His threat naturally made the men step back in fear. They didn't even need to think about the words to realize that Talon meant them. His cold eyes sent chills down their spines as they felt their bodies freeze with fear.
If it was any other person, they would've just laughed it off as their numbers simply overwhelmed him with ease. But, when they look around Talon, all they see are corpses and destruction.
He survived the attack of multiple tanks and RPGs as if it was nothing. This wasn't even a joke anymore. This was a nightmare manifested in reality and they were his target.
Meanwhile, Talon stood there silently as he shook his head. For a moment there, he felt intense pain and his head started stinging.
'That was close, I had to use Tear of Reality at the last second or I would've been killed. Tsk, having only one hand to work with is annoying.' Looking down, Talon ignored the painful burn marks and inspected his bloodied hand.
Even though Sophie's attack failed, it still cut his right arm very deeply. Not to mention the fact that it was Talon's dominant hand. Now, he had to fight with his left hand alone. It wasn't an optimal situation for him considering the fact that this army was still intact even if they were terrified.
Pulling a small healing potion from his inventory, he chugged it before he threw the flask to the side.
'I don't have time to complain. Let's get this over with.' As he was about to dash forward, he heard a sound coming from behind him.
Out of the forest, he saw tens of people rushing toward him. The faces were all too familiar not to recognize them immediately.
"Talon!" The first to reach him was Hyun-Jae.
Seeing the blood all over his body and the corpses riddling every place around him, her face paled. "Are you ok?!"
Staring at the girl stoically, he wiped the blood off his face. "This blood's not mine... For the most part."
The girl blinked before she nodded her head. The smell of death around them penetrated her nostrils and made her frown. "Where is the leader?"
"I will explain later. For now, we need to get rid of these bastards and get into the base."
With no other questions in mind, Hyun-Jae didn't dwindle much as she signaled for the group that just reached them.
Everyone took their position as they pulled their weapons out.
"More of them?!" One of Hyun-Ki's men said.
"Who are these people? Their gear isn't bad even either." Another man commented.
"Men!! Don't put your weapons down!! This is but the beginning! Are we going to give up on protecting the human society?!" The general yelled loudly as his eyes flared. "Do you want your families to die?! This is humanity's last standing city.
We cannot let them take over it!"
His words, as brief as they were, made the downcast army look up. It was true, even if the first attack failed, nobody died yet. The real fight didn't even begin. Why should they fear this battle? They had all the advantages.
Even if one enemy was strong enough to fight them on his own, all they had to do was break his spirit by killing everyone else since they seemed weaker.
"Haha, this isn't even a joke anymore." Talon's group was naturally surprised by this show of power.
The moment Talon pierced through the enemy lines, it turned into a complete massacre. Moving like a ghost, he completely destroyed any enemy in his line of sight with terrifying efficiency. He didn't waste a single move in killing any target that tried to attack him.
On the other side, Hyun-Jae and Chin-Hwa took a side of their own as they pushed the entire army back.
"What are you waiting for, goddammit?! Shoot them!!" The general felt the urgency as he looked at the men standing on the walls.
"T-They are moving too fast, sir! We can't aim at them!!"
"Just shoot anyone! I don't care who-"
Before he could even finish his words, the general saw an arrow fly through the air like a flash as it pierced a sniper's head, killing him instantly. Then, dozens of arrows appeared out of nowhere, hitting the rest of the snipers situated at the wall.
"Fuuuh..." At the far back, Shin-Il exhaled a small breath as he pulled another arrow. His usually smiley face was replaced with a deadly serious expression as he stared intently at his next target before he shot the arrow.
Meanwhile, Soomin stood next to him as she waved what seemed to be a wand. A small ice projectile formed in front of her before it launched into the air.
After fighting with Shin-Il for two weeks, Soomin was able to acquire that weapon. It didn't work on its own but she quickly discovered a better use for it. It enhanced any Aetheris skill she had simply by channeling her energy through it.
'We aren't going to be a dead weight anymore.' Looking to the side, Shin-Il felt pride surge through his heart.
Seeing how far the two had come, he was rather excited. All they wanted was to help their friends and they worked very hard to achieve that.
***
Meanwhile, up in the air, Acrypha watched the entire battle with a rather confused expression on her face.
"What is going on?" She murmured.
Seeing all the blood and death that permeated the battlefield, she frowned. "What happened to them? Aren't humans supposed to fear killing one another?"
She had noticed it since the first moment they clashed. Talon's group didn't seem to hesitate to kill their target. Even though this was very much their first time fighting other humans. Not only that, they seemed rather excited, as if they didn't care about the blood spilling out everywhere.
'Their entire demeanor changed...' She thought to herself. Spreading her senses to cover every one of them, she came to the second realization.
"Hm... Their brain waves are a little different from before... Is this just a coincidence? Or is something off?"
No matter how much she thought about it, Acrypha couldn't understand where this sudden shift in their behavior came from.
As she was like that, she caught some noise coming from inside the base. Looking up, she noticed something in the distance. Small objects were flying toward them at a terrifying speed.
Meanwhile, down there, the general received a message from the base through his receiver. The moment he heard the message, his face paled.
"What?! Are you insane?! We're still outside. Everyone is going to die!" He yelled at the receiver with a pale expression.
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