Goblin Camp, Abandoned Building
Chiba, Japan
"Ah, you've survived." The man said in surprise as Izuku stared at him with a blank expression. Izuku got up and faced him.
"To think you're capable of killing the boss all alone." The man said before looking at Izuku's back, noticing Kirishima's unconscious and bloodied body. "And it seems that you did what's necessary, dispose of the weak."
If the man wasn't focused on monologuing or the group laughed at their boss' words, they would see Izuku's vein pop out of his face, ready to explode. Izuku calms himself down and decides that he is going to squeeze every information he can get from them.
"Who are you guys?" Izuku asked in a serious tone. "It's very much clear that you all aren't just a normal group. You're too organized, you seem to know what you're doing."
Izuku can't help but laugh mentally at how easy it was, given their expressions brighten up as he talks.
"We are the group called the Lizard's Tail. We are a weapon and drug dealer who ruled over the underground several years ago." Izuki mentally scoffed. To think that their arrogance knows no bounds, believe that they rule the underground when a boogeyman with an ability to steal quirks existed.
"I heard about you guys. You seem to sell so many Triggers, a quirk-enhancing drug in the underground that you attract too much attention." Izuku said as he narrowed his eyes. "It was to the point Eraserhead had to raid you all."
This causes every member of the Lizard Tails to bristle in anger as Izuku smirks internally, he has hit right where it hurts.
"That's true." The boss said monotonously.
"How did you all escape?" Izuku asked as the man sighed.
"You see, this dungeon...isn't just a normal dungeon." Izuku raised his eyebrow at this. "This is the dungeon that appeared 3 years ago back when we first escaped Aizawa."
"..." Izuku narrows his eyes.
"Well, not the same dungeon. A perfect replica, it's like someone copy-pasted the program of a game and changed it a bit to make it look different." The man added. "It still has a few things that remind us of what we went through here for a week."
"...you all desperately try to escape only to get into something worse, the dungeon." Izuku now realizes how they were all awakened. "But, that doesn't explain anything, the HPSC knows the existence of the dungeons and they must have tried to check that dungeon."
"Oh, they did." Izuku hid his surprise when he heard that. "The dungeon break happens, and the HPSC manages to take care of it with their puppet, Hawks. We were captured by their agents, but it was at that moment we unlocked our power. We broke free."
"..." Izuku remains silent.
"We choose to hide in the shadow, try to gather all the powers we once had back then, and with all the treasures in here, I can bring back our empire." The man said with a large crazed grin. "I want you to join me, Deku. You're a perfect new candidate for us."
"..." Izuku remains silent before he looks at them with glowing green eyes. "[Inventory]."
Everyone's eyes widen when all the treasures around them start to glitch out of existence. They start to panic as the leader stares at Izuku in a frozen shock.
"W-what?" The man mutters.
"I'll probably leave you bastards alone if you decided to keep the end of our deal, but you decided to target my friend here." Izuku said as he extends his hand, pulling out a huge lance made out of black iron and gold decoration.
[Name: Black Crusader]
[Rank: B]
[Type: Lance]
[Attack: 35]
[A beautiful black blade forged for the noblest king of the era as a proof of strength and virtue of the noble family. It has the beauty that attracts everyone with greed and it was stolen by the goblins in the past. The blade is made out of the meteor falls into the kingdom long time ago, which was believed to be a gift to humanity by the gods.]
[Effects: Allows the user to ignore 30% of the enemies durability and increases Critical Chance by 20%]
[Condition: Strength 50 or above]
"A weapon!?" The boss mutters in shock. "Wait, that lance...it belongs to the boss!"
"You can loot the boss besides their mana cores." Izuku didn't know what they meant by that but he didn't care right now. Then, a notification appears in front of his view and his eyes widen.
[Mission: Kill all the members of Lizard Tails]
[Progress: (0/12)]
[If Failed: Your heart will stop beating.]
'The system...wants me to kill...people...' Izuku thought as he gripped the lance. 'I intend to scare them off or merely beat them up...why, why do you need to appear and give me such a mission...? And I gonna die if I fail!? What do you mean!? They will kill me or you will!?'
[Progress: (0/12)]
"Hey, boss. Let's not...do anything. I'll try to convince him." Takeshi decided to take things in his hand as he approached Izuku, wrapping his hand around Izuku's arm. "Come on, man. Don't be stingy. This is for the benefit of our group! How about this, we'll pay for your friend's medical bills and what we promised!?"
'They...they didn't care...if Kirishima died...they didn't know if he's even alive...they mocking him just for being weak...how are there exist people as cruel as Bakugou!?' Izuku thought as he finally snapped. '...how can people be this cruel...?'
Memories of his life flash before his eyes. Bakugou's cruel treatment, the teacher's neglect, the dismissal of the heroes, and the blatant bigotry from the police. Izuku slowly starts to remember how each of those people treated him and how he ignored it.
'...it's always been this cruel...I just refuse to see it...' Izuku thought in realization.
"...thank you," Izuku mutters as the man grins.
"See, no need-!" Takeshi froze as he felt something pierced his gut and blood started coming out of his mouth.
"Thank you...for making my choice easier," Izuku mutters as his face is shadowed by his hair, his eyes glowed menacingly. Izuku looks up and stares at them coldly. "You should know...the moment you choose to sacrifice us as bait...you should've seen this coming..."
