《My Fenrir System: Heir To The End》


 Chapter 1: Prologue: Looking for a new job

    <h4>Chapter 1: Prologue: Looking for a new job</h4>


    [Dear employee, we regret to inform you that the contract hase to an end, due to the increase of personnel in thepany.]


    The text that no working person would want to read, left a bitter taste in his mouth as he looked at the mail on his old smartphone.


    "The contract hase to an end..."


    His voice cracked and sank as he absorbed the weight of those words. The influx of new workers, with specialized equipment and skills for the job, had made this oue inevitable.


    However, I had no grudge against thepany, because the world had never been fair, without it I had starved to death a long time ago, but the following...


    [As it explicitly says in the contract you signed, there will be no severance pay of any kind!]


    The second blownded, leaving him unable to breathe, he felt as if the world before his eyes was copsing.


    The letters of the mail came out of the screen and turned into two grotesque and macabre figures that seemed to have escaped from hell itself and began to slowly suffocate him.


    Much of his life had been marred by stress and worry, especially why he is an orphan.


    Erik White, an ordinary person, who does not stand out in anything, other people more of the amount, had to mature prematurely due to the hardships he had faced throughout all those years.


    His hands were full of calluses and developed muscles due to the work he had done beyond his years.


    The passage of time had left its mark on his fragile young heart, which had not experienced even a hint of happiness in all those years of life.


    However, he was not alone in these circumstances, besides him, there are also many people in his situation somewhere in the world.


    Thatforted him a little, knowing that he was not the only one in these conditions. But it does him little good to know that, for the horrible situation in which he now finds himself.


    His old smartphone took a moment to close the mail app. Once outside, he quickly turned to a job search website in search of a solution to his current situation.


    But there are always opportunities for those willing to take risks. After reviewing numerous job offers, Erik came across one that he had been avoiding all this time.


    With no other options, he decided to explore the job content.


    [It is necessary to hire a porter to ess a new low-level dungeon. This job carries a high degree of risk but also promises significant rewards, as well as liabilitypensation in case of injury. If you are interested, please get in touch by sending a message to the following email address: [emailprotected]</a>. For more information about this opportunity. The location of the dungeon is: 123 Construction Avenue, NY 10001]


    A dungeon that had recently appeared and had not yet been explored. The job content does not mention clearing the dungeon, a task reserved for guilds and their members.


    Instead, it would require the formation of a hunting party with a porter; an individual tasked with gathering items, transporting additional equipment such as food, and more.


    Although Erikcked previous experience as a porter, he dedicated himself to learning everything necessary for the position, even going so far as to receive training in some martial arts in case he woke up as a hunter.


    [Greetings, my name is Erik White, and I am 20 years old. I performed cleaning duties in the past, having acquired the relevant skills at the association''s academy. Although I have not yet manifested hunter skills, my abilities make up for thisck...]


    With great meticulousness, Erik drafted his message, which was mostly a lie, and revised it several times before sending it. To impress the prospective employer, hebined some exaggerations with real facts. In addition, to add an extra touch of impact, he was kind enough to attach a letter of rmendation from his previous job.


    Despite the badments he had read about this job and the warnings, he felt a small glimmer of hope for the very bad situation he was in.


    It was not bravery or recklessness that prompted him to apply for this job he had been holding back; rather, it was a manifestation of pure desperation.


    The night turned out to be a long one and Erik spent hours investigating the dungeons and the monsters that inhabited them. His intention was to be properly prepared in case he was hired.


    While he was exploring this information, he received an email in response to his job application.


    [Perfect! See you tomorrow at 10:45 am at the location indicated in the email. The rate will be $30 per hour]


    The response was terse, in stark contrast to the detailed message Erik hadposed. Despite his initial enthusiasm for getting the job, this enthusiasm quickly faded and was reced by fear and worry.


    Being a porter was among the jobs with the highest mortality rates for people who had not awakened as a hunter, but more because anything could kill you inside a dungeon.


    He made sure to make all the necessary preparations, but upon consulting his bank ount, he realized he didn''t have enough money to even buy a gun.


    A sigh escaped his lips. He had to venture out empty-handed.


    ***


    The next day, at 10:30 am, Erik stopped in front of the entrance to the dungeon that marked the location of the post office.


    He headed towards a nearby hut, where hunters used to gather to n strategies before venturing into an unexplored dungeon.


    Arriving at the booth, he found five people seated around a table: a trio dressed in in armor and apanied by two individuals dressed without armor. The group consisted of three men and two women.


    Most of the group appeared to be in their early twenties, apanied by a middle-aged figure holding an imposing shield at his side.


    Erik gathered his courage and stepped forward. Despite being younger than those present and also the weakest as he was not a hunter, his confidence, though hidden, wastent.


    The conversation stopped abruptly when all eyes turned to Erik. They examined him from top to bottom, and under that intense gaze, nerves got the better of him.


    However, he made an effort to hide his anxiety, aware that showing weakness could lead him to an unpleasant fate: being treated like a ve, something he wanted to avoid.


    Suddenly, a voice broke the tension:


    "Hi, this is Adam. We spoke yesterday."


    The shield hunter introduced himself as Adam and held out his hand in a friendly manner. This gesture acted as a balm to Erik''s nerves. He reciprocated the introduction, exchanged some pleasantries and that managed to rx the atmosphere a bit.


    However, the rest of the group showed little interest in him. Realizing that Erik was nothing particrly special, they resumed their discussion about the possible monsters they might have inside the dungeon.


    Seeing the conversation resume, Erik took a seat, taking care to keep an appropriate distance from the rest of the group.


    "As you all know, today we will venture into a new unexplored, low-rank dungeon, as you may have noticed by its green color. This means that the monsters we encounter should not be too strong and we will be able to handle the situation. However, do not let your guard down at any time. Dungeons are known for their unpredictability and high danger."


    Adam briefed the group; although the information seemed irrelevant to Erik, he listened attentively, in case it proved useful should any unforeseen events arise inside the dungeon.


    At noon, Adam arranged for lunch at a restaurant near the site, providing the team with the necessary energy before setting out on the expedition.


    Since he was not a hunter and had a slower metabolism, he opted to consume a small portion of food, to avoid the possibility of needing to go to the bathroom during his stay in the dungeon.


    ***


    Standing in front of the dungeon entrance, the group consisted of four members, led by Adam, whom Erik identified as the typical leader featured in all the novels.


    The conversations they overheard gave Erik a rough idea of each member''s personality.


    The first to catch his attention was Elio Roderick, a mboyant speaker standing next to Adam. The steady stream of words emanating from his handsome face made him hard to ignore.


    The second character was Luna Thorne, ck-haired and brown-eyed, whose height she slightly exceeded. When conversing with Elio, she seemed to know him well and asionally exchanged words with Adam.


    Erik was intrigued by the slender but well-defined body of the woman Sofia Valentina, who was conversing with Adam.


    Thest member was Aldo, who had not uttered a single word during all that time, which made it difficult to describe him at all.


    When the clock struck 13:01, the group headed toward the dungeon entrance. As they stood there, Erik couldn''t help but wonder if he would make it back alive or if all of his body parts would be intact.


    Shaking his head in an attempt to dispel those thoughts, after the members of the association in charge of the entrance checked the hunters'' cards, they gained ess to the dungeon.


    Before continuing, however, Erik had to sign a liability waiver agreement, releasing others from any me should he lose his life.


    The world seemed to twist and his vision distorted as he stepped through the portal. They soon found themselves inside the dungeon, which appeared to be a huge subway temple.


    ....

 Chapter 2: Showdown against the dungeon boss Part - 1

    <h4>Chapter 2: Showdown against the dungeon boss Part - 1</h4>


    As they entered, the color of the dungeon began to transform astonishingly: from green to blue, from blue to yellow, from yellow to orange, from orange to purple, and finally to red. Then, in seconds, it turnedpletely ck, plunging everything into darkness, before returning to its green hue.


    "..."


    The two workers of the hunters'' association, charged with guarding the entrance to the dungeon, were stunned.


    They rubbed their eyes repeatedly, trying to determine if their eyesight was ying tricks on them.


    "Robert, was that an illusion what happened to that dungeon, or am I going crazy?"


    "Victor, I don''t think we''re crazy, because I saw the same thing myself."


    "But it''s the first time I''ve witnessed something like that since working at the association."


    Victor and Robert find it very hard to believe much of what they saw, it was as if they were ying a joke in terrible taste.


    "What should we do now, should we report this or just keep quiet?"


    "I think it would be better to keep quiet because if we report this, we might think we are crazy, and we might get our pay cut."


    "Yes, we''d better keep quiet. I don''t want my sry reduced, I have two children and a beautiful wife to support."


    Seeing that the dungeon returned to normal, they chose not to report this to the main office, because it was too obvious that they would not believe them.


    Besides, who''s going to believe them that the dungeon suddenly changed color? No one, right? They''ll say they''re crazy or on some kind of drug, and more.


    "True, your wife is quite beautiful."


    "True, my wife is... Wait!... What did you just say?"


    "Hahahaha. Let''s get back to work."


    Victor walked away from the dungeonughing. Robert let out a sigh shaking his head at his partner''s impudence.


    At least with this, the atmosphere that I thought had calmed down a little, they were still surprised, but they did not want to give the matter any more thought.


    As they walked away from the ce, the dungeon again began to change, and this time it took on none of the previous colors but turnedpletely golden.


    Robert and Victor, seeing this again, did not know how to react. They exchanged nces for a few seconds, waiting for the dungeon to return to normal.


    But a minute passed, and the dungeon did not return to normal.


    "So, should we report this to the association?"


    "Yes..."


    Robert with a tired expression. He pulled out his smartphone to report what happened.


    ***


    "Let''s get ready to avoid being taken by surprise, we adopt a defensive formation, as we don''t know what this ce has in store for us."


    Adam stated in a firm voice initiating the formation, the group quickly reorganized following instructions.


    Erik ran to the luggage, effortlessly holding the weight of two heavy bags thanks to the muscles he had developed in his previous job.


    This allowed him to carry the luggage without difficulty and without burdening the group.


    In the center of the formation, Erik looked curiously around to observe how the others assumed their assigned roles.


    Adam, with his shield, was in the vanguard. Elio and Luna took up positions on the upper nks, while Aldo, who had not yet uttered a word, guarded the rear.


    Sophia, who had not yet taken her position, joined Erik''s side.


    "Advance!"


    Adam''s loud roar echoed throughout the group, clearly in an attempt to boost team morale.


    ''Why is he yelling so loud?''


    Erik found Adam''s shout very counterproductive in a ce like this, which appeared to be a subway temple yet to be explored.


    The others followed closely behind, advancing with determined steps along the path.


    As they moved deeper into the dungeon, they encountered some wolf monsters. The group faced them with surprising ease, without even shedding a drop of sweat.


    "It looks like we were on alert for nothing. After all, we''re in a low-ranking dungeon."


    "I was a little nervous at first too, but I didn''t expect them to be so easy."


    The group members began to rx, striking up conversations andughing among themselves. Even Aldo started talking.


    However, seeing everyone off guard and talking as if they were on a hike, Adam''s expression hardened.


    "Focus and don''t forget we''re in a dungeon!"


    Adam shouted with anger and a stern look. The group members have forgotten that they are inside an unexplored dungeon, which had changed rank without their knowledge.


    Adam''s angry shout made Erik visibly flinch. He hadn''t expected Adam to shout so loudly.


    ''How can they rx so suddenly just because the monsters aren''t strong enough?''


    He understood Adam''s anger, which was more than justified, how could they be so rxed in an unexplored dungeon?


    The group fell silent after Adam''s loud shout.


    "Come on man, rx, can''t you see that all these monsters are too weak to be so tense?" Elio spoke with some arrogance, pointing to the corpses of the monsters.


    "Elio, don''t get cocky just because you took out some monsters. We''re in an unexplored dungeon, so we don''t know what we''ll encounterter on," Adam said keeping his tone serious.


    "Calm down old man, can''t you see we''re all rxed? And everyone agrees with my point of view."


    Elio pointed to the members of the group. They all nodded in agreement, with the exception of Erik, who didn''t share Elio''s opinion.


    "Tsk!" Adam frowned with annoyance as he observed the reaction of the group members.


    He started walking again with obvious anger, muttering words inaudible to the others.


    Elio noticing Adam''s departure, turned his gaze to the group and gave a smile of victory.


    The group split in two: Adam advanced furiously, while the others chatted among themselves and eliminated the monsters that appeared in their path.


    Meanwhile, Erik, located in the center, remained silent as he collected the mana stones from the corpses of the monsters.


    After walking for several hours, they finally reached the end of the path. There was a huge stone gate with a carving of a wolf''s head roaring.


    With all the members of the group facing the imposing door, they gathered to deliberate and formte a strategy. They were all aware that they were standing in front of the entrance to the dungeon''s boss monster.


    "How should we deal with the boss of this dungeon?" asked Luna, seeking the opinions of the group.


    "Given our observations up to this point, it is clear that the central theme of this dungeon revolves around wolves," Adam exined with conviction. He set aside all other considerations and concentrated fully on the current situation.


    The others nodded in agreement at Adam''s exnation.


    "So, what will be our strategy for dealing with the boss monster?" asked Sophia, looking for concrete and practical details.


    "We will apply the same training we did when we entered the dungeon," Adam stated with determination.


    After some discussion and agreement on strategy, they resumed their original positions.


    It was evident that Erik was nervous; cold sweat drenched his back, evidencing his uneasiness.


    This time he chose not to position himself in the center of the formation, but at a prudent distance so as not to hinder the impending battle.


    With the door just inches away, Adam pushed it hard and adopted a defensive posture, ready to meet any attack that mighte from crossing the threshold.


    The door opened fully, and the group moved forward, now showing tense and serious expressions, in stark contrast to their tone of voice moments before when they were discussing strategy.


    Once all members were through the door.


    BAM!!!


    The heavy doors mmed shut. The resulting sound was so shocking that it made the entire group visibly shudder.


    "Now, how are we going to get out of here...?"


    "Adam, what do we have to do to get out of this ce?"


    The rest of the group members also began to panic, and the carefully maintained formation fell apart for fear of being trapped in this ce.


    Although they had explored many dungeons before, they had never been in one as unfamiliar as this one.


    Adam is also scared, but his ten years of experience as a hunter had prepared him for situations like this, so he didn''t feel so upset. Besides, this was the first time he had faced such a dungeon.


    ''If the door has closed, that only means that to get out of this ce we must defeat the boss. However, seeing the current state of the group, it will be very difficult.''


    Adam as he assessed the situation serenely. His survival over time as a hunter was due not only to his strength but also to his judgment.


    "Calm down and take back your positions! Don''t let fear cloud your judgment."


    Adam in an attempt to bring the group members to their senses shouted, he too is nervous and scared just like the rest.


    The group ascended and continued to take their positions with stiff expressions due to nerves.


    Erik, on the other hand, was very scared. He felt pain in his stomach and nausea due to nerves.


    ''Will I be able to get out of this ce unscathed, will I even be able to survive?''


    His mind was filled with questions, and his nerves were steadily increasing.


    As the group took a step forward, the torches ced on the walls lit up, fully illuminating the room and revealing its appearance.


    On the now illuminated walls could be seen the image of a huge wolf roaring skyward, as figures plummeted from above.


    At the back of the room was an altar and, behind it, the statue of a wolf was struggling to break its chains.


    Guarding the altary arge wolf with long, splendorous white fur that stretched two to three meters.


    The sight left everyone gasping, their throats suddenly dry. Erik gripped by the nerves that gnawed at him, could no longer restrain himself and...


    "Buahhh..."


    A guttural sound escaped his lips as he vomited all the contents he had ingested before entering the dungeon.


    This unpleasant noise attracted the colossal monster''s attention.


    "Get ready!"


    Adam shouted firmly as he felt the monster''s gaze fixed on them with sweat began to pour down his face and back.


    The members of the group tensed and calmed down as the imposing being stood fully erect.


    "Attack!"


    Adam roared with determination, instantly sending everyone hurtling towards the giant creature.


    And so the battle began...


    ...

 Chapter 3: Showdown against the dungeon boss Part - 2

    <h4>Chapter 3: Showdown against the dungeon boss Part - 2</h4>


    At the same time that the group was about to face the boss monster, outside the dungeon a contingent of high-ranking members of the Hunter''s Association was arriving.


    This was urring as a result of the report Robert had filed about the change in the dungeon''s rating, which had gone from a low rating to an unknown.


    "Robert, can you exin what happened?"


    Asked a blond-haired man who seemed to have the lead among the new arrivals.


    "Of course, sir!" Robert, replied with a tone of respect evident in his voice.


    He began to recount in meticulous detail everything that had happened from the moment the group led by Adam entered the dungeon. He was fully aware of the seriousness of the events and the possibility of negative consequences.


    The blond listened attentively, not interrupting at any point until Robert finished exining.


    "And that''s what happened," Robert concluded his exnation.


    The blond frowned, lost in thought.


    "Mmm... Did you try to enter the dungeon after it changed?"


    "No, Mr. Leon." Robert denied it vehemently.


    Leon was silent for a moment, deep in thought. Then he advanced toward the dungeon that now boasted a golden glow.


    Standing in front of the entrance, he tried to enter, but an invisible force seemed to obstruct his passage.


    "As I expected, I can''t enter..."


    His brow furrowed slightly, unable to enter the dungeon, the case was more troublesome than he expected.


    ''And if he broke in...''


    The thought of breaking in crossed Leon''s mind.


    He began to channel his magical energy, feeling the pressure of the ce increase as the ground cracked beneath his feet.


    The magical energy that enveloped him distorted the surrounding environment, causing his hair and bits of ground to defy gravity as they rose into the air.


    After releasing his magical power, he directed it to his hands. The atmosphere began to calm as the magical energy flowed into Leon''s hands.


    Once all the magical power was concentrated in Leon''s hands, he tried once more to enter the dungeon.


    The moment his magical energy hands made contact with the dungeon, crackling sounds were instantly heard. An intense gust of wind was unleashed, sending nearby objects flying with force.


    Realizing that his first attempt had failed, Leon channeled all his magical power into his right hand, taking a firm stance to strike hard at the invisible barrier preventing him from entering the dungeon.


    Concentrating all his magical energy in his right hand, he threw a punch with all his might...


    BOOM!


    A thunderous sound resounded after Leonunched his attack, causing the entire area within a one-kilometer radius to shake violently, alerting everyone within that range.


    Swoosh!


    The wind blew hard a few secondster, carrying with it the dust that had been kicked up by the blow.


    This revealed Leon in the middle of a small crater, while the dungeon remainedpletely intact.


    "Well, it looks like this didn''t work either. We''re just left to wait..."


    He let out a sigh as he began to walk out of the crater, dusting off his suit as he made his way toward his subordinates.


    "Keep me informed of any changes in the dungeon."


    Leon ordered before walking away from the scene, leaving his subordinates in charge of the enigmatic dungeon.


    "Yes, sir!"


    He simply extended his hand by way of farewell, got into a car and drove away. His busy schedule and overwhelming workload demanded his immediate attention.


    ***


    "Attack!"


    With Adam leading the assault, Sofia began to mutter a chant. A magic circle emerged in front of her as a fireball slowly formed.


    Adam quickly turned his head and noticed that Sophia was conjuring a spell. He stopped dead in his tracks and raised his protective shield.


    "HAAAAAAAAA!"


    Adam shouted, using his "provoke" ability to get the monster''s attention.


    The imposing wolf focused his gaze on Adam after the powerful cry. Taking advantage of the distraction created by his ability, gave Sofia the time she needed toplete the preparation of her spell.


    However, Sofia, in her urgency, recklessly expended all her magical energy when she finished her incantation.


    "[Fireball]"


    Sofia threw her brand new project towards the monster who had his eyes fixed on Adam.


    "Gasp... gasp..."


    Sofia fell to her knees after throwing the fireball,pletely exhausting her magical energy.


    The fireball approached the huge wolf, which Adam was looking at due to the influence of the provocation skill, and...


    BOOM!


    A thunderous sound echoed throughout the room, raising a dense cloud of dust.


    Everyone remained motionless, tensely watching the thickyer of dust, waiting to see if Sophia''s attack had caused any damage.


    A few secondster, the dust began to gradually dissipate, slowly revealing the location of the huge wolf.


    When the dust cloud dissipatedpletely, the huge wolf was exposed, its fur not even burned, staring at Sofia with visible hostility.


    Everyone''s expressions darkened at the sight of the huge wolfpletely unharmed despite having received a direct attack from Sofia. It looked as if the attack hadn''t even grazed it.


    "N-he didn''t even give her a scratch."


    "No...she couldn''t have. She didn''t cause him any harm."


    "Haa...haa...it''s...it''s this is, impossible! Use all my magical energy!"


    "We''re finished..."


    Everyone''s expressions darkened, looking at the huge wolf who was untouched, and had lost the will to fight.


    "Grrr...!"


    The huge wolf, obviously annoyed by the attack, suddenly disappeared from its position.


    And it appeared in front of Sofia. None of the group could follow the speed of the beast; all they saw was a residual image of the movement the beast made.


    "?!"


    Sofia, finding herself in front of the imposing wolf, tried to move, but her tiredness prevented her from doing so since she had used all her strength in the previous attack.


    The huge wolf appeared in front of her extending its w and attacked her quickly.


    "Huh?"


    A confused expression appeared on Sophia''s face, noticing that the huge wolf had not caused her any harm.


    However, she didn''t know that the beast''s attack had been so fast that it was invisible to her eyes.


    In a short time, Sofia''s body began to split into three parts diagonally, falling lifelessly to the ground. Blood and internal organs spilled out, forming a macabre puddle.


    "KYAAAAAAAA...!!!!"


    Luna screamed in terror, at the sight of Sofia''s lifeless body, unleashing chaos on everyone.


    "HAAAAAAAAAAA...!!!!"


    Elio and Aldo rushed crying over the beast in an attempt to avenge their partner, but in vain.


    The huge wolf was moving at such a speed that their actions were futile and soon they shared the same tragic fate as Sofia.


    "Don''t run you fucking monster!!!"


    The huge wolf appeared behind them; its jaws snapped open and closed, devouring the upper half of their bodies as the lower half fell to the ground, painting the surface with blood and entrails.


    "We''re finished..."


    "Why the fuck did Ie to this dungeon?"


    "I just hope my mother isn''t sad..."


    The survivors fell to the ground in terror, their eyes reflecting dread as they watched the huge wolf devour theirpanions, they had lost the will to live, epting their fate, which is none other than death.


    With some guts hanging out of its mouth, the wolf turned its gaze to the remaining members of the group.


    Acting quickly, the wolf appeared in front of Adam and repeated the brutal process, as it had done with Elio and Aldo.


    "AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!"


    Luna got up from the floor screaming, terrified and ran for the door. Before she got there, she realized that her surroundings were turned upside down.


    "... Huh?"


    In that instant she understood that she had been decapitated, Luna''s limp body slumped to the ground.


    Only Erik remained alive, sitting on the ground with a dark, dejected expression.


    The wolf, having finished with Luna, advanced towards him, who was terrified and paralyzed.


    ''Now it''s my turn... Why the hell did I choose this damn job, why didn''t I heed all those warnings about how dangerous it would be? I didn''t expect to die so young''


    He is regretting it now, not having heeded the warnings of this job, but it''s no use now that he is on the verge of death.


    The wolf, already in front of him, sniffed him for a few seconds and then grabbed him, leading him towards an altar.


    ''Huh?''


    Erik was confused to notice that the beast was not killing him, but leading him to an impably clean altar.


    Once in front of the altar, the beast closed its jaws tightly and...


    Crack!


    "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!"


    Erik let out a piercing scream as he felt most of his bones fracture from the brutality of the act.


    The wolf left Erik''s body on the altar as the blood stained the surface red, creating a macabre contrast.


    Slowly he began to lose consciousness due to the profuse blood loss. A few secondster, the altar began to radiate an intense golden light, illuminating the entire room.


    The huge wolf also began to glow with a golden light and its form became ethereal, merging with Erik''s body.


    Not understanding what was happening, hepletely lost consciousness.


    ...

 Chapter 4: ?Fenrir System?

    <h4>Chapter 4: ?Fenrir System?</h4>


    [Congrattions! You have acquired the Fenrir system!]


    [Congrattions! You have be the incarnation of the End!]


    An articte voice echoed in his mind, urging him to slowly regain consciousness. Once fully awake, his eyes fell on an unfamiliar ceiling.


    "Where am I...?"


    A faint voice left his lips, scanning the ce slowly, seeing only white walls.


    He tried to move a single muscle, but every cell in his body screamed in pain; moreover, he felt something connected to his left arm.


    Turned his eyes, towards the arm, which was connected to a probe, and he frowned in confusion.


    ''How did I get to this ce, shouldn''t I be dead?''


    Does not know how he came to this ce. Thest thing he remembered was how that beast crushed his body and ced it on an altar; after that, everything was empty in his memory.


    The door to the room opened, and a beautiful, sexy woman walked in sensually swaying her hips, a tray in her hands.


    "Ugh... Where am I?"


    "Please don''t move!"


    The beautiful woman who had entered was Carol, the nurse in charge of his recovery.


    Erik obeying Nurse Carol''s words,y down again.


    "Where am I?"


    "Currently, you are in the hospital."


    Carol replied calmly approaching him with the tray.


    "So, how did I get here?"


    "It was the Hunter Association team that brought you here."


    Carol began to undress him, while she responded, to change the bandages.


    "The Hunter''s Association?"


    "Yes, indeed. The association."


    "Hmm, thank you."


    Erik thanked the nurse with a weak smile.


    "You''re wee. For the time being, just rest and don''t make too much movement, or else the wounds will reopen."


    Carol smiled back, leaving the room after changing the bandages.


    Which, she did very quickly, you could tell she was professional at her job.


    "Haa... So I''m in the hospital."


    Finds it very hard to believe that he is alive after everything he experienced in the dungeon, where he saw the deaths of Adam''s entire group.


    ''Haa... if only this was all a dream''.


    Wanted to believe this was all a dream, but seeing the state he was in, he knew it was absurd to deny it.


    As his gaze was lost on the ceiling, he heard the door open.


    ''Why did the nursee back so quickly?''


    This confused him, because the nurse just left a few moments ago, but she most likely forgot something. So Erik didn''t think much of it.


    However, the nurse did not enter, but rather two figures dressed in ck entered the room: one with blonde hair and one with ck hair.


    "Who are you?"


    The two people who entered did not respond; instead, he took two chairs and sat down next to the bed.


    "Hello, I''m Leon, leader of the country''s Hunter Association special team, and this is my subordinate, Adrian."


    The blond-haired man introduced himself as Leon and the ck-haired person next to him introduced him as Adrian.


    "?!"


    Erik''s eyes widened in surprise, at this information.


    He knows very well that the special team of the hunters'' association, only the strongest and most talented people in the country belong to that team.


    And the leader of that group is in front of it!


    But despite the surprise, I noticed something that didn''t add up.


    Why did the leader of such an important teame to see him, a person who has no skills at all?


    It is very rare for two such important people toe to visit him.


    "What does the leader of this special team want from me?"


    Erik asked cautiously, he didn''t know what this person''s intention was for him, so it was better to ask directly than to beat around the bush.


    "I see, getting to the point, eh. Well, I don''t like to beat around the bush either. I''m here because I want to know what color the dungeon was when you entered and what happened inside."


    Leon, with a small smile, revealed the reason why he came to him.


    Now he understands why a person as important as Leon came to him, he had not thought of that. If it is because of what happened in the dungeon normal that they came because it is a case that is not normal.


    Erik attended and began to rte everything that had happened after entering the dungeon.


    He also described the overwhelming force of the huge wolf that, in a matter of seconds, had wiped out the entire group. He also added that the color of the dungeon was green, indicating that it was of low rank.


    "And when I regained consciousness, I was lying in this bed."


    Erik finished, making sure not to leave out any details.


    Leon was silent after hearing the story, finding consistency in the perception that the dungeon was of low rank.


    "I thank you for cooperating with us. Take it easy."


    Leon after a moment of reflection. He rose from his chair and withdrew from the room along with his subordinate Adrian.


    Leaving him alone again.


    ***


    "This, Mr. Leon, about the story..."


    "The story sounds real to me, especially when you described the strength of the boss monster. Though what puzzles me most is how he appeared unconscious outside the dungeon and she simply disappeared."


    When Erik lost consciousness after he was torn apart by the huge wolf, his body appeared outside the dungeon.


    The conditions in which he appeared were disastrous that no unskilled human would endure; and soon after, the dungeon disappeared, as if it had never appeared.


    Leaving only the mangled body of Erik who was unconscious at the time.


    "For now, we must be on the lookout for further irregrities such as these."


    "Yes, sir!"


    ***


    Being alone again, reflecting on everything that happened in the dungeon and on the deaths of the group.


    "I feel very strange right now..."


    Feels very strange thinking about the deaths of Adam''s group members. Because he knows that their deaths are, inrge part, his fault.


    Because if she had not vomited at that moment due to her nerves, there might have been a chance that the oue would have been different. But despite knowing that.


    ''I don''t feel anything...''


    Although in his mind he feels guilty, his emotions are the opposite, there is nothing but indifference and a feeling of guilt, as if his whole body had blocked all those emotions that had overwhelmed him at this moment.


    He didn''t understand what was going on with his thoughts; they didn''t feel familiar, but rather like those of someonepletely different.


    Tti-ring.


    [You have unread notifications]


    An articte voice echoed in his mind.


    Erik looked around slowly in search of the source of the sound, but there was no sign of anyone.


    ''Where is this voiceing from?''


    At this moment he is all alone where that voice came from. But just his gazended straight ahead, he found a window floating in front of him.


    "What the hell?!"


    Erik couldn''t be more confused now, looking at the floating window that looked like something out of an online game.


    Raised one of his hands to touch the translucent window with blue tones, but his hand simply went through it as if it were a hologram, which confused him even more than it already is.


    "If it''s like in those online games I''ve seen, then to read the messages, howe...?"


    Started digging into his memory trying to remember how the notifications opened in the online games he used to watch when he was about 15 years old.


    "I think it was... open the notification tray. Ahh, I don''t quite remember."


    When he uttered the word "Open", the hovering window immediately disappeared, reced by two new ones.


    Tti-ring.


    [Congrattions! You have acquired the Fenrir system!]


    [Congrattions! You have be the incarnation of the End!]


    Erik kept his gaze fixed on the suspended windows in front of him, unable toprehend the magnitude of what he was witnessing.


    ''Fenrir System, the incarnation of the End?''


    He wondered, feeling overwhelmed and confused as he read the two floating windows.


    While he is distracted trying toe to terms with this absurd situation, one more window appears.


    Tti-ring.


    [To ess the Fenrir system, say ''Status window''].


    Unable to help himself, Erik decided to think no more and ept this absurd situation, and with a long sigh.


    "Status window."


    And a window appearedpletely different from the previous ones, and with more content.


    [Fenrir System]


    Name: Erik / Age: 20


    Title: Incarnation of the End, Chosen by the legendary beast of the end Fenrir.


    Affiliation: Neutral


    Level: 1


    [Abilities]


    Savage regeneration, Curse of enchainment.


    [Stats]


    Strength: 3 | Endurance: 4 | Dexterity: 3 | Vitality: 4 | End Energy: 1


    [Fenrir Points: 0]


    [Fenrir Store]


    [Missions]


    "Missions? Fenrir Points? Fenrir Shop? What''s all this? These are my stats and abilities. Besides, I have no Magical energy."


    Erik finds it very hard to believe what he is seeing in front of his eyes, it is too surreal, what he is seeing.


    Finished looking at the status window, he decided to focus his attention on the descriptions of the two skills that appeared.


    [Savage regeneration]


    Skill type: Passive


    End Energy required to activate: None


    Possesses elerated regeneration ability, allowing him to heal wounds and recover faster from physical damage.


    [Curse of enchainment].


    Skill type: Active


    Final energy needed to activate: 10


    You can impose curses or restrictions on your enemies, thus limiting their movements or abilities.


    ''Mmm... These skills are really impressive''


    ''However, I will rest first to let the Wild Regeneration skill heal my wounds.''


    Erik, since he had already epted the absurd situation, wanted to know if the ''Savage Regeneration'' skill really works, as it says in the description.


    ....

 Chapter 5: Register, To Start The Hunter Test

    <h4>Chapter 5: Register, To Start The Hunter Test</h4>


    A weekter, in the hospital courtyard.


    Nurse Carol, who was in charge of Erik, was chatting during the lunch break with her colleague, who worked in the special area of the hospital where the hunters were cared for.


    "Oh, I almost forgot."


    Carol smacked her forehead as she thought about the patient she had been assigned to care for all that week.


    "Pa, the patient I have, He''s pretty strange."


    "What do you mean by ''strange''?"


    Pa is intrigued by her friend''s patient because she doesn''t normally talk about her patients.


    "Well, it''s hard to exin. Despite being a normal human, he recovered in just a week. It''s amazing."


    Carol is still amazed, remembering how in just three days, the patient in charge had perfectly recovered most of his broken bones.


    She could not understand how a human who was not a hunter could recover so quickly from mortal wounds like the ones he had.


    "And was the patient seriously injured or did he just have a flesh wound?"


    "The man was on the verge of death, but in just three days he was walking! It doesn''t make any sense!"


    "Wait, wait, wait, wait, are you saying that I was already walking in three days?"


    Pa, can''t believe her friend''s words, it''s too absurd to believe it''s true.


    That a person who is not a hunter recovered in a week?


    It''s too surreal and impossible for that to happen, especially as her friend who was on the verge of death said, it made it more absurd.


    "And that patient of yours isn''t a hunter, is he?"


    "He is not a hunter, as he was in an area for ordinary people, not in your special hunter area."


    Carol and Pa continued chatting animatedly, as they finished their lunch.


    ***


    "Please sign here."


    Erik is currently signing a document to be discharged from the hospital so he can leave this ce.


    During this week, he has recovered from almost all the fractures and broken tendons, he did not expect the skill "Savage Regeneration" to be so effective.


    In just one week he had recovered from something that would take months or even years to heal, with the high probability that he would be left with seque.


    This rapid recovery could not be called anything but miraculous.


    "Everything is perfect. You don''t have to pay anything, all medical expenses have been covered by insurance."


    "Thank you."


    Thanking the nurse at the reception desk, Erik left the hospital.


    Also, during this time he was in the hospital, he was able to think and noticed great changes in his body. That created a feeling of sadness in him.


    The MOST important part of his body that had been central to his masculine identity waspletely gone.


    He now found himself with a feeling of emptiness in his lower region.


    In short, Erik had be someone who no longer identified with a particr gender. He is no longer male or female. This metamorphosis was due to his new role as the embodiment of the end.


    Although this revtion plunged him into despair, he found some sce in the realization of his current status as the "Incarnation of the End."


    That entailed an ipatibility with everything rted to creation and inception. This finally led him to understand that his transformation was inevitable and necessary in his new role.


    So, whether he wants to or not, he has to ept this, because the change has already been made.


    ***


    Arriving at her old apartment, she plopped down on the bed and stared at the ceiling as she reflected on the week she had spent in the hospital.


    During all that time of recovery, nothing out of the ordinary had happened.


    The only remarkable thing was that he had lost his most important limb.


    The strange system he had acquired had not assigned him any tasks during that period.


    He considered that this was due to some kind of blockage in his level one, but he could not confirm that assumption.


    Because he doesn''t know anything about the strange system, so, all his questions he has, have no answers.


    "Phew... Howplicated."


    Letting out a sigh, he opened the status window and turned to the bottom section.


    [Fenrir Points: 0]


    [Fenrir Store]


    [Missions]


    When selecting the option that said ''Fenrir Store'', a window instantly appeared next to the status window.


    [ess denied to the ''Fenrir Store''. Your level is insufficient. Reach level 11 to unlock this feature]


    Observing this, Erik closed the status window and continued to stare at the ceiling with a bored expression. He doesn''t know what to do at such moments.


    Just at that moment...


    Tti-ring


    [Daily mission is avable!]


    "Oh, finally!"


    With anticipation, Erik opened the window floating in front of him, eager to find out what kind of daily mission awaited him.


    [Misi¨®n diaria: ?Asesina a tus enemigos!]


    Duendes - Rango E, 20 veces: ipleto (0/20).


    Lobos de Dientes Negros - Rango E, 20 veces: ipleto (0/20)


    Esqueleto - Rango E, 20 veces: ipleto (0/20)


    L¨ªder Goblin - Rango D, 2 veces: ipleto (0/2)


    ? Warning 1: Forpleting this quest, monsters will not give you experience.


    ? Warning 2: If you do notplete the daily quests, you will be sent to a random dungeon area for 4 hours.


    After reviewing the contents of the mission, he closed the information window, got out of bed, and prepared to head to the Hunter''s Association.


    He nned to take the hunter test,plete the mission, and, in addition, also be a hunter upon passing the test.


    In short, you are killing two or three birds with one stone, right?


    ***


    An hourter, Erik stopped in front of an imposing building.


    People wereing and going through its doors, some in armor and some in mage robes; a variety of clothing and armor converged on the building that housed the headquarters of the Hunter''s Association.


    After inhaling and exhaling deeply, he headed toward the imposing building.


    His goal was clear: toplete registration and begin the hunter test.


    After waiting in line for a few minutes that seemed like an eternity, his long-awaited turn finally arrived.


    "Can I help you with anything?" the worker asked with a professional smile.


    "I''m here to register and take the hunter test."


    The worker walked over, elegantly extracted a crystal, and ced it on the desk.


    "ce your hand on this crystal and infuse it with your magical energy; that way we will determine if you have awakened" She exined.


    A brief moment of doubt crossed Erik''s mind.


    ''How will the crystal react if I transfer my energy?''


    He wondered, hesitating for a second before finally resting his hand on the crystal.


    Uncertainty took root in him, for his energy was not the conventional ''Magical Energy'', but an enigmatic ''End Energy'', a type of energy he had never heard of.


    ''Argh... Whatever it is''


    Erik thought no more, put his hand on the crystal, closed his eyes, and immersed himself in concentration, seeking to connect with the scarce energy flowing through his body at that moment.


    In that state of deep introspection, with his eyes sealed and his mind focused, he was able to visualize every nook and cranny of his being.


    From theplexworks of veins running through his anatomy to the constant flow of blood coursing through them. He could even perceive the path of the telets in his bloodstream.


    His internal exploration finally led him to his core, a space that housed only a small amount of ''End Energy''


    As he contemted this small reservoir of energy, he strove to direct it into his hand.


    To his amazement, the energy responded to his will and began to flow into the limb holding the crystal.


    In a matter of seconds, the process wasplete, leaving him amazed at the speed and ease with which he had performed this transfer.


    When the ''End Energy'' made contact with the crystal, a sh of light instantly flooded the ce, forcing everyone present to cover their eyes due to the intense glow generated by the crystal.


    Quickly, the crystal returned to its normal state, leaving everyonepletely shocked at what had just happened.


    "Am I qualified for the test...?"


    Opening his eyes and looking at everyone around him, who seemed transfixed, Erik asked in confusion.


    The worker upon hearing Erik''s voice quickly recovered and as she jotted something down on a piece of paper and hurriedly handed it to him.


    "The glow of the crystal confirms that you have awakened as a hunter. This is the address where the test was conducted, it will be done tomorrow."


    "Thank you..."


    Erik thanked him, but he caught on quickly, and his expression changed in a second.


    "Wait, tomorrow! No tests for today?"


    "There are no more tests scheduled for today. You''ll have to wait until tomorrow," the worker replied in a professional but serious tone.


    The nurse''s words made Erik panic. He had not expected this situation at all.


