novelStrong Arrow 2
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Their shots didn't cause an explosion but their bullets had started to carry flames that burned anything in its wake. It hit into the trees, the houses and some oaks were set ablaze when they were caught by the bullet. Those were left were out of breath and those who were hit continued to burn even if they drowned themselves with water.
He has been shooting every oak that tried to go outside of their houses with the low-grade arrows that he got. Their escape has been cut off and they've been left there to wait for their demise. The village was turned into hell.
The earth and the sky began to shake due to their screams as the tall building in the middle of their village was shattered by the green flames that dragged some of its parts down the cliff.
"Watch out!"
Joongwho yelled as he saw the flame coming towards the cliff.
Pangg!!!
The cliff had started to collapse along with their makeshift base but luckily, the platoon members were already away. They took Joongwhi's warning and packed up, they felt lucky that the flames didn't catch up. The only problem that they have was that they could no longer siege the village at their current position.
"Is everyone okay?!"
"We're okay."
They couldn't risk their lives by taking on the green flames so they could just continue to suppress them with bullets. There was no way that they could take that so their attack was halted for a moment and the oaks took that opportunity to unite. Many of them rallied out of their houses and Joonghwi had started to show a dejected look on his face.
A number of them started to advance and the one that lead them wore a heavy kind of jewelry together with light armor and a cape on its back. It also carried a skull and a small energy stick with its hands. It stepped forward with a frown and a green beam of light flowing out of its eyes.
"They have a sorcerer! This is going to be harder than I thought."
"Are we going to set up the exploding capsule?"
"No, That would take too much time."
Their sorcerers were not the ace up in their sleeves as scary things might seem, the had another plan. They were still weaker than a fourth tier monster but they had become more dangerous now that they had started to gather. All of them are known for their scary and aggressive characters so one could say that their greatest strength could only be brought up with numbers.
"Attack! Reload the bullets! Shoot!"
The platoon attacked them with a full swing but oaks had defended themselves with giant shields. A green aura surrounded them and blocked some of the incoming bullets, few ones were able to slip through and killed some of them but none of that mattered since more and more had begun to join their ranks.
"Darn it..."
Joonghwi just realized how strong their shields were. Even if they would have to retreat, they would have to come back since they had failed to destroy their nest and that would be much harder compared to what they just did. Their numbers as still rising up and the platoon started to notice that their bullets had slowed down.
Jaehwang then glanced at the oak sorcerer with his cold eyes as he reached for an arrow from behind.
-Spirit... help me out here for a second, please...
-Okay.
He got two arrows and knocked them on the string before launching them.
With them moving down at a high speed, Jaehwang then got another arrow and aimed at the oak sorcerer. He took a deep breath and slowly pulled the bowstring.
Then he stopped. He held his position and released the arrow after a few moments.
'Weighted arrow'
Pang!!!
It launched off with a loud noise before Jaehwang took a few steps back. The weighted arrow was not something that he could use regularly. It was his most powerful skill and it takes a lot of strength to pull off.
Kwangg...
The arrow that Jaehwang shot rammed into their shield with a great impact. It should have knocked their defenses down but the oak sorcerer saw it from afar and made their shield stronger. The arrow did some damage but their shields were buffed to an extent that his attack didn't cause them further harm.
The oaks had shown a moment of weakness as a result of taking the weighted arrow head on and the platoon took that opportunity to aim at their heads. Jaehwang had made his calculations and watched as a rain of arrows fall from the sky.
Twenty arrows came flying down and the oaks raised their shields to protect themselves. Jaehwang found the opening and aimed another shot towards the sorcerer. The sorcerer managed to redirect the arrow to the soldier on his side but the impact was so great that he got thrown off to a nearby wall and the one that was hit was left with a huge hole on its stomach.
Kwangg!
The wall started to collapse.
The sorcerer clutched onto his bleeding chest. He glared at Jaehwang with his cold eyes as he pointed his magical stick towards him. It looked like it was about to do something but the sorcerer collapsed after one last scream. The protection that covered him and the energy that strengthened their shields had started to disappear, their bullets could now push through once again.
"Now's the time! Attack!"
Tuteuk...
Flames had eaten up Jaehwang's surroundings and he was left feeling a little confused. He had an exhaustive heart of a hunter but he felt regret after the fight was over. He couldn't risk the lives of his team but what they did was a massacre. He spent his time alone in the Alousu and he had to kill countless monsters to survive. Having the blood of a monster on his hand was nothing new but he was still naive about death until now.