[Progress: (1/12)]
"G-get him!!" Izuku rushes towards them with the combinations of [Rush, [Mana Blade, and [Critical Strike] in one go, causing three of the members to miss their upper bodies as blood explodes and starts falling like rain. The lower body fell to the ground as their intestines, kidneys, and other things were exposed. Pieces of brains and some eyeballs can be seen falling to the ground with a splat.
[Progress: (4/12)]
[Notice: You leveled up]
"W-what!?" Izuku swings his lance to his side to get rid of the blood from the lance before staring at the boss.
'Ignore the guilt...' Izuku thought as people started to rush at him. He merely thrust his lance, stabbing one of them before slamming another with the corpse. Izuku grips his lance and brutally stabs the guy into the ground, before pulling it out, some of the intestines get pulled out of the hole.
[Progress: (6/12)]
"No..." The boss mutters as the other starts shooting chunks of earth at Izuku. Izuku merely swings his lance and shatters the rock in a mere impact. Izuku's enhanced strength from his stats made it like a mere child's play.
"[Fireball]." Izuku extends his hand as a fireball appears on his arm and launches into the man like a missile. Upon impact, the man explodes in flame as he screams in agony. trying to get rid of the flames. Another guy summons water from his palms and tries to extinguish the flame.
"[Fireball]." The man receives the same fate as he also rolls on the ground in pain and panic. Their screams of terror slowly died out as Izuku approaches the rest of the group.
[Progress: (8/12)]
[Notice: You leveled up]
[Skill: Fireball - leveled up]
"W-w-wait!!" The boss said as Izuku stops. "Why are you doing this!? We offer you a place on our group!!"
"...I don't have the energy to deal with you idiots," Izuku said before he moved his head away from an incoming arrow and ducked to dodge a lightning bolt, then the boss roared and tried to bash Izuku with his mallet.
Clang!!
The boss' eyes widen as Izuku casually grabs the weapon and crushes it with his bare hand before he follows it up with a backhand, sending the man flying. Before the archer and the lightning mage could react, Izuku grabbed the mage's head and slammed him into the ground before he stored Black Crusader, then he followed up by pulling out Balmug and stabbing the man in his chest.
Blood explodes from the man's body as Izuku activates [Fireball] , causing the blade to ignite and burn the man. The rest could hear the choked scream filled with pain and agony.
[Skill: Fireball - leveled up]
[Progress: (9/12)]
They stare at the scene with silent horror as Izuku approaches them. He heard a footstep and a scream from the back.
"Damn you bastard!!" Izuku turns and summons Black Crusader once more to use it to stab the man right in his mouth. Izuku swings the lance with the corpse remains on the tip, sending it flying.
[Progress: (10/12)]
"G-get back!!" The archer cries as he shoots several arrows, but Izuku merely deflects them with the lance and throws it into the archer with [Power Throw] and [Critical Strike, causing the upper part of the archer to disappear as blood splashes onto the boss' face.
[Progress: (11/12)]
[Skill: Critical Strike - leveled up]
"D-damn it!!" The leader of the group hastily gets up and tries to pull the lance off the ground, but to his shock and horror, the lance won't budge. "W-what-!?"
Izuku grabs the man's hand and clenches it tightly, causing the man to scream in pain. Izuku reels back his fist and slams it right on the man's face, sending him flying. The man crashes into the ground and screams in pain before he notices something's off.
His arm is missing, blood continues to pour out of the wound.
"Ironic, isn't it?" Izuku said, getting the man's attention. "I heard you always left your subordinates to distract and misled every authority figure, then gain new members to replace the one you abandoned. Like a lizard's tail." Izuku coldly stares at the man. "Well, replace this."
The man was unable to say a word as his head got knocked off his neck with the detached arm, sending it flying and falling to the ground next to other corpses.
[Progress: (12/12)]
[Notice: You leveled up]
[Congratulations, you have completed the mission!]
[Rewards obtained!]
Izuku looks at the pile of corpses before he drops the detached arm and starts emptying his stomach. Izuku pants as he breathes heavily and his body starts shaking.
'What...what is that!? How...how did I...casually did that...remain conscious...and refuse to stop!?!' Izuku thought as he started to puke again. 'God...I...I kill them...but why...why am I not feeling guilty!? Fuck...why...why, why, why, why!?!'
Izuku looked around the surroundings and saw Kirishima remain unconscious. Izuku shakily walks towards Kirishima and picks him up as he carries the unconscious boy out of the dungeon.
Abandoned Building
Chiba, Japan
Izuku blankly walks out of the dungeon gate with Kirishima carried on his back as the gate starts to fizzle away. Izuku sighed tiredly before he turned and saw a familiar humanoid orca standing in front of him. Izuku froze before he looked to see the orca staring at Izuku. It's confusing since the man didn't look at him with disgust, just...fondness and nostalgia.
"Izuku Midoriya...you are one hard kid to find." Izuku tensed as the man spoke.
"Gang Orca..." Izuku mutters as the man stares at him before pulling out a phone and calls someone. Izuku tensed up and prepares to summon his weapon.
"Ah, Chiba Medical Center? An emergency at XXXX, XXXXX XXXXXXX. Please, send an ambulance here. Thank you." Izuku never felt so confused in his life as he watched one of the heroes he admires once call his name and call the ambulance. Gang Orca hung up the call before looking back at Izuku.
"While we wait, how about we talk, child? We have much to discuss." Izuku was hesitant but he could feel that Gang Orca wasn't a threat, so he simply nodded.
To be continued
