The Hybrid's Tactics

The Hunters

My happiness can't be comprehend and didn't that monster just say "at my service"

I looked at Warg and saw the surprised and smiling face of hers

"What?"

"Where did you get that sword?"

"Oh, while I was searching for a weapon on the market a lottery popped up which I won and this sword of lies is the reward"

"This sword is a good one but it can't kill, unless you are good at lying, you can't use it"

The snake monster wriggled it's body and said "order me dungeon master"

"Go to the lowest floor of the dungeon, and stay put"

With great speed, the snake went down. After she left some messages popped up in my vision

[The monster 'Mou' is under your command due to the effect of the sword of lies deception and control]

[If you lose the sword, the monster will go against you and will be freed from the sword of lies]

"It isn't necessary to kill when you can control" I said to Warg

"That's only if you can tell the correct lie to the target"

"Will you teach me how to lie better"

"I'm a demon and demons don't lie like devils but…"

Warg was about to say something but I interrupted her

"Wait, I'm feeling sleepy"

"I don't really like the hybrid of a thing cause your time is up here, you will be at home soon"

I didn't hear what Warg was saying but I do read the system words

[You will be sent out of the dungeon in 30 seconds]

[You are yet to be an initiated dungeon master; no equipment can be taken out of the dungeon]

A counter appeared in my vision and when it reached zero, I woke up. Not in the dungeon but in my room, my house. I looked at the clock on the wall and it says 8am; it was such a short night with strange dreams

"I did my daily body cleaning and went to meet my mum

"heaven smile upon us son, you hospital bill has been settled" mum reported happily

"Wow, who was that mum?"

"While you were in a coma, a dungeon appeared in Golg.. There are now few guilds in Golg and I joined one of them, they paid the hospital bill."

"thanks to them, hope they want nothing in return" I believe there is nothing free on Earth

"not really, they only want you to be join their guild"

"why"

"the dungeon in Golg haven't open since it was stationed, the guild masters said they can sense monsters in it and once it opens, they will attack that is why they are recruiting superhumans as fast as they can or else they won't have enough manpower to fight the monsters. Moreover, you are protected in a guild than alone"

"I understand you mum, I'll join the guild, what's its name?"

"Dungeon monster hunters. We will have to go today for your recruitment, and I think there is an event today"

"what about work mum"

"oh, the guild gives monthly allowance to its members; much better than my job's profit"

"wow, that's good"

An event was held at the dungeon monster hunters for the newly recruits. The super humans who had arrived early sipped on the cup of coffee handed out by the good workers. They also share greetings and introductions. The guild headquarters is located not far from the dungeon in Golg, there are other guilds that have their headquarters not far from the dungeon too but there is no rivalry among them yet. many super humans have left their country for Golg to hunt in the new dungeon, about 3 months ago since the dungeon appeared, it haven't open

"hey hey mister harry, over here. Here"

"oh Mr Hakeem, aren't you part of those that fled their country for Golg,I think you will have to run again"

"I would have fled but traveling this days cost a lot"

"Is that so? as a superhuman you can earn big in one go by dungeon hunting"

Mr Harry smiled and nodded before asking Hakeem

"By the way, why haven't these dungeons opened yet, is the master being pessimistic or what?"

"of course not the monsters in other dungeons are decreasing to, it is very hard to kill a monster these days"

"If that's the case why are more guilds coming in?"

"the guilds master said they sense lots of monsters in this dungeon, they predict that it will open soon"

"lots of monsters" Mr Harry repeated feeling nervous. If a guild was not involved there is no way Mr Harry would be here. Monster hunting is the most dangerous job with the best profit. it wasn't just Mr Harry feeling nervous, order super humans around were nervous too wondering what will happen when the dungeon opens.

"I wonder..." Mr Hakim drank the rest of the wine in his hand while avoiding answering his friends question, before spotting a certain person and raised his hand in happiness

"uh! He is here. Hey, Mr Levin!! Mr Levin!"all the super humans also displayed joy when they saw the young man.

"ah, hello"

It was none other than I, Levin Walker. I performed a simple nod of the head at the joyous Mr Hakim and walked by. Mr hakeem made sure I was well out of earshot before confidently speaking up

"so levin showed up, there is really hope today"

Mr Harry's eyes widened up and he asked Hakim

"What was that, is that superhuman Levin that strong?"

"ah, yes, you wouldn't know him. He is not that strong but he is one of the super humans that resisted the monsters when they attacked Golg, you were busy fleeing then".

