I opened my eyes
A bright white ceiling, the pungent smell of disinfectant in the air, and the sensation of a hard bed behind my back
After processing everything, I realized where I was
«A hospital?»
I rarely went to the hospital after my frequent fights when I always fought with the bullies who bothered me
I held my chest, and I could feel my heartbeat
-Am I alive?-
I felt my body a little heavy but tolerable, that was proof that I was still alive
«How are the others in the group? More importantly… My money, damn Daemon, because of you I won't pay the rent on time!»
I looked around until a deep voice interrupted me
"I see you regained consciousness"
A blue flame appeared before me, from the flame the voice of an adult man was heard
-What is this…?-
I never heard of a talking flame before but when I heard its voice I could recognize it was the same voice that came from that tiny light
-You are the one who was asking me to use my unique ability-
"Hey, you are not as stupid as I thought boy, if I am the one who told you to use it, oh where are my manners, my name is…"
I started gulping, I felt chills every time I saw him, I prepared myself to execute a movement in case he was hostile and I paid close attention to his presentation
"My name is… I don't have a name"
-So much drama for you not to tell me your name, you scared me for a moment?!-
I was wrong, he's not hostile at all, he's just too stupid to have any plans in mind, and he can't hide his emotions
"Calm down kid, for now I'll use the alias Nameless"
I was going to ask him for more for all the drama but that was interrupted with a sound
*Step, step, step*
Footsteps could be heard outside my room, the door slowly opened only to reveal a man in a black suit and glasses of the same color
-I see you woke up Alan Harwey-
The man in the suit walked towards my bed
I tilted my head and asked a little nervously
-May I ask... who are you?-
I didn't recognize his face, the man had somewhat messy hair and his face looked like a young adult between 27 or 30 years old, he extended his hand and then handed me a business card
-Here you can see where we are from-
I started reading the card that was handed to me
«European Hunters Association, Surveillance Department, Deputy Section Chief, Rick Williams?»
Of all the departments in the Hunters Association, the Hunters Surveillance Department (HSD) is the only one made up of strong hunters, they are in charge of monitoring and hunting Daemons and black hunters, it made a lot of sense that he was here in the first place
-What does the Hunters Surveillance Department want with me?-
Rick grabbed a chair and sat down, his physique was imposing, I could feel a lot of pressure emerging from him
They began to explain the situation while I listened attentively to their words, I said with surprise
-I was asleep for a week?!-
-Yes, your companions have already been discharged, but by chance do you remember anything before losing consciousness?-
-Eh yes, the only thing I remember is that I killed the Daemon and I fainted having mana exhaustion in the process-
-Well that matches the testimony they told us, their testimonies were, the magician was the first to fall, the leader James began to fight against the Daemon but in the end he succumbed, the woman tried to attack from behind but was stopped, in the end the magician told us that you finished him off, is that true?-
Rick stared at me, while I just nodded at the testimony my companions said
-If it's true, at the last moment John the magician boosted me so I could have a fair fight with the Daemon-
-Well that's all, the Daemon you killed was a C-ranked dungeon assassin and he also had a bounty on his head, in total it was about 10 thousand Euros-
«10 thousand Euros?! With that I can pay all the debts I had!»
-But... since you had debts in the past it was deducted from you so you could pay, currently you only have 8 thousand Euros plus for the hospital payments it would be about 6 thousand that you currently have in your account-
«Noooo!! I risked my life and only for them to deduct a large part of my money!! It's unfair!»
-You know, a woman named Victoria was the one who got them all out of the dungeon and she contacted us to clean the dungeon and inform us of the Daemon-
«I see that Miss Victoria was the one who saved my skin, later I will return the favor»
-Thank you for cooperating, if you remember anything else, do not hesitate to contact us-
The man quickly left the hospital, my room felt crowded until a few moments ago it felt empty now but at least I had a companion
"…"
-Don't you want to talk, Nameless?-
"Well, since my presentation was ruined by that guy in the suit, I decided not to talk when they started talking"
«At least it's respectful»
-If you're just a talking flame, then you're a nine-tailed demonic fox that my parents, who I don't know, sealed me away so that I would become the strongest and protect humanity!-
"No, I'm not that type"
-Then perhaps you're a cursed spirit from the past that wants to take over my body and then face the strongest and have fun slaughtering innocents!!-
"You watch a lot of anime, kid… no, I'm not that type, to tell the truth I don't know exactly what I am either, but the only thing I know is that I was a hunter before and I vaguely remember my past life, and I don't have any power that I can help you with"
-…How useless-
"Don't be rude to me! In any case, the only thing I can provide you is guidance"
«Guidance, what the hell are you saying?»
