The Young Master in the Shadows

Alpha was glaring at Alex, who was washing her face at the fountain. They have returned to the temple after Victor locked that poor kid inside that cave, then closed the entrance after he escaped alone. She had an urge to help Sebastian, but Victor locked her power, rendering her helpless. And she couldn’t go against Victor’s wishes after all. That guy only told them that they need to play along.

"Just you wait, when my authority grows higher than yours I will get my revenge." She swore.

The routes were pretty much spider-free after the massacre they committed with Sebastian earlier, so the trip only took them 30 minutes. Victor left them alone after that saying that he was going to fetch something.

She did hear some loud noises a little while ago. Was it him creating trouble?

After about two hours Alpha, who got bored cursing at Victor, decided to confront Alex.

“You are a female aren’t you?” Alpha said to Alex, who froze in her place then turned to look at Alpha slowly.

“N...No, I am not,” He said, stuttering. She didn’t fool her, she could tell for a while now. The ring on her finger was the GENDER SWAPPING RING. This thing was unique and was stolen from a collector 50 years ago according to her inherited knowledge.

“Whatever, It’s not like I care. Why do you follow Victor?” She asked, not exposing Alex’s secret, but wondering whether Victor knew about it.

Alex hesitated a little, but after remembering what Victor said about Alpha being his new assistant, he began to tell Alpha the full story. About the sect’s betrayal and her escape. Then how she met Victor and the deal between them.

“Ah, so you are really the young master of the Thunder sect!” Alpha said in surprise.

“Yes, acting like one once again was very refreshing,” Alex said with some embarrassment.

“But, why lie to that kid? Victor, that bastard was too vicious!” She shouted, Maybe to Alex, maybe to herself, or maybe to the entire world.

“It’s very rude to call your young master a bastard and a vicious one at that. I will punish you later.” Victor said as he appeared out of thin air at the temple's entrance.

Since when was he standing there eavesdropping on their conversation? Alpha wondered with a little blush.

…

Victor walked slowly, then stood in the center of the hell where he took out his chair and unfolded it before sitting leisurely on it.

“Are you worried about Sebastian? I should have told you earlier, that guy is probably about 30 years old. He is practicing some art called eternal body art. Do you know what that is?“ Victor looked at her and asked.

“What!” Alpha didn't want to believe him about Sebastian’s age, but if what he told her about the eternal body art is true then it may be plausible. Victor had no reason to lie about that. And that art existed in her memory. It also explains Sebastian’s high level.

“It’s an ancient art that was practiced by a long-forgotten sect. The Immortal Abode. But that sect has long been destroyed.” She explained while wondering that maybe what Victor did was justifiable, that Sebastian dared to say he was 12, what a scumbag.

“But Victor was still too vicious.” She thought not realizing that what her young master really did to Sebastian was way beyond anything she could have imagined.

Victor looked at her with horror in his eyes. The Immortal abode was not destroyed at all. It emerged with the other Hidden powers after the Reckoning and fought for world domination. At first, it was considered one of the top five new powers. But it was destroyed quickly in a catastrophic event, when an asteroid destroyed their sect on the day of their sect master’s wedding, erasing everything there and killing all of the guests, including many high leveled elders from the other powers and destroying the delicate balance that the world finally achieved, throwing the great powers into a new war for dominance. Maybe it was not an accident after all. Whenever a scion was involved, things tend to take a crazy turn.

“It seemed not destroyed after all. And that guy already has the arachne killing Spear. He is fighting it in that cave to this moment.” Victor said, making Alpha nod a little.

“He was the danger I told you about when I looked at your fate. That’s everything I can tell you for now.” Victor added as he took out a water bottle that was in his bag. There was something inside of it. A spider.

“What is that?” Asked Alpha, as Alex stepped away slowly.

“The black widow, this dungeon’s boss.” Said Victor with a sigh. Those idiots were still ‘fighting’ the arachne in the cave not realizing that it was not the boss. The notification clearly stated KILL THE BLACK WIDOW. That thing only has six eyes. A black widow has eight.

“What? Isn't the dungeon's boss an arachne? What about the murals?” Alpha asked.

