus I needed to begin grinding levels for my Warframe as a result.
So I began by taking my time in dealing with monsters as I methodically went out of my way to hunt down any and every monster I could find.
Of course since the upper five floors had constant adventurers around, the pickings were rather slim so I just kept forcing my way onwards, killing any monsters in my way with my Ankyros Gauntlets, after all my upgraded weapons would be a bit overkill if I used them on these weaker monsters.
*ROOOOOOAAAAAARRRRRR!!!!*
By the time I reached floor 11 I heard something unfamiliar since the last time I was in the dungeon, an extremely loud roar could be heard from deep within the level, and since it sounded interesting I decided to check it out.
So moving as fast as I could I used the intrinsic power of my Warframe to bullet jump, double jump along with power rolling forward in the direction of the roar.
When I arrived I stood within a large open room where several people were either barely standing, on the ground out cold or worse bleeding profusely as they lay their dying from their wounds.
But I soon noticed what was the cause of their predicament, standing at 1.5 meters tall and over 4 meters long was a Dragon like monster, one that I learned about in the days waiting for Rhino to finish building along with many other monsters, and that is an Infant Dragon, a rare monster spawn that is equivalent to the floor boss of the upper floors before the Goliath.
The Infant Dragon was a Level 2 Monster, from what I could see this party was filled with only level one adventurers and as such they weren't strong enough to deal with a monster on this level, it was a small group with only 5 of them, 2 men and 3 women with their classes being two fighters, a mage, a archer and a supporter.
However one of the fighters was smashed into a wall with it cratering behind him as his sword lay broken as blood dripped from his mouth and nose, the other fighter was on his knees while gripping the stump of his now cut off arm, the mage was barely standing with her staff up as a magic shield protected them as the Archer looked on in fear as her bow lay broken by her, as for the supporter they laid face down on the ground as a pool of blood seeped from beneath her.
*ROOOOOOOAAAAAAARRRRR!!!!*
The Infant Dragon roared out as it slammed its massive hand up against the magic barrier that was on the verge of breaking with one more strike.
"Hehehe, what are you going to do now Kiddo? Are you going to rush in and be their hero?" I suddenly hear a familiar voice say from behind me, but I don't even turn to look at it.
"Hero? I'm no hero." I said before tensing my legs as I leaned forward as the void energy began to fill up around my legs.
"After all I'm only here to get that Dragon Pelt!" I said before suddenly my body launched forward as I used the Move Rhino Charge.
*ROAR!*
Suddenly as the adventurers thought they were about to be killed by the Infant Dragon it was as if they watched what happened in slow motion.
As the Roar went off and as the Infant Dragon lifted its arms to crush them suddenly a large man in some heavy armor smashed right into the Infant dragon with such speed and power it sent it flying on its side before slamming up against the dungeons wall.
The adventurers were left stunned at what they saw of a massive man in heavy armor running at such speed that he was able to smash the Infant Dragon aside due to his speed alone.
I turned to look at them, "Unless you want to die here today I suggest you grab your friends and get the hell out of here!" I shout out towards them before turning towards the slowly rising Infant Dragon.
"T-Thank you!" The Mage couldn't help but say before she pulled together the rest of her party members off the ground before going to grab the downed members before running away.
Seeing that I was alone with the infant dragon I rolled my shoulder as I slipped the Ankyros back onto my hands.
"Now then, your skin is going to make a fine piece for my Chroma." I said before slamming my gauntlets together then leaning back.
*REEYYYAAAAHHHH!!!!*
*OOOORRRRAAAAAAA!!!!!*
I screamed out as I used both 'Roar' and 'Iron Skin' to boost my strength and defenses as the Infant Dragon stared me down.
Seeing this the Infant Dragon pulled its head back before puffing out its chest as it began to glow a bright orange as it traveled up its throat.
*ROAR!*
However another roar rang out as I did another Rhino Charge and in return interrupting its charging Fire Breath.
*ROOOOOOOOAAAAAARRRRR!!!!*
It cried out in pain as smoke came out of its mouth as it got up to look at me with rage in its eyes.
"What? Did you expect me t-" I began to say but I was suddenly smashed across the side by its tail with it doing a spinning attack, smashing me hard into the wall and chipping away at my Iron Skin as a result.
I then pulled myself out of the wall as I shook my arms as I began to hop in place, "Alright, you want to play?" I say before bullet jumping straight upwards before pulling my fist to look down on the Infant Dragon.
"Then Let's Play!" I shout out before I began to hurtle myself down towards the Infant Dragon below.
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