“Go.”
Upon Crone’s command, all of the scorpions instantaneously rushed at the Hunters. Screeches from the scorpions and their footsteps filled the air even though it was in the vast open desert. Seeing the numbers of the scorpions swarming them, it was as if they were backed against a wall.
“[Strength] [Versatile] [Longevity] [Haste]” Mira casted buffs on all the Hunters. She was also doing her best to also attack the scorpions.
Matthew, Isaac, Lawen and Apoel were on the frontlines, relentlessly destroying the scorpions that came their way. Matthew’s blazing sword was swung around with fury, leaving trails of flame every time he swung it.
Isaac’s jet black longsword slicing right through the armor of the scorpions. Lawen was fighting with his lance, piercing through the scorpions with great force and also with his current increased strength he punched a few
A battle had begun between the male Hunters and one Scarlett soldier. It may seem that the Hunters had the advantage, however Crone was holding his own quite well against all of them.His movements and skills are clean and precise. Even when the Hunters were able to land an attack, a barrier that Crone had casted on himself protected him from any attacks, allowing him to easily counter them. Yuki, Rose, Mira and Cecilia were worried about their chances of getting out of this alive.“Can we really not help them?” Mira asked.Yuki wanted to answer yes, but she had just remembered something. She glanced back to where the scorpions were, and that beast was still there. “The tamsarah.” She said under her breath. Then she looked at Rose and called her out. “Rose.”Rose turned to Yuki, confused. Yuki just had an idea, she was not sure if it would work or not but it was wo
“What… Happened?” Matthew’s voice was weak. He saw Crone walking not far from him.“I did not think that even one of you could injure me by this much, but I thought wrong.” Crone walked slowly past him.Matthew saw what he looked like. Half his clothes were burnt away and was still smoking. A part of his exposed body was also charred but it was slowly healing. Once he was past, Matthew could no longer see him.“You all held out for a good amount of time, and I was told to not kill you just yet. You all will be useful later, but this girl…” Matthew could not see him, but Crone walked up to Rose. “This girl might be useful to be kept with us for now.Her pink hair was partly colored red with blood. Crone was about to touch it when a spark of electricity shocked his fingers.“Don't. Touch. Me.” Rose softly sai
Scorpions were all around him, Freeze was still swinging his battle axe around like crazy to fend them off. Even the scorpion guards were not able to attack him. However, he was getting exhausted.“Huff, I really should do more stamina exercises.” He said to himself. Something inside him stirred restless and he noticed it. “Alright, let’s switch it up then.”With one last powerful swing, he knocked all of the scorpions around him away. Freeze crouched and touched the now cold sand underneath him.“[Summoning Magic: Come Forth, Scorpid!]” A very large magic circle formed underneath him. The circle was yellow in color and was about 4 meter in radius. Out of the circle came out a large beast.It had light blue skin and just from the look of it alone, it was very strong and thick. It took the form of a toad or frog with a turtle head and a scorpion tail as well a
VWOOM!Space warped and condensed somewhere in the open desert, then out came Matthew and the others out of that warped space. Matthew slowly opened his eyes. “Did it work?” He asked himself. He looked around and saw the city gate and wall in the distance. He assumed that they made it.“Heyy! You guys made it!” Isaac welcomed their arrival.“Isaac!” Matthew was happy to see him make it as well.“I’m glad we all made it safe and sound.” Mira said.Apoel intercepted her and spoke up. “I wouldn’t exactly call what happened back there as safe and sound.”“At least we’re alive. That’s what counts.” Yuki said. “I’m tired. Come on.” She walked towards the gate that was not too far in the distance.Matthew looked at Yuki with a confus
“Liaaaaa!!” Gustav and Emilia ran and hugged Cecilia as soon as she got down from the carriage they took. Cecilia was nothing but shocked with their action.“Lia, we were so worried. You were gone for more than a month!” Emilia said while holding the cheeks of her daughter.“I’m fine mom.” Her words were not clearly delivered because her mouth was being squished by her mother. She took down her mother’s hands herself to talk properly. “What are you two doing here anyway? Why aren’t you at the main mansion?”“Well, you’ve been out for a month, so the work over here was not done. So I came over to settle them.” Gustav said.Cecilia was surprised but also not. “I’m sorry! I didn’t know there’s so much work.”“No, there’s actually not that much.”
A few days after Matthew and the others returned.Matthew was on his morning stroll around the town. This town was different from the one in the Crystal's territory. This town was a bit more advanced looking. With many magic items and weapons shops, including a few saloons and a theater.Matthew always enjoyed looking around. Seeing the diversity of races in this world has always been fascinating. People with fur, animal ears, scales, long ears, huge beards, short and tall, everyone was very unique.He was only wearing a normal shirt. He did not bring any of his equipment nor his magic imbued clothing. He could feel the autumn breeze blowing on his face, cooling it down. He passed in front of a certain shop and its owner immediately called out to him once she saw.“Hey, Matthew!” Leyla waved her hand high at Matthew.Matthew was quite surprised when did. “Leyla?
