The fifth floor, it was just like all the previous rooms except of course for the enemy on this level. There was a single man standing on this floor, he had a rapier on his right hand and a dagger in his left, he wore a suit of metal plated armor with a blue cape.
Rapier and Dagger wielding knight by: Yemi_S_M_

He slowly walked towards me as I equipped my spear. He picked up the speed and I attempted to thrust the spear into him, he parried it away with his dagger and attempted to stab me with the rapier. I tried moving out of the way, but his blade still found its way to my body. Luckily, my armor reduces slashing and piercing damage quite well.
I backed away and equipped my sword and shield, "Okay. New plan!"
I walked slowly towards him making sure to cover my body well with my shield. It was a medium sized shield that, when my arm was extended, would cover most of my body. I got close and as soon as I saw the opponent make a move, I extended my arm, and his dagger clashed against my shield. I twisted my hand a bit and push his dagger aside while slightly opening my guard allowing me to thrust the sword into the opponen. Hee too was wearing armor, so he barely lost any health.
I got rid of the shield and held only my sword in my right hand. "God I hope this works." I knew his attack would not deal too much damage, so I flipped my sword around and grabbed it by it's edge as carefully yet tightly as I could. As he stabbed me with his rapier I brought my sword down and smashed his helmet in with the guard. He fell on the ground with a groan and stopped moving though still alive. "Huh, better than I thought."
"Special Skill Unlocked! Half Swording: grab your sword by the blade and attack your opponent with the guard or pommel to deal bludgeoning damage."
The Knight groaned as he slowly tried to stand back up, but I smashed his head in once more with the guard of my sword.
I spat on his body as it slowly faded away. "Get wrecked. Noob." I smiled at my own victory, exited the floor and ventured to the next.
The sixth floor was infested by giant spiders. They were all the size of a small dog like a chihuahua. This is such a video game cliché and I hate these wretched creatures. I don't even want to describe what happened. Summary: I wielded a spear to make sure I did not have to come within 3 feet of those horrifying creatures and stabbed them from afar. That said, let's move on to the next floor.
Pyromancers ruled the seventh floor. They wore black robes that covered most of their bodies, their eyes barely visible, their mouths and hands left uncovered by their robes. As soon as I got here they started throwing fireballs and breathing fire at me. I equipped my bloodlust buff once more, I was gonna test a few things.
Pyromancer by: 11fangirl11

I dodged the fireballs and streams of their fire breath as best as I could. When I got to the pyromancer, I landed several strikes targeting the chin. I did not kill him outright, but he walked wobbily and fell down.
"Special Skill Unlocked! Concussion Blow: Strike your opponent's chin harshly to make them groggy and make them fall. Applies status effect confusion and knock down to players."
I stepped away from the pryomancer's fading body and looked for my next victim. "Alright, my little guinea pig, you're gonna help me test out the double roundhouse kick."
From the knowledge I gained about roundhouse kicks when I unlocked the skill, I learned that roundhouse kicks can be chained together. I got behind the flame sorcerer and chained together two roundhouse kicks, he stumbled to the side opposite of where the second kick came from. He tried to correct his balance and put his feet under him, but he tripped over himself and fell.
"Special Skill Unlocked! Double Roundhouse Kick: Chain two Roundhouse Kicks together to deal massive damage to the head. Can cause confusion and will knock down players."
I then made quick work of the remaining pyromancers. They had very low health and as long as you paid attention to the trajectory of their fireballs it was easy to avoid damage. The matter ended and so I powered on, through the dungeon.
On the eighth floor I was welcomed by some guy with a Quarterstaff. He wore an orange robe reminiscent of what Shaolin Monks wore, his head was shaved cleanly and 6 dots were placed on it in the same fashion as a monk's.
Monk by: Yemi_S_M_

