In the bureau's office, Sugimoto has just finished reporting the case of the recent dungeon increase to the chairman. Even though Matsumoto only half-heartedly listened to it while watching the news on tv. He was watching the news comparing Heroes and Hunters.

" Tsk, these people don't know when to stop "

" Um... chairman "

" Oh right, by the way, what is Hunter Izuku doing these days? "

Hearing this, Sugimoto couldn't help but sigh knowing Matsumoto's nature.

" Recently Hunter Izuku has been busy conducting raids on several gates that have just appeared, but it seems that he is on vacation "

" That's unusual "

As they were talking, Sugimoto's phone rang suddenly, giving him an excuse to leave Matsumoto's room.

" Excuse me, sir, can I excuse myself for a while? "

Matsumoto just waved as if losing interest. Seeing this, Sugimoto immediately walked out of the room and immediately picked up his phone.

" Hello, this is Sugimoto- "

" Sir, we just received a report, but we think you should check it yourself "

" What are you talking about? "

" double dungeon just appear "

" Double dungeon, you say!?..."

" and also um... "

" What's it!... "

" Hunter Izuku has just entered that dungeon "

The door closed and Izuku walked in. One by one torch in the room burned with blue flames, revealing the statues lined up in the room. He calmly looked around the room.

' This is where it all began '

Izuku walked across the room, passing through a row of statues that stood motionless without showing any movement. The memory of where he almost died at the hands of the statue appeared. It seemed that it was only yesterday that he woke up from a nightmare. Lost in the memory Izuku closed his eyes.

" I'm finally back "

Izuku recalled his desperate struggle to survive in this room. At that time he was just a weak child who could only be silent and unable to resist, but things are different now. He is no longer the weak person he use to be, and thanks to it, he can realize one thing.

That all statues are not monsters or living beings. The statues are just mere puppets controlled by others.

Izuku was walking towards a certain statue, the only statue in the room that emitted mana.

" You're the one controlling the statues, aren't you? "

He stopped directly in front of it.

" Until when are you going to be quiet? Don't you think it's time for you to give me an answer? "

The statue of the angel who had been silent since Izuku entered finally showed a reaction. He grinned as Izuku faced him.

" I see you have finally made it this far "

The angel statue rumbled and began to show its true form. Six wings emerged from behind him. And not long after, the stone plaque he was holding was instantly shattered into rubble.

Izuku calmly watched this scene. He then looked at the shattered command plaques strewn across the ground.

" I thought the so-called command plaques meant nothing "

" they mean something, but it doesn't matter anymore "

" So you're the one who called me here "

Hearing this, the angel statue then smiled revealing his teeth.

" Indeed "

" Then who are you? "

" You're asking the wrong question. Instead of asking who I am, you're supposed to ask who you are. "

" What do you mean? "

Izuku narrowed his eyes at the angel, but he just smiled and continued his conversation. The angel then clapped his hands and soon the statues around them began to move one by one.

" Well, shall we start your final test? If you survive to the end, I will tell you everything "

Izuku raised his guard when he saw the statues around him starting to move. He calmly looked around while being wary of the angel statue. His gaze then returned to the statue of the angel in front of him.

" and that... will be my reward to you "

" if so, then...

Arise!... "

Snap~

Once again the angel statue snapped its fingers, Izuku's skill disappeared in an instant. He looked back at the angel with a sharp gaze.

" That won't work... this is a test "

As the angel statue continued to speak, a window partition appeared in front of him.

[Use of Job-Specific Skills is not allowed for the final quest]

" You're the one I want to test. I don't care about your servant's abilities. "

[You can no longer buy potions or other things from the store. You are also not allowed to use quest rewards or leveled-up rewards for 'Status Recovery']

[You must not leave this room until the final quest is over]

" I didn't expect this, all the cards I prepared would be wasted "

Even though all the weapons he had prepared had been disarmed, Izuku remained calm. Instead, he felt a nostalgic feeling. The feeling that he was cornered and forced out of a difficult situation with his own hands.

As he was lost in thought, the statues began to attack him. The giant stone blade attacked him, but Izuku easily dodged the attack. He purely gripped the sword and broke it only with his bare hands.

Izuku then threw the tip of his sword at the head of one of the statues. But as expected of a moving puppet, the fragments of the sword alone were not enough to knock it down.

Other statues also began to attack him. With various weapons attacking him, Izuku skillfully dodged the attack and even counterattacked with his dagger.

While Izuku was busy attacking the statues surrounding him, an arrow flew toward him. Izuku, who realized this, immediately cut off the arrow and returned it to the statue that attacked him. The head of the statue was instantly shattered and the body collapsed directly to the ground.

During the fight, Izuku kept his eyes on his surroundings, and he then realized one thing. The movement of the statue that previously seemed so fast, now he could see clearly.

He got the feeling that he could do it. His confidence increased slightly, and he began to increase the intensity of his attacks.

Meanwhile, the angel who watched Izuku's battle from above was quite impressed with Izuku's growth.

" Impressive... very impressive... I am very impressed with how much you have achieved with that human body "

While clapping, the angel complimented Izuku on his fast growth but just as he stopped clapping.

" but it's too early to end the test "

Rumble~

A rumbling sound sounded and along with it, the largest statue in the room began to move. As the statue stood, Izuku could see a hideous smirk on its face. Looking at the size of the statue itself, the other stone statues are incomparable.