“I told you, those are not created by the dungeon. But by whatever otherworldly power built this place. The world could kill arachne easily. Do you know what conditions the world needs to create a dungeon around a target?” Victor asked.

Alpha shook her head.

“The target. A monster most of the time should have an S rank fate or higher. The world would not be able to kill it, so it just contains it.” Victor said.

“As far as I know creatures with S fate are nearly impossible to kill. But bosses get killed all the time.” Alpha said she was not that knowledgeable about fate.

“They are hard to kill in their original world. That’s why the dungeon gets created. To sever them from their original destiny.” Victor said as he looked at the little cute black widow in the bottle.

ENEMY: THE BLACK WIDOW

STR: 1

AGI: 90

INT: 3

LCK: 15

CHM: 13

Skill:

Poisonous bite SSS+

Poisonous Mist S+

Poisonous Corpse SSS+

FATE: S (SEVERED)

Victor’s eyes hurt after seeing all those Ss. This thing was really dangerous. It was silently lurking beside the cave’s entrance, waiting for a chance to escape. When Victor entered as Vivi, he quickly used the disguise to hide himself, fearing getting discovered by the arachne, whom he also considered the boss at that time. But was surprised when his fate instinct warned him about danger. That was when he found this thing. So he slowly approached it and locked it in the only suitable container he had. This PET bottle.

Victor slowly took out another bottle from his ring, it contained a pink liquid

Soul Corroding Poison

Rank SS

This was one of the bottles he left on the cliff to get filled with the miasma, and they were now complete. He just went back to fetch them and blew up some spider’s nests on the way with the grenades he had.

“What is this?” Alpha asked curiously.

“A poison, I will kill the Black widow with it.” He said, transferring the poison carefully from one bottle to the other. This position will not affect the Black widow's body, but just its soul. And when it dies its corpse would become poisonous. And he could gain a new combined poison.

The widow felt the strange liquid falling from the top and tried to step aside, but there was no way to go and soon the poison touched it, and slowly it stopped moving. Now he only needs to leave it here and see what kind of poison gets created.

Dungeon Cleared.

Congratulations.

Countdown until Closing,

59. Minutes.

Alpha looked at the notice then turned to the dead spider and nodded. This guy may be a pervert, but he is really knowledgeable. If they didn't know about this they may have had to spend years here. Hunting every little spider.

“If you want to hide my bloodline you better do it now. If I got discovered, they would catch me pretty quickly.” Alpha said, looking at the countdown.

“Don’t worry, I already locked down your bloodline. So you will feel a little weak. I can only unlock it when I am next to you, to use the disguise skill on you. And I can also give you the Horas jewel we found here. But I have better plans for this.” He said, making Alpha a little upset.

“Alex, get ready, the upgrade will hurt a bit. As you will have to experience a great increase.” Victor said to Alex who was sitting far away. That black widow was disgusting.

“And After leaving here we would probably be in the gorge’s bottom. You just hide and wait for me. Baron would probably be still searching the area, If they found you just kill them.” Victor Added as a murderous look appeared on Alpha’s face after hearing Baron’s name.

“Don’t worry, I will help you kill him. Too bad about the rewards room though, it must be in that cave” Victor said as he monitored Tom who found it and discovered a huge retractable shield inside. Victor will leave it to him. He doesn’t need it right now.

Victor suddenly seemed to have remembered something and quickly pricked his finger and began to draw a magical circle on the ground.

“What are you doing?” Alpha asked. She does not recognize these symbols.

When this dungeon closes, do you know where it will materialize?” He asked as he continued to draw.

“It should be where we found it down the gorge… Wait, no... this one has multiple entrances on different continents, so its location must be somewhere else !!” She said in shock.

“Exactly. This is a blood target array. I will not be able to use it for the time being. But when I have enough materials to create a greater tracking formation, I will be able to locate this place with my blood and get the real treasures here.” He said.

“What treasures? The rewards?” She asked.

“No, Those will go to the guys in the cave below. lookup,” He said.

“The miasma?” She asked with uncertainty.