I sighed frustrated as I approached him, "More martial artists? really? You know what? NO. I am done with this crap." I then equipped my sword and shield. He raised the staff and brought it down aiming for my head. I blocked it with my shield, pushed it aside and stabbed him through the gut in one fluid motion. His robes where then stained by blood and he groaned before collapsing and dying. I stepped over his body as I walked towards the other side of the room, "I'm not wasting anymore time being 'honorable' on any of these NPCs." I walked onto the circular platform once more and was teleported to another room.
There ninth floor was just like any other room, but there was a boxing ring in the middle of said room.
I approached the ring slowly, searching for my opponent when suddenly a tall, Mike Tyson looking man appeared on the other side of the ring. He climbed onto the ring and then taunted me to get in and join him. I climbed onto the ring and the man, who was wearing black shorts with a white stripe and black boots, walked closer to me. He showed me his fist, I answered back and bumped his fist lightly. We walked to opposing corners pf the boxing ring and a bell rung, signaling the beginning of the fight.
I went in cautiously and waiting for him to make a move. I had my guard up and we both circled around each other for a bit when suddenly, he lunged forward and struck me with a hard cross. Despite the fact that I had managed to block it, my health still went down to about 70%. I definitely cannot take one of those head on if I have any desire to get out of here alive and well.
I stepped forward and punched him straight in the gut with a heavy strike, thus initiating the fast strikes skill. Despite landing the full combo, his health did not drop below 90% either. I unloaded a flurry of punches to his body and when he brought his arms down to defend his it, I landed a Concussion Blow and he stumbled backwards. He did not fall, but his punches lost precision, strength and speed, making them a lot easier to dodge. When he threw a specially horrible punch that almost made him fall down, I took the chance and Double Roundhouse Kicked him. He stumbled again, yet he refused to fall; his body was clearly having trouble moving and reacting, but something kept him upright. Although his ability to stay standing after receiving so many attacks made specifically to down opponents was marvelous, he could not bring his arms up for defense anymore. I took this as my chance to launch a full retaliation and landed another combo on him. Despite all this, his health was still at 50% and he refused to go down.
I pinched the bridge of my nose, "What did you just tell yourself, Ethan. No more martial arts fights." I pulled out the sword from my inventory and just hacked at him while he was helpless to do anything. Once he was dead I headed to the end of the room and stood on the circular platform. Although it was slightly different now. Before, the light emanating from the platform was green, now it was golden and black. When I stood on it, I was not asked whether I wanted to continue or not. Instead, I was simply teleported into the next room and given a large amount of money for seemingly no reason.
The floor seemed empty. It was a simple white, cube shaped room formed by gigantic white cubes. This was the only room vastly different from the others. It was way wider and longer and the ceiling was visible although still quite high up. There was also a sentence carved into the far back wall. It was written in Latin but it roughly translated to, "Only those who have entered with nothing, can leave this sacred place with the greatest of prizes."
I was barely done reading when I heard a deep and powerful voice, "Welcome, Challenger." That's when I saw a man walking towards me. His body, covered in battle scars. His toned muscles seeming to pulse with energy. He wore simple jeans, red converse and no shirt to show off said scars and muscles. His hair, a messy sea of red. His eyes, blank and dead, almost as if he had gone blind.
The man cracked his neck and his voice changed from a booming, godly voice, to a smoother one, reminiscent of a man in his late 20's. "It's been a while since I've seen someone take on this dungeon from level 1. I don't know if you're brave or just a fool, but I do know you are a warrior at heart. You've figured out this game's system and created your own, personalized special skills. Impressive, to say the least, but that won't last very long. After all, your last opponent is me. Survive 5 minutes and you will be considered the winner of this challenge. I must warn you though..." He trailed off before disappearing. Suddenly, he appeared before me and I felt a gust of air come with him, "I don't play nice with anybody."
He must have been really far away, since only now did I realize he was over 10 feet tall. He literally looked down at me, with a very intimidating and piercing gaze.
Author's Note:
Hey there, I just want to point out a few things you may or may not have already known.
1) Half swording: This is something that people actually did in medieval times. Their were two ways of half swording. One was to grab the sword normally but then put your free hand near to tip of the blade. This way if you were thrusting the sword it would not bend as much when hitting something like metal armor. The other way is the way described in the chapter, when facing off against an enemy with full metal armor you have two options: stab through the gaps in the armor or use a bludgeoning weapon to dent the armor. If you only had a sword then you could do what was described.
2) Fights in real life were really, much faster, as seen in this chapter.
3) The concussion blow is a thing that can really happen. The base of the skull is the chin, if you hit it hard enough the skull will shake and the brain might hit one of the skulls walls, causing a small concussion. The side effects normally include nausea, dizziness and in some cases numbness in the legs and/or arms.
4) The double roundhouse kick is also an example of this. One kick makes the head go in one direction and the other kick makes it change direction rapidly, causing the brain to hit one of the skulls walls in some cases.
5) Going into a fight with a sword while your opponent is unarmed is just massacre. Your opponent can be as fast he wants, he's still at an extreme disadvantage. That's why most fights will be unarmed, for the sake of having longer, more interesting fights.
