Chapter 6

I can feel it. I can feel it in the air. Currently, we are in Garik City, where our destination is located. Garik City is not too far from the sea. This is the last city where humanity manages to create a new city to live from the Grimm.

Garik city is the youngest city. Her age is only fifty years old, unlike the others.

Why are the others proud of Garik city, you might ask? Because she manages to stay this long without getting overrun by Grimm. The people of Remnant try to create a new civilization in the other part of the world, but because of Grimm, they cannot do that.

Too many projects to open up a new place to stay have failed because of the Grimm, and the Mt.Gleen project ended up in the biggest disaster in history. As a result, people started to lose hope in building a new city.

Because of this, there is no longer any thinking of building a new city. Well, before my mission anyway. So it must be a long-planned project for the company to build that city and already spend a lot of money to make it come true.

I shake my head and look at the horizon from the wall of Garik.

"William! What are you doing out here, man? I search for you all over the city."

I look to the side and see my fellow hunter and also Faunus. Faunus is a human who has animal characteristics. Vance over here is a zebra Faunus. His animal characteristics? He has black and white skin, just like a zebra.

He is not talkative, but it was not because he didn't want to talk. He became this because of his race and his uniqueness. Faunus looks down upon but combines his zebra skin. As a result, he became a pariah, even among his people.

So when he notices that I don't mind him and even talks to him as if he is a normal person, he decides to get close to me. I don't mind company, but he keeps going after me, and it starts to get annoying.

That is why I sneaked around to get away from him for a few minutes or maybe an hour, but I was wrong.

"I just need to get some fresh air."

"Hah! You are a loner type, huh? I guess we are the same after all."

Vance sat on the edge of the wall before saying.

"What is it?"

"Pardon me?"

"Why do you look like that? Is there anything that bothers you? Truthfully I have been waiting here for a minute or so and I can see your worried face."

I look at the sky for a few seconds before saying.

"Can't you feel it?"

"What do you mean?"

"There is no wind around us. Not a single wind ran past us."

Vance stands still for a few seconds before he notices that not a single wind appears. This area is famous for its windy weather, especially during this part of the month.

"You are right. That is weird."

And now Vance's face changed into his serious face. I can see him take a deep breath, and I can see his head start to glow. This is Vance's semblance. This ability let him use the wind to feel movement around the area.

Sadly, this ability cannot let him see the who or what while using this semblance. However, this ability is useful for noticing a Grimm movement. Not only that, but his range is also massive. His range is thirty-two kilometers if he concentrates really well, just like he is doing right now.

"I can feel them…." Vance opened his eyes and looked at me. "There are around three hundred of them, maybe more. They are coming from the east, and I can feel something massive coming. Maybe it was their alpha."

"We should tell the Mayor of this city."

"Yes."

Both of us jump down the wall and start running. While Vance has a worried expression, I smile at the incoming battle that will happen. I cannot wait.

~An hour later~

A small Bullhead, this world version of an air vehicle, arrives above the wall, and coming out from the Bullhead is a young man. He gave a salute to the middle-aged man in front of him before saying.

"Sir! The intel is correct! There is a massive movement coming from the mountain to our east!"

"Is there more? What kind of Grimm we are facing and how many of them."

"No, sir! There are too many flying-type Grimm circling around the wave. We cannot get too close unless we want to get killed by the Grimm."

"Dammit! It is good if there were only three hundred of them but if there are more?! It will be a massacre."

I can see the mayor walking in a circle with his face as pale as a corpse.

"Sir. What about the reinforcement?"

"Vale will send reinforcements but they need time. The time we did not have."

"How long?"

"The fastest they can arrive is around an hour."

That means they will arrive here in two hours—an hour for gathering their troops and getting here. Vale is not known for its troops' discipline. Out of the four kingdoms, Vale has the least powerful soldier. They are even worse than Vacuo, which did not have an official government.

Their hunter, on the other hand… They are the best in the world.

Many graduate hunters from Vale are stronger than the other hunters in the world. Even the hunter who graduates from a lower-grade academy is stronger or at least on par with the other hunter from other Kingdoms.

"What about the hunter, sir?"

"They will arrive in less than an hour. Headmaster Ozpin promised me that."

That's good. That means I have an hour to enjoy this fight.

"That means we need to defend while waiting for the reinforcements to arrive."

*ROAR* *ROAR* *ROAR*

All of us look in the distance and see a large dust cloud start getting closer. They are here. With a smile, I rub Filia's head and take out my book. The fight is about to begin.