" Well, now is the time to worship God "

The ground shook as the statue of the lord statue stepped on the ground. In addition, the movement of the statues is not disturbed at all, instead, the movement is getting sharper.

Izuku was also overwhelmed by the sudden change in their attacks, plus the addition of the largest statue that could fire lasers from its eyes made it even more difficult.

' they keep coming... It's starting to get annoying '

Izuku suddenly changed the direction of his movement causing the stone statue to follow suit. He kept moving and herding the statues in the direction he wanted. And as they converged on a single point, the largest Statue launched its attack.

Light gathered in the statue's eyes and when it almost reached him Izuku stopped his movements, he had been waiting for this moment. He raised his hand and pointed it at the statues that had gathered behind him.

Ring~

[Skill: 'Ruler's Touch' has been activated]

With his skill, Izuku lifts the statues to block the path of the statue's laser beam which turns them into rubble. And thanks to that, his skills even leveled up.

Ring~

[Skill: 'Ruler's Touch' has been upgraded to its final form, 'The Ruler's Authority']

But now is not the time for euphoria, there is still one enemy left laughing at him.

Ignoring the remaining flames in front of him, Izuku concentrated his mana on his feet, he immediately jumped over the flames in front of him at an incredible speed.

The statue noticed Izuku's movements, the statue's eyes followed his movements, and raised his foot trying to smash Izuku.

But the statue's movements are not as fast as Izuku's. Smoke billowed from the foot of the stomping statue, and from behind it, Izuku appeared at a terrifying speed.

He continued to run towards the statue's face, but halfway through, the statue once again attacked him again using a laser strike from his eye.

Izuku quickly reactivated his recently leveled-up skill. He directed the skill toward the statue's shoulder, and coupled with the current speed, he pulled his body using his own skill so he managed to dodge the laser attack.

He then landed on the left shoulder of the statue which was a blind spot. Izuku again gripped his dagger and immediately attacked the statue with the fastest attack he had.

But everything was in vain, even using the 'Dagger of King Baran' that can cut anything Izuku was only able to scratch the surface of his face. The statue then grinned knowing Izuku's attack did not affect it.

But regardless, Izuku remained calm, he was not shaken or panicked. He calmly observed the situation and made a quick decision.

' If I can't cut it, I'll just use force '

Izuku jumped onto the statue's face, gathered the mana in his arms, and using the momentum from his jump, Izuku launched an attack on the gap he made in the statue's face.

BOOM~

The impact of the blow was so great that it made a very loud noise. But one attack wasn't enough, Izuku threw another fist full of mana on the statue's face to smash its face and knock it down.

Izuku lightly landed near the statue. He walked out of the dust cloud. His appearance has been quite messy since he fought with the statue just now.

Applause~

Not long after that, he heard applause from above. Izuku then raised his head and saw an angel statue flying toward him.

" Incredible "

" You better keep your promises "

" What are you talking about, the test isn't over yet "

As he said that, the face of the angel statue slowly began to peel off. At the same time, a notification screen appeared in front of Izuku's eyes.

Ring~

[An 'Urgent Quest' has arrived]

" Can't you see I'm still standing here? "

[Your heart will stop beating if you fail to defeat the enemy within the specified time]

[Time remaining: 10 minutes, 0 seconds]

" I'm your final test. "

Izuku sharpened his eyes as he stared at the statue of an angel casually bursting

" Just who are you? "

[Time remaining: 9 minutes, 58 seconds]

Hearing Izuku's question, the angel statue just grinned which made his face crack even more.

" I'm pretty sure I'm saying that's a wrong question...

...But fine, I'll give you an answer "

Slowly, the angel's voice echoed in Izuku's head, and along with it, a screen appeared in front of him displaying the same sentence that the angel said.

" You want to know who I am? "

[You want to know who I am?]

" I am the architect of the system "

[I am the system architect]

Meanwhile, outside the gate, Sugimoto arrives there with several other Hunters he manages to collect. The number of Hunters gathered was 7 people, they were all B-Rank and A-Rank, and even Todoroki who had just completed the raid also joined them.

Although it has been a long time, Sugimoto still remembers what Izuku said about the double basement when they first met. If what he said is true, then this number will probably not be enough. But if things go bad, he hopes they can help.

As the team led by Sugimoto approached, he suddenly stopped right in front of the gate, and so did Todoroki. From within the gate, he could feel terrifying magical energy flowing from within the gate. The cold feeling was as if a death scythe was placed on his neck.

Without him knowing it, his face turned pale, his hands trembled and his back was soaked in a cold sweat. Not only Sugimoto, but Todoroki also felt the same way. The only difference is that Todoroki instantly recognized this terrible owner it was.

Apart from the two of them, the other Hunters didn't feel it. They stared in confusion at Sugimoto and Todoroki who were frozen right in front of the gate.

" Sugimoto-san? "

" Sir?... Is there something wrong?"

" Can't you guys feel it, the terrifying flow of mana "

" mana flow?"

Some people don't understand what Sugimoto is saying since they are less sensitive to mana. But only when they sharpen their senses do they feel it.

Sugimoto turned to face the agents gathered behind him.

" Are there any other S-ranks that are currently free? "

" Uh, that, Hunter Ichirou and his team have a raid schedule for the raid this afternoon, maybe they are preparing to- "

" Call them now! "

" But sir... "

"No time, make an emergency request immediately, Hunter Izuku...

...might in danger"

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