He did it to survive back then but it felt like he slaughtered them for nothing. Even though he had a longing hatred for monsters inside him, this would be the sight that he wouldn't get used to. He kept his silence until someone patted his shoulder.
"Good job, you're better than I thought."
It was Joongwhi. He came to talk to Jaehwang as the other platoon members packed the village's treasures.
"Isn't this kind of harsh?"
"..."
He stood there without saying a word.
"I don't understand. I don't know much about who we're working for. They're uncivilized compared to us but they were a little more humane. Even though I knew that they had tried to invade the earth after the mashup, I couldn't... Now that I've seen this, their peaceful way of life that we just wrecked, I just couldn't continue to hate them."
Joonghwi then squatted down in front of the dead oaks.
"Look at it. We had completely destroyed them and we could now take all the treasures that they have. This isn't a one-sided beatdown. Think of all the humans that they had killed. They would chew the arms and legs of every human that they could get their hands on and guess what would happen? They would scream on top of their lungs until they died."
Jaehwang turned his head towards the bones in the distance and he felt a shiver down his spine.
"The oaks had ruled this continent for three years with their might. Even though this place looked like hell, they all did their best to defend themselves against us. They didn't die like pigs. They fought back with all of their might even though they couldn't beat us. Do you understand?"
"Yes."
Jaehwang shook his head. Joonghwi had opened his eyes and he learned something new. The humans had done their best to protect themselves all this time. There was a time that thousands of oaks rallied to the human dimension gate and they were then forced to evacuate as the oaks stood their ground to protect themselves from their attacks as the humans made their escape.
They were their enemy and they were their prey.
Worse had happened in China. There was news that the oaks were being taken away from the southwest area and that work was still in progress up until today. They had a lot of hunters and guards so obviously, they couldn't put up a fight.
China was prideful about their territories that weren't like the others after they had destroyed a village of monsters. They had left their mark on the dimension gate by making a concrete mountain to keep trouble at bay. The Republic of Korea could do the same but the number of oaks had made a decrease and their problem was then soon fully solved.
They continued to drown themselves with thoughts until they saw an oak escaping out of the house while cradling armor in its hand.
"This is a battlefield..."
Tang! Tang!
The oak got shot in its head and chest before its lifeless body fell on the ground. Joongwhi shot it with an unchanged expression before he placed his pistol back in its holster.
"No... This is hell."
"Boss! We've finished."
They had finished looking through the treasures hiding in the burned down village. They couldn't stay there any longer so they packed everything up and prepared for their departure.
The outcome wasn't that bad. They salvaged the corpse and got the cape that the sorcerer wore and they soon found five canes inside of its house.
"Firstly, let us evacuate and we'll review the valuables that we had retrieved."
"Yes, sir."
They got on the military bus. The bus headed south towards the Justin point as everyone took a rest from their earlier fight. Jaehwang took a break from checking his stoma laser and looked towards the driver's seat. They were inside the border so everything seemed peaceful when he came. They all saw Jaehwang's abilities from the fight so ever since, they've all decided to talk to him politely as if he was a boss.
Joonghwi who was sleeping in the back of the bus slightly opened his and closed them again.
He was sure that there couldn't be problem now that they would have someone to act as their leader but until then, the would have to keep going until they could not anymore. He was a great leader but the title of 'GwanJae's grandson' made the others take him more seriously. Things are going well for the platoon but he was sure that despite with his current abilities, Jaehwang won't still be able to handle a fourth tier monster alone.
When it looked like it was the end for them, he shot a strong arrow that even had more power than a tank. The battle had ended with him taking out a fourth tier oak monster as well as two animals. It seemed like it was obvious that Jaehwang used an arrow specialized in long distance shooting and it looked like it had a guaranteed aim. It was just a one monster but he still took care of it with an overwhelming power. He felt lucky that Jaehwang had followed his instructions and nowt that he had thought of it, he would have to give up the hunt if he wasn't there to help.
"Hey."
"Do you have a special car driving license?"
Asked Peji who was driving.
"No."
Jaehwang shook his head. He wanted to learn but he didn't have the time."
"Well come over here. Even though you don't know how to drive, maybe you can read the navigation."
"Okay."
He then went towards the driver's seat of the car that looked like an airplane's control room and Peji pointed him to the passenger's seat.
"You can sit there."
Jaehwang sat down, put on his seatbelt and grabbed onto the handle.
"It moves fast and although there's bulletproof reinforcement glass, the driver still has to be careful because anything could happen during a fight. So, you're good with the handle, right?"
Strong Arrow 2, The end.
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