Undying Warlord

For now, Dilan didn't intend to join the fight between the bloodthirsty Ascenders, the tide of monsters behind them, and the Blue Star camp.

He could tell that Sheriff Jenny, Mayor Clerens, and Hunter Jared were quite powerful. As long as they fought properly, there shouldn't be much of an issue.

'Will they focus on a tactical fight or use brute force?' Dilan wondered, only to find out the answer a second later.

A single arrow shot through the air, and not many realized it.

At first, Dilan didn't think much about that arrow either. However, his interest was piqued when he perceived that the arrow was not normal.

It was created from Mana, and one ability to be precise. His head turned over to the arrow that flew in a beautiful arc straight at the tide of monsters.

All of a sudden, and without any warning, the arrow began to glow brightly as it multiplied.

One arrow turned into twenty, and twenty arrows turned into more than a hundred. The sudden change astonished even Dilan, who was quite good at keeping his thoughts to himself.

His eyes gleamed in fascination as he saw how the volley of 100 arrows wreaked havoc on the horde of the crowded monsters.

It was impossible to evade the arrows because there was no path of escape, and the volley of 100 arrows hit a total of 100 targets.

Some monsters died immediately and collapsed to the ground because the arrow had pierced through their skulls. Meanwhile, others were either mildly injured, or had deflected some of the arrows.

"Not a very strong lethal force, but if she can repeat this type of attack several times, it can become a nuisance," Dilan mumbled, imagining how several batches of 100 arrows would annihilate his group.

The thought was quite frightening because the human skin was fairly fragile and had much less endurance than the hide of some monsters. Even Dilan's high Health stat and his Stone skin trait might not be enough to be on par with the defensive power of the hide of a fully defensive-oriented monster at the peak of Tier-1!

But even if Dilan's thought was quite frightening, Sheriff Jenny, the archer, who had fired the arrow didn't repeat the same attack.

Instead, she began to use the arrows in her quiver to specifically aim and kill a monster every second or two. Her accuracy was phenomenal, while her shooting speed was quite fast.

She didn't use an ability such as [Rapid Shooting] but that was only for her good. There were thousands of monsters, who were charging at the Blue Star camp. If she were to waste her arrows or stamina for a few more kills, it wouldn't do her any good.

Jenny's aim was merely to take out the strongest monsters, her bow and arrow were capable of killing.

As for the rest, there were still more than a hundred Tier-1 Ascenders, her own Elite group, Mayor Clerens' elite group, and Hunter Jared's.

Mayor Clerens' body seemed to have enlarged the closer the tide of monsters came. His strength had increased as the number of foes increased. Dilan noticed this, which was why his head turned to Mayor Clerens.

'I expected him to be some sort of geek, or a coward the way Felia spoke about him. I didn't imagine him to be a fighter, who uses gloves as his weapons.' Dilan was honest with himself. He didn't expect Mayor Clerens to be anywhere close to the muscular man, whose body kept expanding the closer he stepped to the tide of monsters.

His eyes were gleaming in wrath, and he didn't require much motivation to charge straight toward the tide of monsters and the bloodthirsty Ascenders to obliterate them.

He wanted to tear apart the Ascenders first, but they could tell that it was time to leave. Their hands reached out to a small pouch that had been fastened to their belts.

They threw it straight over the fence that surrounded the military base where the Blue Star camp was located.

Afterward, they changed their trajectory in the attempt to leave the Blue Star camp alive.

But even before they could leave behind the tide of monsters, a white wolf emerged in front of one Ascender, blocking his path.

The Wolf had appeared out of nowhere, and upon seeing the monster, Dilan recalled where he had seen it.

"Hunter Jared's tamed monster." He mumbled in a low voice while his head turned in the direction of the middle-aged man.

The wolf's strength had been increased by the use of various supporting abilities Hunter Jared had learned from his occupation.

That was also why the tamed wolf's strength rivaled a Gold Tier-1 monster right now.

It pounced at the bloodthirsty Ascender, who had unsheathed his weapon.

Yet, even before the bloodthirsty Ascender could do something, the wolf had momentarily disappeared from his vision.

'Illusion?' Dilan thought the moment he perceived that something about the wolf had changed. However, he quickly changed his opinion about what he had seen.

'That's not an illusion, it's a trick that can be used to make the opponent believe that their opposite disappeared!'

Dilan had once heard about weird techniques that could be used to trick the eyes and the brain of their opponent. This was before the Primordial Ascension had occurred, and Dilan had never actually seen anyone who could use this 'Illusionary Step'.

It was not an ability but a movement technique, if one wanted to put it like that.

But instead of seeing a human being make use of it, he saw a wolf use it to make it seem as if it had disappeared in front of the bloodthirsty Ascender.

Just a moment later, the wolf had 'reappeared' by the side of the bloodthirsty Ascenders, slashing out with its huge claws.

The Ascender's chest was cut open before he could even scream out, and a painful squeal escaped his mouth as blood gushed out of him.

His organs were clearly visible to everyone but nobody paid attention to the bloodthirsty Ascender's corpse. On the contrary, the tide of monsters trampled over the body of the dying Ascender as they charged in the direction of the pouches the bloodthirsty Ascenders had thrown over the fence of the military base.

Meanwhile, the tamed wolf had long since disappeared. The monster had dealt a lethal blow to the bloodthirsty Ascender and disappeared a moment later to attack its next victim.

On the other hand, Dilan stretched his body a bit. He was being very slow and was showing off how the fight didn't worry him in the slightest. It was quite funny to see the reaction of the soldiers around him.

They were clearly annoyed about his entire existence. However, at the same time, they couldn't keep a straight face as their expression lit up when they noticed that Dilan would finally move.

It was not that they didn't trust the strength of their leaders, but from the beginning, they could tell that Dilan was much faster than their leaders.

'If his Agility is already that high, his other stats must be pretty insane as well, right?' They thought, and it was just a moment later, that a strong gust of wind blew in their faces.

A thunderous sound originated from amidst them, electricity currents emerged out of nowhere, and the ground under Dilan's feet was replaced by a small crater. His footprints left a deep imprint on the ground, and charred grass.

Meanwhile, Dilan had blasted in the direction of the bloodthirsty Ascenders.

'That is definitely a Deja-vù moment,' Dilan mumbled as a faint smile appeared on his face while he prepared himself to catch the bloodthirsty Ascenders.

After all, someone had to catch them to ask a few questions to make sure that he could beat up the rest of the bloodthirsty Ascenders later, once he felt like it.

With that thought, Dilan turned into a purple flash as he bulldozed his way through whatever obstacle came in front of him to get his hand on the bloodthirsty Ascenders that were still alive.

"Gotcha!"

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