In Sera's subconscious.
"Uncle Dragon! today Sera is going to fight monsters for the first time and unnie said, it's a big mouse..."
"Hey little girl! I'm a great dragon, how can you make me a place to confide in."
"But dragon uncle, oppa is on his way to complete the dungeon and Sera doesn't want to worry Sylv."
"Damn! If it weren't for those hunter, I would definitely have taken your soul."
"Hehe, but Uncle Dragon won't do it."
"Why do you think so?!"
"Because the dragon uncle is a good dragon!" said Sera with her innocent smile.
"Haaa... I don't think I can beat your innocence."
"So? You can already use some of my power, what else is there to be afraid of?!"
"That..."
"Sigh... You always make me dizzy when you come here"
"Listen little girl, my strength is the greatest! No one can beat me as long as you know!"
"Uncle dragon was killed by Uncle Oliver"
"HEY!!"
"Ugh... exclude those anomaly"
Sylv, who was watching from a distance, laughed and saw the two who seemed to be getting closer.
The goal of Sera's training was to form a bond with the soul dragon and gradually master its powers.
Sylv remembered when Sera and the soul dragon first met. At that time, Sera, who was still innocent and knew nothing about the power in her body, met a dragon that could manipulate the soul and mind and had fought against the strongest hunter.
Being in the subconscious, Sylv initially didn't do anything to the dragon, such as tying it up or anything so as not to try something to Sera. However, Sylv wants to see how the 14-year-old will deal with the monsters inside.
When facing each other, soul dragons do nothing. He just stood silently observing the little girl in front of him. The soul dragon knew that he had been defeated by Oliver and it was likely that he was currently inside the body of the girl in front of him.
And the soul dragon also knew that there was no way the little girl would be allowed to meet him unattended. It wasn't someone who was weak.
Asking for all possible consequences, the soul dragon made a pact with Sera.
"Are you the one who drank my elixir?"
Sera nodded cautiously.
"Come here, before you learn my strength, I want to make a pact"
Hearing that, Sera became worried. Sylv, who had been watching before, was preparing to take down the soul dragon if something bad happened.
"Calm down, I won't hurt you."
Carefully, Sera walked over.
"Put your hand on my head" the soul dragon lowered its head lower so that it could be touched by Sera.
"This is a covenant that if I break it by hurting you, I will be tormented"
This is the safest deal he can offer. And let the people watching him know that he had no plans to harm the little girl in front of him.
The soul dragon knows that if he makes a blood pact and if one day he accidentally hurts Sera, then the soul dragon will die and so will Sera who loses her life support.
Sylv found out about this and let the soul dragon make his deal.
"I just want to see how the world goes after my death and you, little girl, can use my powers"
"Isn't that mutually beneficial?"
Sera's hand, which was about to touch the soul dragon's head, suddenly stopped when she heard his words.
"N-no! Why are you hurting yourself just to live in peace?!"
"Why don't we just be friends with each other...?!" Sera said with the innocence of a child who didn't know anything about the hunter world.
Suddenly, Sera's words made Sylv and the soul dragon shocked. Friends?
"Hey little girl! Do you understand what you mean? What do you think about 'befriending' monsters?!"
"T-that... Because Dragon Uncle looks like a good monster"
"Uncle Dragon?"
"Huuhh… Am I living too long alone," he said softly.
Sera looked confused, but she raised her hand and gave her little finger.
The soul dragon looked at Sera's pinky finger outstretch, "why did you give me a little finger?"
"This... usually to make an appointment with a friend"
"Haaa as long as you understand" the soul dragon tied Sera's little finger with his.
"Hehe, now we're friends, Uncle Dragon"
"Don't call me Uncle Dragon."
"Very well, uncle!"
"Whatever..."
Back in the present, Sera and the soul dragon talk to each other and talk about some things about what to do when fighting real monsters.
"Looks like your unnie is calling," said the soul dragon when he found out Sera was called out there.
"Then see you, Dragon Uncle!"
