Chapter 30: Calamity: Peerless

Her right hand wielded the Crescent Moon weapon, and her left hand held onto the outside of the helicopter. The vengeance spirit from the Red Gate, Etherzalle.

“Human!”

Etherzalle low stern voice was caused everyone in the helicopter to bleed from their ears.

Arghh–

Akhhh–

The pilot and copilot instinctively took off their hands from the cyclic control to cover their ears from the pain.

The helicopter became unstable. It started to shake, then spin at a slow pace, and finally fell to the ground.

Weng, Kaboom!

The Hellhounds didn’t even bother to take a look despite the commotion at the back. They kept chasing the combat hunter that ran to the ice gate.

While everything seemed fine to the hunters on the ground, it was not the same for the spellcaster hunter that stands at the top of the ice gate. He clearly could see what was happening toward the soldiers on the helicopter that had just fallen.

“W-What w-was… that… !?”

The spellcaster hunter was murmuring with a terrified state.

No one except him, witnessing the entire shocking event of the fallen helicopter in the blink of an eye.

The spellcaster hunter wanted to help the soldiers. But, since the distance was far away at the back of the Hellhounds horde, his magic spell couldn’t reach them.

However, after the helicopter crashed to the ground, the spellcaster hunter swallowed hard and trembled with fear. He began to feel the difference in Mana between them and the creature that infiltrated the helicopter from before.

Of course, he couldn’t tell the exact gap between them in Mana difference. Yet, he was still sure they couldn’t beat the creature. Although, two versus one situations might occur later on.

The dust cloud soon subsided around the fallen helicopter.

Hosh, Hosh–

“Akh, my leg!”

“Ughh, It’s hurt!”

The soldiers cried out in agony. Luckily, all of them inside there were still alive after the unexpected incursion.

Well…, eventually, that good thing wouldn’t last long enough.

Fufufu–

“Now time for the bloodbath, human!”

Etherzalle spoke in a sinister tone along with a mischievous laugh. Causing the soldiers frightened and making them remember their ears’ pain previously, ignoring the current wounds from the fallen helicopter.

All the soldiers’ had an uneasiness when they saw Etherzalle. A spirit being that filled with a vicious aura around her. Powerful enough to suffocate them.

The Crescent Moon weapon on Etherzalle’s right hand started swinging around inside the fallen helicopter. She slaughtered people as smoothly as chopping tofu.

Swoosh, Zret–

The blood of the soldiers that got cut was splattering everywhere inside the helicopter.

“Keuhk!”

“Arghh!”

The soldiers were in hopeless condition faced the Spirit creature. They couldn’t even touch or wound her. An ordinary against Mana, they were not comparable.

Almost everyone in the helicopter died except for the commander, who only lost his left arm after getting slashed with the Crescent Moon weapon.

Buarhhgg–

The commander vomited blood. Apart from that, blood was also coming out of the ears and eyes. Plus the severed left arm. It was miserable shapes of him.

Hosh, Hosh–

“F-Fu** you, m-monster!”

Buarhhgg, Uhuk–

The commander tried to speak even though he had lost a lot of blood while coughing. He despised all these creatures that attempted to invade the human world.

His eyes dimmed. Then gathered all his last remaining strength to shoot at the Spirit creature with an M18 pistol.

Creack, Dors–

Point-blank shot on Etherzalle’s head.

Teng!

Yet, the fast bullet easily got deflected by Etherzalle.

Jleb–

Etherzalle stabbed two sharp points from the Crescent Moon weapon to the commander’s neck. But not deep enough to separate the head from the body. Thus, streams of blood poured out of the commander’s mouth.

What Etherzalle did to the commander put him into despair. He looked at her in full anger because this slow death was the worst end for him.

Fufufu–

“That eyes, human. That is what I’m looking for.”

Etherzalle smiled widely, seeing the stare from the human. The commander’s gaze was full of vengeance from the unfair death.

Fufufu–

Sret–

Etherzalle pulled out the Crescent Moon weapon from the commander’s neck. Letting him die, struggle till his final moment.

“Humans are too fragile.”

Suddenly, Etherzalle shifted her gaze to a place that seemed to give the Hellhounds a hard time. She then walked away, leaving the bloody helicopter, casually going to the ice gate.

