Calamity Upon This World

"Activate the Curse of Death"

William fell on his knees as his vision went dark.

The effects of his appearance-altering artifact dissipated as his hair changed back to white and his eyes became red.

But despite this, no one could tell that he was William Verhein or even that he was a kid.

This is because his appearance was completely different from normal; his usually bright and shiny skin was now dull, dry, and pale with wrinkles.

His beautiful snow white hair looked dull and plain, almost like that of an old man.

"Blarghh!!!" William vomitted on the ground as some nasty black stuff came out of his body.

His whole body hurt far too much for him to even form a proper thought.

Unable to bear the pain anymore, he fully fell down and screamed.

"Ahhh!!!!"

(William, what's happening?) Sera asked in concern.

Sadly, William was in no condition to talk.

(Zephyr, do you know what's happening?) Agni asked, still shocked by why his master was suddenly dying out of nowhere.

[That bastard, I will kill him] Zephyr said, enraged, as he contemplated descending just to save William and kill the bastard responsible for his current condition.

While Zephyr tried to hide it, over time he had come to appreciate Williams company and thought of him as a friend.

But sadly, he was in no condition to descend, so in the end, he could do nothing but sit back down in anger and hope for his protege to somehow survive, even if the chances were low.

William was currently inflicted with a certain death curse that was nearly incurable.

The worst part is that during his life, Zephyr suffered this same curse from the same entity who cursed William.

Zephyr only survived it back then through the use of time magic, something that William didn't have.

(William, please don't die.) Wiz called out in panic as she was awakened from her slumber after body possession due to her master dying.

Wiz had already witnessed the death of her previous master and was still traumatised. The only reason she agreed to sign a contract with William was because he was a divine human who was supposed to ascend to godhood and become immortal.

So how can he die now without ever even being able to become an adult?

Another person who was almost as worried as Wiz were Jasmine and Raya, who rushed to his side.

"John, what happened to you?" Jasminee asked, her tone containing fear at the sudden development in her party members conditions.

"[Healing Bed of Flowers]" Raya once again used her skills by pushing her body to its limits.

Like before, lush green grass appeared under William as a bright green glow spread through his body.

However, unlike last time, instead of healing his body like last time, it made his condition worse.

Dark black veins spread throughout his body as his skin became so pale that it looked like there was no blood under them, which wouldn't be that far from the truth in the next moment.

~Splurt!! ~

Blood exploded out of his body, dyeing the whole ground as well as Raya and Jasmine red.

At this point, William had already passed out from the pain, unable to bear it anymore.

Passing out was potentially the worst thing William could have done in his current situation, as it hastened the spread of his curse throughout the body.

If nothing changed in just a few seconds, William was about to die.

**

While William was going through a kind of pain that can't even be described in words,.

"Motherfucker, I will kill you!! " Max screamed in anger as he took out his hammer and activated his aspect to the maximum while  rushing towards Sung to kill him.

Sung remained calm as he saw Max rushing towards him, and just when Max was about to kill him, he muttered in a low tone.

"Shield of Invulnerabilty"

As soon as his words fell, a purple shield appeared in front of Sung, which sent Max flying back when he tried to attack it.

~thum~

Max fell back away from Sung.

Completely dropping any attempt at subtlety, Sung turned around and ran towards the door, which held the key to getting him out of his life of mediocrity.

"Kill that bastard; don't let him reach the door," Max shouted in panic, having figured out what Sung was trying to do.

Max didn't know why or how he did it, but he knew for sure that letting Sung open that door would bring an outcome no one in this dungeon aside from Sung himself would like.

Hearing his words, the few miners who were awakened used whatever one or two spells they had to attack Sung, who was still running.

Fireballs, ice shards, blades of wind, and lances of earth rushed at Sung; sadly, it was all futile as the attacks dissipated after making contact with his overpowered shield.

Sung was now in front of the ice wall previously made by William.

The wall was starting to dissipate once William stopped supplying mana to it; however, enough of it was still there to stop Sung.

Sadly, his shield was simply too overpowered, and the wall broke once he made contact with it, allowing him to just run past without any need to stop.

After a few more seconds of sprinting at his top speed, he finally reached the door.

For a single moment, Sung hesitated just when he was about to push the door, which led to the double dungeon, and asked himself.

'Is this really worth it? '

However,during this moment, the disgusting smile that his uncle had on his face when he kicked both him and his poor mother out of their household and stole everything from them resurfaced in his mind.

He relived the sensation he felt that day as he shouted.

"I will kill you, bastard!!! "

Causing him to push the door mere moments before his shield ran out.

Once the door was opened, the whole A-rank dungeon disappeared as everyone aside from Sung, who was standing near the door, fell into a S-rank dungeon against their will.

William had no idea about what was happening around him, as he was already passed out mere moments away from death.

That is, until a single voice called out inside his mind, forcefully reawakening his consciousness.

'Do you know what fire is?'