Chapter 11: Demons (3)
Hunter spent eighteen years in a new fantasy world.
He saw people with various skills… and things science couldn't explain.
He spent four years as a sidekick to the village's hunter team, helping huntresses deal with magical monsters.
He even died and crested a tall mountain in a gray unknown world…
Yet, as the boss unleashed her skill, Wind Terror, seizing control over the black clouds and trapping the demons inside her domain, Hunter only then felt like he was truly in a different world.
Floating in a safe zone where the air was crisp and tasty, Hunter was gawking at the tornadoes swallowing up demons and their domain. To laugh at them and their dumping grounds, the boss also took puffy and pristine white clouds into the show, mixing them to draw a scene of total dominance and beauty.
And since the black clouds were littered with countless rotten bodies, Celestia dispelled them with nothing but a flick of her fingers, then condescendingly used sharp bones to strip the demons of their black feathers.
Amidst her black-white tornado, Celestia was also pushing the wind into the nostrils of the demons, not allowing them to take even a little oxygen.
Which translated into another torture on top of their flesh getting mercilessly cut.
'Once again, everything bows in her presence… I'm turning into a simp… right? But… I will allow myself to simp for her with moderation, then make her bow before me in the future!'
As much as he wanted to imagine a scene with the boss sultry looking into him while kneeling before him, Hunter was too weak to even imagine her smiling seductively. Furthermore, her Wind Terror was just too much of a cool skill, nearly grasping all of Hunter's attention.
'Ah, fuck it! Let me enjoy their torment instead! Good shit, boss! Make them pay for ogling you!'
In the meantime, Charlotte sighed and whispered, "I am only following you around recently, boss… you could have left one for me, couldn't you? I also want to show off with a cute man watching."
Hunter's heart skipped a beat.
The boss sent a furtive glance at her companion before replying to her, "We'll ride tornadoes to the Union. Layla already mapped the path with the least demons. You're free to lead the way."
"Thanks, boss!" Charlotte withdrew her golden sword, smiling. "Hunter, as the boss' main hunting team member, I know how to fly as she often grants me her blessing."
"Really? I thought we were carried by the boss all this time!" Hunter replied, amazed, hoping to receive that blessing in the future as well.
Charlotte laughed, "It's been like that until now. But now that demons have noticed us, Layla and I have received the boss' blessing, allowing us to use the wind to fly like spirits. It takes a lot of practice beforehand, though."
And with that, Charlotte set off to the second domain baring their way.
Hunter could only give up on the Wind Terror's torment, for Charlotte's smile was so endearing he made an unconscious promise to see her perform against the demons as well.
In less than a few minutes, Charlotte was circled by a pack of twenty demons, all adorned by Lucifer's eye. Their forms varied, just like the trio who had now died under the boss' skill.
But unlike the first batch of demons, Charlotte had nothing to teach Hunter.
He already knew about Lucifer's eyes, their domains in the skies, and more, so Charlotte didn't give a chance for a demon to show their intelligence and human speech, zooming at the seemingly strongest demon with her sword guiding her way.
She was so fast that Hunter could only see that burning line of flames. The fact that he had to strain his eyes to see from so far didn't help him, either.
However, the screams of the demons quickly reached his side, and he could see them falling one by one into the clouds, all dead.
But among those black corpses lifelessly dropping like worthless trashes, Charlotte's presence stood out like a goddess. It was further emphasized by her next and last move, the finisher.
Pointing her sword at the skies, she activated her S Skill — Burning Stamina.
All corpses suddenly lit up in golden flames, getting extinguished into nothingness!
"Burning Stamina is the name of her skill," The boss lent a hand to her companion's performance, "It was ranked D at first with seemingly no prospects and future, but Charlotte leveled it up to S through engaging in perilous experiences, raising potency of her innate skill and flexibility. She's the most hard-working woman on my team."
At that moment, Hunter couldn't care about the fact that the boss had spoken to him first and talked more than usual.
"Miss Charlotte is so awesome…" Hunter whispered pretty casual words, but his blue eyes reflected Charlotte with unconcealable admiration and respect.
He already had tons of it after her helping him… but now it has increased to dangerous levels of infatuation.
The boss faintly smiled and nodded, "She is."
And then, her tornadoes turned horizontal, flying toward the defeated domain like three black-white dragons, carrying the amazed man and two strong women to the burning woman.
They didn't seem to notice them as she went straight to another domain, killing more demons by perfectly slashing at their weak spots, poisoning them with her innate skill.
Charlotte was on fire!
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"That's the end of our voyage… looking at the clock, it seems we have an hour before the yearly exam. Enough time to take a bath and report our return," Charlotte spoke with a slightly gloomy tone, looking at the watch on her wrist.
Hunter sighed as well, "It is… but I'm honored to have been a part of it!"
He then turned to the black-haired woman, "Thank you for taking me in, boss! I won't disappoint you and pass the yearly exam! I'll do everything needed to become a part of your guild. Also… there's no bad blood between us, you know? No matter what you did in the forest!"
Those words took three women by surprise.
But Hunter felt like he was right. He had seen Celestia's strength and how easily she killed demons on their way to the union. Such strength… was enough to stop Nakisha from rampaging and even escaping these three's eyes.
In fact, Hunter could infer what role Layla had in the team.
She always had her eyes around them and infiltrated every demon domain before the party even became noticed by demons. Her strength, silence, stealth, and compatibility with the boss allowed them to exchange information efficiently and fast, on top of Layla being able to sneak past the demons' senses.
In no world could a feral red wolf escape these two!
Lastly, