Awakening

* rumble *

The thunder of lightning still adorned the Komodo Island's cloudy sky, the Gate which emitted an extraordinary amount of magic energy, a portal to another world that connected the earth with the dungeons.

At this time, the Gate which was declared unofficially as an Ex-Rank Gate was fully open, and the Magic Beast that had previously been unable to get out of the Dungeon began to set their feet on the earth.

* Clang * * Boom *

The sound of steel clashes and Explosion could be heard clearly in the battle area that was currently formed right in front of the Gate that had just entered the Dungeon Break phase.

"Grrrrr ..."

Dozens of monsters such as the green scaly Komodo dragon identified as the Green-Scale Basilisk began to attack the Hunters who were incorporated into the Attack Force led by Budi.

* splash *

The green blood of the Basilisks stains the muddy soil and surrounding puddles.

* cling *

Zhigang crossed his dual swords while smiling at the hordes of Basilisk who rushed blindly towards him.

'Leaving aside their extremely poisonous saliva, this horde of basilisks is nothing more than mindless lizards. '

* swing *

With a few simple swings, Liu Zhigang's slash immediately killed dozens of basilisks at once, his sword swing looked very fierceful and powerful, but at the same time it was very accurate and effective.

And he didn't even sweat one bit in the process, he just grinned broadly and enjoyed the fight against the Basilisks which could even scare the A-Rank Hunter. That's a picture of how strong a National Level Hunter is.

Liu Zhigang, is one of the two Hunter in China who is classified as a 7-star Hunter. The Chinese Hunter Association has its own ranking standards that are different from other Hunter Associations all over the world. They use 'stars' rather than the Alphabet as their level of strength.

And 7 star is the highest ranking of their ranking system, because usually the highest rank is 5 star.

After killing the hordes of basilisks in one blow, Zhigang stood with a bored face, he then looked around and so far the battlefield was going well.

The S-Rank Hunter from both Indonesia and China fought and was well organized, all thanks to Budi's ability to give command to them, that was truly superior ability.

' As expected of a man who was even respected by Empress Qin, his strength and ability in managing the battle lines are truly at the highest level, I don't think I need to worry about them. '

Well, of course Liu Zhigang acts alone all the time, because he is a Solo Fighter who prefers to fight alone rather than being in a team, especially with his strength far surpassing other Hunters, Zhigang only regards them as a burden.

"But still, it's boring, is this Gate really an Ex-Rank Gate? Since earlier only these stupid lizards had come out of the Gate, at this rate the battle wouldn't be interesting."

Zhigang murmured while continuing to run around and cut the head of the Basilisk one by one with ease. He grinned, his eyes radiating light, he twisted his body in the air and swung his two swords like a top.

"Raaaggghh !!!"

The moans of pain and despair from the monsters can be heard, the scenery and dominance shown by Zhigang against the Basilisk might make people wonder, who the real monster is, whether the Basilisk or the Zhigang himself.

* drip *

Zhigang cleaned the green blood that stained his blade and glanced towards the Gate, suddenly, the sound of a deafening bird's voice rang out from inside the Gate and attracted the attention of everyone including Zhigang himself.

Then, a figure of a giant scaly reptile flew in and out of the Gate, it had a lizard's head and a bird-like body, at first glance its appearance resembled an ancient beast, Archeopteryx. But of course the bird was more dangerous because of the size and magic energy in its body.

Zhigang's eyes glowed in joy when he saw the bird.

"Woah, what kind of Magic Beast is that !? I've never seen it once."

"Waaaackk !!!"

Seeing a newcomer who might damage the flow of the battle, Budi immediately made an order.

"Arrange the formation, the Tanks prepare protection from air attacks, the Healers heal the wounded Fighter, the Rangers attack the bird and stop its movements, and for the Mages prepare your magic spell !!"

"" Okay!! ""

Following the command given by Budi, everyone performs tasks according to their respective positions.

"Enchantment!"