    If he did notplete the daily mission, he would be sent to apletely unknown dungeon for four hours, which worried him the most, especially being only level 1.


    "Is there no chance of taking the test today?"


    I wanted to know if there is at least a chance to take the test today, Erik didn''t want to be sent to an unknown dungeon.


    "Unfortunately, it is not possible to take the test today."


    Realizing he had no other choice, Erik walked out of the building with his head down.


    Thinking about where he would be sent for notpleting the ''Daily Mission''.


    ...

 Chapter 6: Penalty Part - 1

    <h4>Chapter 6: Penalty Part - 1</h4>


    When Erik left the association building, the worker who had been looking after him stared at the ss with a puzzled expression.


    ''Why is the ss suddenly shining like that?''


    In his three years on the job, he had never experienced anything like this. There had always been special cases, but none as strange as this one.


    ''We''d better not think about this anymore and get on with our work.''


    He decided not to stick his nose too far into the matter. She felt that getting more involved would only bring her unnecessary problems that could end her life.


    What could she do as a simple worker?


    Just as she was about to touch the ss, something unexpected happened.


    Crack!


    A crack appeared in the ss, stopping his hand in its tracks.


    "Huh?"


    Confused, she stared at the huge crack in the ss. A puzzled look appeared on her face.


    The crystal kept shattering.


    Suddenly, the crystal shattered, turning into particles that then disappeared into thin air, as if the crystal had never been there in the first ce.


    ''What the hell just happened?''


    Now, the confusion was even greater. From the initial strange glow to the sudden disintegration of the crystal, she was baffled by what was happening.


    Nothing like this had ever happened before and I had no record of anything like it.


    "Phew..."


    A tired sigh escaped her lips. She had experienced too many strange things in a single day and felt exhausted by it.


    ''I want to finish my shift quickly so I can go have a few beers''.


    "Next person, wait a minute!"


    She got up and headed off in search of a new crystal orb, leaving behind a mystery that defied exnation.


    ***


    Erik now sat outside the building, oblivious to the events surrounding the mysterious crystal orb he had previously touched.


    His mind was focused on finding a way to discover a new monster zone in order to aplish his daily mission.


    Avoiding being sent to an unknown dungeon was his main goal now.


    "This is tricky, there don''t seem to be any monster zones in the city."


    Erik in frustration muttered biting his nails, his face reflecting his anxiety.


    The only monster zone in this city was under the control of the hunters'' association, where they conducted the tests.


    Monster zones are defined as areas where mana is intensely concentrated, causing the appearance of monsters on the fringes of the usual dungeons.


    These creatures tend to be mostly low-ranked, although, in regions with a higher mana density, their level can go up to rank D at most.


    But while they do not pose too much of a threat, it is crucial to perform periodic cleanups urately to prevent possible incidents.


    And Erik found no monster zones in this city, for the only one there is guarded by the hunters'' association.


    In addition, if he decides to go to another city, he knows that he will not have enough time left to fulfill his daily mission.


    He sighed deeply as he stood up from the bench he was sitting on, feeling his anxiety growing again.


    "Phew, I''d better get back home and then we''ll figure out what to do."


    Heading back to the apartment, looking for a quiet space to think of possible solutions, toplete the daily mission.


    Why does he feel such urgency toplete this mission?


    The answer was simple: Erik understood that, just as the system had granted him the ability to recover from serious injuries, the odds of being sent to an unknown dungeon were rmingly high.


    Therefore, he found himself in a state of anxiety and frustration, desperately seeking some method to circumvent that inevitable fate.


    "Whatever happens, I won''t stress myself out thinking about something that hasn''t happened yet."


    Erik muttered with a serious expression as he made his way to the bus stop.


    Before he got there, he decided to buy some fast food for his lunch, making sure to satisfy his appetite.


    ***


    Back at his apartment, the first thing he did was check the time on his old smartphone.


    The numbers on the screen read 4:04 pm.


    ''It''s still eight to seven hours before twelve o''clock'' thought Erik after checking the time on his device.


    Hey back on the bed, looking for possible solutions to his situation.


    As he explored options, he slowly began to get distracted. He immersed himself in videos on "YouTube" or immersed himself in reading a chapter of a newly published novel called "The Reader''s Pov."


    Gradually, he forgot the main reason he had essed the Inte. It was understandable, as anything on the inte had the power to divert attention, and he was no exception.


    At only twenty years old, it was obvious that any distraction he wanted online could get him.


    After spending several hours on the Inte, Erik finally reacted and looked at the time again, which read.


    8:52 p.m.


    "I can''t believe how fast the time has gone by. A moment ago it looked like it was only 4 p.m., but it''s almost 9 p.m.!"


    Erik was surprised that he had spent four hours watching videos, reading novels, and Manhwa online.


    Now it was impossible for him toplete the daily mission; even if he managed to enter a monster zone, he would not have enough time to eliminate all the monsters required by the mission.


    "Well, what can I do now? I guess I''d better eat something and wait for the consequences of notpleting the mission. I tried my best to make it, but it just wasn''t possible."


    Erik decided not to spend any more time thinking about the mission while he prepared dinner.


    After that, he would go to bed and let events take their course.


    He was no longer willing to stress over a situation where he had given his best, but fate had not wanted him to aplish the mission.


    After he had eaten and watched some videos on his phone.


    Yawn.


    He let out a long yawn before lying down. He was exhausted due to the hectic day he had had, he had moved a lot today, besides, he was also discharged today.


    And his body needed rest, to finish healing the few internal wounds he had.


    Lying down on the bed, he checked the time on his phone and realized it wasn''t midnight yet.


    "I seem to be really exhausted..."


    His eyelids gradually closed and he fell into a deep sleep.


    As he continued to sleep peacefully, the clock on his phone continued to tick relentlessly.


    The minutes passed and the clock read 23:59:57.


    58, 59, 60...


    Finally, when the clock struck exactly 12:00:00.


    Tti-ring.


    [You have failed toplete the daily quest! You will be moved to a random dungeon for the next four hours!]


    ....


    RETUMBLE!!!


    Erik''s eyes widened at the sudden violent tremor that shook his entire being.


    "An earthquake?"


    Erik sat up stiffly, clinging to the edge of the bed, but he couldn''t stand for long and lost his bnce.


    REUTMBLE!!!


    The tremor gradually intensified as the seconds passed.


    At that precise instant, a dimensional crack appeared under the bed.


    RUUUBLE!!!


    "What''s happening?"


    Finally, Erik was thrown out of bed and crashed into the ceiling of the apartment, watching with a shocked expression as every object in the room was sucked into the dimensional rift.


    "Uwaaaahhh!"


    ...And then, the muffled sound of impact.


    Erik suddenly fell into the dimensional rift, feeling something soft under his fingers and a cold wind whipping his face.


    It turned out to be grass.


    "What the hell just happened?"


    Erik eximed as he looked up into the night sky.


    Looked around and saw that he was in the middle of a huge forest.


    Frowned slightly and stood up, shaking off his clothes as he looked around.


    All he could see were huge trees and more trees.


    "...A forest?"


    This can''t be real.


    Just moments ago he was sleeping peacefully in his apartment. But now, the instant he regained consciousness, he found himself in the middle of a forest.


    Erik grabbed a handful of grass and let it blow away in the wind. The grass slowly drifted away from his hands.


    "Where the hell am I?"


    Whispered, whispered, whispered...


    The sound of movement through the bushes filled the air, not just from one ce, but spreading simultaneously from multiple directions.


    At that moment, Erik was still bewildered by what he had just experienced.


    Heard the sound of bodies moving through the bushes.


    ''What''s happening now?''


    Erik began to feel afraid and looked around, noticing that something in the bushes was starting to move.


    Noise, noise, noise, noise, noise, noise, noise, noise, noise, noise!


    "... Huh?"


    Erik''s expression became rigid.


    The sounds among the bushes increased in intensity.


    An unsettling sensation gripped his body from the marrow.


    ''Something...''


    ''Something is wrong...''


    Whisper, whisper, whisper...''


    The sound of whispering echoed in all directions.


    It wasn''t just three or four.


    It was at least twenty, if not more than thirty, creatures moving.


    "Damn it,"


    A faint curse escaped Erik''s lips.


    Tti-ring.


    [Penalty mission: survive]


    Objective: stay alive until time runs out.


    Time limit: 4 hours


    Time remaining: 4 hours, 0 minutes, 0 seconds.


    ? Warning: If you don''tplete the penalty missions, you will DIE!


    ....

 Chapter 7: Penalty Part - 2

    <h4>Chapter 7: Penalty Part - 2</h4>


    [Penalty mission: survive]


    Objective: stay alive until time runs out.


    Time limit: 4 hours


    Time remaining: 4 hours, 0 minutes, 0 seconds.


    ? Warning: If you don''tplete the penalty missions, you will DIE!


    ''So, actually, I was transported to a dungeon.''


    Erik inspected the information window that had appeared in front of him. However, he immediately ignored it because he had no time to read.


    He knows very well that any carelessness could allow one of the creatures lurking in the shadows to pounce on him.


    He watched cautiously and nervously, began to move slowly so as not to alert the lurking predators, desperately searching for an escape route.


    However, a growing sense of panic came over him, and he felt that if he made any rash moves, things would get worse.


    Nervously, he began to advance slowly towards a tree, seeking the cover he needed to avoid being surprised from behind. Each of his movements was calcted to the millimeter, but, without realizing it, something unexpected happened.


    Crack!


    ".... Shit!"


    Erik as his right foot snapped a nearby dry branch, breaking the ominous silence of the forest.


    At that sound alone, the monsters around them werepletely alerted.


    Smash!!


    The bush behind him crumbled, and something jumped out from inside. Whatever emerged, uponnding,unched itself straight for Erik''s vulnerable neck with a nimble leap.


    "Roar!"


    Erik watched as the monster lunged for his neck, thoughpared to the monster that had killed Adam''s entire group, this one seemed much slower.


    Ducking nervously to avoid the imminent attack of the monster that was lunging for his neck, he managed to dodge it by a hair''s breadth.


    However, the creature, realizing that its attempted attack had failed, could not stop for a moment and crashed violently into the tree.


    Stab!


    When the monster''s fangs impacted against the tree, a crack instantly formed in the hard bark of the tree.


    "Damn!"


    Erik as he began to desperately flee from the monsters that threatened to take his life.


    The group of monsters, consisting of more than thirty grotesque and terrifying creatures, pursued him relentlessly through the thick forest.


    Suddenly, one of the creatures, a reptilian beast with dark scales and sharp ws, leaped surprisingly toward Erik.


    Before he could react, the beast''s ws sank deep into his arm, leaving a painful, bleeding wound.


    Without pausing to assess the severity of his injury, he continued running at full speed, dodging trees and rocks in his path.


    The roars and growls of the monsters echoed in his ears, increasing his determination to escape.


    The hours seemed to pass slowly, and every minute became a physical battle for Erik.


    Although his body was exhausted, his mind remained surprisingly calm as he assessed the situation.


    The forest seemed to stretch on endlessly, and the darkness enveloped everything. The shadows of the monsters lengthened behind him as if they were relentless specters that pursued him relentlessly.


    ***


    Erik reappeared in his apartment just four hourster.


    f.


    He copsed on the bed.


    "Cough cough!!!"


    He groaned exhaustedly for quite a while before copsing on his bed. He no longer had the strength to lift a finger.


    "Gasp... gasp... gasp... That was too intense, I thought I was going to die."


    Erik continued to gasp, a notification window appeared in front of him.


    Tti-ring.


    [You havepleted the ''Penalty Mission''!]


    [The rewards forpleting the mission have arrived!]


    [Would you like to confirm?] (Y/N).


    After the message appeared, his passive ability continued to heal the wound on his arm.


    Once he felt that his wound was healing, his vision gradually became blurred.


    Soon, Erik fell into a deep sleep, simr to a ckout.


    ***


    The next morning.


    Tti-ring.


    [The daily mission is now avable!]


    Erik''s eyes snapped open.


    He sat up quickly, and the first thing he did was look at the time on his phone, which read.


    5:49 am.


    That is, 5 to 6 hours had psed since midnight.


    [Daily Mission: Assassinate your enemies!]


    Goblins - Rank E, 20 times: iplete (0/20).


    ck tooth wolves - Rank E, 20 times: iplete (0/20).


    Skeleton - Rank E, 20 times: iplete (0/20).


    Goblin Leader - Rank D, 2 times: iplete (0/2).


    ? Warning 1: Forpleting this mission, monsters will not give you experience.


    ? Warning 2: If you do notplete the daily quests, you will be sent to a random dungeon area for 4 hours.


    Once he finished looking at the contents of the mission, which had not changed, he closed the information window, fixing his gaze on the ceiling.


    He noticed something very important.


    "I''m weak..."


    Biting her lips in frustration, she realized how pathetic and weak her existence was right now.


    He survived that group of monsters by pure and nothing but luck, the same happened when he entered the dungeon with Adam''s group.


    He is alive because he was lucky to get the system that saved his life. Although he is not sure which system was the one that saved him from imminent death.


    "I''m so weak..."


    He has never felt so imposing and pathetic in life. Erik wants to shake off this feeling of helplessness and frustration.


    p!


    Erik pped his cheeks hard, leaving marks, closed his eyes, and took a deep breath, it seemed as if he hade to an important decision.


    "I need to be stronger."


    He opened his eyes, glowing with determination, not realizing that in his right hand, the geometric head of a wolf was formed. But that didn''t matter to him at the moment.


    He now had a clear objective.


    To be strong.


    With the help of the system, he can achieve, and he doesn''t care what goal the system has for him.


    As long as he bes stronger, he does not mind bing a chess piece.


    Having ordered his thoughts and set a clear goal in mind, he got out of bed and headed to the bathroom to get ready.


    Today is the day of the hunter''s test, and he is determined not to bete, thus avoiding a repeat of the previous night''s experience.


    He wanted to make sure he arrived on time so that he could enjoy himself quietly.


    Finishing getting ready, he sat on the bed while enjoying a piece of toast with water, making sure not to show up for the hunter''s test on an empty stomach.


    As he savored his breakfast.


    Tti-ring.


    [You have unread notifications.]


    "What about this?"


    He didn''t remember that when he came back again, he had gotten some notifications, all he remembers is that he showed up in bed.


    Erik didn''t give the matter any more thought: "Open."


    Tti-ring.


    [You havepleted the ''Penalty Mission''!]


    [The rewards forpleting the mission have arrived!]


    [Would you like to confirm?] (Y/N).


    "Oh, I''m surprised there''s a reward forpleting a penalty."


    Without a second''s hesitation, he pressed. "Confirm!"


    Tti-ring.


    [You receive the following rewards]


    - Two Fenrir points


    - Spear


    - Inventory.


    "Hmm, so these are the rewards. When you mention ''Inventory.'' do you mean something simr to inventories in online games? If so it will be of great use to me. Also, I''ve been provided with a weapon that seems tailor-made for me."


    Erik expressed his satisfaction with the rewards he had obtained bypleting the Penalty Mission.


    He looked at the spear he held in his hand, it seemed to be made of iron and had some golden details it was a rather simple spear in appearance.


    Above the spear, a small window appears.


    [Spear of the #$%$@#]


    Status: Temporarily sealed


    Description: Locked


    "Hmm, so this spear must be very special, as to be sealed..."


    He deduced as he looked closely at the description.


    Erik said, "Inventory!".


    As soon as he uttered the word ''Inventory.'' a graphical representation of a storage unit with five slots appeared in the air.


    ''Hmm, looks like the storage space is quite limited''


    Erik stroked his chin, this was like an identical copy of the online games he usually saw from time to time.


    "Guard the spear".


    Said he hoped it would work and that something simr would happen when he said "Status window".


    As he uttered those words, the spear he was holding in his hand disappeared. looking at the inventory, he noticed that one of the slots was now upied by the image of the spear. Instead of five free slots, there were now only four left.


    He closed the inventory and opened his status window. He navigated straight to the bottom and selected the section that read:


    [Fenrir Points: 2]


    He noticed that now the ''Fenrir Points'' had a description or exnation of their function.


    [Fenrir Points]


    Fenrir points can be used to improve skill proficiency, and raise stats, and are useful for purchasing items in the "Fenrir Store".


    "Hmm, interesting..."


    Erik found this very interesting, he can use it in skills and also in increasing his strength.


    ''So, if I use these points in my stats will they, increase?''


    I was curious, so I decided to give it a try.


    Tti-ring.


    [You have spent two Fenrir Points in ''Statistics'']


    [Statistics]


    Strength: 5 | Endurance: 6 | Dexterity: 5 | Vitality: 6 | End Energy: 1


    "Hmm, this is quite interesting; my stats have increased by two, minus the end energy."


    Erik as he watched his numbers increase, but felt no significant change in his body.


    ''It could be because the increase wasn''t high.''


    He had no way of knowing, whether his thinking was correct or not, Erik at this point wished he had a few more Fenrir points to prove his thinking.


    He looked at the time on his old smartphone, which read.


    7:08 am.


    Realizing the time, Erik finished eating his toast and walked out of his apartment to the area where the hunters'' association was conducting their tests.


    ***


    After an hour-long bus ride, Erik finally reached the outskirts of the city, where he was met by arge crowd of people who were alsoing to take the hunter''s tests, just like him.


    Getting off the bus, he started walking towards a ce where there was a man and a woman dressed in ck suits, standing at a small podium.


    Once he arrived at the ce where the man and the woman were, other people began to gather there as well.


    When the man and the woman noticed that everyone had gathered, they stepped forward and looked straight ahead.


    When the man and woman stepped forward, and their gazes fell on them, the conversations ceased, and everyone turned their gazes back to where they stood, aware that the test would soon begin.


    ...

 Chapter 8: Hunters test Part - 1

    <h4>Chapter 8: Hunters test Part - 1</h4>


    "I''m Elio, and this is my co-worker, Ae. We will be the ones in charge of supervising this test."


    The two people on the podium introduced themselves, the man looking gruff as Elio, and the woman looking at everyone seriously as Ae.


    "As you all know, in this ce the test to obtain your hunter''s license will be held. However, before starting, you must go to that table to sign the authorization document, in case any of you pass away," Elio indicated, pointing to a booth located next to him.


    Everyone present began to walk towards the stand that Elio had indicated and formed a long line to sign the document to participate in the test.


    Once everyone had finished signing the document, they lined up again in front of the two people in charge of supervising the test.


    "Before the test begins, this forest is divided into four zones, each upied by different monsters. Goblins are found in the north; ck-toothed wolves are found; in the south. In the east, in a deste area, are the undead skeletons, while in the west, by ake, reside the lizard men."


    Elio exined, pointing to each of the locations of each monster.


    They all tensed and swallowed saliva nervously as they heard the names of the monsters, none of them having experience in killing monsters.


    Erik was just as nervous because, like them, he had never faced a monster head-on. So it is normal for him to be nervous.


    ''So, first I''ll go south of the forest, then west, and finally north.''


    Erik devised a n toplete the mission, even though he was nervous and a little afraid of facing the monsters, he had to do it so he wouldn''t suffer the same as the night before again.


    He chose this sequence because he is currently in the southern part of the forest. After all, the smartest thing to do would be to start at this ce nearby.


    "This...Supervisor, Elio."


    A woman wearing a bow and leather chest armor spoke, and everyone present turned their gaze toward her.


    "Tell me" Elio focusing his attention on her.


    "Can we form groups to perform the test?" Asked the woman.


    "Of course, you can form groups" Elio replied and added. "But before we form groups. The test will be to survive in this forest for 24 hours"


    "But, what if we die in the forest?"


    Now asked a burly man, with arge shield in his hand. A question that everyone had at the moment.


    "Nothing will happen, we will simply warn your rtives. And if you don''t have rtives, we won''t warn anyone," replied Elio in a serious tone.


    "Wait, no, you will save us if we are on the verge of death?" asked the man puzzled by the answer.


    "You seem to be misunderstanding something. The two of us are just supervising this test, we won''t save you if you''re about to die," Elio replied just as seriously.


    "Why, no, they''ll save us if they''re the supervisors!"


    "I will report this to the main office!"


    "You have to secure our lives since you are the ones responsible for the test!"


    "It''s unfair!"


    They all started yelling,ining about everything, and protesting about how unreasonable the test was. None of them had any experience in hunting monsters thought they would at least be given some basic guidance. But...


    They are being sent into a forest full of monsters, without any preparation!


    It''s almost impossible for them to survive twenty-four hours in the forest.


    "Silence!"


    A deep, icy voice echoed throughout the room, forcing the protesting and conversing people to shut up immediately. Then an immense pressure descended on the examinees, bringing them to their knees and making it difficult for them to breathe.


    "Heuk!"


    "Ugh!"


    "Huak..."


    "Kuh-guhk..."


    ''Huh?''


    Erik, who was absorbed in his thoughts, snapped out of them as he felt the pressure. He looked around bewildered, perplexed by what was happening. He saw everyone kneeling, struggling for breath.


    ''What''s going on, why are you all kneeling?''


    Erik looked at this in confusion, feeling an intense pressure on his body, though not strong enough to bring him to his knees.


    The supervisors raised an eyebrow, surprised to see that Erik was the only one standing and appeared to be in perfect condition, in stark contrast to the others.


    ''Oh, interesting... he seems to be able to withstand a little of my pressure.''


    Ae took a little interest in the one person standing there feeling her pressure, but to the rest, she gave them a look of sense.


    In her eyes the others were nothing more than trash, besides, she noticed that the big guilds didn''t send anyone this time.


    After a few seconds, Ae began to take the pressure off, allowing the people to regain normal breathing.


    "Listen to me! We are not here to listen to your annoyingints. We are here simply to supervise the test. Anyone who doesn''t want to participate can leave; no one is forcing them to do so."


    Ae said with a cold expression looking at everyone with since. making them all tremble under her gaze.


    "If that''s the way it is, I''m out of this shit!"


    "I''m leaving too, I don''t want to lose my life."


    "Fuck you and your stupid exam."


    The people who were about to perform the test began to leave the ce.


    This is due to the fear of losing their lives or simply the fear of dying at the hands of another person, a sad reality that is quitemon among hunters.


    In short, the world of the hunters remains a crude representation of thew of the jungle, where power dictates the truth and the weakest are forced to ept this crude reality.


    This brutal dynamic has not changed since time immemorial; thew of the jungle has always existed.


    Both in the society ofmon citizens and in the high society. The rich or powerful always tend to rule all, and the same in this case with hunters.


    In fact, among hunters this problem is even stronger, because hunters are the spitting image of something that came to revive in times past, while normal people tend to fall back on their connections and resources, hunters opt for more savage methods, which can lead to deaths all over the ce.


    In an everyday life situation, this might be a little different.


    For example, when a child, whom we will call A, confronts another child, whom we will call B, about the bullying that A is suffering from B, the differences be evident when trying to find a solution.


    In this case, one might expect that the parents of A and B would be called in to intervene. However, herein lies the disparity. A''s parents are ordinary citizens, while B''s parents are politicians with great influence in the city.


    So what do you think would happen in this situation? The answer is pretty clear: B''s parents would use their connections and political power to harm Child A''s family.


    Child A''s family, despite being the victims in this case, would be forced to ept everything quietly, as theyck connections or political power. Child B''s family, on the other hand, has these advantages.


    In short, Child B''s family is strong, while Child A''s family is weak. This is the harsh reality of the world we live in, whether you like it or not.


    After most of the people left the ce, of the initial 300, only 150 remained.


    In short, half of the people left, leaving only those who were determined to take the test and obtain their hunter''s license, thus allowing them to participate in dungeon expeditions.


    "Garbages" Ae snorted.


    "In five minutes the test will begin. Get ready!"


    Elio announced stepping down from the podium.


    People quickly organized themselves into groups.


    "We need someone who can hold the front!"


    "We don''t need a healer, we need an archer."


    "I''m an assassin."


    "Oh, sorry, we''re already full. Find another group."


    "I''m a tank, someone needs a tank."


    Erik, who was observing how people were grouping, moved away from the ce and leaned against a tree to avoid being disturbed as he joined the group.


    While everyone formed groups, he remained apart from the crowd preparing for the test. It was at that moment that the supervisors reappeared.


    "Say the test again: survive for 24 hours in this monster zone. After that period, the clock we will give you will beep, and you must return here alive."


    Elio said as Ae handed out the special watches to the participants who remained to take the test.


    Once everyone had their watches, they started to go deeper into the forest.


    Elio and Ae disappeared without a trace.


    ''Okay, let''s get started''


    Erik nervously walked into the forest as well and headed towards the ck-fanged wolf area to begin the mission.


    After walking for a few minutes, he decided to change course.


    However, the instant he turned around, he found himself surrounded by five ck-toothed wolf monsters, not realizing how they had stalked him since he had entered the forest.


    "Grr!"


    "Grr..."


    "Grr!"


    "Grr!"


    Despite the danger that surrounded him, a small unconscious smile appeared on his face, and this was due to nerves.


    "Well..."


    He pulled the spear out of his inventory and took a rough stance, while a cold sweat ran down his forehead and a nervous expression.


    ...

 Chapter 9: Hunters test Part - 2

    <h4>Chapter 9: Hunters test Part - 2</h4>


    Erik with a nervous look and cold sweat was running down his forehead. It had been a minute since the ck-toothed wolves had surrounded him.


    "Grrrrr...!"


    "Grrrrrr...!"


    "Roar!"


    The ck-toothed wolf monsters began to move around him, surrounding him, lest he should escape.


    ''Shit!''


    He is very nervous, his hands are full of sweat due to his nerves, and he does not know what to do. Erik gripped with strength and with his attention on the ck-toothed wolves.


    He is in aplicated situation, and I could not do anything rash, because the numerical disadvantage was obvious: five wolves alone against him.


    It would be unwise and stupid to confront them head-on, especially considering theirck of experience.


    ''What should I do, how do I defeat these monsters?''


    Erik felt himself getting more and more nervous the more he thought about what to do, he started backing up toward a nearby tree, looking to take advantage of the length of the spear to defend himself and attack effectively, at least he hoped so.


    However, when he took the sixth step backward...


    Smash!


    One of the monsters lunged towards him with two swift movements and leaped towards his exposed neck, noticing the subtle movements Erik was making.


    "Roar!"


    ".... Damn it!"


    A curse escaped his lips as he saw the monster heading towards him, baring its sharp ck teeth.


    f.


    Panicking, he stumbled over his own feet and fell into a sitting position, watching the monster pass closely over his head.


    The ck-toothed wolf, realizing his attack had missed, failed to stop in mid-air and crashed violently into the tree behind Erik.


    Stab!


    When the ck-toothed wolf monster''s fangs impacted the trunk, a crack instantly formed in the hard bark as it shook violently.


    Erik quickly got up and started running, forgetting that there were more monsters with him.


    The second ck-toothed wolf wasted no time and pounced, moving quickly, and in the blink of an eye, it was in front of him,unching an attack with its ws.


    "Roar!"


    "Fuck!"


    He jumped to the side, somersaulted, and narrowly dodged the attack. Erik quickly scrambled to his feet and took cover behind a tree.


    Stab! Stab!


    The tree covering them shook violently as the two monsters attacked.


    "Haa... haa... I''m alive!"


    Erik was breathing heavily, despite not having made much movement. Due to nerves, or because his stats were too low?


    It is obvious that it is the first one that is due to nerves that he is so agitated because if it was due to his low stats, he would not have been able to run for four the night before.


    He peered out of the corner of his eye up the tree and saw that the two wolves were pinned to the hard bark.


    Now was the chance to strike back!


    "Haaaaaa!"


    With a shout, he charged at them splitting their heads apart, and blood began to stter staining his face.


    Tti-ring.


    [You have defeated two E-Rank cktooth Wolves.]


    [ck-Tooth Wolves - Rank E, 20 times: iplete (2/20).


    "Haa... Shit!"


    Erik ignores the notification windows, his hands are shaking and the expression on his face isplicated.


    Sweat and blood run down his forehead, and he watches the three remaining ck-toothed wolves, who look at him with great hostility.


    The three ck-toothed wolves, standing guard against him, waiting for any movement.


    The tension in the air was pulsating, the sunlight filtered softly through the leaves of the trees, and the sound of birds echoed in the air.


    "Haaaa..."


    Erik exhaled long, calming both his body and head, his expression softened, and he red at the ck-toothed wolves. He gripped the spear tighter, his grip more secure and firm,pared to a few moments ago.


    ''Let''s try, this to see if it works.''


    Deciding to try something, he channeled End Energy through the spear, and the de began to coat itself with a colorless energy.


    "Grrr..."


    "Grrr...!"


    "Grrr..."


    The ck-toothed wolf felt threatened by the energy covering the spear de, all his senses screamed danger at the sight of that energy.


    ''Good, it worked!''


    Erik attended satisfied to see that his experiment worked, although he didn''t expect it to work the first time, but he''s not going toin.


    He did this little experiment, doing the same thing as when he transferred his energy to the crystal, but this time he tested it on his spear and, it worked!


    "Roar!"


    The ck-toothed wolves, feeling threatened by the energy covering the spear, rushed at Erik from different directions: one from the front and the other two from the nks.


    One of them elerated and jumped with its jaws open, showing its sharp teeth and letting out a trickle of slime.


    Erik, with a sudden movement, charged into the air, piercing the first ck-toothed wolf that was already in the middle of a leap.


    Without stopping there, he jerked the spear to the side with force, sending the ck-toothed wolf''s body flying and crashing into a tree.


    Thud.


    The corpse of the ck-toothed wolf, as blood stained the roots of the tree red.


    But that doesn''t mean there is something unbelievable happened, the carcass of the ck-toothed wolf, disappeared from existence.


    "What the..."


    Erik couldn''t express his surprise, because the next monster was already in front of him with its jaws open to tear his face off.


    ng!


    A loud metallic ng echoed in the surroundings as the teeth of the ck-toothed wolf monster and the spear collided.


    "Argh!"


    A grunt escaped Erik''s lips as he gripped the spear tightly, and the monster jerked violently to the side.


    He threw a clean upward kick that impacted the monster''s stomach.


    "Grrr..."


    The ck-toothed wolf growled in pain letting go of the spear.


    Seizing the opportunity, it quickly attacked the ck-toothed wolf''s body, ripping open the stomach and all the organs showered on the ground.


    Thud.


    The ck-toothed wolf fell lifeless, and like the other also vanished from existence.


    Tti-ring.


    [You have defeated two E-Rank ck Tooth Wolves.]


    [ck-Tooth Wolves - Rank E, 20 times: iplete (4/20)]


    Again, he ignored the notification window and took a careless stance waiting for thest monster''s attack.


    But the attack never came.


    "Haa... Where is he?"


    Erik surveyed the surroundings for any movement near him. But finding no movement of the monster nearby, he let out a sigh and wiped the blood that sttered on his face.


    ''What was that one just now''


    Now that the ck-toothed wolf is gone, Erik is able to think calmly, he is very surprised by what just happened.


    The monster in front of him vanished from existence only leaving his mana stone behind.


    ''But how did he disappear out of nowhere''.


    He still finds it hard to believe what he saw, he doesn''t understand why that happened, but he has a feeling that he had something to do with it. The problem is that he doesn''t know what caused the monster to disappear.


    While he was absorbed in his thoughts...


    HOWL!


    He heard a loud howl, it echoed.


    Erik was abruptly pulled out of his thoughts and hurriedly took a stance full of openings, besides he knew nothing about spear handling.


    All he did was stab and swing in a rough and tumble manner, there was nothing technical about it.


    Noise, Noise, Noise, Noise, Noise, Noise, Noise, Noise, Noise, Noise, Noise, Noise....


    "... Huh?"


    Erik''s expression became rigid, he didn''t understand what was happening at that moment.


    The sounds among the bushes became louder and louder. From his spine, an ominous feeling began to spread throughout his body.


    "Something...


    "Something is very wrong."


    Grrrr, Grrrr, Grrrr, Grrrr, Grrrr, Grrrr, Grrrr, Grrrr, Grrrr, Grrrr, Grrrr, Grrrr, Grrrr, Grrrr, Grrrr, Grrrr, Grrrr, Grrrr, Grrrr, Grrrr, Grrrr, Grrrr, Grrrr.


    The sound of grunting echoed in all directions.


    "... Damn it!"


    Without a second thought, he quickly stowed the spear in his inventory and, without hesitation, began to run.


    "Woof, woof!"


    "Woof, woof!"


    The ck-toothed wolves ran after him.


    As he ran, he plotted a strategy to defeat the monsters one by one.


    Erik took a quick nce back and saw the horde of ck-toothed wolves, eagerly trying to catch him to feast on him.


    "GRrrrr!!!"


    "GRRAaagh!"


    "GRRAaaagh!"


    Two of the nearest ck-toothed wolves lunged at him, trying to knock him down.


    However, Erik managed to anticipate and, in a desperate move, grabbed hold of a tree branch. Most of the monsters passed him by, except for one that managed to stop in time.


    Quickly, he unsheathed the spear from his inventory and lunged towards the one monster still below him.


    He drove the spear into its head, defeating one of the many that remained. The remaining ck-toothed wolves began to retreat.


    ''With this method, I''ll be able to finish them all off, but the problem is that I don''t know if I can hold out that long.''


    Erik reflected as he ran again, not sure if it would work, but it was this or die.


    With this in mind, he continued running through the southern part of the forest, implementing the same tactic.


    Every time a monster pounced on him, he would climb up a tree branch and thrust the spear into the monster''s head below.


    He repeated this tactic over and over again and, little by little, the monsters began to dwindle.


    Although everything went well on most asions, on one asion the tree branch broke and he was seriously injured, receiving several attacks from the ck-toothed wolves.


    However, thanks to his ''Savage Regeneration'' ability, the wounds were healing. Still, the loss of energy was evident; he even came close to losing consciousness on several asions.


    After thest ck-toothed wolf fell lifeless.


    "Haaa... Haaa... Haaa... haaa..."


    Erik fell exhausted on the ground with his body full of blood and wounds, he was even missing some fingers and had many parts where flesh and skin were missing that had been torn off.


    Tti-ring.


    [ck-Tooth Wolves - Rank E, 20 times: Complete (34/20)]


    ....

 Chapter 10: Hunters test Part - 3

    <h4>Chapter 10: Hunters test Part - 3</h4>


    "Gasp... gasp... gasp... Cough, cough, I didn''t expect to survive all that!"


    Erik coughs up blood, his expression is wrinkled from the pain of the wounds inflicted by the ck-toothed wolves. But he is relieved that the wounds are healing, thanks to his ''Savage Regeneration'' ability.


    He stood for a while waiting, while the wounds healed. The sun''s rays filtered through the leaves of the trees and reflected in the fresh blood that stained the ground.


    Feeling the light breeze with the scent of blood, gently beat, he closed his eyes, letting the skill do its work, while he recovered from the fatigue.


    After a while, when Erik felt his wounds had closed, before getting up he looked at the special watch he was given.


    "It has been two hours since the test began."


    When I checked that two hours had passed since the start of the race, he realized that he had been running for two hours.


    "Ugrh..."


    A groan of pain escaped his lips as he stood up, even though the wounds had healed, he still had a throbbing pain throughout his body.


    "Phew..."


    He let out a long sigh standing fully upright, he has to continue toplete the daily mission.


    He was now heading towards the ''East'' area where the undead skeletons were located, as it was the closest for him.


    Erik is not sure if he can make it to the undead skeletons'' territory alive, because he is not in his best condition, and he doesn''t know if he will be attacked on the way.


    ***


    After walking for an hour and a half at a slow pace, being almost 100% recovered, he only had minor injuries that did not represent any problem.


    He is now in the ''East'' of the forest, in the territory of the undead skeletons.


    "Wow, this ce is totally different from where I was a moment ago!"


    Erik eximed in awe at the sight before him.


    The ce where he stands, thend is deste and lifeless. Everything he sees is pure death, from the ground to the trees, which arepletely withered.


    He had never seen anything like this in his life!


    The contrast between where he is a moment ago, and now, is very different, as if it were a representation of life and death.


    ''... W-what is this that I am feeling?''


    Looking at this lifeless ce, he feels strangelyfortable. He has no way to exin this feeling.


    ''Could it be because I am the embodiment of the end that I feel sofortable in this ce?''


    Although he has no way of confirming this thought, he feels he has something to do with it.


    Smash!


    While gazing at thepletely deste surroundings, Erik heard a loud noise behind him.


    He turned quickly to see what had caused the noise, but when he turned around he saw a dagger only inches from his neck.


    "... Damn it!"


    Unable to react in time, he covered himself with the spear, which avoided being decapitated.


    ng!


    The sound of shing metal echoed through the air. Before he could react he received a clean kick in the stomach, which sent him flying a few meters.


    "Puaj..."


    Erik rolled on the ground after taking the kick in the stomach squarely, which caught him off guard.


    "Cough!"


    He coughed blood, started to sit up using the spear as a support, and looked to the front.


    There he saw a man dressed in ck and a hood covering his face, the only thing visible was the big maniacal smile on his face.


    ''I didn''t realize there was someone following me...''


    He hadn''t felt that he had been followed, so Erik came to a quick conclusion from this.


    ''He''s an assassin''


    As in the online games, people, when they wake up, get a job, which can be: as a warrior, archer, mage, healer, support, and more.


    Depending on the job they awaken, they also derive their skills.


    For example, the man who just attacked Erik his job is an assassin, and one of the skills he has is "Stealth".


    ''Shit, if it wasn''t for the sound he made, my head would be rolling on the floor right now''.


    He felt a sharp shiver, run down his back at this thought, as he felt death touch his shoulder.


    "..."


    Erik looked at the man with a nervous expression, feeling a sharp pain in his stomach.


    "Oh~, looks like you managed to get up after receiving my attack."


    The man spoke with surprise, but his tone was full of arrogance and since.


    "Why did you suddenly attack me!"


    Erik did not understand the reason why the man attacked him, it was the first time he had seen him, so he did not understand why he was attacked.


    Erik''s problem is that in this matter he is too innocent, he doesn''t know how cruel and dirty the hunter''s world is. Because everything he has seen is from the news.


    And the newscasts do not show the reality of the hunters'' world, they paint everything pink, in order to have a clean image, and ignore the reality of things.


    Erik, as he knew nothing about the world of hunters, believed all the lies told by the news.


    And now he is realizing the reality and truth of things, the same when they tell a child that Santa us doesn''t exist.


    "HAHAHAHA~!"


    The man let out a bigugh, hearing the stupid question he was asked, it had been a long time since he hadughed so hard.


    "Are you seriously wondering why I''m attacking you?"


    "... Yes"


    "Kakaka. The reason is simple, I do it because I can, and I have the power to do it. You may think it''s irrational or absurd, but that doesn''t matter to me, because in this world only the strong are right, and you! Are weaker than me so I am right!"


    The man said with a crazy expression, and his eyes shone brightly as he pointed the dagger at him.


    "..."


    Erik did not know how to react to the man''s words, because they contained some truth in them, and now he is realizing the true face of the hunters.


    And everything he saw on the news, 90% of it ispletely false.


    Apret¨® con fuerzanza y adopt¨® una postura un tanto extra?a debido a que no tiene experiencia.


    Erik looked nervously at the man, To be honest, he was scared, this would be his first time facing a human and he didn''t know what to do.


    "Why don''t you..."


    Seeing this, the man was about to say something, but noticing Erik''s expression, he pulled out his other dagger.


    He pounced on Erikughing like a madman....


    "HAHAHAHAHA~!"


    With quick movements, the man was already in front of him.


    Erikunched a lunge towards the man''s body, who jumped to the side and dodged the attack with ease.


    He then activated his "Sharp de" skill andunched a sh towards Erik''s neck.


    Erik, with a nervous expression, gritted his teeth and moved the spear to protect his neck.


    ng!