On top of the ice gate, the spellcaster hunter didn’t have time to worry about the other matter after the helicopter crashed. He needed to support the other hunter to defend and kill the Hellhounds as much as they could.

“Magic of Ice, Rain of Arrow!”

Zret, Shew–

A few small chunks of sharp ice popped out in the air and began showering to the ground. It was enough to kill one or two Hellhounds.

Even with the spell hunter’s efforts to help, the combat hunter in the passageway of ice gates had not an easy encounter with the Hellhounds.

“Ah, darn it! What happened at the back there?! Why did these Hellhounds become more aggressive than before?!”

The combat hunter’s sight was getting blocked by a bunch of Hellhounds that jumped respectively on him. So, he didn’t know the helicopter had collapsed already, despite hearing the blast when running back to the ice gate earlier.

Zrut, Tang–

The combat hunter was hitting in an unconventional move with the Battle Axe to repel the Hellhounds. Sometimes it hit the Hellhounds’ bodies. The other time, it could only hit their claws or their teeth.

Although, due to the wild beast’s mob. The combat hunter could not control his attack and manage the surroundings any more. Thus, he only tried his best to persevere. Luckily, he had Mana spare left more than the spellcaster, causing his stamina not to drop at a fast rate.

The hunters expected the Hellhounds would become more ferocious the more time had passed.

However…,

“Huh??”

The Hellhounds swiftly stopped pushing forward and backing away from the hunters. It made them confused with the beast’s unusual behavior.

While the Hellhounds gradually withdraw. The beasts open up a path in the middle. Separate them into two sides, setting up a line directly to the ice gate passage.

There was something about these odd occurrences. And the spellcaster hunter was the first one that understood the purpose behind the Hellhound’s action.

“W-We can’t b-beat… T-That m-monster.”

The spellcaster hunter stuttered while watching at the open spot between the separated Hellhounds. He recalled the helicopter incident from before.

Confused, the combat hunter immediately asked his temporary partner.

“What are you talking about!?”

Suddenly, both of the hunters were shivering. They could feel the Mana presence bigger than them getting closer.

The spellcaster hunter, who had almost run out of Mana, was got overwhelmed with ease. At the same time, unlike him, the combat hunter could still withstand that kind of pressure.

The combat hunter gripped the Battle Axe firmly with both of his arms. And he released the Mana presence too. Even though it was not strong enough, he didn’t want to get intimidated by the enemy, trying to fight with everything he had.

Fufufu–

“Another weakling. Instead, this time is stronger than that girl.”

Etherzalle compared the two C-rank hunters in front of her to the D-rank hunter that she killed back then.

The combat hunter fell for Etherzalle provocation. He roared and instantly used his artifact weapon ability.

Hyaaa!

“Battle Hunger!”

The Battle Axe became heavier, covered with a blue light. The light was a boost from his Mana presence to increase the weapon damage output.

Hop–

The combat hunter jumped on toward Etherzalle.

“W-Wait!”

The spellcaster hunter was surprised by the combat hunter’s abrupt movement.

Tep–

Etherzalle was performing the same move as the combat hunter.

Yet, rather than the combat hunter taking the initiative. It was Etherzalle who closed the gap by jumping in alignment towards the combat hunters.

This situation certainly shocked the combat hunter. But, he still maintained his action, hitting the vengeance spirit with the Battle Axe.

Bang!

The Battle Axe and the Crescent Moon weapon colliding. It was causing a shockwave strong enough to shatter the Namdaemun Gate.

Some of the Hellhounds that were close to the collision got thrown away from the strong wave.

The two hunters also received heavy blows and were sent flying backward, leaving a series of marks on the ground during the thrown.

Meanwhile, Etherzalle, who was also on the scene, was perfectly fine. She stood still without suffering any injuries.

Etherzalle was smiling with her blazing red eyes.

The hunters stood up from where they had got blown away. Even though they were injured, it didn’t make them lose consciousness.

The spellcaster hunter was heavily wounded in his left arm and could no longer move his hand. Meanwhile, the combat hunter’s left eye was the one that got damaged. Additionally, almost all over their bodies got bruises too.

Fufufu–

“Go to the afterlife, human!”

The hunters’ plight was undoubtedly in danger. They fought a peerless creature who could defeat them with absolute ease.

It was a zero chance of survival moment.