Asher was spreading his mana sense, and he could now clearly feel the presence of many D Rank Monsters grouped together.
"I should go back," Asher decided, turning around.
Asher had just reached D- Rank, while Kevin was a D Rank who was nearing the peak of D Rank in his first years.
Both Alia and Elena were D- Rank Hunters as well.
Asher returned and saw the three of them chatting.
But their smiles faded away when they saw Asher approaching.
"Why did you co back so soon?" Elena asked, frowning.
Asher's emotionless eyes observed the three of them.
"Many monsters are grouped together ahead, and it doesn't look natural at all," Asher said.
"What's unnatural about it?" Kevin asked.
"It doesn't make sense for these monsters to stay in a huge group normally," Asher replied, rembering reading about the traits of these monsters.
"It seems to like you're just afraid of going inside the dungeon," Elena chuckled.
"Aren't you the Heir of the Greville family?" She asked Asher.
Asher's emotionless eyes stared back at the three of them.
"Haaah, do whatever you want," Asher turned and started walking away.
"Wait," Alia stood up, calling Asher back.
She was about to tell Elena to not take it too far.
"Let him go. He'll co back soon when he realizes the difference in our strengths," Kevin stopped her, watching Asher disappear deeper into the dungeon.
"I will go after him," Alia decided, standing to follow Asher.
Kevin grew frustrated, seeing Alia chase after Asher. He had thought she didn't like Asher at all.
"Wait, then I will co with you," Kevin rose abruptly, halting Alia.
"Elena, are you coming?" Kevin asked.
"Why not? If she wants to help him, I don't mind." Elena stood and joined Alia.
Alia smiled faintly, appreciative of their help.
She looked in the direction Asher had gone, but he had disappeared long ago.
Asher was currently dashing towards the spot where he had spotted signs of people inside the dungeon.
There were multiple paths in the Dungeon, and he had chosen the one away from the grouped monsters.
But he soon stopped when he sensed the presence of people ahead.
'Why are these people inside the dungeon?' Asher thought, observing two second-year students standing before him.
Judging by their mana, they were all D Ranked Hunters.
"Will this even work?" One of them asked nervously.
"Shush, they just need to kill her," the other replied.
But Asher sensed sothing was wrong with their mana; sothing felt off.
And the artifact they were holding.
"Nobody will know it was us who did it, yeah…," they repeated these words.
They seed almost insane.
As Asher moved, his foot stepped on a stone, drawing the attention of the pair, who saw a young man standing before them.
"A-Asher Greville??.... Wait, did he hear us?" One of them exclaid.
"Who are you guys?" Asher asked, walking towards them with his crimson red eyes staring at them.
"Crimson, Kill Crimson," one of them muttered to himself.
Asher noticed sothing odd about their behavior.
"Yeah! Let's kill him, he's seen our faces anyway," one of them declared, staring at his partner.
They turned to face Asher, brandishing their weapons.
The next second, Asher saw two D Rank Hunters charging towards him.
Asher quickly backstepped, dodging the first attack with ease.
Both were intent on killing him.
"Severe Slash," Asher muttered, lowering his body as his sword passed through one of the students.
He quickly dispatched the other.
"I felt nothing," Asher observed, standing over the bodies of two dead humans.
At that mont, he noticed that his inner turmoil had quieted as he killed the pair.
This was the first ti in his life he had killed soone, but he didn't feel any emotion. The mont he sensed their murderous intent, his body moved, and he killed them.
Both were only one minor rank above Asher, but their techniques were flawed.
The strangest thing, though, was their behavior and movents. They were too sloppy for second-year students at World Academy. Their thoughts and movents seed out of sync.
BOOM
The sound of an explosion caught Asher's attention, and he cast his mana sense in the direction of the noise.
He quickly moved toward the source and arrived just in ti to see Kevin battling so masked people.
There were five masked n.
"You will not leave," one of them shouted, attacking Alia.
