Cleon

"Brother! Welcome back!!"

The warm welcome from the blond-haired girl with the dishes that had been served in front of her made the man feel happy.

Today, he had finished his work faster than before,

"how? Did you find anything?"asked the sister."

"As always, Chloe. I'm just guarding the front gate. There's nothing I can do without orders from my superiors." He replied, his soft gaze did not match his stocky body.

"Hehe, isn't that very good? You're not in any danger guarding the gate. Just imagine, if you were given a mission to investigate the Abyss, maybe you would rarely come home." The younger sister shifted the chair, allowing his brother to sit down.

"Chloe, today you look better than ever." The man looked at his sister's face. As a rule, Chloe looks pale and without energy.

That's because Chloe was born with a disability. She was born in the Abyss by their mother until the infant Chloe received a curse from the Lord Of The Abyss, the most powerful God of evil, Hades.

The curse that spreads there has poisoned Chloe's body. The disease will not be cured, and of course—the life of the person affected by the curse will not be long, in quotes he is not immune to the curse.

"Today, Chloe little excited Big Brother! Uncle gave us this fresh fish, of course we can eat good, right?" she said, feeding the pieces of fish that she took from her plate using a spoon. "You're right, this fish seems very tasty. Then, bon appetit."

The normal life of a man who works as a soldier from the Kingdom of Atrium, a kingdom that is on the edge of an infinite abyss.

An abyss that connects many worlds. A ravine that has cost many lives. The normal life of a man who wants to heal his sister from The Curse of Hades. Behind his smile and gentle gaze, revenge on Hades was unstoppable.

Chloe—his sister's life is on the edge.

"Tomorrow, I'll go investigate the first floor, you take care of yourself okay? Do not forget to take the medicine." The man stood up after he finished his meal. Picking up the empty plates and putting them back, he would wash them later.

"Okay, brother!" the blonde girl-Chloe is very cheerful, although in fact the sister knows that Chloe hides the pain she suffered all her life behind her cheerful nature.

Simple house made of wood. He opened the wooden door, stood on the porch and looked at the people carrying out their respective activities. The inhabitants of this city are very peaceful, they live as if they were not side by side with the connecting holes of the world.

A hole that becomes a nest for otherworldly beings.

Monsters, that's how the inhabitants of the world call such ferocious and dangerous aliens.

"Cleon, you've been home, huh, rarely." The man with the square moustache came up to him, in his hand was a gardening tool that indicated that the man wanted—or had-a garden. "Uncle Harith, it happens that my shift today is faster, that's what the captain said. How's aunt Enn?"

"My wife is getting worse, day by day her condition is getting worse, Cleon."

'Aunt Enn forced herself to enter the second floor of the Abyss to find their children who disappeared, whereas aunt Enn no immunity will curse, so on the 2nd floor was very heavy effect for her body is not strong. I was worried about Chloe.'

Cleon looked pity at the grieving uncle Harith. First, he lost his youngest daughter, who was 5 years old, he said—she was carried away by a Monster, but it seemed an odd story because there was no way a monster could enter the city

. After that he will also lose his wife, aunt Enn. It was confirmed, the curse had spread, he would not survive until next month arrived.

"Next month is only 4 days away."

Cleon clenched his fist. The people closest to him, one by one were taken from his side. And soon, Chloe too. He knew it was going to happen, but he was going to find a way to save her.

The wind blew, Cleon looked at the departure of Uncle Harith,

"he was great, even though he was grieving, he still went to work."

He said, his hand grabbed the sword 1 hand, clean the sword using a special rag.

Tomorrow he will investigate the first floor that has a light curse, but take it easy, Cleon was born special so he will not die from the curse. No matter how strong the curse. This rare condition made the royal party recruit him into the army.

Although for now his job is just guarding the gate and exploring the 1st to 2nd floors of the Abyss.

Talking about Cleon's work. Exploring the Abyss was not an easy thing, even though it was on the first floor.

The thing is, the Abyss is the Mother Of Monsters. They will continue to arrive regardless of where they come from, so explorers, or commonly called conquerors must be on standby with their weapons. Not a few novice conquerors were killed while exploring the first floor of the Abyss, and most of them died from lack of vigilance, they underestimated the first floor too much.

"Tomorrow, huft, I haven't set foot there for a long time."

Tomorrow, Cleon will leave her sister for a whole day, she will come home when it gets dark. Switch shifts with another Conqueror.

"I have to be prepared." He said, go into the House, prepare all the equipment for tomorrow.

In a grand building. The Conquerors gathered, waiting for the commission to be given to them. Most who can enter this building are conquerors who have conquered 3 floors or more. They can only be said to be a true Conqueror.

"Look, there he is."

A Conqueror looks at Cleon with an exasperated, disgusted face, obviously, because Cleon is the only exception.

He didn't need to face any special training in order to be immune from the curse, he could even enter this place, even though he had never stepped on the 3rd floor of the Abyss.

He could receive commissions from superiors, although his commissions were arguably the easiest commissions.

"Hey, Rookie."

The big man looked at him, his stocky body slightly made people misunderstand his friendly nature. You could say, only this man was friendly to Cleon, the rest of them had a bad attitude.

"Captain, will the commission continue?"

Ask Cleon, he came to this place just to confirm the commission he will work on tomorrow. Then with high cheerfulness and laughter that is not clear the captain asked Cleon.

He also asked Cleon to immediately prepare the chest armor that he often wears because the chest plate armor that Cleon usually wears looks dented due to the lack of maintenance.

"Of course, captain, I'll-- "

"How many times have I told you, Cleon. Just for you, no need to be formal like that, young man."

The captain smiled at him while patting him on the shoulder. He believed in Cleon. "Alright captain, earlier, I did intend to repair this armor, but it seems—time is not enough, so I bought a new one." Obviously Cleon.

Without speaking again, the captain left Cleon, he left Cleon with a wave of his hand.

"Only the captain is friendly to me, the rest.. I'd better get on with it." He said, he kept his hands in his pants pocket, walked up to the administration and filled out a form to make a permit to enter the gorge.

"please come back after 5 hours." The Administrator immediately did his job to create a permit.

So strict, his license is also not made of just any ink and just any paper, but the ink is made from which the water is thickened, and the paper is made from which nature is compacted.

Mana, in this world, there is a magical energy that allows its users to be able to control the energy of nature.

There are several elements of Mana, basic elements such as Earth, Water, Fire, wind, thunder, lightning and light in addition. In addition, there are also advanced elements such as, wood, iron, Mercury, and many more.

Everyone in this world is very thick with Mana, their daily lives are very dependent on Mana-or commonly called Magic.

However, Mana could also be a problem, especially when inside the Abyss, especially for those who were not immune to the curse. They can be exposed to a disorder commonly called Mana poisoning.

This disorder is a curse that befalls Chloe and aunt Enn. Once affected, it cannot be cured, for the time being.

"Alright, next, just have to wait-and tomorrow, I'll buy Chloe a nice meal. Hehe." A smile blossomed on Cleon's lips, unconcerned with the annoyed looks of the other conquerors.

He only thinks about his sister, doesn't care about anyone else. Then, since his business was over, Cleon decided to get out of this building, he was already uncomfortable to be seen like that.

In addition, he also wanted to go to the equipment store not far from here, of course, he wanted to buy some equipment, such as armor and spare weapons.