“The poison in the bottle was created using that miasma, It is a soul poison,” He said, making Alpha gasp in shock as she looked at the bottles in Victor's bag. Those things are really valuable but extremely dangerous.

“Not just the miasma, don’t you feel that it’s very strange that this place is well lit? That light passing through the miasma is not sunlight. There must be a treasure up there, but we are too weak to get it” He said, making Alpha and Alex lookup again in wonder, as Victor finished his array then put his bag that contained the bottles in his storage ring.

“It’s about time,” He said as he looked at the timer. Thankfully that Sebastian collapsed due to the aphrodisiac's effect and would not wake up until three days later. He would probably not remember a thing of what happened, so Victor intends to publish a certain video to remind him.

If Nick was still alive Victor would have thanked him for such an amazing drug, before killing him again. Victor shivered at the idea of this thing being used on him.

The only thing left was selling all the low leveled GEMs he got, to make his merchant skill can level up, so he quickly did that just before the counter reached zero.

Dungeon Closing….

Awarding process initialized…

Thanks for participating,

The Dungeon was successfully integrated with the world.

Victor smiled with content as he looked at his rewards screen.

REWARDS

Small spiders Killed 25121/1000000

Reward 2512 Exp

Medium spiders Killed 1132/10000

Reward 5660 Exp

Big spiders Killed 43/1000

Reward 8600 Exp

Huge spiders Killed 2/100

Reward 10000 Exp

Boss Black widow Killed 1/1

Reward 10000 Exp

Dungeon clearing contribution 35%

Reward 35000 Exp

Dungeon exploration 30%

Reward 3000 Exp

Total score 74772 Exp

Level Up

Level Up

Level Up

Level Up

Level 12

Exp 6772/20000 Till Next level.

Strength +4

Agility +4

Intelligence +6

Luck +5

Charm +2

Order +3

Your Class has leveled up ….. Your fate has increased. To D+(Rising), Fate resonance increased.

The skill Admin Appraisal was modified….. More detailed fate date.

The skill Admin Merchant leveled up….. Cooldown time reduced, more random merchandise

The skill Unlimited Disguise Leveled up….. Added taste disguise.

The skill Blood Master seal leveled up….. Number of slaves 3 >>> 4

What does the system mean by taste disguise? Would someone eat him? Wondered Victor as he felt weightless and appeared in a desolate dried riverbed filled with bones, human bones. Is this another dungeon? He wondered but quickly refuted the Idea when looking up and seeing the familiar afternoon sky. This was the bottom of the raven.

He quickly activated his disguise skill and headed to Alpha’s position. She was quite near standing with Alex while being surrounded by five men. Baron’s subordinates. One of them was using his phone to contact his boss, but he couldn’t do it, as Alex has already impaled him with his spear. Then killed all the other guys by the time Victor reached them and stood surprised while looking at her states. The fate analysis got more detailed too!

NAME: Alexis Donner (Female)

LEVEL: 71

CLASS: Thunder Warrior

ABNORMAL STATUS :

- Blood Slave (SSS)

AUTHORITY: 7

Strength: 165

Agility: 139

Intelligence: 127

Luck: 37

Charm: 50

Order: 30

SKILLS :

Thunder Fist Arts - First Half A

Spear Arts A

Spider Hater C (increased attack against spiders)

EQUIPMENT:

GENDER SWAPPING RING (S)

GOLDHORN SPEAR A

THUNDER SECT DISCIPLE TOKEN. (CANCELED)

FATE STATUS

FATE’S POWER: S

FATE’S Direction: STRONG NEGATIVE (CHANGING)

FATE’S DESIGN: UNAFFECTED due to the MASTER’S FATE WEAVER effect...

TOTAL: NEGATIVE S (DARK SCION )

Oh, that new fate status explained everything. Victor nodded as he finally understood what a dark Scion means. She had a strong fate, but it was against her. It seemed to be changing though, but for the better or the worst? He didn’t really care. He was just pleased that he had got himself a new powerful butler, and maybe a harem member? Time would tell.

Victor quickly went to them then activated his disguise skill.

“Let’s go home.” He said while watching a bright flare that rose in the sky not far from their position. Tom’s location was just discovered. But that guy would never be caught that easily.