“S-simon! I-I didn't mean to…” Raphael tried to explain himself to Simon who was walking closer to him.
Unfortunately, Raphael felt that his back had hit the wall behind him and at this time he couldn't go anywhere because from the front, Simon was very close to him, even in a few seconds he would arrive before him.
"Want to take the opportunity to kill me?" Simon grinned at Raphael who looked really scared at the moment, he didn't expect that this loser would dare to take advantage of a dangerous situation like this to attack him.
This time Simon stood in front of Raphael with a straight face, it felt like he was tired of grinning at Raphael who was still trembling with fear under his feet. "I'll tell you what real pain feels like." In a flat voice Simon spoke while glaring at Raphael.
To be honest Raphael felt very scared now, he could even feel that his pupils were trembling because he felt that his life was on the verge like this. Raphael's fragile body also shook when he saw how cold Simon's gaze was at him, he felt that this time Simon could really kill him.
“P-please d-don't kill me, Simon!” Raphael could only sit silently with his body trembling under Simon's feet, begging the young man not to kill him.
There is still much that Raphael wants to do in this world, he also actually intends to find the whereabouts of his parents, even though he can't rely on that because from the start he was already in the orphanage where he lives now.
However, Raphael didn't want to just give up his life like this, he still had many dreams he wanted to fulfill. His life will only begin when Raphael can get out of the orphanage and he doesn't want to miss it, one thing is certain, he still wants to live in this world.
It seemed that Simon didn't think the same as Raphael, you could see the young man raised his hand signaling his friends behind him to get the weapon he had left earlier. After his weapon returned to his grip, Simon turned to Raphael who was under his feet.
Simon started his action to teach Raphael a lesson for daring to take advantage of their difficult situation to attack him. Simon started his action by kicking Raphael's body with his feet, Simon did this many times, causing Raphael to curl up on the ground to protect himself.
"You guys come here, we have to teach this kid a lesson so he knows what risks he will get if he does something sneaky!" shouted Simon calling his two friends who were only watching the action from behind.
Simon's two friends were happy to help Simon beat up Raphael who was helpless on the ground. The two of them rolled up their sleeves and quickly came forward to join Simon.
With three people beating him up, Raphael quickly felt like his body was breaking apart in the siege of Simon and his two friends. Slowly Raphael's consciousness was on the edge, his eyes were starting to blur, and he began to feel that his world was spinning without being able to control it, even his body had become numb with all the pain he was feeling.
Raphael's glazed eyes stared blankly in front of him, he felt his head starting to play all his memories for the seventeen years he had lived in this world like a broken record. Raphael started to think about whether he would die soon, "Is this how they feel when someone is about to leave this world?" Raphael asked in his mind.
Raphael's body jolted as he felt that Simon was pulling his hair tightly, he could feel that the man was starting to drag him somewhere, which Raphael himself didn't know. Raphael could only groan while holding his already long hair, trying to reduce the pain Simon caused to his head.
Not long after, Raphael again felt that his body was being thrown into a muddy pool of water in the cave they previously occupied. When Raphael felt his face being splashed by the murky water with his body lying helplessly in there, he regained consciousness and found that Simon and his two friends were looking at him with an evil smile that made the atmosphere there even more frightening for Raphael.
“Wh-what else do you want from..me…” With a low voice, Raphael tried to get up from his position, but was kicked again by Simon, who again made him fall into the pool of dirty water.
"You still ask? Of course I want you to feel hopeless, so that it makes you no longer want to live in this world,” Simon answered, laughing out loud with his two friends.
Raphael froze in place when he heard what Simon said to him, making him wonder, “Don't I deserve to live in this world? Why did they do this terrible thing to me!” Raphael roared inside his mind.
You can see Raphael clenching his fists tightly at that time, feeling very angry with what Simon had said, let alone hearing the reproachful laughter from the three of them. Raphael also tried to get back up to face Simon and his two friends, he couldn't just give up, he had to fight for his life, he didn't accept the reproaches that Simon gave him.
"You have no right to do this to me!" said Raphael angrily, with both feet stepping unsteadily, Raphael moved quickly towards Simon with his fist ready to punch the young man.
Simon, who looked unprepared because he didn't expect that Raphael would rise, was finally hit by a punch from Raphael. At that time Simon was silent, quickly pain spread across Simon's right cheek. Finally, Simon realized what Raphael had done to him, he grinned widely secretly, becoming more and more eager to destroy Raphael.
As for Raphael, it can be seen that the young man was breathing heavily after launching his attack on Simon. To be honest, Raphael didn't expect that he could hit Simon and make the young man's cheeks turn red, he was sure that his punch hurt a lot.
