Max Level After 5000 Years
unexpected help.

"I'll make sure he won't leave me"

His voice echoed in the cold room, alone with the darkness in his heart. William had no idea why the master he had served these few years decided to end his cooperation with him, he said, along with one last task is to kill a new S rank Hunter that appeared not too long ago.

Ilya Sigma was the Hunter his master meant. Killing him was difficult, William had fought with him in the forest first and he was quite troubled to even almost lose if Ilya was not in a hurry, perhaps he had already ended up in the hands of the man in his mid-twenties.

William accepted his final assignment. It was because the master he served said that if he managed to kill Ilya then he would gain many other benefits from it, including the status and glory he had been chasing after all along.

His business rival was the younger brother of the person he had to kill. Imagine if he managed to do so, he could not wait to see the reaction of the woman who became his business rival because he knew how unfortunately Gauri was with his sister.

"The lifeless cold body of Ilya Sigma was a suitable gift for the Orbit master guild right? If only my stupid son hadn't messed up, maybe I wouldn't have had to dirty my hands like this"

He turned to look at the door next to him. The door was connected to another room, where someone she had brackets. His adopted son Han Do Hwa was behind the brown mahogany door—he was no longer heard speaking, perhaps his vocal cords had been lost due to constant shouting when William punished him.

He does not care about the fate of the boy but Do Hwa must keep breathing because William still needs it to lure Ilya to come there.

"I don't think she'll put any sense into the child, apparently Han Do Hwa has an unexpected use"

Making it into bait to catch Ilya is a good idea according to him, although Ilya is not easily deceived but if it concerns someone he loves instead Ilya will be off guard? his meeting with Ilya yesterday was intentional.

Do Hwa as bait plays a role in luring Ilya so that he saves her like a prince, but when Ilya wants to help her there will be other problems that she must face. His plan was perfect, he even used a best Hunter assassin to do it.

"You know what to do, right?"

His voice floated in the empty air coldly. William stared at the reflection of someone's face, the woman appeared from behind him with short black hair and a fox-like mask.

"You don't have to ask again sir"

She answered him briefly without looking at William while the man grinned as the end would be time for Gauri's destruction.

William was busy thinking about the success of his plan, without him realizing the Hunter killer he had hired was staring at him with a sharp gaze like an eagle staring at its prey.

...*******...

The Dungeon was apparently not the place that Ilya had gone to for his first assignment. Yui instead gave him an unexpected task, even Ilya was surprised when she heard about the task.

"Please accompany me to investigate Mr. William"

He said it with a serious face, there was not the slightest hesitation from his words even though Yui's hand was clearly holding back the trembling.

"What do you mean?"

At first, he pretended not to know. Yui let out a heavy sigh, looking a semi-disappointed sad look on her tired face.

"Hunter's Death Case and potion, I'm sure you'll know about it. The guild masters are currently investigating about who is the mastermind behind it all, then the guild master Orbit, your sister discovered that the tip of the thread of suspicion centers on master William." He paused his words for a moment "It means that Lord William created potions to strengthen someone"

Yui obviously reacts dislikefully when Gauri says about the suspicion referring to someone she respects. At first Yui did not believe, no, rather she did not want to believe.

"I used to be just a novice Hunter bestowed with more power, without strong support or a good family background I struggled to form a guild in the hope that one day I would be able to level with the three great guilds back then"

He told a little about his past to Ilya. The reason why he had such a hard time accepting the fact that William could not have been as good as he thought.

"Mr William came to me with a great favor, he became the guild moon's main sponsor and helped us grow to flower as we are now"

Ilya just quietly listened to the past story, he did not intend to refute Yui's current speech.

His mouth curled up a faint smile as he dug back old memories he would never forget. William's help and good manners led Yui to believe that in a world almost destroyed by this power there are still good people without strings attached like William.

"But apparently he was just using me who was too overwhelmed with the false goodness. In exchange for all the help he provided he got a free trial supply, namely the Hunters who were in the moon guild. You know that, right? some of the Hunters who died in black hands were our Hunters"

His smile instantly disappeared as he continued what he wanted to say to Ilya. Let this be a confession for him, because of his ignorance many new Hunters are victims.

"It's very hard for me to believe, but all the evidence does go to Mr. William. I'm—I think if I dismantle the crime myself then I can feel better, but I can't do it alone that's why I hope you'll help me"

He ended his speech. Yui's eyes looked at Ilya, seeing how the man was reacting yet Ilya was just silent with an expressionless face.

At first Yui was afraid that Ilya would judge her for not being a good guild master, but apparently she was too bad to think because Ilya had not said anything bad about her now.

