In a city somewhere, in a certain building was a man.
Brown, shoulder-length hair awkwardly hangs over a thin, frowning face. Narrow hazel eyes set rooted within their sockets, watch longingly over this place he had grown affectionate of for so long.
A mustache charmingly compliments his hair and cheekbones and leaves a compelling memory of his fortunate upbringing.
This is the face of Alfredo Nihil, a man of a mysterious background, he has a lean frame.
There's something different about him, perhaps it's a feeling of shame, or perhaps it's simply a feeling of sadness. Nonetheless, people tend to follow him, it was thanks to this unique trait he was able to create this organization.
Suddenly, someone appeared behind him, it was a woman whose face was covered by a face mask but those sharp eyes couldn't be hidden, those sharp and piercing brown eyes were like a blade threatening the weak-willed.
''I have met the leader.'' The woman said as soon as she appeared and Alfredo nodded before asking.
''How are the preparations?"
The woman with the face mask answered immediately.
''Almost done, I've picked up a team and they are getting ready.''
''Good.''
''What is the destination?" The woman asked and Alfredo answered.
''Sunset city.'' His eyes turned ruthless when he said this but the woman nodded with a crazed smile behind the mask.
''Understood. I will convey your wish to the others. May chaos reign!" She saluted before leaving but only after hearing her leader say.
''And chaos shall reign.''
''Sigh!"
After being left alone, Alfredo sighed but nobody knows what he was sighing for and the air of mystery surrounding him seemed to have deepened at the moment as if he was someone unfathomable.
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Back to Dante's location.
He calmly waited for Nemesis's reply and it didn't take long for her to answer him.
[Yes! It is possible. Should I start immediately?]
''Yes! Please do so.'' He authorized her to start right away but Nemesis had something to say before doing as ordered.
[Master, I forget to tell you that I can hack into any system if not too heavily protected. What I can do is limited, though.] Nemesis added after confirming that she could create the ability requested by her master and the reason for this was because there was something special about his eyes, she was sure that even Dante's golden eye was special as the purple eye Lucifer left to her master.
''I see, this ability will come in handy soon. Just start I don't mind a bit of pain.'' Dante affirmed as he could feel that the next thing Nemesis would say would be a warning.
''Let's call this skill the Mind's eye,'' Dante added and Nemesis began to work on the skill's creation.
[Starting the creation of the Mind's Eye skill....]
[Choosing a suitable host for this skill... Ding! Purple eye unable to be used, switching to the golden eye.]
[The golden eye is the perfect host. Starting skill's transplantation.]
A bunch of notifications continuously rang inside his brain until he felt a burning sensation.
A burning sensation radiated from his golden eye.
A fist clamped onto his skin, nails digging deep into the flesh in search of relief from this agony.
His eyes darted all over, desperately searching for a way to relieve his body from this miserable feeling but the pain was greater than anticipated so he was forced to close his eyes and relaxed his muscles. Dante took a deep breath, and then another. It was his best attempt to regain his composure. He took a deep breath and shifted his focus, determined to swallow the pain and keep going. He repeatedly did the same exercise until the pain disappeared and the skill got created.
[Ding! Mind's Eye skill successfully created.]
''Great.'' Dante nodded pleased with this and Nemesis showed him the skill's description without him saying anything.
{Mind's Eye: Special skill able to read people's information.
Limit: Two levels above the skill's owner level.
Additional skill's abilities:
-Immune to most illusion and mind control.
- Can't be detected upon its use, however, it can fail if used on a special existence.
It is a passive skill.
Camouflage ability: Only visible to the owner.}
Dante was pleased with the skill's description he was surprised that the skill got so many useful additional abilities. After the creation of this skill, it was time to move forward to the next step.
''I believe they must exist other systems beside mine right?" He asked and the response to this question would determine what he would say next, so he patiently waited for Nemesis's answer.
[Affirmative Master. There are other systems besides me. They are much higher level than me, compared to them I'm just an infant.]
Dante's eyes shone and he immediately asked next.
''Can you assimilate them if I kill their owners?"
It was a crazy question that shouldn't have been asked but only if the one asking them was normal and Dante was not normal, his ambition was bigger.
[Affirmative! I can assimilate them with the help of the master. This will help me evolve to better serve my master and do many things. I believe that I can become the strongest system this way and what I can do will be numerous and surely useful. Master, might gain freedom this way.]
Nemesis answered his question and even went beyond that, she seemed eager for this like a child in front of a candy shop.
''Good, let's put this in our plans for the future. We are too weak at the moment to go for a system hunt. I want a simple and powerful system capable of protecting my mind from getting taken over while I concentrate on increasing my strength. Besides acting as my assistant, don't do any other unnecessary things, do you understand?" He had to warn her to never do anything he didn't ask nor wish for.
[I have taken note of your warning master.]
Nemesis affirmed and Dante finally touched the black ring around his middle finger.
''This ring must be a space ring right?"
[Affirmative, it's indeed a space ring. Its capacity is unlimited and there is no hidden mechanism inside it.] Nemesis's answered dispelling one of Dante's worries.
''Let me check what is inside.'' He proposed before checking the space ring.
Except for a white envelope with a golden seal, there was only one thing, a black card. Dante summoned the two items, the black card as he expected was a money card, there is 1 million UD inside this card.
Dante stored the black card before unsealing the white envelope, it was a letter of recommendation for enrolling in a magic school in this city.
''Nemesis, what do you think?" Dante sought her opinion after reading the letter of recommendation.
[Master, from what I have collected, being part of a school system can give you a few specs such as having an easy time getting recommended to the Hunter association. It will be easy to enroll in the association if you are a graduated student and above everything else you can get baptized inside the school. So-]
Before she could finish, he cut her off and said.
''Hell, no I don't want to play this stupid student's game. I will try to directly register at the Hunter association. As for my school's background, I have you to help me. I will do something about the baptism. I'm sleepy. Tomorrow, we will see what to do first.'' Dante declared before going to bed.
Like hell he would be going to school, there was nothing they could teach him over there he couldn't learn on his own.