Klyn narrowed his eyes in disgust after seeing the monstrosity of the thing that attacked him.
It was a beast of the size of a human. It had long thick hind legs and wolf like features. His whole body was covered in gray fur drenched with blood, making it look quite disturbing.
It was clearly deadly and much more powerful than Klyn. The beast lead out a powerful growl, the growl sounds like a mix of a human cry and a wolf. But even after standing in front of it, Klyn didn't show any type of emotions of despair or fear. His face was as static and cold as always, and his body and mind were ready for anything.
The beast suddenly swipe his claw just above Klyn's chest, aiming for his head, but this time he perfectly evaded the attack by taking a leap backward at the right moment.
'I can't kill it just by evading its attack. I need to find an opening, I have faith in my strength but not in my speed and stamina' Klyn thought while taking a battle stance by slightly bending his knees and lowering his body forward.
The beast lead out a fury of attacks by mindlessly swinging his claws. But Klyn dodged every one of them with just slight movements. The attack of the beast were barely brushing through the surface of his clothes.
"What monstrous power, just a slight bit of hesitation and my limbs would fly off" Klyn said as he keeps dodging the attack.
Finally, the beast put both of its hand in air and leap towards Klyn in order to grapple him. But this was the perfect opportunity that Klyn was waiting for.
"Naïve" Klyn said as move in the direction of the beast. He easily avoided the grapple by closing the distance and throws a punch towards the beast's chest that was just above him.
The bone chilling sound of air tearing apart made by Klyn's punch echoed throughout the whole room. His hand went straight through the beast's chest. The blood showered out from its chest on Klyn's face and his clothes. The beast let out a cough of blood but without even batting an eye, Klyn easily pull his hand out making everything around him drenched in blood, even himself.
The beast fell down on the floor like a rag doll, drenched in blood. Klyn stand there unfazed with his entire body covered red. Blood starts dripping from his hand unusually, but it was not from an injury he got while fighting the beast, instead it was its heart that Klyn pulled out when he punched it.
Klyn squeeze the heart above his mouth and drank all the blood that came gushing out of it. As he drank the blood, the injury that Klyn received from the beast attack slowly starts to heal. All the fatigue that got accumulated inside Klyn's body vanishes out, and his eyes starts shining brighter.
"W.... What? I... I didn't fell anything. My strength and life force increased for sure, but, that feeling of pleasure and satisfaction, is gone. Is it because of the blood or, this body" Klyn said as he was bewildered.
12:00, Borders of the Skofn city
Many people covered in robes and flashy armor were standing alongside Fredrick in front of a large transparent wall. At every certain distance, there were large mechanized stakes impaled on the ground. From the looks of it, the large stakes were generating the wall that cover the boundary of the entire city. The transparent walls had pulsating white light and were high as some of the large infrastructure of the city.
"S.... Sir Fredrick, there's a big problem" one of the many workers from M.A.D.C supposed to be working at the site shouted while rushing towards Fredrick.
"What is it? And why are you shouting"
"One of the top rank hunter Aveline requested to join this expedition"
"What Madam Aveline requested us....to join" Fredrick said while the sweat roll down from his forehead.
"Isn't this a good news sir, one of the top rank hunter is joining us"
"You, do you know what hunters are and what is their job?"
"Ummm.... According to the books, hunters are being who were granted special powers of the unknown origin from the day the monsters appeared in our world. Of course not anyone can become a hunter, but those who did dedicated their life to kill the monsters and save other who didn't have the power to protect themselves from this calamity. Being a hunter means putting your life on the line evertime you go in these places, but this job also brings many luxuries and facility that ordinary people like us can never imagine" the man said while looking at the hunters with eyes glimmering with hope.
"You're right, we hunters put our life on the line every day to kill monsters thanks to the power bestowed upon us, but at the end of the day, we are just normal human beings. Now let me ask you a question, what will you do when one of your fellow hunter who serves to save you becomes a beast who likes to kill humans?" Fredrick said, while closing his eyes. It was like he was looking at a memory which he never wanted to recall.
"w.... What do you mean?" the man said while sweating and shivering in fear.
"The fight, the blood, the pleasure of killing and the lust, can turn a normal hunter into a blood starved beast. And Madam Aveline is the only hunter in the whole association who have taken the job to kill those hunters. She doesn't join any expedition unless there's a hunter in that area who have fallen to the lust of blood"