Ace walked back to his apartment while holding his Hunter ID above his face and each time he looked at it he would smile.
He was happy beyond what words could explain, the one and only person in the family that wasn't a Hunter had now become one, he could show his father that he became what he thought he couldn't.
He made it back to his apartment, cooked up some ramen, and turned on his tv. On the tv were the Hunters from before, they spoke about the incident, and as he thought there was no mention of him.
He knew how good the Guild Master was at manipulating things.
As soon as he got home, he received a text from the Guild Master.
"We'll go tomorrow. Be ready, I'll be picking you up"
Since Ace was a Hunter now he could attempt F and E rank dungeons, and there were dungeons that stayed. They were turned into training dungeons, normally for teams to build chemistry but even so, rewards would be dropped.
Even in those F-rank dungeons, you could gain many items such as strength, vitality, or mana pills and they were all things that could be obtained from the worst dungeon. If you beat the boss you could also gain a skill book.
Ace decided to go further past his house and there the dungeon laid, along with other people there he was going to go in. But although there was that team they were geared up and ready but they only sat down and stayed.
Ace walked towards them and he asked.
"Are you guys going in?"
"No, we will another time" Hunter A
As Ace heard that he walked inside the dungeon and the scenery around him was transforming, it was a goblins dungeon, worthy of an F-rank dungeon.
The dark, stuffy, and muddy place had many goblins and it would've normally been their advantage but to him, the dark meant nothing.
[Black Shadow has been activated]
For every hand that came out of his body was every goblin killed.
[Goblin has been killed]
[Goblin has been killed]
[Goblin has been killed]
[Goblin has been killed]
[Goblin has been killed]
[First room cleared]
From the dead bodies of the goblins, Ace saw a pill from two.
[2 Strength pills found. Would you like to consume?]
He threw the pills in his mouth and he could feel the newly found strength in his body, although he felt a little disoriented from consuming them.
[+1 Strength]
[+1 Strength]
Ace continued to walk and the goblin's numbers started to increase, it was getting hard for Ace to bear but he didn't come this way just to give up.
[Black Shadow has created sub-skill: Shadow Manipulation]
[Black Shadow sub-skill Shadow Manipulation has been activated]
Ace was confused, was this normal? Did high-ranking Hunters get this function?
Although he was confused he didn't have time to think and he used it, the shadows curled up into a ball around him, and the swords, their little daggers, and arrows pierced the shadows but it didn't hit him.
After the shadows burst out like a flame and filled the whole room, all the light was gone and no one could see including Ace. He stood there thinking.
"I can't see. Where are they?"
He was becoming distressed but he also knew they couldn't see, but even so, they would attack blindly. Then as he was on the verge of falling apart in his first dungeon his eyes started to adapt.
[Black Shadow has created sub-skill: Night Vision]
[Black Shadow sub-skill Night Vision has been activated]
His eyes went from a brown color turned light green and he could see everything, all of the goblins running around and each part of the room.
Ace felt amazed and he didn't know how to react, but he remembered he's in a dungeon so best be careful.
He sprinted towards the goblins in the dark.
[Black Shadow has been activated]
[Goblin has been killed]
[Goblin has been killed]
[Goblin has been killed]
The shadow cut a few of the goblins in half and left the rest in fear. They all tried to run away but it was too dark for them to see so they either ran into the wall or into Ace.
For each one that ran into him, he killed them brutally, and he continued to do that until the next door opened. Since it was an F-rank Dungeon, there were only 3-4 rooms and this was the second room.
[Goblin has been killed]
[Mana has been depleted. Wait 1 hour for it to fill up]
[Second room cleared]
[Would you like to enter the boss room?]
"No"
Ace had completely depleted his mana and he had to wait for it to refill, he had now realized that even he had strong skills his mana wouldn't be able to hold it all the time.
While his mana was depleted he looked for all the pills on the floor and this time he found a lot more than he expected, it went from 2 to 5, but for some reason, they were all strength pills.
[5 Strength pills found. Would you like to consume?]
Ace threw all the pills in his mouth and his head was going crazy.
He got on his knees and screamed in pain and blood was being spat out of his mouth, the bones were visibly being moved to fit the muscles being made and each time the pill had worked the pain would start to dissolve and the messages would start to appear one by one.
[+1 Strength]
[+1 Strength]
[+1 Strength]
[+1 Strength]
[+1 Strength]
After the intake of the pills, he passed out.
His body had become a lot stronger and his muscles were a little more defined as well, this meant that his body would last longer in a battle and he would be faster and stronger as well.
After 2 hours Ace woke up and he felt the best he's ever felt in his life. He jumped around and he was excited, he had the utmost confidence that he could beat the boss.
He got up and he stood straight as he took a deep breath in, it was his first time battling a boss let alone completing a dungeon alone, he thought to himself.
"Am I rushing into this?"
His thoughts conflicted with each other and he wasn't sure whether he should or shouldn't enter.
But he steeled his nerves and he decided to go in.
"Open the door"
The door opened and he couldn't back out. He walked into the middle of the room to see a massive red goblin standing there with a giant mace on its shoulders.
[Goblin Dungeon Boss: Hobgoblin]