With a resounding boom, the shape of an infant dropped off from the left side of the monster’s body and instantly turned to ashes."No!" The creature let out a desperate scream.Adrian's eyes lit up with hope. "Let's target the right side now!" he shouted. Having succeeded in his attack, Ash's morale soared. "Alright!" he exclaimed.With a shout, Ash directed the flames in his hand toward the monster’s right side.Boom!A muffled sound resounded as the barrier on the monster’s right side was also destroyed. With both sides of the barrier destroyed, the monster let out a piercing scream. Although Ash's attack hadn’t caused it any harm, breaking its barrier was still a significant blow."Your tricks have been exposed. What else can you do now?" Adrian taunted the monster."How dare you interrupt my training! Today, you'll all perish here! Take this!" the monster roared angrily.The monster had not taken Adrian and Ash seriously before, but the pair had managed to push it into a
In the next second, the monster expelled a powerful surge of dark black gas from its mouth, resembling a tornado as it surged forward. Adrian knew that this was probably the monster's last resort. It seemed that it realized it had no chance of winning, so it wanted to pull Adrian down with it. "Hmph! What a vicious move! But unfortunately, it's useless against me! You're going to die alone!" Adrian shouted as he exchanged a glance with Ash.Following this, they both rushed toward the monster. With the barrier no longer shielding the monster, its strength had significantly diminished. It was no match for Adrian and Ash. After several exchanges, it began to lose. "Damn it! I...I can't lose! I can't lose to you!" the monster cursed while glaring at Adrian and Ash."Unfortunately, your fate is sealed. Prepare to repent in hell!" Adrian shouted."No!" the monster cried. In the next second, a horrifying force swept forth, completely engulfing and obliterating it in an instant."All d
For the following days, Adrian ran the small shop Ash helped him set up, accumulating money and gathering information about the monsters. A few uneventful days passed. Just when Adrian thought he would have to wait for a long time, something unexpected happened.One day, while Adrian was moving his stuff in the shop, he overheard some pedestrians chatting."A group of monsters attacked Meadowshire two nights ago. A monster hunter appeared and fought them off, but he himself was seriously injured..."This information immediately caught Adrian’s attention. He quickly stopped what he was doing and went to the street to listen to what others were saying. From the conversations of people passing by, he learned that the situation in Meadowshire Village was dire. Monsters had ravaged the entire place, leaving it in ruins. Many houses were destroyed, and the villagers looked disheartened as they sat in makeshift tents with dirty faces. Additionally, many of them spotted injuries of varying
Meadowshire was dark, lit only by the moon. With the help of this dim light, Adrian approached the village, but he did not enter it immediately. Instead, he first made his way to the monster hunter shrine at the village entrance. Upon arriving, he immediately noticed a sinister and eerie aura emanating from the shrine.‘Well, well. This smells like trouble to me,’ Adrian thought.Meanwhile, a few figures were gathering in the shrine."Fuck those villagers! I clearly asked them for young boys and girls, but all the old farts are the ones queuing up to give us blood. Damn it! What a bunch of fools!" one man cursed. "Alright, calm down. Haste makes waste. You asked for young boys and girls right off the bat, who would agree to that? Let's take it slow," another person said."But when will you be able to advance to level eight if we do that?" the first person questioned."Reaching level eight isn't as straightforward as it seems, so let's proceed cautiously. As long as it's fresh hu
Adrian instantly recognized them as level seven ghouls. The one disguised as a demon hunter was slightly stronger than the other.Both of the monsters underestimated Adrian and charged at him at full speed, unaware that it would ultimately lead to their demise."Hmph! Puny monsters. Do you really think you can defeat me?" Adrian snorted as he unleashed a powerful move, turning the tide of the battle in his favor. "What?!" The ghouls were taken aback. Before they knew it, Adrian's attack had already severed one of the ghouls’ arms."Argh!" The injured ghoul roared in pain. He realized that there was no way he could defeat Adrian, and now that he had lost an arm, he had to flee."Just wait! I'll come back to get my revenge!" The injured monster roared, but just as he turned around, the other ghoul rushed forward and flung him in Adrian's direction as he himself turned into a black mist and vanished."Damn it! How dare you do this to me!" the injured ghoul shouted in despair as he
Adrian had given Ash the Doomcleaver as a token to celebrate their cooperation and to make Ash stronger. "Please don't say that," Ash lamented, "If I become stronger, I can capture stronger monsters. In this way, it’ll be beneficial for you too. You have to look at the problem from a development perspective!""Alright, let's not talk about this anymore. We have some cleanup to do," Adrian said.The shrine was just at the entrance of the village. At this moment, the fighting had caught the attention of the villagers. Many of them ran over, but what greeted them was only an empty and dilapidated shrine. The statue inside stood tall, but it had lost its former majesty. Moreover, there was a line of words on the ground."The former monster slayer was a monster, and I've killed him. I've also appointed a new monster hunter to watch over this area, and from today onward, there will be no more monsters.”"What's going on?" A voice sounded.The crowd dispersed, and a team of people led
Soon after, the garrison troops conducted an on-site investigation. After that, Nathaniel left a few guards behind to protect the villagers and prevent any unforeseen events from occurring.In the following days, the village remained relatively peaceful. Even though there were some minor monster attacks from time to time, Ash managed to defeat them promptly. As time passed, the villagers gradually came to believe that there was a monster hunter guarding their village. Therefore, they collectively raised funds to refurbish the shrine.Everything seemed to be heading in a positive direction, and the affairs of Meadowshire seemed to have temporarily come to a close. However, Adrian could not shake the feeling that things were not truly resolved. It was not just the matters within the village, but even previous events had some strange aspects to them. Yet, he could not make heads or tails of it for the time being. 'Ah, screw it. I'm sure a solution will present itself when the time is
"You can jump if you want, but I'm not jumping!""Prepare to die!" the monster shouted.Just when Clayton’s group was about to get attacked, a commanding voice rang out, "Stop right there, you vile creature!""What?"The students and the monster were taken aback. They turned around and saw two figures had appeared out of nowhere. It was Ash and Adrian."Roar!" Realizing the imminent danger, the monster did not hesitate and charged toward Ash and Adrian. However, Ash was prepared. With a swing of his blade, he decapitated the monster. "Argh!" The monster screamed, and a surge of dark energy burst forth from its severed neck. The surges of dark energy resembled black snakes as they swiftly headed toward the students' orifices. Suddenly, Adrian appeared in front of the students to block the dark energy. With a thunderous roar, he dispersed the dark energy, and the monster vanished into thin air. Soon, all the monster’s minions retreated to the netherworld. In the deserted room, o