Rise of the Eromancer

Chapter 98 The Black-haired Menace

"Damn… damn it! That tall fucker is getting ahead of us again!"

"Don't… don't let him hoard everything! I need to feed my family!"

[lol. Who's the Lowbornr now, mfkers!?]

[this is hax. report Rhys for hacking.]

[Look at this guy, you think you're watching a game?]

[where da guys trolling earlier? lolol. Don't let reese catch u later.]

[How is this even possible!? The Explorer Academy taught us Lowborns are just pests.]

[...They teach you that? Dafuq.]

[I don't care about Lowborns, commoners and all that shit. Just show us your face again, Rhys!]

[#itsgettingwilder]

It did not even take an entire day, and yet the number of comments that were siding with Rhys now suddenly outnumbered those who were hating and insulting him. How could they actually not shut their mouths and lock their fingers, when they just witnessed Rhys do something they have only really ever seen in movies?

A Monster Storm was not a rare occurrence, but an Explorer diving against the tide of monsters? Someone else might have already done that before, but they were not going to believe it without proof.

…And Rhys had undeniable proof since he was even streaming live — both on WeTube and Shudder, the Explorers' official live streaming platform.

Some refuted that it was fake and that Rhys was actually streaming pre-recorded footage with added CGI. But his… new fans immediately took to their cause and researched the company that owned the Bus he was on, and they were indeed real and they have an Exploration scheduled today posted on their website.

They did not even need to do that, however, as Rhys has been streaming for more than 3 hours. If this was pre-recorded footage with lots of CGI, then that would mean Rhys would need to have the same budget as those blockbuster superhero films.

And so, the only thing his hates could do was watch as Rhys… left the other Commoner Explorers in the dust, literally, as they were in a Scorching Desert region. And currently, Rhys's sack was already filled with Adamantine… again, for the 3rd time as he dived back and forth between the Underworld and the Surface.

No one could really believe what they were seeing, as the kokasaurus were actually already running away from him; burrowing through the sand just to get away from Rhys Wilder. But Rhys…

…he was relentless. He practically dug his arm through the sand, grabbing the bonelizard's tail every time and pulling them up—before just slamming them on the ground several times like a madman.

The other Explorers were helpless. As even though the kokasaurus were near them, Rhys threw a scalpel connected to a thread and pulled the monster toward him…

…It was like he truly did not care for anyone else but himself.

"Leave some for the rest of us!" The Earth-controller, who was initially exhilarated as they were in a desert region and thought he could fully utilize his abilities, could really only cry out as his kill was once again stolen by Rhys; like he was some sort of fisherman hooking fish. The Earth-controller watched as Rhys stomped the kokasaurus in the head, before finally thinking he had enough,

"That's it, if you don't like to play with others — then you should not play at all!" And with those words, the Earth-controller slammed his fist on the sound, causing the sand to ripple out before multiple spikes started crawling violently toward Rhys.

[What the!? Rhys, watch out!]

[That's it! Kill the dregger!]

"..." And as the spikes of sand made their way toward him, Rhys just calmly looked toward the Earth-controller… before kicking the sand beneath his feet as hard as he could.

[What's happening!? We can't see anything!]

"Did… I get him?"

While Rhys's viewers could not see what was happening due to the cloud of sand that suddenly formed in the air, the Earth-controller was in the same spot as he squinted his eyes to where Rhys should have been standing.

Soon, however, a shadow suddenly pierced through the hazy cloud and leaped straight toward the Earth-controller, a kokasaurus. He did not really panic, however, as he immediately summoned another sand spike which almost instantly pierced the monster through the bottom of its chin.

"T—!!!" The Earth-controller did not have time to celebrate his kill, however, as he noticed that a hand was actually holding the kokasaurus' neck; the owner of the hand, slowly being revealed from the cloud of dust,

"You… What are you—Argh!" And before the man could even say what he wanted, Rhys suddenly slammed the kokasaurus' head straight on the man's shoulder; its long and sharp fangs, digging straight through his flesh and bones. The Earth-controller then felt himself being pulled closer to Rhys as he also pulled the head of the monster close to him,

"You… you can't do this… You can't attack your fellow Explorer."

