Bab 8: Chapter 8: The Demon Beasts' Invasion
It was sixty years ago that these special creatures known as Demon beasts began to show up in the world in a very strange manner.
The beasts appeared from circles that suddenly popped up on the ground and they were almost everywhere, they had a huge number and power advantage over the humans and they were super aggressive.
Until that day, the world getting invaded by creatures of other races was just a concept that the humans adapted into movies and series just for entertainment, they never believed that something like that could truly happen.
These beasts were very different from the ones they were familiar with, sure, some of them looked like the animals they already knew in their world but there were still a lot of differences.
There were no tiny insects among these demon beasts, Spiders and scorpions were as large as Elephants or even bigger, and seeing things like that was quite terrifying.
On top of that, there were also beasts that were completely unfamiliar to the humans, and that was what terrified them the most.
About three billion people over the world lost their lives in the first week of the invasion because no one knew where a beast was going to spawn next and the ideas behind how those circles worked were beyond anyone.
They tried guns and even nuked a certain isolated place where a large number of the beasts spawned but none of that really did anything to the beasts, it took them a while to accept the reality but their earthly weapons had no effect against these beasts from hell.
It took until the eighth day of the invasion for a good number of humans to start noticing strange changes in their bodies.
Until that day, it was only something that they saw in movies and series and never believed to be real but they seemed to have developed abilities.
Special abilities that gave them a little chance to fight back against the demon beasts, it was only a little chance because they didn't really understand the concept of mana or how to use their abilities.
However, they still managed to fight off the beasts with the little they knew until they started discovering it.
There were certain areas where the beasts were unable to spawn on and those areas became the perfect for building their base after the world they once knew was destroyed.
However, not being able to spawn in those areas didn't mean that the beasts couldn't attack those areas, and afraid of that possibility coming to fruition, the humans began to build huge walls around this area which was now their safe haven.
They knew that the beasts had what it took to smash those walls but they believed that it could at least hold them off for a while.
They built those walls for three months without the beasts showing up anywhere close to them, and then suddenly one day, something strange happened.
A dark horse with a flaming head showed up with a brown book, they thought it was going to attack them and bring down everything they had built up so far, but it just dropped off the book before quickly leaving the area.
This book was where they learned the basics of mana, magic, and how to efficiently use their ability.
It only explained the basics to them which was just exactly what they needed to grow.
It was suspicious how that beast dropped off a book to help them but only a few people gave that any real thought because they were all focused on surviving and the book gave them that chance, who cares if it was from a beast?
That book went on to become one of the greatest treasures of mankind and that area where the beasts were unable to spawn, went on to become Elevor City.
The sudden invasion of the beasts meant that the humans lost access to their special minerals and resources, the ones they used as power sources were the most important to them, but all hope was not completely lost.
With time, they discovered that these beasts had special crystals inside them, crystals that served as very efficient power sources.
Well, the government made it clear that the only thing they were good for was generating energy for the city, so hunting beasts for crystals was quite a fine endeavor that fetched a good amount of money for anyone who needed it, and that also applied to students.
The higher the tier of the beast the crystal was gotten from, the higher you could sell the crystal.
This was the reason why Arsha was in the forest now with the sun slowly going down.
He needed money for a special project and the only steady way he could get that money was by hunting beasts.
He didn't even go that far into the forest before he was surrounded by a pack of wolves.
Hunting beasts at night was dangerous for anyone other than the Nine grand knights and a couple of other knights in the force but he was one of those people outside the knights that it wasn't dangerous for.
Unlike most people, he could see clearly at night and his ears were very sensitive.
That was how he could tell that he was surrounded by eleven basic tier wolves, five intermediary tier wolves, and then the leader of the pack was a unique tier wolf and that much was obvious looking at how much bigger it was compared to the rest.
"Alright, let's do this," Arsha remarked before joining both of his gauntlets together with a smile on his face.
Two of the smaller wolves jumped toward him at the same time but just before they could do anything to him, he sent a punch straight into the face of one before he grabbed the other one with his left hand and slammed it into the floor.
Dealing with basic tier and intermediary tier beasts without his ability was a simple task for him, he just had to make sure to infuse his gauntlets with a bit of his mana to make sure they stayed dead.
It took almost two minutes before all eleven basic tier beasts were lying dead on the floor, and just before the intermediary tier ones could make a move, he quickly closed up on two of them and slammed them into the floor with both of his hands.
One of the wolves quickly rushed to him, the beast seemed to be targeting his head, but just before it could get there, Arsha got his hand in the way and he ended up grabbing onto his gauntlet with his teeth instead.
"Bad dog." He blurted before slamming the beast on the floor.
Now there were two intermediary wolves left, and they were quite angry.
They were growling quite loudly now as they began to circle him.
"Things would have been tougher for me if you guys just learned how to put your ability to good use."
It was as if the wolves heard what he said because they were pulling the air in the area toward their body to create a wind force.
"Too late." He snapped before he rushed to one of the wolves and ripped its head off its body.
The other one was about to do something when he quickly turned to it with his hand shaped like a pistol, and that was the end of it.
Just after finishing the last intermediary tier wolf, a wind blade was sent toward him, but just before it could get to him, he quickly moved to the side to avoid it without a scratch.
Compared to the two lowest tiers, the leader of the pack didn't have any reservations about using its wind attacks, and after watching Arsha destroy its little pack, it was furious.
The wolf growled aggressively as it slowly stepped into the moonlight to reveal its golden fur.
"Sorry, but I'll be needing that crystal inside of you," Arsha remarked as both of his gauntlets suddenly got covered in flames.
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