Ranger from China strengthened his arrows using magic, then aimed at the eyes of the Ancient Bird. He then fired his arrow which glided very fast.

* spurt *

"Waaaaackkk !!!"

The ancient bird roared in pain as it felt arrows stuck in its eyes that were relatively hard, it lost its balance in the air when it could no longer use its eyes.

Seeing their opportunities opened wide, the Mages from China and Indonesia began to prepare their Magic Spells and prepare to fire at the Ancient Bird who trying to escape.

* Zap *

" Shoot!!" Budi shouted as he gave the Mage command.

Then, the Mages who had the basic elements of lightning and electricity, fired their spells to actually injure the ancient bird.

"Thunderbolt !!"

* rumble *

A lightning Beam ferociously struck towards the Ancient Bird that had lost its balance in the air, and made it roar in pain.

"Waaaaackkk !! Waaaaack !!"

In the humid environment and heavy rain such as this time, the Magic Spell based on the fire element will not function effectively, while water is the best conductor of electricity.

After its body was hit by lightning which was added by the Mages, it could be seen that almost all parts of its body were scorched and emitted smoke. The ancient bird then completely lost all bodily functions, and fell freely down.

And that's when the Fighter's job is to completely finish it.

* Tap *

Using the shields of the Tanks directed upwards as a foothold, the Fighter jumped up and cut the large body of the Ancient bird into minced meat.

* spurt * * slash *

Budi who saw it nodded, but he did not look happy in the slightest, because it was an expected result, with a group of experienced S-Rank Hunters from both countries, even the hundreds of basilisks coming out of the Gate or the Ancient Bird that had appeared earlier was not a problem.

'Until now everything has been going so smoothly, so smoothly that it even makes me feel weird, even though the basilisks keep coming out of the gate, but we were lucky to have arrived here and stopped it from going further, even though there were several Basilisk that had escaped before. '

Budi looked at Zhigang who was currently facing another Ancient Bird and easily made it into small pieces.

'It seems that Zhigang also did not find any significant problems, but why is my hand still unable to stop shaking, we only need to clear the monsters that come out of the Gate before entering and killing the Dungeon Boss, but what is this ... I have a bad feeling. 'Budi held the machete in his hand tightly and looked towards the Gate.

"Eh? Stopped?"

The Hunters who were preparing for the next wave made confused expressions as the monsters stopped coming out of the Gate.

The waves of monsters that came out of the Gate before were completely slaughtered by the hunters, but not a single monster came out after that. Seeing that, the woman Hunter who used to be with Budi everytime immediately approached him.

"Sir, the wave of monsters coming out of the gate has stopped, I think this is the right time for us to enter the dungeon and kill the boss inside."

However, Budi's view did not switch from the direction of the Gate, it was because he felt something very frightening slowly approaching.

"No, the waves didn't stop, it's just a little late."

* Fwuosh *

And in an instant a tremendous amount of magic energy wave caused a shock wave around the Gate.

Then, the next wave of Monsters came out from the Gate, but the Magic Beast that came out from there wasn't the Green-Scale Basilisk or the Ancient Bird as before. It was a Magic Beast shaped like a dragon with a head that had a longer neck.

It has dark silver scales that are very intimidating, and are much bigger than Ancient Birds, and different from Dragons, their wings are spread out on their arms and armpits, the Magic Beast is named ...

"... Wyvern."

Zhigang widened his eyes when he saw a very familiar Magic Beast before his eyes, an animal that had become a nightmare several years ago before he became a National Level Hunter.

'How come the Magic Beast who is one of the 4 Kamish Main Generals is here? Does that mean this place also has a Boss Dungeon who is a Dragon like Kamish? '

Zhigang who saw it initially fell silent, but then he grinned broadly and held both swords in his hands tightly.

'But this is good, if there is a Wyvern here then the battle will be a little entertaining, we'll see how much different my strength is compared to that time. '

* cling *

However, not just one Wyvern, three Wyverns came out of the Gate which was getting bigger and bigger at once which made everyone widen their eyes.

