[ While your Entities are using the Room function, none of the candidates can fight each other ]
Maalick used his claws to cut the candidate's vines "Are you okay ? Did the bullet hit you ?"
Green Eyes stood up with his help "Except that this is the first time I've been shot, I'm fine"
Her sparkling eyes gave off something special to Maalick 'They're really beautiful'
As for Cole, he was searching the bodies of the Task Force Charlie. He took only the handguns and cartridges and put them in his inventory.
Then the skeleton approached a paralyzed Charles.
Their prisoner was so frightened that he pissed himself again when he saw him 'D-Don't come near me, you Intellectum Monster ! My family has been chosen by our lord Liandras to carry out his magnificent plans !'
Cole took off his outfit and weapons in disgust 'That pig peed on himself...'
He took Charles' special weapon out of its holster and looked carefully at its construction 'It looks like an HK USP. But it looks like it was created specifically to increase its range at the cost of its power'
[ Zerantium Alloy Handgun (12%) - [ Rank : Normal ] : This handgun was created by a renowned blacksmith.
The user will have his bullets coated with residual Zerantium with a 12% chance of causing a slowdown of the targets healing.
Then he emptied his utility belt 'Strange, what's that...'
[ Zerantium Alloy Sniper Cartridges (2%) ] - [ Rank : Inferior ] : These bullets have the power to create wounds that will slow down the healing time tremendously of your targets.
'So it wasn't just this man's gun that was made of this... 'Zerantium'. These bullets have a more powerful effect than the handgun, but with a lower percentage rate. It must surely be related to this...'
[ Nomania Empire Precision Rifles (Large Caliber) ] - [ Rank: Poor ] : Classic precision rifles.
Cole looked at each part of the weapon as if it were a wounded child I'm glad to have a anti-material sniper rifle back. But the owner really didn't take good care of it. Fortunately, I think I can build the replaceable parts'
Cole put the three items back into his Inventory ' This little windfall came in handy. I had spent all my pieces of wood in the fight with... heuuu.... What's his name again ?'
Then he put on Charlie's military clothes "It looks pretty good on me"
[ Charlie Response Team Jacket ] - [ Rank : Normal ] - [ MP : 20/100 ] : This jacket is one of the many parts of the Task Force of the Charlie Team outfit.
By pressing the Charlie badge, you can trigger and stop the magical coating that will absorb the damage.
Be careful, 1 MP is equal to one minute and each damage taken reduces the mana it contains.
The complete outfit gives you a bonus of 10 points in [ Defense ]
"That's why there are MPs in the outfit. It's the holder who provides the energy needed to activate the coating"
He turned back to the team leader 'Although that's a lot of information to take into account. I have a source who is going to be very cooperative' with a cryptic smile.
'What the... ?! Oh no... In the name of Liandras, don't tell me he's going to...'
The skeleton with special eyes took Charles by the collar and tried to drag him "Damn, you're heavy, fatty !"
Maalick and the hunter could see the comical scene from a distance.
But Maalick was not laughing. He was looking at his bloody and shaking hands 'As Instructor David would say, 'Killing is easy, it's living with it that's hard'
He clasped his hands together and walked over to Cole "Get off him!"
The Noveshona candidate had dragged Charles from only ten feet "Will you shut up and help me ?"
"I already told you. I won't work with you. I just need him" he said looking at Charles with his red eyes.
The rider dropped him to the ground "Look man, I don't think you have a safe place to hide like I do. So why don't you carry it ? Unless your muscles are just there for show" he said while giving a little tap on his abs.
Green Eyes joined their conversation with a "You got a hideout ?!"
Cole twirled the Zerantium weapon like a sheriff "Surprised I hid things from you, when you stalked me for a week, princess ?"
The Ubrilt candidate snarled "I have a name.... asshole. It's Jade !" she said as she activated her crossbow to shoot Cole.
But, the system interfered.
[ While your Entities are using the Room function, none of the candidates can fight each other ]
Jade couldn't aim her arrow at the skeleton, as if her body didn't want to hurt him.
Cole pulled out his Zerantium weapon in a military style and pointed it at Jade. But he too had received the system's notification.
