V1.C20 Resolve, New Goal

Inside a cave lit by a lantern sat a white-haired youth. He had heterochromatic eyes, left blue and right blood red. A sharp handsome face that could make any girl stare in admiration. It would be quite a sight… if the said youth wasn't drooling uncontrollably at the meat cooking in an oven.

A girl around 12 or 13 with golden hair sat there. Her captivating blood red eyes could charm any man. An aura of royalty flowed from her whole being. Her eyes fixed at the youth with an expressionless face.

It was a strange, yet harmonic scene.

Ding~

Leo hurriedly took out Cyclops meat and gulped it down in big bites.

'At least it's better than eating a moth.' he nearly vomited when he thought about it again.

"You want some… No, forget it," he didn't want her to feel the same pain.

She stared for a moment before shaking her head. "I don't need any."

"Do vampires eat food or they only drink blood?" he asked curiously.

Vampires in his previous world only drink human blood.

"We can absorb nutrients through food as well, but blood is more efficient."

She stuck out her small tongue and licked her lips. "Your blood is sweet and delicious, full of mana."

He decided to change the topic. "So Yue, do you know a way to get out of here? Or we will just follow the stairs blindly as I did?"

"... No," her reply was as stoic as ever. "...But this place was built by one of the Mavericks."

"Mavericks?" he asked curiously, never hearing this term in his pitiful three-day journey into the human world.

'Do you know about it?' he asked Jen.

(1000SP for the real truth, 50SP for a brief.)

'How much do I have?'

He didn't remember after selling so many mana crystals.

(42400SP)

'Good, close to buying [All Elemental Affinity]. Tell me 50SP one.'

(Clear this labyrinth, you will get your answers.)

'.....'

He wanted to curse her, but stopped when Yue kept staring at him intently.

He let out a dry cough and asked, "Who are the Mavericks?"

"Seven strong people… who tried to end the world… God stopped them and banished them to seven places…"

"The Seven Great Labyrinths?"

"Nn. They were said to reside in the deepest part of this abyss here… We might find a way out there."

His lips bent in a vicious smile. "My plan was to clear the Labyrinth anyway."

Yue hugged her knees and stared down blankly. She was still in his oversized shirt, a lonely look on her face. As for the shirt it was his last unused one left in his inventory. He could buy more if the time called.

He couldn't believe this beautiful girl lived for three centuries.

She looked up at him with a frown. "...You thought something really rude, didn't you?"

"No," he denied with a serious face.

'Is this so-called Woman's Intuition?' he asked Jen.

(.....)

Suddenly his body started throbbing, he knelt down and groaned, "Damn!"

"Leo! What happened?"

He showed a wry smile. "I'm fine, just the side effect of eating a monster meat."

Yue nodded and continued staring at him blankly.

[Level up]

[Level up]

['Diamond Skin' skill acquired]

[Diamond Skin] (Active skill)

Covers the user in a shell of mana, which increases defenses and protects them from all attacks to a certain degree.

He checked his status.

[Status]

Leo Evans

Age:17 Male

Level: 30

Class: Berserker

Strength: 1050

Vitality: 1200

Defense: 1200

Agility: 1150

Magic: 2550 (Sealed)

Magic Resistance: 2550

He cracked his knuckles, feeling the surge of strength in his body.

'Next is Scorpion.'

A brief look of surprise flashed across her face when the mana she felt from him increased all of a sudden.

"...You got stronger?"

He nodded his head, there wasn't any need to lie about it. "I can become stronger by eating monster flesh."

"... What are you doing here?" she asked, wondering how he got into this abyss where only monsters lived.

He scratched his cheeks. "I fought with a behemoth on the 65th floor. I killed it, but the bridge was destroyed in the aftermath and I fell here."

"You could've killed it with one punch with your strength."

"I was weak at that time… I ate monster meat to grow stronger and gained [Mana Manipulation] and many skills from it… I wanted more power…" he said, lost in thoughts.