"T-three dragons at once !? No way, even it is said that Kamish the Dragon has the power to destroy a city easily, and now three creatures like him?" Muttered one of the Mages in the line, he looked stunned by the scenery in front of him.

"That is not a dragon, but its close relative, Wyvern, be careful, although in terms of their strength and magic energy they are much weaker than Dragons, but their mobility is very good in the air, they are quite fast, and can shoot flames from their mouths."

Said Zhigang who immediately approached the line, because if he only focused on facing one Wyvern, then the other Hunters would be killed by the other two, so he would make a good plan first before starting his current attack.

"Zhigang, do you know about characteristics such as their weaknesses?" Said Budi.

"Weaknesses, in general they don't have certain weaknesses, they are fast, strong, and their scales have quite high magic resistance, the best way to defeat them is to use pure physical attacks. But ..."

'If the number is this much, it is certain that there will be people killed. ' Zhigang thought while looking around.

But suddenly the air became heavy and terrifying pressure emanated from the Gate. Zhigang who felt a very strong presence widened his eyes and immediately turned his attention towards the gate.

The hunters besides Zhigang, including Budi, felt their feet shudder suddenly. Then, a voice with a foreign and unknown language can be heard.

"[ Why is this portal open now !? Who would dare to do unnecessary things like this, even though it isn't time to attack the human world yet. ]"

The voice was unanimous and the tone was low, emitting a hidden dominance that some people might not realize.

"[ If His Majesty finds out he will definitely be furious, I must immediately clear this matter. ]"

Then, the owner of the voice slowly came out of the Gate, it was a Humanoid being, which had a body like a human. His body was like a hulk and flaming, his height reached more than 2 meters, it was covered by black scales that made his figure more intimidating.

His head was shaped like a dragon, his golden-colored reptile eyes seemed to be staring down at the world, he seemed to have a tail. The creature is a Dragonoid. Seeing that unknown creature, everyone could only be stunned, even Liu Zhigang had never seen a Dragonoid before.

'This creature, the pressure and the magic waves emitted by his body are equal or even stronger than Kamish,'

* tap *

"W-what is that creature?"

"Is that a dragon?"

The Hunters widened their eyes when they saw the figure of the Dragonoid who was walking gallantly while accompanied by the three Wyverns by his side, he scanned towards the Hunter and said in a condescending tone.

"[It looks like there are some ants that need to be killed, huh ... Hmm?]"

And when his golden eyes saw the figure of Zhigang standing in the distance, the Dragonoid grinned slightly, so that his sharp fangs could be seen.

"[Ho ~ I think there is human who are a bit interesting here.]"

***

"... This is bad, they have come, the Magic Beasts."

Reo heard his mother speak and glanced back at the Green-Scale Basilisk which was slowly walking towards them.

This was the first time he had seen the Magic Beast, because all his life, Reo had only lived in his hometown and had never been go to the other island or even a big city. And this is the first time, a Gate open on the Komodo Island.

'So it's a Magic Beast, its size is much bigger than an ordinary Komodo dragon, is the saliva still poisonous as before? 'Reo thought, he was currently thinking about how likely it was to be able to kill the Monster in front of him.

As a person who has lived in the wild since childhood, Reo has been taught how to hunt by the villagers since he was a child, it is an obligation for men in the village to have a capable hunting ability and ability to live in the wild by utilizing what is provided by nature as best as possible.

"Reo, Martius, just leave me here, you two won't be able to defeat that creature."

"Mom, why are you talking like that, no matter how, me and my brother will save you."

Reo glanced at his mother who began to lose consciousness before he went back to observe the approaching Basilisk slowly.

