Chapter 22 Jeju Massacre Survivors

It's already midnight, Zero and the others are now heading to Jeju Island. They already used the [Conceal] skill to hide their presence from others. After ten minutes, they are now on the island. The island is in a big mess. All of the structures and trees were destroyed. And many footprints of the monsters can be seen on the land. They walked for another five minutes on the island and they still can't find a single monster. When Zero spread his mana to scan the surroundings, he noticed that there is 10 people alive far away from the dungeon and there is a dungeon in the middle of the island. He immediately flew towards where they felt human presence followed by Aviz, Reno, and Diablo. They saw a small cave. Outside the cave is 2 men carrying a sword. Zero looked at them and find them familiar.

'Aren't they the SSS-Rank Hunters that participated in the last Jeju raid?' Zero muttered to himself. The three don't know their existence.

"You guys observe the dungeon yourselves, I have something to do here," Zero spoke to them.

The three agreed and left the scene.

Zero changed his appearance to a middle-aged man. He then slowly approached the cave. The two guarding the cave already noticed him and Zero slowly walked towards them. The two want to shout but they can't because if they do, their presence could be exposed. When Zero is now in front of them, the two swordsmen didn't feel any malicious intent so they calmly talk to him.

"Who are you? Why are you here? Don't you know that staying here is very dangerous?" A middle-aged man with a scar on his cheek said.

"I'm just a wandering hunter. I know it's extremely dangerous here so I immediately headed here when I felt a presence of a human." Zero said in his middle-aged man form.

"And why are you here? Why won't you leave this island?" Zero added.

"We could have already done a long time ago if my companions didn't receive critical injuries." A man in his 20s besides the middle-aged man spoke.

'So that's the reason they can't leave. Their companionship to each other must be strong.' Zero grumbled.

"So you have companions inside that cave? Maybe I can help them to treat their injuries."

Zero spoke.

The two guards looked at each other.

"I know that in your perspective I'm suspicious. I will prove to you that I'm not suspicious. Lend me your sword for a bit." Zero said. The middle-aged man threw his sword to Zero and Zero caught it.

Zero cut off his left hand. The two were surprised. Blood came out from his hands.

"W-what are you doing?" The man in his 20s asked in a terrified tone.

Zero then used healing magic on his left hand and it only took him a minute to fully regenerate his left hand. Normally, Zero can immediately regenerate it but if he chose to longer the regenerating process.

"We can understand now. I will guide you inside. Klein, you will stay here to look out for the surroundings." The middle-aged man guided Zero inside.

The interior of the cave is gloomy. While walking inside the cave, the middle-aged man introduced himself

"My name is Hyun-sik an SSS-Rank Hunter from Korea."

"Nice meeting you, Hyun-Sik, as I've told you earlier, I'm a wandering hunter." Zero said. It didn't take long before they arrive at where the others are staying. Only a single torch is used to light the surroundings. 4 people are lying down.

"Hyun-Sik who's that?" A woman carrying a bow spoke.

"I brought someone who can help us." Hyun-Sik assured them.

"Are you sure he's trustworthy?" Another woman holding a staff spoke.

"Well if it's Hyun-Sik who brought him I'm sure that he's trustworthy." A man with a large muscular build spoke.

"This is a wandering hunter. He showed me his healing skills and I am sure that it can help us." Hyun-Sik confidently spoke.

"I will try my best to heal your companions. I guess I need to start healing now." Zero said.

He walked towards the 4 people lying down. At his left is a young man followed by a middle-aged man and two women in their 20s.

Hyun-Sik followed him and explained their conditions.

After Hyun-Sik explained their conditions, Zero learned that the young man and the two women's legs received a critical attack from the Elder Dragon. While the middle-aged man suffered internal injuries after receiving an attack from a fox with hundred tails. Zero didn't waste time and cast healing magic on the 4 people. The 4 people are unconscious to focus on healing their bodies. A man suddenly appeared from the shadow to check their condition and he was surprised to find out that their conditions immediately get better. The man that appeared is also an SSS-Rank Hunter an assassin. Zero already knows that someone is hiding so he was not surprised.

"I am Sung-Hoo an SSS-Rank Hunter from Korea." The man that came out from the shadow introduced himself.

