After their short dispute, Matthew, Rain, Gon, and the tomb’s guardian, Theraphosa, were heading inside the very tomb. They were not in the tomb yet, they were walking through a hall that was partially destroyed. Theraphosa was in the lead.“My lord always loved creating unique equipment and devices. Most of them work, and some of them were defective products. The Celestial Gears were the last equipment that my lord made. At the cost of his life.” Theraphosa told them of the history of the Gears from her personal experience.“My lord sacrificed his own life for the sake of billions more. With the creation of the Celestial Gears, a band of heroes were supposed to defeat the Scarlett King. Twelve pieces of equipment, for one life. He really sacrificed himself for the greater good. His own life.” Theraphosa kept repeating the same context. It was getting annoying Rain but he said nothing.“The Gears were not meant for ordinary people to use. Some died during the testing phase but those w
“So, care to explain?” Theraphosa, the human-spider hybrid, asked while putting her face only an inch from Matthew’s face.Matthew was scared and took a step back from her. Theraphosa only got closer to him.“Blair, Draco Blair, the Dragon Emperor of destruction. His name, Blair, was in your name. On top of that, you are a draconic humanoid. Who are you really?” Theraphosa interrogated him.(Why was she angry?) Matthew thought in his mind.Matthew threw away the question in his head and answered her question. “Well, to tell you the truth, I really did not know I’m a dragon human. I just know that I am Draco Blair’s descendant. Which is why the door scanned me as ‘Blair’ even though I didn’t mention that, probably.”Theraphosa was surprised. It was clearly written on her expression. “Y-you’re a descendant?!” Her voice echoed in the chamber.Matthew nodded. “Yes. I think it’s fine to do it here. [Dispel].” Upon his command, Matthew’s facial appearance changed first followed by his hand.
A flood of mist quickly filled the room. Matthew, Rain, Theraphosa, and Gon were surprised to see this sudden event. Out of all of them, only Rain was able to act immediately in this situation while the others were utterly confused.“[Breeze]!” Rain casted a wind spell that blew away all of the mist.When the wind cleared the mist, an unbelievable sight was revealed. The room that was once filled with weapons and equipment, it was now half empty while the other half had dog sized ants carrying the weapons out of the chamber.“What the-?!” Matthew was shocked when he saw that.The ants paid them no heed and kept on with what they were doing. More mist was coming in from outside. The moment the mist covered an ant, it completely hid the ant’s presence.“Is this magic?” Gon asked.“No way. I didn't even sense them through my webs!” Theraphosa, who had set up webs all over the tunnel as part of her home, somehow did not notice anything passing through.“Less asking, more killing. Take out
Matthew, Rain, Gon, and Theraphosa were gathered by the entrance to the tomb after they managed to drive away the insect king named Noso. They regrouped inside the tomb and discussed their next action.“I can’t believe that you were able to crack that monster’s armour. As expected of Lord Matthew!” Theraphosa praised him with shining eyes.“Yeah, you were really strong. He ran away right after getting punched.” Gon said.Rain was also impressed but he asked Matthew a question instead of praising him. “Still, if you could’ve beaten him, why didn’t you do it? You could’ve finished him off.”Matthew shook his head from side to side. “I wasn’t confident. I put all of the power I could conjure into that one punch and it only cracked his shell. His armour is definitely tougher adamantite. My hand hurt from punching him too.” Matthew showed his right hand that still had a tingling sensation.“I couldn’t think of any way to deal with him. Of course, I didn’t use my best attack, but it was by
Around the same time while Matthew, Rain and Gon had just left, the chimaera siblings were managing the safe camp. Mala had finished treating all of the goblins’ injuries. Bartolo was currently cooking a meal for everyone. Potolo was talking to an old goblin, probably the chieftain.It was the chieftain that approached Potolo first. Potolo noticed the goblin and turned around to face him. “Is something the matter?” Potolo asked him.“Excuse me, mister.” The goblin was not speaking the common tongue, Omnian.But Potolo was able to understand the goblin’s language. “Eldwan, huh?”Eldwan was the ancient language used by both dwarves and elves. In the modern era, their languages branched into two languages known as simply dwarven and elven. They still share some similarity though.After knowing the language, Potolo decided that he should speak the same language . “Is something the matter?” He asked again.“Ah- we, we are truly thankful that you came to aid us. I thank you on behalf of my
Several hours later, Matthew returned with Rain and Gon by his side. Their return was welcomed by the chimaera siblings, and the chieftain and Oug. The other goblins didn’t seem to have much of a reaction.“Master, you’ve returned!” Of course, Potolo was the most enthusiastic.“Hey, we’re back. Anything happened while we were gone?” Matthew asked Potolo who came to greet him.Potolo was slightly shocked to hear that Matthew asked since Rain was the one that had been acting as the leader until now. Something must’ve happened. It also made Potolo happier too.“Nothing at all master. No signs of insects and the residents are quite cooperative. We've had no problems so far.” Potolo reported.“Good then. We encountered the enemy commander when we went to the tomb.”“The commander?”“Yes. An ironclad beetle by the name of Noso. His armour is extremely tough and also wields surprisingly high intellect.” Rain spoke up. It made Potolo frown at him.“We already formed a plan to deal with him. W
Rain’s POVIn all my time of being a Hunter, I have always been alone. I have worked together with others in my four centuries of Hunting, but it was always brief. I never considered them comrades, let alone friends.I won’t have to worry about others if I move alone, nor will they worry about me. I am strong. I don’t need protection. I don’t need help. And yet I find myself in a difficult position recently.I recall that moment. The moment when I could’ve died had Lady Platinum not interfered. The moment where I could not do anything. The moment when I realised I was weak. The elites among the Scarletts, they were opponents even the Dragon Emperors were wary of. Opponents that even the best Hunters, the Five Colours, could not beat alone.I heard that Sara also faced a Scarlett elite during the battle. She practically lost but was saved by Rin Blair, a Dragon Emperor and a Legendary rank Hunter. Meaning that the Scarlett elites were at least their level. A level that I was never deem
My fight with the insect king, Noso, had started. Using agility and speed, I kept dodging all of his attacks. He could not even touch me but at the same time, I could not injure him either. As I was slashing and cutting him, I noticed that his shell is slightly lighter in colour now. It was almost silver.Perhaps he’s grown stronger? It didn’t matter though because the method we came up with is going to work no matter what.Noso’s only perk was his defence and strength. His speed, agility, and reflex are very low compared to mine. I’ve been in this line of work for centuries while you were only born a year ago. You are still inexperienced despite having intelligence.I moved out of the small tunnel and into the large nest. It was like an ant colony’s nest with many other chambers connected by tunnels. Each chamber housed different species of insect and even non-insect. This was not possibly natural to see many different species work together.Leaving such thoughts aside, I focused on