[ While your Entities are using the Room function, none of the candidates can fight each other ]
Maalick stepped in between them "That's enough ! As long as our Entities are using the Room function, no one is fighting. Okay ?"
Reluctantly, the human and the skeleton put away their weapons slowly at the same time, looking into each other's eyes.
"Stupid asshole"
"Stalking bitch"
'But what a childish settlement...' thought Maalick.
The Lizardian quickly changed the subject of conversation by asking "You told me you had a safe house. Is it secure ?"
"If I couldn't see it when I was watching him day and night, he must be lying" said Jade.
Cole put his hand over his eyes in exasperation "But that's normal, Princess. Since this safe place is my arrival point. You know, right before I get hunted down by a team of soldiers and by you"
Jade wanted to swing her tomahawk that she had retrieved. But she knew very well that it wouldn't work 'I'm going to kill that fucking skeleton !'
The hunter was also frustrated that she hadn't thought of that 'But if what he says is true... Then I've totally forgotten the first lesson of Ubrilt'
The Legendary Monster Hunter kept harping her with 'When you hunt, there' isn't just your target. There are also all the elements around you and most importantly...'
'The environment' completed Green Eyes.
She shook her head because it didn't change the outcome of her hunt "But it doesn't change the fact that you are a Legendary Monster !"
"Let's say I am one, then what's are your proof ? I could say that he' s a Legendary Monster too" said Cole pointing at Maalick.
"I'm sure of it because of my ski..."
Jade stopped talking. She couldn't talk about her skill 'I better not talk about it in front of them. This skill is my only way to get the truth'
The rider understood 'I knew it. She has a skill that hunts me down, or at least hunts 'him' down'
Maalick took the lead, by picking Charles up like a sack of potatoes on his back "We better go, before the soldiers of the empire come back. Show us the way"
Cole replied, "This is about twenty miles to the East, near a mountain. There we can deal with him. But first..."
As he searched for a pair of boots that would fit, he said to Maalick "You'd better get one of the soldiers' outfits"
Cole had a point. Maalick's outfit may not have been effective anymore, but it was in shreds. Despite all he'd been through in the camp, he didn't want to let go of it.
"I'd rather keep what I'm wearing"
Cole looked again at the corpses of the Charlie Task Force "Whatever you say"
His eyes had detected something odd in the portable radios hanging from their jackets 'No...would they have those on them ?'
He looked at the communication objects and realized he was right "Trackers !" as he saw the faint waves.
"What ?!" said Jade and Maalick.
Cole quickly removed them and crushed them under his boots "Let's hope it covers our tracks"
'I can't risk destroying them all. It would take too much of our precious time if they sent a distress signal'
Cole began to make military movements to the two young people to make them understand that they must leave immediately.
Jade didn't understand all these movements 'What is he doing ?'
Maalick explained to her, by writing in the dirt with his claws 'The trackers may have sent signals to the other soldiers. We must hurry and leave. I'll go in front, you go in the middle, and Cole goes in the back'
She wrote with her finger ''At the first sign of betrayal, I'll take you on' and gave Cole a murderous look.
With that, they all began to walk together towards Cole's hideout in a very tense atmosphere.
Jade kept thinking 'You must be a Legendary Monster. My skills show me in real time where they are, and there's one right in front of me. So why do you keep lying ?'
***
In a conference room located in a tower rising above everything, Mars could see the universe before his eyes.
'I hate the Designer, but if there's one thing I have to admit. He's very good at creating. I guess he's also powerful because he's a Transcended too'
As he thought about it, the God of War realized that becoming a Transcendent was not an easy thing to accomplish.
A mortal had to overcome his physical condition imposed by the Gods, to become a God himself.
This act required millennia or even centuries if one is lucky, an extraordinary talent that had to be worked to perfection and a mental as tough as the most metal in the universe.
