Somewhere outside the dungeon, in the city of Nexus Prime.
"Yuki Goldberg, 35-years old Divorcee and F-Rank Hunter. Ma'am, out fees are quite expensive, are you sure you can afford it?" A Thuggish looking man said hovering over Yuki.
"What does my divorced status have to do with anything, I'll pay you the money, I've saved up, I just need to be carried and level up" Yuki responded, taking a confident stance so as to not be intimidated by the thugs antics.
It had been 2 years since Owen had died in the outside world, and since the divorce with Vonn, Yuki had now become An F-Rank hunter. With a low grade taming skill: [Beast Contract (F-Grade)], so she had no attack skills and needed to be 'carried' in a party to get Xp or be able to tame a beast.
"I'll easy pay both of you 5000 credits, I'll pay an extra 2000 each after the dungeon dive."
To Yuki, She needed to level up, so she could tame a stronger beast. Right now she had just one slot for her tamed beast Contract and due to her low level she would only be able to tame F-Rank Beasts, she'd need to get stronger for stronger beasts to submit to the contract.
"Alright then ma'am..." another thuggish looking man replied, "....let's get into the dungeon. We'll be sure to "treat" you well, hehehe".
The two thugs looked at Yuki lustfully but Yuki endured because this was the only chance she'd get.
In the last two years Owen had died and she has awakened, her Ex husband Vonn had been oppurtuned to join the Dark Reapers guild and he had broken his level cap and ranked up to B-Rank.
He had then used his network of connection in the guild to Suppress Yuki's growth, as if being F-Rank was not enough, she has now been unable to receive proper help because of Vonn. All of these were tactics he was playing at to get Yuki to Run back to him begging for him to take her back but she has been confidently reluctant to subject herself to that humiliation so far.
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The trio: Yuki and The two C-Ranks she had hired to carry her in the dungeon dive stood Infront of the dungeon gate, getting their identities recorded as their clearance for A dungeon dive accredited.
Yuki looked up and stared at the dungeon gate:
"D-Rank Dungeon: Reptilian Forest"
Yuki had skipped F and E rank dungeons and asked for this one because she believed D-Rank monsters would elevate her Levelling tremendously and fast enough for her to be strong enough to fight back against Vonn's pressuring.
And she was right, just like the levelling gimmick of the stronger you are the smaller the exp you get from the same monster, there was another gimmick that the weaker you are the more Xp you gain from Monsters way stronger than you.
She checked out her status and sighed at it.
[Hunter: Yuki Goldberg]
[Level 1/10]
[Rank: F]
[HP: 50]
[Mana: 100]
[Stats]:
-Attack:7
-Defense:10
-Agility: 9
[SP:0]
[Skills]:
-Beast Contract (F-Grade) (0/1) :Able to Contract with one Beast
-Beast Heal (F-Grade): Able to Heal contracted Beasts
-Beast Link (F-Grade): Able to Understand contracted beasts to an extent
-Beast Space (F-Grade) (0/1): Able To store one Contracted beast
-Gust(F-Grade): Daily-Use wind magic For drying and pushing things.
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She had mediocre stats and skills, even for an F-Rank. She just hoped that with this dungeon dive that she could be able to contract Atleast one Beast, that way she would be able to become a relevant Hunter that could get even a small spot in a small guild.
"Hey! F-Rank!, this way!" One of the Thuggish hired hunter With Blue spiky hair waved to Yuki, as they had now cleared their entrance to the dungeon.
The scenery was beautiful, for a place infested with monsters, it has a beautiful blue sky, with Otherworldly Forrestry.
The dungeon was Field-based dungeon, Meaning it was a giant Plot of land divided into 3 layers. The first layer had the First dungeon mobs, the second had higher ranked mobs and the third layer was the dungeon boss territory. They were going to hunt for Gecko spitters in the First layer.
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After three hours of hunting, they had now barely managed to Level Up Yuki To level 2.
Unlike Owen's Dragon Egg Form, when humans level up, they only get +1 to all stats and An extra 5 SP.
"Fucking hell, I didn't know it was this bad for F-Ranks!" One of the thugs yelled.
"She can't even deal significant damage to the Spitters so we gotta Carry her in a 'party' to share XP, which is even more slower, fucking hell, the pay isn't good enough for this!" The other said, glaring at Yuki.
[Party-play XP distribution]:
- Perry Cluster (C-Rank lvl25/100): 50%
- Gordy Cluster (C-Rank lvl 17/100): 40%
- Yuki Goldberg (F-Rank Lvl 2/10): 10%
Perry And Gordy gave each other a look and licked their lips viscously, it was obvious they had formed some sort of devious plan in their heads.
"Hey, Madam" Perry called out to Yuki. "The credits you paid, they aren't enough, you know? We'd need more to level you up any further"
"W-what? That's not what you said! I paid complete" Yuki blurted out, clutching at the only low Grade magic staff she had managed to Buy as a weapon.
"Whatever! If we said it isn't enough, then it isn't enough! If you don't pay more, we can just leave you here and head out on our own. Let's see how you'll survive here alone or head back with all these monsters crawling around" Gordy sneered as he stumped closer and closer to Yuki.
At this point Yuki felt frightened as ever, the looks on their face were clear of their intent.
"Ya know what? If you don't have the money....hehehe" Gordy said as he reached closer to Yuki, just a hand's length away from her. "you can always pay with your body!"
He grabbed one of her boobs and ripped out the cloth there, revealing her Silky red bra.
"Hah! You even wore something sexy for us! You were expecting this, huh?! you sick slut!"