*Meanwhile, inside the base.*
"S-Sir, it's still bleeding." A worried doctor arrived at Hyun-Ki's office as he sat down next to him, only to be horrified at what he saw. Hyun-Ki's entire arm was severed from the shoulder down. Blood was gushing out endlessly without any sign of stopping.
"Hah... Hah, can you stop it?" Hyun-Ki asked in an oddly calm tone. Even though he was breathing heavily and his face was as pale as a sheet of paper, he didn't lose his normal attitude.
"... I-I will try. But, I need to completely stop the bleeding and bandage it. It's going to be painful, so I need to get anestheti-"
"No time for that, just do what you need to do. I don't care about the pain." Hyun-Ki replied in a dismissive manner. He didn't seem like he even cared about losing his arm let alone the pain that came with treating the injury.
"..."
"Are we going to stare at each other or what? Start working." Hyun-Ki said as he turned to the men standing near the door.
"How is the situation outside?" He asked as he rested his back against the wall and let the doctor start his work.
"It's..." The man averted his eyes with a dark expression.
"Speak."
Immediately, the man looked up. "It's really bad, sir. He had killed over 30 men on his own so far. We have sent the fourth squad out." He said.
Hyun-Ki's eyes closed for a moment as if he were deep in thought. His mind went back to what happened back there and he felt his calm mind boil with rage again.
'I had total control over the situation. Everything was perfect and went exactly how I imagined it to be. Yet, he still outsmarted me and made me lose my arm. I have truly underestimated him. He isn't like the others. Overwhelming strength and extreme intelligence... Isn't this a little bit too much for a joke?' He thought to himself.
He had been this close to crushing Talon without raising a sword but let his guard down at the last possible second. Now, he was suffering the consequences of his mishap. That naturally hurt his ego far more than anyone could imagine. For someone like Hyun-Ki who lived his entire life seeing everyone to be beneath him in everything, this was a harsh hit to his confidence.
He always believed he was the best no matter what. With simple words, he was able to make people do whatever they wanted.
'People love to hear what makes them feel good. As long as you become that source of their pleasure, they will always listen to you. I'm always in control, no matter what and this won't be an exception. I won't let anyone be the exception except for me.'
"Send out the fighting jets." A few seconds later, he opened his eyes and said.
***
Meanwhile, the battle outside quickly turned into a one-sided massacre conducted by Talon and the rest of the group. They brutally assaulted their enemies, hacking and slashing at them with no hesitation.
"They're monsters!!! All of them are monsters! AAAAAGHH!!!"
"Please, spare me, I have kid-"
Nothing worked, not even pleas or cries for help. The sheer hatred the students carried for these people manifested in this battle.
'The path is almost clear. I can reach the gate.' Talon thought to himself as he easily dodged a sword coming his way before he decapitated the enemy and then turned around and swung the spear, sending the soldiers flying in the air.
"I'm going to go ahead first! Take care of the rest and then follow me!" He yelled to Hyun-Jae who nodded her head.
As Talon turned around to rush forward. However, before he could even reach the gate, he heard loud engine sounds in the distance. His eyes quickly moved up as he listened carefully. The sounds weren't that unfamiliar to him.
'I heard these noises before... Wait...' A few seconds of thinking made him reach the realization. His face immediately darkened.
***
"I cannot locate the target. He could be potentially dead." One of the jets said as they stared at their cameras.
The giant cloud of smoke hid Talon from their vision. But, they were all certain that it was a direct hit.
"He cannot survive that."
As they roamed the area, waiting for the smoke to dissipate, one of them suddenly noticed a small bright thing suddenly appearing from within the smoke as it flew toward him.
"Hm?" His eyes squinted as he tried to identify it. "A flame?"
Before he could even understand what it was, the flame reached the jet as it hit the side. The moment it did, it exploded violently. Alarms went off inside the cockpit as the pilot panicked.
"Shit!!!" Pushing the ejection button, he was flown into the air a split second before the jet suddenly caught on fire and started falling. "What the fuck was that?!"
A second later, more balls of flames started appearing randomly as they moved toward the jets. Their speed and accuracy made them almost unavoidable.
*BOOOOM* *BOOOOM*
Each ball of fire hit a jet, igniting a giant explosion in it.
"What is this?"
Then, out of the smoke emerged a silhouette that moved at a breakneck speed.
"He did not die. I repeat, the target is not dead! He is moving southwest!"
The rest of the jets followed him as they continued their relentless assault.
Meanwhile, down on the ground, Talon found himself in a rather tough situation.
'Fuck, that hurts!!!' He cursed in his head as he noticed the deep bloody marks left on his body from the previous attacks. As fast as he was, he couldn't completely dodge the attacks.
"I destroyed 5. There are five more to go. But, I don't know if I can destroy them anymore. I need to come up with a plan."
At that moment, Talon noticed someone approaching in the distance. His eyes widened when he realized who it was.
"Why did she come back?" He blurted out as he looked up.
"Another target has been located. Should I fire?"
"Fire, they might be there to help him."
With that response coming instantly, the jet immediately changed its target to Hyun-Jae.
"Oh no!" Talon cursed as he quickly moved toward her. "Hyun-Jae move!!"
The girl had already noticed the jet targeting her. But, she didn't stop moving as she instead quickened her steps.
"Come at me." She murmured coldly as she channeled her Aetheris. "I'm going to destroy you."
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