chapter 14

Leonard was further entreated by the name given to such a creature in the distant that was leading the swarm toward their location.

"What the heck is a "Swarm Lord?" from here, that thing look like it's just an overgrown Licker to me, it's big...sure, but doesn't that make it into much a bigger target?" Leonard asked.

"You absolutely have no idea how much of a headache that thing can cause…" the militant leader began to explain to him what exactly a "Swarm Lord" was.

From his description, a Swarm Lord is.

A highly mutated member of species that had managed to gain great strength and intelligence from it mutation and turned into a lord of the species who had controlled over the usual mindless ordinary one, In many cases and records from the Central Government, it said that once a Swarm Lord has been born with in the population of a species, the invasion and likely downfall of a nearby settlement is almost a guarantee as the creature usually gathered a swarm of over a thousand members to lead that invasion on the low side for a newly born Swarm Lord.

"So...you mean that thing is smart enough to know that human are a big threat...and will definitely start leading a campaign against the nearest settlement in the area?" Leonard asked.

"YES! And as the closest human who created the BIGGEST commotion in the area- making that thing coming after us is almost a guarantee! That's why we need to get the fuck out of here?!" the militant leader roared and confirmed the threat.

"Oh? That is?" Leonard replied in a nonchalant manner as he picked his ear.

"What do you mean b y "oh"?! Do you know how much shit we're in right now?!" the militant leader wanted to cry, however he could not shed any tears.

"It's you who're in deep shit...not me, I'm confident in my ability to escape this fucking mess...and beside, it's you who decided to fucking starting a July 4th firework show up here and attracted the "Swarm Lord" attention, what the hell does that had anything to do with me?" Leonard replied in a casual manner which caused the militant group to become speechless.

He was right! It was indeed their foolishness that attracted the Swarm Lord to their location.

"However, as you already have known, I am a generous person, I wouldn't let you fool died on me, just yet… there's still a lot of things that I'm interested in, for example, the Central Government and no doubt, you can provide me with what I needed." he smirked as he pulled out the silver bullet from his pocket and went toward the modified M82A12 and loaded the bullet into the chamber and locked it in place and took aim at the incoming swarm.

"No no no no! Don't shoot that bullet! Let me do it!" the sniper who saw Leonard action jumped toward him, intending to grab the sniper rifle, however his throat was caught by Leonard before he was even close to touching the weapon.

"What the hell are you think you doing?" Leonard asked as one of his brow raised at this man action the moment he saw Leonard loaded the bullet.

"Let me shoot that bullet! It's the least you could do! I mean- I spend half of my fortune for that ONE bullet! And beside! You're an amateur judging by the way you aim my precious baby! Let me do it! My ability let me guarantee a hit!" he struggled as he grab tightly onto Leonard arm.

"Ability? You have a special ability?" he asked.

"My ability is Hunting Instinct! It's allow me to shoot with extremely high accuracy! Almost making it a guarantee shot!" he proclaimed proudly.

"Ah? So that's the reason why you manage to scratch me with that bullet...impressive." he commented on such a unique ability.

"Alright, you got your chance, take out that weakling and it entourage." Leonard commanded in a stern voice as he pointed his finger at the swarm as he released the man from his grip. Whom the moment was free- quickly hopped onto the shooting position and take aim.

"Damn… this is goodbye...my precious baby…" he lamented.

"But at least, I had the chance to send you off, personally." a droplet of tear rolled out from the corner of his eyes as he aimed at the walking behemoth that was leading the swarm of lickers.

"Shut the hell up and just shoot already! It's only a kilometer away from us, any closer and the bullet will fuck us over as well!" the leader of the militant roared at the sniper.

"Fuck you?! At least let me have a moment with my precious baby?!" the man retorted back to his superior without much respect and went back to his eulogy.

The moment he said his final farewell to the bullet who was within the chamber, he silently pulled the trigger which unleashed a loud bang, accompany by a sonic boom generated by the air that was exploded from the force of the shot.

*BOOOOOOOM MMMMM!!!!!! A deafening sound traveled out the moment the bullet hit it targets and accompanied by a bright orange flash and a large earthquake.

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High above in the cloud, a flying black ship was floating slowly and surveyed the ground below until a bright fiery infernal caught the attention of this object- to which it began to zoom in it surveillance system.

This is a scouting ship belonged the the Alien race, a tracker sent to this planet in order to monitor and catalog this world, and to find the one who had the "god imprint".

This piece of technology can record the event that unfurled through a real-time live feed and sent it directly back to the mothership that was stationed out in the dark space region between planet Earth and it Moon.

"Hmmm? Interesting… the human of this world has the capability to create Nuclear armament of this level? It's not bad...not bad indeed… no wonder their world is so fucked over… but in the end… that wasn't a bad explosion." the being who hailed as "his Majesty" by his subordinate commented on the Nuclear Explosion that was recorded through the live feed surveillance system that was sent onto the planet with great interest.

"Your Majesty, our drones has discovered quite a number of highly mutated species on that tiny planet, they are highly adapted and thrived within the Nuclear Wasteland and is at the peak of their evolution as recorded… the current situation on lands as been almost fully recorded, however- what remained below the sea still giving us problem though." he reported.

"Uhmm, sent out the first hunter unit, I want samples of these unique life-form preserved in the best condition possible." he commanded.

"Yes, your majesty, what about the human who had the god imprint? Our drone has also discovered his where about, should we sent a hunter to "collect" him as well?" the subordinate suggested his ideas to the being before him.

"Do that, might as well get him while we're at it, make sure to armed the hunting parties that would traveled down the planet properly, the last thing I need is a random mishap that would screwed our operation over… it's not easy to track down the one who held the "god imprint" as you might have already known… it is likely that the "God" might create a precaution against it in the future, so this might be our only chance." the giant humanoid being commanded.

"Yes, your Majesty, I shall not fail you." he saluted the monstrous being before heading down to the hanger bay.

"Hold on, use the newest Unit I just purchased from the Supreme to capture that human, just as a precaution." he called out to the subordinate before focusing his attention back to the live feed.