
A few days ago in SMUT's graduation exam.
Viar ran with all his might holding Arno out of the dungeon while in the process of self-destruction.
“Viar?”
“Close your mouth for now.”
Viar who did not have time to explain the situation to Arno who had just woken up from his stupor finally only said something that sounded rude.
Arno smiled in a knot and obeyed Viar's words to give up his body completely at this time in Viar's arms.
“Ukh.”
But then, a big enough earthquake shook the runway Viar so that Arno fell in his arms.
“Tan easy, Viar. I'm doing better. Let me walk alone.”
In a situation where the stones fell which was not a stone carelessly, but the stone that made up the dungeon, the two friends mutually shoulder to shoulder to save themselves to escape.
But nevertheless, the,
An abyss point had suddenly appeared at the end of Viar's arm and it was expanding very quickly absorbing it into it.
“Viar!”
“Hah, so this is how it ends?”
“Hahahahahaha.”
“So all this time I was nothing more than a tool by the System to save their future hunters in the present situation.”
“And when I was no longer needed, now I will just be thrown back into the dark abyss.”
-pluk.
Viar sucked into the abyss.
ploy
“Viar, survive!”
However, before his body was fully absorbed into the abyss, Arno grabbed hold of Viar's hand firmly to save him.
But no matter how hard Arno tries, there is no way he will be able to fight against the power of the abyss and Viar knows very well about it.
“Arno, stop!”
“I can't stand your hypocrisy!”
“Quick just let go of me!”
“After all I don't need your mercy!”
“Hahahahahaha.”
“After all this is set up by System and anyway, I will be back dead!”
“You as a pawn of the System should also just live the role given to you.”
Viar was just about to release Arno's grip that held him back from falling into the abyss.
However, Arno tried desperately against the forces of Viar as much as possible to keep Viar not sucked into it.
“No! Please, Viar! Hang on!”
Arno shouted in despair.
“Stupid basis! How could you who is only a weak human be able to fight the abyss?!”
Then while smiling meaningfully, Viar released Arno's hand which held him before his best friend was also drawn into the abyss with him.
However, Viar forgot one thing.
A master and familiar relationship had formed between the two of them.
There is a special right that a familiar has.
That is, if the master is in danger, they are able to exchange their position immediately for the position of the master at that time.
As if it had been instilled as his instinct, Arno immediately activated the familiar ability and then exchanged his position with Viar.
Viar instantly survived.
But instead, it was Arno who was now swallowed by the abyss again.
Thus, Viar who had decided to turn Arno into his familiar in order to save his only friend, now ended up with his life saved thanks to that ability with the sacrifice of Arno.
“What just..”.
“No... Arno?”
“Arno!”
As soon as Viar returned to his consciousness, it was too late.
The Abyss had disappeared while taking Arno with him.
The warning! The warning!
Level B Mission: Save Arno has failed.
***
So because the penalty failed to save Arno, I always had a nightmare that makes me wake up in the middle of the night blind.
I am someone who is pathetic.
Even to save the life of my only friend, I couldn't.
But thanks to that, I realized a fact.
-swing.
After making Arno as my familiar and managed to seize one of his skills and then turn into him, I can still return to the form of Viar.
I can easily switch forms between Viar and Arno.
So why?
Why is it that only to my true form can I not change shape?
Who I really am, I funnyly began to doubt myself.
But not just to my true form.
I also cannot change into my familiar form, Anto, whereas the blood bonding skill should give me the ability to change into any familiar form.
So I can deduce that this is one of the limitations of the System since I came to this world.
One possibility.
The system does not allow non-human changes.
Unfortunately, my blood binding skill was once again locked so I could not prove the truth of that hypothesis with more test subjects.
Arno had fallen into the abyss.
Even though I didn't see it in person, I'm sure Arno is gone now.
Let alone humans, not a single superior being would be able to survive in the terror of the abyss.
But the funny thing is, I was quicker to accept it than I imagined.
As I said, the death of a friend will only make you suffer for three days and after that you will only forget it as a memory of the past.
That's what happened to my bond with Arno, and it quickly disappeared like smoke.
I didn't expect it at all.
Our three years together were apparently only this cold.
Well, compared to my total age, three years is too short.
I have become accustomed to seeing some of my familiar who must die at the hands of survivors so that to me the death of short-lived creatures is common to me.
Arno was just one of them until it did not cause any scars on my heart.
After all, from the beginning, my goal had not changed.
I'm willing to be Arno's friend for my personal gain, to boost my popularity as a prerequisite for me fulfilling the mission of the XXX-level System.
And now I don't even need Arno's whereabouts since I've been him.
And just look at my surge in popularity in just a few days I became Arnoria Rosechild.
Popularity: 1017
In less than a week alone, I was able to obtain a popularity value exceeding one thousand, one tenth as required by the System in terms of popularity.
I don't seem to have to worry anymore when obtaining my hunter license, the popularity value of ten thousand seems not far away.
Now all I have to pay attention to is how I can improve my ability to reach the realm of S-level hunters.
But nevertheless, the,
But why does it feel like my chest is so tight?
I used Arno as a tool from the beginning.
I recognized him as a friend, but from the beginning he was no one who could interfere with my plans to destroy humanity.
No, I've been trying to deceive myself apparently.
“Hiks... Hiks..”.
Unknowingly tears fell down my cheeks.
My three-year association with him was able to wipe out my thousand-year grudge that was like ecstasy had trapped me in that three-year pleasure mirage.
I can't deny how important Arno is to me.
That'sthat's true!
He is my most precious friend beyond what I have earned in my life over the past thousand years!
But now I have to wake up from that short dream.
Because of the secret organization and Professor Luvien, I had to lose my precious friend.
I promise to do everything I can to find them and kill them all with my own two hands before I destroy humanity.