"As my first and last assignment, please help me to end the making of the dangerous potion"

He said while slightly bowing to Ilya, asking that he be helped by the man in front of him.

"Who knows this?" Ilya asked briefly.

"in the moon guild only you know. I didn't tell anyone because I think most of the Hunters in the moon guild are already henchmen of Lord William"

Yui does not even believe in her own vice guild, but they have been friends since the guild moon was first formed but Yui suspects her friend has boarded another ship that is not the same as her.

Yui Guan hates cheating. Call him naive because he wants to stay clean in a world that does a lot of dirty tricks. He dislikes William's way of gaining power, exploiting others and sacrificing them for his own sake.

William's good figure and he respected was lost in the wind, now all that was left of him was a sense of disappointment.

"It's shocking because I suspect him of another matter, but I'll keep this job from you as a Hunter in the moon guild"

Ilya agrees to Yui's request and Yui smiles knotingly hearing the answer from her.

He sat back as usual, then thanked Ilya.

"Thank you"

It was a flashback from Ilya's memories before he went to a building that became the potion research center of Loui's company. Now she is sneaking into the secret room, thanks to Noe telling her through to feel William's power.

Ilya ran fast after he crippled some of the intruding Hunters on the road.

["Turn to the right, after which you will see a dead end. Hit it hard to break the wall!"]

He hurriedly heard Noe's remark reporting to him that William's strength was getting thinner. It was not because he had escaped, but it was because of his life that was on the verge of death.

'Shit! who killed him!?'

Ilya split up with Yui when she went in there. He doesn't think it was Yui who killed William, after all Yui would probably just punish William according to the punishment of the state without taking any action of her own.

So who killed him now?

Ilya's feet stopped running as she reached the front of the dead end. Ilya somewhat took some distance, before hitting that wall with his bare hands—he did not do the suggestion of Noe telling him to use all his strength, he said, because if he were like that, the building would probably be destroyed.

Duars!!

The wall exploded the moment Ilya hit it. Dust from the rubble covered his vision for a moment, seconds later Ilya was able to see the room behind the wall.

"Yuna?"

Her name was simply spoken when Ilya saw a short black-haired female figure wearing a fox mask, although her appearance is different from the last time they met but she can recognize him because Hyun is the next disaster candidate she has to deal with.

"Hello baby, we meet again."

The woman took off the mask she was wearing. A faint smile greeted Ilya there, he looked happy to see the man.

In front of Hyun, someone's body lay covered in blood. Ilya was sure he was dead, and the identity of that person was William.

'So Hyun killed him?'

"What are you doing in—"

His words stopped because Hyun spoke again.

"I killed him for you. He's finally gonna do something bad to you anyway, so before he does that I'm gonna betray him"

"Breaking?"

Ilya walked up to Hyun while Hyun took one step back to get away from Ilya.

"I was hired as the one who had to kill you, but I didn't want to and my master also said that I could kill him, after all he was abandoned by my master"

He explained the situation briefly. Again, Ilya was curious as to who the figure of the master he was referring to.

'Sir? is William not the leader of Hunter's killers?'

Ilya was initially suspicious of William as the leader of the Hunter assassins, but because Hyun said the other masters were certain that his assumptions were wrong.

["In there's a man's life, he's dying"]

While Ilya was thinking about the new enemy, Noe again reported what he was feeling. Ilya looked at another door there, he only realized it because his mind that kalut—in there really is someone.

"Oh yes, there was someone else in the room. She said the woman in the room was the one you loved, but I knew you didn't love her"

Hyun kicked a little bit of the lifeless body of William while Ilya muttered the one name he thought.

"Han Do Hwa"

'He's here!?'

The other person he was looking for was apparently here and had a very thin presence, Do Hwa probably almost died behind that door.

So Ilya ran towards the door, then forcibly opened it and inside there Han Do Hwa lay curled up with wounds all over her body.

"My business is done. I'm leaving now,"

Hyun prepared to jump out of the window and leave from there.

"Wait first! Hyun!—"

Ilya was about to stop him. If he were to run away now, maybe Ilya would be even harder to meet him again.

"We'll see each other later, but I wasn't sure I could help you like I do now. See you, Ilya,"

He was immediately lost as if swallowed by darkness, along with that people entered the room and among them there was Gauri who looked at Ilya surprised.

"Sister!"

He rushed to his brother.

"Researcher Han needs help! hurry up!"

Alex yells at Hunter who is with him when he sees Do Hwa's alarming condition.

"Sister is fine!? what's going on!?"

Gauri asked Ilya worriedly, while the older brother did not listen to her at all because his brain was thinking about Hyun's last words to her right now.

'In the next meeting, do I have to fight Hyun?'