Chapter 90: The World Inside A Novel Or A World Similar to It (2)
(Third Person Pov)
Crimes.
People commit crimes and they don't want to be held responsible for them.
That's just how it is.
So then it shouldn't take much of a guess why dungeons are the best places to commit crimes in a world like this.
Sam and Brandon are two criminals... or villains if we use this world's terminology.
But as they say, every villain has their own circumstances.
"What the fuck is he!? Is he really a human!?"
Brandon couldn't help but look at Noah's figure in horror unable to comprehend how a mere kid was able to deal with so many high-ranked monsters.
"H-haha... that guy will definitely become even more of a monster..."
Sam muttered with his shaky eyes and a maddened smile as he continued
"That's why ... we should take him out while we still can. The boss would be pleased if we present him as the product"
Product
Sam and Brandon were nothing but a part of an organization, one that was part of species trafficking, be it elves, beastfolk, vampires, demons, or humans.
Anyone they saw potential in, anyone they saw as an abductive target.
Sam and Brandon had failed to meet the quota of the abductive people last month and if the same happens again they will definitely be in a hell of a pain.
In that regard, Noah, who seemed to be such an anomaly seemed like the perfect target to them.
If they capture him and present him to their boss, they would definitely be safe!
Hell, their boss might even give them a raise!
Despite his age, he has managed to climb this far in the tower and not because of luck!
His skills were all bare for them to see.
"I... don't think we can capture him without a serious fight"
Brandon replied.
By serious fight, Brandon meant that they might end up incurring injuries, a testament to how highly he regarded Noah in his eyes.
But... they could win.
The end result would be them winning.
After all, both of them are B+ rankers.
It would be absurd for them to lose against a single kid even if he is an anomaly.
"We won't fight him head-on. The plan is simple, we will wear him out and then capture him"
Sam replied his eyes glued to the monsters dying left and right as he felt sweat tickle down his neck.
"That's genius!"
Brandon replied in amazement.
"No, you are just an idiot"
Sighing and lightly shaking his head Sam silently kept observing Noah.
He is alone but how did he enter the dungeon if he is just a kid? Did he use some illegal route or is he already affiliated with some other organization?
Sam mulled over these things but was unable to find the answers to these questions, in the end, he decided to not bother with these things. All that matters is that they show him as the product to their boss.
And so, the time they both had been waiting for came. Noah seemed to have exhausted himself.
Brandon who can control monsters and Sam who can use teleportation due to his spatial mage class, summoned a single monster to launch a surprise attack on Noah and it worked.
But that's when everything started going awry.
A man suddenly appeared!
Brandon and Sam couldn't help but question where the man had appeared from.
Was he here from the start!?
They didn't know.
But he was clearly strong!
Stronger than them both combined!
"W-what do we do now, Sam!?"
Brandon asked him panicking.
"...Shut up! I am thinking!"
Sam bit his nails as he kept trying to think what they should do.
We need to retreat!
He thought but his desire to capture Noah and gain favor from their boss and the money created a conflict within him and that desire won out in the end.
"Let's go all out, Brandon! We will focus on capturing that boy while the man is busy dealing with the monsters!"
That's right they can do this much!
Noah is incapable of fighting, they just had to capture him while the man is focused on the monsters!
Sam thought not knowing that while he was thinking of capturing the boy, the boy too was planning on capturing them.
"A-alright!"
Brandon replied.
Sam used his teleportation ability to pour monsters out and surround the man while Brandon controlled the monsters.
...And that's when everyone's whole script flipped.
The moment Sam saw the girl he knew it.
He knew who she was!
"Th-that girl...isn't she-"
"Yeah, she is. She is most likely The Crimson Phantom"
Sam replied.
"Brandon, do one more, just one more monster. I want to confirm that she is the Crimson Phantom"
The Crimson Phantom.
It was the name of the girl running amok in the dungeon!
No one has been able to catch her and there have been various instances where she had screwed over many organizations.
She even has a bounty of 25 million on her head! Dead or alive!
"Shouldn't we be running away?"
Brandon asked wary and nervous.
"Don't you get how big an opportunity this is!?"
Sam couldn't help but feel a sense of dread washing over him but also a sense of excitement.
He was enjoying the thrill of his current situation!
"We can get them both! Just look! I don't know how or why that girl is acting like that towards that boy but ...with this, I am sure we can get both of them!"
