Kyle, one of the weakest hunters in the whole world is only capable of using [Fireball] spell, being one of the weakest spells in a world filled with dangers as the hunters lurk in the dungeons, some wanted fame, some wanted money, some wanted adventure and some wanted pleasure...
Kyle despite being one of the weakest hunters never gave up on his dream, his dream to make his family live a happy life, and give the one he loves to live like a queen, but it was all for naught, his strength never increased, he always remained Lv10 hunter no matter how much he killed but it never increased. And he even got a nickname from the Association itself, 'Eternal Ranker', having remained at the E-Rank for three years straight...
But he still worked hard and trained like crazy, even when he felt tired, even when he wanted to give up many times, but he remained on his will to live, so much that he nearly died many times...
But today he was going to surprise his girlfriend as he discovered a [Ring] during his adventure in an E-Rank Dungeon, but when he reached her University and was about to walk towards her dorm, he pause as he hears her voice along with one of the top students of this university in a garden so he quickly hides behind a pillar, listening to them,
"You should just forget about him and live with me...I will give you everything you want."
A blond man in his twenties says to the girl, who looked to be around 18 or 19 years old having red hair, and black eyes, the girl is wearing jeans and a white shirt,
"Well...I am already thinking of dumping him, the only thing he gave me in life was love, nothing else so...I am ready to be yours..."
Kyle petrify as he hears that, the girl he loved all his life said those words to another boy, he feels his heartbreak into thousands of pieces, and slowly walks away from the pillar, towards the path he comes from as a single tear left his eyes.
'Hah! I guess it was my fault for loving her like that....she is right....the only good thing I have is my face and the love I have for her and nothing else...I was a fool to believe that she also loved me.....I need to vent this frustration.....'
Meanwhile, the blond-haired man burst out laughing, and the girl looks towards the direction where Kyle left with sadness in her eyes and turns towards the blond-haired man with anger,
"Why! Why do you have to make me say that?!"
"To show you that he isn't the one for you, you and I are a perfect match, so give up on him else....."
The girl shows a smile, a sad smile while looking at Kyle's lonely back walking away,
"I guess it was my fault to agree with her.....to play this game, And if something happens to him, I am going to destroy your whole family, don't even think of escaping!"
The girl faces the man while her eyes start to burn with fire, tears left her eyes, the man shuddered under her stare, and what she just said....as he knows her real identity, she is the daughter of the World's richest man and destroying his family is something she could easily do, but unable to accept what she finds in Kyle he burst out,
"Just what the hell you found in that Bastard!! I am good than him in every way!"
The man paused, 'No! he is not more handsome than me!!'
The girl burst out laughing, as her hand covered on fire and slaps the man, with a speed impossible for normal eyes to follow,
*Smack!*
"Don't speak of him like that!"
The man becomes quiet, but one could hear him gritting his teeth in anger, but the girl ignored that and is about to walk in Kyle's direction, but pauses as she receives a call on her phone,
*Ding*Ding*
The girl looked at her phone and saw the name 'Father', and immediately picked it up,
"Hello, Father."
"My dear daughter, how are you doing there.."
A man's voice came from the other side, filled with affection, the girl hearing that smiled bitterly, 'Maybe I shouldn't talk about what happened here...and tomorrow I will make-up with Kyle again.....as Father also liked his character, so talking about what I just did would make him disappointed....'
"I am fine, Father, how about you?"
"I am just spending time with your mother and sister as they wanted to travel to the desert...well how about your relationship with Kyle?"
The girl pauses for a second while regretting what she did today before replying,
"It's good Father, and I was just with him before...."
"But, he spend his entire day in a dungeon today, my daughter, and I even heard that he found a [Ring] today from his kills, so why are you lying to me...?"
The man's voice came in a strict tone, and the girl ignored that, as tears started to come out of her eyes, 'He came here to give me the ring!! and what did I just do?!'
The man not getting the answer hung up the phone, as he decided to investigate what happened himself, and the girl left standing there, as tears came out of her eyes looking towards the direction Kyle left, and the blond-man standing behind smirked, 'Looks like the plan was successful.....it was a good thing to bribe her friend first...hahaha'
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Meanwhile, Kyle walks to the roadside, as a taxi stopped in front of him,
"Where do you wanna go, mister?"
Kyle turns towards the driver, already wiped the tear,
"Take me to Hiroshima, the A-rank gate."
The man simply nods and gestures Kyle to enter the backseat,
"Hop in."
Kyle sat in the backseat and takes a ring out of his pocket, the ring is made of gold, with a ruby placed in the center, but what made the ring special is the mysterious inscription pattern on it, and a magic circle inside the ruby,
'ha.....I really can't believe that the one I loved saw me like that.....I was working hard like a freak just to see her show a smile...I guess she is the same as the world.....but just what wrong did I do! I never asked for her to accept my confession!'
Kyle put the ring back in his pocket and starts looking out of the window towards the sky, and the driver looking in the back mirror shook his head, 'Young ones nowadays are sentimental....'
Around 30 minutes, the Taxi stops in front of a park-like place, but instead of walls made out of brick and stones, it was made out of metal.
Kyle steps out of the taxi, looking at the place in front of him, then at the driver,
"How much?"
"15$"
Kyle took 20$ out of his wallet, and passes it to the man,
"Keep the change."
And starts to walk towards the entrance. The man looked at Kyle's back and shook his head, 'I hope he isn't planning on dying in there...Life is too big to die over a heartbreak....', and drive towards the path he came from.
Kyle walks towards the entrance, and two men wearing leather armor came in front of him,
"Could you show us your ID?"
One of them asked Kyle, who took an ID card from his wallet and passed it to the man, who looked at the card, then at Kyle, in disdain, Kyle seeing that ignores it as he is used to receiving that from other hunters.
