MONOCHROME: Choice Of Destiny
Chapter 52 Disaster 3

A month has passed since the first time this disaster appeared and the only major incident that occurred was the loss of the kingdom of Avalor in one night to make an uproar around the world because the kingdom is really out of shape, it is not, not to mention that out of the hundreds of thousands of residents there was not a single survivor to bear witness, the only clear clue was that this was proof of how terrible this disaster was.

But only that, after that the existence of the true calamity disappeared from the world without a single clue leaving the mutants who continued to come out of the cracks, the, yet everyone has adapted and been able to withstand mutants until now.

The only problem now is the existence of cults who worship the disaster for no reason, they sometimes appear to kill the guards who protect the cracks to let the mutants craze to cause many casualties.

I don't know since when this cult came into existence or what their motives were for doing all these absurd things, but for sure they were really the biggest disaster the world was facing.

They were not large organizations but their strength was not something to be underestimated, they only needed a few people to slaughter the guards who were the elites of each kingdom.

I have never met them personally since they are active in human territory whereas I am now guarding the beastman territory.

"The situation is better than I thought."

The two of us walked around the village to see the situation, while Carl was in the treatment room to take care of the soldiers wounded by mutants.

Although the death rate is quite low these days, but the number of wounded soldiers is quite high.

"You're right, I find it strange to see why this great prophecy came to be called a disaster going so smoothly."

I could see everyone doing their part, soldiers running through the woods where the crack appeared, blacksmiths never stopped making weapons to replace broken weapons when fighting mutants, the nurses continued to use magic to treat the wounded soldiers.

After showing our strength, elder Kael asked us to join the hero party tasked with investigating the existence of the disaster, so within a month we had traveled to many places but were still in the forest.

The hero party consists of 10 people including the beastman hero himself, me and Zephyr included in it as dps.

"Ryu, Zephyr's here!"

One of the beastman women with the white snake race waved towards us strongly, She is Rosa Fitzhugh one of the nobles can tell, I said, he is also a very strong warrior because he can enter the hero party.

At first I thought we would get discrimination from party members because after all I was human and Zephyr was a demon, but it turned out that everyone accepted us with open arms.

The closest to us was Rosa who was already like an older sister in the party, although the hero was quite temperament but Rosa could always calm her down which made her position within the party quite high.

"Is there a problem?"

I doubt there will be any problems but it never hurts to be sure, Rosa looks a little disappointed with the response I gave.

"See look!"

I could see Rosa was hugging something on her chest firmly, something that was also seen trying to escape but was finally submissive in the face of Rosa's superpowers.

"Isn't she cute?! I found him wandering around the village!"

As you might have guessed, it was Nuriel, a month ago I left her in the village considering she was immature and I didn't want her to be in danger.

At first I was worried that he was not eating enough but it turned out that the dragon could absorb mana from nature naturally but that was why Nuriel became so spoiled, fortunately after being helped by the elders, Nuriel was finally able to absorb mana naturally so that I could leave it with Carl quietly.

This was also the first time the hero party had come to this village to see the situation, and also we heard the news that lately mutant activity is getting more active so there is a suspicion that the cultists are starting to expand activities in the beastman region as well.

"Kyuun!"

Nuriel who realized my existence started to wriggle stronger with teary eyes, my heart hurt so much to see it so I decided to help.

"Ummm he's my vampiric."

"Ehh? this cute one?"

"Well, it's a long story, but I guess it's like that."

Rosa looked towards Nuriel and I many times with empty eyes.

"Why didn't you say it in the first place!?"

"I don't want him in danger, so I can't take him."

"Y-well, our mission is dangerous, but seeing you hiding a cute animal like this..."

I myself do not know how to respond, so at least I can only pretend not to see the cry of Nuriel as if he had been thrown away.

"Three of you let's go!"

The rest of the party members had already gathered, it seemed like our business here was done and it was time to get back to work.

Our goal this time was to conduct a thorough investigation within the great forest, but since this forest was so vast so we had to divide the party into several teams of 2 people, we had to divide the party into groups, so eventually there will be 5 teams formed.

My own team consists of me, Zephyr, and Rosa which means we are different from the other teams, the hero decided to travel alone and instead asked Rosa to join us so that our safety was more assured, but it was impossible for a hero as good as that, it was clear he sent Rosa to observe us.

I have no problem with that, however I don't plan to do any weird stuff behind their back.

We had been walking all day but there was no sign of the existence of the calamity, the heretical sect, or whatever, all we found were mutants who managed to escape from the 0 guards but that was it.

"Well, if we walk any further we will reach the territory of the elves but there is no result."

Rosa is seen walking with her back down lethargic, maybe for one of the strongest people among her race, Rosa must be bored when fighting mutants who are classified as weak.

"I also find it strange that everything goes well."

This has been very common in many novels where when things go very smoothly, it usually ends badly.