Two thin hands filled with warmth wrapped around his waist, he opened his eyes to see Yue looking up with an apprehensive gaze.

"...Don't worry, I'll do everything to help you."

He raised his hand and ruffled her hair, "Thank you…"

A silence took over as he kept stroking her hair, she closed her eyes with a smile.

Looking at the naive girl, his eyes turned determined. "I… I am from another world."

He decided to trust her, their circumstances were too similar. He really empathized with her, she also depended on him. He didn't think she'd betray him.

Yue released him and stared at him with wide eyes. "...You mean you were summoned?"

He shook his head. "...No, I was sent here by a god of a different world. I am here to save my childhood friend."

He saw her vacant eyes before she hung her head to hide her expression.

"... Will you go back... to your world?"

"Yeah, I still have to meet someone on the other side."

His voice turned nostalgic, recalling his uncle and a certain shameless woman who might be a bit too worried about him. He hoped she didn't end up doing something dangerous when both, he and Eri weren't with her.

Hearing this, her eyes became more vacant.

"...I don't have a home to go back… not anymore…"

she whispered silently. But he heard every word of hers.

He formed a serious expression and asked, "Do you want to come?"

'I really have no resistance against those eyes.'

He knew what Yue felt for him, her eyes when she looked at him sometimes. Those were the eyes of someone looking at their entire world like Eri used to look at him until Maria helped her.

'Dammit, what will I say to Eri? … I'll just talk to her when the time comes?'

He scratched his head furiously in stress while Yue eyes widened at his question. The words of gratitude got stuck in her throat and she just stood there, tears flowing from her eyes like a broken dam.

Leo could see the happiness inside her blood-red eyes. With a sigh he continued,

"It's a boring world, no magic, no monsters. You can't use any violence. It might seem boring to someone powerful like you, but it's my… home."

"Can I really come with you?" she asked in a low voice, looking at him with eyes filled with hope.

He smiled at her unusual expression. "Sure."

She smiled brightly in return, it was the first time he saw her smile.

He rubbed her hair gently. "Just keep smiling like this, but first we have to kill an Idiot God."

His smile turned into a bloodthirsty one.

Yue was taken aback by his change but still nodded. "Why do you want to kill..."

"He summoned my childhood friend here, just to fight as tools of war. I'll show him that no one messes with my family... I also don't want him to summon us again."

(Show off.)

"Nn," Yue nodded her head meekly.

'Mystery shop'

[Mystery Shop]

Lucky Pervert Skill - 5,000,000SP

Gae Bolg - 1,000,000SP

Dragon Handle - 600,000SP

Reaper's Scythe - 500,000SP

Mana Crafting Skill - 100,000SP

10x Mid-MP potions - 10,000SP

P.S- Shop will update every month.

Update in 15d4h58m]

His eyes twitched at the first option.

'What the hell is that lucky pervert skill anyway, and is that Gae Bolg from Irish mythology?'

(These are random items from different worlds. I don't know about it.)

Jen said in a voice overflowing with innocence. She looked suspicious as hell in his eyes.

'Show [Mana Crafting] info.'

[Mana Crafting] (Passive skill)

Allows the user to craft any artifacts and enchant them with mana. Causes mental fatigue.

He looked at his clothes, no, it couldn't even be called proper clothes, just some ragtags bunched together. He remembered the fight with Cyclops and Scorpion, despite being this strong, his weapon couldn't harm the monsters. All good weapons in shop surpassed 50000SP.

'Screw [All Elemental Affinity]. I'll buy this first. I have 15 days to buy it. I'll kill every monster I come across. Every mana crystal will be taken. Hahaha.'

Yue hugged him tightly. "Don't make that face, it's scary."

His smile even scared a three-centuries-old vampire. He could feel her body trembling in his embrace.

"....."

"You have [All Elemental Affinity], right?"

"Nn." she nodded in his embrace.

"Can you teach me some magic later?"

She released him and tilted her head cutely. "Not now?"

He shook his head. "I can't do it now."

"Nn."

"Let's go and conquer this shitty labyrinth!"