The arrow made its way into the monster’s eye and angered it. It was just having fun toying with them before going back to its babies but it now felt a bit threatened. After all, they tried their best to attack and nothing worked until now.
It was engulfed in flames before it scattered it with its wings. It flew around them with a great speed and it seemed unaffected by every attack that they could give. It nosedived and quietly attacked when it saw the chance.
The timing was almost perfect but then the monster’s eye had a flash. It had become aware of the flames from before but this one appeared out of nowhere without a sound. It didn’t see it coming.
It didn’t exactly hit the monster, It didn’t even deal that much damage and just caused the it to stumble. It rotated its body before the arrow could reach its wing and it flew sideways to dodge their attacks as much as possible. But…
Just when it seemed to barely graze the monster’s skin, the arrow made a sharp right-angled turn and hit the monster on its back.
The monster howled in pain and flew in a different direction. The flash was condensed and the energy that filled it felt stiff. It folded its wings and made its descent. It was then about to recover however, the flash returned once again, forcing it to switch its movements in midair and eventually, it snapped its wings.
Kwang!!
Joongwhi’s mouth was stuck open in awe as he saw his arrow fall to the ground. His original plan was to let Jaehwang to try and shoot it for a bit but the monster seemed to be already defeated.
It was falling to the ground with nothing but its broken wings. There was nothing to be afraid of, especially now that it couldn’t fly.
“It still has some energy, let it bleed for a bit”
Joonghwi waited on the ground with his sword in hand. It was a sharp one meter long and thirty centimeter thick double-edged sword. He placed his gun back in its holster since it was just classified as a level four dealer. A deal was a scale used to measure a weapon’s strength; the higher the deal, the stronger it was.
“How much is it worth?”
“When we caught it last year we received 40 million won. That stupid commander took most of it but… I don’t know…”
Said Sungyeon. He was also a dealer just like Joonghwi but rank three. He had his weapon ready about when the monster had made its landing. He was very powerful and he had a rough appearance.
“My sweet girl… Your daddy will buy you something delicious after this.”
Jungkuk mumbled. He was a young father and he stood there prepared with his shield and spear in hand.
Kwang!
The monster hit the ground with the impact that created a swarm of dense dust everywhere. But in that very moment they saw the shadow of something flying on its two wings. It had to have bitten it when they were preparing.
“It’s our most expensive slaughter yet! Let’s go!”
“Okay! Boss!”
The first one to go was Joonghwi. He wasn’t the most powerful but he was very experienced and was someone who had never backed down in a fight.
Joonghwi took his sword and stabbed it deep in its neck. After that, he stepped back and looked it in its eyes.
Songyeon attacked the top of the monster’s head.
‘Speeding cover!’
The monster screamed in pain and Joonghwi followed through with an another attack.
“Okay okay! That should be enough!”
Their attacks had worked and it seemed like the monster was about to fall. I couldn’t recover from the damage that it just suffered. It was strong but after all of that, it looked like it was done for.
The platoon members then gathered around it. Just like Joonghwi, Seongyeon was so strong and off of them standing up to it was just enough. When it squirmed and struggled to try and get up, they shot a few arrows into its wing and the monster was agitated once again. The platoon members had become aware of the situation and they all focused on their attack.
“Let’s go!”
Seongyeon stabbed the monster in the neck one more last time to end the raid once and for all. It still struggled to survive even if one of its wings were broken. The platoon members continued to attack until each one of them were completely exhausted. All of them then collapsed into their seats where they took their rest.
Joonghwi was breathing heavily with sweat streaming down his face. Although he wasn’t so powerful, the monster was no match for him. He did get tired and felt dizzy at the moment.
If it didn’t fall to the ground with so much impact then it wouldn’t have been possible to defeat it. It was a very powerful monster.
“Whew…”
Joonhwi looked at it with a tired gaze. They should have been happy that they had caught the monster but their happiness soon turned into worry as they thought of Mingyeon. If Yuri and Mingyeon hadn’t have joined the battle halfway through then it would have been much more difficult.
She was also suffering with panic disorder before and was in a terrible condition. Yuri was then moved to a different position and by the second half she was safe thanks to Hyunjun.