    The sound of shing metal echoed in the surroundings.


    Erik and the man stared at each other.


    "Khakakaka!"


    The man isughing loudly, while Erik shows aplicated expression, resisting the attack.


    The man threw a kick to the side, which Erik couldn''t dodge, and it connected directly with his liver, knocking him backward as he held his side with a pained expression.


    "Kuh-guhk! Damn, this hurts!"


    Erik grunted in pain, clutching his side, leaving himpletely unprotected.


    The man took advantage of Erik''s vulnerability andunched a series of attacks from all sides, deliberately avoiding his vital points, while blood gushed from his body, staining the air red.


    "HAHAHAHAHAH~!!! Come on, scream, scream!"


    Said the man with apletely unhingedugh as he continued to throw shes all over Erik''s body.


    But contrary to what I expected, Erik didn''t let out a single scream, not even a grunt, and his whole body was covered in blood and cuts.


    ''Why can''t I hear his screams?''


    This surprised the man, who expected to hear the cries of pain and desperate pleas.


    ''Damn it, I want to scream, my whole body hurts...''


    Erik didn''t understand why he didn''t let out a single scream despite all the severe pain he felt.


    It was as if something was holding him back, as if by screaming he was losing something important. He didn''t know what that something important was that he would lose, that''s why his existence refused to let out a single scream.


    When she felt that the attacks were over, her whole world waspletely red due to the blood that had entered her eyes.


    He looked up and saw that the man waspletely surprised, even a little scared. The smile he had a moment ago was nowhere in sight.


    "Why did you stop the attack?"


    From Erik''s lips came apletely distorted voice because much of the oral cords were severed, causing the man to flinch.


    "You... What the hell are you...?"


    The man eximed inplete horror, pointing at Erik, who was recovering from his injuries.


    He watched in amazement as Erik''s eyes were now those of a wolf.


    "You are not... hum..."


    The man didn''t have a chance to finish his sentence when his head was split in two by a sword.


    Caused his brain and cerebellum to fall separately to the ground, followed by his eyes and teeth.


    The man''s limp body copsed, his tongue and nose, as fluids from the ventricles spilled all over his body.


    As the man''s limp body fell to the ground, the presence of an undead skeleton is revealed behind him, armed with a sword stained with the man''s blood.


    "That''s right, I had forgotten, we''re in the undead skeleton zone."


    Erik hadpletely forgotten that he is in the ''Eastern'' part of the forest. The confrontation had made him forget where he was currently.


    As he continued to watch the skeleton, his body was healing from the cuts and, in the blink of an eye, he saw an arrow inches from his face.


    ng!


    As the arrow hit the spear, a loud metallic sound echoed in the deste ce.


    "?!"


    Erik watched this with surprise; he blinked for a second and almost ended up with an arrow embedded in his forehead.


    Rattle! Rattle! Rattle!


    When his vision improved, he found himself surrounded by many undead skeletons.


    "One, two, three, four, five... ten... twenty... forty.... One hundred!"


    As he counted all the skeletons present in the ce, his expression darkenedpletely.


    Now he could not employ the same tactic he used against the ck-toothed wolves, as this ce waspletely deste, and he also did not have the strength to run, due to the fact that his body was full of cuts.


    "... Damn."


    That was the only thing that left Erik''s lips as he watched the undead skeletons run towards him.


    ...

 Chapter 11: Hunters test Part - 4

    <h4>Chapter 11: Hunters test Part - 4</h4>


    Rattle! Rattle! Rattle!


    Watching the undead skeletons, he approaches in all directions.


    ''What do I do, what do I do...''


    Erik scans the surroundings, his brain is working at full speed in search of a solution.


    However, despite having several ways to get out alive and avoid the undead skeletons, he has a big problem putting what he thinks into practice.


    The big problem was his body, which is very limited due to several tendons in his legs being severed, it seems that the man who attacked him did it on purpose so that he would not escape.


    ''Shit, what do I do? My body hasn''t healed yet''


    Even though his body is healing, but not at a speed to make fast movements, because the proficiency of the skill is very low.


    Rattle! Rattle! Rattle!


    The sound of the undead skeletons is heard closer and closer, implying that he is running out of time to look for a solution.


    "Haaa... Shit, because of that son of a bitch, I find myself in this situation."


    Erik cursed the dead man, likely already in the reincarnation cycle, for leaving him in this situation.


    Seeing that he had no choice but to face the undead skeletons, he coated the spear de with ''End Energy'' again.


    Having everything ready, I look at the undead skeletons, with a nervous expression, while blood and sweat run down his face.


    Rattle! Rattle! Rattle!


    When the skeletons finally entered his spear strike zone, Erik took a deep breath.


    He swung his spear hard and lunged at the first skeleton with a blow that shattered it.


    He then threw the spear back toward his back, knocking down three skeletons behind him without giving them a chance to react.


    "Haaa..."


    He took a breath and took another deep breath, unleashing a powerful horizontal attack that swept all the skeletons in front of him.


    Tti-ring.


    [You have defeated eight E-rank skeletons!].


    [Skeleton - Rank E, 20 times: iplete (8/20)]


    "Haaa..."


    A harsh sigh escaped Erik''s lips as he inhaled deeply, ignoring the notification windows.


    Heunched another powerful horizontal attack, sweeping away one more row of skeletons.


    Tti-ring.


    [You have defeated six E-rank skeletons!]


    "Argh..."


    A grunt broke free from Erik''s lips as he felt a sharp pain in his back. He swung his spear back, sweeping the skeletons behind him.


    However, the skeletons kept piling up on him, biting and tearing at the skin and flesh of his body, as if they were zombies.


    ''... Shit, I can''t lose consciousness now.''


    He is struggling with all his strength, not to lose consciousness, knowing, that if he does, it is the end of his life.


    But, his vision is beginning to darken, due to the great loss of blood and all the throbbing pain that runs through his body.


    "Still, I can''t..."


    Erik felt imposing, not being able to do so, as the undead skeletons piled up on his body.


    "Damn it...! HAAAAAHHH!"


    Erik''s entire body was covered by the undead skeletons, no trace of his body or anything resembling it remained.


    "...."


    A huge silence fell on the ce, it was as if a supernatural force had taken away the noise, and not even the sound of birds could be heard.


    Until...


    BOOOM!!!


    All the undead skeletons on top of Erik''s body shot out and disappeared shortly, leaving only their mana stones, which fell like rain from the sky.


    In the middle of the ce, Erik could be seen being covered by a colorless energy that was quickly taking the form of a gigantic wolf.


    After the energy finished taking shape, the image of a gigantic wolf was revealed, ring hatefully at the sky, with Erik''s unconscious body in the center.


    Rattle! Rattle! Rattle!


    The skeletons began to climb, but when they touched the paws of the giant wolf, they disappeared from existence.


    The giant wolf, upon witnessing this, its face crumpled and itunched a powerful attack with its ws.


    BOOOM!


    The attack obliterated all the skeletons within its reach, shaking the entire forest and leaving behind arge crater.


    After this attack, the form of the gigantic wolf began to diminish. However, before disappearingpletely, it opened its mouth and let out a thunderous roar:


    "ROOOOAAARRRRR!"


    The thunderous roar echoed throughout the vast forest, making all who heard it tremble.


    Those who were not strong enough in the forest began to sumb.


    The survivors experienced a mixture of terror: some urinated, some vomited and some copsed along with their clothes.


    Even the monsters panicked: the wolves went mad and all fled the forest.


    The nearby skeletons disappeared, the goblins, being the weakest, perished, and even the leaders of the tribes.


    The lizard men, terrified, began to attack and devour each other.


    Life in the forest began to fade away. The trees left as if the end was near and all that could be seen was chaos.


    All this was triggered by the powerful roar that was charged with ''End Energy''.


    Tti-ring.


    [You have defeated....]


    [You have defeated...]


    [You have defeated...]


    [Level up!]


    [Level up!]


    ...


    ..


    ***


    A few hourster


    Erik gradually regained consciousness, his vision was blurred and gradually became clearer until he could see the white ceiling that he easily recognized as the ce where he was.


    "So I''m back in the hospital..."


    A faint mumble escaped Erik''s lips, feeling every part of his body ache as if he were in hell itself.


    At the same time, though, he felt a sense of relief because of his ability.


    ''How had he made it to the hospital alive?''


    All he remembers was that he was surrounded by undead skeletons; After that, he doesn''t remember anything else.


    ''Could it be that the supervisors brought me...?''


    That seemed to be the most usible exnation.


    If not for them, who else would have brought him to this ce? It was unlikely that anyone would venture into that area and save him in good faith.


    Because most people went to goblin territory.


    ''I should at least be thankful that I''m still alive, but how long was I unconscious?''


    Esa era inc¨®gnita que le pesaba en estos momentos, pues no sab¨ªa si hab¨ªapletado misi¨®n diaria.


    Erikenz¨® a sentir una picaz¨®n en espalda, pero no pod¨ªa rascarse debido al dolor que sent¨ªa en todo el cuerpo.


    Just as she tried to relieve the itch in her back, the door to the room opened.


    In walked a beautiful, sultry nurse holding a tray. This nurse was Carol''s friend Pa.


    Seeing her patient struggling to scratch.


    "Please don''t move!"


    Erik froze at the sound of that voice and turned his face to where the nurse was standing.


    "How long was I unconscious?"


    That was the first thing he asked in a weak voice, ignoring the itch in his back.


    "..."


    Pa did not respond but reached over, pressed a button on a nearby control and the bed began to rise until it was diagonal


    Then she ced the tray on a table beside the bed.


    "You''ve been unconscious for twenty-seven hours."


    "Twenty-seven hours?!"


    "Yes, twenty-seven hours."


    Pa repeated, taking off her shirt to change her bandages.


    ''Have I been unconscious for twenty-seven hours?''


    He finds it hard to believe that he had been unconscious for that long; to him, it seemed like only a few minutes had passed since he lost consciousness.


    Waking up in that spot, he figured he would have been unconscious for about four or five hours, tops.


    "You can bend over a little."


    Heplied and Pa finished removing his shirt and then began removing his bandages.


    ''Would I havepleted the mission? Otherwise, I would have woken up in some strange dungeon.''


    This was the only answer he could think of at the moment. If he hadn''tpleted the mission, he would most likely be in some strange dungeon.


    [You have unread notifications]


    A window appeared in front of him without much thought, he thought ''Open''.


    Tti-ring.


    [You have defeated One hundred and thirty-four E-ranked Goblins!]


    [You have defeated Fourteen rank E ck-toothed wolves!]


    [You have defeated Two Hundred and Twenty Rank E Undead Skeletons!]


    [You have defeated Eight D-ranked Goblin Leaders!]


    [You have defeated Thirty E-ranked Lizardmen!]


    [Level up!]


    [Level up!]


    [Level up!]


    [Level up!]


    [Level up!]


    Tti-ring.


    [You havepleted the ''Daily Mission''!]


    [The rewards forpleting the mission have arrived!]


    [Would you like to confirm?] (Y/N).


    "... What the hell?"


    Erik couldn''t help but curse out loud from surprise, seeing all the notifications and reward windows blocking his entire view.


    ''How do Iplete the mission?''


    Despite being in shock, because of all the windows in front of him, he is very curious about how toplete the mission, if he lost consciousness.


    ''It could be...''


    But before he finished his thought...


    "Did something happen?"


    Pa asks, seeing the startle of her patient, who suddenly cursed while looking at nothing.


    ''None of the hunters are normal. Tsk, what a waste''


    Pa shook her head slightly disappointed, all the hunters she has attended to were handsome and attractive, but the problem was that she was missing a few screws.


    And now the patient he took a little interest in is far superior to the rest he has met and he can''t help but admire her beauty.


    Eyebrows seemingly drawn with the brush of the finest artist; a nose and chin formed at perfect angles that defied attempts to measure them through mere contraptions; a pair of beautiful golden-eyed eyes; and her unique gray and white hair, giving her a unique and special touch.


    Tsk. Tsk.


    Pa couldn''t help but smack her lips, she had her perfect man in front of her, but seeing him cursing at nothing disappointed her a little.


    "This, I''m sorry, I just remembered I haven''t eaten, and I''m really hungry."


    Erik can''t give a worse excuse than that, his face is red with embarrassment, right now he wants to bury himself ten meters under the ground.


    "Oh... I understand, don''t worry, in a few minutes they''ll bring you your food."


    Pa said with a small smile, though internally she''s relieved that her patient isn''t missing a few screws.


    "Oh, thank you...?"


    Erik gave the nurse a strange look. He couldn''t believe that the nurse had believed him, but decided not to say anything else, as the atmosphere with the nurse was quite ufortable.


    Pa finished changing the bandages and left the room, leaving him alone.


    Seeing that the nurse left him alone, I decided to take a look at the information window containing the mission.


    Tti-ring.


    [Daily mission: Kill your enemies plete)].


    Goblins - Rank E, 20 times: Complete (134/20).


    ck Tooth Wolves - Rank E, 20 times: Complete (68/20).


    Skeleton - Rank E, 20 times: Complete (234/20).


    Goblin Leader - Rank D, 2 times: Complete (8/2).


    ? Warning 1: Forpleting this mission, monsters will not give you experience.


    ? Warning 2: If you do notplete the daily quests, you will be sent to a random dungeon area for 4 hours.


    "... I still can''t believe this."


    He finds it hard to believe what is in the information window but decides not to give it any more importance.


    What matters is that he aplished the daily mission.


    Erik closed all pop-up notifications except the reward notification. Without hesitation, he pressed ''Confirm''.


    Tti-ring.


    [You receive the following rewards]


    - Ten Fenrir points


    - Eyes of the end


    - Experience (Additional)


    Tti-ring.


    [You have received ten Fenrir points!]


    [You have received the ''Eyes of the End''!]


    [Beginning implementation of ''Eyes of the End''... 1%... 5%...]


    "AAAHHH!"


    Erik let out a cry of pain as he felt an intense burning in his eyes as if a thousand needles were pricking him.


    [10%... 20%... 30%... 40%... 50%...]


    With each passing second, the pain intensified. Erik''s eyes released tears of blood as he experienced the instation of his new eyes.


    [70%... 80%... 90%... 100%...]


    [Implementationpleted!]


    "Argh! Damn, this hurts!"


    He eximed keeping his eyes closed, barely bearing the pain. But the notifications wouldn''t stop.


    [You have gained experience!]


    [Level up!]


    [Level up!]


    [Level up!]


    [Level up!]


    [Level up!]


    .....

 Chapter 12: Eyes Changes

    <h4>Chapter 12: Eyes Changes</h4>


    The notification windows stopped appearing, and the sharp pain in the also ceased, allowing him to open his eyes again.


    Erik opened his eyes slowly and was very surprised at what he was seeing.


    "Wow, I never thought things would look so clear!"


    His vision had improved to a humanly impossible level, even surpassing the strongest hunters, vision-wise.


    Everything he saw was extremely impressive. The ce was filled with particles of many colors.


    He could even see with perfection the small dirt in one corner of the room.


    But the more he focused his eyes, the more he could see until he reached a point where all his vision changedpletely to ck and white.


    "What''s happening?"


    Erik began to panic at the sudden change in his vision. The walls in front of himpletely disappeared and all he saw were souls that were light blue all over.


    The world before his eyes waspletely alien to him. There were all kinds of souls, from those in human form to those that werepletely unrecognizable, as if they were screaming in agony.


    Gradually his vision returned to normal, but with the change that he could still see everything clearly, apart from the colored particles in the air.


    "Haa... haa... What did I just see?"


    He eximed breathing heavily and with a pale expression, as a cold sweat ran down his forehead.


    He is in shock at what he has just witnessed. He hadn''t expected at all that his vision would suddenly change like this, where he could see souls... or so he thought, as he wasn''t sure what he was seeing.


    Was it a figment of his imagination or not? But he was sure it was real.


    Intent on no longer thinking about what he had just experienced, he opened the status to see how many levels he had climbed.


    ''Status window''.


    [Fenrir System].


    Name: Erik / Age: 20


    Title: Incarnation of the End, Chosen by the legendary beast of the end Fenrir.


    Affiliation: Neutral


    Level: 10


    [Abilities]


    Savage regeneration, Curse of enchainment.


    [Stats]


    Strength: 15 | Endurance: 16 | Dexterity: 15 | Vitality: 16 | End Energy: 11


    [Fenrir Points: 10]


    [Fenrir Store]


    [Missions]


    "I''m already level ten! And my stats are already in double digits, good, good!"


    Erik is pleased to see his current status, it seems that everything he suffered was not in vain, and it was worth it.


    ''Hmm, my stats went up by one point for every level I went up, skill proficiency didn''t increase.''


    Erik put his hand on his chin, as he reflected on his condition. And at that moment a window appeared in front of him.


    [When reaching level ten I know I unlock a new function of Fenrir points].


    [Now you can improve a specific statistic].


    [But this function will only work when you have ten Fenrir points].


    Erik''s eyes widened in surprise as he looked at the windows in front of him, and then looked at his status where the stats are now there is a ''<strong>+</strong>'' that was not there before.


    ''So now I can improve a specific stat.''


    The corner of his lips arched upwards, this was perfect for him, because before the stats with Fenrir points were randomly improved.


    But now he can upgrade them specifically, something that serves him well to strengthen evenly.


    ''But to use this function I have to have ten Fenrir points first.''


    Erik, putting his thoughts aside, decided to try out the new function, and chose to improve his strength and energy.


    [You have used ten Fenrir points in stats, strength, and End Energy]


    [Stats]


    Strength: 25 | Endurance: 16 | Dexterity: 15 | Vitality: 16 | End Energy: 21.


    "Good, but why did they only increase by ten, how strange."


    Despite being satisfied, Erik noticed that his stats only increased by two, which seemed strange to him.


    Because before, when he improved his stats, he used only two Fenrir points, and this improved all his stats by two except his energy.


    So he expected his strength to go up to 30, the same as his energy, but he doesn''tin about this result either.


    ''Well, I''m not going toin about this either.''


    Erik closed the status window, to rx and let the ability heal his wounds. He had gained a lot from doing the daily mission.


    Tti-ring.


    [The daily mission is avable!]


    "Oh, let''s see what mission it is this time..."


    Just as she was about to go over the details of the mission, the door to the room opened and Pa with a tray of food, followed by four people dressed in elegant ck linen suits.


    Erik recognized those apanying Pa; they were all members of the hunters'' association: Leon, his subordinate Adrian, and the two test supervisors, Ae and Elio.


    As they exchanged nces with him, they seemed to flinch at the sight of his new eyes, though they quickly recovered.


    ''Why are they here?''


    This was the only question that hovered in his mind as he watched those four enter the room with the nurse.


    He hadn''t done anything, or at least he couldn''t remember being involved in any trouble that would warrant their presence. At least that was what he thought.


    Pa ced the tray of food on the table and left the room as quickly as she could. She couldn''t stand the atmosphere of the ce.


    Erik began to eat quietly, while Leon took a chair and sat down next to the bed. Behind him, the others stood with serious expressions.


    Leon smiled as he noticed how quietly Erik was eating and said, "Hello, we meet again."


    Erik didn''t respond right away because he was chewing. Although he had not had a formal education, he knew it was impolite to talk with his mouth full. When he finished swallowing, he responded:


    "Yes, we meet again, even though it hasn''t even been a month."


    Leon looked on with a small smile. He liked this attitude, as most hunters and people would get nervous talking to him.


    "But you''re quite the case. You haven''t even been out of the hospital for two days and you''re already back, only now you''re in the hunter zone."


    Erik simply smiled. Leon was right: he had barely been out of the hospital a day and was already on his way back. It hadn''t even been forty hours since he''d left.


    ''In this short time, I experienced many things, from being sent to a random dungeon to facing a guy who wanted to kill me.''


    "By the way, what is the reason for your visit?"


    He asked directly, dropping the previous formalities.


    Leon''s smile grew wider. He really liked this boy''s attitude more and more. He didn''t like to beat around the bush either and asked:


    "Well, it turns out there was a ratherrge incident during the test and we came to ask you some questions."


    Erik''s expression changed to one of confusion.


    ''How could Ie to him if I had no idea what had happened in the test? He was unconscious.''


    "But what happened in the test?"


    He wanted to know what had happened during the test, as he had no idea about the incident.


    Leon looked back and indicated to Ae to exin what had happened.


    Ae stepped forward and began to exin in a serious voice


    "What happened in the test was that a loud roar of a wolf was heard and all the monsters started to die. The same thing happened to some of the participants."


    She summed up in a few words what happened in the ordeal. Ae was still in shock as she witnessed everything that had happened in the forest.


    More than half of it waspletely dead and there was no sign of life. She had never witnessed anything like that in her entire life; it was as if the ''End'' hade to that ce.


    "And what does any of this have to do with me?"


    Erik asked, totally bewildered. He didn''t understand how this incident could be rted to him, since, as far as he knew, he had no connection to what had happened.


    Did it matter to him what had happened at the test? Of course, he didn''t.


    Everyone in that ce was a stranger to him, and one of those strangers wanted to take his life and show him the reality of things.


    So he cares little about what happens to the lives of the hunters.


    "The reason we came here is because the report I received indicated that the roar came from the area where you were found unconscious."


    Leon said with a tired expression. He had been working overtime all this time because of this incident.


    Now Erik was even more confused than before. All he found were undead skeleton monsters and the individual the guy who cut his entire body and then died from the skeleton attack.


    "That''s why and what does it have to do with me? The only thing I found were skeletons and a guy who died from the attack of one of them."


    "Are you sure about what you said?"


    "Yes."


    "Hmm..."


    Leon was silent, thinking, then asked:


    "By the way, when did you wake up as a hunter?"


    "I woke up two days ago."


    "Isn''t it a little unwise to take the test right after waking up?"


    "Yes, it is dangerous, but my financial situation is not good enough to pay for a course to train my powers."


    Leon kept silent, knowing that what he was saying was true. Since he had already researched it, he knew he entered the irregr dungeon.


    Seeing that they had nothing else to do, he got up from his chair to leave the ce, as he had a lot of work to attend to at the moment.


    "Hey, one question, did I pass the test, or will it be my turn to take it again?"


    Leon paused and looked him seriously in the eyes for a few seconds before speaking.


    "Are you seriously asking about that? After hearing what happened, you don''t seem to care what happened to those affected?"


    "I don''t care about those affected, they''re all strangers to me. I''m sure none of them would care in the least if I died."


    Erik said with apletely neutral voice and a cold expression.


    Leon remained silent and the others were puzzled by this answer. Although he was not wrong in what he said, it was all true, and to say otherwise would be hypocritical on his part.


    The atmosphere in the room became tense as Leon stared into Erik''s cold eyes for a few seconds until he broke the silence:


    "Sure, you passed the test by surviving, as indicated. When you leave the hospital, go im your hunter card."


    With that said, Leon walked out of the room with the others, leaving him alone in the room again.


    ...

 Chapter 13: Strange Dream

    <h4>Chapter 13: Strange Dream</h4>


    After being left alone in the room, he continued to eat quietly, thinking about what to do once he was released from the hospital.


    He looked over at the television set tuned to the news channel, where they seemed to be talking about the incident that had urred during the test. He turned up the volume to listen to the news they were saying:


    [In an unprecedented event in the monster area where the hunters'' association conducts its trials, a deste situation has broken out after an unexpected event that has shocked the huntingmunity and conservation experts.


    Half of the forest has been rendered lifeless, ording to sources, due to the powerful roar of an unknown beast, thus depriving it of its vitality.


    Despite exhaustive hours of investigation by experts, absolutely nothing was found. The only thing they could state was:


    "After an exhaustive investigation with our experts, in this ce, ''never'' will life sprout."


    So they dered after long hours of investigation.


    Most of the ordinary people who heard this news were relieved and happy, as they would no longer have to worry or fear a possible monster attack.


    However, the newly awakened were not at all happy with this announcement, as they would be forced to travel to another city to take the test. In short, opinions were divided.


    Despite thements and opinions of both themon people and the newly awakened, the experts did not know the reason for this phenomenon and even set up aboratory at the site to investigate the cause of what happened...]


    "Wow, I didn''t expect the incident to be so big!"


    Erik was surprised to see the news, but he didn''t quite believe it, because he knew that part of it was a lie.


    ''Well, what matters is that I''m alive.''


    He doesn''t much care what happened. What he doesn''t know is that this was all caused by him, even if he didn''t know it.


    Erik changed the channel and put on a cartoon so he wouldn''t be bored all afternoon staring at the ceiling in the room.


    Besides, like anyone else, hunter or not, he hadpletely forgotten to check the contents of the daily mission.


    Well, it was understandable that he had forgotten, considering that with Leon''s arrival, he talked about the incident, and when they left he heard the news of what happened at the test site.


    It was obvious that his mind would have been focused on that!


    Besides, he''s not like those characters in novels who don''t forget anything after acquiring some kind of power or system. Just a week ago he was apletely normal person, it is understandable that sometimes he gets distracted, after all, he is only twenty years old.


    Time went by, and now and then I would burst outughing at the cartoons.


    There was one of a cat chasing a sly mouse, who always got away with it.


    There was also the one of a pink panther who wouldn''t say a word just to the background music which was, ''Turun~ Turun~ Turun~ Turun~ Turun~ Turun~ Turun~ Turun~ Turun~...'', and the one of a rabbit who, upon appearing, would let out his ssic, "What''s new Old Man?"


    He spent the whole afternoon immersed in the cartoons until Pa came in again to change his bandages and leave his food.


    Pa was very surprised to see the handsome patient recovering so quickly, seeing the condition he was in.


    When he was admitted to the hospital, he was covered in cuts all over his body, which normally take a month or more to heal.


    However, in this patient''s case, it only took him a few hours to heal almostpletely.


    ''Unbelievable, now I understand what my friend says''.


    Pa now understands, why her friend was so surprised with this patient.


    ''To think that besides being handsome, he is also special.''


    She finished changing the bandages and when she was at the door to leave the had.


    "We don''t see~"


    Pa gave him a flirtatious smile and a sultry voice, she left the room.


    "... We don''t see?"


    Erik gave her a strange look, but quickly grasped the nurse''s intentions.


    ''What a waste, because of me.''


    He felt bitter, catching the chips the nurse threw at him because he didn''t have a little friend enough to do anything with the nurse.


    He decided not to think too much about his misfortune, and continued watching television, until the mental fatigue umted during this short period set in.


    He turned off everything in the room, and soon after he fell fast asleep, like a baby.


    ***


    "Where am I?"


    Erik looked around in confusion. The ce he was in waspletely strange; he had never been in a simr ce before.


    The ce was somewhat peculiar.


    He recognized having experienced something like this before; it was the same color as when his eyes suddenly changed.


    The whole ce was ck and white, but the tones were perfectly bnced against each other, like Yin and Yang.


    But he realized something important: in that ce, there was no wind, and it seemed that time did not exist.


    "So where the hell am I?"


    Moreover, he felt that the system had nothing to do with what he was experiencing at that moment.


    It was as if I was rted to him somehow, but I also felt a connection to this ce with no idea why.


    "Phew... if I stay here, I won''t get anywhere."


    He began to move around the peculiar ce curiously and nervously, to see what this strange ce had in store for him.


    After a while, which in that ce seemed nonexistent, Erik began to feel like he was going around in circles.


    "Phew... I seem to be going around in circles."


    Erik held his head in difort as he looked up and realized that nothing had changed at all.


    He felt increasingly disoriented after what seemed to be endless twists and turns. So, he decided to stand still one more time.


    RETUMBLE!


    "Huh? What''s going on?"


    Erik was alerted when he suddenly felt a strong tremor. He looked down and saw that everything under his feet was shaking violently.


    RETUMBLE!


    The tremor under his feet intensified, and the ce he was in began to split in two as the seconds passed.


    Seeing this, Erik started to run to avoid falling into the huge ck hole forming in the ground, but he was not fast enough to escape.


    "?Uwaaaaaa!"


    f.


    When he finished falling, Erik felt no pain as he hit something resembling a floor.


    As he got up, he realized he was in an even more surreal ce than a few moments ago.


    He found himself in a beautiful and huge field that waspletely white, with flowers of different ck shapes. The whole ce waspletely white, the flowers being the only ck things in that strangendscape.


    "Besides, I feel the wind!"


    He noticed how a gentle breeze caressed his face.


    Guided by his curiosity, he began to walk through the field of flowers for a few seconds, until he reached a ce where he found the figure of a gigantic wolfpletely white, lying down and seemed to be sleeping patiently.


    Next to the giant all-ck wolf, there was an all-ck ''Something'' with a huge all-ck scythe.


    When the giant all-white wolf and that ''Something'' sensed his presence, they turned their gazes towards him. When he fixed his gaze on those two beings...


    "?!"


    And in an instant he found himself back in the hospital room, a cold sweat running down his back and forehead.


    "Haa... haa... what the hell was that dream?"


    Erik sat up in bed, his breathingbored, from the dream.


    "Haa... in less than a month I have experienced so many things one after another, but if it wasn''t for this Fenrir system, I would have never experienced this."


    Letting out a long tired sigh, he looked up at the clock on the wall that read 23:59:56 pm, he decided to close his eyes to continue sleeping.


    But before he fell asleep, when the clock struck 12:00:00, something appeared in front of him, something he had forgotten and which was quite important.


    Tti-ring.


    [You failed toplete the daily mission! You will be transferred to $"#&&&???$ for the next four hours].


    "Oh, hell, I hadpletely forgotten about this!"


    Erik realized that he hadn''t even checked the contents of the mission.


    At that moment, everything around him began to distort, somewhat simr to when he entered the dungeon with Adam''s group.


    When he came to, he found himself in what appeared to be a coliseum, he was in the center, and in front of him, a humanoid figure d in armor.


    "What is this ce?"


    Erik is puzzled to find himself in this ce, looking around cautiously.


    He expected to find himself in a forest or even a desert, but he never imagined that he would be transported to some kind of coliseum.


    He fails to understand the reason why the system has brought him to this ce.


    ''Well, what should I do in this ce?''


    And as he thought that, the information window appeared in front of him.


    Tti-ring.


    [Penalty Mission: Confront the %$-"&?]


    Objective: Confront the %$-"&??, during the allotted time.


    Time limit: 4 hours


    Time remaining: 4 hours, 0 minutes, 0 seconds


    ? Warning: Do not leave the coliseum during the allotted time or you will die!


    Once he finished reading the contents of the penalty mission, he quickly pulled out his spear.


    However, as he did so, his whole world was turned upside down.


    "Huh?"


    Erik was puzzled because everything was upside down, and what surprised him most was the realization that his body waspletely out of alignment, not responding to hismands.


    ''Why is my body not responding?''


    His body did not respond to any of hismands, and it seemed as if he was not connected until his vision began to darken, and he realized that he was on the ground, looking at his feet.


    Then he realized that his head had been severed from his body.


    ''Did I just die?''


    ...

 Chapter 14: How is it possible that he is still alive?

    <h4>Chapter 14: How is it possible that he is still alive?</h4>


    Once he came to, he copsed, desperately craning his neck, his eyes widened as if to take in the whole world with a single nce.


    The pupils dted, diluting any vestige of color into a dark abyss of dread. The skin was very pale, revealing throbbing veins and barely visible stress lines.


    "I... I... I... I''m... A-v... ve... alive-o..."


    Lips, once tingling with vitality, arched into a grotesque grimace, mouth half-open, as if about to let out a desperate scream, but unable to articte any words.


    An uncontroble tremor shook his body, spreading from trembling fingers to tense muscles in his neck and jaw.


    His hands, clutched at any surface within reach, as if he feared the ground itself might disappear beneath his feet.


    Gasping and gasping breaths echoed throughout the coliseum, creating a soundtrack of despair.


    Each inhtion was an anxietyden sigh, each exhtion a shuddering groan that seemed to presage the imminent copse of his sanity.


    In his eyes, the empty look of one who has seen beyond the horrors of the world, the look of one who knows he is on the threshold of the unfathomable.


    It was an expression of pure terror, without filter, without palliation.


    Erik looked up and met the eyes of the humanoid figure, whose gradually I know his image became clearer, revealing the scarred face of a man in histe forties or early forties at most.


    "Stand up and take the gun."


    A hoarse voice came from the lips of the man standing in front of him, looking at him neutrally.


    It made his whole body visibly tremble with fear.


    "You didn''t listen to me. Get up and take the gun."


    The man repeated, but the problem was that his body did not respond. He was still in shock after experiencing his first death.


    "Tsk!"


    The man smacked his lips when he saw that Erik could not get up from the ground and was still trembling with fear.


    He took a few steps back to give him time to recover.


    After about ten minutes, Erik slowly began to sit up, leaning on the spear as his feet felt like jelly.


    He still remembered vividly when he was decapitated a few moments ago.


    ''But how could he possibly still be alive?''


    Even though his body was still trembling, he still had doubts about how he could be alive after being decapitated.


    he could even see how his whole world was turned upside down, his body decapitated.


    So how was it possible for him to be alive?


    ''Maybe it has something to do with the system.''


    That was the conclusion he came to, besides his head is not in a state to think too much after being decapitated.


    Once fully recovered, he looked again at the man in front of him nervously and with a lot of fear, but his legs still did not respond.


    The man in front of him prepared to attack again and, out of pure instinct, protected his neck to avoid repeating the same experience.


    However, he received a heavy blow to the stomach.


    "Puaj..."


    Erik fell to the ground, holding his stomach with a pained expression as saliva and blood escaped from his mouth.


    "Get up."


    Erik looked up, his expression of this one wrinkled in pain.


    He met the man''s cold eyes, feeling as if he intubated seeing even a giant.


    "Why are you attacking me?"


    He had forgotten the purpose of the penalty mission: to confront the man for a specific amount of time.


    "..."


    The man didn''t respond and prepared to attack again. Erik, not wanting to take another hit, lunged at him with reckless and ineffective movements.


    These were easily dodged by the man, who said:


    "Never throw yourself recklessly against an opponent stronger than you, that will only lead to death."


    He then threw abo: a left jab to the face, a straight right to the abdomen, a left hook to the liver, a straight right to the face, and a left hook to the chin.


    It did so at such a dizzying speed that the human eye or even that of a high-ranking hunter could not perceive it.


    Erik, being a low-ranking hunter, barely glimpsed the shadow of the attack, thanks to his new eyes, before he fell to the ground again.


    He sat up again, but in doing so fell to his knees again from the blow he had received to his chin.


    Seven seconds passed before his body responded and he rose with a single movement.


    "Gasp... gasp... gasp... gasp... gasp..."


    Erik was breathing heavily and his face was covered with bruises and blood. Looking up, he saw no sign of the man anywhere.


    Once again, his world lost its bnce as he stared at a line of blood in front of his eyes.


    "Seriously..."


    Those were the only words he said as his head spun in the air.


    When he came back to himself again, to clutched his chest tightly, as if it was impossible for him to breathe.


    She felt a lump in her throat, tears, snot, and saliva painted her face all over.


    This was the second time Erik had faced death. He never wants to feel this again.


    ''Why do I have to go through this?''


    Also, he wants to understand why he died twice and is experiencing this.


    First, he decapitates him and then warns him not to recklessly attack a stronger opponent.


    Thisst he understood because the man was right, but now he understood absolutely nothing.


    "Get up!"


    Said the man, now wielding a spear.


    "A..."


    Erik wanted to ask something, but he knew he would get no answer from the person in front of him.


    He straightened up, he was still scared, and afraid, and his whole body was shaking. It seems he is still affected by the two deaths.


    The man lunged at him with the spear and quickly attacked his side, followed by a full swing to strike hard using the opposite end of the spear.


    But the attack did not end there; he continued with a powerful downward strike, followed by a horizontal sweep.


    Then he executed a series of precise and fast thrusts.


    Erik died once again after receiving such an attack,pletely helpless. This was already his third death, but he felt as if...


    ''They were training me, in a horrible way.''


    He could observe all the movements the man-made with the spear, unlike when he was throwing punches with his fists, he could barely glimpse a shadow of those attacks.


    He knew perfectly well that the man in front of him was far superior in every way. It was likeparing a beautiful diamond to a dirty stone.


    After that, Erik took a beating from the man, dying over and over again, so many times that he even lost count when he reached a hundred.


    All the deaths were caused by the spear, the man did not change weapons in all that time, but used different techniques constantly.


    Thus time passed with Erik dying repeatedly, staining the coliseum floor with his blood.


    Once the four hours had passed, Erik reappeared in the hospital room, his body again full of blood and wounds.


    Tti-ring.


    [You havepleted the penalty mission!]


    [The rewards forpleting the penalty mission have arrived!]


    [Would you like to confirm?] (Y/N)


    As he gazed at the floating windows in front of him, he still did not understand how he could be revived so many times.


    Each time he died, the sensations were too real to attribute solely to his intention.


    Except for the first two times, he didn''t even notice when he was decapitated.


    ''I don''t know how long my sanity will hold out if this continues.''


    Putting his thoughts aside for the moment, he proceeded to receive the rewards, pressing "Confirm".


    [You receive the following rewards]


    - Two Fenrir points


    - Basic knowledge in spear handling.


    - An additional slot in your inventory.


    - Experience (Additional)


    [You have received two Fenrir points!]


    [You have gained experience!]


    [Level up!]


    [Beginning of implementation of ''Basic knowledge in spear handling''... 1%..... 5%...]


    "Oh, not again it''s not..."


    Erik''s head began to hurt. It felt like he had a severe migraine and random information was being fed into his brain.


    But he knows it was the knowledge about wielding the spear that was imnted directly into his brain.


    Fortunately, the pain did notst longpared to when the new eyes were imnted.


    Tti-ring.


    [Imntationpleted!]


    "Shit, why does everything I get have to hurt so much?"


    Eriky in bed, still disoriented from the sudden overload of information in his brain.


    Tti-ring.


    [The rank advancement mission is now avable!]


    [The daily quests will be momentarily disabled until youplete the rank advancement quest!]


    Erik quickly opened the information window containing the promotion mission.


    [Promotion mission: "Rank promotion"]


    Objective: enter a low-rank dungeon and defeat the boss monster.


    Time limit: seven days


    Time remaining: six days, 23 hours, 59 minutes, 58 seconds.


    ? Warning: if you do notplete the quest in the given time, all your levels will be reset and you will lose all rewards and stats, and your entire status will be under curse for two months.


    ....

 Chapter 15: Leaving the hospital

    <h4>Chapter 15: Leaving the hospital</h4>


    [Promotion mission: "Rank promotion"]


    Objective: enter a low-rank dungeon and defeat the boss monster.


    Time limit: seven days


    Time remaining: six days, 23 hours, 59 minutes, 58 seconds.


    ? Warning: if you do notplete the quest in the given time, all your levels will be reset and you will lose all rewards and stats, and your entire status will be under curse for two months.


    When he finished reading the contents of the mission, a big smile of happiness lit up his face.


    However, this joy quickly faded when he read the warning about the consequences if he did notplete the mission on time.


    "I will lose all levels and skills?! I will even be under a curse for two months!"


    Erik couldn''t believe how hard this penalty he would have if he didn''tplete the promotion mission.


    "Curse!"


    He is not at all satisfied with the severity of the penalty for notpleting this mission, he would lose everything he had achieved in the blink of an eye.


    But he quickly realizes something, significant, that he is overlooking.


    "Puff! Hahahahaha!"


    A loudugh left his lips as if he were being told the best joke in the world. Erik covered his face, as hisughter subsided.


    "Haaa... I don''t know why I was thinking that way. Because from the beginning, none of this ispletely mine."


    Erik quickly realized the thought he had a few seconds ago. Believing that the strength you just gained ispletely yours.


    When much of the strength he has now is thanks to the system, well, he also did his part.


    "Ugh, thank goodness I realized it now."