The atmosphere there was suddenly silent at that time, moreover, Simon's two friends had shocked looks at Raphael who actually dared to counterattack Simon, the two of them immediately stepped back, knowing that after this Simon would definitely be angry.
"You're welcome to be a loser," Simon said with a low sigh, then turned his head back to Raphael, "But, a small punch like this won't kill me." Simon cast his eyes full of enthusiasm at Raphael, then he walked slowly towards Raphael.
Raphael, who had gained a bit of self-confidence, held himself back from stepping back when he saw Simon walking towards him.
Simon, who was already in front of Raphael, drew closer to the young man to whisper something to Raphael, "Originally, I didn't intend to kill you. But, seeing what you did to me, I've changed my mind now….”
Hearing Simon's sharp whisper made Raphael's eyes widen, especially when he felt a sharp object stab his stomach, he slowly lowered his head and found Simon's sword had pierced his stomach, he could see fresh blood starting to flow from the wound.
Without mercy, Simon pulled his sword quickly from Raphael's stomach, immediately fresh blood flowed more profusely from the wound.Raphael was still in shock, his eyes widened and shaking with fear, time seemed to slow down slowly he felt his body fall to the ground.Raphael's eyes couldn't stop looking at Simon who was looking at him coldly and he didn't see a hint of guilt in Simon's eyes.Simon's other friends came running up to Simon, "Simon, is this okay? Isn't this going to be a problem?" asked one of them while looking at Raphael who was now lying on the ground with a look of pity and also panic."I'll explain. Just tell the instructor that this damn bastard was killed by the monsters here," Simon replied without thinking too much about it."We better get out of here, we still have exams to complete." Simon walked away leaving Raphael who was starting to lose consciousness.With the remaining consciousness he had, Raphael tried to reach Simon and his two friends, even though
Still shrouded in the tension inside him, Raphael finally decided to tell the System to continue what he had previously interrupted, "You can continue your explanation, I won't interrupt anymore," Raphael said with an awkward smile that was clearly visible on his face.[The system will explain what features the host can get with the arrival of the system, one of which is that the host will get a prize when completing the quest given by the system. Hosts can also strengthen themselves with the features provided by the System]Raphael was momentarily stunned by what the System had explained to him, "Does this mean I can get stronger?" Raphael thought excitedly, even though he could feel his heart beating faster now because of his enthusiasm.However, Raphael remembered that the more benefits he got from the System, didn't that mean the higher the price he would have to pay?"Wait a minute, if I could get something as great as this, surely you wouldn't give it to me for free, would you
"So do you have anything to help me complete this quest?" asked Raphael with his hands on his hips, irritated by the System blatantly mocking him.[Because this is just the start for the host, the system will provide a support that will help the host]Ding![System has sent a gift box to Host!]"Gift box? Then, where is the gift box?" muttered Raphael after hearing a notification buzzing inside his head.Seeing no gift boxes nearby, Raphael circled around where he was standing looking for the contact present the System was referring to.If System had a physical form, then by now he would have rolled his eyes lazily at what Raphael was doing.[Oh my! The host can open the Inventory to see the gift boxes that the System has provided]"Inventories?" muttered Raphael confusedly, but suddenly he saw a transparent window like before appear before him.It was only then that Raphael understood what System meant. With the transparent window in front of him, Raphael could see a gift box ic
After successfully killing the three people Raphael accidentally met before, now his body has lots of blood splattered on his robe and face.Raphael blinked a few times as he watched the blood dripping from the Magic Sword in his hand. Then, Raphael's eyes went to his feet and there lay three lifeless bodies.As if he had just realised what he had done, Raphael's eyes widened in surprise, he immediately covered his mouth when he saw the pool of blood under his feet."Damn it!" An intense feeling of nausea immediately hit Raphael, he ran away from the lifeless bodies of the three people, then vomited all of his stomach contents.You could see Raphael's face pale white after vomiting the contents of his stomach, he sat down weakly after distancing himself from the place where he vomited before.The hand holding the Magic Sword fell to the ground because Raphael's hand was shaking violently at this moment.[Congratulations to Host for successfully killing the first victim today. There
"How about this?!" Raphael's mind felt that his body was getting goosebumps right now, was his journey going to end even though he hadn't started anything yet?Raphael didn't know what would happen to him, considering that the little girl made it out of this Dungeon and he couldn't kill the little girl himself.Would the System detect it as a failed Quest and make Raphael accept his death sentence?Silence, that's what Raphael felt at this moment, his lips began to twitch, he wanted to ask the System, but he was afraid to face the reality that he would have to face later.Ding!Amidst that stillness and silence, Raphael heard the signature sound of a notification from the System ringing inside his head.Raphael's heart was beating fast at this moment, anxious and also worried about what information the System would give him.[Quest has been completed!][Status feature has been unlocked][Host gains 200 Exp][Host gains 5 bonus status points]Raphael's eyes widened at this moment beca