"You could enter, but don't stray away from the newbie corner."
Kyle nodded and walked inside, and the man burst out laughing, the other one looks at him weirdly,
"What happened..?"
The man pauses, and utters two words,
"'Eternal Ranker'"
The other one showed a surprising look,
"Wait, this man is 'Eternal Ranker'?"
"Yup, and looks like he came from the dungeon before..."
The other man sighed,
"Looks like all he received were good looks, I wonder why he even entered the Hunter business...?"
The man becomes quiet, not knowing how to answer.
Kyle walked towards the center, where a blue portal was situated with many machines connected to it, and many people working there, and also many people wearing armor, and other stuff talking to each other, but he ignored all that and entered the portal directly.
Kyle appeared in grassland and looked at his front showing many hills, and at the sky, showing the sun basking the world in the sunlight,
'Hiroshima, A-rank Dungeon, Grassland type...I guess this would help me....but..why! why did she even talk to me if she was going to be like that!! Why did she say all those sweet words, all her ways of expressing love... where all those fake?....AHH!!'
Kyle started to walk towards the jungle, but when he appeared in front of the jungle, two muffled noises came from the bushes, and Kyle hearing that extends his hand,
"[Fireball]"
And a fireball of around 15 cm in diameter appeared, he throw it in one of the bushes, and another fireball of the same size appeared in his hand again. Two weird humanoid green creatures, with a size of a 10-year-old child, having pointy ears and a wooden cub appeared from the bush as it caught on fire.
"....Two goblins...a good start."
Kyle threw the fireball in the face of one of the goblins, which immediately caught on fire, and the other goblin run away from the fire towards Kyle with his cub ready to attack him,
"gibbibi!"
Kyle again made the fireball in his hand, and slammed it in the face of the incoming goblin, lighting it in fire, as the goblin flew back, and soon, both the goblins burned, and Kyle seeing that relaxed a little, and their burnt body turned into dust, leaving two nail sized purple crystals, which Kyle picked up and put in his pocket, and walked towards the forest.
"Still, no power-up....even after killing this many monsters....why can't I level up..."
Kyle's eyes showed sadness, as he remember his life, and the words of his ex-girlfriend echoed in his mind....making him realize his naivety...
Kyle was about to step into the forest, but suddenly a magic circle appeared on the ground where he was standing,
"Shit!! A trap!"
Kyle started to run, but before he could, he vanished from there, and appeared in a Throne room, and looked around fearfully, 'Why!! Why did I fall into the trap!!! Looks like even the life wants me dead now!!'
Kyle looked at the throne, a skeleton is sitting there, with a scepter in its hand, and a royal crown on its face, wearing a royal robe of red color, showing a weird symbol like a flag, and all around the room are skeletons, some wearing armors, some wearing royal clothes that of nobles, and some wearing white robes...Kyle looks all around fearfully, feeling every single one of them being stronger than him.
The skeleton on the throne opens its mouth, but all Kyle heard were the sounds of bone hitting, but the other skeletons also started to do that, 'Are they talking to each other?! Shit! I need to get away from here quickly!!'
Kyle quickly made a fireball in his hand, and slammed it towards the skeleton sitting on the Throne, in the hope to buy him some seconds, and ready himself to run...but a golden shield appeared in front of the royal Skelton, stopping the fireball, also making Kyle stop, and looked at the skeleton fearfully, as its eyes showed a fire burning in them, and every other skeleton also had the same fire burning in their eyes, but before he could explore more, a sword pierced his chest.
Kyle feeling the pain looks at his chest, as a bone sword was coming directly through the center, and looked back with difficulty towards a skeleton, wearing armor, and its eyes glowed red.
Kyle smiled bitterly....,' I am sorry Mom, little sis....your son and brother failed you...I was a real fool...'
And his body slammed to the ground, as the skeleton took out his sword forcefully.
*Thud!*
Tears left Kyle's eyes, unwilling to accept his fate, 'Why!! Just why!!'
And soon he closed his eyes, waiting for death to come, but a mechanical voice came in his head, making him open his eyes forcefully, as his eyes showed hope,
[Initialising..... Finished]
[Congratulations! For Awakening!]
[Host- Kyle @#R$#(%, Ruler of [Blank]]
Kyle looks at the screen blankly, which appeared in front of him, and turns around with difficulty, and saw all the skeletons stopped in their place...
[Danger Detected! Teleporting!]
And Kyle feels something happening, the same feeling when he teleported from the front of the forest and find himself in front of the dungeon gate he is familiar with, a hidden gate he found by chance, but never explored, as the color of the gate is different from the normal one.
[Emotional Disturbance Detected...Deleting Emotions....]
Kyle felt something in his change, not something, but everything.....all of his feeling and emotions got erased, and feeling that he turns fearful, and held onto his most precious emotions of,
[Failed!! Three Emotions remained!]
[Familiar Love! Pursuit For Strength! Her!]
[Finished! Going Into Silent Mode!]
Kyle looked at the screen which vanished, as his injuries healed, but his eyes showed no surprise, only coldness.....as he started to stare into the sky...
"I see.....so this is [Blank]..."
And the information poured into his mind, information on [Blank]..... Kyle looked around and finding no one...he held his hand and words escaped his mouth in an unknown language, known to none,
[%$#^@$- Fir$b@&*]
And a small fireball appeared in his hand, but Kyle just looked at it for a second before he narrowed his eyes, and the fire increased, way too much...but only for a second....before Kyle collapsed as he panted hard,
"Huff.....huff..."
And in several minutes, he relaxed and sat on the ground, as he looked in front of him,
"[STATUS]"
A screen appeared in front of him, showing what he has gone through all his life.....