The Shadow Monarch Izuku Midoriya

Ch 29: Discovered Part 3

"Talk"

'Thought'

[System]

Izuku thought, 'It's been four days since we started Raiding together. We've gone through nine Dungeons in those four days... I just have to do 6 more with Yoo Jin... I'm now level 39... I beat a B-rank when I was around level 20.'

Now, he had a new goal: '...The Demon Castle. If I entered through the castle gates and was met with something that I could not run from...'

He was level 21 when he had first entered it. Since then, he had gained nearly 20 levels. Izuku wondered if this would be enough, but then thought back on the Cerberus and became unsure.

He shuddered. It would be good if he could escape using the 'Stealth' skill, but even that was not a guaranteed possibility. 

The monster's difficulty was classified by the color of its name. Outside of the Demon Castle, Izuku had yet to see another monster with a red name. The other Instant Dungeons he had entered so far all had low-level monsters, including the Mirae Mall today.

When he thought about the idea that he had only seen a monster with a red name in the Demon Castle, something felt off. As if he was forgetting something...

That was impossible. Even at level 21, he had almost died while fighting the Cerberus. If he had met a red name monster before that, he would've surely died- 'The penalty quest! Poison-fanged Giant Sand Centipede'

Because of the time that had passed, doubled up with the fact that he had no idea what was happening at the time, the memory of those monsters had faded in Izuku's head and thought, 'If I can take those centipedes down easily!'

Then he would earn the assurance that he could raid the Demon Castle. Since there was more than one centipede, he could even test himself against multiple enemies.

There was not that much loss involved. He would still earn the same amount of stat points, even if it was the penalty quest and thought, 'Let's try for the Penalty Zone tomorrow.'

To think that he would skip the daily quest so he could get the penalty quest... Izuku thought back on the time he ran for his life and chuckled. Izuku couldn't help but smile.

At that time, Izuku felt a presence of someone walking of outside. It was the light footsteps of a girl. Her walk was familiar to him and thought, 'It's Izumi.'

It was 11 o'clock at night, about time for his sister to come home. Izuku got up and opened the door before she could even get the keys out of her pocket.

Izumi said, "Oooh~"

Izumi jokingly praised her brother. The first time he did this, she nearly jumped out of her skin, but she had gotten accustomed to this method of greeting. They say human beings can get used to anything.

Izumi said, "I'm home~"

Izuku said, "Welcome~"

Izumi happily greeted her brother then walked to her room. She was about to close the door, then stopped, "Oni Chan."

She stuck her head out of her room.

Izumi continued, "Do you have any free time this week?"

Izuku said, "This week? Why?"

Izumi said, "The teacher asked me to ask you for a parent/guardian meeting. Can't be helped if you're not free, though."

As if her teacher had sent her on an important mission, Izumi looked nervous.