There was nothing more to be said about Jaehwang. Every time that things would fluctuate and the monster would have a room to attack, he was always there to put it back in its place. It wasn’t much but because of that, the monster was stopped in its tracks and the team was able continue exerting 120 percent of their effort. Jaehwang couldn’t cover the role of a dealer. However, his arrows gradually made a bigger impact on the raid.
Joongwhi then walked towards Mingyeon after she finished healing all of the other injured members.
“Mingyeon.”
“Yes, leader?”
She smiled after seeing Seongyun’s refreshing face and turned her head towards Joonghwi to answer his call.
“You’re our platoon’s main healer…”
“…”
Mingyeon had a strange look on her face after hearing what Joonghwi had said. She didn’t know if she should feel offended or happy. The monster was dead but they weren’t completely sure if they could go through the gate freely so he panic disorder wasn’t completely gone.
She was the only healer in the platoon so she was completely useless in battles and no one could see how lonely she was. She felt like they were just treating her nicely because they had to. She thought that she was just a burden to the team and because of that, she was contemplating if she would go through the gate with them. She felt useless and she felt that she couldn’t do anything to protect everyone around her. She was sorry.
But then all of those worries suddenly disappeared and he was the reason.
“…You’ve done a great job…”
Joonghwi said and Mingyeon suddenly started to cry.
“Okay, Let’s get going, you guys.”
“Yes, sir!”
Click… click…
Mingyeon then went to heal other who were mildly hurt. Joonghwi took a cigarette out of his pocket and ignited its tip it with a lighter.
They were actually going to put Mingyeon out of their team after that mission. It was an unfortunate situation but they were fifteen people in the platoon and so they had to take out the healer position on the team. But it looked Mingyeon had managed to overcome her panic disorder.
She had a long way to go but she would be a lot greater than what she was not if she manages to overcome that sickness.
“She’s lucky…”
-Are you okay?
-Yeah. But we’ll have to work hard everyday.
Jaehwang was tired but he still had the perfect control of his left hand. The impact was overlapped three times and because of that, there was nothing else he could do besides to shoot common arrows during the second half of the raid. He had been getting injured a lot lately. His wounds were restored with his resurrection skill but it would still leave him exhausted.
Four of the archery skills that he had inherited overlapped but luckily he noticed the impact and was able to proceed carefully before something terrible had happened. He had to use his unique skill no matter how difficult it was.
-Just use the exploding one like you used to. Why do you keep using the strong arrow?
-I can’t do the same things over and over again. I had to experiment a with it a little and with that, I’d be able to improve even more.
-Really? Improve what?
-Everything.
Jaehwang then open the skill status window. His current rank of his sniper skill had increased and the effectiveness of his physical strength also increased as it had been in indicated with a +1. It was small but out of 550 percent, his strength effectiveness seemed to have increased by about 450 percent.
It turned out that there were a lot of improvements.
But even though he improved a lot, Jaehwang still didn’t have skills like a top ranked Jimyeong.
A Jimyeong was a member that could fit into every position in a platoon. His skills would improve even more in the future and he would continue to grow and in the end, his aim to be the strongest hunter there ever was.
-I want to quickly achieve a fourth overlap.
There was something called the ‘save system’ and it was a huge system that developed a tremendous amount of drugs and other addictive and toxic medicines. He was obviously anxious but there was nothing he could do about it. Everyday he would improve rapidly and the thought of getting strong was even more tempting, however, Jaehwang had to slow down a bit.
Developing himself too fast could end up being his poison but if he stops, something terrible could happen.
-Stop… If you think of failing a fourth overlap then you’ll never want to stop.
-I know.
Jaehwang then started to smile. He was already never going to stop and he could level up more than he already was.
Mingyeon then approached him.
“Are you okay? You’re sitting alone…”
“Ah, Yes, I’m fine…”
He then thought about the last time they saw each other…
“Thank you for your help.”
“Oh.. It was nothing…”
“…”
Mingyeon’s face then looked a little sad but then she smiled. She thanked Jaehwang again and left.
-You have such a big ego…
-What?
-The more clueless you are, the worse it is… .
“Hey! Let’s get going before another monster comes through. Whew… When will all this be over.”
“…But all of the money…”
He then turned around and saw Seongyeon smiling happily.
Rescue Mission 4, The end.
