He was almost six meters tall.

Just by looking at his gigantic body, it was clear that he was not a human. He was certainly humanoid in that he had a body that stood upright, with two arms, two legs, and one head, but that was pretty much it. Apart from the overall shape, nothing of him resembled a human.

His legs appeared reptilian and were covered in shiny scales. His torso was made of wood, but random clusters sprouted on it that looked like pieces of ore. Each of his arms appeared salvaged from a different animal: one arm was a gigantic claw, the other resembled the arm of a hairy gorilla. His head was the highlight—it was a dragon head, and there were nine horns growing on the forehead, making it look like he was wearing a crown.

All in all, he looked exactly like what people expected a boss monster to look like. Except that he was neither a boss, nor entirely a monster.

His name was Billy Gallagher. He was an American Hunter who, due to a twist of fate, had ended up being subdued by the dungeon that he was trying to conquer and turned into a monster.

He was a high-level Hunter who had come here after being guaranteed a large sum of money by the Philippine government. Billy Gallagher was a great Hunter by himself, and...