The Olympian looked at the files on his table once more "I had done some small research on the Entities of the candidates that Maalick had met. But I didn't expect them to be so powerful"
He opened Noveshona's file "The first one is the Agent of Chaos. A demon goddess, aged of 5000 years. Despite her young age, she is known throughout the Universe for destroying many worlds with what people refer as the Chaos'
Mars opened the second file with his other hand "I didn't recognize her at first, but it's definitely her. Ubrilt Jagt, the Legendary Monster Hunter and Ultimate Goddess of the Hunt. The one who has hunted the greatest monsters in the Universe'
The Olympian began to think 'If I were to compare them to me, by the standards of the System. I would say that I am at the rank [ Superior ], Noveshona would be at the rank just above [ Domination ] and Ubrilt would be [ Transcendent ]'
He said in dismay at this comparison "In other words, I am the weakest..."
Then in his reflection, a mature woman opened the door of the conference room.
She had a hardened face with hollowed cheeks, which nevertheless highlighted her natural beauty.
Her white, short chocolate-brown hair hidden by a red bandanna and her thin lips were nothing compared to her eyes.
Mars had the impression that they were like a kaleidoscope. They kept going through all the colors of a rainbow.
She was 3 meters tall and as muscular as him. Which gave her a look as fierce as a monster.
The visible physical difference between the two was that she was less injured by her past.
The Goddess of the Hunt wore a bra made of a metal-gray monster and a steel skirt whose borders were made of giant fangs.
Right in the middle of this garment was a glowing, wary yellow eye.
Her clothing was looking for any form of hostility towards her master.
Behind her back, she had an arsenal of weapons ranging from a hunting knife to a giant sword.
She spoke in a soft voice to her skirt "Be good, Percy. Today is an important day for me and Jade" as she patted him.
Mars didn't believe it 'Her personality really doesn't match her looks'
She went to join him to shake his hand "Ares, I guess ?"
"Call me, Mars" he said as he grabbed her hand.
Both of them sat down on their chairs and started talking while waiting for Noveshona.
"How is my disciple doing ? Is she still as harsh with others and with herself ?" asked Ubrilt.
"To be honest, I haven't been to Olympus much lately. But from what I've been told, she hasn't been back in 15 years because of work"
"I imagine she must be on an important hunt. But she should take a break once in a while. She tends to have blinders on when she's on a hunt'
"I'll try to remember that..."
Before he could finish his sentence, a teenage girl kicked the door open "That Cole Pierce makes me so mad ! Always putting obstacles in my way"
The demoness went to sit in front of the two Entities while insulting her candidate by all the names of asshole, dirty old precocious or still of fucking whiner for example.
Noveshona had the appearance of a young purple woman of 19 years old.
Her light makeup and her eyeliner in the shape of bat wings highlighted extremely well, her juicy lips, her beautiful face and her ocean blue eyes.
The curls of her long hair hid her horns of goat, as if they were not within the reach of the first come.
She was wearing a white t-shirt topped by a black and white checked shirt, whose sleeves were rolled up.
They allowed to the other two to see the entirety of her tattoos and her bracelets on her forearms.
The former doll was also wearing a faded gray jean, a pair of sneakers that matched the color of her shirt and a necklace with something inside.
Ubrilt and Mars had the same thought when they saw her 'She's trouble'
"What's the matter ?" she asked in a contemptuous tone.
Mars was about to try to put out the fuse, but Ubrilt added more powder to the keg with a "I'm just... surprised"
"Why is that you old rascal ?"
The Ultimate Hunt Goddess replied with a smile "You and your candidate are so unlike each other. This 'Cole' is a very calm, disciplined and calculating person. As for you..."
Then she changed her expression to tease her "You are impulsive, out of control and reckless"
A black and uncontrollable energy enveloped Noveshona's arm "Repeat that old woman"
Her dragon roared violently as she saw the Agent of Chaos preparing an attack.
But a certain God of Entertainment opened the door accompanied by a guest.
He hissed as he saw the beginning of the hostilities "You're already trying to kill each othe r? And I thought it would be Gezel and the other one"
The Designer pressed his shoulder and Noveshona's energy disintegrated. As for Ubrilt, her dragon fell into a deep artificial sleep.
'An anti-magic system ?!'
'How did he manage to put Percy to sleep ? I had to wait at least two years before he fell asleep for the first time !'
The cyborg could see the questions on their faces.
His expression changed to a ^_^ "Even though I'd pay a lot to see you fight in an octagon. We have what it looks like... a problem" he said as he looked at the knight giving off a deadly aura.