"What in the..." Dawn winced, looking at the windows floating in front of him.
[Young Hero while taking a stroll in the forest, you encountered a damsel in distress. Your ti has co to shine; show the world how powerful you are and let the world bask in the glory of the Superhero class.]
[You have the following choices.]
[1- Imdiately go and save the people who called for help. Reward - 3 Silver Grade stat crystals.]
[2 - Ignore the call for help for the ti being, understanding that you are still too weak and can’t take unnecessary risks. After all, it’s not the world which is in danger. Reward - 3 Iron grade stat crystals.]
Eh!
He could even be rewarded! Nice, he thought the system wanted him to save them for nothing.
Dawn’s eyes lit up. However, he also couldn’t help but beco a little wary. These blue windows were trying to manipulate him a little.
The rewards were nice, but... why did the system feel like a sleazy rchant trying to sell a ’great deal’?
"Anyways..."
Now that the rewards were in front of him, he decided to take a look; after all, three Silver Strength Crystals were too hard to ignore.
Without hesitating, he chose the first option. After his choice, the window automatically disappeared.
Imdiately he curled his body upwards and grabbed Fiona’s hand like a caterpillar, using her hand as a rope to climb to her shoulder.
He pointed his small wooden sword in the direction where the voice ca from and said in a heroic voice:
"Let’s go, big sister! Soone is in danger. As a young master of the Skylar family, how can I ignore a plea for help?"
"If word spreads that I turned a blind eye to the cry for help, wouldn’t people think my family was filled with a bunch of cowards?"
Dawn’s voice was a little forceful as he presented his argunt; he was worried that she might not agree with his words.
After saying those words, he stopped and looked at Fiona’s face only to realize sothing.
Fiona had fallen completely silent; her face seed to have turned into an ice sculpture.
Just as Dawn was about to call out again, Fiona nodded her head, albeit a little stiffly like a robot. Looking at this scene, Dawn’s expression turned slightly weird.
Her expression was unreadable, but inside, a small part of her felt... proud? No. That was ridiculous. He was just a child. And yet...
Just as he was about to say sothing, Fiona’s body suddenly accelerated.
"Wait..." Dawn felt his head jerk backward from the sudden acceleration.
He grabbed her shoulder tightly, afraid of falling down. The world in front of his eyes suddenly seed to have blurred; the tall trees disappeared, and before he realized it, Dawn arrived in completely foreign surroundings.
Before he was even able to survey the surroundings, he heard loud battle cries echoing around them.
"Protect the young miss with your lives!"
"If anything happens to her, all of you will die a brutal death!"
A cold and rough voice similar to howling wind echoed in the surroundings. The voice hit Dawn’s head like a whip, imdiately clearing it of unnecessary thoughts.
After his head had cald down, Dawn noticed three figures protecting a little girl with their bodies so distance away.
The girl seed to be similar to him in age, skin white as snow and two gemstone-like eyes that were filled with tears as she loudly wailed, with snot flowing down her nose like rivers.
Just one glance and Dawn imdiately frowned. Compared to this girl, he had truly grown up. He could sowhat understand what Fiona ant earlier.
In front of them was a young man dressed in rags, his face covered in coal dirt. He seed to be a commoner working in coal mines. At this mont, the young man’s expression was utter hatred, as if the four people in front of him had killed his parents. If looks could kill, Dawn was sure the three people, including the girl, would have long turned into a bunch of dead bodies.
Just as he was looking at the boy, he noticed an eerily familiar tattoo of a venomous snake on the young man’s arms.
"An abyss mark holder..."
The snake seed to be alive as it swam upwards and curled around the young man’s arms.
From ti to ti, the snake would open its pitch-black maw, and particles of red light would erge from the young man’s body and rge with the snake.
The serpent’s eyes glead with a sickly red glow, its scales shifting as if thousands of tiny worms writhed beneath its skin.
After the process ended, the snake would look even more lifelike, as if it was about to jump out of the young man’s arms.
The snake’s forked tongue flicked out, tasting the air. A slow, deep hiss filled the space—not from the boy, but from the mark itself.
Dawn even noticed a few white hairs at the young man’s temple.
Just at this mont, the snake seed to have felt Dawn’s gaze, and its reptilian eyes narrowed.
Right then, his Superhero Danger sense skills suddenly seed to have gone haywire, sending intense warnings.
"What the hell." Dawn clutched his forehead tightly; he felt as if his forehead had been stabbed by a nail.
[Chance of Death in next few minutes: 90%. Escape imdiately.]
A window flashing with crimson appeared in front of him, warning him about the severity of the situation.
The three n protecting the little girl also seed to understand sothing and shouted at the sa ti:
"His abyss mark is about to erupt! Quickly take the young miss and escape!"
One of them hurriedly turned back and quickly tried to grab the girl’s hand.
However, it seed they were too late. The next mont, the young man’s body burst into a shower of blood.
The droplets seed to be highly acidic, as when they hit the green vegetation nearby, a trail of smoke erged, flying high in the air.
Looking at the scene, Dawn felt his heart jump out of his body.
"Big sis Fiona, I think mommy seems to be calling ."
Dawn said, trying to sound as cute as possible. Three Silver Crystals weren’t worth dying for. Maybe if it was Gold... No, what the hell was I even thinking!?
Fiona seed to have ignored his words; she looked at the gathering in front of her with a strange look in her eyes. Her fingers twitched slightly. It was the only sign of emotion on her otherwise expressionless face. Dawn had never seen her react like this before.
Without saying anything, she placed Dawn on the ground and looked at him with a serious face.
"Young master, you try to escape with these people while I keep this beast busy."
Dawn obediently nodded his head with a strange look in his eyes.
"Why did it sound as if she was eager to fight with the monster?"
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