Chapter 0 and 1 (v2)
Chapter 0 - Introductions
The year is 2567 of the New Roman Empire, and I am afraid that I may be found out before I could get stronger. The portal I went into turned out to be a sealed gate, one that traps the first people that enter the portal inside it until we find a return stone or kill every monster inside.
I knew it was a mistake, but I was required to respond to the call by law and I was the only one of the three hunters that were supposed to show up with a sense skill! This was inevitable from the start.
I continued to walk forward behind the rest of the group, it wasn't uncommon for people to kill over the magic cores some of the monsters drop so I was being extra careful about it.
My name is Nova, my dad got the idea from a comic he was reading at the time and I am just thankful that my name didn't end up naming me after Wolverine or Deadpool. I can't believe I'm saying this to a complete stranger like yourself, but you seem like you can keep a secret, so I'll tell you anyways.
It all began on that one fateful and rather terrifying day...
Chapter 1 - Memories (a month earlier)
Nova arrived early at the portal with a cup of mint tea in his left hand and a book in his right hand. He was bundled up in his favorite overcoat and vest combo and he would not have wanted it any other way. He was cold natured, always cold even if it was a perfect 80* Fahrenheit he would still feel the chill of the wind.
He sat down on a park bench next to the entrance to the dungeon, or the portal, and began to calm himself down for what would be bound to happen next.
He lived in the middle of nowhere in what was considered to be the most advanced state in America, the central state. Amply named because it encompasses the land locked territories of the United States, and the capital was at its center.
Some of the other people began to arrive five minutes later and he just put his hood up and ignored them to the best of his ability.
"Who is that guy?" A random person asked within earshot of Nova.
"He's called Nova, the only fighter class clearer that cannot damage anything above an E class mob." The man right next to the other person who asked the question responded as Nova's face darkened.
'It's not my fault I'm the only G class in existence, blame the guild for it!' Nova thought before drinking his last bit of tea. He stood up and began to walk to the trash bin before one of the female fighter class clearer's stepped in front of him and grabbed him by the color of his vest.
"You better stay out of our way, scum! Or I will personally leave you in there with a broken leg!" She pointed to the slightly bent part of her leg and he raised both hands in the air in surrender and nodded in response.
"Then stay in the back where you belong, maggot. Or you know what happens if you don't." She walked off to another group of people after saying that.
The last person who was supposed to show up called in sick so they decided to go in without them.
"Ok, who should be the sacrifice?" One of the mage clearers yelled into the crowd of eleven people other than himself and his assassin class bodyguard. The mage wore a fancy looking cape and enhanced leather armor. 'Probably one of those blasted bastards from the nobles in Europe again.' Nova thought as he hanged out in the back.
"you, G rank! Get your ass up here!" The woman from earlier yelled, and nova meekly complied. "We have our bait, boys." And a twisted smile crept across her face.