1 Underground Shrine

As the sun rose through the horizon, the morning came to the Banario Village. Some of the villagers started to start doing their jobs to start their morning. At the outskirt part of the village, there was a simple house.

Inside a simple house, a 12-year-old boy was still sleeping soundly. Some of this kid's saliva can be seen leaking a little bit from his mouth.

A moment later, the child's father suddenly woke him up with a not-so-strong smack at the boy's leg. "Rise and shine, Alex!" said the father of the child.

"Ouch!" said Alexander after he was awakened by his father's smack.

"Come on! I thought you're going to help me today?" said Alexander's father with a happy face.

After hearing his father's words, Alexander was forced to get up from his bed to get ready for their task. He immediately started his morning preparation before departing with his father.

On their way to the forest, Alcatraz, Alexander's father, started saying something to his son. "Son, you have to wake up early tomorrow. You don't want to be late because you will lose your chance to have your system this year."

Alexander couldn't hide his happiness after hearing his father's words. He nodded in response to what his father had said to him.

Alcatraz owned a hunting system so he would always invite his son, Alexander hunting in the forest to give him some experience in fighting. As a father, he wanted his son to have a system related to fighting because he wanted his son to grow as a strong person.

They spent the whole morning hunting in the forest outside their village. After hunting much prey, Alcatraz was able to finish his daily quest from his system

He said to his son, "Alex, let's call it a day. I already finished my quest this day."

Alexander nodded to his father. He lifted some of the carcasses of the animals that they hunted while his father lifted those carcasses that were very heavy for Alexander.

After selling those animals that they hunted to the village's local butcher shop, the father and son duo went to their humble home. They were able to return with some meats and money so the two showed a rather happy expression on their faces.

As soon as the two of them arrived at their home, Alexander's mother greeted the two of them with a wonderful smile on her face. "Welcome home, boys!"

Inside a little girl with almost the same facial feature as Alexander came out. She said while rushing toward the father and son duo, "Welcome home, dad, brother!"

"We're home, mom, Zandra!" said Alexander. Alcatraz just smiled after hearing their greetings of his son.

A moment later, Alexander's father handed out the meat that they brought home to her wife. After receiving the meat, she immediately prepared it for their lunch for the day.

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In the afternoon, Alexander decided to play in the forest outside the village. While he was running toward his destination, his mother shouted some reminders to her son.

She shouted, "Don't go to the deeper parts of the forest! You better return before the sunset because you have to depart early in the morning tomorrow!"

In the forest, Alexander explored it because he wanted to find something new. As a child, his curiosity knows no bound. Although there are some dangers in the forest, his parents would always let him play there.

Alexander already knew the dangers of the forest because his father would always bring him to the forest to help him hunt. Alcatraz wanted his son to have a hunter system like himself or something related to fighting. That's why he always brings him to the forest.

After exploring the forest for an hour, Alexander started to become bored with what he was seeing. He already knew all of this with the hunting trip he went with his father.

Alexander thought to himself, 'I already went with dad to this part of the forest. Maybe, I will go to the further part of the forest this time. I'll just go to take a look.'

With that in mind, Alexander decided to explore the deeper part of the mountain. He just couldn't bear the boredom that he was feeling so he decided to violate one of his mother's reminders.

He happily explored the deeper parts of the forest he was not able to explore yet. He saw new plants, trees, and animals that he had never seen before.

After another hour of exploring the deeper part of the forest, Alexander felt a little exhausted so he decided to rest on a tree that he found.

Before he sits beside the tree to cover himself in its shade, Alexander saw some fruits at the upper part of the tree. After exploring the forest for hours now, he felt starving so he tried to climb the tree.

Before he reached what he wanted to get, a single mishap caused him to fall. Alexander braced himself for the fall. To his surprise, he went through the surface on which he fell.

After falling to a secret place underground, Alexander tidied himself up after some dust went to his cloth. As soon as he finished that, he decided to scan his surrounding.

After seeing the place, he thought to himself, 'What is this place? I better explore it for a bit to know!'

Alexander's curiosity about this place exceeded his will to go home so he went for a little exploring. At the end of the room, he saw some torches that were hanging at the wall of a pathway.

He decided to follow it due to his curiosity. In the end, he was able to reach some sort of shrine. He couldn't help but become curious about what it was so he went near it.

As soon as he took a step toward the shrine, a notification box suddenly appeared in front of him.

[Congratulations! You acquired the King's system from the god, Ratsel. You can now check your status!]