"It is nice meeting you." Zero replied.

"My job here is done. Expect a full recovery tomorrow, goodbye." Zero flicked his hand and he disappeared into everyone's sight. All the people inside the cave who saw that are surprised.

What Diablo, Aviz, and Reno saw is a big dungeon.

The height of the dungeon is at least 500cm and the width is 300 cm. It cannot be seen from the outside, because it's in a very deep part of the island. Aviz, Reno, and Diablo used [Conceal] before entering the dungeon. What they saw inside and an extremely large open area. The dungeon has very strong mana its mana is two times stronger than the SSS-Rank dungeon. The surroundings are full of grass, trees and there is even a sea not far from them. They looked at the monsters at the seaside. They are in line and the ones who are in front are the three Elder Dragons. Followed by 2 adult dragons, two foxes with a hundred tails, chimeras, wyverns, minotaurs, ogres, basilisk, giants, cyclops, bears, and werewolves! All of those monsters are S-Rank and above except for the werewolves! And their total number is at least 5,000! The monsters that have the biggest number are the werewolves and bears. The werewolves' numbers are about 3,000 and the bears are about a thousand. And the number of the other monsters is 100 for each of the species except for the dragons and the foxes. The rank of a single werewolf is about A-Rank while a single bear is S-Rank at most. While they are observing the monsters, they saw an old man riding one of the elder dragons. The old man is patting the elder dragon like it's his pet.

The three are looking at the sea from a far distance.

Then Diablo, Aviz, and Reno exit the dungeon.

When they get out they saw Zero waiting for them. Zero already transformed into his original human form.

"Let's go. Let's talk about the details of the dungeon later." Then they left Jeju Island.

While they are flying, Zero asked Diablo "You Diablo, do you have a wife?"

"Nothing, Master." Diablo said

"You Reno? Do you have a husband?." (Zero)

"Nothing, Master." (Reno)

"How about you, Aviz?" Zero asked Aviz.

"I have a wife, Master. She's also an Ancient Dragon." Aviz answered

"Where is she right now?" Zero asked.

"I don't know Master. I ran away from her because she is very scary! I don't know her whereabouts right now." Aviz said.

"EHHH? YOU HAVE A WIFE AVIZ? YOU? AS IN YOU?" Zero realized that Aviz said that he have a wife.

"Master, believe me, I have a wife! I've met her a very long time ago when we're not still in the abyss. We're in a world where all the strongest existence exists. It does not matter what your race is as long as you're strong enough, you can live. At that time I'm still not the leader of the Ancient Dragons. I'm a battle maniac who always seeks power. I've met her in a tournament and her name is Reisha. I watched her fight in the tournament and I have fallen in love with how she fights! After the tournament, I invited her to hang out and luckily she agreed! I became her training partner and after a hundred years, I became the strongest dragon but Reisha was still far stronger for me. That's the start of how we became husband and wife. And also the start of my suffering...." Aviz told Zero how he met Reisha.

"Ahh, then why did you run away from her?" Zero curiously asked.

"T-that, Master I told you that she has a big battle prowess right? She always wants to spar with me even though I am already very tired! To be honest, she's much stronger than me and she's the most suitable to become the leader of the Ancient Dragons but she said she's not interested and she even threatened me that if I didn't take the leader position, I will receive a good beating! After many years after becoming the leader, I decided to hide from her because she is still torturing me every time we spar. After running away from her, an unknown phenomenon occurs. The whole world turns black and I can't see anything and after a while and I lose consciousness. When I woke up I'm already in the abyss with the other Ancient Dragons and other monsters residing in our world. I explored the abyss for a very long time, and I can't find her whereabouts. I think she did something to save herself from that unknown phenomena." Aviz said.

"Do you still want to find her?" Zero asked.

"My heart wants to find her. But my body is declining." Aviz said.

After Aviz said that, they are already in Zero's house. They all entered the house. They all sat on a couch.

Zero asked, "Since Aviz already told his story before he entered the abyss, and Diablo also told his story before he fell into his slumber, Reno are you also willing to tell us what happened before you entered the abyss?"

Reno said "Yes, master. I think it's unfair if they told theirs, and I won't tell mine."

Then Reno started to tell her story before she arrived at the abyss.