'He came from the top of the hill in the south, while the Gate is in the southeast, then he really came towards the village ... The smell of blood, huh? If so, fleeing towards the village is also the same as suicide because from the beginning these lizards followed their animal instincts to prey on humans. '

Reo was then seen running hurriedly and took the rope that he used to lift the previous Concrete and then took the fish nets that were in the ruins of his warehouse. Martius who saw that widened his eyes in confusion.

"Bro, what do you want to do?"

After he returned, Reo then crouched down and was seen sticking the peg they had used before into the ground, he then said.

"Martius, you take mother to the west mountain and seek help from the hunters who come to evacuate the residents, but you must change your direction diagonally slowly towards the northwest, in the opposite direction to the village, go!."

"There's no way I can leave you here, bro, let's run together and get out of here," Martius said.

"Oi idiot, Have you forgotten the basic lessons in dealing with Komodo dragon? If I run away with you, then who will hold this lizard here? He will continue to chase us by following the smell of blood dripping from the mother's feet, in the end we will all be overtaken. and die, do you want that to happen? "

Said Reo with a deadpan expression that immediately made Martius speechless.

"Then stop your whining and do what i ask, even if you are here you will actually hamper me."

"But what about you?" Said Martius, he seemed to be in a dilemma between saving his mother and running alone, or staying there to help his brother.

Hearing that, Reo turned and smiled sweetly at Martius.

"Do you doubt your brother's hunting ability, my little brother ~?"

"You ..."

That was the smile Martius usually saw on his brother's face. He paused for a moment, before looking down and saying.

"Alright, I believe in you bro, I promise I will bring mother safely, but you must also promise to return alive."

"Go away," Reo said, glancing back at the Basilisk who approaching him.

Hearing his brother's words, Martius immediately ran as hard as he could while carrying his mother on his back, and left Reo who is currently alone there.

Without wasting time, Reo immediately started his action and was seen binding the ends of the nets he had taken earlier to the concrete rubble beside him. When he was preparing his plan, Reo thought.

' Why am I doing this? Have i also started to change little by little? Do I understand human feelings better right now? '

* tap *

After he finished preparing all the traps that he would use to kill the Basilisk, Reo then glanced towards the Basilisk that had actually entered his neighborhood.

"Grrrrrrr ..."

The basilisk growled at Reo like a starving demon, its saliva drops dripping hard and its red tongue clinging to the bottom. His reptile eyes met directly with Reo's golden eyes.

While Reo who had vanished smile on his face then slice his own hand using the knife in his other hand.

* spurt *

There was not the slightest change in the expression on his face when he injured himself using a knife, as if he felt no pain at all. Reo then spread his arms to the side and let the blood that gushed from his wound soaked the ground and the nets on the ground.

* drip *

After that he began to tear his clothes and close the wound using it.

' We'll see how you will respond when you smell the scent of my blood, lizard. ' Reo thought, deliberately luring the Basilisk to approach him.

And when its instinct was triggered by the scent of blood from Reo, the Basilisk without a second thought immediately ran quickly using all four legs towards Reo.

"Graaaaaghhhh !!!"

* dup * * dup *

'For a lizard that has such a large body, it is quite fast, is it affected by its leg muscles, if so then it will not run smoothly. '

"Graaaagh !!"

The lizard roared and tilted its head 90 degrees, trying to gobble up Reo's body from the side, seeing that Reo looked unafraid at all. And when the basilisk was already several meters in front of him, Reo immediately ran behind and jumped over the concrete behind him.

His movements were very fast and agile like a mouse deer, he jumped using his right hand as a pedestal, and simultaneously pulled the rope in his grasp.

* sruuut *

The sound of rope friction with a rough surface of the concrete was heard, and as the Basilisk tried to pounce on Reo, a net had previously been tied to the Concrete and the pegs were spread out and immediately stopped the Basilisk's movements.

Seeing the Basilisk entangled by his fish net, without wasting time Reo immediately kicked the basilisk's stomach using his right foot and made his body turned upside down and supine.

