Chapter 24: Gonna grab some popcorn

The night before the hunt, Apollo quietly sat on his bed, taking two items from his inventory.

It was a bullet and sniper rifle made specifically by the Blue Moon tower mages and him.

"These pair were unreleased weapons during breakout... I and the rest of the Blue Moon mages couldn't figure out the solution for this overheating rifle"

He said holding the silver casting of the riffle.

[What do you plan to do Creator?]

"Enchantment weapons" he started off

[You will be caught your mana signature will be traced through the bullet]

"Maybe if they can see the bullet" Apollo chuckled as he said this.

Jeremiah was a bit skeptical of whatever his Creator was doing but continued to observe.

[Notification Alert

Congratulations creator you gained a skill called Automatic Weaponry]

"Finally it appeared" Apollo said putting down the bullet he was enchanting

[What just happened?]

Jeremiah questioned feeling something was off with Apollo's reaction.

"There is one more thing I need to make sure my plan is flawless"

[And I suppose that would be me]

"Correct, spells and skills made by you can strangely escape any sort of detection and clairvoyance spells"

[So you pretended to make a weapon to acquire a skill?]

"Yes and no I didn't pretend to make a weapon, I was really in the process of making one" he defended himself as he raised the bullet in his hand seemingly asking for Jeremiah to look at it.

Deep within Apollo's consciousness, a sigh could be heard from Jeremiah.

"Let me see the contents of the skill"

[Gladly

Automatic Weaponry (Rank D) {Active}

- Automatically creates any weapon the creator had in mind, recommended to have a blueprint to fully create the desired weapon

Flaw: Materials are needed for this skill: chances of failure 60%]

"Jeremiah use half of my stat points to increase the rank of my skill"

[On it Creator]

[Automatic Weaponry (Rank S) {Active}

- Automatically creates any weapon the creator had in mind, recommended to have a blueprint to fully create the desired weapon

Flaw: Materials are needed for this skill]

"Looks good now"

He looks at the bullet in his hand a notification appears as he does so.

[Material acquired proceed to creation?]

"Yes"

The bullet in his hand glows as the previous enchantment begins to be rewritten by a different type of spell.

After the bullet he went for the rifle and with repeated scanning and analysis, he was finally satisfied.

"Time for a live target"

.....

"Grandpa"

"Yes I know I know"

The old mage waved his hand and the spirit who was following them was sent flying.

"Sorry Ifrit I'll make it up to you later" the boy thought as he saw Ifrit's figure turn into a shining dot.

"I'll wait for you here"

"Yes thank you, Grandpa"

"Happy hunting Apollo"

With those words, Alger saw how Apollo disappeared and left no traces for him to track.

"Impressive as always" he could only say while creating a chair for him to sit on.

"Jeremiah show me that bastard's location"

Immediately as he ordered a rectangular screen appeared indicating the location of a certain someone.

"Edgar" Apollo snickers feeling happy at the fact that an idiot like Edgar attacked him back at the banquet.

Last night while he dodged each strike from him he swiftly left a tracking spell on his arms to locate him once the hunting began.

"If the dog is here" Apollo landed on a branch looking down at the group of young hunters.

"There it is the master"

He checks the time and silently counts down.

"3"

"2"

"1"

The ground began to shake as a horde of beasts appeared everywhere.

"Jeremiah was right learning the formula of aphrodisiac and love potion can really be useful"

Aphrodisiac and love potions are two dark potions that can manipulate the hormones and emotions of those who consume them.

Certain hormones in the body can make a person act in certain ways since it is a chemical substance that causes physical changes in the body or a reaction of the body. They also help control how other organs and cells do their work.

Back to the situation Apollo created a formula to make certain species of magical beasts wild. To make the situation better he added a stimulant that made some beasts horny.

"Pfft!" He could no longer contain his laughter when a snout river hog licked Athena's legs causing the young maiden to scream.

Seeing the horny state of the magical beast made the group even more nervous and eager to escape, but the question is will they?

A more chaotic scenario happens when Edgar feels the genitals of the wild earth boar he is fighting.

"This piece of disgusting shit!"

Whereas Apollo still sitting on the branch continue to laugh.

"That's it I am done with this!"

Athena gathered a huge chunk of Mana, her staff glow signifying that the incantation was in progress.