It felt like Raphael's head was spinning at this moment as he tried to digest the new information provided by the System, he really didn't expect that the time outside the Dungeon had already passed one year in the outside world.Just as Raphael was feeling frustrated because of the time that had passed without him knowing, he also realized something."Even though a year has passed, there won't be any impact on me. I'm sure no one will look for me, when I've been missing for this one year." Raphael could only smile bitterly when he realized this.Raphael didn't know whether to be happy or sad at this moment, it felt like that feeling was of no use to him. Feeling that he didn't need to be too dramatic in responding to this, Raphael rose from his sitting position.Standing up, Raphael brushed off the dust and dirt from his robes. And Raphael realised one thing, it turned out that his robe and clothes had lots of bloodstains at this time."What do I care, it would be great if people
"Hey, System. Should I scare them so word about me spreads faster?" asked Raphael seeking advice from his System, while baiting the System into giving him a Quest.If the System didn't give Raphael the Quest, then it likely wouldn't do anything to these people. Raphael was lazy to do something that didn't give him any benefit.After living an unpleasant life so far, Raphael learned that he would treat people according to how they treated him.So, if the System didn't want to give him the Quest, then there was no reason for Raphael to do something that was a waste of energy for him.[That's up to the Host. The System is currently preparing Quests for the Host in the future. So for now the System has no Quest for Host]Since the System had said that he didn't have any quests for Raphael, Raphael wouldn't do anything to these people either. It's better for Raphael to find a way out of this forest, it seems he can find a way out of here if he chooses the path from the direction the p
It took Raphael quite a while to flay the wolves that had previously surrounded him, but luckily he was able to finish it off.By now Raphael had gotten wolf meat, then their skins, and a few other body parts, which Raphael thought could make money.Because now Raphael has no place to live and he still needs food, so Raphael needs money to survive.It's really not a funny thing if Raphael dies of starvation, it's useless all his suffering so far if that happens."System, how do you think I can take all this stuff with me?" Raphael asked getting confused at this time, he didn't know how to carry all the loot, so he decided to ask the System.[Did the Host forget that you have something called Inventory?]For some reason Raphael realised that his System was now very sensitive and spoke curtly to him."You're right, I forgot about that. Thanks for reminding me!" Luckily Raphael asked the System first, otherwise he would have to be disappointed that he couldn't bring results from skinni
Hearing what Catherine said at this time, at first Raphael couldn't believe what he was hearing, but seeing that there was no sign that Catherine was lying, Raphael came to believe that this news was genuine.Even though Raphael still couldn't believe it, somehow Catherine did it to make Andrew decide to leave Pearl City, Raphael was still happy with this good news, however they couldn't continue to be in Pearl City which was full of criminals."What will happened to get us out of Pearl City this time?" Ettienne, who still couldn't believe what he was hearing, became very curious about what Catherine had done to get them out of Pearl City."What is certain is that Catherine has done something to make Andrew finally agree to leave this city and continue our journey to the city of Sapphire." Raphael could only say this because he also didn't know what Catherine had done at this time."Somehow I even feel that Andrew will do something to us for making it like this," Ettienne replied fe
Andrew was not happy with what Catherine said at this time, he still couldn't believe what he was hearing at this time, how could this little witch dare to say such things to him in front of his soldiers like this."How dare you say that to me!" Andrew shouted loudly at Catherine without forgetting while raising his index finger towards Catherine angrily.It seemed that if no one was here it was certain that Andrew would run up to Catherine and attack her with all his strength because he was too annoyed.Even though she was quite surprised by what Andrew had done, Catherine remained calm in her place, not moving in the slightest at this time. Catherine reciprocated Andrew's treatment without releasing excessive emotions in return."But, you know best that as the Captain of this expedition, I am the one with the authority to make decisions. So, I myself will determine Raphael's punishment." Finally, Catherine also dropped her final attack on Andrew with the current facts.Andrew cou
There was a big fight between Raphael and the male bandits who came to attack their group. However, the fight didn't last long as reinforcements soon arrived and drove the bandits away.However, according to Raphael there was something strange going on here, there was no way they would just come like this, then leave after seeing help coming. Raphael immediately remembered about his friends who immediately left there to save themselves."What about them?" Raphael also intended to run towards the tent used by his Adventurer group, he wanted to see what was happening there.But, not to mention Raphael managed to take a step away from there, he already heard that he was called by someone. When Raphael turned around he found Andrew standing there with his proud face while glancing fiercely at Raphael."You! Stay here, I'll be interrogating the patrolmen on duty today!" Andrew also issued an order and forbade the patrol officers to leave the scene."But-"Raphael was just about to mak
