Digitize: Rebirth of the Silver Death God

When Nero arrived at Winfrey, he couldn't help but bask in the overly crowded scene, taking in the sights of various Digitizers hurrying to purchase last-minute supplies. Most of them had similar features to humans but others were more bizarre.

A few characters with giant-like builds had a strange symbol on their forehead with bare upper torso covered in markings. Looking amidst them, one would catch a few sightings of those with scaley flesh and shark-like teeth, along with girls and boys with thunder flickering in their hairs and blue-colored skin.

'It's a lot more crowded than I'd thought, from Earth Giants to Sharkians and even Thunder Eelians. I didn't so many persons were newly arrived just like myself.'

Nero said to himself as he slowly walked through the crowd at the center of the street, brushing by a few others. Due to the time constraint, many individuals were a bit on edge; they glared at Nero wanting to fight to him because he bumped their shoulder.

"Hey, damn brat, why don't you watch where...?" One fierce-looking Sharkian was so angry that he grabbed Nero's shoulder and glared at him while speaking. Yet, when he saw the stern look on Nero's face, especially the sinister blood-colored glint in his eyes, his scaly forehead rand with sweat as he gulped.

"I... excuse me, I must have found the wrong person," The Sharkian said as he didn't bother to follow through with it, hurrying away like a dog with its tail between its legs.

Nero snorted, saying nothing as he calmed down his murderous intent; he clenched his palm tightly as he thought, 'It looks like I'm still not a hundred percent. I'll need to be careful not to lose my senses...'

Adult Nero looked at this in silence; he said nothing as he knew just how hard it is to suppress his current self, even more so at this age. The fact that his younger self could recover from his previous state was a miracle in itself; even he didn't think the current Avollo, who didn't know him for too long, would have pulled off his last-minute gamble.

After looking for a while, Nero didn't continue to dally and promptly made his way towards the village chief's direction, but right as moved along, he soon noticed Raynas that was carrying a large number of items.

'Hmm, Elly's brother, why is he carrying so much stuff?' Nero thought with a set of puzzled looking eyes.

Raynas, on the other hand, had a warm smile on his face as he spoke, "Nero, you've arrived on time; how are you feeling about your first dungeon raid?"

Nero, hearing those words, made a similar smile as he responded, "I'm not sure yet; I want to say I'm confident, but I think its best I go in with a surge of caution."

Raynas's eyes lit up upon hearing Nero's words; he stared at him with even more respect as he thought to himself.

'Good, he's free from rashness and arrogance, I have to say, that little sis of mine sure knows how to fall for a good one, even though she is... heh, I best not think on it. I need to focus, hmm… since he's so well-mannered and capable of charming my little sister, he needs to bear the weight.'

After concluding his thoughts, Raynas's eyes strangely flashed as he spoke to Nero.

"That's good; it's great that you're cautious about the unknown; it's a very handy mindset to have when faced with this world, especially for places as unpredictable as dungeons. Hmm, tell you what, I'm supposed to bring these items to Elly, but as you can see she's gone off ahead and I've lost track of her, I also have to take care of some private matters, can you take these items to her for me as a favor?"

When Nero heard this, he frowned as he thought to himself, 'Lost track of her, isn't he at an exceedingly high level, he should be able to find Elly easily. Hmm, could it be that he's trying to pass on that luggage?'

As Nero thoughts reached here, he carefully looked at Raynas and the items before he inwardly snorted and concluded, 'Hmph! That must be it! You want me to carry that, sorry not happening!'

After clearing up his thoughts, Nero smiled and replied, "I'm sorry big brother Raynas, but I don't have that much space; I also need to purchase a few items on the way. I'll go now, so see you at the village chief."

After hurrying and ending the conversation in a one-sided manner, Nero promptly continued onward without even looking back.

Raynas, who felt that he had everything under control, was shocked at this. He glared at Nero's back while gritting his teeth and thinking with a helpless expression on his face.

'These little runts!'

Knowing that he couldn't trick anyone else, Raynas sighed as he carried the heavy load forward at an even faster pace.

At this time, before the village chief residence, all of the participants of today's dungeon raid gathered. Person's such as Ivy and Lily, who were newly found friends chatting away at a nearby corner as Poison Boy and Weizer, glared at each other before snorting and looking away.

Those who registered were standing idle, much like Elly, who had a bored look on her face. But that soon changed as she noticed Nero from nearby.

"Hey! You're so late; what took you so long?" Elly said with a loud voice hurrying over his direction.

Nero shook his head and replied, "I had to get some supplies; give me a sec. I'll go register and come back."

"Fine," Elly said as she watched Nero walked away, her face slightly reddish as she recalled their last encounter, but she soon recovered, acting as if it did not happen.

"Ahem!" A cough sounded from behind her, causing her to look around with a tinge of anger in her eyes.

"Brother, where did you run off to?" Elly said as she looked at Raynas who, oddly enough, arrived after Nero left.

Raynas shook his head and did his very best to hide his embarrassment as he placed down Elly's goods and spoke, "Little Sis, I had to stop and check out something, but enough about that, you should know that today won't be so simple, a dungeon raid is a place I can't follow you due to the Novice Zone's rules. So, do your best to take care of yourself, and try your best not to die; the price is too great.'

When Elly heard this, she gulped before clenching her small fists tightly, showing a firm look in her eyes as she answered, "Okay, brother, I'll do my best."

Raynas nodded at this and pointed at the items on the ground before his body started to glow when he spoke, "Okay, it's time for me to return; try getting someone to carry these items since your inventory is..."

Raynas was about to say something, but Elly only glanced at the items and waved her hand, causing them to disappear.

When Raynas noticed this his eyes widen in shock, it didn't take long for him to realize what was going on. A surge of anger rose in his being as he glared at Elly, but before he could punish her, his body turned into a ray that beamed across the horizon, leaving behind his faint but furious voice.

"Elllllllyyyyy!"

Elly made a sly smile as she saw her brother left; she snorted while murmuring, "Hmph! Who said my inventory was full? Serves you right..."

A few persons noticed this from afar and shook their heads, some having pity for the famous Iron Wall Raynas. However, as for Nero, he had only now arrived before the village chief.

Currently, the old and lazy Village Chief Pan didn't have her usual look. She wore more serious attire with a wooden staff in her hand as she stood before a platform before her residence.

Noticing Nero, Village Chief Pan looked at him with a bright flicker in her eyes as she smiled and spoke, "I was expecting you, child."

Nero made a curious look as he didn't think he'd hear such words from her, he wanted to say something, but right at this time, Village Chief Pan made a mysterious smile as she spoke in a voice filled him with a strange foreboding.

"Will you accept this quest?"