5. Back to earth

Crack!

"Argh!" Kyle landed on the ground once more, breaking his neck this time.

His blood spilled all over the ground, and demons looked at him with curiosity as he rose back up, snapping his neck in place.

His wounds healed, and he glanced at the inhuman creatures all around.

He was slightly shocked about his situation. A day ago, he was living his best life in the Rachel family household, and now he was in the home of the enemies of humanity—hell.

The skies burned red, and he looked around to see inhuman creatures walking around. They all seemed shocked that he was here. His eyes met a mirror by the side, and he saw his demonic appearance.

His body was even skinnier than before, and his claws seemed more like talons on his fingernails.

[System activated successfully.]

[You have passed your intro quest: survive 12 hours in hell.]

Rewards: +10% resistance to hell's corruption.

Passive: [Pain Tolerance I] – Reduces pain sensitivity slightly.

"Where did this come from?" he thought, looking at the red translucent screen that appeared in front of him with words on it.

'Hunters do level up and gain skills, but I've never heard about quests,' he thought, staring at the screen blankly.

[You were gifted the system by ???. Complete quests and earn rewards.]

Kyle frowned at the new words shown to him. Immediately, he remembered the red light that had entered his body back when he was within the void.

'I was curious to know what that was,' he blinked.

Turning around, he began walking away from the middle of the demons he had run into.

"Can you answer questions?" Kyle asked with a raised brow.

[...Yes.]

"My brother made this for me?"

This was where his mind first went, as his brother had changed him within an instant into a demon. He didn't know what his brother was capable of now that he saw that he was the king.

[No.]

"Ah..." Kyle was taken aback by the response of the system, and he halted his steps.

"If it's not Graham, then who is it?" he asked with a frown, but no response came from the system.

"Don't play games with me. Who is it?" Kyle asked once more.

[You'll find out soon enough. Complete 100 quests, and you'll find out.]

The words read on the screen before it disappeared. Kyle sighed at this, then walked past a stall where weapons were kept and entered, intrigued.

'I'll need to be prepared if I'm going back to Earth,' he thought before walking into the store.

The inside of the store resembled an ancient cabin, with weapons lined up on the walls on both sides.

In front of a table was a short, bald creature with brown skin and long ears. It resembled a human, but its nose was very long. It wore what looked like animal fur and turned to look at Kyle as he entered.

"I'm here for some weapons," Kyle said to the dwarf, and it stroked its chin.

"And maybe some clothes as well," the dwarf spoke up, and that was when Kyle looked down to see that the only thing covering him was some torn briefs.

"You're under the king directly, right? I can tell from the symbol on your chest," the demon said, showing his teeth, which were like a saw.

"Just take whatever you want."

Kyle seemed surprised that the man offered him anything for free, and he began to browse through the items there.

Kyle later came out of the cabin with a cloak covering his body from his neck to his feet, his wings now hidden.

His expression couldn't help but be grim as a particular message kept popping up in front of his face as he prepared to go back to Earth.

He had a sword sheathed at his waist and a dagger as well. He was going to kill Don the moment he landed on Earth.

Kyle frowned as he suddenly began to feel a powerful presence around the area, and the demons started kneeling down and bowing their heads.

"It's the king!" the short demon shouted before going on his knees. He looked at Kyle with a scared expression.

"Kid, do you want to die? Get down!" he said, sweatdrops sliding down his face.

His heart skipped a beat as Kyle ignored him and walked towards a creature flying in the air. It was Graham in his demon form, with a floating red crown above his head.

"Are you ready?" Graham asked, and Kyle nodded.

"Send me back."

Under the dark skies of Earth, a massive black portal opened up in the middle of the street, and a human foot stepped through it.

Kyle, with his black cloak, breathed in the air of the human world, and a smile appeared on his lips.

'I'm really back,' he smirked.

Behind him, another figure came through the portal, and he raised a brow as he looked back.

It was a woman who was around his height, with pink hair and red eyes. She wore a sexy red jumpsuit that accentuated her curvaceous figure. Her pink lips parted as she faced Kyle.

"And who are you supposed to be?" Kyle asked as he stared into her eyes.

"How rude. I'm Feylin. The king has tasked me with looking after you while you're in this world," the lady said in a seductive tone as she played with her hair.

She then turned into a red light and wrapped herself around his wrist. The light dimmed down to reveal a plain black bracelet that didn't let out any mana, and he wondered why his brother would want to monitor him.

Kyle looked at the street he had ended up in. There didn't seem to be any people nearby, and the buildings looked far more developed than what he was used to.

A poster caught his eye on a light pole, and his eyes widened as he read what was on it.

[The hero of the world conquers an S-rank dungeon. Don has been promoted to the level of a U-rank hunter.]

"No... This is not possible within a day," Kyle mumbled in panic as he looked around the poster to check the date.

[2026...]

'I... It was 2021. That means five years have passed.' He fell onto his butt as the realization sank in, and he couldn't help but feel a deep rage rising inside him.

"WHAT THE FUUUCK?!!"