Kane went to the dungeon earlier than the set time because he wanted to circulate his mana and try to make his core bigger. According to an article that he read on the internet, some mana users had the ability to make their core bigger—especially those who had abilities that required higher mana consumption.
He sat behind a rock and sat in a lotus position. With his eyes closed, he tracked the mana circulating his body and guided its flow so that it would pass through all his mana channels. He could feel the contradictory coolness of the mana that made him feel warm within.
He had a hard time trying to keep the flow going. But with persistence, Kane finally finished guiding his mana flow all throughout his body at least once. When he was about to try again, he heard Mila’s voice coming towards the entrance of the dungeon.
“I’m a little late from the call time, but why is there no one here?”
Kane opened his eyes and stood up.
As they go deeper into the forest, the stronger the pack that they encountered. They all had the chance to test how effective their abilities were when it came to teamwork and individual strength. Kane realized that maybe he was just a big fish in a small pond, or maybe he was afraid of the monster within him and he was unconsciously restraining himself. No matter what his reason could be, it would not erase the fact that his performance was unsatisfactory by his own standards. He was able to defeat the wolves, but he had to exert more effort compared to when he killed the assassins sent for him. “Is this the last pack?” One of the rookies asked when he saw another pack surrounding them. In front of the pack was a wolf bigger than the others and it had a moon sign on its forehead. Kane concluded that the bigger wolf must be the alpha and the others along with it were all stronger than those wolves that they hunted before. “Be careful of the alpha wolf
“The next dungeon would be a graveyard,” Cyrus announced as soon as all of them arrived at the dungeon entrance.The rookies looked at each other with wide eyes. They were about to enter a graveyard dungeon but they seemed to be excited instead of being afraid. They were about to face the undead instead of the normal monsters, how could they be excited?Mila signaled that they would enter the dungeon so the rookies followed as soon as she entered. They were all silent when it was suddenly dark as soon as they were inside. The moon shone bright and its light reflected on the granite gravestones.“This is creepy…” One of the rookies mumbled as they all looked around.As if on cue, the ground started shaking and the gravestones cracked. The shaking ground caused the pavement to crack open and the undead started coming out of their graves.Kane thought that the undead would look like normal human beings or maybe zombies b
It had been days since Kane’s death and Erin found herself in front of her friend’s apartment. She sighed when she realized that they needed to clear up Kane’s things because the apartment owner decided to rent it to someone else after knowing that Kane died.“Are you here to help me with the clean-up?” Xander asked as soon as he arrived. “I managed to convince the Vasquez family and they let me do the clean-up of Kane’s belongings.”Erin nodded her head. Though it had been days, Erin could not still get over the fact that Kane had died. He was not someone too strong, but she trusted that Kane would be able to protect himself since he became an S-Class.But it seemed like Kane dreaded being an S-Class too much that she did not use her S-class ability to protect himself. Was his anger much more valuable than his life?“Let’s get this over with.” Xander took out the key to Kane’s apartm
“Why are you smirking?” Ms. Perez asked with her brows furrowed. “You already knew about these chimpanzee monsters hanging around here, right? You had an amazing sense.”“I won’t call this amazing though,” Kane mumbled as he prepared himself. The chimpanzee monsters were cunning. He was sure that those monsters would not attack them directly. Rather, they would lure in different monsters to tire them out first. He looked at the side and realized that his intuition was right.He did not know how the chimpanzees did it, but the panther hiding behind the tree showed themselves which gave the chimpanzees a chance to escape.“Those monsters were sly, aren’t they?” Ms. Perez asked. She nodded at the other rookies who ran towards them after knocking out the cheetahs.“Did you guys just manage to draw in another pair of monsters while we were fighting the cheetahs?” One rookie asked in an ann
Kane along with Ari searched for the panther after they defeated all the smaller monsters in the area. They went deeper into the forest and stopped in their tracks when they saw a cave with drops of blood from the outside to the inside.The blood started from a nearby tree and it went continuously towards the inside of a cave. Ari stopped Kane from going inside the cave and signaled him to not make any sound. If the blood started from somewhere nearby, there was a possibility that the thing inside the cave was a predator who attacked its prey right outside the cave.Kane looked closer to the tree where the drops of blood started and he scoffed when he noticed the black fur mixed in with the blood. There were only two conclusions: it was either the panther was the predator or the panther had been the prey of a bigger monster.“That is a panther’s fur,” Ari commented when she saw what Kane was looking at. “Do you think it was that panther&r
Mila looked at Kane and Ari who just arrived near the dungeon exit. The other rookies told them about what happened so she was sure that it was those two again.Instead of asking where they had been, Mila decided to have them create a dungeon report. Since they had the potential to be the leading hunters in the future, they should at least learn how to create a simple dungeon report.“You can do it, right?” Mila asked with a stern look on her face. Though it sounded like creating a dungeon report was a sort of punishment for going and fighting the boss without the trainers, the two should be aware that it was some sort of training for them.“Yes.”Ari sighed while Kane looked as if he could not be bothered by the sudden task. They all walked out of the dungeon together and Cyrus dismissed them as soon as he confirmed their headcount.“Those two…” Mila mumbled as she shook her head. “The others won&rs
The next day, Cyrus looked at Kane who had his eyes closed while seated in a lotus position. Was he circulating mana at that time? He sat across the young man and leaned his back on the rock. Since it was only the two of them, he should just let him do his own preparations. He was sure that his advancement to the specialized training would be earlier than next week since Gavin looked excited after Mila left. “Just a little more…” Kane sounded frustrated as soon as he opened his eyes. He just sat there looking at his hands as if he was looking for an answer and he would find it there in his palms. Cyrus just watched Kane stare at his hands with furrowed brows. For him, Kane looked like he was struggling to break through. Though he would like to help him as a trainer, he knew that at that moment Kane was the only one who could find the solution to his problem. After a while, the other rookies started to arrive. He saw Arisa sitting beside Kane but kept
The other rookies were shouting asking them what they did to pass through the island-like rocks. Kane sighed when he noticed that Ari was still staring blankly at him.“Hey, are you okay? Did you lose your mind because you almost died?” Kane asked her once more as he helped her stand up properly and regain her balance.“Thank you.” Ari bowed her head. She thought she would die but Kane saved her. If it was not for him, she would have really been dead.“You have nothing to be grateful for. I just did my job.” Kane made sure to use his usual indifferent tone. He let go of Ari and the latter looked in the direction where the other rookies were stranded.Seriously, Kane thought that those older rookies should start thinking on their own. Not all the time there would be people like them who would tell them what to do inside the dungeon.“Don’t tell them anything.”Kane’s eyes grew wide when he heard the voice from behind him. He looked at the pave stones and it was still taking its time pe