Adrian raised Dragonbane into the air, lodged the sword into the monster’s foot, and rolled away from the attack. As the monster jumped from the pain, Adrian held up his hand and recalled Dragonbane to his grasp. He then jumped above the monster’s head and slashed its neck. Slash!Drangonbane managed to slice into the monster's weakest part. Screaming in agony, the monster lashed out and tried to grab Adrian. However, he had already retreated to a safe distance. The pain the monster felt infuriated it. The monster stared at Adrian with its deadly gaze as it swung its scythe once more. It was going to be difficult for Adrian to eliminate the monster thoroughly. More importantly, he could not find any weakness that would allow him to kill the creature with a single strike. Thus, he could only return to dodging the monster's attacks while looking for another opportunity.But Adrian’s stamina was depleting, while the monster’s seemed endless. It tirelessly launched attacks, each on
All living beings had emotions, be they gods or humans. And Adrian's provocation was aimed at the Creator who was controlling the monster. After all, he was the only one who could make the monster more powerful.Sure enough, the large shadow in the sky suddenly shifted, revealing a human face. It had eyes and a mouth, laughing away as it hovered above Adrian. A voice came down, saying, "Puny human. I'm going to destroy you for challenging me, your creator.""Hmph! So you've finally decided to show yourself, huh?" Adrian said with a smile. "Grim, kill him!" the giant face yelled. The monster called Grim suddenly went on a rampage, launching another volley of attack at Adrian. The monster had no idea that was exactly what he wanted. Adrian retreated a hundred meters till they arrived by a lake near the school. Grim continued to chase after Adrian until the latter stopped by the water. The monster tried to stomp Adrian once more, but he quickly jumped over to the opposite side of
After the face disappeared, Adrian heaved a sigh of relief. He sat on Grim's corpse to catch his breath. His clothes were completely drenched, and he was exhausted. However, he did not dare rest for too long as he was unsure of the situation at Gold Haven. After a few minutes, Adrian got up and was about to leave, when he spotted something black on Grim's body. The thing was lodged in Grim's head as if someone had performed surgery to implant it on the monster. It was a black metal block with runes on it, similar to the ones Adrian had seen in the past. "This again?" He frowned. Adrian carved out the stone with his sword and held it in his hand. The stone was the size of a goose's egg with runes all over it. This was not his first time coming across such a stone. The first time was at the basement in St.Elmer's Church, the second being at the top of the Apex Obelisk. However, this one had different runes. "Is this used to control the monsters?" he muttered.Adrian quickly push
The humans were now exhausted. Many were so tired they could no longer stand up, close to being useless in battle. They were incapable of aiming and pulled their triggers mindlessly, causing their bullets to fly all over the place. The majority of them did not possess any combat experience. Watching the monsters crash into the defensive walls, Oliver shouted, "Rozi, do you have any ideas? The walls will be destroyed soon!"Rozi answered as she slayed another bird monster, "We've got reinforcements on the way.""What?" Oliver was stunned, and so were the others. They looked toward the city outskirts and saw a container truck rushing toward them. Several fully geared women were crouched on top of the truck, shooting at the surrounding monsters with excellent marksmanship. They wasted not a single bullet. Every shot hit one monster in the head.The truck ran over the monsters that stood in its way, barreling down the street and sending monsters flying. Upon arriving at the vicinity
Everyone retreated and ran for the underground parking lot. The city walls began to tremble even more now that nobody was defending them. It would not be long before they were destroyed. Oliver and Cian joined the other survivors in retreating.As the temporary defensive walls crumbled, the survivors dove into the parking lot, closing the fire-resistant doors behind them. The whole place was pitch-black, and everyone crumpled onto the floor, gasping raspily. "Everyone managed to retreat," Oliver said through his communicator.Padraig yelled out, "Ms. Helen! Everyone is safe and the walls have come down!" Helen returned to the truck and said, "Sisters, get in!" "Okay!"The women leaped into the air and grabbed the top of the truck with one hand, firing their guns at the surrounding monsters with the other. Padraig and his men felt like puking as they sat in the rattling container, unaccustomed to battling in such a crude way. Bam!!! The truck flew over the rubble of the wal
The number of monsters slowly dwindled until there were less than a hundred of them left. An hour later, carcasses littered the city, with only a couple more monsters lurking on the streets. Thanks to the snipers, they were able to take down every last one of them. "All monsters killed. Mission complete," one of the women on the high ground reported. Everyone smiled happily and high-fived each other in celebration. However, their clothes were heavily drenched in green monster blood. "Good work, everyone," Helen said with a smile. Rozi heaved a sigh of relief and landed on a street.Helen and her sisters approached Rozi. Reaching out her hand, Helen said with a smile, "You fight pretty well. You're an immortal, aren't you? My name's Helen. Nice to meet you."Rozi, now used to modern greetings, reached out her hand and shook Helen's. "I'm genuinely mesmerized by how well you all work together. My name's Abioye Rozi. Please, call me Rozi, and it's a pleasure to meet you all.""
"Let's keep it short.” Adrian waved.Helen smiled wryly as she thought of their lives that were filled with twists and turns. She said, "Monarch Crystal gave us jobs after you saved us and sent us to Delven County. We lived our lives in peace for a while. We just got settled into ordinary life and were about to find life partners when suddenly everyone in the county disappeared, including many of our sisters. We found this place after we left the county, but what's happening?"Although Helen and the others had plucked up the courage to face whatever battles awaited them, they had no idea who or what they were up against.Adrian felt consoled after hearing her story. The Creator's reset was completely random, which meant everyone had a fifty percent chance of surviving the reset. The chaos was great, but he had a few advantages. Many talented people had been left behind and could be added to his forces. If the Creator could select who he wanted to reset, he would surely have erased t
Adrian gave everyone their assignments before they got into their respective trailers and left Gold Haven. There was a heavy mood in the air, and nobody knew how much longer they could last.***Although the world had been reset, the survivors had not lost hope. As Adrian and the others departed from Gold Haven, Jerome was bringing down all the monsters in Yelloton. The city had ample resources, and Jerome was using these resources to link up all the safe zones within the city. On top of that, he was trying to restore the power. It was the only way to reactivate the wireless signals. They needed to maintain contact with the outside world if they wished to defend the place. Jerome had no intention of leaving Yelloton. He wanted to secure the place before even thinking about going anywhere else, and he was not the only one bust at work. Evercrest Mountain was located at one of the ten military strategic points of Novemton's natural moat. This place was between Northern Navia and Ex