    Erik, shaking his head, doesn''t want to make the same mistake that the protagonists of the novels he read when he was fifteen.


    "... We''d better go to bed."


    He looked at the clock on the wall that said 4:30 am. After checking the time, hey down and fell asleep within a few minutes.


    ***


    A few hourster.


    He was at the hospital reception, signing the documents again to be discharged.


    He didn''t want to make the same mistake of forgetting about his mission, as had happened to him before.


    Once he finished signing the documents, he left the hospital with the firm intention of never returning.


    He headed straight to the Hunter Association, intending to get his hunter card and, if possible,plete the quest in the dungeon that same day.


    After an hour''s bus ride.


    He finds himself again in front of the imposing Hunter Association building, which seems to be quite agitated due to the incident the previous day.


    Without thinking much, he heads towards the entrance. Once inside, the reception area was filled with pre-hunters or just woke-up peopleining.


    Erik also got in line to quickly leave the ce.


    "I heard a rumor that the Hunter Association and the big guilds provoked this incident to recruit the mostpetent."


    "Yes, I heard that. They say that the unknown beast thing is a lie and just an excuse to clean up the corpses from the ce."


    "I''m d I didn''t get tested that day, otherwise I would have died with them."


    "It''s amazing, isn''t it? Over 80% of the pre-hunters who survived that test were recruited by the big guilds and the Association, and they all have the talent to reach the B and A ranks."


    "What, even up to A rank!"


    "Yes, I was surprised too when I heard that."


    Erik listened carefully to the conversation he was having about the pre-hunters and could not believe the absurdity of those rumors and spections without knowing what happened.


    ''You won''t believe me if I tell you that the very leader of the special team of the hunters'' association came to ask me about the incident.''


    He chuckled internally at this thought.


    Although he is amazed at the imagination that people have toe up with something so absurd and surreal.


    ''The human imagination one has no limits''


    Erik shook his head slightly, with a small smile.


    "Please, next," the receptionist announced.


    He snapped out of his thoughts when he realized it was his turn and approached the reception desk.


    "Can I help you with anything?"


    The worker asked in a robotic tone but with a hint of weariness.


    "I''m here to im a hunter''s card."


    "Can I get your name?"


    "Sure, Erik White."


    The receptionist began to look up the name on theputer. After a moment, she found it and said:


    "Wait here a moment."


    She got up from her seat to go get the card. A few minutester she returned and said:


    "Sorry for the dy, here is your card."


    Erik received the hunter''s card which contained his name, age, and the rank he was currently at, which was E.


    ''It won''t take me long to change this rank''.


    With a smile on his face, he left the building.


    Once out of the building, he went to his old room to quietly examine the dungeons that were avable to raid and be able to finish the mission as quickly as possible.


    ***


    Once he arrived at his old apartment, he first took a nice shower and then uncovered some canned goods to grab a bite to eat, as he was a bit hungry.


    After finishing his meal and looking for low-rank dungeons to explore alone. But he was met with a discouraging surprise.


    After an exhaustive search, he was unable to find any dungeons that allowed solo entry.


    All low-ranking dungeons, which had security measures to prevent unnecessary deaths, required membership in one of the five major guilds, or special permission from the hunters'' association, to embark on a solo dungeon.


    "Because things are soplicated."


    Letting out a sigh, he browsed on his old smartphone, until he found a page exclusively for hunters.


    And when he clicked on the page he was presented with a questionnaire to fill out to gain ess to the page.


    [Please fill out the questionnaire correctly (do not enter false information or the page will lock and you will no longer be able to ess it!)]


    "It seems, they are tired of me putting in false information, as to put that in."


    Sliding the screen, the questionnaire appeared, which was very simple to fill out.


    ---


    [Full name:]


    [Date of birth:]


    [Hunter Code:]


    [Email:]


    [Job:]


    ---


    "Seriously there were people who filled this out with false information."


    The questionnaire was too simple.


    ''Well, at the very least they filled it out wrong, so they didn''t give their real information.''


    He easily deduced because it would be the most normal thing to do. Because NOBODY wants to put their personal information on a page, where you don''t know if it can be hacked.


    He filled out quickly, the questionnaire cing his real data, and in thest part.


    "What do I put in this part, I don''t know what job I have..."


    Erik scratched his chin, thinking about what to put in thest part, but after considering for a while he already decided what to put.


    "Well, let''s put spearman since I use spear".


    Filling in thest part, the page updated, but it took a while to load the page because the phone model is a bit outdated, as your phone is a "Samsung Gxy J2 Prime", and also, you are using mobile data.


    Because he could not afford to pay for an inte n, not even the cheapest of them all.


    The page finished loading and finally had ess, there were different channels, information exchange, a channel to sell items, a channel to form parties, and more.


    The page was an exact copy of Discord, but with the difference that only hunters have ess.


    "Wow..."


    Erik started scrolling the screen looking at the different channels and searching for the one he needed.


    After an extensive search, he finally found the channel he needed, he looked at the different texts.


    He looked at all of them and then chose the most reliable one, as the others seemed to be aplete hoax.


    Without thinking too much about it, he decided to explore the content further.


    [We are looking for two hunters, a mage and a melee fighter for a raid on a new low-rank dungeon that recently appeared. Address: 123 Dark Alley, NY 10001. The money will be split once we are out of the dungeon. If interested, please contact the following number: 555-123-45XXX]


    "...Really, this is real? This is a fucking sick joke!"


    Erik lost hisposure as he looked at the contents of his old smartphone. It seemed as if fate was ying a joke on him in very bad taste.


    Not too long ago he read something simr, if not the same when he wasid off from thepany where he worked.


    "Why is my luck so bad...?"


    He couldn''t help but let out a long sigh, seeing how unlucky he was.


    Leaving theints he had about his bad luck, he began to write down the number that appeared on the screen.


    Once he wrote it down, he called.


    The phone rang for a few seconds until someone answered the call.


    - Hello, who am I speaking to?


    The person who answered had a thick voice that belonged to a man unless he didn''t consider himself one.


    "Hello, I called this number because it said you would dial this number interested in joining the group."


    - Ah, yes, yes, yes, so what do you want to discuss?


    "It''s about how we''re going to split the money."


    - As it says in the channel, the money will be divided equally, no matter who contributed the most or how many mana stones we get in total. Everything will be divided equally, is there anything else you need to know?


    "No, then that''s fine, what time shall we meet?"


    - Tomorrow at 10:45 am, is that okay with you?


    ''Really, damn it! It can''t be a coincidence, can it?''


    He couldn''t help but curse internally when he heard the time, it was all like he was in a simtion.


    Also, the meeting time was, The same as when he met Adam''s group!


    It''s too urate to be a coincidence, the only difference is that now he enters as a hunter and not a doorman


    ''Could it be that this is all a coincidence and I''m overthinking it?''


    - Hello?


    "Oh, hello, could you repeat that? I didn''t hear right."


    - Tomorrow at 10:45, is that okay?


    "Yes, that''s fine, at that time."


    - Perfect, then I''ll see you at 10:45 am at the address it says on the channel.


    "If that''s no problem."


    After that, he hung up and looked at the old ceiling of his apartment.


    "Will the dungeon be likest time like the other time?".


    Erik couldn''t get nervous, because of the possibility is high of that happening.


    He started watching a live stream on ''Twitch'' to clear his mind, which is now very uneasy remembering the incident in the dungeon where that powerful wolf was.


    After spending hours watching live, night fell, he ate dinner and then went to bed.


    .....

 Chapter 16: Entering A Dungeon

    <h4>Chapter 16: Entering A Dungeon</h4>


    The next morning.


    He is at the front of the dungeon, it is twenty minutes before the other hunters arrive.


    In that instant, as he looked around the dungeon.


    All the memories of the deaths of Adam''s group shed through his mind like a movie, reying over and over like a broken record.


    He even began to feel dizzy and nauseous, remembering how they had all perished at the hands of the huge wolf as if they were mere insignificant creatures.


    He looked to the side and saw that he was not at the front of the dungeon, but in apletely dark ce, without a hint of light.


    Soon, grotesque andpletely ck figures began to emerge from the ground.


    He could recognize these figures: they were the lifeless bodies of Adam''s group, crawling on the ground, trying to cling to him.


    "HIII!!!"


    Erik shuddered in fear at the sight of these grotesque figures heading toward him.


    "Why are you the only one still alive?"


    "It''s your fault we''re dead."


    "If you hadn''t vomited, you would have survived."


    "Why are you still alive?"


    "Come and suffer with us."


    Why are you still alive? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why?...


    Many figures with disfigured faces andpletely distorted voices began to appear around him.


    They repeated the same question over and over again,pletely overwhelming him and not even giving him a chance to breathe properly.


    Although when he woke up in the hospital after the incident in which everyone died except Erik, he felt nothing when he remembered the deaths, he did not understand why this was happening.


    The reason he felt nothing when he woke up was because his body and system, as a safety measure, prevented him from being overwhelmed by all those emotions of guilt.


    If they had not, his mind, which had been very fragile from the beginning, would have copsed under the weight of those emotions.


    But now the situation was different. His body hadpletely transformed; he was like apletely new person.


    However, in reality, everything had changed drastically.


    He had lost his identity as a man and was now a genderless person, having taken on a new identity as a.


    The ''Incarnation of the End''


    "I''m sorry... I''m sorry... I''m sorry..."


    Erik, sat in a fetal position, holding his head with apletely somber expression and a look of loss.


    Apologizing all the time, as if there was some kind of mistake in him and he''s repeating the same word.


    "It''s my fault, it''s my fault, it''s my fault, it''s my fault, it''s my fault, it''s my fault, it''s my fault, it''s my fault, it''s my fault, it''s my fault, it''s my fault, it''s my fault, it''s my fault, it''s my fault, it''s my fault..."


    He is losing himself, due to the strong feeling of guilt that the death of Adam''s group had caused him.


    At that moment, his body began to give off a colorless aura that gradually began to take the shape of a gigantic wolf.


    Little by little, Erik''s vision became clearer. He rose from the ground and the figure of the wolf began to growrger andrger, until...


    "ROOOOOOOOOOOARRR!"


    A thunderous roar echoed in Erik''s mind.


    Swoosh!


    In that instant, his mind clearedpletely, as if nothing had happened.


    He even felt as if a great weight had been lifted off his shoulders. He didn''t know why, nor did he intend to investigate further.


    The only thing that was clear to him was that the giant wolf in his dream was protecting him.


    He blinked once and found himself facing the dungeon again. He looked at the time on his phone and realized that barely a minute had passed.


    ''Really, it''s only been a minute?''


    He felt as if he had been in that ce for an eternity, but fortunately, he was okay thanks to that giant wolf.


    If he had been there for any longer, he really wouldn''t know what would have happened to him.


    "Hello~"


    Still in shock from what had just happened, he heard a soft, sultry voice close to his ear.


    Erik turned his face to find a beautiful woman.


    White hair,bed to one side. Her face is beautiful, with well-defined eyebrows, there is no sign of fat on her face, and her full lips, are painted slightly red.


    She wears a ck wizard robe with purple tones, which perfectly marks her tworge breasts, which would make any man lose his sanity.


    In her hand, she held a small wand.


    "Who are you?"


    He asked after a thorough inspection of her attractive body.


    "..."


    The woman didn''t answer, she began to slowly move closer. Her hips swayed in a mesmerizing way.


    "You are quite handsome."


    The womanmented after a nce at him, she had not seen such an attractive man.


    What struck him most were her golden eyes and her unique gray and white hair.


    ''From her attire, she appears to be a wizard.''


    Erik deduced as he looked at the wizard''s robe and the wand in her hand.


    "... By the way, what is your name?"


    "Answer first, who are you female?"


    "As you can see by my robe, and wand I am a wizard, I already said who I am now it''s your turn."


    "You know what I mean."


    Erik narrowed his eyes and increased his wariness of this beautiful woman in front of him.


    "Well, I''ll tell you. My name is Violet. I am a mage, and I came to this ce because I agreed to join the raid on this unexplored dungeon."


    The beautiful woman introduced herself as Violet with a flirtatious smile on her face and revealed why she is here.


    ''So, she''s the mage they needed.''


    Erik remembered what it said on the Hunter page channel.


    "I already told you my name, now it''s your turn there."


    "I''m Erik, as you can see, I''m a spearman".


    "Erik... that''s a good name. Nice to meet you, Erik."


    "Nice to meet you, Violet."


    After introductions, they headed towards a trunk that was close to the dungeon.


    The dungeon they are about to enter is not guarded, by the workers, nor by any of the great changelings.


    A few minutester a person arrived carrying two empty suitcases, and as he approached he bowed respectfully and introduced himself nervously.


    "Good morning, my name is Thomas, and I am Porter."


    "Good morning, Thomas."


    "Good morning."


    They returned his greeting with a small smile, which surprised Thomas.


    Because usually porters are not treated like people, especially by the newly awakened, or hunters, as they are known around the world.


    The three began to talk while waiting for the others.


    Within a few minutes, three people arrived: two men and a woman, who slowly approached them.


    "Hello, I''m the person you spoke to on the phone. My name is David and I''m a tank."


    The man who looked to be in histe twenties introduced himself and then pointed to the two people next to him.


    "He is Richard, a swordsman. And this is Cristina, an archer."


    Richard and Cristina simply exchanged gestures after David introduced them and went to sit on a log.


    "I''m Violet, and as you can see I''m a mage."


    Violet introduced herself with a neutral expression as she felt the nasty look those two men were giving her. Though internally she feels very disgusted.


    "I''m Erik."


    Erik, not liking Richard and Cristina''s attitude at all, could smell trouble a mile away with these three people.


    ''Why am I having such bad luck?''


    He couldn''t believe this but decided to stick it out because he needed toplete the mission to move up the ranks.


    ''I just hope there''s no trouble inside the dungeon.''


    "Nice to meet you, Erik, Violet."


    David, focused on the spear Erik held in his hands,pletely ignoring Thomas as if he didn''t exist.


    "Let''s talk about the strategy we''ll use in the dungeon."


    "As you all know, today we will be venturing into a new low-rank dungeon, as you may have noticed from its green color. ording to the information provided to me, the monsters inside the dungeon are of the insect type."


    David briefed the group, detailing the important aspects and exining the different formations they would use inside the dungeon.


    Erik listened attentively, as he sensed that this dungeon would not be normal.


    ***


    Once they finish talking about the different strategies, they are in front of the entrance of the dungeon.


    The group consisted of five members, led by David, the most experienced of the group.


    They headed towards the entrance of the dungeon.


    While they were there, Erik was worried about experiencing something simr to thest time.


    Shaking their heads to chase those thoughts away, they all entered the dungeon.


    The world seemed to distort, and their vision distorted as they stepped through the portal.


    Soon they found themselves inside a huge cavern that formed the dungeon.


    ...

 Chapter 17: Arriving at the Boss’s Lair

    <h4>Chapter 17: Arriving at the Boss''s Lair</h4>


    Inside the dungeon, vision was limited for everyone except Erik, who could see thanks to his new eyes, which gave him night vision.


    ''This has gottenplicated. There are too many paths and tunnels, and besides, these guys didn''t bring any healers.''


    Erik scanned the surroundings, observing the numerous tunnels and passageways that stretched in all directions. He got the feeling that the monsters could attack from anywhere without being noticed.


    "[Light]"


    The surroundings lit up as Violet cast her spell, allowing the rest of the group to see where they were at that moment.


    "Shit! There are too many tunnels and paths."


    "Damn it, what do we do now, which way should we take to get to the boss room?".


    "You two shut up!"


    David ordered in a serious tone, looking at the multiple paths and tunnels.


    Richard and Cristina, who were about toin, kept quiet.


    Besides, David, who had a little more head, knew that if he started toin.


    Because it can cause echo, and they were telling the monsters "Here I am, there is fresh food".


    Seeing how David silenced those two, Erik cracked a small smile.


    ''Well, looks like he''s not the leader for nothing.''


    He is satisfied with the quick action of silencing them. He remembered how Adam, when they entered the dungeon, had started shouting from the beginning.


    "Be prepared to avoid a surprise attack. And let''s adopt a defensive formation."


    David stated in a firm, determined voice that did not cause an echo in the cave they were in.


    The group quickly organized themselves as instructed. Each quickly took on their respective roles.


    Thomas is removed from the formation with the luggage.


    David, with his shield, is right in the center. Next to him, Richard is ready to attack at close range.


    Erik is behind David and Richard. To provide additional range, allowing attacks from some distance.


    In the rear is Cristina. Violet is in the center, having a clear view.


    The moment everyone took their positions, strange noises began to echo throughout the tunnels.


    "Krikrirkrkrkrkrkrkkirki!!!!!"


    "Krikrirkrkrkrkrkrkrkkirki...!!!!"


    "What is that sound?"


    "It sounds like it''sing from everywhere..."


    Richard and Cristina panicked as they looked around, listening to the sounds getting closer and closer, and began to break formation.


    "Calm down, don''t break formation or we''ll all die!"


    David spoke firmly, clenching his shield tighter, preparing for the attack.


    Erik tensed as well, and closed his eyes concentrating solely on his ears, trying to discern where the monsters woulde from.


    "Krikrirkrkrkrkrkrkkirki!!!!"


    "Krikrirkrkrkrkrkrkrkrkkirki!!!!"


    ''They don''t seem to being from the front or the sides... so where are theying from?''


    After fine-tuning his hearing, Erik realized that the sounds wereing neither from the front nor the sides, but...


    ''Upstairs''


    He looked up and could see a small stone falling from the ceiling, as the tunnels shook slightly from the movement.


    "They''reing from above!"


    "What?"


    They all looked up and, in an instant, they appreciated a refrigerator-sized centipede,pletely white with red ents, leaping toward them.


    "Krikrirkrkrkrkrkrkkirki!!!!"


    "Krikrirkrkrkrkrkrkrkrkkirki!!!"


    "Shit!!! attack!!!"


    David shouted cing his shield to block the first monsters emerging from the tunnels and activating his "Great Shield" ability.


    A shield made of magical energy appeared that covered them all.


    Violet began intoning a spell; A magic circle appeared in front of her and Christina positioned herself to attack the centipedes using her "Multiple Projectile" ability.


    "This way, you bastards!"


    David roared and activated another skill "Provocation" to attract the monsters'' attention, which he aplished to perfection.


    Violet finished her spell and hundreds of ice shards floated into the air.


    "[Ice Bullets]"


    All the ice fragments flew towards the monsters that were under the effect of "Provocation" causing them to fall lifeless.


    "Krikrirkrkrkrkirki..."


    "Krikrirkrkrkrkrkirki..."


    Those who failed to reach their target due to Violet''s attack ran towards them.


    Some tried to climb the walls but were stopped by Christina, preventing them from escaping.


    Erik also joined the attack with the centipedes, without showing even the slightest effort. He watched everything with an indifferent look.


    ''Why are they so slow and weak?''


    He kicked at the centipedes destroying them with quick movements. He felt that the wolves and skeletons he faced in the test were much more difficult.


    What he didn''t remember at the time was that he was still at level 1, an abysmal differencepared to his current level 11, plus, his strength is at 25.


    The jump was too big for E-rank monsters like these moon centipedes.


    The confrontation continued for two hours, while the moon centipedes kept appearing all over the ceiling tunnels.


    The group was starting to get exhausted due to the constant fighting against the monsters, and finally, when thest one fell...


    "Krikrirkrkrkrkrkrkirki..."


    The ce wentpletely silent, only interrupted by the heavy breaths of the group, who were drenched in sweat all over their faces.


    Except for Erik and Violet, who were not sweating like chickens, but were a bit shaken by all the movements they made.


    Thomas began to pick up the mana stones from the corpses.


    "Gasp... I thought this would never end."


    "Gasp... and we''re barely at the dungeon entrance."


    "Damn, how can a low-ranking dungeon be so hard?"


    "HAAA! I want to go home, I can''t take this shit anymore."


    "Guys, stopining. Dungeons are not a yground."


    David saidpletely serious, looking at them coldly.


    "Tsk!"


    David regretted bringing them, but it was necessary for his n. He just had to hold on a little longer, looking at Erik''s spear and Violet''s wand, both of which seemed unique.


    After the group rested sufficiently and Thomas finished collecting the mana stones, they all looked at the paths that stretched out before them.


    "So now, which path do we choose?"


    "Which one do we take?"


    Everyone turned their gazes to David, who was considered the leader of the group.


    David thought for a moment and said:


    "Let''s continue on this path, but let''s be alert, we don''t know what awaits us."


    They all nodded and advanced along the path pointed out by David.


    ***


    As they walked, they encountered some moon ants and centipedes, which posed no threat to the group.


    As they went deeper, they came to a ce covered with spider webs, where some lifeless ants and centipedesy.


    "So this is the boss''sir?"


    Erik asked without thinking, scanning the area with his eyes.


    "Yes, it appears to be the boss''sir."


    Violet confirmed, moving closer to him.


    ''So this is the boss''sir?''


    Erik surveyed the ce, assuming that all dungeons had a boss room like in online games.


    However, he is wrong in that thought.


    ''Or maybe this particr dungeon is special... anyway,''


    Erik decided not to think about it anymore and concentrate onpleting it so he could move up the ranks.


    "Why are there so many cobwebs in this ce?"


    "Well, maybe it''s because the boss monster is a spider."


    "Maybe that''s it."


    "Gather around, let''s discuss the strategy to defeat the monster."


    David, called them all together to discuss the strategy they would use against the boss monster.


    "The way we will attack the boss monster will be as follows. Erik and Violet, you guys will go to the front while the rest of us will stay back to protect the bouncer."


    David exined how they were going to attack the boss monster.


    Hearing this, Erik narrowed his eyes. He sensed that something was not quite right, but decided not to say anything.


    He could use this to his advantage since he hadn''t used his skills or energy.


    Violet also sensed that something was wrong. She didn''t decide to keep quiet.


    "Why do we have to go to the front?"


    His body emitted a murderous aura. They didn''t like the idea at all.


    "Calm down, you seem to be misreading the situation."


    "That I''m misreading it?"


    "Let me exin why we sent them to the front. As you can see, they are in no condition to take on a boss of rank D. If I put Richard to the front with me, we will most likely lose our lives."


    "..."


    Violet narrowed her eyes for a few seconds and pulled back snorting dissatisfied.


    "Phew..."


    David let out a sigh and lowered his head to hide the big grin on his face.


    ''She bought it. I just have to wait for them to turn their backs on us.''


    "Okay, let''s get started."


    Violet gave David a cold look, she had a bad feeling because she had noticed the nasty look that nasty man had been giving her a long time ago.


    They all got organized and entered the boss''sir. Once everyone was inside, they began to feel nervous because they couldn''t see the boss monster anywhere.


    "Where''s the boss monster?"


    At that moment...


    RETUMBLE!!!


    The whole ce shook violently as the ground vibrated with each step of the monster.


    "What is this?"


    "This doesn''t sound like the sound of a normal boss monster''s footsteps!"


    David eximed looking over to where Richard and Cristina were standing and gesturing to them with his eyes.


    Erik and Violet, who weren''t paying attention to what was going on behind their backs because they were waiting for the monster to arrive, suddenly...


    REUMBLEEE!!!!


    And with thatst tremor, a huge three-meter spider appeared from one of thergest tunnels on the site.


    Boom!


    A dense cloud of dust rose in the ce covering everyone''s sight, and only the shadow of the imposing spider could be seen.


    ...

 Chapter 18: The confrontation against the boss monster begins. [Bonus chapter]

    <h4>Chapter 18: The confrontation against the boss monster begins. [Bonus chapter]</h4>


    "Seriously... seriously, we''re not going to face that," Richard stammered with a dark expression, pointing to the massive shadow of the spider that had just appeared in the boss''s living room.


    David and Cristina slowly approached Richard, who was visibly frightened at the sight of such a monster.


    "Let''s execute the n. When I say, you shoot them with the arrows and we''re out of here," David whispered, and they nodded, although they were still nervous about the enormous pressure emanating from the spider. They began to walk away as slowly as possible to avoid being detected by Erik and Violet.


    Thomas, watching David and the others walk away, was about to scream. But before he could do so, Richard ran up to him and, in the blink of an eye, was in front of him, covering his mouth.


    "Be quiet if you want to live," Richard whispered in his ear. Thomas resisted, forcing and biting Richard''s hand in an attempt to free himself, but...


    "You damned ve, how dare you bite me, don''t you know I''m the son of the guild leader, ahh, you fucker!"


    Richard couldn''t finish speaking when he felt Thomas trying to bite his finger off.


    "Damn, I warned you!"


    Richard thrust his sword into Thomas'' body, who couldn''t utter a scream. Richard''s hand was stained with a crimson liquid, as was his de. Thomas'' eyes gradually lost their luster, until he finally stopped breathing.


    "Goddamn it! That''s why I told you to shut up, you wretched ve," Richard snarled.


    He spat on Thomas'' limp body in disgust as he examined his deep red stained hand.


    "I just stained my hands with that wretched ve''s blood!" eximed Richard, wiping them clean. Then he walked back over to where David and Christina were standing.


    The thick cloud of dust began to slowly dissipate, revealing the spider''s true form. Once the cloud dissipatedpletely, only a huge spider remained four and a half meters in size, sending chills all over the bodies of Erik and Violet, who were closest to it.


    "Get ready!" shouted Violet looking back, but the moment she did, her expression darkenedpletely. She looked back to where she had entered the ce and was met with the broad smiles of David, Richard, and Cristina. He read on their lips the words, ''Good luck surviving''.


    "Why were you suddenly silent?" asked Erik as he noticed that she had gone still, but he quickly realized the reason behind her silence.


    ''So this was how I felt. Well, anyway, we have to deal with this monster first,'' Erik thought. Then he looked coldly in the direction of David, who flinched as he met his gaze.


    "Now, break down the entrance!" shouted David after connecting his gaze with Erik''s. He felt like he was going to die if he continued to stare into those eyes.


    Christinaunched arrows charged with magical power at the edges of the entrance.


    Boom!


    The entire entrance began to copse after the arrows charged with magical power exploded. The entrance waspletely sealed, leaving Erik and Violetpletely alone with the monster inside.


    "So what do we do now?" asked Christina as she saw the entrancepletely sealed.


    "We wait until the huge spider kills them," answered David walking away from the entrance.


    "But what if they survive?"mented Richard, who had ced a piece of rag on his finger that Thomas almost ripped off.


    "It''s not impossible for them to survive the boss monster, so there''s no need to worry."


    "But if there is a chance..."


    "If that happens, they''ll bepletely exhausted, and we''ll take advantage of that to kill them. We have their items, any more questions?"


    "None."


    David nodded with a smile. It was unlikely that a mage and a spearman would survive without the help of a tank to take on a boss monster.


    David was absolutely certain they wouldn''t survive this and he would get that spear which seemed quite unique. He had never seen a spear like that in his life, and even if he didn''t have the spear, he would have done the same thing, as he was used to doing it for a long time. He had even forgotten the number of people he had defeated in this way.


    That''s why he wasn''t worried about them surviving, since to him, it was impossible for them to do so. He even noticed that this boss monster was not normal, so he waspletely sure that they would die.


    ....


    ''Now that they''re gone, I can use my End Energy without worry, but what do I do with this woman,'' Erik thought as he looked at the sealed entrance. Then he looked at Violet, who was still frozen with betrayal.


    "Hey, wake up. If you stay still, you''ll die," he warned.


    "And what am I moving for if I''m going to die anyway?" she replied resignedly.


    ''Tsk! This woman gave up so easily,'' Erik thought as he noticed theck of will in her. He hadn''t expected the betrayal to affect her so much. He had already expected it from the moment he said they would go to the front, so he wasn''t that affected.


    At that moment, distracted, the creatureunched a powerful attack with one of its legs.


    "Kyyyyeeee!!!!!"


    "Shit!" eximed Erik, and with a swift movement he pulled Violet''s robe.


    ?BOOM!


    The ce shook hard and some stones started to fall from the ceiling due to the vibration of the attack.


    ''Shit, if I had dyed one more second, she would have died.''


    p!


    "Woman, react! Now is not the time to be depressed or whatever you''re thinking!" shouted Erik after pping her hard. Then she jumped again to dodge the next attack.


    Boom!


    "Damn you, why did you hit me so hard, can''t you see that I''m a woman?", Violet was left, rubbing her cheek scarred by Erik''s hand.


    "Looks like you''re finally reacting," Erik mentioned, overlooking theint. Then he added, "Get ready to face the monster boss."


    "But will we be able to defeat him?"


    "Yes."


    "But how can you be so..."


    Violet didn''t get to finish her sentence before Erik shoved her away.


    Boom!


    The ground cratered from the strong attack of the spider, who was beginning to get irritated that none of her attacks were hitting their targets.


    "So what are we going to do to defeat it?" asked Violet in a calmer tone.


    "What is the most powerful attack he can cast?" inquired Erik, as a white aura began to envelop his spear.


    "Right now, the most you can cast is a high-level spell."


    "And how long will it take you to conjure it?"


    "I think about five minutes."


    "Then get started on the spell."


    "But are you sure?"


    "Just do it!"


    Violet began to conjure her spell, unleashing immense magical power. The pressure around her increased, her hair defied gravity and so did the nearby stones.


    Erik watched all this in amazement. He had not expected this woman to possess such an amount of magical power.


    ''This woman is truly fascinating,'' Erik thought, and little by little his opinion began to change as he witnessed the immense power emanating from her.


    The huge spider sensed how the magical energy of the surroundings was concentrated in a single point. Her instincts warned her that something was going to happen, and it wasn''t a good thing for her.


    "Kyyyyyyyeee!"


    A high-pitched scream echoed, visibly shaking everything around her. Erik focused on the spider and decided to put his new ability to the test.


    "[Curse of the Chaining]" eximed Erik with a smile. At that precise instant, all his reserves werepletely depleted after activating his ability.


    Instantly, numerous portals opened around the spider, from which chains began to emerge.


    Ching! Ching! Ching! Ching! Ching!


    These chains coiled around the spider''s eight legs,pletely restricting its movements.


    "Kyyyyyyyee!"


    The spider struggled in a desperate attempt to free itself, but it was immobilized.


    Erik fell to his knees and turned his gaze to the back, where he saw Violetpletely focused on the spell. With a great effort, she stood up, as sweat began to slide down her face.


    "Gasp... I didn''t expect this ability to leave me so exhausted."


    The spider, seeing that it couldn''t move one of its maws, began to release a green gas that began to melt the surrounding walls. It was spreading all over the ce, destroying everything in its path. Slime also began to fall from its mouth, which, when it made contact with the ground, left a huge hole.


    "And now how am I defending myself from this?"


    At that moment, an idea popped into his head. He quickly opened the window and headed down. He used his Fenrir Points on his stats.


    [You have spent five Fenrir Points on ''Stats''.]


    Tti-ring


    [Stats]


    Strength: 23 | Stamina: 24 | Dexterity: 23 | Vitality: 23 | End Energy: 16.


    "Phew... I feel so much better now," Erik eximed, feeling some of his End Energy begin to spin the spear to create a gust of wind and prevent the smog from reaching them.


    ....

 Chapter 19: This is how I’m going to die...

    <h4>Chapter 19: This is how I''m going to die...</h4>


    Outside the boss''sir, David, Richard, and Cristina were sitting, regaining their strength and waiting for the lead monster to finish off Erik and Violet.


    "David, how long do you think we should keep before we go in?" inquired Richard, visibly in a hurry as he fiddled with his sword and examined the wall.


    "Not long, didn''t you sense all that shaking? Something''s going on. Stay calm," David replied with a smile. He longed for the moment to go inside and ransack the objects, but...


    ''It''s a shame he can''t enjoy that mage''s body'' thought David with a bit of sadness, but a sacrifice he was making, since the gains were greater than raping that woman, though.


    ''If I rape from her lifeless body, it wouldn''t be strange would it, since her body will still be warm, and I could enjoy it right?''


    A smile appeared on David''s face at this thought, since the woman would be dead, then they don''t count as rape, do they?


    He just wants to enjoy the woman''s body and nothing else and it is not that he is a necrophiliac. He just wants to enjoy the woman''s body and that''s it, no strange thoughts.


    ''If I''m not a necrophiliac since the body will still be hot''.


    David was trying to convince himself that what he was thinking was nothing strange, although in reality, what he was thinking was quite questionable, not to say strange.


    ''Well now we just have to wait for them to die, I just hope the monster leaves Violet''s body intact''.


    ....


    Erik was spinning his spear at high speed, creating a gust of wind to dispel the smog and prevent it from reaching them. However, at that precise moment, the spider moved with such force that it broke the chains restricting its mobility.


    "KYYYYYyeee!!!!!"


    Screamed the enraged spider. Its eight bloodshot eyes were fixed squarely on Erik, who felt a shudder at its gaze.


    ''She looks pretty angry, but the ability onlysts fifty seconds,'' Erik thought as a cold sweat broke out on his forehead and back as he watched the spider break the chains. He hadn''t expected the ability tost so short, though he wished it hadsted longer.


    "Well, how do we deal with this now?" muttered Erik, adopting a defensive stance. His expression grew increasingly serious.


    The spider, filled with hatred, lunged with surprising speed and in the blink of an eye was in front of Erik. With one of its legs, itunched a powerful attack.


    ''Damn it!''


    Erik, his face showing aplicated expression at the sight of the towering four-and-a-half-meter spider in front of him. It gave off a heavy pressure that made it difficult for him to move, but he managed to dodge the attack.


    Boom!


    Erik jumped to the side, narrowly dodging the spider''s attack, and the whole ce shook due to the arachnid''s powerful blows. However, the attack didn''t end there; The spider spat acid towards Erik.


    ''Oh no, shit!''


    Erik as he jumped to the side, narrowly dodging the acid. Rolling on the ground and getting to his feet, he braced himself for the next attack from the spider that was already in front of him,unching another onught with its legs.


    Erik moved quickly, but failed topletely dodge the blow. His right arm shot upward, leaving a thin trail of blood in the air.


    "Ahhhh!"


    Erik let out a choked cry of pain as he felt the intense sting in his left arm. The spider persisted in its assault, but Erik, despite the pain, lunged to the side, dodging the next attack leaving blood all over the ground.


    Boom!


    The spider''s attacks did not cease. Erik continued to dodge them, jumping from side to side, while his ''Wild Regeneration'' ability worked on recovering his arm, which had been severed by the spider''s attack.


    "I gasped... gasped how much... time had passed..."


    Erik muttered between groans and looked back. Violet was still focused on the magic circle, which was quite wide.


    At that precise moment, Erik noticed that the spider had taken advantage of his carelessness andunched a quick attack.


    Swoosh!


    "Kyyyeeeee!!!!"


    The spider''s attack was so fast that it created friction in the air. Hearing the sound of the wind, Erik saw the attacke within inches of his head. Noticing this, he took a small step backward, and the spider''s leg went all the way through him.


    "Puaj..."


    Erik let out a mouthful of blood on the spider''s leg, his expression darkening. At the same time, however, his body began to regenerate. The spider withdrew its leg and Erik fell to the ground, his gaze lost in the ceiling and blood continuing to pour from his two wounds.


    ''This is how I''m going to die...'' thought Erik as his vision slowly dimmed and the gleams in his eyes slowly faded. However, from deep within him, End Energy began to cover his missing parts.


    "Hey, damn spider, where do you think you''re going?" shouted Erik with his left arm made of End Energy, just like the gaping hole in the center of his body.


    "Kyyyyeee!!!?"


    The spider looked up at him in surprise to see Erik standing, though he lookedpletely haggard. It lunged towards him, determined to finish him off once and for all.


    But Erik raised his left arm and swung it down, creating a thin line on the ground. The spider, seeing this, sensed imminent danger and jumped to the side without a second thought.


    The moment Erik swung his left arm, reality split in two and returned to normal. The whole ce was split by a line that obliterated everything in front of him.


    Erik fell back to the ground, his consciousness fading. Blood gushed from his left arm, spreading across the floor of the cave. In the center of his body, blood also emanated, staining the floor.


    At that instant, Violet opened her eyes. Above the magic circle was an imposing ice spear, radiating immense power throughout the ce. She looked around for Erik, but he was nowhere to be found.


    ''Has he abandoned me too?''


    Was the first thought that crossed Violet''s mind as she found no trace of Erik. However, as she looked down, she saw Erik''s body lying on the ground. His left arm was missing, from which blood was still flowing, and he had a deep hole in the center of his body that was also leaking blood.


    Violet panicked at the sight of Erik''s condition and the spell she had spent so much time on was almost canceled because she lost her concentration for a second.


    ''Shit, what do I do now? If Iunch the attack, he might get hit.''


    Violet didn''t know what to do right now; doubts filled her mind as she tried to maintain the spell. However, she focused on Erik''s body, which was slowly regenerating, which surprised her.


    But she also noticed that the spider was approaching where Erik was. She hesitated for a moment but shook her head to push those thoughts away.


    "[cial Spear Icy Fragor]," Violet eximed, hurling the massive ice spear towards the spider examining Erik''s body.


    Swoosh!


    The spear flew through the air at breakneck speed, generating friction in its wake. In an instant, she was within striking distance of the spider.


    The spider, alerted by its instincts to the danger at its back, turned its hulking body...


    BOOOM! RUMBLE!


    A powerful explosion rumbled through the boss''sir, followed by a loud tremor that shook the whole ce. Large stones from the ceiling began to copse, crushing the monsters entangled in the cobwebs. The ce seemed to be on the verge of copse due to the powerful spell Violet had conjured.


    Swoosh!


    A few seconds passed and the dense cloud of toxic dust began to dissipate. Violet ran to where Erik''s bodyy. At the sight of him, tears welled up in her eyes, mourning his death.


    "Why, why, why, why, why, why, why, why, why, why, why, why, why?" she murmured through tears, hugging Erik''s body tightly, even though his body was regenerating.


    Violet cried like a little girl, feeling that if she were a little stronger, she could have avoided this oue. She looked down at the huge spider lyingpletely mangled on the wall, creating arge pool of green blood on the floor.


    ....


    Once again out of the boss''sir, after the tremors had stopped, they were quite surprised. They had not expected to hold out so long against the boss monster. Even Richard was almost hit by Erik''sst attack, which split reality in two.


    "Did they survive?" asked Christina, breaking out in a cold sweat as she looked at the defined line that was very close to them. Everything they saw had faded from existence.


    "I''m not sure," David replied. He was no longer as sure as he had been a few minutes before. He looked at the line beside him and his body visibly shivered, as a cold sweat trickled down his forehead.


    "Maybe they are already dead, if they had survived they would have left the ce," Richardmented, still shaking and affected by the attack that almost reached him. He might not be in this world.


    "You''re right, let''s go in," David said with a little more confidence. He stood up and concentrated all his magical power on his shield to knock down the entrance, thenunched himself towards the wall.


    Boom!


    The whole wall flew off and began to nervously enter the boss''sir. When they entered, their mouths dropped open. The whole ce was full of craters everywhere, with lots of rocks strewn about and toxic puddles could also be seen.


    They looked at all this while swallowing saliva with difficulty. Then, they rested their eyes on Violet, who was still crying, hugging Erik''s body tightly. On her face was a big smile as she saw this.


    This was the chance to finish them both off and get all the rewards!


    .....

 Chapter 20: Saved by mission

    <h4>Chapter 20: Saved by mission</h4>


    In the moment before Violet defeated the boss monster, Erik who had already copsed afterunching hisst attack.


    ''So now, I''ve died''


    Erik now believed that he had actually really died for real, as he felt absolutely nothing. What he was experiencing at that moment seemed to float in nothingness, as if he had been in that state for a long time. He thought it would be impossible to survive in the condition his body was in.


    ''But, I didn''t expect to die so young, and not even be able to know the pleasures of life,'' Erik reflected with a small wry smile. He would not be able to enjoy those pleasures anyway, as his new existence was notpatible with creation.


    "Well, when to begin my trial to go through my reincarnation cycle and lose all these memories?"


    Erik longed for the moment to leave that ce. He had no idea how long he had been there, but the monotony was consuming him. There was literally nothing around him.


    Nothing at all!


    Although the darkness enveloped himpletely, he could see with perfect rity. He did not experience the strange dreamy feeling he had that time in the hospital when he encountered the huge wolf and that mysterious presence. Nor did he feel anything simr to what he had experienced before entering the dungeon, but...


    "Where the hell am I?!"


    Erik began to move as if he was swimming, scouring the surroundings where ''Nothingness'' reigned, just darkness everywhere.


    Finding nothing, he started throwing punches in the air, looking for some sort of resistance. However, after a good while of punching, he didn''t feel tired at all. Nor did he experience hunger or any other need.


    "Could it be that I''ll find myself in some corner of the system?"


    Erik considered this possibility. If the system could revive him repeatedly, as when he confronted that man, it wasn''t entirely impossible that it would send him to this kind of ce.


    As he hovered in ce, a faint light emerged in the distance where he stood.


    "So, this is the light at the end of the tunnel," Erik mused.


    He headed towards it, noticing it getting closer and closer as he went. As he reached it, he tried to grab it, but at the very instant he did so, an intense luminosity filled his vision.


    When he regained consciousness, he found the tear-soaked face of Violet, who was hugging him tightly.


    ''Why is this woman crying,'' Erik thought, confused. He didn''t understand why she was hugging him so tightly while sobbing.


    ''Wait... that means I''m not dead,'' Erik said to himself, quickly assimting this reality. He turned his gaze and found Violet''s breasts, which were quite close to his face.


    At that moment, as he stared at Violet''s breasts...


    Tti-ring


    [You havepleted the promotion quest: ''Rise in rank'']


    [The Fenrir Shop is now avable]


    [You have obtained a new skill: Resistance to Magical Powers]


    [Your rank has increased]


    [Your level has increased by four]


    [Your stats have increased]


    [Because you have Ascended for the first time all your wounds will be healed and your limbs will be regenerated]


    [The proficiency of your current skills has increased]


    [Rewards have arrived forpleting the promotion mission:''Rise in rank'']


    [Would you like to confirm] (Y/N).


    Erik was overwhelmed by the flood of notifications that appeared in front of him. At that moment, a green aura began to surround his body as his wounds healed and his left arm and organs began to regenerate at an incredible speed.


    Violet, who was crying, stood silently, a look of astonishment on her face as she saw how quickly Erik was recovering before her eyes.


    ''Is it really human?''


    Violet was having a hard time believing what she was seeing and hadn''t yet realized she hadpany.


    Erik, who was almost as good as new, saw Cristina pointing at Violet''s head and, without a second thought, pulled her down.


    "Huh?" Violet eximed in surprise at Erik''s sudden act of pulling her down.


    "Why did you pull me...?"


    Violet didn''t get to finish her sentence when an arrow imbued with magic power passed close to her head and embedded itself forcefully into the wall.


    ''What was that?'' Violet thought, feeling a shiver run down her spine. If it wasn''t for Erik, her brain would be embedded in the wall.


    "Thank you..."


    "Now is not the time for thanks. Get up quickly, or you might die," Erik said, swiftly rising from the floor.


    He scanned the surroundings with his eyes to locate his spear. When he identified it, he ran towards it before they started attacking again.


    "So, they''re back!" eximed Erik with a spear in hand, feeling his body fill with power, and he tightened his grip on the weapon.


    ''That''s the strength of a D-rank hunter,'' Erik thought, clearly perceiving the immense gap in power that separated the E and D ranks. It was likeparing heaven to earth, too great a difference.


    Noticing that they had no intention of speaking, Erik approached Violet again, who was getting up from the ground.


    "How did you recover so quickly?"


    "Now is not the time to ask questions. How much magical power do you currently have left?"


    "Right now, my reserves are almostpletely depleted. I can only cast one spell, and I''m out of magic power."


    "Hmm..."


    Erik took a moment to think about what to do, as he felt he could finish them off, but he didn''t want to get carried away with that feeling. He wanted to be sure to kill them.


    ''For now, the problem is that archer....''


    "Violet, start your spell and when it prompts you, attack that archer. At the moment, she''s the most annoying one to deal with," Erik said after thinking for a few seconds.


    Violet assisted and began chanting her spell using thest reserves of magical power she currently had left. David and the others, seeing this, also prepared forbat. Christinaunched an arrow toward Violet, but...


    ng!


    The sound of metal echoed in ce as arrow and spear met. Erik positioned himself as if tounch a javelin, took a deep breath, and began to exert force on his right arm. Every muscle in his arm tensed and veins began to appear along his forearm.


    Erik looked at Violet and signaled for her to attack. Violet assisted and shouted, "[Ice bullets]."


    The ice shards headed straight for Christina. Realizing her intentions, David quickly stepped in front of Cristina, blocking Violet''s attack. However, he was not prepared for what was toe next.


    Erik stomped with all his might and threw the spear towards where David was standing, who was protecting Cristina.


    Swoosh!


    The spear shot out at an astonishing speed. Richard, seeing where the attack was going, shouted with a grim expression:


    "MOVE ASIDE!"


    But it was toote. I couldn''t react to the speed of the spear, which ripped through David and Christina''s bodies, leaving the lower part of their bodies. The spear was deeply stuck in the cave wall with the bodies of the two of them painting the wall with their blood and organs, causing a small tremor.


    Richard, seeing this, fell to his knees with apletely dark expression and a lifeless look on his face. All his determination was gone, and he stared at the floor.


    "How much force did you use in that attack?" asked Violet, looking at the lifeless bodies of David and Christina.


    "All of it," Erik answered honestly, using all his physical strength in that throw. He didn''t hold back at all in that attack.


    "But that''s not the attack of..." Violet couldn''t finish speaking as her legs went limp, but Erik quickly helped her, keeping her from falling to the ground.


    "Thank you."


    "You''re wee."


    They started walking to where Richard was standing, who was looking down at the ground. He was in front of Richard, looking at him coolly when Violet asked:


    "What do we do with him?"


    "Kill him," Erik answered without hesitation, as he pulled out the spear that was stuck in the wall.


    Richard shuddered as he heard the answer and at that moment many ways to get out of this situation with his life ran through his head. He remembered something important...


    "Wait, you can''t kill me."


    "Why can''t we kill you?" asked Erik, his eyes glittering with coldness.


    "Why won''t my father leave you alive?" muttered Richard, with a nervous smile.


    "Your father? And who is he?" asked Erik.


    "My father is the leader of the Luminis Guild," Richard replied.


    "Luminis guild?" said Erik, visibly confused.


    "You don''t know what the Luminis guild is?" interjected Violet.


    Erik shook his head. Actually, he had no idea. The only thing he knew about the big guilds that controlled practically the whole country: were the Sons of the Sphinx, The Phoenix Guild, Golden Shadows, and Eternal Dawn. He wasn''t interested in much else at the time, as he wasn''t a hunter and his main concern was survival.


    "The Luminis Guild. It''s a new guild that has experienced rapid growth,rgely thanks to its president, Alexander, who is also rumored to be an A-ranked hunter. However, there is hardly any information avable about him," Violet exined and then asked:


    "Is that man your father?"


    Richard moved quickly, nervous but secretly amused. Now that they knew who his father was, surely they wouldn''t hurt him by knowing his background.


    "Is he really your father?"


    "Yes, he''s my father. So please let me go and nothing will happen to you," Richard said with a confident smile.


    Erik looked at Richard, who was desperate to survive and was using his father''s name to avoid being hurt. He looked at him neutrally.


    "If what he says is true, then what do we do with him?" asked Violet.


    "We just need to eliminate him. Whether he''s alive or dead, he''ll cause trouble. It''s better to deal with him now," said Erik, preparing to end Richard''s life.


    "Wait!...it''s not true that my father is who they say!"


    Richard began to scream, as yellow liquid leaked from his crotch. Erik raised the spear to deliver the final blow.


    "WAIT, THEY DIDN''T WANT TO DIE YET..."


    "JUST WAIT FOR MY FATHER TO ARRIVE, HE WON''T LEAVE YOU..."


    Before he could finish his sentence, Erik separated his head from his body, while looking at him neutrally.


    And Richard''s body fell lifelessly to the ground.


    ....

 Chapter 21: Leaving the dungeon

    <h4>Chapter 21: Leaving the dungeon</h4>


    Finished with the spider and the traitors, the ce is all destroyed, as if a big fight had happened: the floor is stained with the blood of both the monster and Erik and the others, a crater, and huge rocks scattered everywhere.


    Once she finished inspecting the ce, Violet was still surprised, she could hardly believe that they had defeated the boss monster and that both of them hade out almost unharmed.


    "Well, what do we do now?" He asked, as his eyes moved around the ce.


    "Let''s pick up the bag with the mana stones and get the hell out of here," Erik replied, heading towards where Thomas'' bag was. He felt a chill in his stomach as he registered the spider attack.


    ''I need armor to prevent this from happening again.''


    At that moment, Erik understood the importance of wearing armor. If it weren''t forpleting the mission, he would now be lining up to erase his memories and go through the reincarnation cycle as apletely new person.


    On the other hand, Violet couldn''t believe how calm he seemed to Erik. He had just killed the son of the president of a growing guild.


    How could he be so calm? Didn''t he realize that he was now the enemy of an entire guild?


    "How can you be so calm? You are now the enemy of an entire guild" Violet asked surprised by Erik''s calmness.


    It seemed as if he was unaware of the gravity of the current situation, which was not good at all.


    Erik se detuvo y mir¨® directamente con expresi¨®n neutral.


    "How will they know it was me who killed him if there are no cameras in the dungeons? No sense worrying about that right now."


    Erik pointed out something obvious, how are they going to know it was him who killed the son of the Luminis guild president if there are no cameras in the dungeons.


    Violet attended in agreement because it was true, but that wasn''t what was important right now.


    "... You still don''t seem to get it. As I just said, that guy''s father is the ''President'' of an emerging guild. It would be easy for him to get information about your son''s movements. So it would be easy for him to find out that you were in the same dungeon as his son and that you are alive while his son doesn''t return " Violet exined.


    "Violet, you seem to be forgetting something important..." Erik said.


    "What am I forgetting?" Violet asked confused.


    "You and I are in the same boat. So rx and focus on getting stronger before problems arise," Erik said.


    He stressed a crucial point: he was not alone in this; the two of them were in the same situation.


    The guild president would not ask, "Was it you who killed my dear son?"


    It is obvious that he would eliminate the two survivors. Given his power and influence, it only remained for Erik and Violet to grow stronger before he learned of his son''s death.


    Violet was silent when it dawned on her. She hadn''t realized that she was also involved in this problem.


    "Shit, how had I not realized that before?" She eximed in frustration as she realized that she was now fully involved in this matter.


    But now there was another problem: how could they defend themselves against an entire guild when they were barely E-ranked hunters?


    "And, how will we defend ourselves against them if we only have rank E?"


    Erik answered with another question, "How do hunters get stronger?"


    "By hunting monsters and absorbing mana stones, which are like their core, where the magic power is contained," Violet exined.


    "There you have the answer to your question. We just need to strengthen ourselves by absorbing the mana stones, so we won''t be caught off guard when trouble arises" Erik said, in an obvious way.


    ''Besides, I have a system that helps me get stronger faster, than a normal hunter.''


    Violet fell silent again. She acknowledged that the answers she was given were correct, but she felt that she was losing her intelligence to these people. She decided not to think about it anymore.


    "Yes, you''re right, but how are we going to do it? You know it''s not easy, since most of the dungeons are guarded," Violet pointed out, the problem of how to be stronger.


    "That''s true, but now the association is very overwhelmed because of what happened in the testing area. They need to clean the dungeons regrly to avoid a copse," Erik said as he extracted a mana stone from the huge spider.


    "We can also use this to delve into various dungeons and get stronger," he added, tossing the mana stone to Violet.


    Violet took the stone with a confused expression. She didn''t understand Erik''s intention of giving the mana stone to the boss monster.


    "Why are you giving it to me?" She asked confused.


    "So you can absorb it," Erik replied, shaking himself and tidying up the bag full of mana stones Thomas had picked up on the way to the boss''sir.


    "But are you sure?" Violet hesitated.


    "Violet now is not the time to hesitate. If you don''t absorb it, you''ll die, since you won''t be able to defend yourself. And if you''re worried about money, we have this bag full of mana stones," Erik said seriously.


    Violet, realizing that she was right, did not hesitate any longer and pressed hard on the mana stone, which filled the entireir of the boss with mana particles of many colors. Quickly, she closed her eyes, adopting the lotus position, and began to absorb all the particles inside.


    Erik watched all this like a small child contemting fireworks for the first time. His eyes could perceive how the particles moved slowly in a harmonious way as if they were dancing as they entered Violet''s body.


    The mana particles, upon entering Violet''s body, were transformed into magical power. As she was a mage, all that magical power was concentrated in her heart, which was her core.


    In the case of hunters who specialize in closebat, their core is located in the lower abdomen. It is very simr to how Murim martial artists add ''Ki'' to their dantian. However, for mages and healers, their core is in the heart.


    Realizing that it would take Violet a while, Erik diverted his attention to the notification windows that had appeared when he regained consciousness.


    After reading them all, a big smile lit up his face as he discovered everything he had won. Without a second thought, he opened the rewards.


    [You have received the following rewards]


    - Twenty Fenrir points


    - Fenrir System Upgrade


    - mes of Helheim


    - Sword


    Tti-ring.


    [You have received twenty Fenrir points]


    [Received the mes of Helheim]


    [You have received the sword Vortex of the Night].


    [Starting the upgrade of the Fenrir system... 1%... 5%... 8%... 13%... 20%... 25%... 33%... 38%... 45% ... 55%... 69%... 78%... 88%... 97%... 98%... 99%... 100]


    Tti-ring.


    [Fenrir system is upgraded perfectly, say ''Status window to see the changes''].


    When the notification windows finish appearing in Erik''s hand, a sword appears that seems to be shrouded in eternal darkness. He looks at this in amazement, but quickly puts it away in the inventory, so that when he gets home he can take a good look at it and says excitedly:


    "Status window."


    [Fenrir System (updated)


    Name: Erik / Age: 20


    Title: Incarnation of the End, Chosen by the legendary beast Fenrir.


    Affiliation: Apocalypse


    ss: None (New)


    Level: 14


    [Abilities]


    Savage regeneration, Curse of enchainment.


    [Stats]


    Strength: 34 | Stamina: 30 | Dexterity: 29 | Vitality: 33 | End Energy: 20


    [Fenrir Points: 22]


    [Fenrir Store (avable)]


    [Missions]


    Erik waspletely paralyzed at the sight, although the window did not change much, its contents did. He now knew his affiliation. A new section that said ''ss'' also appeared and in addition, the Fenrir Store was now avable.


    But what surprised Erik the most was his affiliation, although he expected something simr from its titles, reading it directly was very different to think about it...


    ''Then, I will bring the End''.


    With this thought, a smile appeared on Erik''s face. He liked the idea of destroying.


    Did he care if humans were affected?


    Of course, he didn''t!


    Another thing he realized was that he no longer saw himself as human after the wolf roared in his mind.


    ''But why did they give me a sword now?''


    This was what confused Erik. Now he didn''t understand why he was being given a sword, but he decided not to think too much about this and concentrated on the reward that said ''mes of Helheim''.


    Erik closed his eyes and summoned the mes. A ck fire with purple tones appeared in his hand, but instead of emitting heat, it waspletely cold.


    This surprised them a little, and as he tried to continue looking at what he had obtained, he felt Violet open her eyes.


    He closed all the windows in front of him and walked over to her.


    "How are you feeling?" Erik asked, stopping in front of her.


    "I feel pretty good, although I''m a little short of moving up to D rank," Violet replied, a little disappointed. She was about to move up a rank, but she wasn''t going toin, as this mana stone was very useful.


    "And how close are you to the next rank?"


    "I think I''m three mana stones short, at most."


    Erik pulled five mana stones from his bag and handed them to her.


    Violet squeezed them without much thought and began to absorb them quickly. As she absorbed the mana, she felt her bones strengthen and her core expand.


    Sweat beaded on her forehead as she absorbed what shecked. After a few minutes, Violet opened her eyes again and felt her body brimming with magical power.


    ''Wow, I didn''t expect the difference to be so great,'' Violet thought, feeling stronger.


    "Shall we go?" Erik asked.


    "Yes, let''s go," Violet replied getting up from the ground and shaking her body a little.


    So they began to leave the dungeon to go and sell the mana stones.


    ....

 Chapter 22: Selling manna stones

    <h4>Chapter 22: Selling manna stones</h4>


    Once outside the dungeon, they were met with a beautiful sunset. The sun''s rays filtered through the leaves of the trees, tinting the surroundings in shades of orange, while in the distance the sounds of cars could be heard.


    "Phew... we finally got out of that ce" Violet eximed tiredly, looking up and letting the gentle afternoon breeze caress her face. Thinking about the trouble they were in now.


    "Yes, we finally made it!"


    Erik assisted with a smile, stretching his arms which were a bit stiff. Due to the fact that he had just moved up in rank and practically just revived and had all stiff joints.


    ''Now, we have to find a way to deal with that guild.''


    This was the important thing, at this point because it''s 100% certain that they found out that he killed the Luminis guild president''s son.


    Erik looked back and saw that the dungeon had not disappeared yet, after being cleared.


    "By the way, will the dungeon disappear or will it stay and new monsters wille out?" asked Erik.


    He had no idea how dungeons work after being cleared, because it was his first time clearing one, and he wanted to know if the dungeon disappears or if the monsters regenerate again.


    "Hmm, this dungeon will disappear in a few minutes" Violet replied.


    "Oh, this dungeon disappears, what are the dungeons that don''t disappear?" I ask this was the doubt I had at the moment, because ording to what I had heard on the news there are dungeons that don''t disappear.


    Do you want to know the difference between dungeons that disappear and those that don''t?


    "The dungeons that don''t disappear, are the ones that don''t kill the boss monster. meaning that if you don''t kill the boss monster the dungeon doesn''t disappear" Violet exined.


    "Hmm, I understand."


    Erik now understands why some dungeons don''t disappear, it''s because they don''t kill the boss monsters.


    Also, some dungeons are rich in materials, so it would be a waste, plus humans by nature are greedy enough to let go of a gold mine like dungeon resources.


    "So we''re leaving now?" Violet asked.


    "Of course no problem."


    They headed toward the parking lot stop, which was quite far away, where Violet had her powerful motorcycle.


    After walking for a few minutes, they arrived at the parking lot, where the only vehicle was the impressive ck Kawasaki H2R.


    Violet took off her mage robe and underneath wore a ck sweatshirt with purple shades. She got on the bike and handed the helmet to Erik.


    "Get on."


    Erik was undecided and hesitated between riding with this woman or waiting for the bus. He was seriously considering the option of waiting for the bus and going quietly to his old apartment.


    "Why are you hesitating? Get on before the traffic starts."


    He didn''t hesitate any longer and put on his helmet, securing his backpack tightly on his back. Erik thought the dungeons were dangerous and didn''t understand why he hesitated to ride with Violet.


    ''I''m a man... Well, I was. Anyway, whatever'' He sat behind Violet and grabbed her around the waist, not wanting to fall off the bike.


    Violet, seeing that Erik had gone upstairs, sped off to the mana stone store before they closed.


    ....


    After a journey of an hour and a half, as night slowly fell, Erik and Violet found themselves in front of the mana stone store. The building was much like a bank, with the only difference being that hunters came here to sell the stones they obtained from the dungeons.


    They both headed towards the entrance of the ce and upon entering they noticed that it was almost empty, as it wasn''t long before it closed. This turned out to be perfect for Erik and Violet, who didn''t want to draw too much attention to themselves.


    "Can I help you with anything?" the worker said with a professional smile, though inside she was grumbling at these two for arriving just minutes before the close of business for the day.


    "We''re here to sell all these mana stones," Erik said, cing the medium-sized bag full of stones on the counter.


    The worker almost broke her professional smile. Inwardly she was cursing Erik and Violet for arriving at that hour to sell so many mana stones. The worker let out an internal sigh and said:


    "Please empty the mana stones into this basket."


    Emptying all the mana stones, into the basket, the worker felt like crying, she seriously wanted to throw these people out right now for bringing so many mana stones just about to close. With just a nce, he could see that there were more than a hundred mana stones in the tray.


    "One question, how did you get so many mana stones?" She asked after seeing the overwhelming amount.


    "We had them in storage," Erik lied matter-of-factly.


    "..."


    The worker obviously didn''t believe him. Seeing the clothes soaked in monster blood and the hole in his shirt exposing his scarred abdomen, he decided not to ask. He knew that if he probed further he might get into trouble.


    What could she, as an ordinary worker, do? Against a hunter who was much stronger than normal people, it was risky.


    Having no choice she began to count the mana stones in the basket silently, with a married expression. Also, I feel the intense stares of Erik and Violet.


    "By the way, what are we doing tomorrow?" asked Violet.


    "Hmm... Tomorrow we''re going to a dungeon. Now that we''re D-rank, hunting should be a lot easier," replied Erik.


    "But wouldn''t it raise suspicion if we were constantly clearing dungeons?"


    "Yes, but that''s what we have to do if we want to get stronger" Erik replied with a shrug. It was either that or waiting for death toe for them.


    "That''s right, I was asking an obvious question," Violet muttered wearily.


    It was her first time being in this situation, where her life was in real danger. Not by a monster, but by someone of her own kind, a human. Therefore, it was normal for her to be confused.


    "And why don''t we join a guild and then we''ll be safe?" she suggested.


    "Are you listening to yourself? Didn''t you say that he is the president of an emerging guild, while we are simply unknown D-rank hunters?" said Erik with a serious expression.


    "Do you think those guilds will back us up? Think about getting stronger right now, don''t let thoughts cloud your judgment" He added.


    Violet kept silent. She didn''t know what was happening to her. She was not like that. She had always been a rational and intelligent person. But now she realized that she wasn''t as rational as she thought. Just knowing that she had an important guild president behind her was driving her crazy.


    But she still doesn''t understand how he can be so confident even though this whole future war is against him. If it were a bet, it would be 99.9% to lose and only 0.1% to win. But at that moment came the memories of Erik, recovering from nothing, from apletely certain death. He was missing all his organs and his left arm.


    Although this increased their chances a little, it was still not entirely certain that they would survive.


    "That''s it, it''s all counted. Follow me this way to give you your count," the worker spoke after counting 150 E-rank mana stones.


    "How much do E-rank mana stones sell for?"


    "With all and taxes, they normally sell for $26.2 dors." replied the worker.


    Erik''s eyes widened like saucers when he heard the value of a mana stone of rank E. So, in one afternoon, they had made approximately $3,000 dors.


    He had never made so much money before, now he realized why the hunters dwelling so well and how important the dungeon materials were.


    ''If I continue like this, I can buy an apartment of my own''.


    Erik sees it as possible that if he continues like this it is not an impossible dream to buy an apartment, because where he lives is not the best in the world either.


    The worker, after finishing filling out the bill, said, "Would you prefer the money or would you prefer that we transfer it to your bank ount?".


    "Please transfer to the bank ount."


    "Could you please provide me with your details?"


    Erik handed over the information. Shortly thereafter he received a notification on his phone. He checked it and saw that the money had arrived in his ount: $3,930. This brought a big smile to his face.


    He had never had so much money in his ount before. Now he felt that everything he had suffered was worth it to see his bank ount.


    He left the ce together with Violet.


    "Could you give me your ount number to make the transfer?" said Erik with a smile, he was in a good mood because of the money he had earned that day.


    "Sure, my ount number is ******."


    Erik wrote down the number and transferred $1965 dors, which was half of the total amount. After checking that the money had arrived, Violet said:


    "I''ll take you home."


    "Sure."


    Erik didn''t hesitate, he put on his helmet and got on the bike with a smile, he now had a lot of money in his ount.


    ....


    After a long while, Violet arrived at the ce where Erik had told her he lived. Erik got off and handed the helmet to Violet.


    "Thank you."


    "I didn''t expect you to live in such a bad ce," Violetmented, a little surprised to see Erik''s dwelling.


    "Well, I''ve been an orphan for as long as I can remember. It''s a miracle I don''t live on the street," Erik exined. He was not offended by what Violet said, because it was true. What she said waspletely true.


    "Why don''t youe live with me?" suggested Violet, not intending to offend him, since she meant it from her heart.


    "Are you sure?" asked Erik. If she was willing, he wasn''t going to refuse. He wouldn''t let his pride keep him in this ce that wasn''t very good.


    But Erik was forgetting something rather important: every time he didn''tplete a mission, he was transported to a random location. How would he exin this to Violet?


    "Of course I''m sure. If I wasn''t, I wouldn''t have suggested it to you," Violet stated.


    "Then it''s no problem. I''ll see you again tomorrow."


    "Okay, text me to arrange where to meet before we go to the dungeons," Violet said as she walked away.


    Erik walked through the door of his old apartment with a smile, ready to live hisst night in that ce. Upon entering, he plopped down on the bed and pulled the sword out of inventory, deciding to examine its description before going to sleep.


    [Vortex of the night]


    Description: <i>It is a sword of dark and mysterious beauty. Its de, razor-sharp, seems to be made of an unknown material, dark as midnight, but with a subtle glow of violet hues.</i>


    Features:


    - Curse of the Eternal Night


    - Locked


    - Locked


    After reading the description of the sword, Erik''s smile grew wider. He kept it in his inventory, as for now he had no intention of using it for the time being. He was more ustomed to using the spear.


    "Uaaah..."


    Erik let out a long yawn and closed all the windows. Soon after he fell asleep.


    ....

 Chapter 23: Go to dungeons to increase rank [1]

    <h4>Chapter 23: Go to dungeons to increase rank [1]</h4>


    Tti-ring


    [Daily quests are avable again]


    A soft voice echoed in Erik''s mind, slowly bringing him out of his deep sleep. Once fully awake, he found himself staring at the worn ceiling of his apartment, with a familiar state window right in his field of vision.


    "Uaaah... let''s see what today''s mission is," Erik muttered letting out a long yawn, opening the window of information floating in front of him.


    Tti-ring


    [Daily mission: Clear Dungeon and Monster Hunt!]


    Goal: Clear a rank E dungeon and eliminate monsters.


    Dungeon - Rank E, 1 time: iplete (0/1)


    Monsters - Rank E, 30 times: iplete (0/30)


    Boss monsters - Rank D, 1 time: iplete (0/1)


    ? Warning 1: If you do notplete the daily mission, you will be in a negative state for one week.


    ? Warning 2: If you do notplete the daily quests, you will be sent to a random dungeon area for 4 hours.


    "This quest fits me like a glove," Erik eximed after reading the contents of the quest. He got out of bed and sent a message to Violet, telling her where to meet him, to start cleaning dungeons.


    Once the message was sent to Violet, Erik headed straight to the bathroom to get ready. A few minutester, he came out of the bathroom, dried his hair, and checked his phone, where Violet had answered the message: "OK, I''ll be there in an hour".


    After reading the reply, Erik finished changing and tidying up the ce a bit, preparing a suitcase where he had stored the few clothes he owned. Then he left for the ce where he would meet Violet.


    ....


    Getting off the bus with ten minutes to spare before the appointed time, Erik entered a restaurant that, while not luxurious, wasfortable. He sat down at an empty table to wait for Violet, who would not be long in arriving.


    As he watched people pass by through the windows, one of the waitresses approached him in a soft voice and asked:


    "Is there anything you wish to order?"


    Erik flipped through the menu the waitress handed him, thinking for a few seconds about what to have for breakfast. It was the first time he had eaten at this kind of restaurant, as he couldn''t afford it before.


    "I''d like some scrambled eggs with French bread and a chocte, hot please," he said after reading the menu. It was a small luxury he was allowing himself as a reward for these days.


    The waitress wrote everything down with a smile. Once sheposed the order, she took the menu and headed to the kitchen to put it on Erik''s list.


    As he waited for his food, a woman of great beauty with white hair and ck sses walked through the door. She held a helmet in her hand and wore a white sweatshirt with a ck and purple bunny pattern. She attracted the attention of all the men in the restaurant.


    "This woman is really beautiful, will she have a boyfriend?"


    "Of course, she will. Look how beautiful she is. It would be impossible for her to be single."


    "What luck that woman''s boyfriend has. I envy him."


    "Yeah, me too. I hope the boyfriend doesn''t work out well, then he won''t be able to enjoy that woman."


    The entire restaurant was filled with whispers with the arrival of the beautiful woman that was Violet, who watched as if she was looking for someone. Until she saw a raised hand that she immediately recognized and made her way to the table where a man was waiting for his food.


    "Hi~, you''re earlier than agreed," Violet said with a smile as she ced her helmet to the side and removed her sses.


    "Well, I live far away and don''t have a vehicle to transport me," Erik replied with a smile, giving Violet a quick nce before averting his gaze to the street, where both normal people and hunters were passing by.


    Violet, sensing that quick nce which, unlike the lustful nces of the men in the restaurant, contained no malice, shed a satisfied smile and took a seat across from Erik. Shortly thereafter, the waitress arrived with the food Erik had ordered.


    "Enjoy," the waitress said with a smile before heading off to serve other customers.


    "What do you say we start with the association to upgrade our rank or go straight to the dungeons?" posed Violet as she watched Erik starting his meal.


    Erik didn''t respond right away, as he was chewing. When he finally swallowed, he replied, "I think we should keep our ranks for the time being. If we upgrade our ranks now, we might get the attention of some guilds, especially since we''re still D-ranked."


    Furthermore, the hunters'' association was still overwhelmed due to the recent incident. If they rose in rank, they might attract the attention of the Luminis guild, especially Erik, who had registered as a hunter not even a month ago. Obviously, that would attract the attention of many emerging guilds.


    Therefore, Erik decided for now to stay in rank while strengthening his skills. It was the safest option before Richard''s father became aware of his son''s disappearance.


    Violet agreed with what he said and added, "And as for raiding the dungeons, we could look for a group."


    Erik shook his head as he took a sip of his chocte, really enjoying that breakfast. It really was worth eating at this ce.


    "We''ll go just the two of us so as not to involve innocent people in our trouble. Besides, there won''t be any trouble getting us arrested since there are only two of us, and that''s the minimum requirement to enter low-ranked dungeons as E-ranked hunters," Erik exined as he wiped his mouth with a napkin.


    "I understand, finish your food so we can explore a dungeon before someone else takes it," Violet said.


    "And how many dungeons are avable now?" asked Erik.


    Instead of answering, Violet handed him his phone so he could check himself to see how many dungeons were currently avable to explore. Erik took the phone and started checking it.


    There were six free dungeons, all close to his current location. After checking these, Erik concluded his meal, asked for the bill, and prepared to meet the goal ofpleting the daily mission.


    After paying for the meal, they both left the restaurant and Violet asked:


    "Which dungeon are we going to first?"


    "We''re going to the nearest one before someone else takes it," Erik replied.


    Violet ascended, verified the address, handed the helmet to Erik, and without dy they headed for the nearest dungeon. After a journey of about twenty minutes, they arrived at the dungeon guarded by an association worker.


    Violet put on her wizard robe and pulled out her wand. For his part, Erik simply went into the bathroom and pulled out his spear to avoid awkward questions from Violet such as, "How did you do that?" or "Can I use space magic?"


    "Just the two of you?" asked the association worker.


    "Yes, just the two of us," Violet confirmed.


    "Can I have your hunter cards?" requested the worker.


    Theyplied and handed over their hunter cards, which the worker quickly checked before handing them back to them.


    Since there was nothing else to do, Erik and Violet entered the dungeon.


    ....


    On the top floor of the Luminis Guild, a man in his forties expressed with concern, "Is there any trace of my son?" his eyes turned to the huge window overlooking the city.


    The secretary replied, "No, Mr. Alexander, we have found no trace of the young master."


    <strong>Alexander Belmonte</strong><i>, who currently held the presidency of the Luminis Guild, which was experiencing rapid growth, and was one of the few B-ranked hunters in the city, was also Richard''s father.</i>


    "What do you mean there''s no trace of my son?", Alexander spoke with a neutral tone while letting his magic power flow.


    "Ugh, I''m sorry, sir. Since yesterday, we haven''t heard from the young master," replied the visibly nervous secretary feeling the pressure.


    "Is there really no trace of my son?"


    "No, sir, it seems he escaped with his girlfriend, Cristina, using some magical object," reported the secretary.


    "And is there any trace of this supposed girlfriend?"


    "No, sir."


    "Hmm, this is extremely strange...," Alexander muttered as his eyes shed coldly. He looked skyward, sensing that something bad had happened to his son, though he didn''t know what. However, he was almost certain that some of his enemies had something to do with Richard''s disappearance.


    Given his status as a B-ranked hunter and president of a rapidly rising guild, it was obvious that his enemies were involved in some way.


    ''But how did the information leak out that he had a son,'' Alexander was extremely paranoid when it came to his personal information or anything rted to his son. Before reaching his current position, he had had to do inhumane things.


    ''I just hope my son is alive,'' he thought to himself.


    "Sir, what should we do then?" the secretary asked.


    Alexander looked at him and replied, "For now, let''s wait for him to show up. If he doesn''t, order a thorough search, even under rocks."


    "I understand!"


    ....

 Chapter 24: Go to dungeons to increase rank [2]

    <h4>Chapter 24: Go to dungeons to increase rank [2]</h4>


    Once Erik and Violet entered the dungeon, which was a not very extensive forest. There were only trees and bushes, and there didn''t seem to be many animals, as no birds could be heard in the surroundings.


    They walked deeper into the forest, staying on full alert to prevent any kind of surprise attack, which is themon tactic of monsters, except for bosses, who are usually more cunning than normal monsters.


    After walking for a while, Erik and Violet started to hear monster noises far away from where they were at the moment.


    "Kiiekk!!!"


    "Kiieekke-!!!"


    "They sound like goblins,"mented Violet recognizing the sound of the monsters that were not far away from them.


    "Are you sure?" asked Erik, as he had never heard the sound goblins made, since he had never encountered one. Although he had heard of goblins in the test, but he hadn''t made it to that area, so he didn''t recognize the sound those monsters made.


    "Yes, I''m sure they''re goblins," stated Violet, sure that the monsters were goblins.


    "Then this dungeon will be a piece of cake for us," said Erik, now much calmer than when they entered the dungeon, as he was unaware of what kind of monsters would be in the ce.


    Knowing that they were goblins, he rxedpletely, for these are at the bottom of the food chain. Even an ordinary grown man can defeat them, as long as he does not panic, otherwise he would be devoured by the goblin. Besides, they are the only monsters that can be defeated with conventional weapons, that''s how weak goblins are.


    "Alright, let''s get started," Erik eximed, twirling his spear and creating a small breeze.


    Violet also prepared to begin, ready to cast her spells now that she had reached D rank, which would allow her to do so a bit faster than before.


    A little further ahead, a small group of five goblins could be seen walking calmly, not knowing what awaited them.


    Erik, seeing them, didn''t think twice and jumped towards them. Although this act was reckless, after all, they were just goblins, weren''t they? So he could afford it.


    With that leap, Eriknded in the middle of the group of goblins, leaving thempletely surprised by his sudden appearance.


    "Kiieekke!"


    And before the goblins could react or do anything, Erik swung the spear hard, creating a circle.


    Shoosh!


    "Kiieekk!!!"


    The goblins'' heads flew through the air after Erik''s quick attack that caught them off guard.


    [Monsters - Rank E,30 times: iplete (5/30)]


    "Phew... honestly, I''m still surprised," Erik muttered with a wide grin, looking at the lifeless bodies of the goblins. He looked down at his hand and closed it tightly; he was beginning to enjoy this sensation. However, he knew that what he was experiencing was because the monsters were too weak.


    "Let''s keep going," Violet said, after picking up the mana stones. Although she was a bit surprised by the attack she carried out, she felt that when she faced the spider, she became stronger.


    Erik and Violet went deeper in search of more monsters. As they progressed, they encountered more goblins as they went deeper into the forest. As expected, they finished off all the goblins they came across easily, even without trying too hard.


    Despite eliminating many goblins on their way, Erik did not go up a single level. It seemed that the goblins did not provide him with much experience. They concluded that his level was high, and that goblin experience was insignificant for him, which was quite evident.


    After dealing with goblins for quite a while, Erik and Violet came out of the forest and found some poorly constructed houses, all filled with goblins of different sizes.


    "So this is a goblin vige," Violet muttered, watching the goblins wandering around, some of them even seemed to be eating some animal.


    "But I don''t see the boss monster anywhere," Erikmented after examining the ce. He didn''t sense a strong presence in the area, as all the presences seemed quite normal.


    "And once we''re done with them all, do we cast a spell on them or do I kill them myself?" he asked, having alreadypleted a part of the mission.


    [Monsters - Rank E,30 times: Complete (30/30)]


    Now all that was left was to defeat the boss monster toplete the daily mission. He would be much calmerter, as the system would not assign any more quests for today.


    "Hmm... These were attacked by me. Besides, I want to try out a new spell I got when I moved up in rank," Violet said, preparing to start her new spell. However, before she started her chant...


    "I have a question, do wizards like you get new spells by buying scrolls or reading a huge book where spells are written?" asked Erik, curious. He had no idea how wizards acquired new spells, so he wanted to know how they did it so he could try using magic himself as well.


    "Hmm... About how we get new spells, the information just pops into our minds," Violet answered quite matter-of-factly.


    "Are you serious?" Erik couldn''t believe that they just imnted the spells in their minds and that was it.


    Where was the fun of studying a spell, of making mistakes, and testing with a newly learned spell? Where were those hours of research to discover or create new magic? Erik could not ept that they were simply given the information and that was it, they already had the spell learned.


    "Yes, I''m serious. But that only applies to ranks E and D. Starting at rank C, we''ll have to research our attributes and improve our skills to move up in rank," Violet exined.


    It all made more sense to Erik now. If it didn''t, mages would be very powerful and everyone would want to be one.


    "I see. What are your attributes?" he asked curiously.


    "I possess two attributes: ice and light," she stated calmly.


    "Oh, you''re a dual element mage," Erik eximed, visibly impressed. Although he didn''t know much about mages, he sensed that possessing two attributes was not amon urrence.


    A broad smile broke out on Violet''s face, and she puffed out her chest with pride. She knew it was extraordinary for a mage to have more than one attribute. However, she quickly adopted a serious expression to begin her spell.


    "Phew..."


    Violet let out a sigh, closed her eyes and the surrounding mana began to congregate around her. When she opened them again, she was glowing and the mana was transforming into magical power, concentrating on the wand she held in her hand. Then, he began to chant the chant of his new spell, the one he had learned after his promotion in rank.


    Shoosh!


    In the sky above the small goblin vige, a magic circle appeared and covered the whole ce. The goblins looked at all this in confusion.


    "Kieekk!!!?"


    "Kieeekk!!!"


    "Kikeeeiikk!!!"


    Violet, observing the magic circle in the sky, a big smile on her face and excitedly eximed, "[Star cier!"]


    Swoosh!!!


    From the magic circle, arge rock made of ice began to emerge, whichpletely cleared the sky, leaving only the imposing figure of the rock in the firmament.


    "Wow, how beautiful!" eximed Erik, looking at the huge rock in the sky.


    The gigantic mass of ice began to descend from the sky like a meteorite at great speed, straight towards the small vige of goblins. The goblins, seeing it, panicked as they realized that it was getting closer and closer.


    "Kieekeke!!!"