Of course I never expected that, but it was only for a while that what I thought was true became reality.

"Miss?"

A voice came from nowhere, it was so heavy that it made me unconsciously pull my sword from its sheath, even Zephyr and Rosa felt the same way.

"no? Half Oni?"

I had absolutely no idea where the voice came from as if the owner of the voice was not here, not even Zephyr could notice it since he had been looking in all directions.

"Who are you?!"

I pointed my sword at the empty air to hear his opinion.

"Who are you? why do you know about Oni?"

"Hooh, can you feel my existence? looks like you're not ordinary creatures."

Zephyr walked in front of me while pointing his spear in front of us.

"You don't have the right to ask in this situation you know? why is half-oni in a place like this?"

The air distorted right at the tip of the spear belonging to Zephyr, a moment after which appeared a human figure with long purple hair.

Previously the existence of that person was very thin even I can not say, but now it is completely inversely proportional, this is similar to what I felt when the disaster first appeared even though it was weaker.

"Haaah, then I'll make you have no choice but to answer me."

"Kuahakhh!"

A huge explosion occurred right behind me, the dust covering most of my sight yet I could see that Rosa had already fainted with just one strike.

And another attack was immediately launched making the Zephyr crashed very far.

I didn't even have time to react to his attack.

This guy is really dangerous!

That person's existence completely disappeared afterwards, purely following instinct, I immediately used the union with the dark element to increase my defense, and sure enough, I just used the unification with the dark element to increase my defense, a few moments later my body crashed several tens of meters before stopping.

If it did not use unification, my body would definitely be destroyed, my own armor shattered into pieces yet it recovered quickly.

"Dameless"

I spat out a few drops of blood before standing back up.

"Hmm? though the power I've adjusted so that you pass out immediately but it seems you have more tricks."

"A very unreasonable power, are you a foreseen disaster?"

The man seemed to think of something while listening to my words.

"Disaster? Is that what we call it?"

"Who are you really?"

"Since you're lucky enough to survive my blow, I'll answer, I'm the left hand of a little girl."

"Little girl? who's that?"

"Your question plot is up, son, if you want to get another answer then survive my next attack."

The man attacked again using his bare hands, as before had this person's existence so thin that it was very difficult to see him, but that did not mean he was invisible.

By predicting his movements I could always withstand it but each blow felt like a meteor, it felt like my bones would turn into powder if it held him for a long time.

"Hooh you're getting a little pissed off, kid, starting with your girl-like strength, and your reflexes are just as fast as the fucking elf guy."

I don't know who he meant, but I'm definitely starting to keep up with his movements.

Attack after attack was launched but surprisingly I managed to hold almost everything back, some were able to land on my armor yet it did not deal any significant damage.

"I'm getting tired."

The man stopped attacking and instead took something from the empty space.

"haaah haah haah"

On the other hand I had run out of energy just to withstand his attack.

"Kuughh!"

Without realizing I was groaning so strongly, I looked to the side where my left hand should be but it wasn't there.

How could? I didn't even notice

In the instant that my left arm was cut off, I had no idea what he was doing but there was definitely something different from before.

"How does it feel?"

"Tch, terrible spear."

Seeing the man wielding a spear made it much more terrifying than before, as if he were becoming the spear itself.

"Right, the last time I summoned this spear was when I killed a demon lord, but I didn't expect to use it against a brat like you."

The wound on my left arm had healed thanks to my very rapid regeneration, but it didn't make it any better, I had to reattach my arm to recover.

"Even regenerating you like that girl, I wonder if you're still alive if I cut off your head."

"Stop babbling and go ahead."

"As you wish."

The man walked slowly towards me, rather than attacking I relied more on counterattacks so I focused on holding back his attacks.

"It's not time to play."

A woman with long black hair stood in front of me as if emerging from empty air, I was very sure she was Japanese just like me.

"I don't play games, it's an important matter."

"More important than finding a noble existence?"

"You haven't found it yet?! what kind of servant is far from the person he serves?!"

"Haaah, you yourself are more useless, instead of helping you play around here."

I was thinking if he was one of the summoned heroes, but seeing that he was very familiar with the spear man must be they were on the same side.

"Hmm? does your Majesty have any special relationship with this child?"

The girl looked at me with a very sharp look, it felt like her gaze alone was strong enough to kill me.

"You feel it too? I thought it was very strange but given the boy's personality so I felt this was natural?"

"Haaah, it's appropriate that since then I have always been wrong in seeking a noble position, because this child also radiates the same energy."

"Hmm you're right."

They are both really difficult for me to understand, just a moment ago we fought it out but now they are casually discussing.

"Well rather than that, let's go, I feel a noble existence in the elven territory."

"Well, let's meet next time."

The two of them disappeared quickly leaving the forest destroyed, I just remembered that since the fight Zephyr had never been involved.

I tried to find him but he really disappeared, as if he disappeared from this world.