Being a hunter was now the most dangerous work that existed ever since the portals and dungeons showed up. It's my dream to be a doctor, a neurosurgeon specifically. but since the portals and dungeons showed up and people starts awakening, my dream of being a doctor needs to be dropped, for my sister developed this illness caused by the awakening called the eternal sleep.
This illness causes for someone's life force to be taken away from them, and put into coma but thanks to advance medicine and science, they developed a new kind of life support that keeps the people infected by the eternal sleep alive and well but still in a coma state. My parents were also nowhere to be found; they just suddenly vanished like the other people in the world, and authorities still doesn't know where are they.
I registered myself to be a hunter, once I've learned that I have gone through awakening to support my sisters need of life support and to pay for the everyday expenses. because even though being a hunter is hard, it also pays very well.
It's hard being in the lowest rank of hunters rank, because you get the least job and got discriminated all the time, especially if you are not in any team. I was identified as one an E-class hunter, when I was evaluated, they even said that I might be the weakest among the weakest because of my mana level, which is 10. It was a struggle at first, to find jobs or team that will hire me, that's why I am glad that I met Stephan and Alice that formally made me part of their team and it help me a lot.
"You hurt yourself again Demetri, why did you come to my rescue, do you really have a death wish?"-Alice.
"I'm sorry Alice, but you will be dead if I didn't do it. my skin is much thicker than yours, I am glad you are okay"-Demetri
"I'm not hurt at all, but you are really in a bad shape"-Alice
"I'm glad you are not hurt, it looks like speed is only a good thing I can be proud off"-Demetri
"Woy, Don't move ass I'm healing you, your wound will open up again"-Alice
I've never been in a raid that I came out not hurt, every time, even though my skin is thick, perks of being an assassin, even in the lowest rank dungeon, I get wounded. I'm so disappointed of myself. I wanted to be stronger, much stronger so that I can protect the people who are important to me, especially my sister.
After the raid, I sat on the corner while watching the harvest team take out all the mana crystals and the monster carcass out of the dungeon, when the dungeon boss was taken out, the dungeon automatically shut and disappear, like it didn't appear at all. After dealing with the dealer, Stephan gather us around to give us the portion of the profit for today.
"Can we get more than this or cut his pay, we all know here that we did more than this E-rank"-other Assassin.
I did not comment to what he said and stayed silent. The other hunters begin to support what he said and I can't do anything about it and about to agree but Stephan begin to talk.
"Everybody stop, if it's not for Demetri we would already lost are only healer, you all know how hard it is to get a healer for a team, healer is a big demand and very few"- Stephan.
No one dared to talk back to Stephan because he is the strongest one of all us, being the only Class A Hunter in this group. After checking if the profit has already been transferred to our account using our membership cards that projects a screen that shows are stats, we part ways.
"I'm sorry for those things they said to you Demetri"- Stephan.
"It's okay Stephan, I'm used to it already"-Demetri.
I said to them with a smile, but I know they are not convince.
"Why don't we eat the stress away, let's go eat Pares"-Alice.
"I'm sorry I have to go to the hospital to pay the bills, maybe next time"-Demetri.
I bid my farewell to them and began walking to the hospital not far away from where we did the raid. I pay the bills immediately once I arrived, the remaining money is all I have until the next raid so I have to budget it properly because it's not much. Even after the visiting hours ended already, the nurses allowed me to visit my sister, because they already know me.
"Hi there Diana, how are you?"-Demetri.
I said to my sister even though I know she will not answer. I replace the dried flowers on the side table with the new ones I bought.
"I got hurt again in the raid but thanks to Alice, I always get healed, it's embarrassing but just like always I successfully protected her from those monsters"-Demetri.
"It's getting lonely here Diana, I promise you I will do anything for you, and I will continue looking for pa and ma, I will not lose hope"-Demetri.
I peck a kiss on my sister's forehead before leaving. I stop by the nurses station to say good bye and take my leave. As soon as I arrive home, I took a bath first, to wash off all the dirt and monsters blood before eating the noodles that I bought in the 7/11 that I stop by near our house.
While eating, I turn on the television to watch the news and same as always its all about the dungeon, and portals accidents and the top hunters locally and international. I can't help myself but to feel envy on those hunters, giving a great contribution in defeating the monsters, I wish I were as strong as they are.
