Divinity

--- [Victor’s perspective] One year ago, three months before he met Alex

“Vic, are you going to finish that or what?” – Lexa

“Here, just take it.” – Victor

I give her my last slice of cake.

“Hehe, thank yoooou!” – Lexa

She giggles like a kid while eating it.

“Oh, by the way, Leo told me that we should meet up with him in the main hall later. I think it was something work related.” – Lexa

“Can you stop talking with food in your mouth?” – Victor

“No, don’t wanna.” – Lexa

“…” – Victor

This woman…

I swear…

“Let’s go meet up with him after you’ve finished then.” – Victor

“Okiii~” – Lexa

--- Five minutes later

“There you are, do you know what this is about?” – Leo

“She said it was something work related, but that’s it.” – Victor

“I see… There have been some reports of monster sightings near Lutum recently. The witnesses weren’t the most reliable; they were extremely drunk when they supposedly saw them, and no one has gotten hurt yet, but there is a known dungeon close by. The dungeon was graded as a 2-man C-rank dungeon. Me and Seth already accepted the mission, but I was wondering if you two wanted to tag along.” – Leo

“Sure. The experience of being in a real C-rank dungeon is invaluable.” – Victor

“I’m in. This just gives me more things to brag about to my dumb little brother.” – Lexa

“Haha, perfect.” – Leo

“Nice! Before we leave, I’ll tell you the plan. First, we’ll scout the area and make sure there are no monsters there. If there are any, it won’t be many. You guys can take care of them if there are any. After that, we’ll clear the dungeon itself. Sounds good?” – Seth

“Sure.” – Victor

“Yup.” – Lexa

--- A little while later, at the dungeon entrance

“Okay, Vic, you can come with me. Lexa, you go with Seth. We don’t want either of you to ever be alone. This is meant to be practice for you guys, we don’t want you to be in any real danger.” – Leo

“Got it.” – Victor

Lexa runs off with Seth.

“Okay, they’re going that way, so we’ll go this way.” – Leo

We run around scouting the area for a while, but we can’t find anything.

There are no signs of monsters here.

Not even any footprints.

Maybe Seth and Lexa found something, but honestly, I doubt it.

Although it does happen, it’s still rare for monsters to escape their dungeon.

Especially for a dungeon as new as this one.

On top of that, the witnesses were unreliable.

They probably just imagined it.

It’s still good that we checked though.

Better safe than sorry.

If there actually were any monster around, that could be disastrous.

Even the weakest monsters in a C-rank dungeon could kill countless people if there are no one around to stop it.

“Looks like we’re clear, should we head back to the dungeon entrance and meet up with the others?” – Victor

“Sure.” – Leo

As we run back, we continue to scout for monsters in case we missed any.

We got back before Lexa and Seth did, so we decided to just sit down while we were waiting.

Luckily, we didn’t have to wait for long; just 10 minutes or so.

“Did you find anything?” – Leo

“Nope.” – Seth

“I see. Good. All clear then, let’s head into the dungeon.” – Leo

The entrance is on the ground; it’s like a hole in the earth.

Leo jumps in first, then Seth and I quickly follow after.

Lexa hesitates for a moment, but eventually she jumps too.

“AhHH!!!” – Lexa

After jumping in, we just kept falling.

It was quite far, but we eventually landed.

A fall isn’t enough to hurt a hunter at our level, but Lexa was still screaming the whole way down…

“God, I hate heights…” – Lexa

Before we get to look around, we’re already getting attacked.

Three giant spiders shoot webs at us.

I get ready to jump away, but it wasn’t necessary.

Leo waves his hand, and a large wall of fire is created.

The webs are instantly burned to ash the moment they hit the wall.

He shoves his hand forwards, and the wall is pushed deep into the dungeon.

Just like their webs, all that remains of the giant spiders is ash.

Wow…

I’m shocked every time I see him in action.

C-rank hunters are beasts…

“Leo, can’t you turn down the heat a little? We just entered the dungeon, and I’m already sweating…” – Lexa

“…” – Leo

“Let me and Vic take care of the next ones. If we’re in trouble, then you can help.” – Lexa

“Fine.” – Leo

I’m not gonna complain, but I do agree…

His fire is almost unbearably hot…

We continue to walk further into the dungeon.

There are no lights here, so Leo creates a tiny flame that he uses as a torch.

He walks in the front, while Seth is in the back.

This is to make sure we don’t get ambushed by any strong monsters.

It seems like this dungeon is very large.

We haven’t seen too many monsters yet.

As soon as I finish the thought, two more giant spiders come crawling around the corner.

One is walking on the ceiling, while the other is on the wall.

“Eww!” – Lexa

They crawl quickly towards us.

“Alright then, take care of them.” – Leo

I run towards the one on the wall, but when I get close, they both decide to shoot their webs at me.

“I got it!” – Lexa

“Alright!” – Victor

I ignore the webs and continue to run towards it.

The webs are heading right for me, but just before they hit, a volley of weapons slice them apart.

I jump towards the spider, and punch it straight in the head.

Boom, boom, boboboboom!!

My hit repeats five times, and the spider is crushed.

The one on the ceiling jumps down towards me.

“You got the other one, this one is mine!” – Lexa

As she said that, she waves both her hands around, creating an army of weapons.

She pushes her arms forward, and they all go flying towards the spider.

Before the spider can reach me, it gets impaled by countless weapons, instantly killing it.

Lexa’s specialty is very powerful.

She can create a whole bunch of weapons, then control them as she likes.

Swords, spears, knives…

You name it.

Ranged types like her are always handy to have by your side.

Actually…

When I think about, I’m the only one here who prefers to fight in close quarters…

“Good job, both of you!” – Seth

“Hehe, that spider was nothing!” – Lexa