The Hybrid's Tactics

Training Room

"Welcome Levin, my name is Ethan and I have laser eyes. I am the leader of the squad, as I have two years of experience in dungeon hunting. May I know if you are experienced or not"

" I am inexperienced but I've fought monsters before"

" It doesn't matter. Your skill will be tested on the 27th of this month. By then everyone should be in Golg. Do we have any Golg resident here? "

" Yes, max and I are in Golg currently"

" Great, you guys should arrange a place for us to meet. I'll update you if there is anything else. Mind you Levin, the squad is just a five unit squad so you need to try your best in winning the fifth position."

" Don't worry, I will"

The conversation ended as everyone's name went from black to gray; that is to indicate that they are offline"

I don't know if what I'm doing is right or wrong but I do know one thing: 27th is three days from now and I need to prepare the dungeon for a real fight. I don't really need to kill them after all 

I waited till nightfall before I went to the dungeon; not because I can't go during the day but because I shouldn't be noticed

Mou and Warg were there to welcome me when I appeared in the dungeon.

" welcome Dungeon Master " 

It was not Warg that greeted me first 

" there have been some changes in the dungeon since you are gone"

" Most of the random monsters have formed groups according to their gender, type and strength. A dust scorpion just gave birth recently to 10 of its own so they took a part of the first floor. So Warg divided the first floor into different sections. On entering, the first monsters are the dust scorpions. These scorpions are known for their ability to hide under the dust and conceal their identity. To give them an advantage, we changed the settings of the first section of the first floor to a sandy area. The second section of the first floor has the devil hawks. These hawks are known for their hiding in darkness so we made their section a dark cave. The third section is the dwarf village. Because of your love for humans we intend to make the section a safe zone but in case the humans attack them first, Warg hay given the dwarves the right to fight with king and queen bees, we have also equip them with swords and spears and 20 warrior dwarves

And on the last section of the first floor, there are kobolds. Dudes are the best reproducing monsters. Currently, we have about 120 kobolds, all equipped with knives. Other monsters are on the floor they chose. Before you left, you had around 300000 points and now there are 170000 points left. I will send you the report file through the system message ." Mou reported

" You have done well. I see you have become more acquainted with Warg."

" You left me no choice but to make monster keep my company"

" In the next few days, there will be more attacks from humans and I might be part of them. Tell the monsters not to hold back when they see me. They should try their best in minimizing the number of casualties and no human should die."

" Dungeon master, if you keep letting humans walk out alive other devils will suspect you and might report you to the god of the apocalypse." Warg advised

" I choose those who survive and those who die but the most important part is they must be sacrificed before killed"

" Yes dungeon master "

" I will give your orders to the monsters, " Warg said and left. 

" You know dungeon master, by the end of this month there will be a black market organized by the demons… "

" Oh tell me that after the fight with humans"

" Yes dungeon master "

" I won't come until after the human fight, I only came to set war strategies but since you've done it, good bye"

Maxine was the one who made all the arrangements and on the 27th, we all met in a cafe. There were just five of us; two ladies including Maxine and three guys including me. 

"Ok, the only stranger among us is Levin from Gold. He claimed to have fast growth in all aspects including healing and the best way to find out that is through an interview. We have a few questions to ask you Levin, hope you are ok with that?" Ethan who happened to be the squad leader didn't hesitate in going straight to the point

"Yeah, sure"

"Ok so out of all aspects in which you have fast growth, which one is the best?"

"Uhmm, that is my strength and senses. My senses had grew to an extent that I can sense the presence of a target when it is still far away but my strength is being hindered by my age"

" If you can sense monsters it will be great to have you in our squad so let's go to the test. Maxine and Steve, you both should stay a mile away from us and say our squad code. Levin, if you can hear them, you can join us"

After Maxine and Steve were a mile away from the others, they stated their code and Levin repeated it correctly

"Only the darkness from the killer can kill this he devils' isn't that a weird code?"

"You're right. The code is correct and it is weird" Ethan signaled to Maxine and Steve to come back before he continued "do you know why we bare 'Dark Killers"

"No"

"Because our hatred is our darkness and that is the only chance we have against the devils. Your hatred should fuel your anger, your anger should fuel your strength, your strength should unleash the killing blow and then the monster is down, just like this"

Ethan took out his blade and strike Levin, cutting his flesh but it was healed after a few breath time

"Your identity has been confirmed, you are now part of 'The Dark Killers'

" Welcome Levin " the whole squad chorused 

" We all can go wherever we want, prepare for dungeon hunting but we must be here by 4pm, and we together will head to the dungeon" Steve who happens to be there squad secretary said

It was just a 2 hours break and all we did was have conversations, eating and then prepare for dungeon hunting 

When it clocked 4, rode Ethan's car to where the dungeon was placed.

