-Vol 6: Dusk of An Era-

-Doom Fest(12)-

Roar!!

The grotesque creature against whom a group of system users fighting, roared to the skies as its body gave off a faint red glow. White exoskeleton burst from its body, forming armor-like protection to cover almost all its body. It had already taken the form of a four-meter tall giant, and now with the exoskeleton on its body, it’s power skyrocketed in an instant. It then proceeded to lay waste to the remaining four hunters who were fighting it.

After beating them black and blue, the creature roared to the skies once again and jumped into the night, vanishing under the darkness. As for the four hunters, Park Hanbie, Adam, the gothic girl, and another woman who later joined them, they left embedded inside avalanche of a half-destroyed small hill. That thing was really too much for the four of them to handle.

“That thing, what the hell was that?” the newest woman wondered while taking heavy breaths to stabilize her health. Her 50k HP was reduced to just a three-digit number after only tanking less than four punches from this creature. Even her DEF and equipment did nothing to stop its punches from wounding her grievously.

[Congratulations, you have weathered through a storm where even your life wasn’t guaranteed. Goddess Selemene has recognized your effort and decided to give you her blessings.]

[You have received the title ‘God’s Favoured’]

[You are required to find an ancient relic of Goddess Selemene to receive the full effect of blessing. A quest has been added to your quest list. The map to the ancient relic will only be provided after you accept the mission.]

“Hmm! What the fuck? Do you guys are also seeing what I am seeing?” asked the woman after reading through the notifications.

“Yeah,” Park Hanbie and the rest agreed one after another.

“Mine is Ghysynn, some hunting goddess…” the goth girl replied quietly, biting back the pain on her left abdomen.

“Ezses, the god of honor it says…” Adam said after reading through his own content.

“Etia, some god of protection and chivalry.” Said Park Hanbie.

“Goddess Selemene, goddess of miracles.” The woman said. A long silence drew through the destroyed battlefield, and the four still remained buried inside the avalanche, not bothering to get out for the time being.

“Well, at least we got something out of this. Titles are hard to come by after all.” Park Hanbie tried to look into the bright side. The cause of their motionlessness silence was their hurt ego. This single monster just went ahead, beat their asses, and trampled all over their pride and ego as system users.

More than the physical pain, they were motionlessly nursing their broken ego. Suddenly Adam broke the silence, “at least we are better than those people who ran away. I am going to complete this quest and level up as soon as possible. Then challenge this disgusting creature for a round 2. Of course, if it’s still around, that is…”

“Me too…” the goth girl said, following the lead of Adam and stood up from her buried state before limping away in the same direction Adam left. There seemed to be a unique kind of ambiance between the two, born from the aftermath of this life and death battle.

Now the remaining two, Park Hanbie and the woman, thought of what they should be doing. They also agreed with Adam’s decision, but unlike him and the goth girl, they thought deeper into this matter. The arrival of the creature, then its strength and unique skills which seemed tailor-made to counter hunters with many skills, its super reflexes. Then after it beat all of them, it didn’t kill them but left them alive before going away and then the notification about god’s blessing.

“What do you think about this?” asked Park Hanbie.

“It can’t be a coincidence. My heart tells so..”

Indeed it must not be a coincidence. Park Hanbie also had the same thought. After his brush in death and surviving it in a seemingly impossible way, he gained the system. After that, he stopped believing in coincidences. He realized that everything happens for a reason, even him surviving his death. Maybe like that time, this monster too was a test for us to gauge our strength and weakness, test orchestrated by fate.

He can’t be sure of anything.

“I am going to do what that Adam said, challenge higher level dungeons and level up… something tells me that this beast will be very problematic at a later date.” Said Park Hanbie before stood up slowly. Out of everyone, only he was fighting that monster from the beginning and also took the most of the damages. His monstrous defense was the reason why he was still alive and kicking.

From the moment he received the system, Park Hanbie decided to follow the path of a Tank. Therefore he adjusted his attribute points accordingly and even got skills matching to be a tank. He understood the need for a tank in a team. Before gaining his system, he was already challenging level 10+ dungeons. He knew the importance of a tank while going inside those.

“Then… can I follow you?” the woman said, as she too freed herself from their buried state. Park Hanbie smiled and nodded. The woman too smiled as they both walked towards a different direction than Adam and the goth girl.

…

“This is the place.” Standing at the top of a building neighbor to Kenshin’s house, two people in full-body lether outfit stood, observing the situation. These two were obviously the two assassins sent by the guild to assassinate Kenshin or at least threaten him.

“Our informant had not yet confirmed that our target returned from Tokyo. That means our opponent is going to be three hunters. Among them, only one is First Awaked. His name is Joy. The two are women who were yet to reach that kind of power level.” Sakamoto said as he laid out the plan.

“What about Fantasy? What’s her role in all this?” Clara asked in confusion. Because in Sakamoto’s plan, she didn’t saw her involvement anywhere.

“She will be a backup. If we fail, she intervenes. Remember, Clara, we are here for a hostage today so that we can force that man into a trap. Anyone will do, we should aim for the two kids in the profile given to us.” Sakamoto’s plan was detailed. As professional assassins, they don’t want to leave anything to fate and chance. Going against a hunter like Kenshin without any prior arrangement was very dangerous. As thus, today, they have decided to take a hostage just in case. Using this despicable way, they had taken the lives of many of their targets. Some of them even were super powerful hunters.

These guys weren’t even a lest bit repulsed or feel embarrassed to use such tactics because they were bred in such a way. The guild had conditioned them to take any measures possible to complete their tasks.

“Alright. I understand. We should just aim for a single target, right? That’s easy.” Declared Clara confidently as she started to stretch like a cat.

“In any case, let’s not take this thing lightly.” Sakamoto once again reminded his partner.