Chapter 194: Chapter 194- Vengeful Creatures
Back at the camp, the situation was rather bad. While everyone was busy discovering the area, a group of monsters appeared from the city and attacked the camp. The attack was so sudden that the survivors who were still there were taken by surprise.
After all, monsters don't usually just appear this quickly and attack before they could realize it. It was as if they were running away from something.
In a matter of seconds, the students ended up in a battle with the monsters. The creatures seemed unusually agitated and violent, slashing and attacking using all their strength.
"There are too many! Dammit, we need to retreat!" A young man yelled loudly as he started moving back while deflecting monster attacks.
"What if they reach the vehicles?! They're our only way out of here! We must protect them till the leader comes back!"
"I'm going to notify him!"
Even though the group didn't have Talon around, they didn't struggle to know what to do exactly at that moment. After all, they had already practiced their roles and what they were supposed to do in all situations where Talon, Hyun-Jae, and the rest of the stronger students were not there. They didn't need anyone to tell them orders.
The fight continued growing more and more intense. In their position, the students had no way of actually attacking the monsters back and killing them as they would. Their vehicles are their lifeline, damaging some of them would be a disaster.
But, for better or worse, nobody was killed immediately, and the fight remained equal for a while. At some point, more students started coming back when they heard of the problem.
Blood filled the entire park as the brutal fight continued. Everything seemed slow as neither party overwhelmed the other instantly. That was until two figures appeared in the distance.
Talon and Hyun-Jae appeared out of nowhere and they immediately dived into the heart of the battle.
*Swish* *Swish*
Like two ghosts, they sliced through multiple monsters in a split second as they reached the line of students.
"Leader!"
"Did anyone get harmed?" He asked as he quickly turned around and slashed with his spear, sending multiple monsters flying in the air.
"No, you were on time, sir!"
"Good."
With that in mind, Talon quickly channeled his Aetheris before he dashed forward at enormous speed. The monsters were unable to keep up with his speed and started falling down like flies.
With Hyun-Jae joining the battle, the tides completely changed even in the absence of Sophie and Chin-Hwa who went out to explore like the rest.
In a matter of moments, dozens of monsters started falling to the ground one after the other.
'This is really easy.' With his technique, Talon didn't even need to focus on the monsters around him. All he had to do was to follow his instinct and it somehow flows so perfectly well every time.
At this point, using the spear became something he could do with ease. The weapon became like an extension of his body that he could manipulate however he wanted. Talon was certain that he was by far the best spear user on earth. Nothing could rival his deadly spear attacks that could cause great destruction.
'Especially with what happened a few days ago… I'm now on a completely different level than before.' He thought to himself as he easily dodged a set of claws and stabbed a monster in the heart.
"This should be a breez-" As Talon was about to turn around and continue killing the monsters, his eyes suddenly widened as he felt a chill run down his spine.
A sense of imminent danger engulfed his body as he quickly ducked down as fast as he could. A split second later, something moved over his head, cutting small strands of his hair as it vanished again.
Turning around, Talon quickly jumped again, barely dodging another attack that came swiping down at his feet. Even when he was taken by surprise, Talon wasn't easily ambushed as his senses were sharper than those of the most notorious wild predators.
He could sense danger from a mile away and with future sight, he was basically unkillable for most low-leveled creatures.
But, this was different. The speed, the sudden appearance, and the disappearance were all things that he saw not that long ago.
'Shadow Crawler?' Landing on his feet, Talon looked around him.
The monsters that were trying to attack him suddenly halted as if they were frozen with fear. Then, out of nowhere, one by one, they started falling down as blood splashed out of them.
Wide open slash wounds appeared all over their bodies. In less than 3 seconds, all the monsters fell dead on the spot. The sight was simply nightmarish.
"Back away!!!" Feeling the disaster that was about to fall on them, Talon quickly ordered the group. But, before he could even move, he felt his spine shudder again as he quickly activated future sight.
