Hello again all and welcome back to my story. Thank you all for reading.
8 years later
Sung-jin Woos POV
For the last five years I had been mostly spending my time in the beast glades hunting S rank beasts, well by hunting I mean killing instantly, or at home with everyone else. I was getting bored of hunting now because all it required was a flick and they were gone.
I decided though to return home though because it had been about a year since I had seen everyone and you can only gather so much information from your soldiers. After Beru had finished his world tour the information I received about the other continents in the world, learning that they are much more advanced then Dicathen.
I started to make my way back to the portal that would lead me to xyrus city when I saw a black dragon fly over my head into a certain direction. Intrigued, I followed it until I reached a dungeon, I was confused as to why a dragon fly toward a dungeon and went in. After going deeper through the dungeon I saw that there were signs of people entering due to the triggered traps and battle signs as well as the fresh blood.
I went deeper and deeper until I reached where the black dragon went and saw what looked and felt like a dead S rank monster. I turned my head to see a few familiar faces that looked badly wounded.
"Hey Art, hey jasmine" I said as they spun around to see my cheerful face.
Arthur's POV
"Uncle Jin woo?" I said at the familiar figure that walked in.
"Why are you here?" I asked him with confusion as to why he was in the dungeon.
"I was walking back to xyrus until I saw a black dragon fly above me so I followed it and saw you" he responded with that cheery smile still on his face.
"Seems that your in bad shape" he said returning to his usual solemn face before walking towards me and talking out a bottle and a flask of water before adding a drop of the unknown liquid to the flask and handing it to me. "Drink it" he said.
I looked at it suspiciously before noticing the intense mana coming out of it and took a mouthful and swallowing it. The pain in my body subsided rapidly as I could feel my dry mana reserves filling rapidly and back up to its full capacity. I could feel my mana core breaking through as I suppressed it so I didn't break through here and cause unnecessary damage.
"What was that?" I asked whilst noting how he handed the flask to jasmine and watching her health return to her.
"The holy water of life diluted into water" he replied as confusion filled me again at the item which I had never heard of before.
"Well now that you are all alright how's about we head home?" He said before helping me up.
We all left the dungeon to the open sunlight as I basked in its heavenly warmth thinking that I wouldn't see it again. We walked toward the end of the large forest encountering low level monsters on the way which quickly turned into piles of blood when they came close to us. I sighed at the way he dealt with the monsters that would be other adventurers source of income before realising that he is S ranked and probably doesn't care.
After a few hours of walking we reached the end of the beast glades and saw the portal that would lead to xyrus city. Uncle Jin woo payed the appropriate amount and we entered the portal to home. After exiting the portal we took a carriage back to the Helstea estate whilst I suddenly realised that the ring which would sense if I was close to death had shattered meaning that my parents one had shattered as well. I sighed at the thought of the lecture I'll have when we get back.
It seemed that uncle Jin woo had noticed my thoughts as well as he smiled maliciously at the thought of my being lectured, causing me to glare at him. To further my infuriation at this thought he payed the carriage rider more to get us there faster. I was ready to fight him before realising his power and how he could easily beat me.
We finally reached the mansion to see mom, who looked both worried and angry whilst pacing around and dad behind her also looking worried. We got off the carriage one at a time as I steeled my nerves and left to see her practically run at me to hug me almost sobbing, she then checked me for any injuries. After the full body search and a sigh of relief the lecture came where I saw out the corner of my eye uncle Jin woo struggling to not laugh whilst I glared at him.
"I assume your not planning to tell her what you fought, Arthur" Jin woo said.
That snapped her back to the issue as she glared at me. "What mana beast did you fight?" She asked. I looked down at the floor and mumbled the name, trying to be as inconspicuous as possible.
"What. Mana. Beast. Did. You. Encounter?" She said slowly as I could see dad backing off.
"Elder...wood guardian" I said whilst rubbing the back of my head.
"WHAT?!" She shouted. "YOU FOUGHT AN S RANK MANA BEAST" she shouted again.
At this point uncle Jin woo was laughing loudly in the corner whilst mom glared at him, shutting him up instantly. That's what you get. I thought whilst glaring at him, until I felt a chill as I could see my mother was very angry. Then the shouting began as she began to explain how worried and everyone else was whilst dad was trying to calm her down. After a while of shouting she stopped.
"At least your alright" she said sighing as she rubbed her temples.
"Sorry" I said meekly whilst jasmine and Elijah tried to back me up.
"Alright, let's go inside, I can tell your hungry so let's get some food" she said and we all went inside.