* bump *

' Hard! ' Reo thought, as he felt the hard of the basilisk's stomach. But his body did not stop just like that, he pulled both ends of the net using both hands and then jumped towards the Basilisk and crushed it using his own body.

* badump *

"Graaaggghhh !!"

The basilisk roared in exasperation as he watched the human prey sit on its stomach.

Reo's golden eyes glowed and looked at the Basilisk's body with a cold and full of killing intent, he then Drew the knife in his hand.

'The ninth lesson to protect ourselves from Komodo dragons, make their bodies supine and kill them by cutting off the softest part of their body, which is their lower body. 'Reo thought, he then immediately tried to plant the tip of his knife in the neck of the Basilisk, but ...

* fwuosh *

* clang *

Reo widened his eyes as he saw that the knife could not penetrate the neck skin of the Basilisk, the sound of an iron clang could be heard, as if Reo's knife had just hit a hard iron.

' What? '

Then, the net that ensnared the basilisk's head slowly melted due to its poisoned saliva.

' The net is melting and also ... Can't it be that ordinary weapons can't hurt their outer bodies? '

Reo then recalled that the monsters that came out of the Gate were called Magic Beasts.

'Can they only be hurt by weapons containing magical energy directly? '

However, Reo did not despair, feeling that the knife was no longer useful, Reo immediately jumped from the stomach of the Basilisk forward.

'Alright, Plan A failed, it's time for Plan B..'

Reo who was still holding the other rope in his left hand then immediately turned to pull the rope. The rope had been fastened to the concrete rubble before, and with all his strength Reo immediately pulled the rope.

"Tck."

He chuckled when he saw that the basilisk slowly began to escape from the net.

'Come on damn it. '

* humpph * * crack *

The basilisk then began to turn around and get ready to run towards Reo and pounce on him, but before it could step on its feet, the concrete that Reo had pulled had fallen on him and had fallen on him.

"Grraaaaaghhhh !!!"

The basilisk roared in pain as its body was crushed by very heavy concrete debris, and made its body flat like a pancake. While Reo who saw the head of the Basilisk was still intact, did not waste any time.

Reo then immediately took off his clothes, and took the rocks beside him. He then ran towards the basilisk, however, the Basilisk whose body had been destroyed was still trying to kill Reo.

"Gurrrrwgll ..."

* spit *

Its neck swelled, and it spat out its poisonous saliva towards Reo in hopes that he could melt his body. But unfortunately Reo had anticipated that, he then threw the clothes he had taken off before towards the saliva so that the poisonous saliva was just melting his clothes.

Reo then skilfully glides to the side of the Basilisk to avoid his second drool, he relentlessly puts the rocks in his hand into the basilisk's throat.

"How does it feel to be a pancake, Lizard?"

"Brrgghhh ..." The basilisk could no longer roar properly, Reo then stood up and looked at the basilisk with his glowing golden eyes.

"Turns out you really like it, huh ~, but it looks like your head is still intact huh ... then let me help you, lizard."

Without the slightest mercy, Reo immediately stepped on the basilisk's head with all his strength, he continued to stomp on its head without stopping even once. The basilisk moaned in pain as the stones in its mouth wounded it from inside.

"Berggll-"

* bump * * spurt *

"Brgl-"

* bump * * spurt *

"Br-"

* bump * * spurt *

Reo kept stepping on its head until finally the basilisk no longer made the slightest sound, it was really dead. The inner head was broken, and green blood began to flow out of its mouth and eyes.

Reo looked breathless before he finally fell on his back on the ground. His chest was going up and down, when he was still trying to catch his breath.

"* pant * * pant * * pant *"

Reo then stretched his arms up and muttered.

"This is why mindless creatures like you are so unattractive. Monsters."

After he was able to breathe again as usual, Reo then stood up and looked towards where Martius and his mother were running.

"I have to catch up with them soon."

Reo then took his knife on the ground and a rope tied to the concrete before he started running after Martius. And with that, Reo managed to kill his first monster. And if people hear that an ordinary 12-year-old kid who isn't even an Awakened killed a C-Rank Monster, then they definitely won't believe it.

