Hunting Game - Part 1

"5 minutes! We will arrive at the capital of the Regal Kingdom in 5 minutes!"

"I repeat! We will arrive at the capital of the Regal Kingdom in 5 minutes!"

The co-pilot announced their arrival at the Regal Kingdom's airspace.

Sun Zhou Yi stood up, "Get ready! We will land in the south of the capital city and make our way to the royal residence in the city's center to meet with the Chief!"

"Our priority is to save as many people as possible and escort them to the royal residence!"

Sun Zhou Yi instructed his team members before looking at Rasyikh.

"Rasyikh and our friend from the Purple Mountain Tribe! I hope you can prioritize saving the people instead of collecting the Dark Core!"

He reminded the Purple Mountain Tribe in advance. After working with them for a week, he knew that these people were crazy about the Dark Core. 

It was understandable, because the compensation they received was based on the Dark Core. It was their livelihood, and they had thousands of people to support in their tribe. However, today's mission was different, they were in a war, not a hunt.

"Don't worry, you will receive a certain amount of bounty for every person you save from the specters! The Regal Kingdom is the one who would pay you this time!"

Sun Zhou Yi brushed off Rasyikh's concern. Their mission had changed from hunting specters to saving people. It was a special occasion because their mortal enemy was attacking the kingdom.

Rasyikh and the people of the Purple Mountain tribe nodded their heads.

"We have arrived at the south of the capital city! We have arrived at the south of the capital city!"

With the announcement, the gate opened. It was time to get off the plane.

Ren Anqing and Zhang Zhong Guang looked at Sun Zhou Yi's back. Sun Zhou Yi was not wearing any parachute equipment, but an SES uniform, not even a bag parachute.

"Are you sure, Captain?" Zhang Zhong Guang asked again. They were 13,000 meters in the air, they would turn into meat paste if they fell from that height.

However, Sun Zhou Yi smiled at them and tapped their shoulders twice, "I will be waiting below!"

"Go! Go! Go!" Sun Zhou Yi ran towards the gate and jumped down.

Zhang Zhong Guang and Ren Anqing just looked at the open gate with their eyes wide open. The captain really jumped off without a parachute.

Not only the captain, but also Rasyikh followed. He also did not wear a parachute. And the other people of the Purple Mountain Tribe followed after that. None of them had parachutes.

After a while, only eighteen people were left. These eighteen were Heero's apprentices and they looked at each other with a stunned expression on their faces.

Scratching his head, Zhang Zhong Guang walked closer to the gate, "I'll use a normal way, I guess".

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In the south of the capital city, in front of Elevate Church. A group of silver plate knights fought against a group of the specters.

20 Silver Knights and one Red Knight fought against 10 Undying. The Undying took human form, that is, they were humans who had become Undying.

They physically grew to 3.5 meters in height and their arms and legs were bulging with muscles. Their skin was dark and their eyes were hollow, indicating that they had been dead before they became ghosts. They had no thoughts and moved by instinct.

Bang!

The red knight shielded himself from the powerful fist with his pentagonal shield. After that, he slashed his sword at the fist, cutting through the hand. However, as if all his efforts were useless, the hand immediately grew back.

The other Silver Knights encountered the same problem. Despite cutting the Undying several times, they would not die, and the cut part would grow back as if nothing had happened.

"Hang in there, everyone! We just need to hold them off until the reinforcements arrive!"

Edgar Lane, the Red Knight, tried to encourage his men. Even though he knew that the reinforcements were just an encouragement for his men. He knew it would be hours before the reinforcements arrived.

They were on the outskirts of the capital while the main force was in the center of the city. The reinforcements would not arrive until they had secured the inner part of the city, where most of the nobles were.

Wishing for reinforcements was wishful thinking. Edgar knew that, but he had to say it to keep his men from leaving their posts. It was a knight's duty to protect the people of the kingdom.

Bang!

The Undying smashed the pentagonal shield again. Edgar had lost count of how many times his shield had been hit. One thing was for sure, his left hand had become weak and numb. Three more hits was the maximum he could take.

