At 7:10 p.m., Sack was traveling in a beautiful black SUV. He had made a reservation for the SUV to take him to the restaurant.
The driver was satisfied. Sack paid him one golden ticket for the first trip and promised him a second golden ticket if he waited for his call.
...
Sack entered the restaurant, was greeted, and guided to the table where Nicole was waiting for him.
There were still five minutes until dinner, and she had arrived first.
"I must apologize. It seems I kept you waiting," Sack said confidently with a subtle, charming smile.
Nicole wore a black dress that hugged her beautiful body, silver diamond necklaces, and diamond bracelets.
Jena's eyes were golden, her hair was silver and straight, falling to her shoulders.
She was very beautiful.
[Pure]
Sack took a seat.
"No, I just got here. So you don't have to apologize for that," Nicole said cheerfully.
"Do you want to talk or should we order food right away? Although I'd rather talk a little," Sack said, looking Nicole in the eyes.
Nicole felt a slight flutter in her heart when she saw Sack's blue eyes.
"Let's talk!" Nicole said, somewhat excitedly.
Sack laughed briefly.
Nicole loved Sack's smile and laugh.
The two began to talk about trivial topics such as their ages and hobbies as they grew more comfortable with each other.
After the meal, they ordered a bottle of wine and continued talking.
"So you woke up in an abyssal dungeon?"
"Something like that, although I'm just a swordsman with C-rank potential. I'm still increasing my rank from the beginning," Sack replied, taking a sip of wine while looking at Nicole.
"What rank are you currently?" Nicole asked a few seconds later.
"I'd say I just reached rank E. Maybe I should become a soccer player or... a model?" When Sack said model, he smiled subtly.
Nicole blushed and asked him nervously:
"No, Jena told you."
Sack replied casually, and the two seemed to be getting along well:
"Don't be nervous, I always get asked that. That's how I met Jena."
"Really?"
The two continued talking until the bottle of wine was finished. At the end of the evening, they said goodbye, and Nicole left first.
"Would you like another bottle of wine?" asked an elegantly dressed waiter.
Sack nodded.
He drank two glasses while looking at the stained glass window in the restaurant.
"Quite a challenge," thought Sack, remembering the notification that said Nicole had reached an affinity rating of 1 out of 10.
Sack drank one last glass and headed for the private transport that had been waiting for him.
...
Several minutes later, Sack arrived at the small apartment he had rented to store his belongings.
He went inside, undressed, took a shower, and when he came out of the bathroom, he put on a pair of blue shorts.
While drying his hair with a towel, he checked the messages on his cell phone.
Jena: Nicole liked you. Ha ha ha.
Jena: You thought it would be a great night, right?
In the end, Jena sent him a cosplay picture of herself dressed as a maid.
Jena: Master, I hope you sleep well.
Sack: I'll dream that I'm fucking the sexiest and most attractive maid. It'll be a great night.
...
Sack lay down, turned on the air conditioner, covered himself up, and watched a movie before falling asleep.
...
Loud sirens were blaring.
Sack held a pillow close to his ears.
In the end, the sound was so loud that it prevented him from continuing to sleep.
"What's going on?" Sack muttered, sitting up in bed.
After a few seconds, he realized what was happening: the sirens indicated that a dungeon had been breached.
Sack grabbed his cell phone, which had an app for "awakened ones."
It was 7 a.m.
{An A-rank dungeon has been breached.}
{A dungeon located underground, which could not be detected in time, has been breached.}
It was true, not all dungeons were visible. Some emerged in oceans, lakes, and seas, while others were suspended dozens and dozens of meters in the air.
For this reason, the Awakened Association used technological instruments to detect the appearance of dungeons, because the dungeons that emerged in inaccessible places were the ones that caused the most fear. In addition to the Association of Awakened Ones, the large guilds also had technology capable of detecting dungeons.
Sack did not hesitate to get dressed. In the event of a rupture, sirens would sound to indicate to the population that they should head to the underground shelters.
...
Black jeans and sweater, a coat, and black sneakers in case he had to run. Sack grabbed the backpack he had left under his bed.
As he was getting ready to leave, his cell phone beeped with a notification.
{To all available awakened ones, please proceed to zone *****. All monster cores you hunt will belong to you.}
Sack left his apartment and began reading the notifications. According to the news, the dungeon's undetectability was due to the emergence of an S-rank dungeon barely 50 meters away, which prevented the detection of the dungeon beneath the subsoil.
The danger of dungeon rupture was caused by the fact that not all monsters or beings in the dungeon survived, but those that did survive gained great benefits from the energy provided by the rupture, allowing them to become stronger. In conclusion, although the dungeon rupture was an A-rank dungeon rupture, the current danger was S-rank.
...
Sack wasted no time and wrote to all the women he had developed an affinity with who were in the city.
Apparently, almost all of them had gone to the underground shelters.
Jena had told him that Eleira and her friends had traveled in private vehicles to Jena's father's guild.
Yes, Jena's father was the head of one of the largest guilds in the country and an S-rank Awakened.
...
Sack continued his conversations with Amanda via text messages. She told him where the nearest shelter was to the area where she was located.
When Sack went outside, he saw unawakened people boarding armored transport buses that would take them to underground shelters.