Child from the Dungeon

[ Elysium Haven Capital Park, Eliopolis ]

" Irina, who is this? " Hector asks as he sees Duncan finished munching his bread whole.

" Father don't look at him like that, he was just a person that I met. " Irina says to her father, beginning her explanation.

* Duncan still munches the last part of the bread. *

"( Wait... )"

"( I've seen this Royal Mr. before... )" Duncan sees Hector Richter and begins to recount his time as Tenebrae at the time.

( Back then. )

[ Location: Richter House's Banquet. ]

" Weak! " 'Tenebrae' said as he defeated a Royal Brat in his House's own banquet.

< Scanning >

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< Status Info: >

< Name: Fernando Richter >

< Level: 36 >

< Tier: Tier III. >

< Race: Human >

< Age: 6 >

< Class: Mage, Swordsman. >

< Magic: Rock Magic. >

< Status: >

< HP: 4.00/366.000 >

< MP: 700/366.000 >

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" Weak! " 'Tenebrae' says as he spits on Fernando.

" Imbecile! " said a voice, it was Hector Richter, the Royal Boy's father, the owner of the Banquet which go pissed as 'Tenebrae' defeats his son in a brutal manner.

Without any time to waste, Hector plunges into 'Tenebrae's position but he was immediately halted by the Nyx Nocterra's Dark Knights.

" Damn you, Nyx Nocterra House! "

" Why did you harm my son into this, this is only a spar!? " Hector shouts at Tenebrae and deeply glared at him with rage.

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( Present time. )

"( Shit! this Mr. is that one!? )" Duncan panics, he remembers the very glare Hector made at him, making him shiver.

As Hector glared at him, Duncan tried to calm himself and hold his 'Dark Magic' as many as he can, trying to suppress it from Hector's Mana Sense.

"( If he could sense Tenebrae's Dark Magic within me, then I'm f*ked! )"

"( After all, he hates 'Tenebrae' so much after that, dammit! )" Duncan curses himself for obtaining the Dark Magic in the first place.

While Duncan tries to mask his feelings and thoughts, Hector glared at him while Irina tries to explain her Father what happened just now.

" I see, no wonder there's so many people here. "

" And this one is their savior... " Hector listens to Irina, he uses his Mana Sense as he tries to see how powerful Duncan's Magic is.

< Subject 'Hector Richter' is trying to Sense the User's Mana. >

"( I know...! )" Duncan tells the System, he then increase the tension of his Wind Mana from Captain Duncan, increasing it's presence in order to mask the existing Dark Magic Mana from Hector.

* Hector senses Duncan's Mana and amazed. *

" Interesting, you had a great amount of Mana within you. " Hector praises, he begins to release his scary glare.

" No wonder you could defeat a Mana Beast, with a mere sword like Irina said... " Hector says while he looks around.

"( Where's the boy's sword, did it break? )" Hector wonders.

" How did you do it, boy? " Hector asks Duncan out of the sudden, still intrigued.

" With what Magic you defeated the Beast? " he asked.

Hearing it, Duncan immediately told Hector, for he simply told him that he did it with the only Spell he mastered until now for his Magic, A Spell Magic Attack.

" Oh, really? " Hector asks.

" Yes, Mr. Hector Richter. " Duncan answered him, he even tried to utter the Spell while not using any weapon, it didn't work well.

" Sorry, Mr. Hector... " Duncan says after he did it.

" I am not able to use it without any weapon, I haven't mastered that one due to my current discipline of swords. " Duncan says which made Hector smirked and Irina amazed.

"( Such powerful Wind Magic, I never thought Wind Magic could do this kind of harm before. )" Irina thinks in awe, while seeing the slashes of Duncan's wind in the tree and in the ground, deep slashes made by the assembling Wind during Duncan's cast.

"( I see... )" Hector was quite amazed.

"( [Air Slashing Spirit Thrust, Mantis Scythe]..., a Wind Magic Spell Attack that enables one to bring so much destruction with Wind. )"

"( It such a rare spell, perhaps one used by a Royal Knight, or... )" Hector thinks for a bit and suddenly stutter for he hears a voice, a voice of his phone.

