Carnage Vs. Courage.
At the headquarter of the union government, a meeting was being held where various presidents and commanders discussed.
"Commander Gothwell, It's of no use. We tried all kinds of weapons, but none of them managed to injure those giants. Whenever we try to attack those giants with our missiles or guns, a golden barrier appears around them and protect them."
"Sigh...so whatever power that is behind this phenomenon wants us to kill those monsters by using the power we gained in Wild Expanse? What exactly is their goal?"
"I think it will be very far-fetched for us to guess their goal. With the appearance of these giants, it's certain that we will really face the so-called 'Despair' which has the chance to make us extinct."
"Should we try to see if we can nuke the monsters? The golden barrier might not be able to handle the power of a nuke."
"No! Although our weapons can't hurt those monsters, they are still being killed by people with the power they gained in the wild expanse. We also can't nuke them because all those dark clouds were at the human-populated places, and the giant spawned from there. If we want to nuke, we will have to evacuate public, and we don't have such luxury since everyone is attacking the giants."
"I am sure more of such monsters will spawn in the future, and we can try out nukes on them at that time to see if that golden barrier can defend against it or not. But, for now, let's focus on the current situation."
"Yes, apparently, no one is able to enter the wild expanse right now."
"Hmm...I think we need to kill all giants to the last one before we can enter."
...
Lorain and Quinn were worried, so they decided to follow Aren, and Luna also joined as the three of them started running on the highway towards the urban area.
On the other hand, Aren's situation was different, He was not chasing the giant anymore, but the giant was chasing him. The giant couldn't see Aren since it was blind, but Aren would attack it often, and because of that, the giant would know the direction of Aren and follow him.
That's how Aren led it towards the urban area.
Aren was flying at almost full speed, and the giant was also chasing him with a fast running speed with a red aura covering its body.
"There it is...," Aren muttered as he entered the urban area and directly saw one giant fighting with a group of people.
There were other people, but most of them were busy panicking.
"MOVE AWAY!" Aren shouted as he increased his flying speed to the max.
People also noticed loud sounds due to the running giant behind Aren and were shocked to see them moving towards them.
Everyone hurriedly scrambled away as Aren once again attacked the giant so that it follows him.
The giant that followed Aren was blind, so that giant didn't know that it was going to crash into a fellow giant.
Aren knew that the red aura covering the giant made it extremely strong. On the way here, The giant broke through all obstacles while chasing Aren.
The other giant that was attacking people noticed it and roared loudly to activate its berserk rush but alas...
It was too late.
Aren whizzed past the giant while flying on his sword, but the giant that was following him crashed into the roaring giant and...
*BOOOM...*
Aren turned back and was surprised to see the floating number of damage.
[-11,700]
[-5800]
Both giants instantly died after the crash as they turned into dark motes.
'No wonder those militiamen died like that right after that giant crashed them with its body. The force and shockwave behind that hit instantly blasted their bodies apart.' Thought while flying deeper into the city.
But the next scene he saw in the city instantly made him puke. Aren's breathing turned ragged witnessing the scene.
Carnage!
Two giants were running around with a red aura covering them.
People had already given up attacking them due to extreme fear as they were just running for their life.
But a man who seemed to be in his late twenties dashed towards one of the giants with red eyes," Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa....."
He had a halberd in his hand, and he had lost his mind after seeing his wife and mother die in front of him.
Unfortunately...One touch from the fast-running giant blasted his body, and he died.
Seeing the streets and demolished buildings painted in blood, Aren's mind had turned blank, and his breathing became very rugged.
This scene looked like it was hell.
*Roarrr....*
'C-calm down. I have to calm down first, ' Aren evened out his breath as he tried to maintain his rationale. The first thing was to calm himself.
Taking a few deep breaths while closing his eyes, He calmed down before...he opened his eyes filled with resolve and flew towards one of the giants.
His current expression was plainly...it was plainly filled with anger and determination.
His brain's gears worked fast as he overtook one of the giants and stood on the intact building. He jumped down from the sword and used <Hyper Charge> on his sword before releasing <Wind Slash> towards the incoming giant.
The empowered wind slash impeccably hit the weak spot of the giant, which was its neck.
[-2874]
[847/20,000]
The giant was still alive as it dashed towards Aren. But Aren didn't move from his position as he knew about the giant's health and released another <Wind Slash> towards the giant.
[-978]
This wind slash finished off the giant as it turned into dark motes. On the other hand, Aren once again jumped on his sword before flying towards the second giant that was rampaging.
[6148/20,000]
This giant had more health, but Aren planned to use this giant to kill another one whose roar he just heard as it came from deeper into the city.
The fire in him about getting stronger burned even brighter than before as he didn't want to see this happening to his mother and friends.
'Even if this giant is not blind; It's still just mindlessly rushing after me. Hmm...There shouldn't be any problem to use it to do mutual destruction of two giants...especially if both are doing berserk rush.' Thought Aren as he glanced at another giant in front of him that was rampaging with a red aura coating around its body.
Aren waved his hand while flying forward, and when he was in the proper range, he waved his hand and released <Wind Slash> towards the second rampaging giant in front of him to attract its attention.
*Roarrrrrrr.....*
Provoked, The giant changed direction and rushed towards Aren while roaring.
Aren continued flying towards it as one giant was rushing behind him while another was coming in front of him.
'Come on!' Aren thought as he waited for the right moment before flying upward.
*BOOOOOM....*
Both giants crashed into each other...
[-11,700]
[-11,700]
And turned into dark motes before disappearing.
He then continued flying forward in the search for more giants, and if some of them were still rampaging, he would put them down.
But as he went deeper, He saw many people resting and crying with the blood-filled ground around them.
At this time, most of the giants were killed all around the world. Aren also didn't see any giants rampaging, but...scenery he saw while flying was akin to hell.
They also saw Aren flying, but they didn't have any other feelings except for depression due to this event.
Naturally, many people will rise from this experience and will be more determined to become stronger, just like Aren.
...
On the other hand, Quinn, Lorain, and Luna also arrived in the city, and their face lost all blood seeing the situation that was like hell.
Seeing so much blood and flesh scattered with demolished buildings, nobody could resist puking.
After five minutes, everyone in the world heard a sound in their heads.
[ Congratulation! You have passed a glimpse of despair, but this is not even 1% of what you are going to face after three years, so work hard and progress faster. ]
[ There were quite a lot of people who performed exceptionally amidst this chaos, so you will receive a special gift upon entering the Wild Expanse. It's fine if you can't understand the gift for now since it's outside of the dimension of your knowledge, and its use will be known when the time comes. ]