Chapter 9: Escalation Of Events
After Draken punched Luthor, Luthor stood up.
"I lost my temper and hit him, but why did he fly so far? Oh, that's right...I foolishly invested in my strength," Draken said sarcastically to himself.
This time, Luthor went on the offensive. He began to run at Draken with his huge bulk. He was picking up speed.
"What? Speeding up? I can't dodge this. I'm gonna take a direct hit! IGNAROK!!!" shouted Draken.
Ignarok appeared and began to attack Luthor, doing little damage with his powerful attacks, at which point Draken spent his level points to retrieve a more powerful knife from the inventory.
"Ignarok, come back. I've got this." Draken said.
As soon as Ignarok returned to his seat, Luthor launched a straight attack at Draken.Draken tried to stop it with his knife.He did, but Luthor was unleashing one straight attack after another.Draken was thinking to himself as he blocked them all:
"I can withstand this because of my strength, but I must find an opening for a counterattack! The next attack... will be in the course of his chain moves!"
Just as Luthor launched a new attack, Draken shouted to himself:
"NOW!" Draken made the attack, but Luthor avoided it.
"He's been waiting for this opportunity too? Damn, I can't dodge this while I'm in the air. If I could move....Wait! "Move?"
Draken activated his new feature.
"Even if I repulse him, I can use the retro-impulse to push myself backwards!"
Just as Luthor attacked, Draken used the feature. Both he and Luthor flew backwards.
"I DID IT! I DID IT! The only place I can hurt Luthor with the knife is in his head, but it would be too dangerous to aim for his head when I'm reading his movements."
Draken looked at Luthor and muttered to himself:
"First I must stop his strange behaviour...I must create...an inescapable situation..." and he set the entire room ablaze.
"THAT'S IT!"
Luthor lost his composure for a moment. Draken saw this:
"He's lost his cool! Good!"
Luthor began to chase Draken.
"KEEP CHASING ME, POS!" shouted Draken.
Draken gave Luthor a run for his money and saw a building that was about to collapse.
"NOW!" shouted Draken.
Luthor was still coming up behind him.Draken used his high sprint to overtake him and ran towards the building.Just as it was about to collapse, Draken stepped on top of it.Luthor realised what Draken wanted to do.
"Even if you realise that, it's too late! You're going to have a hard time slowing down," Draken said coldly.
He leapt over the building towards Luthor. He armed his knife in mid-air. He was falling towards Luthor at high speed. Luthor couldn't react, and Draken stabbed him in the side of the head. Luthor was screaming in pain.
"Is that the kid from apartment 920? I haven't seen him in a while."
'Where did Draken Nightfall the Hunter go?' said the S-rank hunter.
"His sister said he'd been travelling for a week with a friend. We've come all this way and it's been in vain," S-rank's secretary replied sadly.
"No, there's something strange. There's no sign of her leaving the country. There's no record of her withdrawing money or using her credit card. According to the scout from the Hunter's Guild, she was last seen at the centre. Isn't that mysterious?"
"Maybe he was kidnapped?"
"I don't think so. It would take at least a Korean task force of high-level hunters to kidnap him. Draken Nightfall...where the hell are you?"
Draken killed Luthor.
1) The demon lord's earring has been won.
2) The orb of greed is won.
3) Luthor's horn X2 won.
Draken, putting the earring in his ear:
"Does this item have a set effect? If I keep hunting demons, will I be able to get the rest of the set items?"
He picked up the orb of greed.
"This is excellent, it doubles the magical damage, I'll keep it, the magic type will give the hunters a run for their money."
"I didn't expect such an interesting event to happen as soon as I got here. Great. A monster that can speak in human language. And it's Korean." said the unnamed high-level hunter.
"Hey, I'm telling you I'm not a monster! If you doubt my identity, you can take a DNA test," replied Thorn Nightfall.
"In any case, we have to be careful now that you're out of the dungeon. A monster could be disguised as a human.
They looked at each other with cold, frightened eyes.
"It would be in your best interest to co-operate with me. Then I can decide whether you are a monster or a man."
"Yes."
"Did you die in a dungeon? How did you survive for 10 years? Are you a zombie?"
"No."
The hunter took a long look:
"Then a person who dies in a dungeon...can come back like you?"
"Impossible. The dead cannot come back."
Thorn, moving a little closer to the Hunter:
"Let me ask a question."
"I ask the questions here."
Thorn ignored it.
"How much do you know about Dungeons and monsters?" The
Hunter paused for a moment.
"Dungeons, monsters...they are but the prelude to the real war, and the greatest scourge of them all has only recently awakened." Thorn said coldly, and
the hunter began to ask questions again.
"What is your true purpose?" "
To avert disaster."
"What is the greatest calamity?"
"I cannot say."
"A man who comes back to avert disaster can't tell what it is?"
"Even if the ragtag men band together to outnumber you, at the end of the day they'll just be wasted. You must know because you're pretty powerful," Thorn replied coldly.
"Powerful? How dare you belittle me? There is no point in talking to you."
The hunter, looking at Thorn's old static:
"Your days as a hunter were glorious. You used to make good money in those days. You need to keep up with the times. Your wife's name is Lilia, you have two children. Your son... Do you remember your daughter's name?"
"Emilia."
"And your son?" "
Draken."
The Slayer suddenly grinned bloodthirstily.
"What happened?" asked Thorn.
"I told you I'd ask the questions here," the Slayer replied with a terrifying aura.
"I need to hear your answer."
"What happens if you don't?"
"I'll have to use force," said Thorn, standing up.
"Arrogant!" said the Slayer.
"Warden, evacuate the building. This man is a monster. I've just returned from America. I know your son's current condition (a terrible aura filled the room). Your son is dead."
Thorn was shocked.
"NOW YOU CAN BEQUEATH DIRECTLY TO YOUR SON."