    "Kieekekekeeekk!!!"


    "Kieeekakkkaa!!!"


    The goblins tried to flee the vige, but it was toote to escape the ce....


    BOOOOOM!!!!


    A thunderous sound echoed in the area when the ice rock hit the goblin vige, which had no chance to escape, raising a huge cloud of dust all over the ce.


    RUMBLE!!!


    After the rumble came a strong tremor that shook the whole environment, alerting all the animals that were in the forest at that moment.


    Swoosh!


    Next, a strong breeze swept away all the dust that covered the ce, revealing the state of the goblin vige, whichy destroyed in the middle of a huge frozen crater.


    "How much magical power did you employ in that spell?" inquired Erik, contemting the vast hole.


    "I used half of my magical power reserve" answered Violet, as a bead of sweat slid down her forehead, though her face could not hide the smile.


    ''Wizards are amazing,'' Erik thought as he looked at the crater strewn with hideous monster corpses.


    "Well, let''s go collect the mana stones," said Erik, heading toward the crater.


    Violet heads towards the crater. Once inside, none of the goblins managed to survive Violet''s attack. If they had survived, it would have been a true miracle, but they were doomed to die at Erik''s hands anyway.


    "Wow, it''s even more impressive up close," Erik eximed at the edge of the crater, then descended to pick up the mana stones.


    ....

 Chapter 25: Go to dungeons to increase rank [3]

    <h4>Chapter 25: Go to dungeons to increase rank [3]</h4>


    Violet stood at the edge of the crater, watching Erik as he pulled the mana stones from the lifeless goblins that were scattered all over the ce.


    Crunch!


    Suddenly, a cracking sound of wood breaking echoed behind her, making her turn toward the source of the sound. Her eyes widened as she encountered a huge figure in front of her, holding a club aloft.


    "Shit!"


    With supernatural reaction speed, Violet managed to quickly create a small ice shield in front of her to block the attack.


    Boom!


    There was a small explosion as the club collided with the small ice shield Violet had managed to form in that short period.


    Due to the impact of the sudden attack, Violet was thrown to the bottom of the crater, tumbling across the ground.


    Erik, who recognized the mana stones, turned quickly upon hearing the explosion and turned his attention to the sound. He saw Violet spiraling down toward where he was. At the edge of the crater, he found a monster about ten feet tall, holding a club in his hand.


    "So this is the boss monster," Erik deduced as he noticed the pressure emanating from it. It was evident that this monster was much more formidable than the ones they had defeated moments ago, but...


    ''This monster feels different...''


    As he watched the monster closely, Erik got the feeling that something didn''t add up. He didn''t know exactly what it was, but his instincts were clearly telling him that this was no ordinary monster. Unable to decipher why he felt this way, he focused all his attention on its eyes...


    Soon after, his vision turnedpletely ck and white. When he locked his gaze on the monster, Erik''s expressionpletely changed...


    "What the hell is this!"


    Erik failed to understand what he was seeing. It was the first time he had encountered something like this, not even in the hospital when his eyes first changed.


    What he was seeing was the ''soul'' of the monster, an entity that seemed to have multiple mouths and was twisting in on itself, as if it was trying to devour itself.


    Sweat began to bead on Erik''s forehead as he watched the grotesque ''soul'' of that monster. With every moment he looked at it, it became more twisted. It was the first time he had experienced something like this and he had no idea what to do.


    "Could it be that the dungeon has undergone some kind of change?" wondered Erik, contemting the grotesque ''soul'' of the monstrous creature at the edge of the crater.


    "Why did you freeze?" Violet asked after getting up from the ground.


    Observing how Erik was fixing his gaze on the monster at the edge of the crater, emanating a clearly murderous intent.


    Erik, who was engrossed in the monster, upon hearing Violet''s voice, snapped back to reality. Without taking his eyes off the monster, he asked:


    "Is that the boss of the monsters?"


    "Yes, it is the boss of this dungeon, a Hobgoblin," Violet replied, also focusing her attention on the monster, whose appearance was now fully revealed.


    It had red skin, with veins protruding from its head and arms, and an expression of pure hatred as it beheld its homepletely devastated and its people lying dead everywhere.


    "Why is his skin red...?" muttered Violet, staring at the Hobgoblin, whose appearance waspletely different from what they used to look like, which was green.


    "Did you say something?"


    "What I said is that this monster is not normal," Violet said as she prepared to face the Hobgoblin.


    "What do you mean ''different''?" asked Erik, making sure his instincts and what he saw with his own eyes were right. After all, something didn''t add up about this monster, especially when looking at its ''Soul''.


    "That''s not a normal Hobgoblin, as they have red skin, but the normal skin is green, like goblin skin," Violet exined.


    ''So if there was a change in the dungeon,'' Erik thought, which seemed pretty obvious to him. He remembered that when the same thing happened to Adam''s group, the dungeon looked normal at first, but when they reached the boss''s room, the situation escted to another level.


    "So how do we deal with this monster?" asked Violet without taking her eyes off the hobgoblin.


    Erik''s mind began to scheme various strategies and tactics to defeat the monster without sustaining mortal wounds. As difficult as it would be to aplish, his brain was working at full power.


    "We should head for the forest, there we can use the environment to our advantage. We might be at a disadvantage in this ce," Erik said after considering various ways of not getting hurt as badly as when they faced the huge spider.


    "Understood!" Violet nodded as she prepared to run into the forest, which was a little ways away from where they were.


    "When I give the signal, run into the forest while I distract the monster," Erik indicated, and his spear began to charge with End Energy, making Violet flinch at the sight of that manifestation of power.


    ''I''ve never seen anything like this from this energy before...'', Violet mused, feeling a cold sweat break out on her back as she witnessed it. However, she quickly shook her head. This was not the time to be thinking about the energy Erik was using on her spear.


    "Now!" said Erik.


    Without thinking, Violet started running out of the crater and into the forest. Behind her was Erik, who was much faster, but he was doing it to distract the monster.


    "Kiieekekkeeiie!!!"


    The hobgoblin, seeing how the intruders who destroyed his home were fleeing into the forest, shot out with eyes full of rage to catch up with them, kill them, and eat them.


    boom! boom!


    Feeling the small tremors behind them, Erik looked back to find the hobgoblin inches away, his face full of hatred.


    ''Wow, that''s pretty fast.''


    Stopping short to allow Violet to move deeper into the forest, Erik lunged towards the hobgoblin with a quick lunge, aiming for the chest.


    "Keeekkikek!!!"


    The hobgoblin quickly parried as he saw the attack aimed at his chest, sharply deflecting the spear with a swing of his club, keeping his distance.


    "Wow!"


    Erik eximed in surprise as he saw how the hobgoblin was able to fend off his attack, he gave the spear a quick twirl, trying to disorient the monster.


    ''Well, let''s try thesebos I have in my head...''


    [cial Dance]


    Taking advantage of the moment of confusion, Erik performed a horizontal strike aimed at the hobgoblin''s legs.


    However, the hobgoblin raised his club to block the blow, showing that he was prepared to defend himself.


    ''Seriously, you reacted to this.''


    Erik was surprised to see how quickly the hobgoblin reacted to his attacks. But as he raised the club, it left an opening and Erik took advantage of the moment tounch a quick upward jab towards the hobgoblin''s torso.


    "KKEEEEeeKKk!!!"


    The hobgoblin let out a piercing cry of pain as the attack made contact with its torso, which was all the more devastating for the creature as the spear was infused with End Energy, but the attack didn''t end there...


    "Seriously, he''s still standing after all this. Well, let''s keep going."


    Erik wore a huge grin as he saw that the monster was still standing after the impact of his End Energy-impregnated spear.


    [Ice Whirlwind]


    Erik, with a big grin, lunged forward and executed a downward lunge.


    Despite the pain he felt, the hobgoblin managed to react and block the attack with his magic power-imbued club, shing a grin as he parried Erik''s attack.


    "HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA~~"


    Erik startedughing as he saw the hobgoblin''s expression as he blocked his attack. With a fluid motion, he spun on himself to change direction.


    Taking advantage of the turn, Erik aimed a return lunge towards the hobgoblin. However, the hobgoblin intercepted the spear again with his club.


    Erik frowned as his attack was again blocked. He did not understand how the hobgoblin was blocking all his attacks.


    But before he could attack again, the hobgoblin suddenly fell to the ground. It seemed that the End Energy had prated his body and was wreaking havoc internally, as it was apletely destructive energy to anyone who came in direct contact with it, other than Erik.


    "Kiieekkieek!!!"


    "I was shocked for a moment, seeing his soul and how it reacted to my attacks..."


    [Boss Monster - Rank D, 1 time: Complete (1/1)]


    Tti-ring


    [You have defeated a Rank D monster]


    [You have gained experience]


    [Your level has increased by one]


    [Your stats have increased]


    "Well, now all that''s left is to get out of the dungeon toplete the mission."


    Erik headed towards where Violet was standing, who was watching him from afar, sweat pouring down her forehead due to the run she made to enter the forest.


    "You really defeated him so easily?", Violet spoke as she looked at the hobgoblin''s lifeless body.


    "Well, it wasn''t as easy as you saw, he had an incredible reaction, and he managed to respond to all of my attacks if he hadn''t connected an attack, we would most likely still be inbat," said Erik, still surprised at how the hobgoblin had reacted to each of his onughts.


    ''But I still can''t believe it was that easy. Could it be that everything I saw was a false rm?''


    Erik felt that he still wasn''tpletely done with that monster, but looking at the notification window, he understood that he was done with the hobgoblin.


    ''Well, whatever.''


    "Let''s go, to enter another dungeon," Erik said giving the hobgoblin''s lifeless body onest look.


    The two headed towards the exit of the dungeon, ready to embark on another dungeon. However, as they walked away, they felt a shudder that made them shrug their shoulders.


    "What the hell was that?" they eximed in unison.


    Violet and Erik quickly turned their faces and watched as the hobgoblin''s body began to cover itself with apletely ck ''Something''.


    ....

 Chapter 26: Go to dungeons to increase rank [4]

    <h4>Chapter 26: Go to dungeons to increase rank [4]</h4>


    Erik and Violet werepletely petrified as they watched a ck masspletely envelop the hobgoblin''s lifeless body. Neither of them could look away.


    Erik was the first to react and quickly pulled out some mana stones to throw at Violet. "Take these quickly, and get your magic power back."


    "Huh? Really?"


    Violet grabbed the mana stones with a confused expression but quickly turned them into particles and began to absorb them to restore her magic power.


    Seeing Violet regain her magical energy, Erik looked back at the hobgoblin with aplicated expression as cold sweat ran down his forehead.


    ''Didn''t the system say he defeated it?.... So, that''s not a hobgoblin anymore.''


    He deduced quickly, knowing that the system would not lie to him about the contents of the mission. However, Erik had no idea what that was. He could only think that what he saw with his own eyes was reality.


    The hobgoblin''s body was no longer visible, it waspletely covered by the ck mass that now had a spherical shape. Slowly, it began to rise into the sky, while the pressure in the ce gradually increased.


    Looking back, Erik saw that Violet had already absorbed the mana stones. He quickly stowed his spear in his inventory and approached her.


    "Are you done?" he asked hurriedly.


    "Yes, I''m done," Violet replied.


    "Let''s go before that thing finishes," Erik insisted.


    Taking Violet''s hand, he started running towards the dungeon entrance at full speed, aware that whatever was happening to the hobgoblin''s body was not something he could deal with with his current strength.


    Therefore, Erik decided to leave the ce quickly, remembering the saying: ''To flee from danger is not cowardice''. At that moment, the most important thing was to get out of there. Erik was not one to stand by and watch something terrible unfold.


    ''Damn, I always have such bad luck in dungeons!''mented Erik.


    He couldn''t believe how unusual his experiences were in the three dungeons he had entered. In the first, as a doorman, everyone was killed by the wolf except him. In the second, though he had expected it, he was betrayed by the group. And now, with what he had witnessed with his own eyes when these were supposed to be low-ranking dungeons, the easiest.


    "Erik, could you slow down a little? You''re hurting me," Violet said, with a pained expression, as she couldn''t keep up with Erik, who was pulling her hard as they ran through the trees.


    Erik didn''t respond, but slowed to a stop and carried her as if she were a princess. It was not the time to start a conversation; he concentrated all his strength on his feet, even creating a small crater under them, and ran at full speed through the trees.


    Violet was surprised to see how effortlessly Erik held her, but decided not toment and unconsciously snuggled into his chest. She listened to the rapid heartbeat of Erik, who was dodging the trees at incredible speed.


    As they reached the exit of the dungeon, which was only a few steps away, Erik stopped and gently let go of Violet. They started walking towards the exit.


    "Why did you suddenly start running? I thought we were going to take on that thing that was forming," Violet asked. She was almost certain they were preparing to fight it when Erik handed her the mana stones.


    "I gasp...gasp...at first I did think we were going to take on that thing, but when it started to rise and the pressure increased.... Gasp... gasp... gasp... I realized that with our current strength, we wouldn''t defeat it," Erik replied between groans, beingpletely honest. At first, he had considered facing off but changed his mind when his own body warned him that he couldn''t do it.


    As they were about to leave the dungeon, they nced back, and at that precise moment...


    Fwoooash!


    A huge pir of pure darkness rose into the sky, covering practically the entire ce, and with its appearance, an enormous pressure washed over the surroundings.


    "Argh!"


    Erik and Violet almost fell to their knees as they felt the enormous pressure on their bodies, without a second thought, they exited the dungeon.


    ....


    When they emerged from the dungeon, they quickly made their way to the association guard who was guarding the ce.


    "Call...quick, reinforcements!" eximed Violet in a hurry. He was still nervous, visibly affected by the tension he had experienced inside the dungeon. She now fully understood why Erik had decided to leave the ce instead of confronting the situation.


    "Huh? Wait, can you talk a little slower?" the worker asked,pletely confused by the words of the woman in front of him.


    "What she means is that there has been an irregrity in this dungeon," Violet repeated, this time a little calmer, though her face was still drenched in sweat.


    Hearing Violet''s words, the worker hesitated but quickly remembered that he had to report any irregrity in a dungeon immediately, even if it was false.


    Sighing, the worker asked, "Can you tell me their names?"


    "Violet and Erik."


    The worker took out his phone and began to report the irregrity in the dungeon he was guarding at the time.


    [What are the names of the hunters who reported?]


    "Their names are Violet and Erik," the worker announced, providing the address of the location in case they needed to send reinforcements.


    "You''ll have to wait a moment and sit in those chairs," the association worker indicated.


    Erik and Violet made their way to the chairs to wait, sensing that the worker didn''t quite believe them about the irregrity. They remembered that the only time they had experienced something simr was when the dungeon had changed rank unexpectedly when Adam''s group entered, and after that, they had had no further incidents in the lower-ranked dungeons.


    In one of the offices at the top of the Hunters'' Association building, a blond-haired man was found engrossed in a mountain of papers. At that precise moment, the office door burst open, ushering in a woman.


    "Mr. Leon, an irregrity has been reported," the woman said hurriedly but maintained a respectful tone.


    Leon looked up at the woman standing in front of him.


    "Where and who are the ones who reported the irregrity?" he asked, as he went back to reviewing the papers strewn on his desk.


    "The ones who reported the irregrity are named Erik and Violet."


    Hearing the first name, Leon quickly stopped what he was doing, wondering if he had heard correctly.


    "What are the names of the people who reported the irregrity in the dungeon?" he inquired again to make sure he had heard correctly.


    "The people who reported the irregrity are named Erik and Violet," she repeated in a respectful tone.


    "Tell me where the ce is and I''ll be on my way," Leon said getting up from the desk. He knew it was true, as almost all of the current problems were in some way rted to Erik.


    The woman gave him the address and, looking at the ce, Leon left the association apanied by Adrian. They quickly made their way to where the irregrity had urred.


    ...


    Minutester, a ck car,pletely prized, stopped in front of the entrance to the dungeon. Two men got out of it, one blond and the other ck-haired: they were Leon and Adrian. They walked over to where Erik and Violet were standing, who were now much calmer than when they left the dungeon.


    "You don''t sit still, do you?" Leonmented, looking at Erik, who was sitting in a chair.


    ''he''s gotten stronger in such a short time, and it looks like this woman has talent,'' Leon thought as he watched them.


    ''Well, at least I''m not in a hospital bed anymore,'' Erik said with a small smile, getting up from the chair.


    Violet, who knew who Leon was, waspletely surprised at how casual Erik was being.


    "Greetings aside, what happened in the dungeon?" asked Leon getting straight to the point.


    Erik shed a small smile and began to rte everything that happened inside the dungeon, omitting, of course, the part he had seen with his own eyes. He left no detail unmentioned, describing how the monster began to cover itself and the pir of darkness they saw as they exited.


    "And that''s all that happened inside the dungeon," Erik concluded.


    "Hmm..." Leon was silent, and thoughtful, then asked the person guarding the dungeon entrance a crucial question, "Has the dungeon undergone any changes?"


    "No, sir! The dungeon has not undergone any changes," replied the one guarding in a very respectful manner.


    "Hmm... I see," Leon muttered, cing his hand on his chin as he pondered the situation in general.


    ''It''s strange that the dungeon hasn''t changed. Could it have been an outside influence?'' Leon felt that this case wasn''t as simple as it seemed, as there could be outside influences.


    "Adrian, you stay here. I''m going to take a look inside the dungeon with my own eyes," Leon said, heading towards the entrance.


    ....

 Chapter 27: Go to dungeons to increase rank [5]

    <h4>Chapter 27: Go to dungeons to increase rank [5]</h4>


    Upon entering the dungeon, Leon perceived how the atmosphere changedpletely. It did not correspond to the typical atmosphere of a low-ranking dungeon. Moreover, the sky was entirely veiled by dense ck clouds, preventing the sun''s rays from filtering through.


    "This is what a dungeon looks like when an irregrity urs."


    Leon scanned around him, but all he could see were trees and bushes. Not a trace of monsters or animals that used to peek out from time to time in the dungeons.


    Although he could not perceive anything concrete, Leon felt that someone was watching him from a distance. He decided to put that feeling aside for the moment and headed into the forest in the direction of the vige that Erik had described to him.


    As he walked deeper into the forest in the direction of the vige, Leon noticed signs of a fierce battle: monster corpses and trees sttered with strange green blood.


    "Looks like the monsters in this ce didn''t even get a chance to defend themselves. This kid is growing at an incredible rate."


    Leon walked past the lifeless bodies of the goblins, who seemed unable to resist the attacks. Moreover, Leon was amazed at how quickly Erik was getting stronger. It had barely been less than a week since he had registered as a hunter and awakened his abilities.


    This kind of progress was not normal, even for a prodigy. It was not conceivable for someone to get stronger so fast; it could be termed as truly monstrous.


    "When I''m done here, I''ll try to recruit him to my team. I can''t allow a guild to miss out on such a talent."


    Turning his face back, he felt an even more intense gazend on him. Leon noticed that the monster Erik was referring to was getting closer and closer. However, he didn''t stop and soon emerged from the forest,ing across the crater Violet had created with her new spell.


    "It seems that this mage is also quite talented at casting this kind of spell at D rank."


    Leon was surprised to see the extent of the damage caused to the vige by the spell.


    As for how he knew Violet was at rank D, it was quite simple. Being at a higher rank, he could easily discern the magical power she possessed. It was simr to what cultivators did, who being in higher realms could identify lower realms. However, this did not apply to Erik, who had no magical power, but End Energy.


    For this reason, Leon could not determine what rank Erik was currently at. Since he possessed no magical power, he could not make that deduction. However, he was certain that Erik had experienced tremendous growth in less than a month since he awakened as a hunter.


    Whispered, Whispered...


    Leon, who was watching the crater, heard swift movements in the bushes behind him.


    "Finally, you''ve decided to show yourself," he said with a smile stered on his face. He was tired of feeling the monster''s murderous stare ever since he arrived at the crater.


    Smash!


    One of the bushes behind him was destroyed and somethingpletely dark shot towards his position at high speed.


    Leon, who was already expecting it, didn''t even blink. He simply adjusted his stance slightly, preparing for the monster''s attack.


    Boom!


    There was a small explosion as the monster''s attack hit Leon, who was covered by ayer of dust, hiding his current state.


    After a few seconds, the dust began to dissipate, revealing that Leon waspletely unharmed, only with a bit of dirt on his suit.


    "You seem to have some strength. If it wasn''t me, I would have sustained some injury," Leonmented calmly as he dusted off his suit. The attack had not affected him at all.


    He looked up to observe the monster, which waspletely ck, with blood-red eyes and two horns on its forehead, protruding even the tips of its elbows.


    "?Kiiieeekk!"


    "This definitely doesn''t look like a hobgoblin," Leonmented calmly as he observed what should be one. He stretched his joints, and his body was covered in silvery shes.


    "Phew... now it''s my turn to attack. I need to release some pent-up stress from all the work these past two days."


    He finished stretching and, in the blink of an eye, appeared in front of the monster with a wide grin, throwing a punch that left only a line of sparkles where he was stretching.


    "Kieeeeeekkk!!!?"


    The hobgoblin couldn''t react to Leon''s speed and could only take the punch squarely.


    Boom!


    The hobgoblin''s body went flying into the forest, leaving a trail of ck blood as it destroyed all the trees in its path. He tried to regain his bnce in midair, but Leon was already on top of him with his right fist covered in silver lightning bolts.


    "Wait, it''s not over yet."


    Leon connected with a powerful punch to the hobgoblin''s stomach...


    "Kieeekkk!!!"


    Boom!


    A loud explosion echoed through the lonely forest, kicking up arge cloud of dust that rose up into the sky, followed by a strong breeze...


    Swoosh!


    Revealing the current state of the hobgoblin, whoy in the middle of arge craterpletely lifeless.


    "Ah... it only took two hits. I expected more, but what can I demand of a mere hobgoblin?" Leon spoke in apletely disappointed tone. He had expected the monster to withstand more blows. It had yet to release all of its stress.


    "Phew..." Leon let out a sigh as he descended into the crater to retrieve the hobgoblin''s limp body and carry it away for investigation.


    With the hobgoblin corpse in his arms, Leon made his way towards the dungeon exit.


    ....


    Minutester, Leon emerged from the dungeon holding the hobgoblin''s body, no longer over his shoulder. Everyone present who saw the monster gawked at the sight of the monster, except Erik, who seemed to anticipate something different about the hobgoblin.


    "Sr. Leon, what is that?" asked Adrian, surprised, as he looked at the monster that presented a huge stomach wound.


    "Hmm, as you can see, this is the boss monster, a hobgoblin," Leon said with apparent calm, though his voice hinted at a hint of disappointment as he remembered how the monster had fallen with only two hits.


    "..."


    Adrian, Violet, and the one guarding the dungeon were silent,pletely dumbfounded to see that thispletely dark mass was the lead hobgoblin. If they had been told it was a demon, they would have believed it, but there was no way that looked like a hobgoblin.


    "Well, Adrian, let''s go. Now we have a lot more work ahead of us," Leon said, cing the monster in the van that belonged to the man in charge of the dungeon.


    The worker wanted to say something, but he couldn''t because he was facing someone of a much higher rank. All that was left for him to do was inwardlyment.


    "Can I borrow the keys to the vehicle? Don''t worry, the association will provide you with a new one," said Leon after arranging the inert body of the monster well.


    The worker handed over the keys and Leon together with Adrian left the ce, leaving Erik and Violet contemting everything in silence.


    [You havepleted the daily quest: ''Complete dungeons and hunt monsters!'']


    [The rewards have arrived forpleting the daily quest: ''Complete dungeons and monster hunting!'']


    [Would you like to confirm?] (Y/N)


    "Well, we''re leaving too," Erik asked as he watched the notification windows.


    Violet approached quietly, still shocked by what she had just witnessed, and the two of them headed toward the parking lot, leaving the worker alone.


    Once they reached the parking lot, Violet asked, "Erik, how long have you known the leader of the hunter''s association task force?"


    "Well, I met him at the hospital when he came to ask me some questions," Erik answered without going into details.


    "But how can you talk to him so casually?" Violet, remembered how Erik spoke so matter-of-factly to her.


    "I guess he liked me," Erik said with a shrug, then asked curiously, "And what''s Leon''s rank?"


    "Leon is S-ranked, one of the five in the city at the moment and also the strongest in the world."


    "S-rank and the strongest in the world!" eximed Erik, surprised. He had not expected Leon to be so strong; he had imagined him to be A-rank at best, but it had never crossed his mind that he was S-rank and also the strongest in the world.


    ''So he''s pretty strong, even if he doesn''t look it.''


    "I have a question, are we going to another dungeon or are we going home?" asked Violet. Honestly, she didn''t want to go into any more dungeons after everything she had experienced today.


    "Let''s go, I don''t want to do any more dungeons for today. I feel like something bad might happen, like what we just witnessed," Erik said with a tired expression.


    "Do you want me to take you home to get your stuff?" asked Violet, now fully ready, as she got on the bike and handed him the helmet.


    Erik shook his head, as he had everything he needed packed in his backpack, but he wasn''t going to say that:


    "I don''t have a lot of stuff to pick up. What I need is in this backpack I brought," he said showing the bag where he kept the mana stones while putting on his helmet.


    Violet didn''t insist anymore and Erik climbed in. They both headed towards the ce where Violet was currently living, and where Erik would stay for the time being, until he decided to move somewhere else.


    .....

 Chapter 28: Fenrir Store

    <h4>Chapter 28: Fenrir Store</h4>


    After a half-hour''s drive, they arrived in a neighborhood that was noticeably better than Erik''s. Although it wasn''t exactly the safest or the most pleasant, they were now in considerably nicer surroundings.


    Erik pulled up in front of a modern building, while Violet went to park the motorcycle in the building''s garage.


    "Wow... I didn''t imagine Violet lived in a ce like this."


    With just a nce at the surroundings, she realized that this neighborhood was among the most distinguished. It was enough to look at the tall buildings and notice therge number of dogs present, all of recognizable breeds such as Barbet, Border Collie, Labrador Retriever, and Golden Retriever.


    Erik was truly amazed. He had never been in such a ce before. He came to think that maybe he was seeing wrong, rubbed his eyes a little and found that it was still the same scenery, with the same dogs and buildings.


    ''I can''t believe I''m going to live in a nice neighborhood like this...looks like I have the system to thank for this.''


    "Let''s go in!" said Violet, appearing at his side.


    "Oh, yeah? Let''s go!" replied Erik.


    They entered the building and headed straight for one of the higher floors.


    "I wee you to my modest home," Violet said, showing them to their apartment.


    The ce was a thousand times better than where Erik lived. There was elegant furniture, a t-screen TV on the wall, a huge window overlooking downtown, and a lovely dining room for four. There was even a white cat resting on one of the pieces of furniture.


    ''Could this be paradise?''


    Erik was in awe looking at Violet''s luxurious apartment. He couldn''t believe that she lived in such a ce.


    ''Make yourselffortable, this is your room,'' Violet said, indicating a door next to the hallway.


    Erik walked through the luxurious apartment until he reached the door Violet had pointed out to him with great anticipation, eager to discover what his new space would be like. He opened the door slowly, revealing the interior.


    The room had a double bed, a desk, air conditioning, and much more than he had even dared to imagine in his wildest dreams. He gaped, speechless, as inside he devoted a kind of thanks to the system.


    If it weren''t for the system, he would be in dire straits. He wouldn''t have been able to register as a hunter, he wouldn''t even have met Violet. Nor would he have the opportunity to live in a good neighborhood or enjoy a room as luxurious as the one he had in front of his eyes. Everything, absolutely everything, he owed to the system.


    "How do you like the room?" asked Violet with a smile.


    "Can I really stay in this room?", Erik asked a little hesitantly.


    "Sure, if you weren''t, I wouldn''t have suggested that you move in with me," Violet said withplete honesty.


    "Come in and drop your things off while I take a bath so we can talk. What are we going to do to deal with the president of the Luminis guild?" she added as she walked away towards her room in the back.


    Watching Violet slowly walk away, he entered the room, scanning his surroundings with an amazed expression on his face. he ced his belongings next to the bed andy down on it, feeling his body sink into the soft mattress, giving his the feeling of being in paradise.


    "Ah~ I''ve never rested on something asfortable as this. I really made a good decision in epting it," Erik eximed with a satisfied expression, reveling in the softness of the mattress and thefort of the bed.


    It''s understandable that Erik would act so childishly. For as long as he can remember, he hasn''t experienced anything like it. He has spent his whole life trying to survive in a world where you never know when a monster might burst through the door and devour you. So it''s only natural that he''s so surprised and amazed to be in a ce a thousand times better than the one he knew before, don''t you think?


    Completely rxed in bed, he opened the rewards window and, as usual, selected ''Confirm''.


    [You have received the following rewards]


    - Five Fenrir Points


    - Random skill


    - Knowledge of swordy


    [You have received five Fenrir Points]


    [You have received the skill: Sharpened Sense]


    [Start of implementation of ''Knowledge of swordy''.... 1%... 2%... 4%...]


    "Well, here we go again..."


    Erik closed his eyes, bracing himself for the pain he was going to suffer when he started implementing sword knowledge in his head. However, unlike what Erik expected, he didn''t feel the sharp pain of the first time, but rather slight twinges in his brain as the knowledge etched itself into his mind.


    Tti-ring


    [Implementationpleted]


    "Phew... good thing it wasn''t as painful as I expected."


    He was quite pleased to note that this time he didn''t have to endure the severe headache he experienced when he was imnted with the spear-wielding knowledge. Although he didn''t know if it was because it was less intense this time, he had no way of finding out.


    ''Well, let''s not think about that now. Let''s better take a look at the description of this new skill.''


    Deciding not to give the matter any more thought, since his head wasn''t hurting that much, Erik proceeded to check the description of the skill he had just acquired.


    [Sharpened Sense]


    Skill type: Passive


    End Energy required to activate: None


    Grants intensified and highly developed perception of all natural senses.


    "This is quite a useful skill."


    Erik was really pleased with the new skill he had acquired. It was excellent, he would even say perfect, considering his senses were already good, but now they were much better than before.


    And at that moment...


    "I still haven''t checked the contents of the Fenrir store..."


    He hadpletely forgotten that when he had risen in rank he had unlocked the Fenrir store, and had yet to take a look at it.


    "I hope it has skills that aren''t system-rted and are quite impressive."


    With great anticipation, Erik opened his status window and went straight to the bottom section, where the ''Fenrir Store'' option was located.


    [Fenrir Shop].


    <strong>Abilities:</strong>


    - Call of the Pack: Allows the user tomunicate telepathically with wolves and other animals in the area.


    - Ice w: Allows the user to freeze objects or enemies by touching them with his hand.


    - Sonic Howl: A powerful howl that can stun or disorient nearby enemies.


    - Bestial Rage: Temporarily increases the user''s strength and speed, turning them into a temporary giant wolf.


    - Shadow Stealth: Allows the user to be invisible and move undetected for a short period of time.


    <strong>Items:</strong>


    - Fang of Fenrir: A giant fang of the beast, imbued with the essence of Fenrir. Can be used as a dagger or amulet of protection.


    - Skin of Fenrir: A cloak made from the skin of the beast, which provides resistance to extreme cold and increases resistance to magical powers and runes.


    - Cor of Dominion: An enchanted ne that grants the wearer partial control over nearby wolves and beasts.


    - Frost Sword: A sword forged from metals of the icy regions, which can freeze enemies with each strike.


    <strong>Mystic Items:</strong>


    - Moon Tear: A gemstone that emanates a silvery light, which can heal wounds and restore magical energy.


    - Wolf Flower: A rare flower that only grows in Fenrir''s presence. Its petals can be used to make potions of protection and strength.


    - Resonance Crystal: A crystal that amplifies the user''s magical abilities when near Fenrir.


    - Skull of Wisdom: A skull carved with ancient runes, which contains the knowledge of runes and increases wisdom.


    - Crown of the Alpha: A crown adorned with ws and wolf pelts, which grants the wearer the respect and loyalty of wild creatures.


    - Lunar Sword of Fenrir: A sword forged with moon metals and blessed by the essence of Fenrir. It has the ability to channel lunar energy to increase its attack power.


    <strong>Note about the Store:</strong> <i>These items and skills are imbued with the power of ''End'' and these are the ones currently avable, more items will be added in the future.</i>


    "Wow, this store is really well organized," Erik eximed as he observed how everything was thoroughly exined. However, he noticed that none of the items had a price. Another thing that caught his attention was that.....


    ''All items are rted to the name of the system'',


    Erik expected something out of the ordinary, like in the novels he had read about systems. However, here everything was linked to the name ''Fenrir''. There was nothing out of the system, like an extraordinary ability or something simr.


    Despite this, he was not disappointed. Everything this store offered was of very good quality and, from what he had read, they were ultimately imbued with the Power of ''End'', which meant that only he could make use of them.


    "Well let''s look at how much this item is worth."


    Erik picked a few of the items to look at how much one of them costs to see if he can buy one.


    [Fenrir Skin]


    Cost: 50 Fenrir Points


    A cloak made from the skin of the beast of the end Fenrir, which provides resistance to extreme cold and increases resistance to magical powers and runes.


    Erik after looking at the price of the cape, closed the window of the store, since he knew that for the moment he didn''t have to buy this cape, because it only had less than thirty Fenrir points. He got out of bed and went to the bathroom to clean himself.


    ....

 Chapter 29: Quiet moment

    <h4>Chapter 29: Quiet moment</h4>


    Erik emerged from the bathroom after a rxing shower, with an expression ofplete satisfaction.


    "Phew... I didn''t expect a shower to feel so good," he eximed as he dried his beautiful white hair.


    And one thing he noticed his eyes were now emerald red. He hadn''t noticed that before. He also noticed that he was now much more handsome than before, but he quickly received a reality check when he remembered that it didn''t matter how handsome he was. If he couldn''t enjoy the most important pleasure for any living being...


    Procreation!!!


    ''Why I was so unlucky to be the Incarnation of the End?''.


    Erik shook his head a little disappointed at not being able to enjoy that supreme pleasure, and opened his status window.


    "Status window."


    [Fenrir System].


    Name: Erik / Age: 20


    Title: Incarnation of the End, Chosen by the legendary beast Fenrir.


    Affiliation: Apocalypse


    ss: None


    Level: 15


    [Abilities]


    Savage regeneration, Curse of enchainment, Sharpened Sense.


    [Stats]


    Strength: 36 | Stamina: 34 | Dexterity: 32 | Vitality: 36 | End Energy: 26


    [Fenrir Points: 27]


    [Fenrir Store (Open)]


    [Missions]


    A smile broke out on Erik''s face as he checked his status in the window. "My stats are rising rapidly, but I feel like I''m reaching a teau," he muttered as he realized that although they had risen in a short time, he now felt like he wasn''t making much progress. He had cleared a low-rank dungeon and had only gone up one level.


    ''Well, it looks like it''s time to upgrade rank, so we can go to mid-rank dungeons.''


    Finishing changing, and closing the status window, he headed to the living room where Violet had already dressed up and was in the kitchen preparing some food. Erik, somewhat embarrassed, sat down on the couch.


    "Meow~"


    The cat, who was dozing cidly on the furniture, sensing an unfamiliar presence approached the newly-housed Erik.


    "Oh, how adorable. Violet, what''s the cat''s name?" asked Erik with a smile, petting the beautiful white cat who purredcently.


    Violet looked up and saw Erik petting the cat with a warm smile. "The cat''s name is Kiara, but be careful, sometimes she bites if you pet her too long," she said in a soft voice, concentrating again on chopping some vegetables.


    "Oh, little Kiara, what a beautiful name you have," Erik said, petting her with a warm smile.


    "Meow~"


    The cat seemed to be enjoying the caresses very much, even getting up on her paws as she meowed contentedly.


    In an instant, the atmosphere in the apartment became cozy. Violet was in the kitchen, wearing a warm smile, while Erik petted Kiara, who seemed to be enjoying herself to the fullest.


    Violet finished cooking and set the table, while Erik, with a smile on his face, continued to pamper Kiara.


    "Erik, the food is ready! Come eat," Violet called from the table.


    Erik stopped petting Kiara, who didn''t seem too happy about being interrupted. "I''m sorry, little one. I have to go eat, but I''ll be backter," he murmured softly as he moved away from the furniture.


    They sat at the table and began to enjoy their meal in silence until Violet decided to break it.


    "What ns do we have for tomorrow, will we do the same as today?" she asked as she took a sip of her juice.


    "Hmm... I had considered that we could go update our ranks, but I don''t know what you think about that," Erik proposed.


    Violet''s expression changed slightly, as she wiped her mouth with a napkin. "Why did you change your mind so quickly? Didn''t you say that if we did that, we would draw the attention of guilds?" she asked in a serious tone, but with confusion evident on her face. She did not understand this sudden change.


    After all, he himself said not to upgrade our rank because we might draw the attention of the Luminis guild, right? In that, he was right, because it was true. But now, he says we have to upgrade our ranks?


    Violet waspletely puzzled. Should, they upgrade the rank, yes or no? Why the sudden change? She didn''t understand.


    Erik didn''t answer right away, he remained silent as he chewed and swallowed daintily, clearly, he was enjoying the food very much. "The reason why you suddenly change your decision is because, as you can realize, those mana stones are almost useless to us now that we moved up in rank. And you noticed it firsthand," he exined, taking a sip of juice.


    "So, you mean to say that these mana stones are useless? And that if we upgrade our ranks, we can go into a mid-rank dungeon and get D-rank mana stones to ascend faster to C-rank, right? " Violetmented, expressing her understanding.


    "Yes, exactly as you say. That''s why I''ve changed my mind. If you notice now, we won''t be prepared enough and besides we have no backup, for obvious reasons," Erik exined, revealing the reason for his regretful change of decision, although the main cause of his change was not that but...


    ''When we upgrade our ranks, we''ll be able to enter mid-rank dungeons and I''ll be able to level up a bit faster.''


    At this point, Erik wasn''t so much worried about the looming problem with the Luminis guild, but rather the level of stagnation, which was his priority at the moment. If he didn''t solve that, he was just left to wait for death toe and knock on his door.


    Violet nodded in agreement with what he said but then asked with narrowed eyes. "So why did you refuse to upgrade our ranks at first?" She wanted to know the real reason. Why didn''t you want to upgrade your rank earlier?


    Erik scratched his cheek a little and answered frankly. "This... the reason I didn''t want to upgrade my rank is because I haven''t been a hunter for a month since I woke up. Upgrading my rank so quickly would draw too much attention and it''s something I want to avoid" It was an undeniable truth, and besides he didn''t expect such a rapid level of stagnation.


    He simply wished to get stronger without attracting too much attention from powerful hunters like Leon and others of whom he didn''t know what their intentions were when they found out how fast he was getting stronger. At the moment, he had no stable support or solid strength, and neither did he want to be subservient to anyone. His nature rejected the idea of being beneath anyone.


    "Hmm, now it makes sense that you didn''t want to upgrade your rank. Then tomorrow we''ll update our rank right?"


    "That''s right, do you have any other ideas in mind? Because so far I''ve made most of the decisions and I feel like I''m... ah, I don''t know how to put it, but you know what I mean?"


    "Yes, I understand what you mean. For now, I have no choice but to listen to you, since you seem to be more rational in this situation than I am."


    "I really have no idea how to deal with this or how to look for a solution, as this is The first time I''ve been faced with something like this," Violet said, shrugging her shoulders.


    She had never experienced anything like this before and didn''t know how to handle it, especially when her enemies were a full guild, with a B-ranked hunter leader.


    So, for the time being, follow Erik''s suggestions, as they seemed to be the best options for the moment and were paying off, as demonstrated by the bag full of E-rank mana stones they had.


