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Meanwhile Cale.
He teleported together with hunters.
"What?"
"Magic?"
The teenager and girl arrived with strange faces, but someone who was thought to be leader, was staring at Cale from the moment they arrived.
"Who are you?"
Cale grinned.
"According to you?"
"I can't contact lord."
That teenager muttered in annoyance...
"Is that you?"
...as that man looked at Cale with a gloomy face.
Cale laughed, but before he opened his mouth, hunter spoke first.
"Are you god's messenger?"
"?"
Cale had a blank face. He opened and closed his mouth in confusion.
But Hunter saw it as approval.
"I know that, those damn gods always interfere with our path. How do you know our plans? Which god do you follow?"
"What nonsense this bastard?"
Cale serious, he just wanted to clean up this bastard and rest, then see the news of Kim Dokja's 'death' to ensure the success of they plan, but what all this?
Hunter was still spouting nonsense.
"Again and again, you guys are always annoying. Are there spies? Hah! You god's messengers are always the most disgusting. Chasing around every world."
Hunter looked at Cale with killing intent.
"From the start, it was suspicious that you guys didn't show up, then number 5 disappeared..."
no, you were the ones who disturbed us in the first place. When did I target you guys?
"Then reincarnator... it's very strange that there is reincarnator in this ordinary world. its your spy, isn't he?"
no... it does belong to this world. My spy are just ordinary lion and bear..
-Human... why do I feel that this hunter looks like a white radish when he misunderstands you...?
I know?
Cale looked at Hunter with a strange face, which Hunter misunderstood.
"What? Surprised by this information? We also have spies. A reincarnator suddenly appeared... do you think we are idiots?"
...idiot- no!
"Enough of this damn bullshit-"
"I told you I wouldn't be fooled, don't fool me."
Cale sighed and clenched his fists.
He felt fragile, he had felt it when he met Barrow in the underground city of the dark elves before. And now this moment.
Are today's criminals happy to draw their own conclusions?
Then Cale gritted his teeth and chose to give up.
this isn't the time to talk anyway.
So Cale just raised his head and grinned.
"So you have to kill me if you want to escape my influence."
I don't agree or disagree anyway.
Then..
-Bang!
Cale blocked strange gun fire with his shield as mist thickened.
"Mana Gun?"
Tilting his head, Cale watched that man jump as tree roots pierced where he was standing.
"I'll kill you, how dare you interfere with our plans-!"
"Then I will kill you too."
Cale grinned again and started fighting.
Meanwhile the shy looking wizard was about to send water blade to help her leader, when a golden chain attacked her and made her water blade explode.
"Who?"
"Hello young lady."
Hyunjae appeared, smiling as he cracked his fingers.
"Forgive me for being rude, but let's not disturb these two, okay?"
Then that girl cursed as the Sword aura grazed her robe.
"Damn!"
It was the man, Choi Han, who appeared with a cruel face.
Turned around and pointed his sword at the girl's neck again when the water needle was again blocked by electric chain.
"Damn it."
Then thousands of water balls and poison balls appeared around her.
"Then let's see, how you can attack me!!"
-Trang!
"Crazy-! Show yourself!"
That teenager released a reddish aura and slashed to the right, when he felt his sword being tangled with something.
Taewon, who appeared after Raon deactivated invisibility magic, blocked the sword slash with his bare hands as he pulled the cable and then backed away.
Raon's magic hit hunter hard.
But there was only red smoke and the hunter appeared 5 meters from them.
"Invisibility magic? How- Ugh."
-Trang!
Raon threw another black spear which made hunter step back, when he blocked the spear, Taewon appeared behind the hunter and kicked the hunter in the back.
But once again there was only black smoke and hunter appeared behind Raon who was still invisible.
"You're there, right?"
Hunter grinned when his sword suddenly lost his aura and Raon managed to block it with his shield.
-trang
"What? How?"
Taewon held his wrist which had twisted, when he was holding the hunter's sword before.
He thought about the time lag until his ability was active and saw the hunter who was able to use his aura again.
'Why only temporarily?'
"Then I'll be serious!"
Hunter lunged forward.
-Bang Bang bang
Gunshots continued to be heard as the mana bullets continued to collide with Cale's shield.
Casting lightning of destruction, the mist around that man moved as if it were a living creature and blocked lightning.
-Bzzzt
That man frowned and made a movement like stroking the mist.
"...ancient power..?"
Cale just kept a straight face while ignoring the man's muttering.
"What's your purpose here?"
Cale stepped back to avoid the bullets calmly while the man was still stroking the mist.
where is he shooting from..?
Cale looked around warily but didn't see anything strange.
If this was magic, Raon should have told him.
what is that mist?