"Thanks for the advice!"
Sera waved her hand and slowly disappeared.
"She's a little girl who is too excited..."
Outside, Sylv calls Sera and offers her a cake.
A few hours later when Sylv's dungeon break occurred.
"Are you ready, Sera?!" Sylv asked looking at Sera who was busy with her hunter clothes.
"Ready, unnie!!"
"Alright, it's time to leave"
….
Arriving near the dungeon, Sylv stopped her car and invited Sera to walk.
"From here on we will walk"
"Okayy unnie!"
The dungeon break place this time is on a small hill with no settlements around it. The two continue to walk through the forest and sometimes Sylv helps Sera not to be too tired.
When they arrived, the situation around the dungeon break was already chaotic filled with rats that were 5 times the size of normal rats. And in the middle of the herd, the mouse boss, which is twice the size, is in control.
Although the situation is somewhat chaotic, Sylv has put up a barrier that prevents the rats from going far from the dungeon break location.
"HIII...!!"
Sera immediately ran behind Sylv when she first saw such a large mouse.
"Someone before said there are people who are not afraid of rats..."
"Sera doesn't remember anything"
"Hey, calm down, Sera! They can't see us because unnie has made our presence undetectable."
Hearing that, Sera slowly came out of her hiding place and saw the monster in front of her once again. Although it is still a little scared.
Sylv smiled and stroked Sera's head. "Did you see the biggest one there?"
Sylv pointed at mouse boss.
"Hum"
"Now use your power to control it"
"O-okay, unnie"
Sera tried to get into the monster boss. As the dragon uncle said, Sera would naturally be able to use her powers and only needed real practice to truly master them.
"UNNIE, SERA SUCCEEDED!!"
When Sera managed to enter boss's soul, it was seen that the swarm of rats stopped moving, waiting for the boss's orders.
Sylv then sat down in front of Sera. "Then, order the boss to kill each other"
"What? no, h-how could Sera do-"
"Sera!" Sylv held both of Sera's cheeks.
"The reason why i invited you to see monsters is to get you used to killing them"
"Remember Sera, all the monsters that come from dungeons.... must be killed"
"Uh-huh"
"Sera! I know what you're thinking."
"The fact that the rat is not attacking humans at the moment is because I drove it away with a barrier"
"What will happen if i don't put up a barrier?!"
"That..."
"It will be..." Sylv lifted Sera's face to see her.
Even though Sera knows all that, still...
"Calm down Sera, unnie won't make you see and hear everything"
"But for the next one, you have to be strong to face it"
"Hum" Sera nodded heavily.
"Now close your eyes" Sylv then closes Sera's ears tightly.
As if hypnotized, the flock of mice began to attack each other. The situation that was initially calm has now turned into a tragedy. The rats began to attack each other, bite and eat. The situation is really chaotic. Even more chaotic than the beginning of the dungeon break began.
The act of attacking each other lasted for quite a long time because of the large number of rats that came out of the dungeon. The typical sound of a panicked rat can be heard everywhere. Although Sera didn't hear them, she knew what was going on in front of her.
"Open your eyes, Sera" Sylv had released her hand that covered Sera's ear.
Silent.
That was Sera's first time.
"Sera..."
"Even if you don't see or hear it directly, you still have to see what happened to the rat mouse"
Bleughh...
Shortly after Sera opened her eyes and saw what was in front of her, she spewed out her entire stomach.
There, the carcasses of rat carcasses that had been scattered with their contents were scattered everywhere.
"That's enough"
Sylv helps Sera stabilize her mana and leads her to walk away.
After calming down, Sylv asked how Sera was doing. But Sera suddenly remember when she uses her skill.
"Oppa..."
"Sera feels that oppa is restless"
"Hyun...?!"
When Sera uses her powers, she senses something wrong that happened to her oppa, Hyun. Sylv didn't feel that it came from Sera's power which should still not be able to feel his distant existence, especially now that Hyun was in the dungeon.
What really happened?