Yuki was sitting on the couch in the living room, chilling by the fireplace. There were maids at certain corners of the room who were mopping the floor. Yuki munched on biscuits while reading. Her legs were crossed on top of the coffee table and her hair was let down, unlike her usual ponytail.She heard the door being opened and glanced at it. One of the maids that were nearby opened it and let a certain guy in. His clothes were tattered and he had bruises on his body. Yuki decided to welcome him home.“Welcome back Matthew.”Matthew was already making his way towards Yuki upon seeing her. “Thanks.”“How did the training go today?”“Oh well you know, got beat up and lectured a bit. Like usual.” Matthew did not sit down since that would make the couch dirty.“I see, so you still can’t do it?”
Yuki rested her back on a wall in the hallway after she ran out of the library. She closed her eyes and took deep breaths. Her heart was pounding out of nervousness.“What is wrong with me?” Yuki whispered to herself. Yuki wanted to bang her head on the wall, but that would be stupid. “Why did I say that?”Why did she have to be mad about it? She knows it herself, she’s only her rank by name. Other than that, she’s nothing. The last team that she had joined, all of them died. Only she was alive.Ever since then, she had been moving alone. With the ability she gained, she was able to grind a lot of low risk quests. She had only been lying to them. She was not strong at all. All she could do was order others around, but she can’t do anything herself.She’s only a burden, but she hid that fact from them. She’s always wondered why she hadn’t lef
At the edge of the pit, it was them. A total of nine of the Scarlett family members.From the right, a woman with long red hair and black and white dress was casting a healing spell on Bilgrae. A male elf in full black armour with a star shaped bang of three red points and two white points and his black hair was split in the middle. A demon with dark violet hair and a pair of horns at the side of her head and wore a jet black skin tight suit which exposed certain parts, Crymillia. In the middle, it was a man with short bright red hair wearing a black and gold robe. Then, a man with black hair in a red and black suit. Another demon with about the same features as Crymillia except that his hair was short and he wore a black cloak over his suit. Then there was a man with spiky red hair in a red robe with a high collar, Crone, the one that Matthew and his friends fought at the Great Sandcastle. Finally, there was the black feathered avian human, Skystorm.Seeing Skystorm in good health, M
Confronting Bilgrae now was what he expected to see from a Dragon Emperor.Matthew was now at maximum output of his astra and all of it was condensed in his body. Bright red scales covered his entire body and he grew slightly in size. His muscles became more toned and also increased in size. A pair of horns of a darker tone of red grew out of his forehead that curved to the back of his head. Both of his eyes were glowing golden as his hair was.“Let’s finish this!” Matthew did not delay any further. He couldn’t maintain this form for long so he must finish the fight quickly.Matthew dashed toward Bilgrae who was ready for Matthew. Their fists clashed again and this time, not only was Bilgrae pushed back, he felt pain in his knuckles. Matthew was much stronger than before and far faster too. Utilising his speed, Matthew went for another punch to Bilgrae’s gut.“Oof!” Bilgrae got the air knocked out of him with the first hit.Matthew followed up with a barrage of punches. Bilgrae truly
After being blown away by Skystorm’s wind, Matthew regained his footing and was met with the big lizardman, Bilgrae Scarlett. Bilgrae had a smirk on his face. Matthew stood up and faced Bilgrae, but his eyes were not on him. Matthew’s eyes fell on Falynx in the far distance.“Are you still concerned about that monster?” Bilgrae asked with his deep voice.Matthew looked at Bilgrae now. “It’s hard to know which one is the monster here.”“Heh, you’re right. All of us are monsters deep inside. It just takes one misstep to turn a person into one. You’ve been there too.”“No I haven’t.”“Maybe not to you. But the whole world saw you as one. Now that monster suddenly turned into an emperor and they suddenly glorified you, while some still hate you of course.”“Hmph.” Matthew huffed.“You’re angry with me, I understand. I purposely did not kill that beast. Out of compassion.”“Don’t lie. You Scarletts don’t know what that means.”Bilgrae wasn’t smiling anymore. “You don’t know how merciful fa
Akame and Skystorm were separated from Matthew and Bilgrae. Akame stood up after being blown away by the powerful gust of wind created by Skystorm. Their eyes met. Both of their irises were bright red and gazed deeply.“I will be your foe, Red Cardinal.” Skystorm said.“What relic will you take? What will you use it for?” Akame asked.“Straight to the questions huh… That’s not any of your business. Why would you care what we take anyway if you’ll die?”“To evaluate whether it’s worth fighting for or not.”“Hmm, a smart choice. If you don't want to fight, then I shant confront you. Sadly, it seems that Lord Dragunov disagrees with you. If he is in the way, then we must remove him. I don’t think that leaves you an option now.”Backing out from this would mean that Matthew will be fighting two people. If they weren’t among the Scarlett Army’s strongest, it probably wouldn’t be hard for him to deal with alone. Both of their foes were really strong and Akame had no expectation of defeating