Cale refocused his gaze toward the mist that was clumpy and didn't even look like a living creature.
"You won't answer me?"
Cale tilted his head as the tree roots penetrated the ground and attacked Hunter.
That Hunter calmly jumped and shot at the roots.
-Bang bang
-Shhhaaa
-Bang
The tree roots hit by the bullet suddenly exploded and burst into flames. Using mist as a foothold he continued to jump in the air while continuing to fire bullets.
One, two, three, ... , thirteen, ... , twenty-seven, ....
All tree roots and trunks continued to be shot, no matter how much it disturbed them. Even as before, there was an unknown gunshot, which suddenly appeared.
Cale was sweating profusely, not because he was tired. But there was something in the mist that made it difficult for him to breathe.
Poison..?
-No Cale, I can prevent the poison, if is it. 💓
-It would be more appropriate if this mist covered your respiratory tract. 🍃
Cale frowned as the man who was still quiet grinned, which distorted his gentle face.
"Why? Just realized it?"
Cale gritted his teeth and raised his hand then lowered it quickly.
-Bang!!
-Bzzzttt
When the dust from the lightning of destruction had not yet dissipated, Cale immediately ran with the wind and threw a water spear that was blocked by the mist.
Avoiding the mist that seemed like tentacle was approaching him, Cale took out his shield to block it and creates an attacking stone spear, penetrating from beneath the ground where the hunter is.
"5 elements? This is great, how can you equip it so well?"
Now it was Cale's turn to ignore the man's words. Cale just looked coldly at the man standing in the sky with the help of the mist.
Then grinned.
"?"
That man was stunned when he suddenly turned around and saw the wind snake opening its mouth and eating him.
"How?!"
Crossing his arms, that man then shouted.
"Darling!"
Then there was a very unpleasant painful voice, screaming as response to that man's screams.
The mist flew at the speed of light and formed a girl in front of the man.
No.
Not a girl.
It forms the silhouette of a girl, but the girl's head looks like...
-Dra-dragon?!
Cale heard Raon's surprised voice and looked at the strange person.
dragon... no... is this chimera?
But Cale couldn't continue his way of thinking when his shoulders felt hot.
"Uh.."
Cale finally saw it...
There was a very small teleportation circle that only covered the size of the bullet in front of his shoulder.
Then the same circle is on the mouth of the gun.
3 abilities?? No that girl can't be called an ability.
And the reason Raon couldn't detect mana or the ancient power restraining the thing that was suffocating him was because this belonged to the dragon attribute.
Cale didn't know that his appearance was covered in blood and continued to suppress the 'dragon girl' with the white star's ancient power of wind. While continuing to direct the roots to block the bullets from attacking him.
Too extreme.
Choi Han who glanced over and saw it froze, which causes him to accidentally get in the way of the chain and be thrown far away.
"Focus!"
Hyujae said dissatisfiedly without moving his gaze.
"This is too much of a waste of time. Darling, dream eater."
Cale, who was about to send down lightning again and use a total of 3 ancient powers at once, suddenly froze.
"Crazy!"
Cale canceled his lightning that made him cough up blood and released wind power at full capacity.
Not to that hunter, but to push away 4 colleagues, who were within reach of the mist that suddenly expanded.
"Human!!"
Raon screamed hysterically as he was swept up by the wind and push away. He could only watch as his human was swallowed by the sea of mist.
Hyunjae, who was watching Choi Han, who attacked the female hunter again like crazy. Throwing the chain towards the mist dome.
-Trang!
"...barrier...?"
However, Hyunjae had to give up his intention to try again, when he saw Choi Han suddenly surrounded by dew which was gradually connected with sharp water strings. Gradually the strings began to confine Choi Han and was about to stab him until he died like torn cloth.
Hyunjae clicked his tongue and threw the chain right behind Choi Han and sent high voltage electricity to disperse the water mist.
Meanwhile Raon, who was panicking, could only continue to mumble crazily.
"Human in danger... human must be saved... what if human get hurt again..."
Raon, who had a blank look, was pulled by a cable and the area he was in was slashed by an aura sword that was blocked with Taewon's bare hands.
"Calm down kid, if you want to help him then we have to handle this first. Let's save Cale after this."
The conscious Raon clenched his claws and raised his blue eyes, staring coldly at hunter.
"If anything bad happens to human, I will kill all of you, destroy the world and commit suicide. I will definitely protect human!!"
With an enthusiasm that made Taewon feel strange about the words of the little dragon, who had canceled his invisible magic in surprise. They both returned to focus.
-Bang
-Trang
Cale blocked the bullets with the world tree dagger as he jumped with wind and slashed through empty air.
There was a tearing sound, but what came out was only fire magic.
-SSSShhhh
Cale stepped back as he used a shield to resist the dragon's fire magic.