Alia was caught off guard, about to raise her dagger to block when suddenly she saw a black blade pierce the head of the man attacking her.
The man died instantly, and Alia turned to look at Asher.
"Y-You killed him?" Alia stamred, looking at Asher with a strange expression.
Asher ignored Alia's reaction and moved towards the other masked n. He saw that Kevin was prolonging the fight, having no intention to kill the attackers.
But Asher, knowing about the massive group of monsters that would soon be attracted by the commotion, knew that they could not drag this fight out any longer.
'Kill them, you are a monster anyway,' Asher's consciousness whispered as he recalled these mories.
His mories shifted, showing him standing in front of a girl with long black hair and crimson red eyes.
"Just turn yourself in," Alia said, looking at Asher.
"Is this what you ca here for?" Asher asked, looking at Alia.
Tears welled in her eyes.
"Kevin told that he will make sure your punishnt isn't too severe," she said, looking at Asher.
"Punishnt? Did those guys send you here?" Asher asked with a strange smirk on his face.
"How can you laugh right now??" Alia asked, unable to understand his calm deanor.
"Mom, Dad, everyone died because of you!!" Alia shouted at him.
Asher's indifferent eyes t Alia's.
"Just for that girl, what did you even see in that ugly-" Alia began, but Asher was in front of her in an instant.
A heavy killing intent began to radiate from him, and Alia flinched, stepping back.
But he stopped as a mory flashed in his mind.
"Can you protect Alia? It seems I can't," Damian asked with a smile, his eyes growing dull.
"Try to treat her better," Damian said, closing his eyes.
It was Damian's last request, and Asher refrained from attacking Alia.
"Go away, and tell your 'friends', next ti I see their faces,"
"I will kill them," his eyes bore into Alia's.
"Till then, don't get in my way," Asher said, turning as a masked man appeared in front of them.
Alia didn't notice, but behind the mask, another pair of crimson red eyes were staring at her.
Unlike Asher's indifferent gaze, his eyes held only contempt when he looked at her.
They both disappeared from that place just as Alia felt the presence of multiple SS Rank Hunters all around her.
"What?" She looked around in confusion as a beautiful woman with blonde hair and blue eyes appeared in front of her.
"Were you alright, Alia?" Elena asked.
"What is this? I only told you because I trusted you wouldn't reveal-" Alia started, but Elena shook her head.
"I will explain everything to you, trust ," Elena dodged her question as an SS Rank Hunter approached her.
"Lady Elena, they used a Teleportation Artifact, but we're tracing them," he said with a respectful tone.
"Keep searching. Make sure he is apprehended," Elena instructed, turning back to Alia.
"Kevin didn't know about this. I only inford the authorities because I was worried about you, Alia," Elena said, a worried smile on her face.
"That man is not your family, he even used Damian as a-" Elena started, but noticed Alia clenching her fist.
"Stop, I need a mont alone," Alia said, turning to leave.
Elena watched as Alia stepped outside.
"It seems he noticed our trap," Elena said, a frustrated look on her face.
anwhile, outside...
"I will not forgive you," Alia wiped a tear from her eye, looking up at the empty night sky.
***
[ Mana Core increased to C- Rank ]
[ Rune of Eirdin has increased from Rank D to Rank C ]
Asher, who had been imrsed in reliving countless mories, slowly opened his eyes.
The strange beast had disappeared long before he woke, leaving no trace of anything unusual.
He stood and felt his strength had indeed increased significantly.
But having revisited his mories so closely, his indifferent eyes surveyed the area around him.
"I should stay here for now," Asher told himself.
He sat down again, back against the wall, and closed his eyes.
He was not confident in controlling his bloodlust when faced with certain people, so he decided it was better to remain alone in this room until he felt able to restrain himself.
He took out the artifact that he had stolen during the recent heist.
"So, it was all because of this artifact, huh," Asher said, opening his eyes to examine the artifact.
Reviews
All reviews (0)