Bab 23: Chapter 23: Can this be eaten?
Maz city was a midsized city surrounded by mountains on all side, meaning the roads all went through mountains to get to it. Because if that the city looked like it was built in a giant not too deep hole like area. So one could basically overlook most of it from the mountain road.
Which is what Muku and his group were doing in that moment. Though inside of feeling awed by it like from the past, they felt their hearts tighten. Smoke could be seen slithering into the sky from all over the city, suggesting large fires in those areas. Cries of humans could be vaguely heard from time to time with growls of beasts that sounded different from the killer dogs.
They couldn't help but gulp down some saliva. After all, their little school already had four Rank One beasts not to mention their monstrous boss. From this anyone can deduce that the city was likely going to be filled with Rank Ones, if nothing of a higher Rank showed up.
Emily, Jade and Hope had their expressions darken. They all had families in the city after all. So seeing it's state they couldn't help but be worried. Before, they managed to keep calm and not think about it because, they themselves weren't safe and they also hoped that the situation wouldn't be as bad as the school.
The city had police officers who had weapons after all. But looking at the scene in front of them, they new that the police officers has probably made little to no impact in the situation. What they didn't know was that, guns, tanks, fighter jets, nuclear weapons or anything of that nature that didn't require too much human effort to kill no longer worked. So the cops were just as screwed as them, even the government was screwed. Hell it was the most screwed with their potbellies and zero stamina to even run.
(A/N : Nothing personal, just fiction)
"Okay, lets go...Hope, stay close to Chloe from now on. And Chloe keep her safe". Muku gave his order after calming down his nerves. Which he had to do, this place was a lot different from the school where there was one kind of beast with the same moves after.
"Yes sir" ×2 both girls replied.
"Good, Jade, beside me. Layla, back us up. Emily you're the rear guard. Oh and Chloe, be mindful of the sides. Our target here is a building that we can use as a temporary base, has to have a back exit and close to a food source if possible. Muku gave out the rest of his orders.
"Yes" ×5. All the girls called out, agreeing with the plan and taking their positions. Muku and Jade in the front, Layla supporting them from behind, Chloe monitoring their sides along with taking care of Hope who has also been handed back Muku and Jade's bags since they moved a lot when fighting unlike the mages of their group. Muku was also a mage, but he was also a warrior type like Jade, that's what a Warlock was after all. And was Emily monitoring the back.
....
"Hiss"
A few minutes after they started walking into the city, though they were relatively still in the outskirts. The had their first encounter.
"Well damn!, a Rank one snake as a welcome gift, what a generous city. Jade, as a cat, I'm sure you want this one right?" Muku spoke in a sarcastic tone at how their first beast being a low Rank One beast. He didn't forget to taunt Jade too, at this point it was basically part of his nature even. And she did the same so it was fine....at least that's how he justified it I'm his head.
(A/N : So, it seems there was no need to say Low "stage" Rank One or mid stage Rank One and so on. I can just say Low Rank One, Mid Rank One, and so on. Which I will.)
"Tsk, fine". Jade wanted to have a battle of words with him but knew it wasn't the time, and she couldn't deny that she felt an itch to kill the snake for some reason. Definitely not because she was a cat girl, at least that's what she was telling herself. And so, she turned cat and attacked. Seeing her transform Hope's eyes widened and her jaw almost dropped to the ground.
Woosh! Slash
"Well, what strong defense, and this is only a Low Rank One?". Jade said as she back away at the snake she had attacked with her claws but only managed to leave shallow wounds on its scaley skin.
HISS!
The snake was angered, this was the first time its food had dared to fight back against it after all. It slithered it's Seven long as one metre thick glistening body forward, wanting to swallow Jade whole. It kinda looked like an oversized black python, even has a mouth full of razor sharp teeth without the two fangs venomous snakes were known for. So it was safe to say it wasn't venomous, which didn't make it any less dangerous though.
"You dare get angry at me you giant worm!?, hmph!"...Ahh!". Jade used her stun attack. She knew it would work because after the fight with the dog boss she realised that it only worked up to one stage above her. Meaning upto, Mid Rank One beasts for now since she was a Low Rank One.
And like she expected, the snake was stopped in it's path, it's large mouth wide open. Her eyes narrowed and she ran forward getting to finish the fight.
"Don't you dare get unnecessarily dirty you brat!" Muku shouted seeing her actions. He could tell she wanted to jam her hand into its mouth to kill it.
"Hmph". Jade disgruntled that he was taking the fun out of it, but she did as instructed.
She jumped into the air, landed on the giant python's head and jammed her claws into its eyes. The claws she could now extend up to seven inches dug deep into the python's head, killing it on the spot. All this was done in two seconds, while her stun effect only worked for about three to five seconds on Rank Ones.
[95 kills left...]
"Oh, it seems this one was a bit strong for Low Rank Ones, I got two kill points from it". Jade said as he tried to shake off the blood off her claws.
"Is that so, then maybe it won't take us as long as we thought to get to Rank Two if even a Low Rank One in the city pays so well". Muku replied her with a pondering expression. He was kind of happy actually, because if they had to kill a hundred Rank Ones to rank up then it would have taken them who knows how long for all of them to rank up. Emily, Layla and Chloe also smiled upon hearing what Jade said.
Hope on the other hand, didn't know how to react seeing how they were so nonchalant about facing such a monster and killing it. She was already shaking in her boots after all.
"Don't worry, you'll get used to it soon enough". Chloe tapped her shoulder and said with a smile on her face.
"Y-yeah" Hope replied, not knowing if she really wanted to get used to killing or not.
"Hey, can this be eaten?". Jade said while poking the dead python with obvious desire to eat in her eyes.
"What the hell, of course it can't. It's a freaking snake!" Muku wanted to shout at her for even suggesting it, but remembering where they were, he didn't shout and only spoke, getting a bit loud at the end.
"But some do eat snakes though". Jade retorted not wanting to give up.
"Yeah, but never oversized alien snakes though!... You know what, this isn't the time, lets get out of here before that thing's blood draws us some trouble". Muku's urge to spank her returned with a vengeance, but he held himself back and ordered for everyone to continue their journey.
"Sigh". Jade sighed as she walked away from the snake corpse, looking at it from time to time. Inside she vowed she'd find a way to taste its meat, or at least the meat of its brethren.
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