First POV
I looked at clairvoyance ball on table. On it showed 16 former S rank hunters running around the mountain.
"Remember. Run 1000 laps. Or else I will disqualify you." old man said while drinking his wine.
"Hell. This is totally a hell" they both spoke out their complaint.
I put clairvoyance ball into my pocket and be ready for a long journey.
"I have waited for this day so long." I coughed to clear my throat before talking to my system through personal channel.
"So you have found it, right."
[That's right. My host. I finally found their place.] a cold machine voice spoke its report.
"What are you waiting for. Let go. Send me your coordinate." I said in hurry tone.
[It's just … never-mind. Here is the coordinate.]
After receiving information, I stepped on my sword and rode it straight to destination.
When I arrived, I looked around to confirm again.
"Alo, system. Are you sure this is an entrance?" I looked at entrance before asking another question. "Did I make you feel something unsatisfied or uncomfortable somewhere?"
I observed the volcano which was ravaged by vicious lava inside its mouth. There was no door or something looked like an entrance.
[You misunderstand me, my esteem host] system tried to explain. [This is undoubtedly an entrance]
"You mean the entrance laid below those lava"
[Correct. This is their way to protect their own property. I am waiting for you on the other side of entrance]
"The entrance is full of lava. What's a legendary way to protect your home." I gave a compliment before asking.
"So I have to dive in lava and swam to entrance. Right."
[Correct. Some warning here for you. Lava is hot. So be careful.] After done with its duty, system left the channel.
"This is the first time I swim in lava." I warmed up body before diving.
"First human can swim in lava." I opened a screen and started casting all spells that I know.
"Heat resistance. Ice shield. Mana shield …"
After casting around 1325 spells, I dived in hot lava.
"This is worst. Oww. Hot hot hot." following the guide of my system, I swam to a certain direction.
The mana shield started to dispel after 10 minutes of swimming. Even if I wanted to go back now then I would lose this opportunity.
I had a reason that is why I wanted to bet my life here.
Mana shield broke under the hotness of lava. Ice shield melted with each second. I could feel the hotness of terrifying lava through water. Luckily, I was a peak of S rank hunter now. Or else I will become fried chicken in KFC.
[Ice shield durability is zero. You suffer damage.]
"I know." I cast healing spell constantly.
My healing couldn't catch it with the damage. So I had to figure out how to survive in this harsh environment by using remain mana.
"What is the name of those spell again. [Eternal ice age] and [Absolute zero]. Right." I tried to remember the formula of those spell.
"This should be correct" Under the bless of Arcane Warrior, the 2 spells combined into one.
[The greater Eternal ice age] I cast a new spell. Area surrounding me turned into ice. The fight between ice and lava started.
Lava burned ice to air while ice solidified magma to black stone.
Like a meteorite, I dived deeper to the core of earth.
"It should be around here" I inspected area around. Following the string connection between me and system, I saw a red portal.
Without thinking, I dashed into it.
Immediately, I felt like I was carried away by the flow of water.
Saying flow of water is not correct. Should be said 'A flow of mystery energy'
I looked back. Lava couldn't enter this portal. Usually it can.
From the core of earth, I was brought back to the surface of earth. While floating to the sky, I could see city, people and monster on the ground.
Soaring through the cloud, I floated to universe.
The earth slowly made a distance from me.
"Don't need a space ship to see the earth flat or round." I was floating on the space. The earth was small enough to block with my right hand.
Through Saturn, I saw a big portal hovering in the space.
I was sucked into that portal.
As soon as I entered, water entered my mouth.
Losing sense of gravity for a second, I didn't know where is the surface.
I condensed water into a big ice. One was as big as Titanic's killer.
Just holding the iceberg, it will float to the surface of water.
"Just how deep of this place." I asked myself. It has been 15 minutes that I didn't see the surface.
After floating for unknown time, I finally reached the surface.
The first I did was to take a breath.
"Alive again." I swam to the shore while observing around.
[Welcome, my host.] Her system greeted her.
"What's this place system." I talked to floating screen while swimming.
[This is a ruin kingdom. Welcome to Ruler civilization.]
I arrived the shore but when I looked again. This was just a fountain in the middle of city.
[Now understand as Dead kingdom.]
"Why you say so."
[Because there was no one here.]
A rustling wind passed by. A rumbling sound came from behind me.
"Must kill all evil."
"Purge it"
"For my lord"
Three shadow of angel being came from afar.
"Is this okay to enter illegally?"
[Don't care about that. Beside, they are very strong] System floated beside me while pointing those incoming angels.
One of shadow disappeared. In a blink of eyes, I saw him before me.
"What the" One of my sword blocked an attack and fenced him off.
He flew a straight line until he collapsed into a wall of random house.
[Be careful from now on.] System shot a light beacon.
The beacon illuminated their face.
"Disgusting"
Their face was filled with worm and mud. Some of them had tentacle at their back.
"What's wrong with them."
[They are obviously corrupt by evil being.]
"Even angel can be corrupt."
[Hey. That is normal. The weak is devoured by the strong. Even light can be devoured by darkness.]
"Analyze" I used skills to check their status.
[Don't do that. It's useless. Corrupt being is usually chaotic. You can't read anything from them.] System reminded.
[ @#@!#!
$@$@%#@
#^#^%^# ]
"Indeed. So can you read them." I asked system.
[No. But I have my way to measure their strength. Here. I sends you my data. Read it.]
I opened email.
[ Corrupt Angel 1
Level: 5230 ]
[ Corrupt Angel 2
Level: 4250 ]
And I looked at the one struggling to stand back up.
[ Corrupt Angel 3
Level: 6522 ]
"God damn. Why are they so strong?" when looking at the bar, their strength should be arround top 50 S rank hunters on earth.
[Because they are part of entity of universe. You are lucky to meet a weak being like them.]
"What"
[Look the castle behind. There exists a corrupt angel that can play 1 vs 2 with Monarch on Earth.]
"So what should I do."
[You do what you usually do. Hunt. Level up and loot. Beside, you are not alone.]
As soon as he said this, a barrage of arrow fell from the sky hindering those corrupt angels.
A person supported me in escape.
"Who are they"
[They are a survivor.]