As it got late, Raphael felt that the atmosphere around him was becoming increasingly tense and cold. Starting to sense that the guests coming tonight would soon bar their fangs at them.It's just that until now Raphael still didn't see any movement from them, making him quite suspicious of what was happening. Though now is the most appropriate time to launch an attack on the expeditionary group.Not only was it the middle of the night, but also because by this time the patrol members were quite caught off guard having already made two rounds of patrols and found nothing, so they had little intention of going out on patrol."Even though I was expecting them to attack at this point, why haven't they made their move even now?" muttered Raphael confusedly, he still didn't understand what the criminals were thinking.Having to be wary of attacks by criminals that could happen at any time, Raphael didn't move far from the tents of his group of Adventurers. If Raphael saw any sign that
It was only then that Raphael learned that Catherine had a secret place where they could hide if their group of Adventurers were attacked by criminals in Pearl City.That way Raphael was calm enough because at least his group of Adventurers could be a bit safe with the help given by Catherine. It's just that Raphael was a little suspicious of these criminals, weren't they afraid of the risk they would take by attacking the official expedition party from another city?For some reason Raphael thought that they were related to what James and Andrew had said earlier in the main building. Was Andrew keeping them here on purpose to finish them off? Raphael realised that what he was thinking was quite reasonable.Given that their group of Adventurers were troops brought personally by Catherine and Raphael guessed that Andrew didn't like this.It seems that because of his greed, Raphael guessed that Andrew wanted him to be in complete control of this expedition and use Catherine as his pup
Raphael had to wait a few moments for the argument between Catherine and Andrew to subside. After that Raphael also saw that Catherine walked out of the previous tent.At that time Raphael thought that this was not the right moment to tell Catherine the information he had. So, Raphael decided to immediately step away from that place to return to his patrol area.So that whole night Raphael followed his patrol obediently and luckily nothing bad happened that night. Because only one group was formed for the night patrol, Raphael could only rest when the sun rose. . . .Having not slept all night, Raphael woke up from his sleep at noon after the next morning he immediately returned to his group's tent to sleep and rest.When Raphael woke up from his sleep, he immediately came out of the tent because he heard a commotion that was quite disturbing. Raphael was quite curious when he heard that there was a noise coming from outside.What surprised Raphael when he was outside the tent
The rest of the night passed smoothly, thanks to the help from Ettienne, Raphael was not suspected when the core of the expedition made a check for trouble in the surroundings.Raphael, who was pretending to be asleep at that time, heard the reason they gave for checking the tents used by everyone.Due to last night's unusual events, Raphael heard that there had been a lot of whispers being heard among the soldiers as well as Adventurers. They were quite curious about what happened, so that the core members of the expedition made a sudden check.Robert and his two friends glanced at Raphael suspiciously, he suspected that Raphael had done something to make the core members of the expedition check last night."Is this your doing, Raphael?" asked Robert in a low voice, not wanting anyone else to hear what he was saying.Raphael shook his head slowly "No, I just went to meet Catherine at her tent last night," Raphael replied while telling the others about what he did last night after d
At this time Raphael was back to using his usual black robe when he wanted to act, usually he wandered around society with his casual appearance without a robe, now that he had to sneak into the residence of the leader of Pearl City, he had to use this robe to cover his appearance. .Right now Raphael was trying to be as calm as possible to enter the residence, he had to pay attention to his surroundings as there were many people standing guard there to protect the place. It's just that Raphael still doesn't know where the guards are.In order for Raphael to enter the residence, he first had to go take out the guards that were around the main building which was in a luxurious neighbourhood that had several buildings around it.If not then Raphael would make his target alert and he would most likely be chased by another guard who would soon come to arrest him and he would immediately make Andrew and his interlocutors become alert and be even more careful than before."I have to find
Throughout the day until nightfall everything went smoothly without anything suspicious happening. It was only when it was night like this that Raphael decided to meet Catherine, he chose this time so that not too many people would see him meet Catherine later.Currently in a fairly large circle along with several troops brought over by the Amethyst city government as well as the Adventurers were surrounding a bonfire while enjoying their dinner.Seeing that this was the right time to sneak in, Raphael gave Ettienne the signal that he would immediately go to meet Catherine first."Say something while I'm away so no one suspects me," Raphael whispered to Ettienne for help before slipping away."Don't worry, I will do something to cover your departure." Ettienne nodded his head understanding what Raphael meant at this time.After making sure everything was safe, Raphael slowly moved from his position and started away from the crowd of people who were gathering for dinner that night.T