    And, as they had nothing more important to discuss, they continued to enjoy the meal and from time to time exchanged words to get to know each other a little better.


    ....


    At the top of the Luminis guild, Alexander was tapping the desk impatiently, his brow furrowed. His son still gave no sign.


    "Is there any news of my son?" he inquired in an icy voice, causing his secretary to shudder.


    "N-No, sir. Still no news of the young master," the secretary replied nervously.


    "Tch..."


    Alexander snorted in annoyance, frowning even more. He had been unable to fall asleep, worried about his son. Now he was sure something had happened to him; He''d checked the socialworks and his son hadn''t logged on since his disappearance.


    ''And no sign of that supposed girlfriend of his either.''


    "Damn..."


    Alexander''s patience was wearing thin. He couldn''t be calm when it came to his son. It had been many hours and still no news.


    What father wouldn''t be worried about his beloved son, especially after more than a day without news from him?


    Alexander spoke earnestly, "Mario..."


    "Yes, my sir," he answered immediately.


    "Spread my order to all guild members. I want them to search for my son all over the city. Anyone who does not cooperate will be eliminated. Also, instruct that they may use any means, including resorting to information, interrogation, or any other method necessary to find him," Alexander expressed with an icy stare and apletely unperturbed voice.


    "My sir, what happens if the hunters'' association intervenes?" inquired Mario in a low voice.


    "I don''t care if they intervene. They focus solely on finding my son, regardless of the means. If he doesn''t show up, hire a hacker to track him down," Alexander replied without hesitation.


    "And if, unfortunately, your son is dead?", Mario asked cautiously.


    "....."


    Alexander remained silent. He didn''t know what he would do if his son was no longer dead, but he was sure he would shake the entire city to find out who was responsible for his death.


    "Don''t ask so many questions, go and ry my order now," he indicated in a calm voice, though his murderous intent emanated from him palpably.


    "Understood, sir!"


    ....


    [Kiara reference]


    [A/N: On the Discord server I will be posting the illustrations of Erik and Violet: https://discord.gg/uXPk9EaHYy]

 Chapter 30: Go to update rank

    <h4>Chapter 30: Go to update rank</h4>


    [A/N: hi here author, sorry for posting a littlete, I am swamped at the moment, and that is making it difficult for me to write, I think the posting schedule will be a little irregr for a few days before it flies again like a few days ago_ Enjoy the Chapter].


    ....


    At 1:20 a.m., Leon was at the Hunters Association. He was descending in an elevator that was taking him to the subway floors of the building while enjoying his cup of coffee.


    The elevator doors opened, revealing a long, poorly lit hallway. Leon walked toward the end of the hallway, taking asional sips of his coffee and keeping quiet.


    He found a disinfection area when he reached the end of the hallway. He finished his coffee, entered the disinfection area and, as part of the protocol, donned a mouthpiece and gloves.


    Afterpleting all these procedures, he entered the door at the end of the corridor and found an exceptionally organizedboratory. Inside, one person waspletely focused on his work, not yet aware of Leon''s arrival. Finally, one of them turned and their eyes met Leon''s.


    "Oh, Mr. Leon, I didn''t realize you had arrived, why didn''t you announce your presence?"


    Hearing the name ''Leon'', the others stopped their chores and turned their attention to him, who was observing everything with a serene expression.


    "No, the mistake was mine for not announcing my arrival. Carry on with what you were doing, I just came to have a look around."


    Leon waved his hand to indicate that the others could continue with their work, since, as he had mentioned, he was only there to inspect.


    Everyone continued with their work, except for one who appeared to be theb leader.


    "So, Mr. Leon, what was the reason for your sudden visit?" asked theb leader as Leon paced the room.


    "I came simply to see if you had discovered anything about the creature I brought you this afternoon," exined Leon.


    "Ah, is that why you came? At the moment, we haven''t found anything. It''s the first time we''vee across something like this," theb chief replied, a little disappointed. However, his expression quickly changed.


    "But what you brought back is unique. This creature possesses no magical power and its DNA ispletely different from that of a Hobgoblin. It''s like it''s something that doesn''t belong in dungeons. It''s been a long time since I''ve encountered something as interesting as this since the dungeons emerged," he added with an expression ofplete excitement as he looked at what appeared to be a Hobgoblin.


    Leon sank into silence for a moment, pondering until he caught a crucial detail. "You mean his DNA is not entirely that of a hobgoblin?" he inquired, sensing the importance of that detail. It is well known that modifying DNA is no simple task.


    Changing DNA is equivalent topletely altering the identity of any organism, be it human, animal, nt, or even monster. Moreover, modifying a creature''s DNA ispletely improbable, unless several prerequisites are met or a system such as Erik''s, which allows for aplete transformation, is avable. Otherwise, is an impossible task.


    That''s why Leon posed the question, aware that altering DNA is not amon thing to do, and even less so in the case of a D-rank boss monster, whose intelligence is low.


    Theb chief exined, "As you have heard, after analyzing a DNA sample, it does notpletely match that of a normal hobgoblin. We still don''t know what caused this." He then handed Leon the test results.


    Leon took the samples and began to check the contents. He soon realized that theb chief was right: the hobgoblin''s DNA waspletely altered, it looked nothing like the DNA a hobgoblin should have.


    ''This is very strange, how did they manage to alter the DNA?''


    Leon could not understand how this transformation had urred in the monster. He only had Erik''s ount and when he entered the dungeon, the monster had alreadypleted its transformation. He needed more information about it.


    ''Things are getting moreplicated. I think big changes areing in the world.''


    Leon sensed that the quiet times were about to end. He handed the evidence to theb chief and headed for the exit.


    "Report immediately if they find anything important."


    "Will do, Mr. Leon!"


    Leon waved goodbye and left theb, as theb chief returned to his chores.


    ...


    A littleter, to be precise, it was 9:30 in the morning and Erik and Violet were about to finish their preparations.


    Violet, after fully absorbing the mana stones, turned her gaze to Erik, who was sitting on the couch with Kiara on top of his head, who had not left his side since their arrival.


    "How was your first night, did you sleep well?" she asked with a slight smile.


    Erik turned his face towards her, showing a small smile. "I slept well, I''ve never rested sofortably before," he answered withplete honesty, as he had had a restful sleep like never before.


    "I''m d you had a good rest," Violet said with a kind smile, getting up from the ground after havingpleted the absorption of the mana stones, although these had not provided her with as much benefit because now her reserves wererger than before.


    Seeing Violet get up from the ground, Erik gently put Kiara down.


    "Meow!"


    The cat meowed in denial, unwilling to part from Erik''s head. Kiara didn''t understand why Erik''s presence conveyed such calmness to her; it felt like they were out in the wild. Moreover, she feltpletely safe next to him.


    "Violet, why is Kiara so attached to me?" asked Erik in confusion. He didn''t understand why Violet''s cat was so clingy, she had even slept next to him. It was as if he had something that attracted her.


    Violet shook her head, not understanding why Kiara was acting that way. If she knew something, she would have mentioned it by now, wouldn''t she?


    "Then we won''t go," she suggested.


    "Sure, let''s go," Erik replied, even though the cat was reluctant to part from him.


    They both left the ce and headed straight for the hunters'' association.


    About half an hourter, they arrived and entered the building without dy. As they approached, they noticed the great agitation that reigned in the city. All the members of the Luminis guild were present in the city, and even several hunters from the rival guilds had disappeared.


    "Why is the city so unruly?" eximed Erik aloud as he waited in line to upgrade his rank.


    Next to him, a man in his mid-twenties spoke up.


    "You don''t know what''s going on?"


    "Indeed, I have no idea. Can you tell me what''s going on?" asked Erik again, as a vague suspicion formed in his mind as he saw the number of Luminis guild members present in the city.


    "You don''t seem to be aware. ording to what he heard, the president of the Luminis guild has a son who has disappeared. That''s the reason why all the guild members are here in the city."


    Hearing this, a shiver ran down Erik''s spine.


    ''Damn!''


    Internally, Erik let out a curse as he realized how quickly the Luminis guild president had begun the search for his son. It had barely been three days since Erik had eliminated those three individuals, and already they were on his quest.


    "Something wrong, buddy?"


    "No, I just didn''t expect the president of the Luminis guild to have a son," Erik lied matter-of-factly.


    After that, an awkward silence settled between the two as they moved down the line. Finally, the man decided to break it.


    "By the way, what rank are you?" he asked.


    "I''m rank E and I''m here to upgrade," Erik replied neutrally. He wasn''t interested in striking up a conversation, he just wanted to keep up with what was going on in the city.


    "Ah, awesome! I''m here to upgrade my rank too," the man dered proudly.


    It''s not an easy thing to move up in rank, especially for most hunters who don''t possess a normal awakening. They are afraid of death, which is understandable, preferring to hunt weaker monsters rather than take their chances with more powerful creatures as they rank up.


    "And you''re upgrading to D rank too?" asked Erik, showing a bit of curiosity.


    "No, I''m upgrading my to rank C," the man replied, puffing out his chest proudly.


    "Oh, rank C! Not bad at all," said Erik, somewhat surprised.


    As the man was about to say something, at that moment all the attention in the ce was focused on a blond-haired man wearing ck sses. He was being followed by a small group of people who were entering the building. He appeared to be the leader and began to approach where Erik was talking to the man.


    "He''sing toward us. What should we do?" the man whispered, visibly nervous as he watched Leon and his group approach.


    "Don''t worry," Erik replied calmly.


    "We meet again."


    ....

 Chapter 31: Proposal

    <h4>Chapter 31: Proposal</h4>


    In one of the rooms of the hunters'' association, were sitting: Erik, Violet, Leon, and some people standing behind Leon with serious expressions.


    Erik frowned, he was clearly in a bad mood at the moment due to the scandal that had urred moments before.


    ...


    "We meet again."


    All attention was focused on Erik upon hearing that brief sentence. Although he was trying to look calm, inside he was cursing Leon with all his might.


    Noticing the small smile on Leon''s face, Erik sighed before replying, "Yes, we meet again, though it hasn''t even been two days."


    Leon nodded with a smile, took off the sses he wore, and looked around. Then, still smiling, he suggested, "Why don''t we find a quieter ce to talk? We seem to be drawing a lot of attention to ourselves here."


    In Erik''s forehead, several veins began to throb. He felt like shouting that all this hubbub was his fault, but decided to keep quiet, knowing it would only make things worse. Instead, he inhaled deeply in an attempt to regain hisposure.


    This simple action only caused Leon''s smile to widen a little more. He had done all of this to see Erik''s reaction, and he was not disappointed.


    "Come with me."


    Leon and the others began to ascend toward the second floor. Erik motioned to Violet, who was watching him from a distance, indicating for her to follow him, as all the people turned their attention to him.


    ...


    Returning to the present moment, Erik let out a sigh, aware that this was not the right time to be in a bad mood. His priority was to find a way to get stronger quickly, given that the entire Luminis guild was looking for the guild president''s son.


    "Why did you call me here? I doubt it''s because of yesterday," he said with more calmness evident in his tone of voice.


    "Show a little respect! You have no idea who''s in front of you," one of the people behind Leon warned.


    Erik shifted his gaze to the people behind Leon, choosing to ignore their words. He turned his attention back to Leon, who was sporting a smile on his face, and repeated his question, "Why did you call me here?"


    "Hey, don''t you hear that you should treat Mr. Leon with respect?" insisted the person behind Leon, clearly annoyed at being ignored. After all, to him, as a follower, it was uneptable for a D-ranked hunter to be talking so casually with Leon, considered the strongest hunter today.


    Erik''s expression turnedpletely grim as he saw the guy behind Leon interrupting again. Right now, he wasn''t in the mood to put up with all this crap. He had too much on his mind to deal with this.


    Just by observing his attitude, Erikbeled him as one of the most annoying guys there could be: someone who blindly admired another.


    "Hey, you fucking pet! Shut up, I''m not talking to you!" Erik spoke coldly, his eyes emanating an icy, dangerous re, fixed on the person behind Leon, who shuddered under that gaze.


    The man behind Leon recoiled unconsciously as they exchanged nces, but quickly realized what had happened.


    ''I... a follower of the strongest hunter, being afraid of a D-ranked hunter.''


    Magical power began to emerge from his body as he realized that he was afraid of a mere D-ranked hunter. He couldn''t believe he had taken a step back just hearing those words.


    Erik turned his gaze back to Leon, who was watching all of this with an amused smile. However, he was a bit surprised to see how his subordinate backed up a bit, considering that his subordinate was a B-ranked hunter.


    ''Interesting...''


    Violet, who was standing next to Erik, was quite surprised. It was the first time she had seen him act that way. In fact, she kind of liked that domineering attitude, since he usually seemed calm most of the time.


    ''But why is he so upset, could it be that something happened and I didn''t notice?''


    "Leon, why did you call me here?" Erik repeated again. His patience was reaching its limit. He needed to go to a dungeon to level up soon, as it wouldn''t be long before the Luminis guild would start looking for him.


    He didn''t want to be caught off guard, especially after drawing so much attention today because of Leon, who had spoken to him in front of all the hunters present at the time. He could smell for miles how annoying he would be when he left this ce.


    Hearing the question again, Leon stared in silence, until he let out a sigh. He spoke calmly, "The reason I called you was to make you a proposal."


    "What kind of proposal?" asked Erik, now a little calmer.


    "Well, the idea I have is that you join my group. I will provide you with 20 A-rank mana stones so you can advance to that rank. This also applies to you, little mage. Also, thepensation will be quite generous. "


    The people around Leon werepletely shocked by what they had just heard. They hadn''t expected him to make such an offer to simple hunters who were only D-ranked.


    Erik kept silent as Violet''s eyes widened like saucers. With those 10 A-rank mana stones, she could move up from B-rank, and she would no longer have to worry about the Luminis guild trying to kill her because she was in the group of the strongest hunters in the world.


    But in Erik''s case, those mana stones would be of no use to him. As is well known, he does not possess magical power, but End Energy. Moreover, his very existence rejects the idea of being subordinate to anyone.


    "I''m sorry, but I can''t ept your proposal," Erik said after a moment''s thought.


    This caused everyone in the room to bepletely shocked. They didn''t expect a D-ranked hunter to reject the offer, from the strongest man in the world!


    After an awkward silence filled the room, Leon spoke up.


    "May I ask the reason you turned down my proposal?"


    "Hmm, the reason I turned it down is because I don''t like being subordinate to someone," Erik answered withplete honesty. As mentioned before, his entire being? No, his entire existence rejects the idea of being beneath someone.


    "Really... you turned down my proposal just because of that?"


    "Yes."


    Nadia in the room couldn''t believe that was the reason for turning down the proposal, especially Leon, who seemed the most shocked. She expected any excuse, but not this one, even though she knew he wasn''t lying.


    "Phew... I really didn''t expect to be rejected like this."


    "But instead of joining our group, why don''t we consider a future alliance?" suggested Erik in all seriousness.


    "Are you serious?"


    Erik simply nodded.


    "Puff-Hahahahahahahahahahahaha..."


    Leon startedughing out loud, making the whole ce vibrate with hisughter. After a while, he stoppedughing.


    "It''s been a while since I''veughed like that. Tell me, how do you know that to form an alliance, both parties must be on equal footing? What can you offer me, the strongest hunter in the world?"


    "Hmm, at the moment I can offer you nothing. As you see, I am much weaker than you and have nothing to offer..."


    "But that''s just for now. In the future, it will bepletely different."


    Leon snorted. "How can you be so sure of that?"


    "You didn''t see it with your own eyes. I''ve been a hunter for less than a week and I''m already upgrading my rank."


    ''This is all down to the system, though,'' he thought to himself.


    Leon kept silent because Erik was absolutely right. It hadn''t even been a month since he woke up as a hunter and it was likely that he would be moving up in rank soon, given the rapid growth he was experiencing at the moment.


    "Well, let''s say we ept the alliance, what do you need from me?" asked Leon.


    "Indeed, I want you to help me just once and provide me with ten A-rank mana stones," Erik replied.


    "What kind of help do you need? Mana stones aren''t hard toe by," Leon pointed out.


    Violet, who was listening quietly, was already getting a rough idea of what Erik was nning.


    "I can''t tell you at this time. So what do you say, are you willing to invest in our future alliance?" suggested Erik.


    Leon sank into silence again. With this alliance, he had nothing to lose, and considering the extraordinary talent Erik had demonstrated, it didn''t seem like a bad idea to ept it. Given the current circumstances, an alliance with him was not a bad choice.


    "Well, I ept the alliance, what do you need my help for?" concluded Leon.


    Erik shed a smile as he saw that everything had gone ording to n. "As you know, the president of the Luminis guild is looking for his son, right?"


    "Yes, I know, and what does that have to do with you?" asked Leon.


    "I was the one who killed his son," Erik stated bluntly, getting straight to the point.


    "Ahh... Now I get it," Leon understood everything. That was why Erik had asked him for help earlier.


    Since Erik currentlycked the strength to take on the Luminis guild, he took the opportunity to get some temporary support, something that would help him stand up to that guild. And what better help than that of the strongest hunter in the world? With him by his side, he would not die and he would also take off a great weight that was affecting him.


    "All right, I''ll help you. After all, we made an alliance. I hope to count on you in the future," Leon said with a smile, as he was feeling quite stressed about the whole situation in general.


    What better way to release some tension than by defeating a guild, right?


    "I''ll call you when I need your help. They still don''t know it was me who killed the guild president''s son," Erik said as he stood up and wrote down Violet''s hunting address for them to send the mana stones.


    Besides, the reason why he killed the son of the president of the Luminis guild is quite simple, and it was because if he left him alive he was going to have problems with that guild anyway.


    Because Alexander loves his son very much, and obviously he would believe his son that even unknown.


    "See youter."


    With that said, Erik and Violet left the room, leaving Leon and hispany alone.


    ....

 Chapter 32: Problems are coming

    <h4>Chapter 32: Problems areing</h4>


    Sensing that Erik had left the building, Leon stretched out his arms, and an amused smile bloomed on his face. "Now things are going to get interesting," he eximed, aware that not too long before the whole city was even more rowdy than it is now. He would not be a spectator as in the past.


    One of the people in the room did not understand why their leader epted the alliance with a D-ranked hunter. "Leader, why did you ept the alliance with that hunter?" he asked respectfully. He wanted to understand the benefit his leader saw in this, as with a simple nce there seemed to be nothing to gain.


    Leon looked up and met the face of his subordinate, Irine. "My dear Irine, do you want to know why I epted an alliance with him?"


    Irine attended, her cheeks slightly flushed by the way he called out to her.


    However, contrary to what she had expected, Leon simply shed a mysterious little smile. "By the way, n, I noticed you recoiled a bit when Erik spoke to you."


    Irine, seeing how he changed the subject, decided not to insist any further. She knew very well that Leon would not give her an answer, no matter how many times she repeated the same question.


    For his part, n was biting his lips in frustration as he remembered how he felt afraid of a simple D-ranked hunter. He is a B-ranked hunter! Why should he be afraid of a D-ranked hunter? And to make matters worse, he backed down from a D-ranked hunter in front of the people he respects the most in this world.


    Leon looked at him a little disappointed at the way he reacted moments before. Just because Erik spoke to him casually. Although I knew that he was not a bad person, he had a big problem: He admired him too much as if he were a divine entity.


    That kind of admiration is not good for him or for anyone else, since he could find himself with a guy much stronger than Erik and irrational, capable of killing him in the blink of an eye because of his attitude. Therefore, he decided not to intervene when Erik spoke to him so coldly.


    ''Well, Erik is a special case just with his aura he pushed back a B-ranked hunter.''


    ''With that guy, I''m never bored''.


    Leon looked at Erik as a friend, which he doesn''t have, because ever since he became the ''Strongest'' everyone came to him with one or two intentions. But, Erik despite knowing who he is didn''t change the way he talks to him.


    "Irine,e and warm myp" spoke Leon with a small smile, he was now in a good mood, he looked at Irine whose face waspletely flushed.


    Irine, her facepletely flushed, settled into Leon''sp. She closed her eyes and rested her head on his chest, listening to Leon''s soft heartbeat.


    ....


    "My sir... My sir... My sir..."


    Alexander, who was contemting the scenery through the window with a ss of whiskey in hand, turned his attention back to Mario, who hurriedly entered his office. "What''s going on, why are you interrupting like this?" he said calmly, his eyes returning to the view outside.


    Mario kept a brief silence and took a breath of air. He was not a hunter, but an ordinary person. After inhaling deeply, he spoke, "My sir, we have found clues of the young master."


    Alexander waspletely frozen. He turned slowly looking Mario straight in the eye. His voice trembled as he spoke, "Are there any clues to my son?"


    "That''s right, sir. The hacker we contacted provided us with the address where the young master was headed. We''ve already sent a group to investigate the location."


    "Where did my son go?"


    Mario adjusted his sses well. He began to read the report sent to him. "ording to the hacker, the young master went to a dungeon in thepany of his girlfriend Cristina, along with other unknown people: Erik, Violet, and David."


    Alexander''s expression slowly turned to apletely cold one, as the pressure of the ce increased. He already had a rough idea of why there was no trace of his son anywhere. Furthermore what little hope he harbored that his son was alive vanishedpletely after hearing this.


    "Tell me, are these three also alive or have they disappeared like my son?" he inquired in an icy voice that made Mario shiver.


    A cold sweat began to fall, down Mario''s forehead and back. He swallowed saliva with difficulty, feeling his legs turn to jelly under the relentless pressure of a B-rank hunter. For a normal person like him, it was to be admired that he wasn''t on his knees with the pressure in the room.


    Mario struggled with determination and willpower to articte his words under the pressure he was experiencing. With a strained tone, he managed tomunicate, "Sir, no... there is no news of David, but there is news of Erik and Violet. The day the young master disappeared, they sold numerous mana stones."


    Crack!!!


    The huge window behind Alexander crackedpletely because the pressure suddenly increased.


    "Heuk!"


    Under the crushing pressure, Mario was unable to stand and his body copsed to the ground, struggling to breathe.


    Alexander''s expression turnedpletely dark, while the aura his body was giving off was distorting everything around him.


    "Mario... transmit my order to all the members of the group. I want them to cause a great genocide throughout the city as an attribute to my son."


    "No matter if they are hunters or not, I also want them to cause copses in the dungeons belonging to our guild."


    "And bring those two individuals to me so that I can kill them with my own hands and make them feel hell," Alexander dered in a grave and serene voice. Then, he stood up and left the ce with apletely somber expression.


    Thus, he left Mario alone in the office, struggling for breath and drenched in sweat.


    ....


    At the front of a mid-ranking dungeon, Erik and Violet were handing in their hunter cards, to be checked to see if they were D-ranked hunters.


    Violet, who was waiting for them to finish checking their cards, had something that had been bothering her since they left the association. "Erik, would you mind if I asked you a question?"


    Erik, who was deep in thought, turned his attention to Violet and calmly replied, "Of course, go ahead."


    After a brief moment of silence, Violet asked her question, "Why did you decide to turn down Leon''s proposal to join their group? Wouldn''t it be more convenient for us to join them?"


    Erik took his moment before responding. "Well, the reason I turned down your offer is the same reason I mentioned at the time. As for us joining, to me, it seemed somewhat restrictive, as if we were chaining ourselves together."


    Plus the very idea of being tied down made him ufortable, it''s as if his entire existence felt threatened. He ns to repay this favor to Leon in the future to be free of everything. That''s why he asked for an alliance with Leon, to cope with the current situation.


    "I understand... so, in short, you don''t like the idea of being subordinate to someone," Violetmented, assimting the reason behind the rejection of the proposal. Still, she did not regret the decision, as she had secured a much more valuable alliance.


    "Exactly."


    "Here are your cards."


    Erik and Violet took the cards, and entered the dungeon, knowing nothing that when they came out they would find the city inplete ''Chaos'' something that had never happened in the city since the dungeons first appeared.


    ....


    Once they entered the dungeon they found a huge desert and a strong sun that seemed to burn you alive.


    Violet without much dy created an ice umbre to be cooler since the heat was quite strong.


    Erik, on the other hand, opened the information window, to look at the contents of the daily mission.


    Tti-ring


    [Daily mission: Clear the dungeon and hunt monsters!]


    Objective: Clear a rank D dungeon and eliminate monsters.


    Dungeon - Rank D, 1 time: iplete (0/1)


    Monsters - Rank D, 10 times: iplete (0/10)


    Boss Monsters - Rank C, 1 time: iplete (0/1)


    ? Warning 1: If you don''tplete the daily mission, you will be in negative status for one week.


    ? Warning 2: If you do notplete the daily quests, you will be sent to a random dungeon area for 4 hours.


    After closing the information window, Erik turns his gaze to Violet, who is carrying an icy umbre, diverts his attention to his surroundings and then gazes out at the vast desert that seems to stretch on endlessly.


    "Well, as expected in a mid-ranking dungeon" he mutters to himself, taking in the magnitude of what is before his eyes. He realizes that one slip-up could cost him his life. Before that happens, his eyes begin to subtly sh and Erik''s vision goes ck and white.


    Noticing that there are no monsters nearby, Erik returns his gaze to Violet and calmly says, "Let''s move on. There don''t seem to be any monsters nearby."


    And so they set off into the vast wilderness.


    ....

 Chapter 33: Desolate desert [1]

    <h4>Chapter 33: Deste desert [1]</h4>


    With the sun reaching its highest point in this scorching desert, where there was not a glimpse of shadows to rest in, Erik and Violet could be seen changing quietly. ncing at their surroundings from time to time, looking for signs of any monsters.


    Since they began to walk through the dungeon, they had not encountered any life since they entered, and began to walk around the ce.


    Violet watched Erik, who seemed unaffected by the scorching sun in the dungeon at the moment. "Don''t you feel hot?"


    Erik looked at her, responding a bit puzzled. "No, I don''t feel hot. Are you overdoing it to the point of wasting your magical power on an umbre?"


    A puzzled expression appeared on Violet''s face. She couldn''t believe what she had just heard. How was it possible that Erik wasn''t feeling the heat? If it weren''t for the umbre she had conjured up, she was sure would be crawling exhausted across the hot sand.


    "You really don''t feel heat?"


    Erik shook his head. To really, the heat wasn''t affecting him at all, and he preferred not to feel hot because that was the worst thing in the world that could happen.


    ''Howe there are people who like summer?''


    That was the season Erik hated the most. Imagine being sweaty and sticky all day, and the nights were hell if you didn''t have air conditioning or a fan; you got to sleep practically naked. But the only good thing about summer is going to the beach or pool because you can see beautiful women in bathing suits.


    At that moment, as they were deep in thought, the sand began to vibrate slightly. They both stopped immediately, to check if it was really vibrating.


    "Did you feel that?" asked Erik, to make sure it was just him who felt the slight vibration.


    Violet attended, confirming that she also felt the slight vibration. In an instant, her face took on an absolute seriousness as she began to conjure her spell.


    At the same time, Erik hastily coated his spear with the End Energy, preparing for the monster''s imminent emergence.


    RUMBLE!!!


    The ground began to shake violently, giving way to an imposing shadow that slowly emerged, revealing the figure of a giant scorpion with a wingspan of about three meters.


    Erik was not going to wait for the monster to fully emerge. He lunged towards it, thus preventing the situation from bing even moreplicated.


    Without looking away from the monster, Erik spoke earnestly. "Violet, try to restrain its movements."


    Violet, who was already prepared, didn''t take long to conjure the spell. "[Crista''s cial Chain]"


    Several chains of ice began to appear beneath the huge scorpion, restricting its mobility.


    "KIRRRR!!!"


    The huge scorpion was just a loud angry scream, feeling restricted by Violet''s spell.


    ''Perfecto....''


    Watching how the monster was being restrained, Erik concentrated much of his strength on his legs. He lunged with even more speed, which raised arge cloud of dust. In less than ten seconds, he was on top of the scorpion that was struggling to free itself from the restraints.


    Arching his body back, Erik took a deep breath, transferring all his strength into his arms, causing them to swell and the veins to bulge. He swung his spear with all the strength gathered in his arms.


    The spear descended with such speed that the human eye would not be able to see anything but a thin white line, which was the manifestation of the End Energy that was impregnated in the weapon.


    CRACK!!!!!


    A loud crack echoed loudly in the deste desert as the spear made contact with the scorpion''s hard shell, Causing the monsters miles away to be alert.


    "Shit..." Erik let out a curse as his hands felt numb from the attack heunched.


    Although he used all his physical strength in the attack, he only seeded in cracking the scorpion''s shell. In short, the scorpion had not received any damage. Rather, the attack only made it irritated.


    As he fell on top of the scorpion''s body, Erik frowned. He could not believe that the attack, in which he had used all his physical strength, hadnded squarely on the scorpion''s shell. Which is the toughest and hardest part of the monster.


    "Fuck, why am I so unlucky?" eximed Erik in frustration. He wanted tounch another attack right away, but he had spent too much on the attack in the previous attack and his hands were cramped.


    ''Well... let''s try this fire I had earlier,'' Erik thought as he concentrated on his hands, summoning the ''mes of Helheim'' he had gotten as a reward when he rose through the ranks.


    A ck fire with purple hues began to manifest in his palm, emanating an intense cold. Erik stopped covering the spear with End Energy and began to coat it with the ''mes of Helheim''.


    The whole process took no more than forty seconds. Watching as the spear was enveloped in the dark fire with purple hues and now emitted a cold aura, Erik prepared to strike again and finish off the scorpion. But just before he could do so...


    His senses warned him to turn back, and as he did, he saw a stinger just inches from his eyes. He could even make out the drop of venom on the tip of the stinger.


    With amazing reaction speed, Erik managed to arch his body backward, moving a few inches away from the stinger. In that small space, he ced the spear in front of him.


    ng!


    The sound of shing metal echoed through the air as the stinger made contact with the spear, sending Erik flying due to the force of the scorpion''s attack until hended next to Violet.


    Erik sat up, dusting off the dust that had umted on his shirt. He looked at Violet who was still restraining the scorpion.


    "Violet, deactivate the spell. Don''t expend any more magic power."


    Violet let transfer magic power to the spell, letting out a small sigh of exhaustion. She had used more magic power than she had thought. She looked at Erik, whose spear was now engulfed in a dark fire with purple hues.


    "What do we do now?" she asked, preparing to begin the next spell.


    Erik held Violet''s gaze for a moment, then turned his attention back to the scorpion, whose stinger tip was frozen. He spoke calmly.


    "Hmm, prepare to cast a spell in unprotected space," he indicated, pointing to the vulnerable area.


    Violet assisted by understanding Erik''s indication. She began preparing her next spell and continued, "How do you n to limit his movements? I can''t hold two spells at once."


    Erik didn''t immediately respond, he simply sketched a smile as he let the End Energy flow from his core, coursing through his veins all the way to his hands.


    "[Curse of the Chaining]" eximed Erik with a grin, noting how half of his reserves were depleted with just this one ability.


    Instantly, a series of portals opened around the scorpion, from which chains began to emerge.


    Ching! Ching! Ching! Ching! Ching!


    The chains that emerged from the numerous portals quickly surrounded the scorpion.


    "KIIIIIIIIIIIIRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!"


    The scorpion let out a scream that echoed throughout the deste desert.


    Violet watched all of this in awe, marveling at the portals and chains that restrained the scorpion.


    Besides, she didn''t remember seeing this ability when Erik had employed it against the huge spider in the dungeons where David and his group had betrayed them.


    ''What is it? I don''t sense any trace of magical power in it?'', she thought to herself.


    "Violet, don''t lose focus," Erik reminded her, snapping her out of her thoughts. She shook her head to concentrate on conjuring her spell. In front of her, a magic circle appeared, from which a huge ice tip emerged.


    "[Ice Crystal Tip]," Violet eximed.


    The ice tip shot out swiftly, generating friction in its trajectory towards the scorpion struggling to free itself from Erik''s ability.


    Boom!


    "KIIIIIRRRR...."


    Arge cloud of dust rose up as the spell contacted the scorpion, followed by a loud piercing scream.


    Therge cloud of dust began to slowly disappear, revealing the lifeless scorpion. A small path of green blood was created in the sand beneath the scorpion''s corpse.


    Tti-ring


    [You have defeated a Rank D Titan Scorpion]


    [Monsters - rank D, 10 times; iplete (1/10)]


    Erik quickly scanned the notification on the screen and realized that they had defeated the huge scorpion. He turned his gaze to Violet, who was wiping the dust from the confrontation from her face.


    "Shall we continue or would we rather rest for a bit?" he asked.


    "Let''s keep going. I don''t think I can take this heat for long," Violet said, creating a new ice umbre before heading toward the monster to extract the mana stone.


    Erik headed towards the monster as well. As they extracted the mana stone, Violet asked, "What was that about the chains you used earlier?"


    Erik didn''t answer, just gave a small smile and continued dissecting the monster.


    Receiving no answer, Violet decided to change the question. "What about that fire that enveloped your spear?"


    But once again, Erik didn''t answer, keeping the same smile. Seeing this, Violet decided not to ask anymore, knowing she would get no answer.


    ....

 Chapter 34: Desolate desert [2]

    <h4>Chapter 34: Deste desert [2]</h4>


    After two hours of walking through the deste desert, they had managed to visualize something that looked like an oasis, but they were unsure if it was one. As is well known, deserts often generate mirages, optical illusions caused by the refraction of light that produce distorted images of distant objects or the sky.


    In addition, before reaching this point, on their way, they encountered various types of monsters from vultures to giant ants mutated due to the environment. However, none of these monsters were as difficult for them as the Titan scorpion they encountered first. Well, it wasn''t as hard for them because these monsters were not as tough as the scorpion.


    And Erik had gone up three levels, he was now at level eighteen.


    To verify that the oasis he was seeing was natural, Erik concentrated on his eyes began to glow slightly and his entire vision turned ck and white. It was then that he confirmed that the oasis was not a mirage, but his eyes caught something else...


    ''What a vile dungeon...''


    ''I didn''t expect the boss monster to be hiding in that ce.''


    After confirming the authenticity of the oasis, Erik sensed the ''Soul'' of a monster, perfectly hidden, waiting for the perfect moment to attack when they were vulnerable.


    ''Good thing I have these eyes'' Erik thought with relief. If it wasn''t for these eyes, of which he had no idea what they were for or how to use them properly. Plus hecked any kind of information about them.


    Looking away from the monster''s ''Soul'', Erik speaks calmly, "The oasis is real."


    Violet arched an eyebrow as if he was misheard. "How can you be sure it''s not a mirage?" she asked, as she didn''t understand how he could be so sure of her words.


    Erik turned his gaze to Violet and pointed to her eyes which were still glinting slightly. He said with a small smile, "I know, thanks to my eyes."


    As she came into contact with those eyes, Violet visibly shivered, her expression turned pale as if she had seen a ghost, and a cold sweat began to run down her back and even her breathing became erratic.


    Several question marks began to appear above Erik''s head. He didn''t understand why Violet reacted like that...


    ''Maybe there''s a monster in the back.''


    He spun quickly to dodge whatever attack was thrown at him, but to his surprise, there were no monsters behind him, only sand and dust. Seeing nothing behind him, his expression became confused.


    ''If there are no monsters, why did he get like that?''


    Erik, now he was getting more and more confused. He didn''t understand why Violet reacted like that, as his vision returned to normal again.


    And the moment his vision returned to normal...


    "Gasp... gasp... gasp... gasp..." The air returned to Violet''s lungs in agitated gasps as she dropped to her knees on the sand, her beautiful face drenched in sweat.


    Erik, visibly concerned, rushed to her. "What happened, why did your expression suddenly change, what did you see?"


    Violet couldn''t answer right away, as she didn''t have the breath to say anything. After a while, she tried to formte a word and opened her mouth to say something. "....."


    There were not enough words to exin what she had just experienced. What Violet felt when she exchanged nces with Erik was something unspeakable: death! Not a death that involved a cycle of reincarnation, but true extinction.


    So why Violet''s intense reaction? The answer was simple: it was not herself, but her soul, that felt threatened by Erik''s gaze.


    And why was Violet''s soul so unsettled when it met Erik''s eyes? The reason was obvious: Erik''s eyes are VERY special, as his name indicated, they were the "Eyes of the End". That was why Violet paled because her soul sensed the impending "End".


    A minute passed and Erik helped Violet to sit up again. Violet inhaled deeply, feeling her lungs fill with air again.


    "Phew... let''s continue," Violet said, trying to sound calmer, even though her hand was still shaking.


    Seeing this, Erik quickly thought of a way to change the ufortable atmosphere he had formed and said. "Violet cast that spell you used against the small goblin vige."


    Violet looked at Erik with a confused expression, not understanding why he told her that and asked. "Why do you want me to destroy the oasis?"


    "Cast the spell and you''ll realize why I''m telling you" Erik replied with a smile, as he didn''t want to say that he had seen the boss monster''s soul with his eyes because he was afraid that Violet would remember again what she had just experienced.


    Violet hesitated for a second, but decided to listen to him, knowing that, even if she didn''t know him well, Erik was not one to lie about such things. He closed his eyes, raised his wand, and began to gather the circting mana from around him, quickly transforming it into magical power. As he opened his eyes, they glowed brightly.


    Then, he began to conjure the spell he had used against the small goblin vige. His wand, unlike before, began to emit a strong glow as a huge magical circle began to form over the oasis,pletely blue with shades of white.


    When the magic circle was finished forming, Violet''s face broke into a wide smile, because she really liked this spell. She exims excitedly. "[Star cier]"


    Swoosh!!!


    From the huge magic circle in the sky a huge ice boulder began to emerge that seemed to be bigger than the one that was thrown against the goblins, creating a gigantic shadow that covered the entire oasis.


    The huge ice rock began to descend from the sky like a meteorite, creating friction in the air due to itsrge size, and the speed it was descending. The boss monster that was perfectly hidden in the oasis, feeling threatened, came out of hiding, revealing its appearance: a huge ck scorpion of four meters, emanating an aura so heavy that even Erik and Violet, despite being far from the oasis, felt it.


    Violet saw the huge ck scorpion, now she understood why Erik told her to cast this spell, now she had a doubt in her head, how did she know that in the oasis there was a monstrous, but she decided not to ask about them.


    The huge ck scorpion instead of running as the goblins did, prepared to face him, when the huge ice rock was only a few meters away from the oasis, all that could be seen was a huge chunk of ice, making the scorpion look tiny.


    Being only a few inches away from impact, the scorpion''s sting moved at an incredible speed releasing venom, and...


    BOOOOOOOOOMMMM!!!!!


    A thunderous sound echoed in the deste desert as the huge ice rock made contact with the oasis, raising a huge cloud of dust, sand, and ice all over the ce.


    RUMBLE!!!!


    After the rumble came a strong tremor that shook the whole ground, once again alerting all the monsters that were hiding at that moment.


    Swoosh!!


    Then, a strong breeze swept away all the dust that covered the ce, exposing the state of the oasis, which no longer existed, there was only a huge crater.


    From the huge crater, something began to move slowly... and it was the ck scorpion that had survived Violet''s spell, but it waspletely destroyed, its pincers were a mess, the sting with which it attacked the huge ice rock was gone, and it lost several legs.


    Despite all the damage, it had survived!


    "He really managed to survive that?" eximed Erik in surprise. But now was no time to be surprised.


    Without thinking twice, Erikunched himself at full speed towards the monster, because he didn''t know if the monster had any regenerative powers. When he reached the edge of the crater, he took a giant leap, and in the air, he covered the spear with End Energy...


    Boom!


    Another explosion was heard in the deste desert, but not as loud as the previous one, but on a smaller scale, raising a small cloud of dust, which quickly dissipated, revealing Erik on top of the huge ck scorpion.


    Tti-ring


    [You have defeated a Rank C ck Scorpion].


