My Level Zero System

"Is this my fate?"

Andrew thought to himself, watching the sword tip of Pal - the man he thought was his teammate and friend - getting closer and closer.

Actually, for Andrew, maybe death isn't such a bad ending.

He just felt regretful that he could not personally repay his benefactor.

Suddenly, Pal's sword stopped, but not because of compassion or anything like that.

Only to see behind Pal, a huge Salamander was now tightly clamped down on his upper body. Pal tried to struggle, and even seemed to let out a few meaningless cries, but all of it was in vain.

He swallowed.

Stunned by the sight before him, Andrew was so scared that by the time he regained consciousness, the Salamander had already swallowed Pal's leg. Andrew finally reacts, the fear of the monster momentarily overcame the pain, allowing him to jump up, pick up the sword that had fallen on the ground, and run away.

Finally, he escaped into a cave and lived.

Andrew was breathing heavily, the wounds on his abdomen and shoulder were torn open due to the vigorous movement, blood started to flow out, seeping through the armor.

But Andrew still gritted his teeth and endured, because he discovered that he didn't want to die that much.

"My hope... my hope is that another group of Adventurers passes through this place..."

Andrew's face was pale from blood loss.

There is a form of cooperation between Adventurers called "hitchhiking". A group of Adventurers with sufficient strength will cooperate with weaker Adventurers and help the weaker Adventurers reach higher floors that the weaker Adventurers cannot reach on their own. In return, the reward must be divided or there are other requirements of the sort.

Andrew and Pal were also Adventurers who "hitchhiked" with another Adventurer team to get here. But an incident happened that caused the two sides to separate.

Now that it was impossible to find the old Adventurer group, Andrew ran to the area where people usually climbed from the third floor to the fourth floor. Waiting for another Adventurer group to appear.

But even Andrew himself knew his hopes were far-fetched.

There weren't many expeditions to floors like the fourth and fifth, because it required a powerful Adventurer team to organize them. Andrew was lucky to have seized this opportunity.

Over time, Andrew's spirit gradually sank, like a person gradually sinking under water. He felt suffocated, his limbs felt powerless, his eyelids felt heaviest and heaviest.

He is dying. Die of blood loss.

Andrew struggled to open his eyes, but the physical collapse was not something he could resist.

Finally, the light in Andrew's eyes was completely extinguished, his vision returning to eternal darkness.

Andrew... woke up, feeling like everything was a dream.

He was lying on the ground, his wounds were completely bandaged. Not far away was a small campfire, giving Andrew a rare bit of warmth in the Dungeon. But the most special thing was the mysterious person sitting on the other side of the campfire.

Although Andrew couldn't see this person's figure clearly, those eyes... were special.

Seeing to notice that Andrew had woken up, the mysterious person turned towards him.

And what did Andrew see?

A pair of eyes filled with aggression, made Andrew feel like every single muscle in his body was being dissected for that person to examine, even the secret thoughts in his heart could not escape the predetermined fate.

But Andrew did not feel dissatisfied at all, because his heart was filled with gratitude.

He struggled to get up from where he was lying, slowly walked towards the mysterious person and knelt down. Your journey continues at empire

He could only use this way to express his gratitude, because his limited vocabulary was not enough to put it into words.

…

Kain was a little surprised by the attitude of the man he had just saved, but that wasn't a bad thing.

At least that proves he didn't save the wrong person.

Earlier, when Kain arrived at the fourth floor of the Dungeon, he happened to see Andrew lying on the rock cavity.

I thought this person was dead, but unexpectedly he still had a weak pulse. If he was already dead, then so be it, Kain wouldn't care, but if he still had a breath to live, he wouldn't care about saving a life.

Fortunately, this man's fate had not yet reached its end. The wound in his abdomen was not deep enough to cause damage to his internal organs, so Kain only needed to connect the two sides of the wound and use [Heal] on him to save his life.

Thanks to this, Kain also had a more intuitive view of the effects of [Heal] during a Dungeon expedition.

Skin wounds are actually very dangerous, not only blood loss, but dangerous things like infection or skin diseases can completely torture Adventurers to death.

And just with [Heal], even [Heal level 1] can handle this.

In addition to hastily wound healing, even filthy things that try to enter the body through external wounds are eliminated.

This makes Kain even more determined to invest in this skill, despite its high cost.

If Kain were to be caught in a similar situation, he would only be able to bandage it with gauze or sew it up himself.

If the wound is too severe, Kain will even have to cauterize the wound himself.

Back to reality.

Like any other campfire meeting, Andrew began to confide in his situation.

He was originally a bandit, but later reformed and became an Adventurer. Pal was a fairly close comrade to Andrew, or at least Andrew thought so.

Then the betrayal plot and all that, it wasn't hard for Kain to guess, maybe at first the two were really friends, but jealousy destroyed their relationship.

Andrew's appearance is not bad, his fate is also very good, even received the love of the daughter of a rich merchant. And it was this girl who pulled Andrew out of the mire of crime.

That's why Andrew ventured up to the fourth floor to find a treasure to repay his debt.

Andrew recounted that everything was normal until a terrifying amount of monsters suddenly attacked their team.

"Oh, a lot of monsters?"

"Yes, a lot, we couldn't fight back for a while so we were separated..."

"Oh, take me there."

Andrew felt goosebumps, in that moment, he could actually see the excitement of Kain, someone he thought was very cold.

It was a smile of excitement.