His eyes shone with a bright blue light before they widened in shock at what they saw. In the glimpse of the future he witnessed, Talon saw himself being dissected into pieces by multiple long black arms.
The attacks came from all angles at the same time with no way to dodge them.
'You got to be fucking kidding me!'
With no time to hesitate, Talon activated the first skill he could think of.
[Ding!]
[You have activated 'Tear Of Reality.]
Then, using his left arm, he slashed around at a 360-degree angle.
*BOOOOOM*
"Talon?!" Hyun-Jae was the first to realize what was happening as she covered her body from the shockwave. "Oh no!"
"I'm fine!!" From within the smoke, Talon emerged quickly as he jumped away. "*Cough*!!" The urge to cough assaulted him violently as he spat a mouthful of blood.
"Those bastards attacked me all at the same time! There are at least 10 of them!!"
'I don't know if that attack killed them all or not!"
[Ding!]
[You have killed 2 Shadow Crawlers. +1 Agility.]
'Dammit, only two?! How did they dodge that?' Looking behind him, he noticed that the students weren't fighting or being killed.
At the same time, Talon felt something rushing at him from ahead. Quickly, he jumped back, dodging an attack that left deep marks on the ground. At the same time, two monsters attacked him from both sides ruthlessly.
"Ugh!!" The slash wounds formed on Talon's skin as he was blasted onto the ground. Deep bloody marks were left on his body that almost threatened to expose his bones.
But, the moment he landed, he had to quickly jump again before another set of claws could stab into his head.
'They're only targeting me! Why is that?!'
"Acrypha? Mind explaining! I'm in a lot of trouble here!!" He yelled.
The latter had already noticed that abnormality as she tried to recognize this weird behavior. After all, she didn't read much about Shadow Crawlers with how rare they are. But, it didn't take her long to realize why.
"It's because you killed one of them! They want to take revenge!"
"... Fuck, so they are here to target me? Wait…" At that moment, Talon realized something.
'During the fight, I wasn't the only one that dealt a deadly attack to the monster. Hyun-Jae stabbed it too… Don't tell me!!' Quickly, as he was moving, his eyes went to his companion. "Oh no… Hyun-Jae!!"
Without wasting a single breath, he activated his dash skill at full throttle before he vanished.
*Swish*
Meanwhile, Hyun-Jae felt the danger approaching her. So, she quickly channeled her lightning before creating a barrier all around her.
*ZZZZZZ*
Immediately, the sound of something getting electrocuted and burnt echoed in her ears.
'They're after me too…' She thought to herself as she noticed the extended claws get pulled back instinctively. But, at the same time, another set tried to attack her, passing through the barrier with sheer force.
The latter dodged before she quickly used her sword and stabbed forward. The weapon hit the target right in the chest.
[Ding!]
[You have killed a level 29 Shadow Crawler. +15 Agility.]
But, at the same time, she didn't realize that another attack was barely a few inches away from hitting her in the back. By the moment she realized that, she couldn't react in time.
*Swish*
Talon used that opportunity to quickly slash with his sword, making the monster jump back as it growled in pain.
"Are you ok?!" Appearing next to her, he asked.
"I'm fine."
"We need to start moving. These things are here to kill both of us. They have no interest in the rest of the group."
Hyun-Jae nodded her head. "But, what should we do?"
"I have an idea." Talon turned around as he looked at the vehicles. "We need to lead them away first using one of the armored cars."
"Ok!"
With no time to waste, the two rushed to the car, leaving everyone behind, very flabbergasted.
"What the hell is going on?"
"Stay in your positions and don't move! We will be back!!" Talon yelled over his shoulder as he barely dodged a slash.
The two then got inside the car. Immediately, very loud noises assaulted their ears as if someone was scratching their nails over a wooden board.
'They're already overwhelming the car!' Talon quickly turned it on and slammed the accelerator.
The car stormed off leaving behind a trail of dirt.
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