"But you just tried to attack me," Rhys whispered as he grabbed the dead kokasaurus' head and further pushed its fangs into the Earth-controller's shoulder.

"I… I was just pissed, man," the Earth-controller's voice started to stutter, "You… you were getting all the good stuff. C…come on, man. You're not seriously going to kill me over this!?"

"I am," Rhys then let go of the kokasaurus' head and then immediately grabbed the Earth-controller's face, "You were already dead the moment you decided that your life is worth less than the… good stuff."

"Wait, wai—"

And with those muffled words escaping the gaps between Rhys's fingers, he tightened his grip and just crushed his head there and then. The man's corpse just fell to the sand — but it had not yet reached its peace, as Rhys pulled the kokasaurus' head from its shoulder and placed it on the man's crushed head.

And with a nod of approval he gave himself, he quickly returned to where he previously was… and just waited until the cloud of sand subsided.

[Ah, he's alive!]

[We love you Rhys!]

[What the… the other guy's dead. His face is being eaten by a monster!]

And as soon as the sand cleared up, Rhys immediately rushed back toward the corpse of the Earth-controller — quickly pulling the kokasaurus away from him and slamming it on the sand hard as if it wasn't already dead.

"..." Rhys then quietly kneeled beside the corpse of the Earth-controller, placing his finger on its neck as if he were checking its pulse. And after a few seconds, he shook his head and looked at the drone,

"...He's dead."

[No shit, Rhys. His head was eaten!]

[Fk… is this even allowed? I'm only 14.]

[14? This is an 18+ channel only. Report. lol]

[Did you guys see that!? That guy attacked him and he still tried to save the fucker.]

[Donate, where's the donate button!?]

[I hope you die, fucking dregger! Lowborns should just stay at home cleaning our houses!]

[Classist much? Report]

It was only Rhys's 2nd stream, and could even be considered his 1st official livestream. And yet Rhys's channel was already making waves on the internet — his stream, currently the most viewed of the day at more than a million viewers, in both Shudder and WeTube.

Rhys was actually already expecting his stream would trend just from the sheer fact that he was an abnormal Lowborn—what he did not expect, however, was that it would blow up this much…

…to the point it was going international.

[Wait, you Amerkans still treat Lowborns like 3rd class citizens? What is this, the 1800s?]

[lol. Heil Nobler.]

[That's Hermany, stupid fk.]

[Holy shit, I watched this guy in LiveDrip when I was young!]

[link plz]

[Its banned bruh. Video is fked up, it had to be taken down.]

"This… this is crazy. Kat, Kat!"

"I know, I'm watching the video with you!"

Back in Rhys's apartment, Lina and Kat were currently holding each other's hands tight as they were now watching Rhys's livestream on the TV. Lina was busy reading the comments, while Katarina could not help but just watch what Rhys was doing.

It had not even been a year since Rhys awakened, and yet he was already this strong. Just what exactly happened to him back in the Underworld Corps—no…

…just what kind of blood was actually running through his veins? By all means, all the tests that were done on Rhys showed that he was still a Lowborn; the blood of gods running through his veins not even on the system.

But perhaps… the way they do their tests was outdated? It was just general knowledge in the medical field that an unknown god is a weak god — as all the known gods, even those that are not popular, were involved in the war a thousand years ago.

But what if that wasn't the case at all?

What if, some time and somewhere along the mix, a god that was as strong as the Olympians were actually hidden among them all this time? Because that was really the only explanation Katarina could think of.

Rhys's strength; it was equal to what a Noble shows… and he actually knows how to use it.

Throughout time, Nobles were treated with utmost respect — and that was because deep down, the people were afraid of what the Nobles could do. It was better to appease them, no matter what.

But right now, she was currently watching someone who had been abused his entire life… with a hatred so deep it could probably create a hole deep enough to pass through the Underworld and go straight onto the other side of the world.

While the others see Rhys as a rising star, Katarina could not help but feel that she was watching a falling star instead…

…a falling star that will raze the Earth into ashes.

Unfortunately for Katarina, most people were not seeing that, as some were even starting to find a way to fan the flames. The Explorer guilds have started taking notice of Rhys Wilder.