It is the same dream again that I get every night since my awakening, me being a mage and battling this terrifying dark creature. I don't know why I'm always dreaming about it but it feels more than a dream, it feels like an experience I have before. I massage my head because comes with dreams are headaches.
I still can't figure out why I'm having those dreams, are those from my past lives or just a dream, if it's just a dream, why it's continuous?
It's been three weeks since the last raid, and the remaining money I have is only enough to last for the this week. While eating breakfast I receive a message from Stephan that a new dungeon is schedule for us to raid today and it feels like an answered prayer for me. I gear up myself, with the last equipment I have. If this gear breaks, I have to go to raids with no gear at all until I can afford to buy a new one. I arrive at the dungeons location and saw that mostly of the raid team were already their including Stephan and Alice.
"Demetri, here I got you some coffee"-Alice.
"Thanks Alice"-Demetri.
"A thanks for yesterday"-Alice.
Another D-Rank Dungeon was assigned for us today. I battle mostly the small insect ones and stay not far from away Alice, in a distance that I can reach her fast if she is in trouble. The dungeon ended nobody getting hurt, beside for me, I get little bruises, not the same life threatening wounds like before, and I'm thankful for that a lot.
"You want me to heal those bruises for you Demetri?"-Alice.
"It's fine Alice, it's just cuts, save up your mana"-Demetri.
We were about to leave when the ground suddenly shakes. I stay close to Alice and cover her from any debris falling. When the shaking stops, we were surprise when the dungeon change it states from a cave into a literal dungeon you see in an old castle.
"It looks like we have entered a Transfer"-Stephan.
"I want to hear all of your opinion if you want to continue the raid or not, we are not obliged to continue and we can call higher teams that can solve this dungeon, but don't worry we will still have share profit but expect it to be less, because most of the profit will be given to the other team, so let's do a vote"- Stephan.
"Do we really have to vote, I know most of the people here wants to continue, besides for the reason that most of us wants to experience a transfer, we all heard that a Transfer dungeon also means double profit"-Tank.
"I agree, and beside a Transfer dungeon only means one level up from the other dungeon then this is only a C-Rank Dungeon we can handle this"-Warrior 1.
Other comments agreeing with the first comment starts to come out from the other raid members. There are others who do disagree too, most are lower Ranks, and I can feel Alice is one too.
"Alice"-Demetri.
"You know Demetri that even I say I don't want to continue, It will not matter, majority wants to continue"-Alice
In the end, we continue the raid even though the others don't want to. This dungeon is full of a skeleton knight type creatures, but something doesn't feels right, these soldiers are too weak for a C type dungeon.
"Stephan, something's not right about this dungeon"-Demetri.
"You're right Demetri, I feel it too"-Stephan.
Fewer and fewer knights are coming at us as we explore this dungeon, when we reach the throne room where the dungeon boss should be, we are surprised to see a beast type monster attacking the head knight. With the aura it emits, it's the same as the strongest hunters of the country, this is a S-Class Type monster, but what puzzles all of us, is what it is doing in a Class C Dungeon, something is definitely wrong.
It's screams are enough to make us all tremble, the pressure is too much for us to handle, its suffocating. After dealing with the head knight, it rushes towards us. We didn't even have time to prepare or even react in the situation. So, this is what an S-Class Monster is. What we are witnessing now is a massacre, its not a battle anymore.
It kills everyone that gets in its way. Even with the full force of the team and full power, we can't do anything about it. Even I know I can't do anything, I still want to do something that's why when I see an opportunity, I exert all the mana I have left to it, but even with all that, it's still nothing.
It slashes its claws right into my chest and throw me right across the throne. I spit out blood and feel like anytime I might die, but I can't die here, I can't leave my sister alone, she needs me. Even though my vision shifting from blur to clear, I can see that the team that once fighting are now all dead, leaving Stephan the only man alive, struggling to get out of the grip of the monster. I can see too that Alice is boosting him and at the same time healing him and because of that, the attention of the S-Class monster is now on her.
The Beast Monster, throw Stephan across the room and now is walking towards Alice, I have to save her, I have too. With the remaining mana I have, I rush myself towards Alice to use myself as a shield for the attack. I came just in time before it slashes Alice. It was about to hit me when a blinding light in a form of human appear in front us, facing me, smiling.
"Found you"-Light Being.
Before even I can say anything, it faces the S-Class Beast Monster and snapped saying the words.
"Time Manipulation; Freeze."-Light Being.
And just like it said, everything around us, stops.
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