***

* rain *

Heavy rain flushed Martius and his mother's body, Martius seemed to have stopped running and just walked, his stamina was completely drained after running about 2 kilometers while carrying his mother on his back.

Rain water soaked his clothes, the cold air which pierced to the bone did not dampen the spirit to life possessed by Martius.

* tap *

Even when the muddy ground impedes his pace, he still tries not to slow down. But after all, Martius is just an 11-year-old boy, holding his mother in conditions like this is really hard.

"* pant * * pant * * pant *"

Seeing her child struggling desperately, the mother became impatient.

"Stop that, Martius, you can rest a bit, I'm fine ..."

"I won't, brother has told me to take you and go looking for Hunter, just being tired like this is nothing compared to the pain you are currently feeling."

Hearing his son's words, the mother could not stem tears to come out of her eyes, her two children struggled desperately to save her who might not be helped anymore, they knew that but they still did, which mother would not be proud if she had children who serve like that.

'That's right, I will not stop here, if brother who is in my current position, he will definitely not give up or even complain, I also don't want to lose to him ...'

* tap *

Martius tried to keep going and got ready to go downhill but, suddenly ...

"Grrrrr ..."

Martius immediately widened his eyes when he heard that voice, his body tightened and he stopped walking suddenly.

'That snarling sound, have they overtaken us? But how come ... '

Martius then glanced at the feet of his mother who continued to shed blood, and he could only blame himself for his stupidity.

'Shit, I forgot to erase the traces of her blood, I did not expect that even the rain could not obscure the sense of smell of these monsters ...'

Martius slowly glanced towards the back, and there have been seen 3 basilisks walking towards him, they seemed to have no difficulty walking on muddy ground because their balance was relatively better than humans.

' What should I do now? Do I have to run, no! I will be overtaken easily by them, then do I have to face them ... '

Cold sweat trickled down Martius's forehead, he was afraid to die but he was more afraid if he could not keep his promise to his brother at this time. He wanted to run but if he did that the basilisks would chase him right away, because that was their instinct.

He looked around to look for an object that could at least be used to save his life but he was currently on a hilltop, it was a barren desert that only had a few small trees growing on it. Martius is really dead at the moment.

"Grrrrr ..."

'What should I do, they are getting closer, if I move they will instinctively chase after me ...' Martius kept turning his brain and thinking.

'Think something, Martius, what would Reo brother do if he were in a situation like this, think-'

But before he could finish his mind, Martius felt a push on his back.

"Eh?"

Martius widened his eyes as his body was pushedd by his mother to fall down the hill. When his body turned around, he saw a happy smile on his mother's face, and in that short amount of time, Time feels slow, and at that moment Martius knew that it was his mother's last smile.

The mother then said softly.

" Run away,, I am proud of you, Martius, Reo."

* spurt *

And without wasting their time, the Basilisk directly bites the lower body of the mother so fresh blood gushes in the air.

While Martius widened his eyes when he saw his mother, right in front of his eyes, brutally devoured by hungry monsters. Tears rolled down his face before he shouted as he stretched out his arms and tried to grab his mother's hand.

" MOM!!! "

But Martius could not do anything because thanks to the action from his mother, he immediately fell and rolled down the hill.

* cwash * * bump *

"Ack !!"

A big stone stopped Martius Movement, and he looked in pain when he felt his back hit the big stone.

However, Martius immediately tried to get back up and look up. The stunned expression on his face could still illustrate how the previous scene shook his soul and body. His eyes widened and he felt all his blood pumping because of that. Just imagining his mother's body being eaten by a monster really made him angry.

" M-om... "

Suddenly, Martius felt a warm feeling spreading all over his body in a very heavy way, the feeling circulating in his body as if hot water was flowing in every inch of his body at this time.

