4 Sir John? I can just tell you what the dungeon rank is.

A few minutes after leaving the Hunter association headquarters, Kim and his party members made it to dungeon S-45.

Right in the alley way of Middlesbrough, was the presence of this dungeon's entrance. Like a rip in space, the rectangular portal positioned itself in between the building, its energy sparking all around it.

Cars and other vehicles could be heard speeding past the road, people walking down the street with small flying androids scanning for potential instant gates.

The buildings were mostly large and long with only a few taking in the smaller size. Even though their world was now filled with monsters and super humans. Humans still kept the world looking the same.

Normally, dungeons could show up anywhere in the world, sometimes even in the sky. But it's rare to see one open up around people, even though it had been getting more consistent.

"Would you look at that, a fresh unexploded dungeon just waiting to be scavenged by me. I feel excited just thinking about it" John spoke, standing in front of the gates with his hand resting on his waist.

The rest looked just as surprised, it was their first dungeon raid so it was no shock that they felt super excited to explore it.

Kim on the other hand, had been through alot of dungeons, each one having their ups and down, so even now, he knew not to count his luck before he had successfully cleared the dungeon.

"Hey, you don't seem excited, are you scared?".

That was a member of the party, a female who went by the name Krista Everton, an E rank Hunter under the assassin class. Just like everyone there, she was also new to hunting and looked to be the same age as Kim.

"Uhn?" He turned his gaze towards her.

She had long blonde hair, and was wearing a black top with red skirt and black tights to compliment her dressing. Balanced on both side of her waist were two zig zag shaped daggers.

"I'm asking if you're scared." Krista asked again, her arms behind her back as she tilted her head to the side.

Kim sighed, "Of course I am, and you all should too. The dungeons…can be quite surprising".

"You've been in one before?" Krista asked.

"A few".

"Ohh wow, you must be really good then." Kriste leaned forward, a smile on her face as she pushed closer.

"I don't… know about that." Kim looked away nervously.

"Okay boys and girls, let's do this!" John voiced out, standing in front of the pulsing gate with a smile on his face. "Remember, we stick together, no matter what happens, okay?".

"Understood!" They all responded.

"Good, let's move." John walked towards the gate, and the moment he was close, it sucked him in so fast the rest were left wondering what happened.

"Shit, looks fun!" A male member smiled, charging right in too. And then one by one, they followed each other.

All that was left was Kim and Krista, both staring at the gates. Kim on the other hand felt a bit anxious, flashbacks of the last dungeon raid he did began to resurface.

Gripping the handle of his bag, he took a deep breath, although he could still feel his hand trembling with every breath he took.

'You got this, relax, deep breaths'.

"Kim.."

His eyes snapped open -

"Are you alright? You just spaced out, feeling nervous?" Krista asked, standing in front of him with a worried look on her face.

"Yeah, we should go before they get too far".

Finding his resolve again, he walked into the gate with the girl following behind him.

With a flash of white light, Kim and Krista found themselves standing in an entirely different plane of existence. The ground was made from stones and it felt like they were caved in even though they could not see the ceiling.

Pillars stood at every side with lanterns burning with blue flames. The walls had signs, each arrow taking them to different paths of the dungeons.

"This place is insane! Look at how huge this dungeon is. I bet it's a D rank or something." The male with the red hair spoke, his finger rubbing against the wall.

"You're right, the feeling in here is different from the outside." Another member spoke, a shield and a spear accompanying him.

"Stick together guys, no one is to stay too far from the team." John utterred with a small device in his hand. This device was used to record and read everything about the dungeon.

Kim, standing at the back of the team, slowly went down to his knees and touched the ground.

Kirsta noticed, so she also halted, "What are you doing? We shouldn't stray from the team, John just said this." She asked. But got no response from Kim.

With his eyes close, Kim activated his skill, his eyes taking a golden faint glow as golden streaks networked from his palm and spread all around the dungeon. Only he could see this, and so, the information began to enter his brain.

"Four floors, D rank dungeon, 500km, 67 monsters, and one boss."

As those words left his mouth, everyone slowly turned their gazes towards him, as if a bit shocked at what he had just said.

Opening his eyes, Kim rose to his feet, shifting his gaze towards his party members, "That is the best I could get".

"What did you just do?" John asked, the device in his head blinking as it had already gotten the information it needed of the first floor, getting all floors would let it have a map of the place, know the rank and also the boss type.

"It's my skill, I can analyze anything I touch, I get my information from there." Kim replied, "I should have explained that eailer, although it's vague since I dont know the monster or type of boss we are facing".

"Wow, that's impressive," Kirsta still a bit surprised kept staring at him.

While everyone was feeling even more curious about his powers, John on the other hand, stood there, silent and still.

"So if you touch me you can tell what kind of skill I have?" One of the Hunters asked.

Kim laughed nervously, "No, it doesn't work that well on living things, but I could tell you other informations".

"Awwn that's too bad, I was really hoping you could." Another Hunter spoke, all of them speaking over each other.

Kim couldn't help but smile a bit, it was rare for anyone to prise him like that. He understood that it was because they were simply new to it, but it still felt just as great.

"With a skill like that, do you realize how many dungeons you can crack down before even steping inside?" John suddendly utterd, looking to the ground.

"Uhn?"

Everyone paused, turning their gaze to John who was also giving out silent but uncomfortable chuckles.

"Sir John?" One of them called out.

John raised his head, his eyes dead as he uttered, "Knock Knock, I'm about to get stronger and I'm not even planning to wait on that".

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