Nero, The Legendary Hunter

The next one to try to get the skill was Choko.

"This is hard." Choko sighed after trying with nearly 30 regeneration orbs.

"Relax, I just got lucky," Nero comforted her. "Those are just bonuses, even if it doesn't work, considering that I never try. After all, I've already done it; we can keep trying."

"I know, but... Okay, I'll try!" She stopped mid-sentence, then motivated herself to try. Yes, if she failed, it wasn't worth crying over spilled milk. And, only those who play win the lottery, yes?

Thinking like that, once again, Choko started to swallow the orbs.

The energy flow that coursed through her body was able to nourish faster than the nuclei of monsters, but the amount was not enough for her to level up. However, it was good to solidify her base.

Choko kept trying. When she had used 58, her beautiful purple eyes showed happiness.

"I achieved it!" she cried out, enjoying the pleasure.

"Congratulations, Choko." Nero was the first to congratulate her with a smile.

Without speaking, Choko got up and hugged Nero, who returned the hug. "I must thank you, since it was all thanks to you. Thank you, Nero."

"Don't be like that." Nero smiled. "Helping you, it's satisfying for me. Thanking me in this way makes it seem like we're strangers. If you really want to reciprocate, surprise me with a gift, or even a kiss."

Choko blushed with embarrassment, but was tempted by the invitation to kiss.

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In the Nan Empire, the number of hunting geniuses constantly increased. The test day to deliver at the best school in the Empire was about to begin.

The atmosphere was competitive. Many closely examined the other geniuses, treating each other as rivals. The competition in this place was fierce, especially if one wanted to enter the best Hunter school.

There was still a chance of being able to go to other schools that were in themselves not inferior, however, seeking the best was common among geniuses.

In the air, with a pair of wings made of wind, Elsa soared over the city as she watched. She came to make some preparations for Nero and the rest, but not just that. She was cautious enough to see if she could find a trace of Eliane.

'Eliane...' Elsa muttered in her mind as a disappointed look appeared in her eyes. Soon, she gave up looking when she didn't find anything related to her.

"I need to go back. Soon they should be leaving the dungeon..." Elsa muttered in her cold voice.

Not long after Elsa left, a shadow appeared in the same place in the air where Elsa had been. The shadow had a cold, cruel look to it.

'I knew you would show up...' the shadow thought, right before disappearing.

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Another 9 regeneration orbs were used by Yui. She got the ability and was very happy and used this to take advantage and hug Nero.

Choko almost acted up and didn't let her, but soon, she stopped. Sighing regretfully, she at least knew she would have to give in a little...

The remaining orbs went to Jingu.

"Sorry, I couldn't get it, *degozaru,*" Jingu said with a downcast look. She's tried so hard but still couldn't.

"It's okay, stay cool." Nero laughed. "Didn't I say before that everything depends on luck? We've already got 3 of us to do that. That's great enough. Anyway, let's rush. We need to get enough before we have to leave this town. This time I'm going all out; you just need to support me."

"Umu, we'll do it!" Choko was motivated. She also wanted her friends to get stronger.

Soon after that, they left the dungeon and found it right away.

Nero, with the arrow shower, killed most with a few attacks. In the meantime, the group: Hunters of the Goddess of Love had already killed the remaining survivors by going to the next floor.

Spiders still made Jingu pale as if she'd seen a ghost, but this time Nero was even more aggressive. Her attacks were quick and deadly. She made short work of the spiders.

On the third floor, the sound of bones being broken echoed steadily. It was like a bombing raid was taking place, but it was just Nero with a bow. She was unbeatable!

Then, on the fourth floor, they arrived at what really mattered: the fox bats. On this floor Nero still used large scale attacks. Although some of the targets stayed alive, the stragglers were killed by Choko and the rest.

"Wow! That was very fast!" Honda was stunned. She couldn't believe how fast it had all happened.

"Hehe~ If you're rested, let's continue." Nero said with a cute smile, but to them it looked like a devil's smile.

They practically had to run to the 4th floor without resting. Although they only fought the survivors left by Nero, it was still tiring. Despite that, they knew the reason for Nero's urgency: it was mainly because of them, which would make no sense for them to complain.

After drinking the potion and eating some, they descended the dungeon floors after the corpses were collected.

The dungeon guard seemed to have seen a ghost when he saw them leave. After all, he saw through the dashboard how fast Nero and the rest had climbed to the 4th floor. It was basically impossible to do that in such a short time... It was even possible that Nero and the rest had broken the group record of the party: God's Chosen. Heedless of this, Nero and the rest reentered the dungeon just as it restarted.

Their speed of killing monsters did not decrease. In fact, it was faster, as they figured out the monsters' patterns. As soon as they reached Floor 4, with sweat running down their bodies, they took potions, before resting for a bit, then went back into the fray. This time, the guard, and other people who were in front of the dungeon were just like Jingu when she arrived on the 2nd floor...

"Is their party monsters?!" It was something almost everyone thought about.

"Super geniuses?!"

"Wow! Very amazing! They will definitely enroll at the Hunter school. I bet their ranking will be among the top ones."

"Are you serious? I know they're good, but-" As he spoke, the pedestrian stopped. He saw that they'd already reached the third floor. His mouth opened so wide he thought his jaw dislocated. "Heavens! They're awesome!" he yelled loudly for everyone to hear, not finishing what he was going to say first.

"Hahaha!"

For some reason, the crowd found it gratifying to see this man's reaction.

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Nero and the rest were already rushing the dungeon for almost 10 hours without resting for any long amount of time. Sweat dripped down each of them like a dog. They felt so tired at that moment that they barely had the strength to walk.

Nero knew she couldn't push harder than this, but before she decided to finish, at that moment a powerful voice echoed in the cave, "Congratulations to the hunting geniuses; their names are eternally engraved in the Twilight Dungeon for hitting the 4th Floor in 9 minutes and 43 seconds." 

After the voice was silent, something appeared in front of them and soon opened, and something inside the mysterious container came out. It flew straight for the party's hearts without giving them time to dodge. Soon, they opened their eyes almost in disbelief at what happened.

"Heavens! We are so lucky!" Jana covered her mouth in total disbelief.

"Yup, I can't be awake, I need to wake up!" Honda couldn't believe it. She pinched her arm, but when she felt pain, she was amazed.

"..." Everyone was speechless. Even Nero, like the rest, wanted to see if she was truly awake. What they had just received was too good to be true.

"This is too good, hehe~" With her cool voice, at the same time cheerful, Yui's giggle echoed throughout the dungeon.

The reason they were like this was because they had gotten an ability called [Door To The Other Side]. They could travel 100 meters in 1 second. For them, this was just too amazing. Maybe if any of them were someone strong like Elsa, it might not mean much, but for them, it was pretty awesome!

By the way, who else could have that kind of speed at their current level? In fact, would anyone be able to dodge if they moved at that speed?

"Hehe~" Choko chuckled as she stuck out her tongue in a cute way. "This Hunter School enrollment test is going to be interesting!"

They even forgot they had enough orbs again to try to get the [Regeneration] ability.

"Oh yeah, we still have the orbs," Jair remembered.

"True," Breno sighed, still dumbstruck.

Soon, everyone laughed for no apparent reason. They were just so happy and felt like laughing. When they calmed down. They started to rest.

Half an hour later Nero divided the spoils, as well as giving more than 100 orbs to each member of the party. There were still too many monster cores for them to absorb right then, but they could do it later at the mansion. Unlike before, it was better for them to do this when they left the dungeon, as they had a place they didn't need to worry about stinking, which was the training room in Elsa's mansion.

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Edited by: Azurtha