The knights desperately defended their line of defense. The bitter battle continued under the watchful eyes of the people from the church. Many of them watched and the rest prayed for the knights.

Bang! Bang!

Two consecutive blows struck the shield. As Edgar had predicted, the moment the second blow hit the shield, he could no longer hold it. The shield slipped from his grasp and his body was defenseless without it.

The Undying used this opportunity to deliver the third blow to Edgar's head. At this moment, Edgar was completely exhausted, he had no energy left to dodge the incoming blow.

Edgar Lane closed his eyes, surrendering his life to the fate that awaited him.

Slugh!

The sound of thick flesh being stabbed rang out. The expected blow did not come, and with the voice he had just heard, Edgar Lane opened his eyes.

The expected fist was a few inches from his face. It stopped completely in mid-air, and he noticed a blue translucent sword piercing the Undying's left shoulder.

The Undying that they could not kill simply collapsed. It stopped moving completely. Suddenly, black gas came out of where it had been pierced. Not long after, the body dried up completely, leaving only bones and flesh.

Edgar Lane looked up and saw a young man smiling at him. He knew from the young man's face that he was not a native of the kingdom.

"Are you okay?" Sun Zhou Yi asked the red knight.

He had just landed, using his Ki Sword as his footing. As soon as he reached the land, he saw a group of specters cornering a group of knights, so he came to help.

The red knight, Edgar Lane, stared blankly at Sun Zhou Yi's face.

"Hello!? Are you alright? Can you walk?" Sun Zhou Yi waved his hand at the Red Knight's face after receiving no response.

"Ah yes, I am fine!" Edgar Lane blurted out loudly.

"Good! Can you help them? Does the church have transportation? Can you drive them to the royal residence? We will accompany you!" Sun Zhou Yi pointed at the people inside the church.

The people inside the church poked their heads out through the window and door. Their eyes shone brightly at Sun Zhou Yi's arrival.

"Ah, yes!" Edgar Lane nodded his head. He was near the church, and he knew that the church had two buses.

"Good! Hurry up, we need to go to the royal residence as soon as possible!" Sun Zhou Yi tapped the red knight's shoulder twice and smiled at him.

Edgar Lane acted quickly as he ordered his men to organize the people inside the church, while he took two Silver Knights with him back to the church.

"The area is clear! No living people to be found! It seems that those heavy plate people have evacuated the people into this building!"

Not long after Edgar Lane left, Rasyikh jumped down next to Sun Zhou Yi and reported his discoveries. Not a single living person, which meant he had found dead people.

"Mnn," Sun Zhou Yi nodded his head and sent his order, "Expand the search, I will wait for the others here!"

The others in his mouth were Zhang Zhong Guang and the others. They jumped out with a parachute, and it would take them a while to reach the land.

Sun Zhou Yi walked out of the cemetery and looked up. He could see a few dots, no, eighteen dots to be exact, coming down from the sky.

While watching the other team members, Sun Zhou Yi did not notice that there were two small dots to the east of his team members.

These two dots were two figures covered in the black cloak, the same cloak with the ghosts that had sneaked into the main castle. The two figures floated in the air and looked at the eighteen SES members.

"They really came as you predicted!" The black-cloaked figure on the left spoke as he watched the eighteen figures descend.

"The group was created to hunt us! Of course they will come at the moment of announcement!" The black-cloaked figure on the right replied in a gruff voice.

"Huhu... This is certainly an interesting show. I heard that the Chief is also here, this would be interesting for sure!" The black-cloaked figure on the left spoke in a playful tone. Anticipation could be heard in his voice.

The black-cloaked figure on the right replied in a serious tone, "This is not a show, and we cannot underestimate them, especially the Chief!"

"Huh, you are no fun! But knowing that the hunter would become the prey... Huhu..." A playful laugh sounded from the black-cloaked figure on the left.

"Shall we start the hunt and release the hunter?"

Above the two black-cloaked figures, if one looked closely, they could see a gigantic shadow beyond the clouds. It was hovering above, waiting for the command to hunt.