Chapter 22 - Wang Mei

Wang Mei was known throughout China as the Goddess of Twin Blades. The woman's beauty was on the same level as the world's supermodels. However, not a single man in mainland China dared to approach her.

The nickname 'goddess' did not come from her beauty, but her skill in slaughtering monsters with her blades.

That woman played a big role in every dungeon break, especially in East and North China. She had saved millions of human lives. Her contribution couldn't be taken lightly.

While other Hunters seek credit by joining in dungein breaks, Wang Mei was the only female Hunter who dared to confront the Alpha alone.

Wang Mei was recognized by Hunters across the country as one of the six strongest Hunters. The only woman who could stand on the same level as the strong men.

Apart from her greatness and achievements, she actually had a bitter story.

Before Wang Mei became a guildmaster employing over 1500 Hunters, she was actually a nobody.

Sixteen years ago; far from Beijing and before the dungeons descended in the world, Wang Mei was an ordinary eight-year-old child.

She had a big house, a loving parents, and a sweet toothed sister who followed her everywhere. Her routine was to get up early in the morning to go to school and come home in the afternoon.

A normal life.

Hence, like most superhero stories, bad luck destroyed her happiness.

One day, her father became the scapegoat for a murder case, which forced the poor man to receive a death penalty. Her mother, who could not accept her husband's death, fell ill.

The 12 years old Wang Mei had to take care of her younger sister and mother. Luckily, there was still money in her father's savings to support the three of them.

The little girl could only hope that things would get better soon, but fate was too cruel.

Her mother died one year after her father's death. After that, the situation got worse. None of their relatives wanted to take care of Wang Mei and her sister.

Eventually, they were both sent to an orphanage.

During their life in the orphanage, they received unpleasant treatment from other children. The news that their father was a murder made Wang Mei and Wang Yi receive bullying from other children. Quickly, the nickname 'killer princess' stuck to them.

Wang Mei was fine, but her younger sister, Wang Yi, always cried whenever she received mockery. They could only breathe a sigh of relief when they slept and when the nurses were around them.

They stayed in the orphanage for at least 3 months. Little Wang Yi was lucky to have foster parents who wanted to adopt her as their child. However, Wang Yi did not want to part with Wang Mei, and neither did her sister.

She then made a desperate decision. She and Wang Yi ran away from the orphanage at night. At that time, Wang Mei was too young and naïve. She didn't know the impact of her decision yet.

Living in the street was very hard.

Everyone had to fend for themselves. If they hungry, they had to steal just to fill their stomach. There were no adults to protect them. They had to survive alone. Sometimes, they had to run from gangs who tried to take advantage of them. Wang Yi was even kidnapped several times to be forced to become a beggar.

However, the hardest part was when winter came. They both slept cuddled on the floor with smelly blankets, hoping not to catch a cold or pneumonia.

"God, I don't want to die."

That was what Wang Mei thought about every day. She wasn't afraid of death, but she was worried that her little sister wouldn't survive without her. Wang Mei didn't want to leave Wang Yi alone in this cruel world.

Her firm determination kept her alive. The harshness of life not only tortured them, but also forged them into strong figures.

As time went on, Wang Mei understood more and more how the world worked and how to make a lot of money. She decided to enter the dark side of the world.

Wang Mei began doing dirty work. Starting from small things like stealing to disguising as a club girl to trick the mashers. Her intelligence and tenacity made her adapt quickly.

From here, she began to collect wealth and built a life with her sister.

And finally, her golden age arrived when mankind faced the greatest disaster in history.

The existence of the dungeon and awakening people.

Just like other humans, Wang Mei originally wanted to run away from those monsters. However, there was a moment where she was forced to fight.

That was when the first dungeon break occurred. Thousands of monsters came out of the giant tower, preying on humans. Screams resounded throughout that place, and the majestic buildings crumbled.

When people ran away from the Dungeon, Wang Mei was the exact opposite. She rode a sports motorbike towards the source of the disaster. Because the place where she lived with Wang Yi was in the same location as the dungeon break.

When Wang Mei arrived, it looked chaotic. Everything was destroyed as if a fierce war had broken in that place. Half of the building where she lived was smashed, but her efforts to return home were not in vain.

Wang Yi was still alive, though she was crushed by the debris. The situation got worse with the appearance of monsters.

At that hopeless moment, it was not surrender or acceptance of fate that was in her head. Rather, she had to fight and survive, that was what Wang Mei thought.

Then, the awakening happened.

With the surrounding objects, she fought against the monsters that surrounded her. Without any help from others, all alone, Wang Mei survived for 6 hours in the midst of disaster. Her firm determination and fighting experience made her survive the deadly incident.

After that incident, instead of being traumatized, she was even more daring. Wang Mei joined the government's special forces to annihilate the monsters. She received great wages in this work, but it didn't last long.

The appearance of Power Crystal made her resign from special forces.

Wang Mei started by gathering Hunters to explore the dungeons and collecting bits by bits of Power Crystal. Never for a day did she stop exploring the Dungeons.

Even though she made a lot of money from selling Power Crystal, it was still not enough to satisfy her desire. She was sure that money would become useless soon.

Finally, Wang Mei formed an organization of Hunters—Nine Sky. She gathered talented Hunters and took them as her comrades. Under the name of Nine Sky, she was involved in the Monster Break incident to get the spotlight.

Originally, there were only 10 members in the Guild. However, within five months, hundreds of Hunters had been recruited.

Wang Mei's life record was full of struggle. She should just enjoy her toil after all of that. However, the woman chose to keep fighting.

Like she did right now, fighting on the front line against thousands of monsters alongside her loyal comrades.