"Let me remind us of all the rules of our team. One, you must have each other's backs, never leave your partner to die when you can save them. If you do, you will be denied part of your earnings. Two, we share all the dungeon earnings equally but when you have an item, it is yours. Three, we move together and no sign of fear must be sensed within us no matter what we confront. And lastly, once you go in with us, no more going out until the majority of us wants to. Are we clear? Steve asked 

"Come on, you say this all the time" Rose, the second girl said

"Let's just get this done" Ethan said and we all got out of the car into the dungeon 

"Desert, sand landscape desert, how can something like this be in a dungeon " rose asked

" The last time it was some grassy area and dwarves in it" Maxine reminded

" Ok stop everyone stop" Ethan halted ai do for everyone. "We are dealing with a cunning dungeon master here. The last people who entered this dungeon walked out alive, we don't know why. The dungeon master must have a reason for changing the dungeon escape every time but one thing I know is he is using the most easy way to capture us" 

"That means the dungeon master is trying to kill humans without losing any monster, that's genius " Maxine guessed

" You are right Maxine " Ethan paused and then continued "forgetting the part of letting humans go, the first time it was a grassy area with dwarves in it, Now a sand desert . We need to think of monsters that can survive in a sandy area. Steve, what have you got".

"Uhm, I don't think he's using monsters this time, maybe he wants to sink in the sand. What do you think Levin, you can't be quiet in the squad "

"I… I was thinking the same thing too but another thing is if there are monsters on this desert, they must be underground "

Shit

Why did I say that, I just gave them a hint to survive this section. Well, it doesn't matter. The squad will trust me more if they found my comment useful

" Levin's right, too bad we didn't prepare for this. Steve, you brought Tony with you?"

" I go everywhere with her, Ethan "

" Who's Tony?"

" Rose, haven't you seen Tony before? "

" No I haven't "

Steve brought out a small mouse from his suit inner pocket

"Well let's call it a super mouse, hahaha. I don't know how it became baptized but it has been sticking with me since my baptism. It is good in finding out fangers like quick sand and anything hiding underground "

Steve dropped the mouse and said

" Tony, search for quick sand and monster "

The mouse chippered and ran forward sniffing all along and we followed it . After walking a few distance, Tony stopped, sniffed and then jumped away from where it was. A scorpion appeared where Tony was and many more appeared after it. We all ran back and the scorpions pursued us.

"Laser eyes" 

Ethan shouted in turn to the scorpions, his eyes turned red and forced out of it to the scorpions. Around ten scorpions were burned.

We kept running but halted when we saw around 20 more scorpions before us.

"Fortress" 

Rose said and a light appeared in the form of a shield covering us. The scorpions catch up with us and climbed up the shield

"Poisoned gate"

Rose said again and sloy dark lights appeared on the gate covering it and killing the scorpions.

"They can't get to us, let's move Rose" Ethan said

"Into the dungeon or out of the dungeon" 

" Into the dungeon "

"Having killed around twenty scorpions, we now have twenty black gold coins with us. Isn't that enough? ease let's go back" Maxine said fearfully

" Maxine, it is our rule to stick to each other. You want a poll for this"

Maxine didn't reply but Ethan took it as a yes. 

"If you want to go on raise your hand if you want out don't"

Ethan and Steve chose to go in while Rose and Maxine chose to go out. I don't know what to choose. This squad is an experienced one and I already lost twenty scorpions. What more can I lose if we venture in

No

Stop thinking like a devil Levin. I am human and I need money to survive and only more black gold coins can solve that.

"Don't be a jerk boy, you are a man"

Ethan tried to persuade me and I listened to him. I chose to go in and that is what we do 

I started thinking again. Now we are going to the second section of the first floor . I let out my spirit in the dungeon and formed a communication with the birds in the second section. I told them to prepare for battle when humans are incoming. I also told the scorpions to leave the shield before they died. The scorpions all went back under the sand and the birds are ready for battling

We ran all the way out of the desert and got to another place. This place is like a real dungeon. Cave, Darkness, and all

"Looks like the desert is just a preface for the real dungeon. Here comes the real danger, squad"

" I sense something "

" What is it, Levin "

" I don't know what it is but it's coming closer "

" Maybe we should sca.. aaaahhh"

Steve was about to say something but he screamed holding his face

" Ethan, we should have listened to the girls, we should have went back "

Ethan took off his hands from his face and we saw three bloody marks of claws

"Devil birds, known for hiding in darkness. I don't really understand the master of this dungeon . Ok everyone spread out, I'll use my laser eyes to light up the dungeon, activate your skills everyone "

We all separated from each other but still s little close to those we love. Like I am closer to Maxine and Steve is closer to Ethan

Rose, have a fortress. She activated her fortress and was covered by shield, Ethan activated his laser eyes and the dungeon lit up a bit, Steve folded his fist and light lit up in it, Maxine's led and hands was covered with water

And I

I closed my eyes trying to sense the birds and predict where they will be coming from

"I can sense give birds, they will be coming to us all at once. Steve, a bird will attack you from the above right in front of you while another will attack Ethan from behind still above. Rose, your top didn't cover you waist do the bird coming for you is targeting your waist, your fortress might not stop it. Max, a bird is targeting your neck be careful. All of this will happen on the next five seconds, countdown "

1, 2,3,4,5 

" Hawk… fortress beams"

A dark light shot out of rose's fortress and hit the bird

" Hawk…laser fire"

Fire shot out of Ethan's eyes and killed another bird.

"Hawk…Steve shot a bird with his light and the bird fell

" Hawk… Maxine took the bird's head with her water hand, making the bird suffocate

I bird flew to me and instead of it hurting me, it landed on my shoulder rubbing its head on my face. I took the bird and cut it into two

All of this happened at once so no one saw what another person had done or what the bird did to me. All they know is we all killed the birds

We heard more devil birds hawk and we're afraid to continue forward 

"Let's go out team, let's get out of here"