Knights in silver armour were marching in a formation. Each of them synchronized their footsteps as they marched into the mouth of the open gate of a castle. Carts carrying edible goods were being checked by other knights before letting them pass through.
The carts stopped in front of a storage house where they were stopped by a pair of knights on duty. The knights took a glance at the goods and at the receipt handed by the merchant.
After that, the merchant parked his cart in the back of the storage house where he usually would. He got down from the carriage and checked his surroundings. Then he moved to the back of the cart and flipped.
“Hey, I think it’s safe to come out.” He whispered.
A pair of eyes took a peek and observed the surroundings first before coming out. He silently came down from the back of the cart while still watching his surroundings. Once he was sure, he faced
A few days later.Rose had significantly recovered from her trauma thanks to Matthew. Now she was sitting in the library, reading books as she usually would on a normal day. The book she was reading was titled: King of Chaos, The Scarlett King.The contents were about the characteristics of Leviticus Scarlett, his life story, his uprising and his end. Details including his family and empire were also written. Rose had the past few days learning about it.The door squeaked open and Matthew entered the library. He looked at the wall where the paint was not really matching in colour to the rest of it. Then he walked towards the table where Rose was sitting.“What volume are you on now?” He asked as he pulled a chair opposite of Rose to sit on.“The last one. It’s just everything about the Scarlett War.”“So quick! Do you read
Inside a room with five people, three were sitting on a couch, one person was sitting in a chair behind a desk and another stood beside him. There was a coffee table in between the couch and the desk.Matthew, Cecilia and Rose stared at the person behind the desk in silence. Jack was looking at a few pages inside the files on his desk while Sara stood and watched them. After some time, Jack finally sorted all the papers and set the files aside.He interlocked his fingers and glanced over the faces of the Hunters in front of him. After getting a good look, he finally spoke. “First and foremost, I welcome you. It’s not everyday that I myself do a promotion interview.”The young Hunters’ faces were tense. Clearly, they were nervous. Of course they were, who wouldn’t be? Jack understood this feeling long ago every time he went to a promotion interview.He smiled. “Don&
Matthew, Rose and Cecilia were being dragged by a group of armed knights. Their heads were covered with black bags to hide their faces as they were escorted to somewhere else. After some time, they stopped and were forced to kneel on the ground and their bags were finally taken off their heads.They were surrounded by knights and also Hunters who were also armed as if they were about to go on a quest. Walls also surrounded the entire area and there were a few small buildings not far from them.“Where are we?” Matthew’s question was not directed to anyone. He saw the scared look on Cecilia’s face while Rose seemed more nervous than scared. He wanted to ask her what was on her mind, but he didn’t when the crowd started opening up in front of them.A man in black armour strode forth until he was in front of them and stopped. Harold, the Black Knight, carefully watched the faces of the three kne
Matthew dashed forward and headed straight for Harold. Harold immediately ran in the opposite direction. However, due to carrying Rose, he could not run as fast as he could and Matthew quickly caught up to him.Luckily, the Hunters, who were on standby, were able to intercept him. Matthew turned his attention to the problem in front of him first. The Hunters attacked him.One man with a broadsword swung his sword down on Matthew. Matthew caught the sword with one hand and punched the man with his other. The was sent crashing through the wall, creating a hole in it.Matthew proceeds to lash out his claws at another Hunter. He raised his shield to protect himself but the force behind Matthew’s attack was powerful enough to cause him to fall over.Before Matthew could stomp and crush the man’s head, another Hunter saved him. The shield wielding Hunter thanked the wolfman who saved him. The w
Sara and Matthew were facing off each other. She took the form of her stance that had been passed down in her lineage. She took a deep breath and controlled the mana flow in her body.Matthew dashed forward with incredible speed. Sara easily dodged him and slashed at his right thigh. To her surprise, her attack did not affect Matthew at all.“His scales are really tough.” She had expected this. A being with that much power was only expected to have a very sturdy body.“[Greater Speed], [Greater Strength], [Thought Acceleration], [Power Boost], [Iron Body].” Sara casted a few buff spells on herself to increase her performance.“[Crane Dance]!” With the buffs, she attacked Matthew repeatedly. Matthew was taking injuries, although none were fatal or deadly, and he was being pushed back by Sara’s rapid slashes.Matthew got irritated by her an
A little while before Megat and Shiro arrived at the battle, they had just teleported into the city. Megat immediately searched for Matthew’s signature.“Found him. There’s someone else there too.” Megat said to Shiro as he was just about to sprint towards them.“Hold on Megat.” Before he did, a familiar voice stopped him. Megat knew exactly who it was.Megat turned around and found the man in a blue suit standing in front of him with a pink haired girl in his arms.“Loki, what have you done?” Megat asked him.“My plan is going smoothly.”“Your plan? Your plan was to make Matthew go through that again?!” Megat honestly wanted to punch the man but knowing that he would drop Rose made him hold back the urge.“I understand that you are angry and that this is not th
“I’m sorry.” Megat apologised to Matthew.Matthew was sent crashing into the streets where he was still being pressed. It was like the gravity around him had been increased by many folds.Megat slowly descended and landed his feet on the street. Megat’s sorrowful expression on his mask annoyed Matthew as if it was mocking him. Matthew mustered up strength and focused his astra into his arms and legs. Slowly, he was able to push himself off the street and almost stood up.Megat did not take any chances. He cancelled his ability on Matthew which threw him off. In the fraction of a second that Matthew was unstable, Megat punched him so hard that he crashed through multiple buildings.Despite being hit so far, Matthew almost instantly recovered and was in front of Megat in a second. Megat switched to [Jolly] and dodged Matthew’s attack.To his surprise,
A few days laters…News about the rise of a demon in the middle of the city spread around the world. The individual known as Matthew Dragunov had caused 17 reported kills and the destruction of 10 houses and 4 shops and damaged a total of 23 other buildings.A bounty was officially put on said demon’s head for 5,000,000 Bytes. This made many bounty hunters and Hunters in general excited because of the prize. This bounty was equal to taking down a Giga class monster. Of course, it would also mean it would be just as dangerous. However, that would not stop them.Aside from that, rumors about the return of an ex-Legendary rank Hunter including their members had also circulated quickly. The executives and the president especially were always questioned by other Hunters and reporters who were looking for a scoop.Cecilia returned home shortly after the event, traumatized after what she experi