"such a young boy fought in a monster wave"

"he killed few low-level monsters before he almost got killed, he was in a coma for 6 months"

"really, no wonder all the hunters were happy to see him"

"this dungeon must be pretty easy though" Hakim spectated

"why is that"

"Levin just healed from a coma and he is participating in monster hunting, the guild wouldn't let him if the dungeons difficulty is high, right" Harry smiled and nodded "yeah right"

Mr Harry was deeply worried about his safety, he didn't want to have anything to do with monsters but now monster hunting has lots of money in tips and he needed money. However, he felt like a weight was lifted off his mind after listening to Hakim. The guild guessed that the dungeon difficulty wouldn't be too high. Although, nothing in this world is 100% absolute

"that guy was rumored to kill 10 monsters in the wave even though he is still 9 years old" said Mr Hakeem

"he tried his best, he is a hero"

"that is why he spent six months in coma"

"what powers did he have?"

"nothing in particular, just buffed physique, growth, acute senses and superb strength. he is 9 and he looks15 already"

"those are weak powers actually"

"shut up, or Levin might hear you". Mr Harry cautiously checked on Levin, thanks the distance between them was far enough.

Of course they were mistaken

"I can hear everything you cowards"

a smirk appeared on my face as I tried to ignore them. Situations like this are when my acute senses worked better.

It seems like I arrived too early and the recruitment hasn't started. After some minutes the recruitment process started, all super humans that wanted to join the guild lined up at the gate and they were tested one-by-one. Recruitment was very fast because all they were required of were basic information about the super human and their powers. This is because it is a new guild. Once it becomes stable, the recruiting process will be slow and the rate of recruiting superhumans will be low. When it was my turn, the recruiter asked

" What is your name?"

"Levin"

"age"

"9"

the recruiter raised his head from the book and looked at me again

"Is that your real age?"

"yes "

"kid, aren't you a little too young to start fighting monsters "

"there are no age restrictions in recruiting superhumans in this guild so please go on ".

"ok.what is your gift or power "

"fast growth in all aspects"

"show us mister, prove your powers "

"isn't it obvious in my physique "

"it doesn't matter, you have to prove your powers "

I sighed and turn back, facing the line of people behind him then I faced the recruiter again

"you see the 15th and 16th superhumans lined after me, they are talking about their friend who died in a monster wave in Song Dynasty"

The recruiter stared at me and also at the distance between me and the 15th person on the line, he decided to call them and asked them what they were discussing, and they answered him saying what I had said earlier and went back to their position

"acute senses, that's good, you are recruited ". The recruiter gave Levin a badge with a letter "f" written on it.

Recruiting of new members goes on to the last member of course not all of those who came are recruited, their powers are too weak. After about two hours, recruiting of new members is over. All new members were taken to a room to pass through the second test.

A woman went into the room to talk to them. "greetings to all our new members, we appreciated your effort and endurance for the guild, we want you to know that we superhumans are the heroes of mankind, dungeon hunting is our task, and we must protect mankind, and our family, our beloved that couldn't be baptized from the hands of the devils and monsters''.

All new members clapped their hands as a sign of agreement to what he said.

All new members clapped their hands as a sign of agreement to what he said.

"We all know that we are stronger than each other and in this guild the level of your strength determines the level of your authority. We have the single leaf level which is the lowest level of authority and power and the highest is the seven leaves we are going to send you into a demo dungeon, you cannot die in it but you can get hurt. The way you fair in this dungeon will determine the level you will be. You don't have to worry if you are in a single leaf now, the guild will provide you with everything you need to cultivate so you can get strong enough to be promoted to the next level. The level you are in also determines the amount you will be paid but your hard work has more impact on your payment. Do you understand? "

The lady asked to know if the new recruits were listening, and they all replied yes.

"Now let's move on to monsters and dungeons. For every dungeon, there are different floors, the position of a floor determines difficulty. The first floor only has low-level monsters in it, most times goblins and kobolds, the only noteworthy monsters on the first-floor are the leaders of the goblins and kobolds. When you kill a monster, a black coin is going to drop out of it, we call it black gold coin. The black gold coin has a figure rating on it, the figure represents the level of the monster you killed. Figure 1 will be written on the coin if you kill a monster of level one and the same goes for all the levels. We don't know the highest level of monsters yet but we know that our guild Masters will surely handle them if you come across any. A black gold coin of level one is 100 u.s. dollars, you will have to submit all your earnings from the dungeons to your hunting squad master who will later submit it to the good Masters. you will be given 70% of your earnings at the end of the month. you all should be ready for the trial dungeon, right? "

"Yes, " the crew answered.

The lady faced the two men beside her and said "tear the scroll " .

The men brought forward a scroll and tore it, the scroll dissolved into lights and formed a door "you all should enter, we will be watching you and decide how you fair". The new recruits entered the door and the door closed when the last person entered.