"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"
It's just like challenging a devil to kill 300 super heroes. Whereas it is very difficult to achieve, it's not an impossible feat Grr.. The sound of battle dogs came from all directions and I was surrounded. I took my battle stance and gripped the hilt of my sword.They all rushed towards me at once but they didn't realize that all of them cannot bite me at the same time. Every time I swing my sword, at least two of them fell There is always this small space that I always have between a fallen dog and an incoming one. All o have to do os occupy the space and use it to my advantage I kept slashing and slashing for a long time and it felt like it's never going to end but I didn't stop.I can't get hurt right in the second quarterAfter around ten minutes of slashes, I finally killed three hundred batti dogs. Blood was dripping from my sword and my body wax coloured red[You killed all the monsters; mission completed][You can now go to the third quarter]I jogged from the second qua
Out of the dungeon "It was good having you in our team, never thought acute senses could be this useful" " Rose, people don't know that acute senses is more of predicting the future than it is useless " After we got out of the dungeon, we drove back to the cafeteria we all met to share the profits. "Steve, bring out the black gold coins for account" Steve had already wrapped all the black gold coins in a cloth, he took it out of his suit I put it on the table "We killed twenty scorpions and five birds. Both monsters are level 1 monsters so here, we have twenty five black gold coins" Steve paused to see if everyone was listening and then continued " according to the squad rules, we share our profits equally. So here are five black gold coins for everyone " After giving everyone five black gold coins there still remain one on the table and everyone looked at Steve with a suspicious eyes " Did I count wrong? I thought there were twenty five coins here" " There are supposed to be
I fell on the ground, rolled on it and stood up. The cut on my back healed up in a few breaths. I looked around to see if anyone was with me but I still saw nothing. I drew out my sword, using the Holy Veil's senses and sight to predict where the next attack will come fromI realized that dinse my greatest fear is Nothing, I'm fighting Nothing The sense of danger that I felt is more concentrated on my left side so I guess that is where Nothing is. With all my speed I ran there and with all my strength I swung my sword but I stopped halfway. Nothing twisted the sword, forcefully collected it and threw it away. Nothing squeezed my neck, I almost died. Nothing threw me away and I gasped for air as I landed.To kill nothing, I need to find my advantage against it or its own weakness.Nothing slashed me again as it healed up immediately. This continues for a long time and I have to endure the pain. All the cuts nothing caused on me were healed instantly, as if they were never there, exce
I went out of the training room and I met Mou at door post"What are you finding here?""We heard some noise and from the training room, Warg told me you are in here and I was worried about you. I couldn't enter according to Ward's order so I am here waiting for you "I smiled at Mou and commend her for what she did"you did well Mou, you are dismissed "" Yes dungeon master"Mou said and went away while I went to the dungeon core"You need a mirror""For what?" "To look at yourself, you look more mature and strong. Your aura has become stronger. Prize for give days on the training room""What do you mean by five days, I only spent few hours in that place ""Yeah but I'll be glad to tell you that time is slower in the training room so five days are gone. Have you viewed your stats?""No, let me. Status window "Name: Levin WalkerOccupation: Hybrid of devil and human (dungeon master and super human)Character attributesStrength 65 Spirit 60 Construction 49 Intuition 70 Agility 62Ov
Achievement! Your dungeon leveled up for the first time, you are awarded 20000 pointsAchievement! You are the first devil to get a dungeon skill, you are awarded 30000 pointsYour dungeon earned a Name Title: Gursta Incredible Achievement! You brought Gursta from the devil world to your dungeon, you are awarded 50000 pointsGursta: Home of the dead Spirits(level 1)Remark: Your dungeon has become the home for dead spirits.Howl of the dead: +2 fear debuff when your dungeon is under attackAgony of the dead: +5 fear debuff when you are under attack in your dungeon Dead Summon: Summon the spirit other dead to your dungeon at the expense of your dungeon spiritChance to earn a title: Heir of Gursta This title can only be leveled up when there is more death in your dungeon[Your monster; Mou, guardian of Gursta leveled up]Name: MouOccupation: Guardian of GurstaInitial RatingsStrength 100 Spirit 102 Intuition 100 Construction 100 Agility 100[Overall Ratings 502][System Protection
"I'm here my Lord"Mou entered into the top floor"This is Ghar, a new monster I just bought. He is to take the desert in the first floor, tell him the rules ai take all the dust scorpion away from the first floor to the second floor"Yes dungeon master" Mou went to Ghar and led ghat to the first floor"I should probably go to the humans now""Yeah, it's been five days"I was heading towards the elevator when Warg said"Ain't you waiting for your sword?*"That, I'm yet to get used to, send her here"After some minutes, Mou entered"Ghar now dominates the first section of the first floor. You called for me dungeon master ""We are going to earth""Yes dungeon master "First,ever went to my house, no one is home, I guess mom is off to the guild. I went to my room while Mou was busy admiring the whole house. It's nothing fascinating but it's great for someone who has never seen civilization.When I got to my room, there were lots of messages and calls from the Dark Killers, Maxine and M
"Levin, it's a surprise seeing you today,""Hey Rose, it's good seeing you to""Where have you been?""Ethan, I was..I fell into a monsters trapo and it was this lady that saved be"Ethan looked at Mou and then took his seat. Not long after, Ray joined us"Sorry i'm late guys""Ray, welcome. Unfortunately, the one who holds the position you are now is back"Ray looked at me with pleasant eyes but I could sense the hatred in his eyes. "We are not sending you away from are squad, we are yet to know which one if you is more beneficial to the squad and I think both of you might have to compete for the sit""When are we starting?""Calm down Ray, even I don't know yet""One thing ethan?""What's Steve?""If they are competing for the fifth position, we are not going to postpone the raid tonight or better still, they can compete in the dungeon""Like the one who killed the monster the most?" Rose suggested"Oh no, that's gonna be too easy for ray, he can just turn invisible and kill every
I quickly formed a mind communication with Warg "Hey Warg, I blew my cover""What do you mean, where are you?""We are in the dungeon, Ghar just called me dungeon master in the presence of humans, I don't know what to do""Don't worry, I'll cover you" Warg replied and cut the conversation. The other members of the squad already free a distance away from me"Guys, I'm not a dungeon master , I don't know what this monster is saying""Don't come closer, of you come closer I'll kill you"The squad immediately activated their powers"We shouldn't have brought him" ray said"Are you gonna deny me dungeon master, you bought me not long ago. I have been searching for that monster captain, that lady with white hair and I haven't seen her to tell me the rules. Are we supposed to be friends with humans?""No"Another voice answered from behind. This a feminine voice was Warg. Of course others wouldn't know . The voice continue"Ghar, why are you talking to the humans""I see the dungeon master