"W..what do you mean?"
Brandon asked
"So, here's the plan"
And so, Sam told Brandon about his plan and now they were going to act on it.
At that time, no one knew that this was going to be the beginning of the dungeon incident.
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(Noah's Pov)
Her white hair stained with blood flowed down her waist, and her fiery crimson eyes focused on her opponent with a smile tugged on her lips
She had appeared for literally a single chapter to only die, anyway, that was her description in the novel.
Not something like a white-haired girl with cloudy-colored eyes with a poker face!
Both descriptions are of different people!
But I knew it. She is the same person as the one talked about in the novel.
I mean, how many people can be so strong with literally the same features? The only difference is the characteristics!
They feel like different people entirely!
But why?
There's no way she will turn into a person with similar characteristics as in the novel in a mere few months.
The question is how the hell did her situation turn this worse?
No, maybe that's not what I should be worried about. The biggest question is how the fuck did her storyline change?
'Tis ain't my fault!
Who the hell changed her storyline and for the worse.... wait, hmm? Maybe it's useful for me?
No, it doesn't matter. The problem is someone changed the storyline way before I entered this world.
I looked at the girl standing in front of me with her crimson eyes looking at me.
Damn it.
It wasn't hard for me to deduce her situation since I have been in a similar one once.
And that was why I knew the plot went off the rails way waaay before I had entered this world.
But the question was how?
Upon coming to this world I used the system to confirm most of the things happening in the world, the characters and their situation seemed mostly the same as what I had read in the novel.
Of course, I also knew about this girl. I mean, I knew something was wrong when the system had failed to find her and now I knew why it did. She was in the fucking dungeon!
The system can't enter hidden dungeons or the dungeon unless I go inside them first.
Damn... I had missed such a crucial detail.
Anyway, the question is who the fuck changed the plot ...or did anyone even change it?
If there's another transmigrator like me then they sure did a hell lot of work to make sure the story doesn't change its course and stuff which I don't think is possible.
I mean let's be honest, you can't be a transmigrator and not cause any change in the story to this extent.
This leaves me with another possible theory.
The possibility that I am not in the novel.
But a world that resembles one
And let's be honest, this idea is utterly ridiculous. How in the hell would a world I had read in a novel would resemble an actual world to this extent?
Honestly, the idea that someone made sure to make so minor of changes in the plotline that no one would be able to find and the idea that this world isn't of the novel but a world of its own, both sound so absurd I don't even know the hell I am supposed to do.
The girl started to nuzzle her face against me once more.
What the hell is wrong with her?
I am not being paid enough for this shit, actually, I haven't been paid a shit for this bullcrap!
I wanna quit!
"She needs to be given urgent medical support. Her condition isn't good. I don't know how she is able to even stand in her current state."
A hoarse voice reached my ears, it belonged to none other than Alfred who tried to move towards the girl but the girl simply jumped back, hissing, her whittled sword pointed at the man.
She slowly started skidding behind me, her eyes wary of him.
"Noah, we need to go back and I don't why but she seems to be only following you." Alfred urged me while I ignored him.
Whatever, Imma think about all this stuff some other day.
For now, let's focus on the initial goals I had in mi-
"Agh!!"
I looked at the source of the voice.
It was an A-ranked monster who I have no idea came here but riding on it was a man.
Great.
Just great.
So even my initial plan needs to change now.
"Dude, you take care of him"
Alfred looked at him while the girl was looking at the monster with a worried expression. I stroked her head and she seemed surprised, I gestured for her to lower her weapon and she did while tilting her head to the side.
...I have no fucking idea why she is listening to-
Wait...
Does she have any connection with Noah?
Ah, fuck it.
I don't give a fuck.
Let's get this straight.
I gotta find a way to secretly slip away and make my way to the hidden dungeon.
Yup, that's all I gotta do.
Everything else... I will think of it all later.
"What happened to you now?" Alfred asked skeptically.
"Tired of life's bullshit"
The enemy launched its attack not waiting for our convo to end.
....The fight ended within a minute.
Guess, that's an A+ranker for you.
But honestly, being a high ranker doesn't cure your stupidity.
Imma just roll with other people's script at this point.
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kxixrxixtxo Sorry for such a late update!
I had to attend an event and then my introvert-self spent the rest of the days recuperating my energy back lol
Also, be ready, shit about to go down soon.
Thanks for the read!
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