9 The hunter that survived, and yet....

"Ahhhhhhh!!!" John screamed, his voice hitched with fear as his body went flying and slamming against the wall.

Upon impact, his spear slipped away from his hand, while he remained there, seated on the ground with his back resting on the wall and his head facing to the ground.

Slowly opening his eyes, his vision was blurry and all he could see were his legs and his bruised hand.

'Wha… What happened?'

The moment this thought crossed his mind, he got alarmed. With swift movement, he tried to lift himself up and run but his reactions were too slow for the person in front of him.

A powerful boom ripped through the air as Kim's boot connected with John's chest, cracking the armor he had on and sending him smashing into the same wall again.

A heavy grunt left his mouth, but he knew not to waste any time. Stretching his hand to the side he yelled, "Come to me!!!".

Answering to its master, the spear lifted from the ground and came speeding towards John's grasps. Just when John was about to have it directly in his palm, Kim swopped in.

Baam!

He snatched the spear mid air, rotating it a bit before plunging it inside John's gut. Blood immediately started rushing and all John could do was sit there, screaming in pain as he watched his blood leak out of his body.

"Get it out! Please get it out!!!" He sobbed, wrapping his weak fingers around the spear as he tried to pull it out of his guts. His hand painted in his blood, could barely move the spear an inch from where it was, instead, the spear went even deeper.

"D…don't"

Before he could say a word, Kim grabbed him by collar, picked him up and slammed him on the ground with so much force, the ground beneath cracked in a spider web fashion.

On the ground, using everything in his body to breathe, John looked up at the man who was already on top of him.

Kim, his eyes having a golden glow while his hair danced around as golden energy circulated his body, refusing to let go of his form.

And just behind him, was a silver haired woman, with a sinister smile on her face as she watched the whole thing unfold.

"P-lease… don't do this…" John managed to let out, blood slipping from his lips, "Don't…kill me".

Silence took over.

And then -

Paaam!

Paaaaaam!

Paaaaaam!

Every power blow to the face from Kim led to a disfigured feature on John's. Blood spewed on the ground and tears trailed down the eyes of John. There was nothing he could do when Kim looked like every emotion had been yanked out of his body.

After a while, and a couple of more power hits, John was unable to move a muscle. He was dead, soaked in his own blood.

Kim stared at him, his eyes still glowing so much that anyone could see it from afar, or sense the huge amount of energy in the dungeon.

And then, can the rapid notification.

A golden template showed in front of Kim.

{ *Notification*

The skill 『Revenge is mine』copied and added to the skill box.}

And then another notification showed up in the middle of the Dungeon.

[The dungeon boss has been slain. Dungeon S-45 cleared!].

{Notice, threat has been annihilated, Auto mode has been canceled. Returning host to initial state.}

His golden eyes went dim and immediately, he collapsed to the ground, falling into deep sleep with blood all over his body.

.....

"One was a king….the other was a slave. One wanted to be acknowledged, the other wanted to be loved.

Fate didn't care, and fate didn't need to care. It did as it should and separated the two lovers by death".

The female voice echoed.

"He was saddened but didn't allow that to affect his rule as the king. And she was depressed, her lover had been taken from her. And thus she casted a curse. Let the earth scotch, I remain, let the world collapse I remain, but a spectacle in the face of chaos, awaken my beloved, you are mine and mine alone. Mine and mine alone".

Immediately, Kim's eyes snapped open and he jolted up from the bed. The first thing he did was look around, trying to tell where the voice was coming from.

After satisfying his gaze, he sighed heavily, trying his best to calm himself. 'What was that all about?' He thought to himself.

Suddenly-

He noticed his left hand was back and healed. Just the sight of his hand began to give him flashbacks of everything that had happened in the dungeon.

Feeling sick, he covered his mouth, trying to push back the vomit as he stared at the bed with perplexity.

'I remember.' He thought to himself, 'I remember the pain of getting ripped apart by those monsters. That should have killed me, so why am I alive with my limbs intact?'.

He turned his gaze to the door.

"So I'm in my own room, well that's a relief I guess.." Kim sighed, "How exactly did I end up here? Scouting team?".

Kim slowly stood up from the bed.

The moment two of his feet touched the ground, the voice of a female Ai voice echoed inside his head.

{Notice: Host has awakened.}

He paused.

Deliberately, Kim veered around, trying to keep his calm before turning to check whoever had just made that voice. But the more his eyes covered, the more he realized there was no one behind him.

He sighed.

'I must be imagining things.'

{Would host like me to give an impromptu tutorial on how to use the system?}

"Ahhh!" Kim screamed in fear, the second time confirmed it, he wasn't imagining the voice. Tumbling on the bed, he landed on the other side the instant he noticed the golden template hovering in front of him.

Thud!

His back slammed against the ground, but instead of dotting on that, Kim immediately stood up from the ground and pushed himself back against the wall.

"W..What in the world is happening right now?" He whispered under his breath as he stared at the golden template.