" Ah, I almost forget... " Hector says as he sees it.

" Irina, it's your mother, it is time. " Hector calls Irina and looks at Duncan, telling him they need to leave.

" We're going to take leave now, Duncan Grimshaw... "

" As a Royal, I thank you for your service to Elysium Haven, hope that you will become a Knight, one day...- "

" A Hunter! " Duncan interrupts Hector.

" I don't want to be a Knight but a Hunter. " Duncan tells it to Hector while Irina's still present and looked at him.

Duncan clenched his fist, he firmly look at both Richters infant of their Knights behind them. He smiles to them and tell them what he wanted to do after this.

" Mr. Richter, I don't want to become a Knight. "

" Because if I become a Knight, I may have to follow rigorous traditions that may hold a commoner like me back. "

" After all, from the place I came from, everyone told me that the Royal Knights are nothing more than the Royals' backbone servants, I don't want to be that. " Duncan states.

" What did you say!? " the knights get triggered.

" Boy, how dare you, we- "

" Halt! " Hector halt the knights who get pissed by the statement.

" Really? " Hector asks.

* Duncan firmly nods. *

" Yes, the people told me that. "

" But, one of the people I know told me, that if I become a Hunter in Elysium Haven, I could become strong, learn more magic, and gain more money for my own. "

" Besides that, as a Hunter, I could have more adventures than just guarding Elysium Haven's borders and streets like the knights did. "

" After all, since Hunters always come into the Dungeons more often than the knights, I could get more treasures there and... "

" And perhaps, become stronger and wealthier, so I can live a joyful life in the future. "

" Making those I knew before, cheered with proud as I show it all to them. " Duncan smiles wider, Irina sees it and takes it to her heart, Hector also see and listened to it, he thinks for a while and then chuckles.

" I see, an adventurous one, aren't you? " Hector asks.

" Yes, I know the Hunters despite their adventurous and free attitude, they often become the vanguard for humanity against the monsters before the Knights came, defeating them all in their very Dungeons. "

" Speaking of that part, are you prepared if you somehow die there, the Royals and Knights may late to help you, though? " Hector asks Duncan, but Duncan simply shake without fear in his eyes at all.

"( Nah, I can take it! )"

"( Those Dungeon Monsters won't kill me until I become the strongest Hunter, like what Black Merchant recommended before I came here. )" Duncan thinks while smiling as he answered Hector.

" Marvelous, what a great ambition! "

" I hope your ambition could be taken example, even by the Royal Kids who often to lazy in their parents comfort. " Hector praises while looking at Irina, making her shy since she slacking off right now.

" So then, Duncan Grimshaw. "

" It seems we're short on time, and I'm sorry if this conversation had already spend your time too. "

" No, Mr. Richter, no... " Duncan answers as Hector says goodbye to Duncan and begins to leave.

While his father leave, Irina halts for a second and sees the necklace she had on her neck, she sees it for a while then approached Duncan, suddenly giving him that.

" A necklace? " Duncan asks as she give him her necklace.

" Duncan... " Irina says to him.

" Are you serious you want to be a Hunter despite the odds? " Irina asks him which made Duncan confused.

" Didn't I told my reasons earlier? " Duncan asks her back which made Irina flustered.

" Duncan, if that's your decision, then... "

" Become a Powerful Hunter! " Irina shouts, Hector even looks back as he realized she's still left behind with Duncan.

"( Pardon? )" Duncan asks her.

" Duncan, as a Royal, I order you to become a Hunter so powerful, so powerful than the Royal Knights even! "

" So you could marry me, I like you because of your spirit! " Irina bluntly shouts him that, near her father and her knights even.

" Wh... what? " Duncan asks in his uneasy feeling.

"( Marry? Me? Her? )"

"( Why did you say- )" Duncan is so confused, as well as Hector and the Knights around him.

As Duncan think so, Irina taps his shoulder after she left the necklace with him, while also telling him of an address.

" Until next time, find me when you become a Powerful Hunter...! " Irina backs him, she runs towards her father while also telling Duncan that when he became a 'Powerful Hunter', she will also become a Great 'Royal Knight Commander' as well.

