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
“KHIEEKK!!” On Noso’s command, the entire army of insects charged at the group of three.Seeing them running in, Matthew, Bartolo, and Mala also charged to attack. Matthew was in front, heading straight for his target, Noso. Bartolo and Mala were to fend the other insects off while Matthew dealt with Noso. Only after that will Matthew join them and exterminate the insects.Matthew and Noso met in the middle of everything and their clash began. Matthew threw a powerful punch at Noso that Noso was able to block. This punch was supposed to knock Noso out of the chamber and into another, so that the other insects wouldn’t interrupt them.But that didn’t happen, Noso was able to take the full brunt of Matthew’s attack and only skidded back a bit. As for Matthew, his knuckles were hurting from punching Noso.“You got tougher, huh?” Matthew said to Noso.“My body is much much stronger now.” Noso said with a smile which was shown by his mandibles moving upward.“I will destroy you all the sam
While their master was dealing with the insect king, Bartolo and Mala were engaged in combat with the entire army of insects that Noso sent. Rain was currently out of the fight for now. Bartolo and Mala were both in their chimaera mode and looked nothing like they usually do.Bartolo had a larger body that was covered in thick white fur. His feet were like a cat’s with huge and sharp claws. He had two right arms but still one left arm that was all muscular. His third arm was scaly while the other arms were also covered in white fur. He had one horn growing from his forehead like a demon’s. And his eyes were black with red irises.Mala was still about her normal size and covered in light blue scales. She was swift and agile while moving and fast on her feet. Her eyes were yellow with black irises and her hair was longer. She had a long tail to help her balance herself while moving fast. She had sharp talons for hands and lizard-like feet.They were both managing somehow to hold back th
In the lower chamber, Noso was engaged in combat with a very different opponent. The foe he faced was the same person, but the vibe was entirely different. Noso was forced to use his astra in order to fight back against the Dragon Emperor.Noso hadn’t used astra since he killed the last of the insect generals. He didn’t need to. His armour was already too tough for almost anything to break through, so he didn’t bother to use astra to enhance himself further.But now Noso was forced to use astra again to withstand Matthew’s onslaught even though his armour was the toughest it has ever been. It simply showed how powerful Matthew was in his current form. Even with self enhancement, Noso was feeling pain and shock with every punch Matthew threw at him.(What is with his strength? Where is he getting it from? He couldn’t even scratch my body before, but now I can feel cracks forming even with body enhancement. Who is this man, really?)Noso was being pushed back by Matthew’ overwhelming st