Chapter 8: Hunt Or Be Hunted
Sylas, an A-ranked hunter, and his team entered a dungeon, but it looked like a cave.
"JESUS CHRIST!!! THE ATTACKING FORCES HAVE BEEN DESTROYED. I CAN'T BELIEVE IT!!! A monster of the human kind?! All the corridors were empty, but all of a sudden this monster appeared like a boss. Is the magic that leaks from a single monster equal to the A-rank dungeon?! No way!!!" shouted Sylas.
"Hey." called the unknown person.
"AAAAAAAAH, DON'T COME CLOSE!!!" shouted Sylas again.
"Agh, my ears are hurting. Don't worry, I didn't kill them, I just stunned them, and why did you guys attack me all of a sudden? I'm a human, not a monster." said the unknown person.
"Agh, he doesn't understand me. I mean, I didn't expect an American to understand me..." Sylas said to himself.
"I'm Korean. I want to go home (with a scary aura)." replied the unknown person.
"I'm sorry, Eris. I wish I could take you to a better place." said Draken.
Eris, looking at Draken:
"No, on the contrary, I love it here. Let's come back often!"
Draken paused for a moment and asked Eris:
"So, what do you plan to do next, Eris?"
"After we get our revenge, I'll focus on my written exams, I guess," Eris replied.
Draken looked at the newly added key to his inventory:
"I won't be around for a while, Eris. I have somewhere to be."
Eris, looking at Draken:
"I understand, Draken. Let's leave the revenge for later."
"No, I'll try to cover that somewhere in between," Draken said.
Eris didn't say much. It would have to be avenged sooner or later. Suddenly Draken's eyes fell on the television. The S-rank hunter was talking on the news:
"The Union investigation is over. There was an accident, yes, but there was no help from outsiders."
"Outsiders? Are they talking about me?" Draken thought to himself.
"You haven't been out much lately, little brother, what's with the sudden trip?" said Draken's older sister Emilia.
"I'll be back in a week," replied Draken.
"Who are you travelling with? Have you found someone special, brother?" said Emilia sarcastically.
"With my friend..." replied Draken in a faint voice.
On the third day, Draken was already fighting bosses, he defeated a giant creature named "Cylion" near a building.
"When I defeated him, he was 20 times higher than me, and now I can triple that," Draken said to himself.
Draken was watching the building on fire after the battle.After killing Cylion, another anathar was added to his inventory.Draken accepted the task.When he opened the door to the Dungeon, he was shocked.
"What is this? No sign of monsters... is this the corridor we know? Is the exit that way?" Draken muttered to himself.
"If you clear this dungeon, you will be rewarded:" came the voice from the inventory.
1.+20 level points
2.10.000+ power, a new magic knife.
3.Secret reward
"Cool rewards, whatever the secret reward is, if I get points, I can pick a new one, but if the rewards are this good, the mission must be hard, there aren't even any monsters around," Draken said to himself.
He was shocked when he opened the door to the new room.
"What? I didn't expect this kind of dungeon. Dungeon, demon imitation? 10,000 demon spirits...so there must be at least 10,000 demons here."
Suddenly all the demons started to appear. Draken, putting the bag in his hand on the ground:
"We said we were going travelling...will a week be enough?
Draken quickly took his magical knife from the inventory and dived into the demons.Since there were so many of them, Draken was trying to be careful.He was finishing them off one by one.
"So far, so good."
1) You defeated 5 low level demons.
2) You've gained 100X3 experience.
3)You have gained X3 demon souls.
(Experience required for the next level: 59,700)
"You even have an experience gauge. How convenient." said Draken sarcastically.
1) You defeated a low level demon.
2) You have gained 100 experience.
"I still have a long way to go," Draken muttered to himself.
Draken has killed all 10,000 demons.
"It looks like this area is also clean.D-rank monsters are the best.But the experience points they give are very low.I need to clear 9 C-rank dungeon to reach level 1, but can I level up here every 3 hours? As I level up, the amount of experience required increases. In other words, it's getting harder and harder to level up. I felt it when I met the S-rank hunter.My current level is barely around S-rank.To get stronger, I need to keep my rhythm.Let's go to the second floor." said Draken.
Draken entered the second floor.
"Is that him?" said the warden.
"Yes, sir," replied the employee.
"Have you been able to identify the man?"
"He claims to be a Korean hunter."
"How did a hunter from Korea end up in a dungeon on the other side of the world?"
"He says he was trapped in the dungeon when it closed 10 years ago and when he opened his eyes he found himself in America."
"Is that all you got from the interrogation? Why didn't you get more information?"
"We suspected he was a monster with human memories. Without the help of the S-rank hunters, our people could be in danger.
"Ah, really. What did you say that man's name was?
"Thorn Nightfall, a Korean hunter," replied the employee.
Draken was relentless. He was clearing all the floors. He had reached the 27th floor.
"It may indeed be impossible to clear all 100 floors in a week," said Draken.
47, 48, 49, and 50.
On this floor, he was confronted by Luthor, the ruler of the lower floors.
"That big thing looks dangerous. Let me deal with it first," Draken muttered.
Draken and Luthor moved at the same time. Draken was a little quick, so he threw a punch with almost half his strength.
"You bastard!"
Luthor staggered back. This was going to be a tough fight.What will Draken do to defeat Luthor?