“Kuhuk.”
Wiping the blood on his chin, Cale continued to glance around him carefully.
He bent down to avoid the bullet passing over his head and threw lightning while backing away then moved his hand to crate a stone spear somewhere.
not there either...
Cale blocked the fire magic that suddenly appeared right in front of him by forming a water spear that was bigger than his body.
He split the fire magic with a water spear and threw it towards the origin of the attack.
"Ugh."
There was a submerged sound.
Using instant and jumping toward the sound, Cale thrust his dagger there.
However.
-Bang
"Kuh.."
Cale staggered backwards when a gun appeared in front of his stomach and shot him.
Different from ordinary bullets, there was something like burning, when the bullet penetrated his stomach.
It was like lava was forced into his stomach, burning his internal organs.
-I'll handle it. 💓
-Up Cale!! 🍃
Cale, who was holding back the feeling of nausea and discomfort, used thief's power and fly up when a claw from the mist pounced on his previous location.
I need to buy some time... this mist too supportive of hunter... I need to get rid of this..
So, Cale covered his bloodied stomach with his right hand and spoke nonchalantly.
"You made dragon into Chimera?"
"What does it have to do with you? This is darling, my most beautiful work."
The voice that echoed in the mist-filled space was full of disgusting pride.
...I can also detect him from sound..concentration...
"Did you know that your actions could anger dragon king and all dragons?"
"That's good then, I can get a lot of ingredients."
Cale tapped the ground beneath him but still didn't get a response from the tree.
-The mist limits communication with plants 🛡️
"It seems you have a card that can be trusted against dragon army... Hm... does the last person have the ability to control minds?"
Cale tilted his head while paying attention to the direction of the echo and moved the superrock power slowly without being noticed.
...he's not on the ground?
Cale raised his eyebrows when the hunter's mumbling voice could be heard.
"You also know about him... it seems like we were the only ones who didn't realize it and were full of doubts... thinking we were the hunters but we were the ones being hunted from the start... this isn't fun."
-Trang
Cale blocked the bullets that suddenly appeared with a shield after seeing the teleportation array that appeared to his left.
"What are those eyes? There's something about your eyes... You can block it can't you- what the hell?!"
Cale grinned brightly as he moved the perfectly formed bloody rock outside the mist.
From the start, Cale felt that this rock was more suitable for holding back hunters before attacking. But it was difficult to do so because he had to concentrate to analyze the bullet and its sudden direction, not to mention he also had to use 2 ancient powers.
So it was a bit slow to form, not to mention this mist appeared first which made the connection with rock worse.
But it's also good because hunters can't detect movement outside because of this mist isolation.
he dug his own hole.
But Cale's grin couldn't form
"Cough cough cough."
Cale spat out the blood he had always been holding back in annoyance.
Honestly, his head was really dizzy.
High concentration and he used Record from the start of the fight.
Even injuries...
"Crazy, since when was this rock, Darling!!"
then dominating aura...
Cale tightened the hand holding the mask and badge in his left pocket as he thought about the relationship between dragons and dragon slayers.
"You know, you are a suitable opponent for me."
Cale smiled broadly as the hunter was confused by his chimera not responding to his calls and instead the mist was starting to gradually dissipate.
"What... what is this...?"
"Dragons and dragon slayers are always good opponents, only whoever is stronger can survive..."
Cale used instant and appeared next to the hunter who had now fully appeared.
The mist, or rather Chimera.
It was lying on his back, because of dominating aura and Blood-drenched Rock.
There was an ominous roar that sounded from the body of mist.
Cale thrust the dagger towards hunter's heart.
But Cale forgot...
Hunters cannot be killed that way.
At the last second when Cale came to his senses and was about to use the ancient power of the annual ring in his spatial pocket...
"..sac...ri...fice.."
"Fuck!"
The hunter's body suddenly burned along with that mist...
Then disappeared...
Cale frantically let go of the bloody rock that was still confining him and looked outside.
not these two hunters, but...
Seeing the strange situation of the battle between remaining 2 hunters, in front of him in panic, Cale raised his voice while holding back the pain that was still burning in his stomach.
"HYUNJAE, MR. SONG!! SWAP PLACES- cough cough... shi- uweek..."
Only red in front of him, only blood.
Looking at location earlier with blurry vision, Cale stabbed his thigh with dagger to maintain consciousness.
Tattoo on his hand, with a warm light, continuously poured warm energy towards Cale's stomach, but Cale didn't realize it because he was starting to feel numb.
Cale is currently panicking...
Why didn't Sayeru or Dorph bring the last hunter?!
Of course, some distance away, a white-haired man was fighting a mad lion while a red-haired woman was fighting 'a' boy.