Chapter 37 - Raiding the City [4]

Bodies as tall as 9 meters rapidly approached Haize from all directions, making loud noises akin to thunder in a calm city. The burning environment of the city made the situation look tenser, but Haize was as calm as water ripples.

Slowly unsheathing his Katana, Haize stared at it for a few seconds, thinking that it looked slightly different from before. It seemed to be alive, and its black coloration seemed to move slightly, twisting imperceptibly. A clearly visible breath left his mouth as if his body was cold.

''25... Ten are at the Perfect Mana Sea, and the rest are High Mana Sea. Dealing with them will be fine.'' Haize muttered to himself in a low tone, and the Katana curved blade was put behind his back, a few centimeters from touching his skin.

ROAR!

Deep roars suddenly sounded from all-around, and Haize's mind returned to reality. The ground trembled due to heavy footsteps, as beings as tall as buildings started surrounding him.

Swooosh!

Suddenly, the air behind Haize shifted slightly, and a very small monster shining with bright light appeared behind him. It was just a High Mana Sea monster, but it was way more dangerous than all others.

It was even faster than ordinary Mist stage monsters!

Crash!

Haize slowly stood up after crashing into a building, but it seemed that while the monster was incredibly fast, it was weak in power. Truth to be told, he underestimated these monsters, not expecting one to be even faster than him!

More and more monsters surrounded him, commanded by the High and Perfect Mana Sea monsters. It seemed that all monsters throughout the city united, wanting to take the threat down, ''It seems that I'll need to pay a painful price, eh?''

Haize's eyes showed a bit of seriousness, before an aura of the abyss wrapped his whole body up. Golden, black and white rays of light mixed together, giving him a very beautiful aura. A cold tone left his mouth, ''Then it's time to get serious...''

''Infinite Sword Art - Light Descent.''

Raising his sword, a blinding white light shone, as if to cover the whole world with its brilliance. Countless low-level monsters died in the next sword slash, ''Sword Aura!''

Bright white-colored crescent-shaped sword auras were shot everywhere, killing monsters left and right.

[=- 2-Star Blue-scaled Gecko killed. -=]

[=- 2-Star Night Chaser killed. -=]

[=- 2-Star Thunder Hawk killed. -=]

[=- 2-Star Worm killed. -=]

[=- 2-Star Green Snake killed. -=]

Suddenly, a dinosaur-like monster flickered in front of Haize, and a black beam was shot from its mouth, ''ROAR!''

Haize parried with his sword, but the impact sent him towards another Perfect Mana Sea monster, whose claws descended, leaving a big wound on him. He flinched slightly, but it didn't affect his next movements. He was sent flying towards a building, but before his body hit it, it twisted while in mid-air.

He landed elegantly in the building's walls, with Mana firmly holding him there. Overlooking all monsters, he silently counted that he had already killed around five High Mana Sea monsters with his Sword Auras. But it wasn't something that could be used continuously.

Using one time would be the limit, because so many sword auras had too much of an impact on his Spirit. It was something that required huge mental concentration, and it would be detrimental to use more than one time, at least the current him couldn't do so.

Blood dripped down his back continuously, and Haize's vision was slightly blurry. He quickly noticed what it was, ''Poison...? Damn, I was hit by poison?!''

Golden flames burned deeply in his body, and viscous purple substances were ejected from his body, ''HISS!''

Haize hissed in agony because it was different from ordinary pain. He was using his own Infinite Sun Flames to burn and eject the poison from his body, the pain was no worse than mutilating himself.

Channeling Mana into his feet once more, Haize pushed himself forward with such a force that the building 15 meters tall was shattered, a result of his own strength plus his speed of more than 100 meters per second! His body spun in the air, and the Infinite Sun Flames raged, burning anything around it to nothing but ashes.

As if they felt the aura of death, all monsters converged their powers in a single, all-powerful attack! A mass of lightning, earth, fire, water, and all kind of abilities was formed in the air, looking like a huge nuclear bomb!

At that moment, the old man finally arrived, and saw Haize's miserable state. The black-haired man had a few hideous wounds on his back and front body, and Haize felt his arrival, ''Old fogey, is that you? It doesn't matter, come and help me divert this attack to the sky!''

