Chapter 7: Saved

A powerful purple-colored domain spreads out from Shinta and just like what his ability's name implies, it made the monsters inside the domain weaker. This already gave Bran and the orphans some breather, what more if this member of the Hombre Family made more moves?

Seeing such a powerful mystic at the same age as he filled Kreon's head with murderous thoughts. Still, he needs this man to keep himself alive and he change his position a bit to where he judged it would be the safest and that is naturally near this Shinta

From Shinta's hands, two red guns appeared and he pointed them at the wasps. His guns emitted power as he poured his mystic energy into it

"[Mystic Art: Explosive Bullets!]" Shinta muttered and after he pulled the trigger from his guns, fire-red bullets flew out from them that hits the wasps around

The bullets exploded as soon as they made physical contact with the wasps and a mini-explosion occurred. The explosion didn't spread that far but its power was enough to blast the wasps' bodies into pieces

One must know that those wasps are mostly Level 3, Advance Grade. There are some inferior ones but they are the minority. The only good thing was that there are no monsters exceeding the advanced grade. If there is at least one of them, then this group of people is as good as dead

Shinta continuously pulled the trigger of his gun. Every bullet was a sure kill and charred pieces of the wasps' bodies rained down from above

Every orphan and even Bran looks at this youth with extreme shock. He was so young yet his power is already stronger than the soldier Bran!

The amount of mystic energy he has was also insane! It was like he has an unlimited amount of it

The Hombre Family .... just what kind of monsters are they?

The more Kreon watches Shinta killing the wasps easily, the more jealous he becomes.

However, although Shinta alleviated a lot of the pressure and dangers, he is still a single person and there are hundreds of wasps around. If that wasn't enough, there are more coming from the hole in the sky

Sooner or later, these people would be overwhelmed by the wasps if the reinforcements won't arrive in time. Kreon is painfully aware of that.

Shinta was showing too much power and more and more wasps were attracted to him. It comes to the point that he needs to move away from the orphans in fear that they would also be affected

The wasps felt threatened because of Shinta and the majority of them decided to attack him. Even with Shinta firing his guns non-stop, things are still getting dangerous for him

Seeing this situation, Bran moves closer to him and he helped the youth to kill more wasps. That becomes easier as most of them only decided to attack Shinta that was moving around at a fast speed thanks to his shoes

However, everything will now depend on how long Shinta can last. Some attacks already landed on him, if not for a barrier on the surface of his skin, he would be heavily injured now already. But the barrier cannot last forever, it was already thinning and the situation becomes bad again

One of the wasps reached the area behind Shinta and its stinger glowed a bit before a cone-shape energy attack was fired by it

Kreon saw that and he knows that Shinta is too busy dealing with the other wasps. He is unwilling but he needs to help this Shinta if he wants to survive!

A card appeared in front of Kreon and it turned white in color. After that, he threw the card away and a wave of wind came out from it

The wasp is still at the intermediate grade despite the Domain of Suppression and Kreon's attack cannot fully destroy that cone. Still, that gave Shinta some time to react and he evaded with the help of his shoes

Shinta looks at Kreon and he gave him a grateful look before focusing on the wasps again and he failed to see Kreon's sneer

Because of Kreon's action, two more wasps managed to get too close to him but he wasn't that worried. Kreon chose an area close to Shinta but he also makes sure that he wasn't the only person in that place

Kreon once again uses one of the orphans as a meatshield and the orphan's body was cut open by the two wasps

Two more cards formed in front of Kreon and both of them turned metallic gray in color

"[Mystic Art: Metal Needles!]"

Kreon activated the same ability he uses on the few wasps that he killed before and thin metal needles flew out from his cards that killed the wasps by damaging their insides through their eyes

As soon as the wasps died, Kreon searched for a suitable 'meatshield' again before his eyes landed on one of his roommates that was currently looking at him with wide-opened eyes

Instead of feeling uncomfortable that his despicable action was found, Kreon just gave his former roommate a smirk before standing close to another orphan he intended to use

The image that the orphan has for Kreon immediately shattered and he turned his focus back to protecting himself

Minutes passed and there are already almost no orphans around. Including Kreon, there are only six people remaining. Their numbers didn't even reach two digits even if we add Bran and Shinta

With lesser cannon fodders, the danger level just continued to grow. The only good thing is that there are no more wasps coming out from the hole

"E-everyone ..." Shinta's heart broke the more seconds that pass as more and more orphans are dying

Kreon saw that and he sneered inside him. That youth's sense of justice was really blinding, he was the type of person that would die early

Not wanting for more orphans to die, Shinta poured more mystic energy into his guns. He has a lot of mystic energy but he already uses up a lot of them. Shinta is definitely pushing himself to pass his limits right now

The guns that Shinta has grown up to eight inches in length and he looks at the wasps with eyes filled with decisiveness

"[Mystic Art: Fire Trail!]"

