Chapter 8

Looking at the stats above, Daniel was impressed with how many skills he had.

Although his stats were trash since 5 is the norm, it's still quite impressive due to the passive skills which increase it up to 14.

He noticed that as the rank of passive skills grew apart, the amount of percentage they had was almost and more than doubled, and he speculated that B Ranks gave a total passive buff of 100%.

To topple up that with the remaining lower ranks, it's almost close to 200.

The numbers would have been termed overpowered. But the cases like monsters, mean nothing.

Some monsters in dungeons or gates are powerful enough to rival more than a single hunter and this doesn't include their passive skills which if it is affected, then, would be terrifying.

To worsen this, the dungeon bosses are tens of times more powerful than the norm and will require at least a hundred hunters which is why it's hard for hunters to advance to higher ranks.

He couldn't imagine how the numbers would be if he appointed his stat points.

Fortunately, each time he absorbed the skill book, information about the skills was immediately transferred into his mind as though he already knew how to use them.

His auto-learn function even helped him in digesting the information and mastered its uses, saving him some time in utilizing it.

It's such a strange yet comfortable feeling.

Not wasting any more time, he proceeded to his first dungeon with his mother.

Now, after humans researched more about the dungeon, they all came to one conclusion, Dungeons are created from the gathering of Mana after a certain amount of time.

The higher quality and abundance of mana, the higher and more powerful the dungeon monsters would be.

Before dungeons existed, gates from the 'otherworld' were the first ones to appear which caused fluctuations of mana from another world.

The more gates appeared, the more mana was exposed to earth and before long, Earth had 'evolved' and entered a new state. It's said that Mana is everywhere in us, and without it, there's no life.

Hence, why dungeons were able to create lives and materials out of nowhere.

"Are you ready to go sweety?" She asked and as she gazed at her son's new set of armor, she couldn't help but thirst for him.

It wasn't lavishly nor was it too flashy, his armor was just nice to look at. With his black hair and dark crimson armor including a thin sword, he fits into the category of a hunter.

'Though, I'm not so sure why I'm holding a sword despite not knowing any martial arts or books. But mom wanted me to hold this'

"Yeah I'm ready mom" He said while looking forward to his first hunt.

"Alright. Then let us go" She held his hand and they went outside their house where they have transportation prepared after Erza ordered her servant.

Once more, after adjusting to being comfortable with the light armor, he proceeded to the location of the dungeon with his mother.

Arriving at the location, he was greeted by a sight filled with hunters entering and exiting the dungeon for what seemed to be some sort of a cave.

Every hunter wore a variety of sets of armor and equipment. Some appear to be more expensive than others, but overall, they were indeed hunters.

'So this is what a dungeon looks like...' Amazed by the scenery, he began walking towards the entrance. And no doubt some had recognized his face, and they began whispering words of insult.

"Oioi, are you serious? Isn't that the son of Lightning Tyrant? The one rumored to have no system? What's he doing here?"

"He quit the academy just for the sake of being a hunter. But isn't this quite an irony? A person who has no power decided to be a hunter"

"Sigh, what a joke. Unlike his mother, he's an utter failure"

From one it became two, and two became 4. The number of whispers was not showing any signs of stopping, and about a few hundred hunters were hanging around the place either to prepare or to rest.

However, none of those words managed to break his heart. He looked calm and steady as though he wasn't the person they were referring to.

Say what you all like, but one day, I'm going to make all of you eat your own words' He declared inside his heart while gazing around with eyes filled with determination.

However, out of a sudden, a pressure like the weight of a meteor pressed against the whole area with cracks of lightning appearing in the sky.

"Guk!"

All of their bodies were pressed against the floor and those who couldn't endure it started to vomit blood eventually, those who recognized the person that stood beside Daniel were frightened.

"I-It's the Lightning Tyrant!" One of them shouted with pain in his voice and as soon as his words echoed, all of them were terrified and they wanted to choke themselves or kill themselves.

"Mom, it's alright. Their words don't mean anything to me anymore" Daniel calmed his mother.

"But..." She wanted to kill them for insulting her son and she felt guilty for not doing this earlier on in his life.

"It's okay mom and you know that right?" He once again tries to ease her rage by hinting about his system and after realizing that, she

took away the pressure and ignored the mess she made.

Just right before the entrance, some guards halted him with fear in their eyes after witnessing and experiencing the event earlier on.

"M-May I see your hunter license card?" He asked with a trembling voice while holding a scanner to be implemented inside the records in their system.

It's a normal procedure just for the sake of security, safety and perhaps scouting for talented hunters.

"Here you go" Fortunately, Daniel's porter card is considered a hunter card and could enter a dungeon.

"A-Alright thank you, and you may proceed"

Daniel and Erza nodded their head and entered through the huge metallic doors of the dungeon.

"Sigh, we almost forgot that his mother is the Lightning Tyrant. And you know that if she decided to kill us, no one would be made a sound" One of the guards spoke.

"I agree with that..." His friend spoke while sweat began dripping.

The size and space of a dungeon are immeasurable. They're like a city waiting to be explored.

On the other side, in a mere second, Daniel and Erza entered a whole new world.

"Woah...this is incredible, I never thought that a dungeon could create places like this" Mesmerized and awed by the beautiful scenery, he couldn't help but be a glamorous sight ahead of him.