Chapter 62 - Ch 62 : Ray Vs. The Man In Black

The chase stopped when the man in Black arrived at a desolate building in the western part of Jakarta.

It was part of a big Indonesian project before, but the construction stopped, and the building was left unattended because of the corruption in funds.

" Who are you?" Seeing the man in black stop running, Ray has a frown on his face.

He didn't know why, but the man in front of him seemed pretty familiar.

Still, the man in Black has no intention to answer Ray's question. He assumed a battle stance and quickly rushed at Ray.

BRAKK!!!!

Fists and knees clashed in the abandoned building.

The man in Black used his fist to attack Ray, but Ray was no soft persimmon.

He raised his knee to block the fist of the man in Black and immediately raised his fist to launch a counterattack.

*Swoosh* *Swoosh*

Two fists swinging in the air as the man in Black easily dodged Ray's combo.

The two's distance was very close now. The man in black reached out to Ray's neck with his hand, but Ray was able to lean back in the nick of time and evaded the attack.

'….!!'

The eyes of the man in Black showed a hint of shock as Ray was able to dodge.

'He dodged?!'

This guy, he really hid so well, didn't he….?

A smile appeared behind the mask of the man in Black. And even though many speculations appeared on his mind, his fist didn't stop as he continued to rain down his attacks.

Too bad, not one of them could connect to his target; Ray, who used danger sense and hawkeye to the max, always managed to dodge by a hair's breadth or repelled the incoming hits away by slightly redirecting the force of the attack.

'Nice, show more of your power!!!'

The smile grew wider as the battle continued. If Ray could see the expression hidden in the mask, he would surely notice that there was a conspiracy behind this.

The man in black's combat experience was very high. With every punch, he displayed his power and his brilliantly flashy attacks. Still, none of this seemed to be able to faze Ray.

Ray managed to dodge everything by the smallest margins imaginable, and even the president who was watching this from afar expressed his genuine admiration.

Soon, a small change appeared in the battle.

As time passed and Ray was able to get used to the Man in Black's attack, he counterattacked with his feet, and the two separated for a bit.

" You, I know who you are!" Ray said confidently to the man in Black. He seems to find a clue after taking a good look at the full black costume and his motive to attack him.

'….!!'

Looking at Ray's confident face, the man in black knew that his identity had already been exposed. Still, the last hand-to-hand combat was enough to measure ray's power, and he has no reason to drag this any longer.

The man in Black was ready to reveal the face behind it and explain things to Ray when Ray continued his words.

" You are the guy who has kidnapped Ellen and Elin before, right? You come here to take revenge as you know your plan has failed." 

'….!!' 

. . . . .

- In the black car -

" This kid... He doesn't look like to be very bright isn't he?"

" .. It seemed to be the case."

The president and his assistant looked at each other and shook their head helplessly. Still, they were pretty glad that Ray's strength was above their expectation.

. . . . . .

- In the Morningwood dungeon -

" Coop!" {Boss is stupid!}

" Coop-Coop! { Agreed!}

" Well, he is not stupid guys. He just has some low IQ."

" Bah, what are you guys talking about? If Papa said so, then it is the truth. Bintang agrees with Papa's deduction."

The monsters looked at Bintang with a weird expression and quickly distanced themselves. They didn't know why, but they felt that Bintang was a bit different with things related to Ray.

. . . . . .

Back to Ray and the Man in Black, Ray's deduction before had just made the man in black felt like he had a headache.

He was indeed attacked Ray and tried to check Ray's strength. But didn't Ray see that the attack has no killing intent at all? In fact, even if Ray didn't dodge the attack, he wouldn't be seriously harmed and might only stay in bed for a few days.

Even so, Ray, who saw the opponent was silent, became even more convinced with his deduction just now.

" Okay, let's not talk anymore. I will show you why you should not have anything to do with us." 

Ray assumed a stance and began his counterattack.

This time, ray was the one attacking while the man in Black passively defended Ray's attack.

If someone else saw this scene, they would only see that the man in Black was being endlessly led around by Ray's continuous stream of attacks, but in reality, it was completely the opposite.

