Solo Cultivation in The Apocalypse

The mixture of two snow and one fire dungeon, the other two were unknown but looked pretty strong.

Hitori figured out that much from the formation and his experience. He could not see the names since he was not engaged or never had engaged in a battle with Onogi's Territory.

A door opened and stepped out Onogi. Alone. He walked with a smile on his face which disappeared as he approached Hitori.

Hitori saw that he was holding a gun by his side, and that barely made Hitori care. This was a game, nobody who dies in the game dies in the real world. So not a big thing.

But it would be tiring to come back to this address. So he said, "Okay, let me just save the game here if you are going to kill me."

He opened the menu screen and lifted an eye to look at Onogi. He was still charging at Hitori with full force and no hint of stopping.

"See, I am NOT coming back to this address if you kill me before I can save."

Onogi raised his gun even after Hitori's warning. So he closed the menu tab and lowered his hands and waited for Onogi to kill him.

"So you want to do it anyway? Come on, fire!"

Onogi disappeared and appeared behind Hitori. He pointed his gun over his head before he could do anything.

"Fuck firing. Who the fuck are you? What are you doing here? Are you from a guild?"

Hitori was dumbfounded. Of course! His appearance has changed along with his name! No wonder he confused Onogi.

"I believe you want to answer me. You called me here after all."

Onogi frowned. "Hitori?"

He nodded. Onogi let go of him and stepped away with a laugh.

"Fuck! What happened to your name and cloak? You look different."

Why the fuck is he laughing like nothing happened and they are old friends meeting after months? What the hell is wrong with him?

"Get to the point, Onogi. You know I have a lot of planning to do, so get over with whatever this is."

"Planning. Yes. I am quite busy too. But first, let me show you something."

"And what is that something?" His life could not be threatened in the game, so he was free to enter Onogi's base. Hitori had nothing to lose.

Onogi pointed at the poorly constructed dungeons in front of them. "See what I have made of your territory."

Hitori's heart jumped in his chest. His territory? No wonder he could recognize what type the dungeons were. If that is the case, then the last two were Pontianak and the Lab.

"Yeah, you heard it right. I can see the disbelief on your face. What did you think I did with your dungeons? Sell them? Oh, I conquered them."

Onogi took the lead. Although Hitori was feeling angry and sad at the same time, he held his breath and followed Onogi.

"They do not fit in my fort yet, I am still searching for the best place for them, so you see, they are on the waiting list like other low-level degradable dungeons."

"Where is she? Let me know she is alright," Hitori said as he entered the dungeons.

"What is the hurry? Oh, right, we are busy. Yeah. Let me tell you that your girlfriend is alright– just a little beaten up– had to do that, she was not listening."

"You bastard…" Hitori bit his lip and muttered under his breath.

"If you are wondering what is going to happen to her, well, be rest assured, she is going to die. Not easily, be assured of that, too."

"Why you got to be this way, bastard? She has nothing to do with this—"

"Oh, alright, sir, do not feed me that shit anymore. 'She has nothing to do with this, with that, this is wrong, that is wrong,' what do you think I am, an angel?"

"We should fight this as men. You killed Kamiya and Kamiya killed Kuzu."

Onogi paused and the grin on his face disappeared. "I did not kill Kuzu. I did not. You have no right to say that."

Hitori never did, so he was confused, but decided to ignore it. "You took my partner, my partner took yours. Now here we are. We should end this instead of involving other people and prolonging this…" Hitori was at a loss of words.

Onogi helped him. "I read this in a book," he said, "I read it. If your enemy takes a member of your family, you take a member of their family. This continues till only one is left or if they come to a truce."

Hitori remained silent. Involving his family (Reon, Kakashi, Eya, and Akira) was not acceptable. But giving up and forming a truce would be a disgrace to his partner (Kamiya and Akemi).

Onogi turned and looked dead into Hitori's eyes. "The Italians call it Vendetta. And it is fought with honor. So I will do you honor, as you did of leaving me alive."

Vendetta. He was sure he had heard it somewhere. Maybe a series or a novel– right– it was The Godfather and Peaky Blinders.

Hitori sighed. "Do me the honor, Onogi."

"Reon, that bitch will die tonight. From that slut's experience, you exactly know how this is going to end."

The slut. "Do not say that to her."

"You should care more about the one to whom it is going to happen rather than about the one to whom it has already happened."

He turned and walked out of the dungeon. Hitori followed him. Onogi stopped, turned, and punched his finger in Hitori's chest. "Tonight. Stop me and save her if you can. Or after we are done enjoying, we will throw that piece of shit for you to find. Best of luck with the humiliation then."

p Hitori clenched his fist. Onogi had no right to say that in such a vulgar way. He crossed the limit. Hitori raised his dead-struck eyes and glared at Onogi.

He caught Hitori's glare and glared back at him. "If you do care about her so much, show me that you do."

Hitori grabbed his wand on the side. The flap of his robe jumped as he drew his wand and pointed at Onogi. "Icicle Spear!"

A spear went through Onogi's head, leaving nothing but a see-through hole before his body crumbled to ashes and disappeared.

Hitori lowered his hand, keeping his calm, and said, "You wanted to show me, bastard, there you go."