The Hunter System
Chapter 145 - Mythical Creatures
Meanwhile, Alvin, who was still inside a thick cloud of dust, immediately closed the connecting hole between Dungeon and City C after Mina told the two opponents that they would soon change.
The hole that originally did not have a separation wall was finally separated again by the protective magic that Alvin had just made until the hunters who were out there could no longer see the situation that was happening within the Dungeon, nor would it receive any impact from the magic power residing within the Dungeon.
After closing the hole, Alvin uses his airbender to fly away leaving the land that again shakes violently due to the magic aura that spreads very strongly due to the process of changing the shape of the two creatures.
The land began to split apart, very heavy water began to emerge from within the cracks of the ground.
The water that came more and more in each second finally drowned almost all the land until they were now like being in the middle of a vast ocean.
......................
Just as he came out of the dust, a wave of water that formed a giant wall came crashing down on Alvin.
The huge wave that resulted from the rising of the water after one of the mythical creatures plunged into it, spread out and swept across the hilltop that had not been submerged by the water coming out of nowhere.
By manipulating the surrounding air, Alvin flew even higher to dodge the water wall that came with an extremely powerful magic energy aura.
While Alvin was still climbing to avoid the second tsunami wave, he suddenly stopped his movements when he realized that a giant creature had just appeared above his head.
The lion-shaped creature with a mouth resembling the beak of an eagle was flying with its two giant wings, just above Alvin.
When Alvin looked up to see the shape of the creature, it was the same time that the creature opened its beak and breathed out fire that came out of his throat.
Woooshhhhhh...
Fire continued to burn through the air, swallowing Alvin who could no longer avoid it until he drowned in the sea of fire.
Fire filled the air, while the flood was like an ocean inundating the land.
The blazing hot flames even absorbed and engulfed the black clouds that had stopped emitting lightning ever since the creature that escaped from Alvin's death gate had disappeared behind the giant gate that also disappeared with the creature gone.
.........
After feeling enough, the eagle-beaked lion-like creature stopped the attack and flew away. He knew his attack had failed.
His two red eyes narrowed, staring at Alvin who was still flying in his original place without any injury.
Although all his clothes and masks were burned, Alvin himself was not injured at all. In fact, such a terrifying magic power attack would be able to burn and destroy a city with great ease.
"I thought he was very strong" murmured the creature. He was still moving and was now flying away from Alvin.
.........
After the attack, the, Alvin opened his status window to see a health point that had suddenly appeared within that status window as he sensed the magical power from the enemy's attacks reaching his skin.
"So the health point status will appear when there is an attack that can reach my body?" alvin asked Mina while looking at his health point which was reduced by 5% after receiving the terrible attack directly.
["Why don't you avoid it?"]
"I don't feel any danger from the attack."
["You don't have any more clothes now!"]
"That's because you forbid me from activating the Hunter Equipment form. After all, there were many sets of armor right in the inventory. I'll borrow a set."
["..."]
"...Never mind. I just want to measure how strong my defense is after successfully passing the torture in the quest for an entire month."
["...That's not torture. The hologram creature is training you."]
"train? He cuts my throat every day and it trains me you say?!"
["Don't you manage to follow what he taught and you're very strong now?!"]
"But that's not how to train someone! Where is the teacher teaching his students to behead the opponent by beheading the student's body directly and real?"
"But every day I'm haunted by the feeling of when I'm finally going to die! He cut my throat 3 times a day!"
"..." ["..."]
Alvin and Mina were silent.
For the first time, they heard Rimi's angry voice. The young woman's mechanical voice boomed so loud inside Alvin's head that Alvin felt a slight headache.
The sound attack was even more painful than the breath of terrifying strength fire he had just received.
"Y-yeah..."
Alvin finally opened the inventory window, taking any set of armor that was there just to cover his 'plain' body, while watching the strange creatures that were flying in the distance.
His body, like a combination of several animals, made Alvin remember the figure of a mythical creature whose image was plastered in the gallery of the World Association website.
["Your guess is right. He's a mythical creature, Ziz."]
"So they really do exist..."
["They exist and they're the ones who make the Dungeon. But, they should have just sprung up a dozen years from now."]
Alvin stared into the vast ocean below, at the darker water than the surrounding water.
["If that's below Leviathan."]
"Then...., her face must be very ugly, right?"
["If what you're imagining is the face of the image on the World Association's website, it's very similar to their original form."]
"Where can humans guess their form? Has anyone ever seen these mythical creatures before?"
["There is one mythical creature named Azazel who has lived for a very long time on Earth and mingled with mankind. He is the one who spreads stories about mythical creatures that actually exist, and he is also the one who tells about their likeness,"]
["In the future, Azazel will appear before a giant gate appears on Earth. He tells how he has actually told humans since ancient times the existence of mythical creatures."]
"He was like playing a human. By the way, are there dragons too? I've never heard of a world raid team fighting a dragon."
["If what you mean is dragon snakes as told in Chinese legends, they are real. Astareth, the woman who beat you up has two pet dragons."]
"Dam. Fighting him would definitely be very troublesome."
Mina laughs.
"Why are you laughing?"
["Now, he's not your opponent anymore."]
"REally?!"
["The creature that had escaped earlier was even slightly stronger than him."]
"That thing, what's its name?"
["Bebobabuse. He's not the most powerful, but he's the source of the catastrophe."]
"Y-yeah..."
.........