Chapter-14 A Competitor

Huff… Huff…

Zhao Feng could be seen sitting on top of a monster corpse with a shallow cut on the left side of his stomach.

" Finally, I got that rat." Zhao Feng said with a little pride.

"System"

{ STATUS }

PLAYER: Zhao Feng

RANK : F-(02.3%) FATIGUE: 63

TITLE: Matagot Slayer

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STRENGTH : 22 AGILITY: 28

VITALITY: 23 MANA: 30

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[SKILLS]

PASSIVE SKILLS:

[EX] Heaven & Earth breathing technique(F+)

ACTIVE SKILLS:

[E+]Wind Steps(F+)

[D-]Explosive Steps(F+)

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EQUIPPED ITEMS:

Normal T-shirt x1

Normal jeans x1

[F+] Dagger x1

Normal backpack x1

Normal knife x1

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Potential: EX

Zhao Feng jumped off the monster corpse quickly before it vanished, only to be replaced by a hand-sized aqua blue mana stone.

Zhao Feng examined the mana stone with interest, noting that it was a light blue rather than the blood red he had expected.

He took the blue mana stone in his hand and sent a thread of ki into it, 'Hmm, the quality isn't bad.' He then placed it in his pocket.

[The boss monster was defeated. The next Boss monster spawn in 6 days 23 hours.]

Everyone in the dungeon received the same notification from the system.

"Do you know which guild's trainee squad showed up for practice?" asked a middle-aged white-bearded man sitting next to him.

''Well, I didn't hear anything about a guild trainee squad arriving at the dungeon; additionally, even if we hadn't heard about them, the reporter would have already swarmed up at the building's entrance."

"If that's the case, who defeated the boss, a new team or perhaps a duper?"

"You idiot, don't bring dupers into the conversation!" "How did you forget about the distortion phenomenon?"

"What exactly is that?" The man scratched his brow, trying but failing to recall anything related to it.

" Sigh…I pity my sister, who married a fool like you."

" Just tell me what it is." The man wasn't bothered by his comment, he had been listening to the same line for the past two decades.

It's a theory proposed by top scientists that when a player with more than two ranks higher than the dungeon enters, the dungeon's entrance changes into the exit."

" Hmm, but can't an 'D' rank player enter?"

"They are welcome to enter, but it is not worth their time." Yes, they can enter, but why waste their time when they can get triple or more in the E rank dungeon?

" Ooh! So, who killed the boss? Is it a new party?"

" It could be a roque party or a test for some academy." Let's go see if they're still around." Most of the players, like them, had the same guesses and rushed to the boss's territory to check on the players.

While the players rushed to see the boss hunter, the man in question was exiting the dungeon.

Achoo!

'Can a player catch a cold as well?' Zhao Feng was continuously sneezing for the past 5 minutes

On the other side of the dungeon, Meng Yue was waiting for Zhao Feng to exit, but there was a little frown on her face.

"Why did you come back, Changming?" Meng Yue was staring at Changming with her eyes like daggers.

" Yue, I went back last week, but after some thought, I decided to come back; what if something happened to you?" Changming stated unconcernedly.

" Who are you trying to fool?" Meng Yue didn't fall for any of her nonsense.

" Ouch! Yue, you hurt this poor friend's feelings..." Changming placed her hand on her heart and pretended to be in pain.

"Bit*h, I know you're here for hubby." She had noticed the way her best friend would look at Zhao Feng was a little suspicious at first, but with further observation, she finally noticed that her best friend also likes the same man as her.

" Yue! "I'm your devoted servant; do you believe I'd betray you for a man?"

" Yes! You will. You even agreed to work as his personal assistant just to spend more time with him."

"..."

"I knew it." She was enraged that her friend would have more time to seduce her husband while she would have to wait at home for him.

"You know, Yue, the world has changed, and even the government has agreed to polygamy." After the world had changed, the celebrities were the first to fall into the traps of the greedy higher ups; whether male or female, the majority of them agreed to become a part of their so called harem.

"You also know that your husband will not be satisfied with just you." She understands the mindset of people like Feng, who have an insatiable desire for more.

"..."

Meng Yue was the one who had nothing to say this time. She was aware of it as well, having witnessed the same kind of society as Changming.

They both fell silent and just stared at each other. The exiting Zhao Feng broke their staring contest.

" Hubby!" Meng Yue rushed to his side as he emerged from the dungeon and gave him a hug, which Zhao Feng gladly accepted. Meng Yue finally let him go after a minute of hugging, but not before tasting his lips while giving Changming a look.

"Tsk." Changming clicked her lips in annoyance.

"How did it go, did you manage to kill it?" Changming inquired as she removed his backpack from his shoulders.

" Hmm." Zhao Feng nodded and removed the blue mana stone from his pocket.

"So, are you going to absorb the stone or sell it?" To understand how she works for him we have to go back a week

Zhao Feng and Changming were sitting on a park bench.

" So tell me, why am I feeling mana emanating from Meng Yue's body?" Zhao Feng had noticed the faint traces of ki inside Meng Yue's body but had not had the opportunity to investigate.

"Yue is an unusual case; her awakening occurred as a result of an accident in which she barely survived, after which she lost all memories of the incident."

"Meng Yue never used her powers again after that day." We thought she had forgotten about her powers, but when we confronted her, she said she didn't feel any power in her, and she didn't even have access to the system; we tried everything to activate her powers, but nothing happened."

Feng, who was paying close attention, went into deep thought but couldn't figure out why such an oddity occurred. 'I'll look into it myself.'

"One more thing, can you help me find a secretary?" He knew he would need someone to take care of the plans he had in mind.

"Hmm, do you mind if I become one?" asked Changming.

"Huh?" He didn't expected her to be the one to offer herself for the position.

"Why do you want to become a secretary?" Although he didn't mind her being his secretary, still he was little curious why she an high ranking player would work as a secretary for him.

"I want to around you guys."

Erin looked at her eyes for a second.

"Alright."

"So, are you going to absorb the stone or sell it?"

"I'll absorb the blue one, and you can sell the remaining stones." The progression from 'F' rank mana stone was far too slow for his liking.

" Changming, I'm thinking about going to the E rank dungeon. Is there a good one?"

"There are a few good ones nearby, but most of them require you to be a member of a attack squad or wait until you reach 'E' rank."

"That's... let's hire a squad." He didn't have any desire to join a guild right now,

"We don't have enough money for it." The average cost of an 'E' rank squad could put him out of business in an hour.

" Screw that, let's sweep all of the 'F' rank bosses in the area." He'd resolved to kill every boss and earn the 'E' rank.

"I've got a better idea; why don't you join an university?"

To Be Continued….

A reporter and a cameraman stood outside the dungeon building, waiting for the trainee squad that defeated the boss.

"Anyone who tells me about the boss hunter gets a free power stone." The man yelled at the top of his lungs, while his cameraman hid his face with camera in embarrassment.