The Cold Blooded Hunter: Seeker of Peace
10. Christo's Sacrifice
"My name is Sky Satria..." I smiled faintly as I put my weapon back in the bag, "My age is also only seven years old..."
"My name is Dusk, greetings..." Dusk also introduced himself, but earlier he had done it when telling about how the story of Surabaya could be destroyed.
"Hmm, so yeah..." Christo folded his arms, "You guys really look like Vina and even a young Hunter from the country of Japan..."
"Who is he?" My toot. It seems like there are a lot of experienced young Hunters out there, more powerful than me who can just finish off a dog, even with great difficulty.
"He's named Yuuki Ken, he's one of the nine S rank Hunters that Japan has. He became an S rank Hunter two years ago when he was sixteen, and his nickname was Murasaki no Ken." Christo stroked his chin, "He was really young and the news shook the world back then..." (Murasaki no Ken: Purple Sword)
I clenched my hand, is it possible that he has experienced the same thing that I experienced yesterday?
"I heard, the small town where Yuuki Ken was born was destroyed by a very powerful Monster, until the five mainstay S Hunter rank of Japan was defeated. The monster itself is believed to still roam Japan, becoming a threat to SS rank because it is able to defeat five Hunter rank S at once..." Christo's face looked serious.
"Is that possible? What was Yuuki Ken's fate after that incident?" My toot. If I can get information about that person, maybe the steps I can follow to fight the Monsters.
"Either, the information about the ruined city has been swallowed up by the many small towns and countries that were destroyed by the Monster..." Christo pointed to us, "You could say, you are two of the many people who hold grudges against the Monster that has destroyed everything you had before."
"Many people have a grudge against Monsters, including the real me, but two little children who survived a Monster attack are quite rare in the world, maybe this is the first time in this year..." Added Christo.
I fell silent at Christo's words, everything she said was like trying to stir up something in me that I didn't know what it was.
Dusk just lowered his head then looked at Christo as he said, "Can I become stronger?"
Christo smiled, "Of course you can, many experienced old Hunters who train Hunter candidates, whether it's young Hunter candidates or old Hunter candidates..."
"Look, in the United States, there are special schools for Hunter candidates. They usually train Hunters with various hard exercises and provide a variety of basic to complicated knowledge about Monsters, how to defeat them, to how to calculate the strength of Monsters." Christo scratched his cheek.
"One Hunter rank SS taught there, as one of the most ruthless teachers in training would-be Hunters..." Unwittingly by Christo, he trembled as he said that.
I who heard it was silent, was the SS rank Hunter indeed that strong, until the rank S Hunter trembled just when mentioning it?
While I was just pensive in my mind about all Christo said, Dusk laughed amusedly as he looked at Christo's trembling body.
"I'm not kidding, Hunter is indeed cruel when training prospective Hunters, because he is said to want to make Hunter candidates like him..."
"Who is he?" Ask Dusk.
"His name is Tom Cage, he is the strongest Hunter in the whole world and his nickname is Burning Arm..." Christo's body trembled and I tried to ask him something.
"Is he that terrible? Until you keep shaking nonstop?" My toot. If I can, I want to feel Tom Cage's power...
"Uncle, there's a giant monster coming..." Dusk pointed in a direction, behind them.
Christo turned around and his eyes widened when he saw a large tall figure coming close to them.
While me and Dusk, we had already fallen to our knees while staring at the giant Monster with resigned eyes.
Although I am not a Hunter like the people Christo mentioned earlier, I can see that the Monster is hard to defeat by Christo.
Christo pulled out his cleaver and said slowly, "You two, go straight then when you find the intersection of four, turn left then straight and when you find the intersection of three, go straight, turn right and at the end of the street, I remember there was a big building. That's Surabaya. You have to go there with my cell phone..."
Christo stuck both his machetes and pulled out his black phone and did something.
We ourselves forced ourselves to listen to Christo's instructions, while waiting for Christo, we tried to remember what he said earlier.
"I photographed the Monster and sent it to RedWhite, the largest Hunter organization in Indonesia. You guys should bring this phone as proof that I've faced this monster..." Christo hands over her phone, "Now go!"
Dusk received the phone with trembling hands, while I was already standing steadily while looking at Christo, "I'd better get my uncle back alive..."
Christo smiled broadly and pulled the two machetes together as he said confidently, "Yes, I will fulfill your request..."
I understand that Christo intends to buy time for both of us to reach SuraBaya, but I also think that Christo might not be able to defeat the giant Monster.
Whether it was me who was hallucinating from being too scared or how, the Monster had a human-like appearance and his face was smiling widely, a smile that managed to frighten the three of us.
Christo clucked and he darted while turning both of his machetes into red, the function of the machete that makes the machete classified into a firearm.
Christo ran and jumped up high while exclaiming, "Freedom of the Mountain Splitter!"
As Christo fought against the Monster, I pulled out the hand of Dusk who was looking at Christo with a frightened look as he said with a trembling mouth, "A-A-Cayo, S-Sen-Senja, ki-we kab-kab first..."
Dusk stood up slowly and when he stood up, I clasped his hand tightly and ran while pulling him away from the fight.
Arguably, it was our last meeting with Christo, the first person we met after the Surabaya crash ended, and probably the second S rank Hunter I met...
We ran away, and unknowingly, Christo who was facing the Monster smiled faintly as she muttered, "Well, at least I have to protect Uncle Joko's son and the granddaughter of Star's grandfather, I hope he can become like his father or even become like his grandfather, one of the S rank Hunters estimated to be equivalent to eight SS rank Hunters..."
Just imagine the stone statue in Solo Leveling whose horror smile when Jin Woo and his team stray into a double dungeon at the beginning of that²...