"I'll come round later, I've got business at the guild" uncle jin woo said.
"Are you sure?" Mom said.
"I won't be long, just got to confirm my missions and write a report of an S rank monster in an A rank dungeon" he said before turning around and leaving.
"Wait, do you want the mana core of the elder wood guardian?" I said before taking out a green coloured mana core that spilled mana out.
"Nah, don't need it, perhaps you could give to your girlfriend, I saw that she had a wood attribute"he said stressing the 'girlfriend' causing my parents to turn round in surprise and causing me to become flustered.
"She isn't my girlfriend!" I shouted before he walked away chuckling.
I turned around to see my mother staring at me with a stare that made it as if I would never be able to keep a secret in-front of her.
"Who's this girlfriend?" She asked. "Tell me all about it" she said in a sly tone before practically dragging me inside as I looked as dad for help, only to see him turn his head whistling. Coward.
Sung-jin woos POV
I left the estate and headed towards the guild where I would collect my compensation from the guild and inform them of the recent changes in dungeons. I reached the guild and walked in causing the atmosphere to go quiet as they looked at me with both jealousy and admiration as I was the only S rank adventure on the continent and held special privileges unknown to others.
I reached the counter and asked to see the guild master only to be met with confusion and scorn by the receptionist. "The guild master is busy and has no time to speak to people" she replied before gesturing for me to go away.
"I'm afraid that it is important"I said in a calm tone whilst the rest of the guild froze at the tone of the receptionist and sweat could be seen on their faces.
"Look, I don't know who you think you are but I can tell that you aren't qualified to speak to the guild master. I can tell that you aren't strong, probably a C rank at most so go away" she practically shouted which made the rest of the adventurers inwardly think that she's dead.
"If you won't go get him then I'll go and see him myself" I said before walking towards the staircase that led to the guild masters office.
"Oi, you bastard, turn around before I call security and throw you out of here!!!" She shouted at me and came in front of me and held out her arms to stop from moving whilst glaring at me.
This alerted the guild master as he entered the room and called out toward the woman. "What's going on?" He said in his stern voice.
"Dad, I said you were busy and that no one could come see you but this idiot tried to go up you your office" she said as she glared at me with arrogance in her voice.
"WHAT WHO DARES TO BREAK THE GUILDS RULES!!" He shouted and released his pressure in the room.
"Him" the receptionist said before pointing at me.
The guild master looked over to see me and his confidence drained instantly as I smiled at him. "Dad, I say we should revoke his card and ban him from being an adventurer forever" she said with a haughty arrogant look as if the world should bow to her.
"SHUT UP!" the guild master said both scaring and confusing her.
"Mister Jin woo, what a pleasant surprise, you should have told me you were here I would've come to meet you" he said shocking the woman.
"D-d-dad, y-y-you know this p-p-person?" She asked with a pale face.
"You idiot, this is Sung-Jin woo, who I told you about before, the only S rank adventurer in Dicathen" he said sighing and apologising to me.
The woman fainted immediately from both horror as the crowd smiled at the thought of this overly arrogant woman getting what she deserved.
I followed the guild master into his office as he had his daughter tended to. We then began discussing about the missions and the compensation that I was going to receive and the issue with the dungeon.
"Hmm... this isn't new, there have been more cases like this across the continent"he said whilst rubbing his temples.
"Do you need me to deal with them?" I asked.
"If you can, please" he begged as I nodded bringing him great joy.
"I was going to ask you before but as I hadn't seen you in half a year it was hard" he sighed remembering how many adventurers had died for this.
I smiled at this and took out a communication artefact and handed it to him. "Here, you can contact me through this if there are any issues in the future" I said before getting up and leaving.
I left the guild and went back to the Helstea estate and as I got closer I could sense the mana fluctuating as a fight occurred. I smiled at who I wondered could output so much mana.
Cynthia goodsky POV
As I was sitting down in the Helstea talking with Arthur about his enrolment, I noticed an incredibly dangerous aura approaching the area that felt as if death was looming closer, I stopped talking and turned to the source with a furrowed brow greatly confusing both Arthur.
A tall figure walked in wearing unknown black clothes and released a horrific aura that no one but me seemed to see sending me into a state of shock that rendered me unable to move. "Uncle Jin woo" shouted Arthur whilst smiling as he ran up to him and began discussing things.
After talking for a few seconds he noticed me and the pressure doubled making it almost unbearable to breathe. He seemed to notice this and retracted his aura causing me to pant for breath.
"So you must be director goodsky?" He said with a smile holding out his hand as I was rooted to the ground because of how powerful he was.