the rest of the day was a bit eventful due to the conflict with the other clan and that a monster wave is about to happen in 14 days.
a lot of people wanted go get their weapons checked and repaired, and theres a notice, the search group needs to bring a brokie to repair the weapons in case they break in the middle of the search.
and no brokie wants to go, because it usually leads to certain death. so it was easier for arthur to join. so the only thing he needed to do was inform the higher ups.
after 3 days the search party was had begun its actions, it was a group of 4, it had been 5 days until an inherited disciple was gone without contact to the estate.
turning the person MIA, arthur however was given a flintlock rifle that uses magic stones as ammo. people in this world cant kill a beast with a rifle.
it would only stun them for half a second, arthur was waiting for the others to arrive at the entrance, they were only waiting for 2 more people.
xu li a travelling cultivator that settled in the estate, and leo one of the 4 inherited disciples of the sect and the 3rd strongest disciple.
and after 15 minutes, arthur's guess was correct he was indeed participating in the search operation.
leo stared at arthur then said outloud "dont drag us down..." and the other disciples agreed to him. i guess everyone underestimates me now... is what arthur thought.
before they headed off arthur inspected the weapons and when everything was done they set off.
out the city, inside a forest 20 kms away, everyone was walking normally but arthur was being careful holding his rifle tightly.
as they delve 5 kilometers into the forest suddenly everyone had their guards up. as they moved deeper they spotted a tigerlike creature with a blue body and green flame on its head, its entire body armored with boned.
as the creature looked at the party, they immediately disappeared before it could notice them.
however they're scent was noticed, and the group did not know. the monster starts to form a large ball of fire in its mouth, the group stayed in hiding.
but arthur had other thoughts using his experience in using a gun as an american citizen he aimed for the giant ball of fire.
he thought if the bullets hes using cannot penetrate through a monster's skin he just needed to use a more powerful and volatile source as a medium of power.
he made sure he gun was loaded, steadied his aim, relaxed his breathing... and fired. due to the bad accuracy of the gun it got it on the left horn.
the beast had its head knocked back to the left but it quickly recovered, leo shouted at arthur. "what have you done!"
arthur paid no mind and immediately reloaded the gun and fired again in 3 seconds, and it hit its target, the gigantic ball of fire exploded on its face.
causing everyone to be sent flying meters away. but it wasnt enough to kill it, it only moderately damaged it...
the person who gave arthur the gun, alvin suryo said to him "you've doomed us all! we cannot defeat that thing!"
arthur looked at him suspiciously and said "why? its only 1 beast and there's 5 of us!" and he replied "because misfortune has been brought to us... that beast is the king of this area, its name... the flaming death!"