-I don't understand-
Nameless began to stagger at my words and then sighed deeply
"Listen, I may not have power now but I have information on many skills that you can learn and pass the Wellston Academy entrance exam"
Hearing those words I was startled, I thought I had no chance of getting in
-How do you know about that?!-
"While you were asleep I looked at your memories, magic, sword and blacksmithing, all at the lowest possible level plus I can see your status window whenever I want"
-… Are you sure you don't want my body?-
"I already told you, I'm not that kind of person, I'm not so bastard to do that kind of thing plus I don't have any power to control you"
«That's true, since I was unconscious, he could have taken advantage of that opportunity to control me»
-…Okay, I'll accept your advice, but if I see signs that you want to control me, I won't forgive you and I'll kill myself-
When I said those words, the status window appeared again
[You've formed a pact with Nameless, it can only be broken if one of the two dies or if both agree to break the pact]
"You really don't trust anyone and that's why we made a pact, well it's normal, a ghost fire inside you that only you can see and hear, it's normal that you don't trust me at all, now first let's increase your stats, you'll do 100 push-ups, 100 squats, 100 sit-ups, run 10 km and finally spend all your mana"
My face went blank because of the outrageousness he was asking me
-You know, I think I don't want your advice-
"It's too late… you'll do it no matter what"
When I refused I felt a strong electric shock in my body while I could hear the laughter of Nameless who seemed to enjoy my current condition
"Hahaha what did I tell you~, if you break the agreement of our pact you will only hurt yourself, so you have no choice but to train~"
-Holy God what did I do-
I paused briefly and then lay down on the floor to do a push-up while Nameless counted
"1… 2… 3… 4…"
-5… 6…-
Although I was exasperated, I didn't let go of the strength in my arms. I still had 50 push-ups left, after that it would be sit-ups
Then squats... Running... and using up all the mana in my body
I started panting from all the accumulated fatigue
Having already used up all my mana it might take me a while to recover, I was in the room
"Congratulations boy, your stats went up a little bit"
Nameless's joyful voice was making me curious and I quickly checked my status window
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=Statistics=
Name: Alan Harwey
Age: 16 years old
[Strength 10.11 (E)]
[Stamina 10.70 (E)]
[Speed 13.45 (E)]
[Mana 20.60 (E)]
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"Hehe, you see my guidance is helping you little by little, you just need to put in a little of your part"
I looked at my statistics and had hope, a small hope of entering
-Okay Nameless, I will accept you completely-
We both nodded in favor of the other
I still felt like I would faint at any moment, but if that is enough for me to be stronger, I will resist it in the end, but I was curious about [Duality]
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[Duality]
Type: [Unique Active Skill] [Growth]
Efficiency: 0.14%
Rank: D
Activates every time you use the darkness element, the darkness will turn into light that will damage all demons or Daemons changing your darkness affinity to light
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This ability is an elemental change, it gives me two elements that I shouldn't have, and just using it against the Daemon left me dry, plus it's a growth type
And to think about all the abuse I went through from children when I was five years old when I didn't activate my unique ability that normally awakens at five years old
"You will use your duality ability to increase its efficiency and make it go from D to C, and you will also practice with your sword and throw fireballs to raise their rank from Low-Inferior to Low-Intermediate"
**
The next day
I left the hospital since I had been discharged, now I was in my apartment
It was small and had few things, it only had a television, bathroom, closet and a bed but I also bought an iron sword that cost me about 150 dollars in addition to a potion that increases the invariable statistics permanently that cost me 12 dollars but could only be used once, the reason I bought it was because of Nameless' request
"Take the potion at once"
-What a strange request you asked me this time but it's okay…-
I opened the bottle cap and then began to drink it all at once, then left the bottle on my bed. My face distorted as the taste was so sour, it was like I was eating a whole lemon
-God… so sour, it's like drinking a can of lemon juice-
[You have drunk an invariable stat boosting potion, your stats will increase by three]
[Choose]
[Luck] [Intelligence] [Charm]
"Perseverance didn't appear, I think it's because I had it maxed out when I had my awakening, it made sense that a max stat wouldn't appear as an option"
I extended my hand and chose to increase my luck
[Luck 19 has become Luck 20]
[Your stat is maxed out, choose another stat]
I reached out my hand nervously and chose Intelligence, spending the two leftover stats in the process
[Intelligence 9 has become Intelligence 11]
-I wish I could choose Charm~-
"Alan… you know that won't work"
I lowered my head to look at the floor
This ghost will never understand, in my school, especially on Valentine's Day, no one gave me any chocolate, not even a single guy in my class got any, it was hell on earth… I want to increase my Charm!!
Depressed I left my house and took a bus to the north. Most new hunters don't know this, but you can use the artificial dungeons of the associations, which are weaker than the originals. The maximum possible rank was B, but the bad thing about these dungeons is that they didn't give you any reward
Therefore, the hunters' association uses it so that the most novice hunters get used to the work of being a hunter and hone their skills. To use it, I had to pay 20 dollars, but it didn't matter if that made me strong
When I arrived at my destination, I was standing in front of a huge white tower. I entered the tower when the doors opened
-Welcome to the hunters' association of the Spanish branch. How can I help you?-
A receptionist welcomed me while putting aside a couple of papers
-I would like to use the association's artificial dungeon-
-From what I see you are just a rookie, well give me your license and the payment to use it would be about 20 dollars-
I began to give him my hunter license in addition to putting the 20 dollars on the counter
-Well Mr. Alan Harwey, go to the 0th floor please, go to the right and you will find some stairs down there is the 0th floor-
-Understood thank you very much miss-
Nameless was accompanying me along with me, I got to the stairs and went down it began to look darker giving me a little fear to distract me a little I began to remember the Daemons
Daemon
They are people who made a pact with a demon in exchange for power and some abilities if the demon with whom they want to make a pact agrees
The proof of this was the dark aura that gave off by their body and the black blood that was similar to mud
The duty of hunters, besides protecting humanity from monsters, is also to eradicate these threats that endanger the population, such as the Daemons that originated shortly after the "Daybreak" event
I continued down and met a tall, thin man
-You must be Alan Harwey, I will be your guide to the artificial dungeon
-The man began to press some buttons, causing a portal to appear. After that, he turned to me to give me a communicator
-This dungeon is inspired by the Peruvian jungle. Its difficulty level is D. If you have any problems, do not hesitate to contact us through the communicator
-I nodded in gratitude and then received the communicator, putting it in my pocket.
After that, I entered the portal