Book 1: Chapter 12.1: The Hunter Becomes The Hunted Part I

Book 1: Chapter 12.1: The Hunter Becomes The Hunted Part I

Scarlet Asger

Okay, if these things are stronger on average than the spawn Ive been dealing with, then there is no way I can take on a pack of five of them at once. At least, not without some help.

But what might be on this floor that could help me deal with them? I dont know this building well enough to plan around it!The original appearance of this chapter can be found at Ñøv€lß1n.

I stand frozen for several seconds before a thought comes to me.

The shields. Each bunker has their own miniature shield in place, and these shields are detrimental to demons but do not hurt humans. And theyre set up to defend against anything Class III and below. At least, the basic ones are. The more advanced shields should be able to defend against Class IV demons too.

Each bunker shield has a layer of electricity around the barrier that will absolutely fry any demon that touches it. Which makes me a little hesitant to touch it my-

Dont worry about that. The shields will register you as human, Tar relieves my only worry about this plan.

I nod my head and immediately begin running in the direction of the shield.

Lets just hope that I manage to navigate this damned maze of a building before those hounds catch up with me.

As I run through the halls of the building, I eventually begin to hear the hounds begin howling and barking at the same time, some doing one some the other. As if they were enjoying themselves chasing prey.

My eyes narrow at that thought.

I am not prey.

It takes me another few minutes of running to reach the bunker, which on this floor is located in the corner of another common area. The normal spot to put them. Where a lot of people congregate.

Damned cowards!

The man turns back to Abigail and breathes in deeply to begin speaking, only to breath out again and turn towards the bunker door when it starts beeping. Then his eyes, along with those of everyone else in the room shift to the screen that lowers from the ceiling, showing the events going on outside of the bunker.

Everyone goes silent as a girl, no older than Jacobs own daughter, runs into the large room connecting dozens of offices with a large window scaling the wall on one end of the room and various other decorations scattered throughout it. The girl is obviously a Guardian, considering her wolf ears and glowing eyes, but some of the people in the room can tell a vast difference between her and their boss, who is always looking around for threats and practically stiff as a board unless hes talking to his daughter.

A new Guardian, maybe?

This thought runs through many of the peoples heads in the room and soon enough, whispers begin to spread. And Jacob cant help but frown as he hears some of them.

Do you think one of our coworkers contracted a spirit? No, it cant be. Shes clearly not wearing attire fit for our company. Yeah, she looks like shes just in casual clothes. So she cant be an employee here, can she? She looks like shes only recently graduated from high school or something! Theres no way she couldve gotten a job here so quickly!

Jacob focuses on the screen again to examine the girl more closely, taking in her attire of a black and red jacket over a black shirt with some sort of logo on it that he doesnt recognize, and a pair of regular black pants. Nothing extraordinary or anything. Outside of the red highlights in her black hair and her inhuman features that show her as a Guardian that is.

He cant help but stare at her ears.

I wonder if theyre as soft as they look?

After a single moment, he realizes what he had just thought and shakes his head.

Then he hears the murmurs of the others grow in volume.

Look! There are demon hounds! Do you think shes gonna fight them?! Of course she is, you idiot! Shes a Guardian! But isnt she just a new Guardian? Is she strong enough to fight off a pack of hounds?

Jacob looks over to the entrance that the girl had walked through before finding five demon hounds slowly prowling into the room like a pack of wolves. The creatures are clearly smaller than wolves, yet still larger than regular dogs, and have pitch black fur and eyes, with a few streaks of red going across the black.

Shit. This might be bad if shes as new to being a Guardian as I think.