Ray swallowed his saliva, feeling rather astonished at the moment.

' This guy.. He is strong. At least his combat experience has far exceeded mine." 

Ray's face turned gloomy as he saw none of his attacks was hit. He had some ideas to summon his Natal weapon, but in the end, he decided to go against it as he still wanted to check the others' strength.

' Humph, if you don't want to attack, then let me!'

Ray's eyes shined, and it felt like his aura had surged. His speed and strength increased a bit as Ray was going all out.

Ray outstretched his hand, aimed at the man in black's face.

Unfortunately, the hit just now still narrowly missed and ended up slicing his mask just a little.

The man in black's reflexes was so fast. If he didn't react in time and tilt his head out of the way, the mask might have been broken by Ray.

Without Ray noticing, the attack just now carried the intent to kill, and even though it didn't directly hit the man in black, the man in black's face still turned a bit sour.

' This guy.. his strength has soared a bit. But why is he so stupid.'

From the start, the man in black's attack never had any killing intention. It was indeed a serious attack, but not one of the attacks was aimed at Ray's vital spot. In fact, if Ray was not strong enough and got hit, he would only spend a few days resting in injuries.

Grit.

In the blink of an eye, the atmosphere changed.

The man in Black knew if he didn't reveal his identity, this dumbfuck in front of him would not stop.

So he waited until Ray launched an attack on him, catching Ray's punch with one of his hands and then..

" You stupid fucking bastard! Don't you realize it is me?"

" Ah... Eh...?"

The voice just now seemed very familiar to Ray. He looked toward the eye of the Man in Black, and suddenly a realization hit his mind.

" Ed?? What are you doing here?"

When Ray realized that it was Edward, his face was full of dumbfounded expression, and the killing intent surrounding him immediately disappeared. He tried to think for a bit, and eventually, all the dots were connected.

" You, are you checking my strength for the Dungeon exploration?"

Somehow looking at Ray's dumb face, Edward really has a temptation to hit him hard in the face once. Especially when his grudge about Ray's and Big Sis relations hasn't been solved yet. Still, Edward was a bit more mature that he was able to hold himself back.

' Calm yourself, Edward. You are the protagonist, and there's no need to be angry about this. Yeah, if I wanted to, every girl would definitely come and beg to be my girlfriend.'

Edward took the mask covering his face and revealed the pretty handsome face behind.

" Yeah, you are right, Ray. I am here to check your strength, and it seems you really passed with flying color." Edward smiled as he remembered how Ray could even him for a bit in the previous combat.

Normally, people would feel jealous of one of their acquaintances if they suddenly got so strong. But, there was no sense of jealousy in Edward. He knew how hard Ray had worked before this, and he knew that this surge of power would eventually come.

In fact, Edward was happy for Ray. He had long regarded Ray as another protagonist other than himself, and Ray getting stronger is also what he wished for.

" Hehe, thank you. If you praised me so much, I would be shy." Ray said with an expression that even made the monsters in the Dungeon want to punch their Boss.

However, Ray's face immediately turned serious as he noticed something was wrong here.

" Ed, can I ask you something? If I'm not wrong, the previous agreement was just to explore a new dungeon, and didn't you tell me that there would be no big danger over there? So why would you bother to check my strength?"

It was not that Ray didn't trust Edward. This incident feels like a prelude to something, and Ray's danger sense told him there might be a conspiracy behind this.

Hearing Ray's words. Edward's face turned a bit awkward. He sighed for a while before explaining things to Ray:

" Yeah, there is some change Ray. Before, the government only told me that it was a new dungeon and there should be no danger in it. However, just recently, I discovered that things weren't that simple. The Dungeon that we are going to explore was suspected to be a special dungeon, and it made the degree of difficulties fly over the roof."

" A special Dungeon?"

Ray's face turned a bit unbelieving as he heard the word special Dungeon. Just a few days ago, he had finished the Rat dungeon, and now a new special dungeon was waiting for him.

" Ed, can you tell me where is it?"

Ray asked as Ed only answered with a smile.

" Sure. It is a place where almost all Indonesians should know.. The special Dungeon: Lawang Sewu."