Liliana Hormunda, she was a daughter between viscount and baroness. Born to be a beauty different from her progenitor, as if she was blessed by Goddess of Beauty, Artheope. She grew up in a warm and perfect household, and without a doubt, she grows into a beautiful, strong-minded, and talented noble lady.

She received dozens of marriage offers from baron and viscount, even the marquess. But she doesn't have any thought about marrying. She lived in an age that governed by men, with a strong-minded like her, of course, she would think that why can't women also governing like men.

Women can be equal or even superior to men! That's her thought, that wasn't well-received by most of the people in this world.

So she has an idea to change it, or in other words, to start the revolution! But how can she do that? While pondering about it, one of the villagers suddenly reported that they've found a newborn labyrinth near their town.

The Labyrinth!

A structure from gods that holds infinite possibilities. Monsters from inside, although dangerous and brutal, is the hope for gaining resources in this rural town.

Monsters when killed, they'll disappear and sometimes will leave the part of their corpse or belonging. And no matter how much you kill them, they'll keep respawning like no end.

With this labyrinth as the beginning, she could attract Adventurer's Guild to take root on this land, the adventurer will start to flock in this town after that. She can start investing in merchant to have them coming to this town and circulate the money. After more people are attracted to this town, she could collect more taxes than before!

And from that, the town will start growing into the city. She can't stop imagining that she could be the first female governor in the future. Well, every living thing is filled with greed, after all, even Liliana is not an exception.

"But before that, I need to have a strong adventurer or a group of a famous adventurer"

She could report the newly born labyrinth to any branch of Adventurer's Guild and they'll come here asap to build the Adventurer's Guild. But for the adventurer to come here, she needs to have a reputation and specific how much of the profit the labyrinth could make.

There's an undead labyrinth somewhere on this continent, it's famous for dropping only bones and rotten meat so none of the adventurers want to settle there. Well, in this period of time they don't know what can bone and rotten meat does so it can't be blame that they neglect the undead labyrinth.

"I've to make some strong adventurer come to this town!"

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But how? Money? Don't be ridiculous, their annuity is about tens of thousands of gold coins. What Liliana could gather is about a few thousand gold coins per year at best, it can't even be compared!

Is there anything that could attract a strong adventurer...?

'Well, there's really none...wait! I've my beauty, but I don't really want to be a concubine for some smelly adventurer'

While pondering about the strategist about pulling some adventurer to her town. She heard a rumor about a super-duper strong newcomer adventurer from her villagers.

"The Slayer?"

The slayer of the monster! The predator, natural hunter, killing machine, born from the hatred of having his family killed by a monster, he picked up the mace and start crazily killing all the monster that he found, nothing is left in his path since all of it will go to hell with him...

Well, that's what the rumor said anyway.

But after hearing about the Slayer, Liliana's eyes starting to shine.

"This is it!"

She finally found him! A man who does everything without caring about money, for his passion is about to eradicate all the monsters from this very surface of the earth. A man who is not interested in money, honor, fame, or women. A man that's worthy of 'The Slayer' title.

'A man such as himself, without a doubt will be attracted to this labyrinth!'

***

She came to Riverfall city. A place that the Slayer could be found. She came here by traveling with a magic carriage so it took a few hours before arriving in this city. And as expected from labyrinth city, she could see how much advancement it is compared to her small town.

Her first destination is, of course, the Adventurer's Guild!

Pushed open the Mediterranean half-waist door with confidence, she found it weird that they suddenly keep their voice down and focus their eye on her, after finding that she's nothing special or not the person that they are hoping to find, they became uninterested and mind their business.

But from their weird action, Liliana could confirm that the Slayer is really in this town! And even more so, for making all the adventurers focus on every person who came in the Adventurer's Guild, is proof that the Slayer is as amazing as rumor or even more amazing than the rumor!

She walks to the counter immediately.

"How can I help you, lady?" asked the female receptionist.

"...The Slayer"

"Huh?"

Is her voice too small for the female receptionist to understand?

"I want to meet the Slayer," repeated Liliana.

"..."

Then the silence loomed over all the Adventurer's Guild. A silence that seems to not suitable for a bunch of noisy and talkative adventurers. A silence that quiet enough to suffocate someone like Liliana.

And then comes a voice.

A voice that sounds like it comes from the dept of the abyss. Like a devil's lullaby from the deepest realm of hell.

"I want to sell Ogre's heart"

Fear.

It's the first emotion that Liliana felt from the man behind her. An intense, unbearable fear that she never felt before in her entire lives. It seems like the man behind her is hell itself. Just by hearing his voice make her entire body cold like it's dipped in the north pole's ice, No, it's more than that, it's more like her body becomes cold like a corpse after listen to his voice.

Her body starting to shake uncontrollably, her line of sight start to move toward the person behind her.

And then she saw him.

A man who was born in hell, lived in hell, slay the hell, and became hell in the process.

'Ah. The rumor is really not exaggerated' is the only thing she can think after looking at him.

And when you stare into the abyss...

The abyss stares back at you.