Shinta pulled the triggers of his guns again and rays of fire were shot by them

A blinding crimson light filled the surrounding as the two rays of fire fried the wasps on their way. This attack of him killed almost a hundred wasps but there are still more than a hundred of them

This time, even Shinta despaired. He failed .... he actually failed ... He uses that skill in hopes that it would kill all the wasps but he failed. Shinta uses up too much mystic energy before and there wasn't enough to fuel his ultimate attack

In a despairing situation, there are two possible outcomes. First, a person would explode with potential, it was a good thing if that happens. However, the second one is that the person will be drowned in despair which is not good

Shinta is a person that has a strong sense of justice but ... he came from the Hombre Family! It gave him superior power among his peers but it also made him more vulnerable in some ways

With the protection of his family, Shinta never entered such a despairing situation and it completely broke his spirit

As a result, Shinta felt a wave of weakness throughout his body. In this situation, letting despair consumes you is a horrible thing to do

The wasps' charges at Shinta, although Bran tried to kill all of them, he was already severely injured and one of them still reach the youth. If not for his superior physique brought by his mystic power, he won't have the energy left to move

The wasp slashes its legs on Shinta and it immediately made a deep cut in his body as his protective barrier is already fully destroyed. If nothing unexpected happened, he would die as the wasp is still not finished with his attack

Fortunately, another human voice entered the ears of the people around and it gave them some hope

"Young Master!!" The voice said and the concern from the voice's owner can be clearly felt by everyone

Before any of the people around can react, an old man already appeared in front of Shinta with a cold blade in his hand. The old man full of white hairs stabbed his blade on the wasp before throwing the wasp away just to see the deep cut on his master's body

The old man's face paled as soon as he saw that and a powerful aura exploded from his body. Whether it be Bran or the weaker orphans, all of them were forced to their knees because of that aura

It was so strong it reminded them of how weak and little they are in this world

"This fucking old man!" Kreon cursed in his mind. He was actually forced to his knees by a person that looks as if he already has one foot in the afterlife!

The aura didn't only affect the humans, it also affected the monsters and they were frozen in their places

Shinta's body fell on the old man that supported him gently before the blade in his hand floated on its own

"[Mystic Art: Dance of Death]" The old man said with a low voice and everyone can only see the afterimage of the blade before they saw all the wasps start to fall as their bodies were cut apart by the blade

It doesn't end there though as the blade flew high and it reached the hole in the sky. There are already more monsters approaching that hole but before they can enter, the blade emitted a strange power that temporarily patched that hole

"Is there anyone here that has healing abilities?" The old man asked and the orphans look at each other before shaking their heads

Shinta's injury was too severe and the old man doesn't have any healing abilities, there is a high chance that he might not last long enough before a healer arrives

"Useless!" The old man shouted to all the orphans but none of them dared to say anything. They saw how he easily killed all those wasps and they are not stupid to provoke him

In anger, the old man stomped his feet on the ground and a deep hole appeared from it that brought even greater fear to the orphans

"We can try to seal his wounds first with ice" Kreon offered while looking at Shinta. This was not because he suddenly becomes soft as he actually has an ulterior motive

The more seconds that pass, the closer Shinta is to death and the throbbing of one of Kreon's sub-core becomes stronger too. It was like his sub-core is telling him to get close to Shinta and Kreon wants to satisfy his curiosity

"Do it!" The old man said in a defeated voice, they can only do this. Shinta's injuries were just too severe, he won't survive until helps come if they don't do anything about his injuries

Kreon nodded his head at that and he crouched down on the ground to reach Shinta. Another card appeared in his hand and it emitted frosty energies that start to freeze Shinta's injury

At the same time that is happening, Kreon also touches Shinta as his core was urging him to do it. If the personality that is controlling this body is Keon, he would surely show an abnormal reaction

Fortunately, it is Kreon and he can feel something from Shinta's chest. Kreon doesn't know what it was but his instincts were telling him to control that thing so he did

Kreon felt some resistance but maybe because Shinta is extremely close to dying, the resistance was too weak

Soon, Kreon felt that something detached itself from Shinta and it entered his body before settling down inside his Cube World. Kreon doesn't have time to inspect what it was

As soon as Kreon freezes Shinta's injury, an invisible force pushed him away and the youth was carried by the old man as they fly high in the air at a fast speed

It causes the jaws of the few remaining orphans to drop before realizing that they are finally saved! With the wasps dead and the hole in the sky temporarily patches, they are now free to enter the emergency shelter!