Meanwhile, as Alex was training under Nyx in another location, in a forest at the edge of the Far East Empire, there was a medium village, but this village got destroyed recently by a horde of monsters; the adventurers sent had almost been wiped out.
BANG
A female adventurer in her early forty but still looked like being in her late twenties collided against a tree, her head dripping with blood. Some distance away from her, five wolves were moving toward her.
"Xera!" A male in his mid-thirties called out. He swung his giant sword killing two wolves.
BOOM!
Xera aimed a hand toward one of the remaining two wolves and fired a fireball.
"Anoir, watch out!" Xera shouted as she saw a giant monster almost six meters waving its big hands. It was an Earth Ape.
Anoir used his extreme reflex to dodge. His body flew above in the air, and he tried to launch his giant sword at the monster, hoping to slay it in one blow.
The remaining wolves pounced on Anoir, but Xera intervened; she leaped up and threw more fireballs at the wolves.
"Damn," Anoir broke free after defeating the Earth ape. "This is the 17th beast I have fought today. They might be low level, but I'm exhausted."
"More are coming," Xera looked in the distance to observe a herd of wild beasts.
In ordinary times, they could easily handle a group of such weak monsters, but a horde was an entirely different story. The chances of being cornered from all around were high, and a single strike might prove fatal. So if possible, they wanted to avoid the fight and save their energy for future battles.
''Fuck! Why does this keep happening so frequently?" Anoir mumbled as he gasped for air.
Recently monsters kept attacking villages. It was unknown how monsters became so aggressive; normally, monsters didn't work together unless it was during hordes, but monsters' horde shouldn't happen here. However, suddenly, the weak monsters that rarely left the forest attacked and destroyed this village in less than twenty hours.
"Let's get out of here," Xera said as she dashed in another direction. Anoir followed alongside her, and in the same direction, four more team members were speeding through.
Much to their horror, more monsters scuttled out from the trees and sprinted in their direction.
"Shit!" Xera cursed as she evaded the claws of a white wolf and counter-attacked with her dagger.
"We will die out of exhaustion if this continues."
"We have to open a path if have to a path if have to escape with our lives," A male colleague said as he fired a black mist from his palm at an attacking monster.
The mist enveloped a Level 70 cheetah, and its body eroded at a rate visible to the naked eye.
Anoir looked around, and his eyes brightened as he saw a feminine figure some two hundred meters away, surrounded by monsters from all sides.
The girl seemed to be in her early twenties, clad in a black suit, marking a striking difference with her creamy-white skin. Blessed with a fit little frame, long legs, and gorgeous face, her body was as perfect as a human could ever get.
Her eyes were beautiful, dark as stars, while her hairs were crystalline dark. Her beauty was truly breathtaking.
Any normal man who sees her face even once would want to keep her for himself. But if they saw her mesmerizing eyes, they would feel as if they were stuck in an ice cave. Her eyes were devoid of any warmth; all they had was incomparable coldness.
"Lady Noire!" Anoir loudly shouted to bring her attention.
"Please cut a path for us!"
Noire brought her vision on him and then nodded. She was surrounded by earth apes, wolves, and panthers, but there was no trace of worry on her face.
On both her wrists, dark discs were floating. The discs resembled chakram with their sharpened outer edge.
The discs moved above her hand as she opened her palm. She gripped them tightly and closed her eyes.
The monsters pounced towards her, claws and jaws moving ahead to rip her to shreds.
The discs started spinning in a chopping manner, their sharp edges gleaming like a blade.
Noire opened her eyes and leaped high in the air before throwing the discs with powerful force.
Swoosh.
The discs penetrated the air and transformed into blurry light streams as they shot explosively towards the monsters.
As the discs moved forward, they created an ear-piercing sound, making the eardrums of everyone in the vicinity tremble.
Slash!
An Earth Ape, whose tail was sneakily moving towards Noire's leg, fell to the ground. Its neck was pierced through by a disc, tearing its body into two.
The discs continued to rush ahead, cutting through every monster in its path. The monsters resentfully growled as their bodies were ripped apart by the discs.
Tap.
Just as Noire landed back on the ground, there was no single sign of any living monster near her.
The discs moved back in her hands as she turned towards Anoir and others who were surrounded by monsters. She speeded towards them, and the sharp edges on the discs rotated.
The discs shot out from her hands. Terrifying dark ripples emanated out of the discs and struck the monsters. Blood and gore spurted out of the monsters as the ripples and discs swept right through them.
"Yes! Finally!" Anoir and others were pleasantly surprised as more monsters died and the path opened up.
They couldn't help but marvel at her might. The males gave her glances as they dashed ahead, despite it being a battlefield.
Her expression was cold, just like her eyes and how she killed the monsters. But this didn't stop the male members from desiring her, even though the desire was suppressed after witnessing the battle.
A few minutes later, the six members escaped the assault of the monsters.
"Lady Noire, thanks," Anoir said as her discs killed a final group of beasts. "We will give you 90% of this mission reward."
Noire ignored him and made a grasping motion in the air.
The discs made a curve in the air and flew back towards her. She clenched her fists, and the discs moved through them, without harming her the least bit, and cladding themselves on her wrists like bracelets. It was a gift from her master; it was a weapon created by Smith. He put all his heart into creating this; he even called it one of his masterpieces, and Noire wouldn't lie; they were amazing. She could use them without going into her original form.
Previously, Alex had ordered her to follow and help Sera, but because of what happened recently, he changed his order, telling her to pretend to be an adventurer that goes around to help people in need. It was like Tres and Pandora (A/N: Formerly known as Meera, she was in the rank-up test together with Alex and Gracier back in Eris's city.)
Noire still used her real name but concealed her tail and ears not to draw too much attention.
Suddenly, she felt something coming toward her at extreme speed.
''You should leave,'' Noire said to Anoir and others. They were confused at first, but everything changed when the beast appeared.
Bang!
The ground trembled as the monster, a gigantic Earth Ape, landed.
One of the male adventurers fired a black mist at the twelve-meter-tall Earth Ape filled with explosive muscles.
The mist seethed in the air, releasing a corrosive force, and flew towards the eyes of the beast.
Swoosh!
The monster moved one of its arms and swiped the mist away. The mist landed on the ground, creating charred ground.
The swiping action even resulted in a strong gale, removing trees in the vicinity from the ground.
"Shit," Anoir leaped back. "This is really bad. Let's leave as Lady Noire has said.''
The others nodded and escaped after Noire glared at them. Although they this was their first time cooperating, they were afraid of Noire because of the rumors about her; she was dangerous, most people said to them. It's better to listen to her when doing a mission if you wish to survive, a senior had told them. It was why Anoir and the others listened to Noire's advice.
Meanwhile, the beast raised one of its gigantic feet in the air before ruthlessly bringing it down on Noire, trying to flatten her.
BANG
Terrifying shockwaves rippled out as the foot landed on the ground.
Even the land outside the perimeter of the foot caved into a giant crater, sending debris and dust in the air.
Anoir and the others kept running without stopping.
At the same time, the rare species eyes were filled with astonishment as it felt a strong force against the foot, pushing it.
Alarmed and bewildered, the beast saw its foot shoved away from its original spot. Noire was standing there completely fine without any scratch on her body.
''!!!"
The beast tried to escape after understanding he was not Noire match immediately.
''Stay still!" Noire ordered while releasing her aura; the mutated Earth Ape could not move.
Meanwhile, Noire looked at her left.
''Why won't you come out?"
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