After their encounter with Falynx, they reached an agreement to conduct an investigation as they intended. Falynx had flown back to the surface on its own. Matthew and Akame headed to the temple and arrived at the front door.For some reason, even though they were underground, it was as clear as day down here. It was not dark and not too bright either, like a cloudy day.There were stairs that led to the door and the walls in the area were already partially destroyed. Some of the stairs were also gone. The giant door was made of stone and seemed to be intact with little cracks around the hinges.Matthew pushed one of the doors open. It was surprisingly heavy so Matthew had to lean into it to move it. Akame went inside first and inspected the place. There was a stage and a podium carved out of stone at the end of the great hall. A mural was carved out of the wall behind the stage depicting a supposed god holding the sun in his hands.Matthew left the door open and joined Akame to look
In the middle of the desert, there were two figures running across the sands. Clouds of sand were left behind in their quick steps. The cloak provided by the minister was really working. No sand was sticking onto them.“We’re getting close.” Matthew informed Akame.Almost two hours have passed since they left the city. Many monsters came their way but they were easily dealt with. It caused a little delay but not enough to affect their momentum. Falynx’s presence was still about 10 kilometres away.“Be ready for battle.” Akame said.“Remember though, don’t kill it.” Matthew reminded her.A few minutes later, a gigantic figure could be seen flying in the sky. The creature had the body of a snake, the head of a crocodile and six pairs of batwings. Its yellow eyes with black vertical slits looked down at the incoming people below.Falynx bowed its head and began descending. Matthew and Akame saw this as an engagement in battle. Matthew called out the Dragoknight to his arms and increased
The sun was already high up in the sky in the Capital City of Kubalt. The weather was hot and dry as usual in San Coro. The street around this particular area was not that busy since it was right in front of the Palace of Al-Jauhara. One would occasionally see knights patrolling the area. Akame was waiting under the intense heat of the sun. She had covered herself in a large black cloth to protect herself from the heat. The guards out here only wore light armour compared to the ones inside, probably because their armour would be too hot to wear outside. Not too long after, she finally saw the one she was waiting for. Matthew was jogging toward her. He wore his long sleeved red hooded jacket and an orange shirt under it and a pair of black pants. He also had his usual travelling backpack with him. “Phew, sorry, did you wait long?” “Not too long. Did you not use a teleportation scroll?” Akame asked. “I did, but the closest one was to Yanbue City. Neither Platinum nor Rose were famil
“What brings you here, Akame?” Matthew asked.Just a few moments ago, Akame had arrived in front of Platinum’s cave. Someone like who was a Coloured Hunter, passing through the Blackwood Forest and up the cold mountain was not a problem. Or not.Akame was hugging herself to keep warm but it was not helping at all. “Achoo! C-can we talk somewhere warmer?”“Oh, come on in.” Matthew invited her inside.Akame went in and they both made their way to the living room. Matthew didn't think that it was alright to bring her to the others directly. The living room had a fire to keep them warm, so here was enough.“Ah~” Akame warmed herself up by the fire and put her hands out.“So, what are you doing here without equipment to survive on a mountain? Certainly you didn’t come to interview us?” Matthew asked.“Queen Cleopatra sent me. We will investigate the ruin she mentioned together.” Akame said with the same emotionless voice as usual.“Cleopatra? Well, I was gonna head there in a few days anyw
Matthew and Rose arrived at the foot of the mountain just by the Blackwood Forest where they dropped off of the carriage while Guinevere headed back to her palace. It was already very late in the afternoon when they got to the forest. Matthew carried Rose's luggage in hands while he also wore his backpack."I can carry my own stuff." Rose said."No, I will carry them for you. Anyway, are you sure you'll be fine?""My magic resistance is quite high. I also know how to disperse mana if it does accumulate inside me. How long exactly is it going to take to get up there again?" Rose looked up at the ledge near the mountain peak where Platinum's abode was."Well, usually only a few hours if you're moving at my usual speed. If we're walking though, a few days at least." Matthew said."But we're not walking, right?" Rose asked."Nope." As Matthew replied, a shadow flew past over them.A jade green dragon circled them as she descended to the ground nearby. Upon landing, the dragon folded its w