    [Boss monster - Rank C, 1 time: Complete (1/1)]


    [You have gained experience]


    [Your level has increased by one]


    [All your stats have increased]


    [Your level has increased by one]


    [All your stats have increased]


    Tti-ring


    [You havepleted the daily mission: ''Clear the dungeon and hunt monsters!]


    [The rewards have arrived forpleting the daily quest: ''Clear the dungeon and hunt monsters!'']


    [Would you like to confirm?] (Y/N)


    Looking at all the gathered windows grouped together, Erik just nced over and closed them all. He let out a sigh. "Phew... unless we finish it quickly or else it''d be a pain in the ass to deal with" he muttered, pulling the spear out of the monster''s head, and reached in to pull out the mana stone.


    ....


    Once Erik extracted the mana stone, he handed it to Violet to absorb. After he did so, he was almost nothing away from ascending to rank C. And since he had previously absorbed the rank D mana stones he had, there was no way he could ascend at this time.


    With the dungeon boss defeated, they made their way towards the exit. Once outside...


    "What the hell happened!"


    ....

 Chapter 35: Chaos in the city [1]

    <h4>Chapter 35: Chaos in the city [1]</h4>


    "What the hell happened!"


    Erik eximed with eyes wide as saucers, as he looked at the chaos all over the ce.


    "AHHHHHH!!! HELP!!!"


    They turned their attention to the loud cry for help. Watched as a man was screaming for his life, as a monster opened its huge maw.


    "HELP I DON''T WANT MO...."


    The man didn''t finish his sentence before the monster bit them in half, and their organs and blood fell to the ground. And the monster continued on its way in search of its next meal.


    Violet looked at Erik, trembling heavily as she pointed to the remains of the man and as she was about to say something a guttural sound. "Buahhh...", escaped her lips throwing up everything she had for breakfast. This unpleasant noise attracted the monster''s attention.


    Erik sees the monster heading towards them. "Tch! Shit, I''ll have to spend my Fenrir points" he clicked his tongue in annoyance at having to spend his points, which are not easy to get.


    From a single nce, it could be seen that Violet was now in no condition to fight because it was the first time she experienced a monster devouring a human.


    Opening his status window, Erik decides to spend all his Fenrir Points on his stats, because now just by looking at her, she is inplete chaos.


    [You have spent 27 Fenrir Points in ''Statistics'']


    [Stats]


    Strength: 55 | Endurance: 48 | Dexterity: 47 | Vitality: 50 | End Energy: 39


    After exhausting all of his Fenrir Points, Erik felt his strength and energy suddenly increase, which brought a wide grin to his face.


    "Ah~ This one feels really good..." eximed Erik with a big smile. He grabbed the spear and covered it with End Energy, concentrated his strength on his legs, causing the ground to crack into a spider web shape, and lunged toward the monster with determination.


    "Krirkrirk!!!"


    Seeing Erik rapidly approaching, the monster raised its gigantic hand andunched an attack to crush him.


    However, to the monster''s surprise, Erik zigzagged, leaving it a bit bewildered by the speed with which he moved and dodged the attack...


    Boom!


    A small cloud of dust rose up, as the monster attacked.


    "Krirkrkrkrkrirk!!!"


    The monster shed a smile as it saw no movement in the dust cloud, but that smile quickly changed when...


    Swoosh!


    From the middle of the dust cloud, Erik emergedpletely unharmed, quickly climbing up the monster''s hand and heading towards the monster''s head, while his eyes glowed slightly.


    "Krikrikrikrikrikrirk...!!!?"


    The monster with an annoyed expression attacks with his strength on his forearm where Erik quickly climbs.


    Seeing how a shadow of a hand was rapidly approaching, Erik gathered more strength in his legs, and in the blink of an eye, he appeared in front of the monster who had a surprised expression.


    "Die..." eximed Erik with a big smile. He thrusts the spear into the monster''s head, which begins to slowly fall backward with a big hole in front of it.


    Boom!


    The monster''s body fell heavily on the street. Now with the monster defeated, Erik had a full view of the current state of the city.


    "What the hell happened in such a short time" eximed Erik, looking at how the whole city had changed in just a few hours.


    The current state of the city to put it in a few words was ''Chaos'' The streets were full of monsters, and blood and organs were flowing down the gutters like water. You could also see children, adults, pregnant women, the elderly, and lifeless hunters all over the ce.


    Erik looked at this with apletely neutral expression, he didn''t feel any kind of emotions looking at all this, but feltpletelyfortable looking at all the chaos. He had the same feeling as when he arrived at the area where the undead skeletons were.


    ''Could this be because of my affiliation?'' thought Erik, recognizing that perhaps he had something to do with it. After all, the apocalypse went hand in hand with destruction and chaos.


    ''But what a strange feeling...''


    ''But now I can say with certainty, I have no attachment to humans.''


    After witnessing all this, Erik came to the conclusion that he was no longer affected by anything to do with humans as before. He turned his gaze to the back, where Violet had not yet fully recovered. He looked down, drew the sword from his inventory, made a sh at the monster''s heart, and extracted the mana stone.


    "Well... I just hope Kiara is okay," Erik muttered as he descended from the monster and approached Violet, who was getting up.


    Standing beside her, Erik asked softly, "Are you okay?"


    Violet looked up and met Erik''s worried expression, which brought a faint smile to her face. Seeing Erik''s concern for herforted her.


    Once Violet was fully incorporated, she inhaled deeply and asked, "So what now, what''s our next step?"


    Erik was silent for a moment, pondering what they should do next. "I think it would be best to try to reach out to the association, for rather obvious reasons," he said, turning his gaze toward the city inplete chaos.


    After all, the hunters'' association was the safest ce, for there was the world''s strongest hunter and his team.


    "I agree. Besides, we''re close to the association," Violet stated, aware that it was the safest ce at the moment.


    "Then let''s go ahead."


    They both headed towards the hunters'' association, avoiding the areas with the greatest presence of monsters.


    ....


    After walking for quite a while, carefully avoiding the most powerful monsters they encountered on their way.


    "Seriously, this ce is untouched" eximed Violet, looking at the association building which waspletely intact. She looked back and saw the city in shambles.


    Erik nodded in response and suggested, "We should go inside." He walked towards the entrance of the association with determination.


    Once inside the building, they were met with a melee of people, both hunters and civilians. Most of the civilians appeared to be crying, while the hunters bore serious injuries, a testament to their brave stand against the monsters.


    One of the hunters shared his anguish: "I saw how my mother was devoured by one of those monsters, right in front of my eyes."


    Another added in frustration, "Why the hell is the Luminis guild attacking anything that moves?"


    Amidst the cries of the civilians, someone desperately asked, "Please, can someone calm the baby down? I''m trying to rest."


    And finally, another hunter swore angrily, "Damn...just wait, damn you Luminis guild members, I''ll hunt you down until the end of the world."


    Erik and Violet passing through the crowd heard everything from babies crying, to people cursing with apletely crazed expression at the loss of a family member to the monsters in the city.


    Erik, listening to what the people were talking about, got a rough idea of what happened in the city. That it was all caused by the Luminis guild, but there was something he didn''t understand.


    ''How was it that they made the city be like this so fast? How did so many monsters appear?''


    That was the only thing Erik didn''t understand: how they had made so many monsters in the city. He averted his gaze to the stairs leading up to the second floor and saw Adrian, Leon''s subordinate, gesturing for him toe up.


    Erik, looking at Violet who was a bit puzzled by all the noise on the second floor, grabbed her hand and headed towards Adrian.


    When they entered the room where Leon and his group were. They werepletely calm looking at the city inplete chaos from the window, sensing Adrian''s entrance, they turned their attention to him who was entering with Erik and Violet.


    Erik as if nothing had happened, sat down on one of the pieces of furniture, and next to him sat Violet who was a little nervous being present of so many strong people.


    "Where were you? We couldn''t find you anywhere in the city" Leon spoke without looking away from the window.


    "Well I was, in a dungeon" answered Erik, as he leaned back on the furniture.


    Leon continued asking, "Were you surprised when you came out of the dungeon?"


    "A little, I didn''t expect the city that a few hours ago would be inplete chaos."


    "One question, why is the buildingpletely unharmed?"


    Leon answered matter-of-factly. "Because there is a powerful barrier that can only be destroyed by an S-rank monster."


    "Wow, that''s pretty impressive, now I understand why the building is intact."


    "It is impressive isn''t it?"


    "Yeah pretty impressive."


    The others in the room were with shocked expressions still not used to seeing a D-ranked hunter casually talking to the world''s strongest hunter as if they were some sort of friends.


    "By the way, you''re close to promotion to C rank, right?" asked Leon.


    Erik showed a surprised expression, he said, "How did you know?"


    "Well it was thanks to your partner that I was able toe to that conclusion" replied Leon. Without giving much detail about it.


    Irine''s eyes widened when she heard this information. They hadn''t even been there a day since they updated their ranks.


    Ignoring the surprised looks, Erik asked seriously.


    "All talk aside what happened to the city to get it to this state?"


    ....

 Chapter 36: Chaos in the city [2]

    <h4>Chapter 36: Chaos in the city [2]</h4>


    "All talk aside, what happened to the city to bring it to this state?"


    With just those words the atmosphere in the room changedpletely, even people could be heard swallowing dry saliva. Everyone turned their gazes to Leon waiting for what kind of reaction he would have because Leon''s subordinates had been avoiding this topic.


    Leon looked away from the window, staring at Erik who was waiting for some kind of response. This action caused the tension in the air to rise, causing Violet and the others in the room to start sweating, except for Erik who kept his gaze fixed on Leon.


    "So, will you answer my question?" Erik asked.


    "..."


    Adrian, Violet, and Leon''s other subordinates were dumbfounded. I couldn''t believe what I was hearing and seeing, this man was speaking so disrespectfully to Leon the strongest hunter in the world. Leon doesn''t care much about how Erik talks to him though.


    However, how is it that he is not able to read the tense atmosphere in the ce?


    ''Is he wishing for death?''


    ''Can''t he see that Leon is not in the mood?''


    They were looking at Erik withplicated expressions, they didn''t know if he was stupid or very brave, because of the very disrespectful way he was talking.


    "Okay. I''ll tell you what happened to make the citye to this state" He said. Very different from what everyone expected, Leon acted calmly.


    "Hey, really? So much silence and tension for nothing?"


    "Seriously, Leon, why did you stay silent for so long?"


    Adrian and Irine thought that with all the silence and tension in the ce, Leon was going to do something 100%. But they didn''t expect this reaction from him.


    He ignored what his two subordinates said. Crossing his legs, Leon looked back towards the city with a cold expression on his face, he said, "Well this is all due to the Luminis guild....."


    This all started about fifteen minutes after Erik and Violet entered the dungeon. The Luminis guild members were desperately searching for Erik and Violet. But they found no trace of them in the city.


    Luminis Guild.


    Brrrrr!


    Alexander frowned as his phone rang again. His phone was still ringing loudly as if he was pestering its owner to take the call. As he listened to the ringing over and over again, the veins popped out of his forehead.


    ''Seriously. They won''t get tired of calling!''


    Because of the chaos, the guild members were causing due to the order he himself had given.


    Alexander Belmonte''s blood pressure was so high at the moment that he felt the need to go to the hospital right now. The culprit was the barrage of calls that hade in this short period of time. When his phone started ringing again, he thought it was an emergency, but...


    "They must be journalists or some presidents of those little guilds."


    When all the chaos broke out in the city because of the deaths that the guild members were causing. all these calls are the small price he has to put up with, just to make an attribute to his son. When he felt his phone stop ringing he thought it had stopped ringing. However...


    Brrrrrr!


    His phone rang again, Alexander frowned more, he looked at his phone and it was an unknown number. Seeing that it was an unknown number he decided to answer the call because he thought the caller was Leon.


    - Mr. Alexander, all the preparations have been made.


    "I''m sorry Mr. Leon but I have nothing to do with what is happening in the city."


    - Mr. Alexander, are you listening to me?


    The person who spoke on the phone was one of his subordinates who called to inform him that everything was ready. Making him realize that he was not talking to Leon.


    "Cough... cough... can you repeat that I wasn''t listening".


    - What I said Mr. Alexander, is that all the preparations are finished. We are just waiting for you to give us the order.


    A big evil smile was drawn on his face, now everything was ready to turn the city into hell. Alexander took a breath, he said: "Start with the n".


    - Yes sir!


    Alexander ended the call with a big smile, this callpletely changed the bad mood he had a few moments ago. Getting up from his desk, he went to the rooftop to watch the spectacle that was about to happen.


    Standing on top of the rooftop, he lit a cigarette, and exhaled the smoke from the cigarette, while the breeze gently hit his face.


    "Now... you will feel what I felt, losing my beloved son" Alexander murmured with a lifeless expression.


    Once he finished, muttering those words...


    BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!


    Several explosions began to sound sessively, all over the city, creating a greatmotion in the civilians and hunters that were in the streets. Following the explosions, monsters of all kinds began to appear in the city.


    "KYAAAAAA!!!! HELP...."


    "Kugh..."


    "Please somebody help me!"


    "RUN! THEY''RE OVERRUNNING THE CITY!!!"


    "Mom! Mommy...."


    "Call the hunters association fast!!!!"


    The city turned intoplete chaos, in less than five minutes. With the appearance of the monsters, both normal people and hunters, began to die, staining the streets with their blood, and organs.


    And the monsters were having a great feast, with all the hunters and normal people who were running scared, hoping to survive this whole case that was guing the city.


    Watching as people ran scared, and died at the hands of the monsters. Listening to the sounds of desperate voices echoing in the air a twisted smile appeared on Alexander''s lips. "Now you feel all the suffering I went through when I realized my son was dead."


    Alexander at this point didn''t care about anything that happened to him. He had lost everything that mattered to him, which was his beloved son who was the only thing his wife had left him. But now that his son was no longer in this world, he no longer cared about anything.


    ''It won''t be long before the bastards who killed my son are going to keep herpany.''


    Spreading his arms in the shape of a cross, Alexander looked up at the sky with a lifeless expression, as drops began to fall from the sky. Alexander, with tears in his eyes, cried out: "Look at my dear son who is in the sky! I made you an attribute with the deaths of thousands of people in this city! You can rest in peace now!"


    ck clouds began to gather in the sky as if they were forecasting a strong storm toe. However, not a single drop fell from the clouds. They were being loaded with silver lightning that crackled loudly in the sky, illuminating the city for a moment. And suddenly...


    KRACK!!!


    A huge silver lightning bolt fell in the middle of the city, alerting all living beings nearby. The lightning also killed all the monsters that were in the center of the city.


    Focusing his gaze on where the silver lightning had struck, Alexander was able to visualize that there was not a single monster in the middle of the city. They had all been wiped out by the powerful lightning strike, but...


    ''A silver lightning bolt...'', feeling that lightning had struck before. He just couldn''t remember where or when he had seen it. Alexander felt that lightning bolt extremely familiar. Not being able to recognize it he didn''t give it a second thought.


    Brrrrr!


    Feeling his phone ring again, he took the call.


    - Sir, it was all a sess.


    "Yes that I saw was quite a show. And what did you call me for?"


    - Sir, we called you to ask what we should do now, that we finished with what you ordered.


    "Hmm,e back all to prepare us. As you know not dyed the strongest hunter in the world wille knocking on our door and not in a nice way."


    - Yes sir, we will return immediately.


    Cutting the call, Alexander just a long sigh. Now came the mostplicated and difficult part, which was to face Leon and his group.


    "Well, no matter how strong a Lion is, he won''t be able to defeat an entire guild" Alexander snorted. Because he waspletely sure that Leon was not capable of taking down his entire guild.


    Leon is strong?


    Of course, he is!


    Alexander had no doubt about that. Because it''s true, and no one in the world would deny that. But no matter how strong an individual is he will never be able to defeat an entire guild made up entirely of B and C rank hunters.


    So he was sure he could defeat Leon. With heavy losses, but that doesn''t matter to him, he can recruit new hunters.


    However, Alexander did not know how wrong he was with that thought, that he was in short underestimating the strongest hunter today. And that thought would cost him dearly.


    Shortly after the lightning struck, Leon appeared apanied by Irine checking to see if any monsters had managed to survive.


    "Really, you couldn''t hold back at least a little!"


    "But, I held back quite a bit" He replied. Why he really did hold back, if he had used a little more strength he probably would have wiped out much of the middle of the city.


    That''s how strong Leon was. Not for nothing does he have the title of the strongest hunter, if he wasn''t able to do something like this.


    "Then, let''s go I don''t feel anything alive nearby" suggested Leon after expanding his senses.


    Irine assisted, secondster there was no trace of them being in that ce a few moments ago.


    ....

 Chapter 37: Chaos in the city [3]

    <h4>Chapter 37: Chaos in the city [3]</h4>


    Because of all the above events, that is why the city is currently in such a chaotic state. The only safe ce for normal people and pre-hunters is the association, where it is presently.


    Having finished listening to everything, Erik asked, the one he didn''t understand. "There''s something I don''t understand, why bring the city this state? It wasn''t me who killed your son. With the power you have, it''s easy to find me."


    "Well...if we knew that I would have told you the reason wouldn''t I?"


    Leon chuckled lightly, shrugging his shoulder. The question didn''t make any sense. If they knew, he would have told them. That''s why heughed, he had no idea why the Luminis guild president had done that.


    Erik realizing how stupid his question had been, decided to change it to one that was a better one.


    "Why didn''t you do anything against the Luminis guild?" He asked. Well, the only question he had at the moment.


    Why didn''t he do anything? Knowing that the Luminis guild was the one that caused everything that was happening in the city why stand by, and watch everyone die?


    That was what Erik didn''t understand right now. Why hadn''t he done anything to move and wipe out the guild at once?


    ''Why didn''t you do anything'' Violet, Adrian, Irine, and the others were interested in Leon''s answer, for they didn''t understand the reason either.


    "I didn''t do anything because it wasn''t my problem" Leon replied.


    "Are you serious, Leon!"


    "Thousands of people died, Leon! The reason you didn''t do anything, is because it wasn''t your FUCKING problem!"


    "You''re the strongest hunter there is in this fucking world! You shouldn''t have to go save all those people!"


    Adrian and Irine burst out. They couldn''t believe this thousands of innocent people had died Thousands! and he did nothing Why wasn''t this his problem?


    "It seems you two are misunderstanding wrong" Leon interrupted them before they continued. He understood them though, why they blew up like that. It was quite obvious that they were affected by all the deaths of innocent people, especially all the children who died.


    Could more lives have been saved when the explosions urred?


    Of course, he could have!


    Why didn''t he?


    As he answered this was not his problem. You can call him whatever you want, monster, heartless man, or many other names, but he is not the type to solve other people''s problems.


    ''Every action has a reaction...''


    Snapping out of his thoughts, Leon continued, "Being the strongest hunter doesn''t mean I''m a Hero..."


    "But..."


    "And if I were in trouble what would happen, would they help me?" asked Leon.


    "...."


    Adrian and Irine had no answer, biting their lips in frustration. Why would anyone but them help him, why would the strongest hunter need to? That''s seriously what most people would think.


    In this silence, Leon confirmed that he was right. Being the strongest, they would not help him unless they asked for something in return. After all, nothing in this world is free.


    After that, there was an ufortable silence, and most of them wanted to leave the room. Until this ufortable silence was broken by Erik:


    "Then whose problem is it?"


    Everyone looked at Erik, but not as surprised as before, I had seen him talking casually with Leon, and as he was asking questions at the wrong time, this hardly surprised them anymore.


    "This problem is yours" Leon pointed at him.


    "Mine?" Erik pointed at himself. why was this his problem?


    "Yes, your problem."


    "And why is it my problem?" he asked confused. Well, Erik didn''t understand.


    "Well, it is your problem if we connect the dots. The Luminis guild was looking for the guild president''s son, something no one knew until today, 2. You said you killed the Luminis guild president''s son," said Leon.


    Since with that, it is easy to deduce why the president of the Luminis guild reacted. In short, Alejandro Belmonte is a father who is filled with hatred for the death of his son, and wants the city to experience what he felt when his son died.


    "So it''s because of me that the city is in chaos" Erik muttered. He now realized that by killing the son of the Luminis guild president, he had indirectly caused the destruction of the city.


    ''So, this is cause and effect'' Erik chuckled internally at this thought.


    ''Looks like I''m making a name for my affiliation.''


    Putting those thoughts aside, Erik looked at Leon with a cold expression, he said, "Leon, now I need your help."


    The corners of Leon''s lips widened. "But keep in mind that I will only help you one time," He said.


    "Yes, I know it''s only one time, and the help is for you to take care of the guild president."


    Leon assisted with a smile. Now it was finally time to loosen up a bit, he had been sitting still for too long. Well, because nothing like this had been happening either.


    "You guys, are you going to apany me?" asked Leon, looking at his subordinates.


    "Of course, I''ll apany you to the end of the world!"


    "Of course, we will apany you."


    "Mr. Leon, we will not stay behind to take care of the people if there is an infiltrator."


    Adrian, n, and Irine decided to go with Leon, while the other two decided to stay. Because it was very likely that there would be some infiltrator from the Luminis guild mixed in the crowd.


    "Well then we''re leaving," said Leon getting up and ready to leave for the Luminis guild.


    "Wait..." Erik spoke up.


    "What?"


    "You can give me a rank C mana stone for my partner," Erik said. Remembering that Violet was just short of being promoted to rank C.


    "Sure no problem," Leon said, he looked at one of his subordinates. He understood the message and went to get the mana stone.


    Erik looked at Violet who had not said a word since they arrived and asked, "Violet, are youing with us or will you stay?"


    Violet snapped out of her thoughts but didn''t answer right away. She was hesitant to go with them or not, she felt she was going to be a burden on them, but she didn''t want to stay either. She wanted to go with them, but the negative thoughts were putting her in doubt. She closed her eyes to organize all her thoughts.


    She opened her eyes, and now she had a determined look, because she also had some guilt, since she was also present when Erik killed the son of the Luminis guild president.


    "I''ll go too!" She said with determination.


    This made a small smile appear on Erik''s face, he liked that kind of attitude. Something he didn''t have before if it wasn''t for the system.


    Momentster, in came one of Leon''s subordinates, with the mana stone, Erik slipped the mana stone to Violet so she could absorb it and he could move up in rank.


    ....


    Rooftop of the Luminis guild.


    Alexander was fully equipped waiting for the arrival of the enemies but after half an hour no one had appeared to attack his guild where everything was fully equipped.


    But he felt something strange after having turned the city into chaos, no one hade, not even the guild. Alexander thought that after everything started he woulde looking for his head.


    However, it didn''t happen, two hours had passed and no one had shown up.


    ''Could it be that they are dealing with the monsters?'' That could be the reason why he hadn''te to attack him, but he wasn''tpletely sure about that.


    "Is there any movement?" he asked.


    - No sir there has been no movement. Everyone is in their respective guilds fighting the monsters.


    Uno de los subordinados que apareci¨® de nada informo y volvi¨® a desaparece nuevamente,o si nunca hubiera estado en primer lugar.


    Alexander continuo contemndo ciudad destruida, con una peque?a sonrisa en su rostro. pero, unos de sus subordinados apareci¨® con una expresi¨®n p¨¢lida.


    "What happened..."


    - My sir... Leon is on his way apanied by five more people.


    "What? And what happened to the rest of the squad?"


    - My sir, they died and only I managed to get out alive... but I think Leon left me alive on purpose.


    "Shit... "Alexander just cursed. Now came the hardest part, but not impossible, because he had used his best equipment, and the guild members were equipped with very good items. Alexander took a deep breath, he shouted, "Get ready now!"


    At that moment the clouds began to be charged with silver lightning producing loud sounds in the sky. Alexander began to get a bad feeling from this as it was the same lightning bolts that had struck the middle of the city.


    As he was looking up. Suddenly, he felt a powerful aura that made him visibly shiver, Alexander quickly turned to where the powerful aura came from. And soon after, six individuals appeared out of the shadows.


    They were: Leon, Erik, Violet, Irine, n and Adrian. Alexander''s expression darkenedpletely when he saw Leon who had a small smile on his face and was pointing upwards.


    Alexander looked up, and the clouds were fully charged with silver lightning. At this instant, he remembered why these rays were so familiar to him. .... He gritted his teeth and began to be covered inpletely ck energy with red tones and.....


    KRACK!!!


    .....

 Chapter 38: Chaos in the city [4]

    <h4>Chapter 38: Chaos in the city [4]</h4>


    "Wow! Leon how much power did you use in that attack," Erik asked in surprise. Witnessing the powerful attack Leon.


    Leon let out a smallugh. "I used a little bit of just to wee."


    ''That was just to wee?'' Erik couldn''t have been more surprised. One powerful attack, just to wee? Then how would it be if he used all his power? Erik couldn''t help but imagine Leon using his full power, how much damage could he cause?


    "Well, now what do we do, do we attack, or do we wait for it toe to us?" asked Erik. It was his first time doing something like this and he had no idea what to do, to attack or not to attack. He had no idea what he was supposed to do.


    "Let''s wait for it toe..."


    "LION BE DAMNED!"


    Leon couldn''t finish answering when the loud hate-filled scream of Alexander, who had half of his face burned, and his eyes bloodshot, was heard. It seems that Leon''s weing attack hurt him quite badly.


    A big smile began to form on Leon''s lips as he looked at the state Alexander was in after receiving his little attack.


    Alexander''s face distorted in pure rage. If he hadn''t managed to protect himself in time, there would most likely be some limbs.


    "Damn it!" Alexander let out a curse, as his expression crumpled even more. This attack had done a lot of damage to the guild members inside the building. He could feel that several had died because they were unprepared for this attack.


    Taking a deep breath, Alexander shouted in fury, "Listen everyone! Come out and finish those bastards! Whoever doesn''t, will die at my hands!"


    Erik, Leon, Violet, Adrian, and Irine began to hear footsteps, getting louder and closer. Slowly, they could make out fully armed hunters running towards them with determination in their eyes.


    Leon cracked his knuckles, preparing for the impending battle. The others also stood on guard, ready for the confrontation that was about to begin.


    Erik was fully prepared. He decided not to use his End Energy, as he thought doing so mightplicate things.


    "HAAAAA!"


    "Well, time to have some fun," said Leon dodging an attack.


    The fight started after some of the Luminis guild members attacked.


    Ba-gahk!


    "Kuh-huhk!"


    "Kugh!"


    "Huek!"


    The hunters had charged towards Leon to give him at least a scratch, but he had flown away lifeless with a single hit. This development frightened everyone. In the next instant, Leon disappeared from where he was.


    "Aaaahh!!!"


    "Shit run... Aaahhh!"


    Screams began to ring out all over the ce, as blood began to paint the air and the ground. Leon was wreaking havoc with all these hunters, with an amused grin on his face, killing hunters like ants.


    "Looks like our leader is having fun."


    "Well, that''s to be expected, it''s not every day there are fights like this."


    "So, we started it too!"


    Adrian and Irine ran towards the bewildered hunters. Seeing how they were all dying at the hands of Leon who hadn''t even voted a drop of sweat after killing more than ten of hispanions just using his fists.


    "Uh? What''s that..."


    "It looks like drops..."


    "And why are there drops... but it doesn''t look like rain."


    The hunters of the Luminis guild, were very confused when it started in the middle of the battle water drops started to appear, but they were not falling. They began to get a bad feeling about this, but before they could do anything...


    "Kuh-huhk!"


    "Kugh!"


    "Huek!"


    "Shit why do we have to...!"


    Cries of pain began to echo through the air. As the water droplets began to attack at a speed three times faster than a bullet creating small explosions, piercing the heads of all hunters.


    Lion who was about to break a hunter''s neck. When he felt the familiar energy he looked back, he saw that Adrian and Irine had also started attacking the Luminis guild members. ''So they''re having fun too...''


    "Please... don''t kill me yet I don''t want to..."


    Crack!


    Leon snapped the hunter''s neck without him being able to finish his plea and threw the lifeless body to the ground, he looked up where Alexander was. Leon was already starting to get bored after killing so many C and B-rank hunters.


    "Hmm... Violet, what do we do, do we join them or stay put?" asked Erik, looking at Violet. He didn''t know what to do, as Leon, Adrian, and Irine were finishing off the enemies like a piece of cake.


    ''It seems that Leon''s subordinates are quite strong,'' thought Erik.


    "No, don''t do anything, just stand still. If you join in, you''ll just be a burden," n said, watching hisrades beat down the enemies.


    "And why didn''t you join them?" asked Erik.


    "Because there is no need for me to join them," replied n.


    Erik narrowed his eyes, he felt that wasn''t the reason why he didn''t join the battle, could it be that he was afraid?


    Erik shook his head trying to get the thought out of his head. He didn''t think some of the people following Leon were afraid.


    ....


    Alexander who was watching his guild members die at the hands of Leon and his subordinates, as if it was a piece of cake.


    "Damn! I didn''t expect them to be so powerful, and Leon hasn''t even used his magic power!"


    He hadpletely underestimated Leon. He thought that if he attacked in quantity he could at least leave him badly wounded so he could deal him the final blow. If he was using his guild members as pipe fodder so that he could weaken Leon, it was his strategy, though it now seemed insufficient.


    "Shadows appear" Alexander spoke and five people appeared at his side.


    - My sir called us.


    "That''s right, I have summoned you to carry out a coordinated attack," replied Alexander.


    - But, my lord, if we do so, the guild members will also perish due to the magnitude of the attack.


    "Are you contradicting my words?"


    - No, my sir!


    "Then, do as Imand, don''t make me dish it out!" said Alexander neutrally, as he began to unleash all of his magical power.


    The five people also unleash their magical abilities. The environment began to distort due to the magical power, the pieces of debris defied gravity, as did their hair.


    But gradually, space returned to its normal state, as the magical power concentrated in front of Alexander.


    Leon, sensing the immense concentration of magical power on the rooftop of the building, smiled.


    "This is what I''ve been waiting for. I was getting bored already," he eximed.


    And everyone present began to feel an overwhelming concentration of magical energy on the rooftop of the Luminis guild building, which made the expressions of the guild members be even more somber.


    Adrian and Irine positioned themselves in front of Erik and Violet. Irine created a dome of water to shield herself from an impending attack.


    Alexander''s expression turned grave as he sensed the immense buildup of magical energy right in front of him. He stretched his arms forward and his hands began to move. The magical power began to spin rapidly and became more and morepressed.


    Once the magical power waspletelypressed, Alexander activated his ability, and all that energy turned into a sphere of ck energy, the size of a tennis ball, spinning at high speed.


    Alexander pointed the ck energy sphere towards Leon with a big smile on his face waiting for him tounch his attack. Taking a deep breath Alexander shouted: "[Abyssal Sphere]"


    Boom! Boom! Boom!


    The ck energy sphere shot out with great speed creating explosions consecutively, while its size was increasing destroying nearby buildings.


    "Run, or we will die..."


    The guild members were about to start running for their lives, but it was toote....


    BOOOOOOOOMMM!!!


    A huge explosion shook the entire city. Scaring and alerting all the monsters that were feasting on the people who didn''t manage to hide or get to the guild building.


    "Gasp...gasp...gasp...gasp..... I don''t think he came out of that attack unscathed, no matter how powerful he is it''s impossible for him to remain untouched" said Alexander between groans he had used all his magical power and that of his five subordinates.


    All that power was equivalent to the attack of a boss monster of rank A. That''s why he believed that Leon would note out unscathed to its powerful attack, there was no one in this world that could resist that attack.


    Well, so he believed, and he couldn''t have been more wrong with that thought.


    As the dense cloud of dust that had arisen due to the attack slowly dissipated, the first thing that was revealed was a huge crater, where if you looked closely you could see some limbs, such as arms, legs, some heads.


    Alexander when visualizing those limbs, a big smile drawn on his face, he couldn''t stand to let out a loudugh, "HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"


    "Not even the strongest hunter would survive that!"


    Alexander was now very happy. Not only had he given his beloved son an attribute, but he had also managed to kill the strongest hunter!


    But, he stillcked something to bepletely satisfied...


    "Alone, I need to find the hunters who killed my beloved son."


    The dense cloud of dust dissipatedpletely revealing, and with this Alexander''s big smile waspletely wiped away...


    In the middle of the deep crater was Leon with his shirt off, butpletely unharmed, his body covered in silver lightning.


    ....

 Chapter 39: Chaos in the city [5]

    <h4>Chapter 39: Chaos in the city [5]</h4>


    "As... as... as... as... as... as...."


    Alexander was inplete disbelief, he was trying his hardest to deny what his eyes were witnessing. He didn''t want to ept the fact that Leon was unharmed after receiving his attack where he used all his power!


    He wanted to deny this, that everything he was seeing was a product of his exhaustion or anything that would make him believe that what he was seeing was not real.


    Alexander couldn''t ept that his whole attack only destroyed Leon''s shirt, but all that until...


    Leon disappeared in the blink of an eye, only leaving a small trail of silver lightning from where he was.


    Alexander opens his eyes like a te and instantly turns backward, thinking that he would be attacked from behind or that''s what he expected, but...


    "No this!"


    As he turned back there was no one there and this confused him he was absolutely sure that he was going to be attacked from behind. But, he was wrong about this thought. Alexander in that brief moment looked up slowly, and...


    "Hello~"


    Ba-gahk!


    "Puaj...."


    Alexander, who had looked in a second towards above, had received a lion punch full in the stomach. In the next instant, Alexander crashed heavily to the ground.


    BOOM!


    All this had happened so fast that Alexander lost consciousness for a second, while his body was destroying several floors, shaking the whole building that was pretty much destroyed by Lion''s first attack.


    Alexander stood up, holding his stomach. He did not expect such an attack from above, he felt that Leon held back a lot in his attack.


    Now he realized how wrong he was about Leon. Now he understood why he was the strongest hunter in the world. But it was toote to start thinking useless thoughts.


    The guild members who had remained in the building, their expressions turnedpletely dark, seeing their president in such a state.


    "The president... is losing."


    "Now we arepletely finished..."


    "We just have to wait for our death..."


    A bitter expression appeared on Alexander''s face as he listened to what his guild members were saying. ''Because they are not wrong''


    Looking up, There was Leon with a smile as if he was happy that he hadn''t died from his attack.


    Which was correct, Leon was happy. "I thought I was going to die with just that attack, good thing I wasn''t disappointed."


    Alexander began to gather strength in his legs, with the little magic power he had gathered he activated his [Abysmal Protection] skill and his body began to cover itself with a ck mass that looked like armor.


    boom!


    He took a leap and in an instant he was back on the rooftop, in front of Leon.


    "Oh, you still have mana left after that attack" spoke Leon cracking his knuckles again, he covered them with silver lightning. And started throwing fists in the air creating small explosions. He also didn''t activate any of his abilities because he didn''t see the need, against someone like Alexander.


    "Well, I''m not guild president for nothing," Alexander said and in his hand, a sword of pure darkness began to form in his hand, and his head was covered by a case ofplete darkness.


    The corners of Leon''s lips drew up. He had been waiting for quite a while, to have a fight, though he wasn''t at the level for it to get serious, but he wasn''t going toin either


    "Well, let''s get started" At that moment, Leon disappeared from where he was.


    Ba-gahk!


    "Kuh-hunk!" Alexander shouted as he flew off. Leon had hit him mercilessly with his fist. Alexander felt that if it had not been for the armor he would have died and his body crashed into a building.


    boom!


    "Huh, huh-uhk! Shit, I couldn''t even see his attack" Alexander was being that his whole body was screaming in pain, he had taken too much damage in a very short period of time. His body hadn''t had time to rx.


    He had received, a direct bolt of lightning, a full-on punch, and now that mighty fist that if it weren''t for his armor made with his skill he would have died.


    Leon was surprised. This man had survived three of his blows even though he didn''t use all his strength, but he wasn''t gentle with him either.


    Alexander stood up again and jumped towards Leon quickly. Heunched abo of quick shes.


    But these were easily dodged by Leon and then kicked him before he could react.


    Alexander managed to stand up quickly, but Leon was already in front of him taking himpletely off guard and unable to do anything.


    Ba-gahk!


    The lightning-covered fist flew towards Alexander''s face, which was covered by the helmet. But the attack didn''t end there...


    Ba-gahk! Ba-gahk!


    His blows turned Alexander''s armor and helmet into a mess. When there was no armor blood began to paint the air, Alexander felt like dying at this moment.


    He wasn''t withstanding all the rain of blow he was taking full on, without even getting a chance to cover himself.


    ....


    "Looks like, we didn''t have to do anything" Erikmented, watching as Leon confronted Alexander the president of the Luminis guild. He hadn''t done anything, he didn''t even have to move or anything like that.


    He thought he was going to have a fight against multiple people to exhaustion, but he absolutely did nothing. All he did was watch from a distance as it all unfolded, though he wasn''t going toin about that either.


    That same thought was also on Violet''s mind, she had taken the courage toe to this ce and fill her hands with blood, but now she saw that she wasn''t going to need it.


    "Well, we are not done yet, we have to finish with the remaining members" spoke n. He hadn''t done anything either, he also wanted to join the battle, but he knew he would only get in the way because most of the hunters that came out were of B and C rank.


    n was only at rank B, unlike Adrian and Irine who were at higher ranks than him.


    Irine had heard what n said. Quickly in front of a huge magic circle appeared. In front of the magic circle, a huge Water Dragon began to form. She eximed: "[Supreme Water Draconid]"


    Out of the magic circle came a huge dragon, which rose to the skies at an incredible speed. Being the highest in the sky, the dragon began to descend like a missile, in the direction of the Luminis guild building.


    As if time had stopped everyone was watching from miles away, and at that moment the whole city was silent watching the huge dragon descend. Even Leon stopped hitting Alexander to watch as Irine''s spell contacted the building, and...


    BOOOOOOMMMM!!!


    Another huge explosion resounded in the city, this time scaring all the monsters that began to run to the outskirts of the city.


    The Luminis guild building waspletely destroyed after receiving two such powerful attacks in a row, leaving only argeke that soon after turnedpletely red and several limbs and lifeless bodies began to surface.


    "Well, with this we no longer have to worry about a rat escaping," Irene said with a satisfied smile as she felt that none of them managed to escape her attack.


    Erik witnessing all this realized that he was still too weak, in his current state he would never be able to do something like this. Besides, he thought, how much magic power did he use in this attack?


    He felt that this attack was about three times or four times more powerful than Leon''s attack. Although he said that he hadn''t used much strength. But this was still surprising.


    ''Wow, I didn''t expect Irine to be so powerful'' Erik was now very curious about what rank Irine is in. But he had a rough idea of what rank she was in.


    And to get those curiosities out he approached Viole and he asked softly: "Violet, what rank is that woman in?"


    Snapping out of her thoughts Violet replied, "I don''t know what rank she is in."


    "Really."


    Violet nodded her head in agreement. Knowing this Erik decided not to make a big deal out of it because if he gets into research and stuff he would simply have a powerful woman on his ass and he has a lot of things he has to deal with, like system missions.


    Looking up, Erik saw that Leon had grabbed Alexander by the neck and seemed to be unconscious.


    Leon was looking at Alexander with a neutral expression. He had resisted quite a bit, all of his blows even though he was holding back, but that didn''t detract from it.


    ''Looks like you were a good punching bag.''


    As he had already released much of the stress he had umted. He began to squeeze Alexander''s neck hard to end his life.


    Alexander regained consciousness as he felt he was running out of air, he began to struggle to free himself from Leon''s grip by throwing punches to his face, but it didn''t even take effect, his face was changing color as he couldn''t breathe properly until...


    Crack!


    When Leon broke his neck, he threw his body like something useless into theke and walked towards the others with a calmer expression. He had been able to release all the stress he had umted with all the problems that had urred this month.


    ....


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