In the partially dark passage of a cave, two shadows could be seen dancing along the walls of the passage. And if one paid rapt attention, they would hear the almost silent shuttling of feet on the crude surface of the passage grounds. Hal and Sir Jack came to a stop in front of an opening in the walls of the passage. Inside it, they could sense the numerous auras emanating from it, and also a particularly thick aura. "Hmmm...so apart from the Boss monster, there are also Hobgoblins here, huh?" Sir Jack mused while scratching his beard. "It appears so," Hal said calmly. Huff! Sir Jack made a sound that suggested that he was exhausted, before bringing out his Katana and said in a mid-boring voice. "Well, let's get this over with, shall we?" "The pleasure is all mine," Hal said with a slight smirk as he summoned his dual-blade Mystic. With that said, they stormed the place. The Hobgoblins, although stronger than the regular Goblins, were still weak enough to be killed by

Grrrrmmh! Grrrrmmh!Hal stood at the edge of the road, watching the sun dip beyond the horizon, painting the sky in fading streaks of orange and gold. A loud, guttural sound echoed in the air.Grrrrmmh!He flinched. “What the... Where is that coming from?” He spun around, eyes scanning the quiet street, searching for the source of the eerie sound. But nothing stood out. No monster. No wild animal. Just the wind brushing through the still evening.'Weird... must be hearing things.' He shrugged and turned to leave.Then, he stopped mid-step, face scrunching up as a sharp pain twisted through his gut. His hands shot to his stomach.Groan!The rumble came again, more urgent this time.Grrrrmmh! Grrrrmmh!Hal blinked. Then his expression deadpanned. Oh, for crying out loud… It’s my stomach?!He scoffed, shaking his head at himself. Here I was, alert like a soldier on night watch, and it turns out my own empty belly was the beast in question. Smooth, Hal. Real smooth.His stomach continued

The distance between Sir Jack and Hal wasn't much, so Sir Jack quickly got to where he stood.He stopped in front of him, the weird smile now washed off his face and replaced with a slightly solemn look.He fixed his gaze on Hal for a few moments, his arms crossed over his chest, not saying anything,, and then suddenly, he said."Will you become part of my team Hal?." He asked, the solemn look still carved into his face."We would work together, and participate in future raids together." He continued."I've seen you fight upfront and know your potential, I think you would be a good addition to my team." He ended, his brown eyes shimmering a strange light._Ah, this is totally unexpected. I knew he had seen me fighting, and he was slightly aware of my capabilities, but to think he'd want to add me to his team? Definitely not expected. I thought he had trust issues with me, but now he is personally inviting me to his team, as he forgot all of the weird incidents surrounding me. My re-aw

As soon as they had entered the Gate, the Hunter who was also a alcoholic stood to his feet, unsteady.Shaking as he struggled to find his balance, with the bottle of beer in hand."Do you guy's know, that you've all tied your future to a tag of amateurs?" He said, his voice surprisingly clear for a drunk."Yeah, you're right." Another person voiced his thought in agreement to the alcoholic."Hahaha, and yet you agreed to the deal, fool." The alcoholic mocked the other guy, as if he had not also signed the contract."But you also did." The other guy retorted.The conversation between the both people opened the floodgate of words from the remaining Hunters. Everyone began speaking their minds now."What will happen if those two get killed inside the dungeon?""Will that mean we wouldn't receive our pay, and would have just wasted our time coming here?""Ahh, why did I even agree to the deal, I should have known they were nothing but a set of amateurs !""Hey, wait, those anyone knows t

As soon as he said those words, a brownish-white short sword, which was clearly made from bone, appeared in his hand, and true to its name, it had a rough, jagged mouth with a curved hilt. It was a short sword so it was slightly longer than his dagger, but he guessed it would suffice. He was even glad he got it, it was extremely rare for monsters to drop weapons, apart from those from the dungeon raid issued by the system, which Hal suspected were monsters that had been specially picked by the system, so they had a higher chance of dropping weapons and other items. Apart from that, it was extremely rare to see a monster dropping weapons. Not to mention, the fact that he now had an extra weapon to couple with his dagger Steel. Well, that's that, he'd better get moving, Hal thought and with that thought left the area in a zoom to meet up with Sir Jack. Hal met up with Sir Jack and they left the Gate shortly afterwards to head towards the next Gate. It was two Gates per da