Chapter 3- Maniac

"Damn that boar" the young man sighed with an annoyed expression as he run steadily to the hut. "It took me two silver tier bullets- one was even a high ranked silver tier bullet , just to kill a black tier boar. Man I have bad luck" he face palmed himself with a dejected expression.

"Anyone who finds out will probably call me a moron" he ridiculed himself as he continued.

" But on the bright side, it wasn't my fault that this happened. I mean, I only had those bullets on me at that time. If I didn't use them I'd be dead without a doubt. I even tried regular bullets though I knew they wouldn't have worked." he tried to console himself as he arrived at the hut. He took the smart phone and began to dial a number, apparently that of the agency.

Whenever a gate spawn is killed, the agency upon being called, sends a team of experts to retrieve it's body no matter how big it is. They then perform all the necessary actions to obtain the dark metal and present it to the individual. In return they take a 'small' amount of the dark metal as payment. Mostly, this was done for only spawn hunters but as time went on, the rules became lax allowing everyone to work with the agency whether spawn hunter or not.

Suddenly, he heard vehicle noises from the forest. This was the kind for large vehicles referred to as 'collection' vehicles used to collect spawn hunters. " Wait, they couldn't have arrived so fast." The young man thought with a puzzled look. Finally it dawned on him what could be happening. " MY FORTUNE!!!!" he roared angrily and dashed with an insane burst of speed into the forest. He went straight to wear the corpse of the black boar was. He arrived there in less than 10 seconds surprising the people there as they thought they had scouted the area far and wide and were assured no one was there.

The young man recognized the large vehicle which had his fortune in it. "WHO DARES TAKES WHAT BELONGS TO ME?" he spoke in a clear and loud tone.

"FUCK OFF KID" the guy in the driver's seat gave a middle finger to him without looking at him and started the vehicle - preparing to leave. "Where's my dear and tiger." The young man noticed that those were also missing. "They took them??. How could one be so greedy.Taking both the golden goose and the normal geese. At least leave the normal ones. How evil" The young man was disgusted beyond measure.

As one could guess these guys were thieves who steal gate spawn corpses whenever the chance arises. Some of them possessed their own collection vehicles though they were specifically made by the agency. One could guess what kind of strings they pulled to gain them.

As soon as the vehicle started moving away, the young man immediately took pursuit. Though collection vehicles were large, they moved relatively fast compared to normal vehicles.

As soon as they noticed he was pursuing them, the driver gave a signal and five men suddenly jumped off the vehicle to confront him. "Look kid, we don't wanna hurt you. Just turn around and leave peacefully or else. This loot was found by us fair and square." one crook with slightly grey hair and a fat figure spoke with a low tone full of killing intent. " Either you leave or we will make you" a bald crook with a masculine figure roared. " Youth of this days. Since you are quite young, we are giving you a chance to survive this. Turn right now and leave or don't blame as for what we would do next." another crook with bushy hair and sleep bags under his eyes continued.

The young man stood there with a calm demeanor despite the fact that he was surrounded by seven crooks who gave killing intent like crazy simultaneously.

" What did you just say???" the young man turned his head slowly to the crook with bushy hair and sleep bags under his eyes. The killing intent he radiated suddenly made that of the crooks look like child's play.

The crooks all shivered with the crook he was referring to jumping back in fright. "Who is this kid??" he thought with a frightened expression. "I have faced several gate spawns and even they didn't scare me this much. Thankfully am not alone" the feeling of outnumbering the young man made him feel slightly more secured.

"Listen" the young man hissed in a low but commanding tone. " I'll only say this once, anyone who stands in my way will die. If you are ready to forfeit your life don't move a muscle." he added with a sinister tone and bizarre smile. " " Is he even human??" the crook with grey hair and fat figure stepped back slightly with a terrified expression. " How can he give off more killing intent than a gate spawn. A GATE SPAWN DAMNIT " another crook with a lean figure began sweating bullets as he viewed the young man who suddenly gave a maniacal laugher.

A crook suddenly took out a gun and was about to fire out of fear when suddenly a sudden bang was heard. The crook was blown into a tree with his insides spilling out.

" Wrong choice" the young man harrumphed coldly as he turned to look at the rest. " Your call" he added with a sneer.

The other six became alert. The gray haired crook with a fat figure took out a pistol and was about to fire and suddenly a clank sound was heard from the young man's rifle indicating there was no bullet. Never the less the rifle was pointing the grey haired man. The thought that he just missed death by an inch caused the grey haired crook to piss on himself. " I guess firing all those rounds on the gate spawn depleted my armory" the young man thought with a frown.

Just as the grey haired man got excited and was about to fire, as he dropped the rifle, the young man had already appeared before him, disarmed him and had his arms wrapped around his neck from the back of the crook. " You didn't think I was defenceless did you??" the young man whispered in his ear with a maniacal laughter. " You're a MANIAC. Let go of me you monster" the crook screamed like a child who was almost frightened to death. " You had your chance." the young man continued in the whispering tone and snapped his neck killing him without struggle.

The other crooks watched as the body of the crook with grey hair fell. He still wore a freightened look on his face. Suddenly they felt as if the world had suddenly become extremely dark around them. They stared at the young man in a new light.

" MY HANDS ARE MORE THAN ENOUGH" the young man roared aloud with a maniacal laughter. " Surround him. He is just one man. We will avenge our fallen brothers" the crook with bald hair and masculine figure commanded and the others immediately obeyed and surrounded the young man. " I thought you would have learnt your lesson by now. I don't like killing but I also don't mind doing it. Indulge me" the young man gave a bizaare smile as he stared at the rest of the crooks.

They felt very uneasy but their confidence in their number advantage aided them to remain calm. One guy suddenly took out a pocket knife and launched himself at the young man. The young man with expertise, caught his wrist and with sheer strength twisted it 360 degrees and as the knife fell, the young man kicked it into the throat of another crook who held his neck in fear as he watched the blood flow endlessly. The young man also snapped the neck of the crook with a twisted arm who was crying out nonstop breaking the serenity of the forest. Two of them had just being killed.

Just like that only three of them were left.

" When it comes to strength I'll handle him" the crook with masculine figure and bald hair charged at the young man. " He has probably fused with a strength based spawn essence. Since I have also, I should be a match for him. With my expertise I won't lose" he rationalized with a serious look on his face. He threw a punch at the young man who also threw a punch of his own. When their fists collided, the bald crook was sent crushing into a tree with all of fingers completely messed up and his arm dislocated as if it was leaving his body. He stared at his roughed up arm and screamed out in pain. The young man threw a knife he had just retrieved from a corpse straight into his fore head silencing him once and for all.

" He's even stronger than bald monk." one crook crook of the two left cried out with wobbly legs." I'm fucking running for it" he turned and the two prepared to make a dash for it. The young man immediately rolled towards the corpse of the crook with grey hair and retrieved his pistol. Pointing at the two running, he gave instant headshots putting an end to the crooks.