"Now is my turn I guess"

He positioned his rifle and pointed it at Athena, as her sister cast her spell Apollo pulled the trigger and shot her.

"What!"

Shock filled Athena's face as the spell she cast was weak from what she had in mind.

"What's going on?" She question however her mind had no time to think when a horny snout river hog began to chase her.

"Don't approach me" she squealed letting a spell pierce the raging hog.

"Athena cast that spell now!" Eros shouted.

"I can't it's too long to cast!" She shouted back.

"I'll cover you!"

"You said that but you can't even deal with a horny pig!"

They began to argue while Apollo took another bullet.

This time it was for Axion, smoke emerged from the rifle's nuzzle while the bullet hurled through the air piercing the vanguard's arm.

"What just happened!" The young man felt his control over his mana became terrible making him lose focus.

"Axion!" Amina shouted she was stationed right beside Elena protecting her from attacks, and from her position she saw how her friend flew away due to a beast attack.

With her voice, Athena finally snapped at her antics and Eros replaced Axion's position while Elena gave a healing spell to their friend.

"It's getting boring"

Apollo who was watching the situation said as he took another bullet.

"Nope sorry you can't summon spirits"

Apollo pulled the trigger and the bullet hit the ground making the mana surrounding the party haywire.

"What's going on!" Amina panicked when she felt her connection broke.

"Don't summon Amina you'll consume too much mana" Elena said as she continued to heal Axion.

More beast began to arrive making Amina and Athena panicked.

"Cast something!"

"I am trying" Due to the pressure Athena's spells were either misfired or too weak to do damage.

"What is wrong with me!" She shouted.

Apollo on the other hand just laughed as he loaded another bullet.

This time he shot Eros who was about to unleash a powerful attack.

"Argh!" He felt a slight pain in his back as if something hit him, this moment of distraction was enough for his attack to fail.

The young man was baffled, this never happened to him, with all his hunts he never failed to deliver an attack but now he does.

With panic enveloping them, unknowingly they began to be separated. They tried their best to slay as much of the beast as possible however they didn't notice that the horde of beasts were being led by something or someone.

And just like that Apollo achieved his plan.

"Edgar back me up here!" Eros shouted as try to slay another Silvanhowl beast.

"Ed?"

Not receiving any response, dread trails down his back as he slowly turns back.

"Damn it!"

He could only say seeing he was all alone while being surrounded by a horde of beast.

Eros controlled his breathing trying to lessen the burden he had been feeling. His arms felt heavy not knowing how many times he had swung it. He couldn't use aura since his ki was almost depleted.

"Damn it!"

He clenched his fist as he finally summons his spirit.

Apollo just watches not intending to take a shot. He was curious about what type of spirit his brother had. The more information he got the better.

From his brother's hand an insignia depicting a winged lion glow.

"HUM!"

Mana began to fluctuate indicating the high level of the spirit being summoned, Apollo watched with great anticipation. From the hand of Eros, the insignia spreads before turning into a magic circle.

Apollo felt goosebumps when a giant golden-winged lion emerges from the magic circle.

"Click!"

He loaded another and tested a shot.

"BOOM!"

The air suddenly vibrates as the lion spirit uses his wings to block the invisible bullets.

"Impressive" he could only say.

"What's going Kaze?"

"I sense an attack master" the spirit spoke his voice almost made Apollo surprised because of how deep it sounded.

"Wow cool" he could only say.

"Hmph!" A grumpy groan sounded in his shoulders and Apollo knew who that was.

"Don't be jealous Gale of course you are cool as well" However it didn't help when the tiny wing spirit continued to pout.

"Never mind that lend me some of your wind," he said handing a powder to Gale.

"It's time to call our champion"

As Gale uses her wind to spread whatever powder Apollo gave to her, the spirit of Eros begins to trim down the beast that blocks them.

"Almost there buddy"

Eros who was sitting on his spirit's back almost believed he could finally escape however he felt the ground shook again. He felt dread, it was just like how the magical beast appeared.

"Just what the hell is going on" he could only say as the shadow of a Duke rank beast graced the hunting festival.

"Now let's see how far your spirit can go," Apollo said as he took some popcorn and comfortably sat on a nearby rock.