The Author's POV

Chapter 233

[98-F, Demon hunter guild, guild master office]

"Young miss, thank god you're here!"

Arriving at her father's office, Amanda found Maxwell rushing in her direction. His face was visibly distraught.

"What's wrong?"

Halting her footsteps, Amanda frowned.

"Young miss, something terrible happened to the guild master"

Amanda's heart sank when she heard those words.

"...Father?"

She tried her best to keep her calm. At least on the surface.

"Investigating a potential energy spike coming from one of the ranked dungeons that we own, fearing for the worst, the guild master decided to head in to check on the situation. Unfortunately..."

Maxwell took a deep breath.

"Unfortunately, the dungeon desynced whilst the guild master was inside"

"Ah..."

Amanda took a step back. Her body turned cold.

A dungeon desync was when the dungeon suddenly lost its connection to the human world.

As a result, if anyone stayed in it, they would find themselves transported to the demon world. The most dangerous place that existed.

"D-don't worry young-miss, although the guild master is in a t-troubling situation, not all hope is lost. His vital signs seem to still be okay at the moment meaning that he is still alive..."

Seeing Amanda's state, Maxwell tried his best to comfort her.

Unfortunately, his words weren't convincing as he occasionally fumbled on his speech.

"As I've said before, there really is no need for you to worry about the guil—"

Hearing Maxwell talk, Amanda stood there in a daze. Everything Maxwell said just went from one ear to the other.

She couldn't process anything.

Even if what Maxwell said was true, Amanda knew that the situation was dire. Stuck inside of a dungeon with no way out, chances were that her father would no longer come back.

In the past, there had never been a case of someone ever escaping from a closed dungeon.

Never.

"We are trying anything within our po...young miss?"

Taking a look at Amanda, Maxwell stopped. Her face was pale. Maxwell instantly became worried.

"Young miss, please listen. Although the guild master is stuck inside of the dungeon, his life does not seem in danger at the moment. Please don't assu—"

"May I have some time alone, please?"

Amanda suddenly cut Maxwell off. A weak smile appeared on her face.

"...as you wish young miss."

Staring at Amanda's weak smile, Maxwell lowered his head.

Though he wanted to say something, noticing Amanda's current state, he decided that it was best to leave her alone.

Bowing down, he turned around and left.

"Ah..."

Watching Maxwell leave the room, Amanda walked with faltering steps. Her legs didn't move as she intended them to. She almost fell multiple times but finally managed to arrive before her father's desk.

Sitting down on her father's seat, she looked at her father's desk. Apart from the myriad of papers sprawled all over the place, on it were multiple pictures of her and her father when she was a child.

Taking one of the pictures, Amanda caressed it.

As she caressed the picture frames, Amanda's mind blanked.

"father..."

She muttered as her body faintly trembled.

Was this a repeat of the past?

Was someone else going to leave her again? Would her father leave like her mother and Agnes, her nanny?

She didn't want that.

Suddenly, Amanda's vision blurred.

—Pita! —Pita!

Only then did she realize that tears were streaming down her face.

***

[Leviathan building, 10 A.M]

of a private training

"Huff...huff..."

breaths, I lowered my body and did

'294...295...296...'

to do this for

pushup, on my finger

===

: Ring of

Rank : C

wearing the ring, body mass will double. Whenever the

===

ring I could manually increase the

according to Donna, in order for me to improve my mana

training a

"Huuu..."

I did

my meeting with Jin last week, I had this sudden urge within me to just drop everything and start

that's exactly what I

Smallsnake, I closed myself inside

was about to begin, apart from the occasional call-ups from instructor August with

I fully

sleeping, all I did was

stronger, I realized that I was getting left behind by

up to rank. Something that was only supposed to have happened towards the beginning

of progress

get left

this thought in mind, I upped

'Next goal, rank'

feel it, I was

***

the endless chattering coming from a bunch of students lined

a

an arduous couple of hours of intense training, the instructor had ordered them to

"Shut up!"

across the area. Instantly all chattering

"This fucking job..."

"Here you go, sir"

"Hm?"

him a stack of papers. Briefly glancing at them, clicking his tongue instructor August thrust them

for? Just send them to the students

Instructor August berated.

your job, not my

"B-but—"

deal with this kind of crap. I'm here to train the students. Don't waste my

August glared at the

"Keugh..."

"Understood?"

"Y-yes"

the attendant could only

wanting to be next to instructor August anymore, the attendant

detailing the games that you will be participating in as well as the

his attention to the students, Instructor August gave a brief rundown on the

"Huaaam..."

instructor August speak, a small

brutal, were not as brutal

theirs,

That aside...

around the

a

the Lock students and the exchange

where conflicts arose, the tension in the air was

I've said enough

thoughts was instructor August's loud

"You're dismissed"

session came to an end. Besides me, the other students let out a sigh of relief as

going to

my way back to the dorms,

to go

"Ah, is that so..."

You wanted to go

what was up with you this past

his head

"Right, I was training"

time to training this past few weeks, I would only

refused to leave my

I had in my

"Training?"

"Yeah"

see, that makes

Kevin wasn't any different.

of his time training. So

"Hold up!"

crisp voice called from

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