" M-om... "

Then, a blue aura slowly leaked out from the surface of Martius's skin, his eyes glowing with a completely different light. His breathing was irregular and slowly he moved his steps and walked up the hill.

* fwuossh *

The aura around Martius slowly grew bigger and bigger, but the Hunters knew that it was not an ordinary aura, but a wave of magical energy emitted by someone who had been Awakened.

That's right, Martius is currently in a critical process to become an Awakened. That is experiencing the Awakening process.

Martius walked like a zombie fulfilled by one purpose, and killing intent. He continued to walk up the hill, to the place where his mother was, and the wave of magical energy emitted by him immediately caught the attention of the Basilisks.

"Grrrgghhh ..."

The Basilisks who was enjoying the body parts of Martius's mother as their lunch, suddenly felt their instincts tighten. And then, the figure of Martius stood before them.

Martius saw his mother's body, her limbs had been cut off, and her red blood flowed on the ground.

"* gasp * Aaahhfff ... kill all the monsters, kill, kill ..." he kept saying the same sentence over and over. And the Basilisk who saw the figure of Martius immediately tried to eat him.

"Graagghhh !!"

They pounced fiercely, but suddenly Martius shouted.

"KILL THEM ALL !!!"

* Buzz * * Boom *

The wave of Magic Energy that had previously come out of Martius's body slowly exploded and finally created a shock wave around him that immediately made the three Basilisk flies backwards.

Only the pure magic energy possessed by Martius directly flew B-Rank Magic Beasts like the Basilisk, you can imagine how much reserves of magic possessed by Martius.

***

* Boom *

Meanwhile, in the forest in the distance, three people were seen running towards the Reo and Martius' Village. The three people are three people assigned to the Evacuation team, which consists of two Indonesian Hunters, and a Hunter from Japan.

And while running, they suddenly felt an enormous amount of magic energy emitted from a distance, which immediately stopped their movements.

"Hm? Where does the wave of magic energy come from? Isn't the battle in the opposite direction?" Murmured a woman, who appeared to have short hair and an athletic body. Her name is Tiara.

"Such pure magic energy is clearly not from Gate ... Is it someone who is going through the Awakening process?"

Ardian murmured as the leader of the Evacuation team, he was a handsome young man who looked promising with a striking appearance. He has short red hair and black eyes, and his appearance implies that he is a man of high intelligence.

While besides them is a old man who has very thick Japanese facial features, he has black hair tied back, a katana hanging from his waist, and what makes him look ' traditional ' is that he wears Haori. He was named Shirogami Heisatsu.

"It seems so, let's immediately go there to check what happened. After all it's the same direction as the village we are headed to."

Ardian and Tiara nodded, then the three of them ran towards where the wave of magic energy was, which was none other than the hill where Martius was currently.

***

* dup *

Martius who felt tired after the Awakening process immediately fell down and knelt before his mother's corpse, tears trickling down his cheeks.

" Mom... "

He then lifted his mother's remaining body and held it tightly into his arms. Martius tried to be strong, but instead he burst into tears.

Without him knowing it, the basilisks who were blown back by the waves of his magical energy had previously returned to their feet, and ran towards him using their four legs.

"Graaaghh !!!"

The Basilisks roared and tried to pounce on Martius, and Martius could not do anything because he could not even move his body at this time. But before the basilisks could get any closer to Martius, a voice came from a distance.

"Shirogami Itto-Ryu Kenjutsu: Santō, Iai-ken!"

"Graaaag-"

* splash * * spurt *

Three deadly slashes were launched towards the necks of the basilisks, and easily cut them like a hot knife through the butter. Green blood gushed into the air and the lifeless bodies of the basilisks lay on the ground.

Seeing that, Martius who would soon lose his consciousness muttered.

"They have finally come, Hunter, but sorry bro... it seems I cannot keep my promise to you."

*dup*

Martius finally lost his consciousness, and it was natural for someone who was just Awakening.

That day, the rain on the hill witnessed the brutality of the monsters.