" Bye Duncan, see you in the future! " Irina leaves with Hector, just like that, all of the sudden, making Duncan so confused as he take the necklace.

" What a weirdo, are all Royal Girls like this? " Duncan asks as he sees the necklace.

" Guess I better leave for now. "

" I hope I could find this 'address', she said this is a 'Weapon Store', isn't it? " Duncan asks as he immediately leaves using <Sonic Step>.

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And there it ends...

As I leave the place, I go the store where the Store Owner, gave me both the 'Leaf Cutter', 'Floating Orb' and the 'Dimensional Pouch'.

Turns out, the Store Owner, Roland, also knows the Black Merchant, he even told me that Black Merchant often distribute some of his Merchandise to him, making him my new friend and family.

And thus, the rest of the story is history, I applied as a Hunter, entering the Dungeons, fighting with Franklin and Ardun, becoming an S-Rank Hunter a powerful Hunter, I was the number 1. Hunter, even now, and then I finally met Irina again, proposing her in front of everyone as I fight her to claim her.

Well, not to mention, I had to fight Tenebrae again, making him dead at the time which turns out to be false, a battle that made me lose the System, as the System goes into Error after scanning how powerful that bastard become at the time, making the Black Merchant had to force it out after my battle with the bastard.

Without the System, I still had my edge, still becoming a Powerful Hunter, marrying Irina and thus...

In our greatest struggle as the House immediately want us to have a child, a son even after the first year of our marriage.

I entered a 'Double Dungeon', the Dungeon that made me met a Child, a Child that will become my adoptive son, Donovan.

And with him, I was given more blessings as both me and my wife were given a healthy daughter. Making me more happy as I live this very life. 𝒃𝒆𝙙𝙣𝒐𝒗𝒆𝙡．𝙤𝒓𝙜

( Present time, after all the flashbacks ended. )*

[ Elysium Haven Capital Park, Eliopolis ]

" That's a great wrap, isn't it? " Duncan says to himself after recounting his past memories, he then sees his son and daughter, Donovan and Adria coming at him, bringing a bread.

" Dad, Father, here! " Donovan gives Duncan a bread, a bread similar to the ones Irina gave him during his first met with her.

" This is... "

" Oh, this is the bread I gave to you! " Irina says as she sees it, she hugs Duncan how nostalgic this bread is.

" It is, so nostalgic. "

" As if it was my destiny to eat this bread again, I rarely see it on the stores. " Duncan says as he and his family leaves the park and decides to go somewhere, to go all out on this very trip.

"( Oh, how joyful my life is... )"

"( For this, I like to thank to all who made me like this, even Tenebrae, perhaps,... )" Duncan thinks this as he leaves with his family.

While Duncan is having a good time, in a place far away, Black Merchant sees them and sees how happily the family had become.

" May you all blessed with happiness, all of you. " Black Merchant says as he flees from the place.

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[ Spin-Off Volume 1 Fin ]

This is the end of Spin-Off Volume 1. "Dark Stranger" For days after this Webnovel will take some hiatus, after this I may post some Extra stories for this Chapter and may as well made another Spin-Off Volume which the story will be about a character who once meet Donovan before he entered school, still in his Pitch-Black skin form.

I'm sorry if I didn't straight continue into the current story of Donovan's adventure, but the next Spin-Off would be about some things in his life before Vol. 2 happened. I hope this would be short for you reader sake. Please understand as I prepare Vol. 5. For real.

Besides, don't forget to check my other ongoing Webnovels such as "I Level Up To Fight The Gods" and a new one for WPC " Tales of the Chimera Master".

About " Tales of the Chimera Master", it takes place in the same world of this Webnovel but this Novel story is on Westerios, while the new Novel is on Easterion in an unspecific timeline.

But please enjoy both stories as it is, I promise there will be rare cameos and I believe you would have to look more to it to see one, so please.

Enjoy!!!

- Author, KJVZeanso

Sorry for the long ending.

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Extra:

This entire Spin-Off Volume story is basically a greater telling of Chapter 1" Character Introduction: Duncan Grimshaw ".