Desperation

"Aaaaaaaah, I did not sign up for this!!!" Ella shouts as she runs from giant scorpions.

Suzy fires a [fireball] and kills the scorpions; Ella falls to the ground, panting from exhaustion. She looks at Suzy with a pissed-off face. Suzy tries ignoring her by whistling and acting like she didn't see her angry face.

"Dammit, why would you drag a low-level elf like me into a dungeon, and it's a high-human rank one? We are all going to die here, sob," she says with a face that has lost hope.

"Haha, you will get used to it eventually; we were also like you once. Davy says this is the best way to level up," Suzy says as she helps her stand up.

"Sigh, I knew he was crazy, but I didn't expect it to be at this level. I wonder how they are doing on their side."

"I am sure they are about to clear the boss room by now."

As they walk toward Davy's location, the mysterious person from before appears and runs toward Suzy. He falls on her with a watering mouth and eyes full of lust.

"J-John? What are you doing here?" she asks as she tries to break free from his hold.

"I can't hold it in anymore; if you won't choose me, then I will just have to force you. I am going to rape you and leave my seed inside; then you will be connected to me even if you don't want to, hehe," he says with a creepy look on his face.

"Ella, help me….Ella, what's wrong?" she looks at her, shaking.

Ella is having a mental breakdown from seeing John forcing himself on Suzy; she remembers all the times she was forced to do unspeakable things by her previous owner and many others. She shakes in fear and cannot do anything but watch with eyes wide open. He rips off her clothes and starts sucking her breasts; she tries hitting him, but he is too strong for her to handle.

He keeps sucking nonstop, and she cannot help but feel good as well. Although she wants to break free, her body reacts differently. She loses all energy and just gives in; he slowly moves his hand down her stomach into her underwear, tears flowing from her eyes. She wants Davy to be his first, but she can't do anything in the current situation. He takes off his pants and gets ready to rape her.

"Ella p-please, h-help me." She begs Ella to help.

However, Ella keeps trembling in fear as she watches. John lies on top of Suzy and gets ready to insert it, but a [wind strike] attack appears from the darkness, and he jumps back. Davy slowly walks out of the darkness, more pissed off than ever. His eyes are filled with killing intent; every step he takes causes the ground and walls to crack. The mana from his body bursts out, covering the entire corridor, and he activates [soul touch v2]. He aims it directly at John and engraves fear in his soul. John tries to brush it off, he puts his pants back on properly, and takes out his sword.

"Heh, you think your little skill will work on me? I will kill you and continue where I left off with Suzy," he confidently says.

Davy says nothing and raises his sword, gathering mana around it, condensing it further and further. John realizes what he is doing and rushes toward him. Davy's sword starts shaking from the condensed mana. He looks at John and activates [the bringer of death and unwavering will]. The two skills combine and turn into [soul destruction], a skill that ignores durability, attacking straight to the soul while physical damage remains visible.

"You are seriously amazing, system. Thanks, as always."

"You are welcome, master."

"What do you think you are doing? Are you trying to kill Suzy?" he yells.

Davy says nothing. The dungeon shakes, the walls crack, and the very atmosphere is pulled in by him. He gives John a last look and swings his sword.

"Soul destruction," he coldly attacks.

"Haha, you think that att..."

Before he can finish his sentence, his body is split in half, his guts splashing on the wall, and his head lying on the ground. His soul is completely destroyed. Davy walks toward Suzy, casually stepping on the intestines. He crushes one part of John's head without a care in the world, then reaches Suzy. He takes out spare clothes and gives them to her.

"Sigh, I swear you are always getting into these types of situations," he says in an annoyed tone.

"I am sorry," she says, tears running down her cheeks.

"It's okay. You don't have to worry too much about it," he says, patting her head.

Suzy finally got what she wanted: a pat from Davy. Her heart fills with bitter joy as she blushes and looks at him. He stands up and looks at Ella. She has stopped trembling because the triggering scene is no longer there, but she feels guilty for not helping and believes he will kick her out of the party. He arrives and stands in front of her. She clenches her hands while looking down.

"I am sorry. I was completely useless; I couldn't do anything, and Suzy almost got defiled," she says in a sad voice.

"It's true, you were completely useless, but I can't just blame you for not helping. I don't know what happened to you in the past, but you need to let go of those memories and move on. Only then will you truly evolve," he says, patting her head.

At that moment, when she heard him say those words, she felt a jolt of joy and safety. The cage that had been holding her back disappeared, and a huge smile, accompanied by tears, filled her face. He smiled back and walked away.

"Let's go, the others are waiting."

"OKAY," they yelled.

They reached Ari and Sakura, who were busy collecting materials from the boss's room. The boss had been defeated with relative ease.

"Oh, you're back. It seems your bad feeling was actually right," Sakura said.

"Big sis Suzy, are you okay?" Ari asked in a worried tone.

"I am okay, thanks to Davy," she nervously replied, blushing.

He ignored them and headed toward a pillar. He lied down and took a nap; he was tired from using too much mana. The girls looked at him, smiled, and then continued their work. After 30 minutes, he woke up and saw that the girls were also sleeping. Clinging onto him were Ari and Ella. He slowly stood up and walked away.

He wandered around the boss room, his hand brushing against the wall that had caught his interest. Eventually, he reached a blue line in the wall that stretched into the ceiling. He observed it for a while but couldn't figure it out.

"Inject mana into the line," the goddess of light said.

"Who are you?" he coldly asked.

"I am a constellation, the goddess of light. I have been watching you before you even entered the tower. I have taken quite an interest in you. Would you like to be my apostle?"

"No thanks. Things like that always come with restrictions and responsibilities. I don't want to be tied down by anything, including a god," he said while injecting mana into the line.

"Hmm, very well. If that is what you wish. But I will warn you, without a god's blessing, you won't get far in the tower."

"Heh, sounds like a challenge. You better not make me your enemy, goddess, or you will regret it one day," he said with a cold look on his face.

"You are quite arrogant for a mere human. I will take my leave. It seems I was wrong about you. You are nothing more than a fool who overestimates his abilities. The world is more vast than you think, and there are more people better than you at everything."

He ignored her and continued pouring mana into the line. The goddess stopped speaking as well, indicating she had left. The line started glowing, and a door appeared. He entered the room, finding only one thing inside—a rusty sword mounted in the ground. He went and pulled it out, struggling at first but eventually succeeding. He swung it a few times and injected mana into it, but nothing happened.

"What the hell am I supposed to do with some rusty sword?" he grumbled.

"It's a sealed sword, master. You need to feed it cores to unseal it, but you can't use it at your current level," the voice explained.

"Hmm, fine, let's give it a try."

He took out a core from his inventory and fed it to the sword.

"DING, new user has been recognized, connecting sword with user... connection complete. Sword name is unknown, level is unknown, user's level is too low," the voice echoed.

"How annoying. Whatever, let's just put it in the inventory. We need to get out of here. I wonder if that dragon is still alive. I would love to fight it, but I would die for sure," he mused, walking out of the room.

The girls had woken up and were sitting, waiting for him.

"Hmm, did I keep you guys waiting?"

"Not at all, we just woke up," Suzy replied.

"Alright, let's get out of here and figure out our next destination."

They exited the dungeon and made a campsite near the dungeon to rest for the night. In the middle of the night, Davy woke up to pee. He looked at the sky and moon, admiring their beauty.

"DING, the first-floor boss has been killed."

"WHAT!?"