Haize's face was even more serious, because even he couldn't take that attack. If that attack truly landed on him, it would instantly kill him while also going towards the city. It would certainly destroy at least half of the city with that blow!

The old man didn't hesitate to agree, and countless white rays of light wrapped his body up. Then, he appeared beside Haize and raised his hands, ''God's Light: Deprivation.''

All around the monsters, the world suddenly became pitch black, and the monsters were disoriented. Their attack fell in chaos, and Haize took the opportunity to hit it with a powerful black breeze, ''Abyssal Art: Hurricane!''

The hurricane-like wind shot towards the sky, bringing the huge mass of abilities together. Suddenly, it exploded in countless particles, looking like beautiful fireworks in the deep night.

BOOM!

Haize had cold sweat running down his back after seeing the huge explosion, and even the aftermath left him with countless small injuries, and even burn marks! It had to be known that his Infinite Sun Flames were so strong that even Haize didn't know its depths, but he was actually burned by the aftermath heat!

At the same time, the old man panted heavily as the light around the monsters went back to normal. If it was just a few High and Perfect Mana Sea monsters, it wasn't that much of a problem, but he had to hold twenty Mana Sea-level monsters, and countless Mana Core monsters. All the while they violently tossed around due to their panic!

''Thanks for your hard work...'' Haize thanked the old man gratefully before looking towards the monsters, who were also all exhausted due to the attack suddenly being interrupted. Suddenly, the air behind him shifted once again.

A small claw stretched towards his neck, wanting to kill him with a single blow. At the same time, the old man's eyes widened, seeing that a small cat-like monster with a horn about 1 meter long trying to kill Haize, ''Watch out!''

Haize's hand suddenly caught the small claw, and just as Haize was going to slash it in half, his eyes widened. His eyes returned to their normal golden color, and they shrunk involuntarily, trembling without control. The emotions of confusion, sadness, and sorrow flashed deeply in Haize's eyes.

However, his face returned to normal after a short instant, and the cat-like monster was killed.

[=- Peak 2-Star Impersonator killed. -=]

'I still miss you, kitty. Even if it was just an illusion caused by this monster... The short few seconds it was alive in front of me reminded me of you.' Haize thought to himself while breathing calmly, his mind set ablaze. Kitty was the nickname of the cat that accompanied him ever since his birth. It died nine years ago after being run over by a car.

The next instant, the result was doomed. All monsters were killed, a total of three hundred monsters died. A sea of blood dyed the streets, and monster corpses pilled up like a mountain. Sitting above all corpses, Haize panted heavily, and his own blood mixed with monster blooded, dripping down continuously.

His vision blurred slightly due to the tiredness, and the burning pain of his wounds assaulted his nerves, keeping him awake from sleeping to recover from his hideous, severe wounds. It was hard, but easier than when the monsters were attacking altogether.

A young man about 20 years old suddenly stopped in front of Haize, his hair was bright golden as if it contained the sun in it. It was the Bright Prince, and he looked towards Haize curiously, 'I wonder... I wonder why my bloodline makes me fear him so deeply. He's weaker than me, so why?'

He had been observing Haize's fight against all monsters since the beginning, as his bloodline warned him of Haize's own. It was as if he met a predator he couldn't resist, and so he was curious.

'Anyway, he seems to be seriously injured...' The Bright Prince thought while looking at the countless corpses, and deep shock passed through his eyes. It was shocking that someone with just the Mist stage battle strength could kill all those monsters, when they fought as a united front.

''Hm... I'll help you this time, Sun buddy. If you ever need help, you can ask in this location I'll be giving you.'' The Bright Prince's eyes flashed with a strange light, guessing that Haize owned a bloodline similar to his own, but superior. It didn't hurt to make friends with someone that has a powerful potential, anyway.

As the future ruler of his Empire, the Bright Prince wasn't narrow-minded enough to think of killing someone with a higher potential. Even if he was hailed as the strongest genius, he didn't care about such things.

With a carefree smile, he gave a small sun-shaped token to Haize, and disappeared under the endless skies.

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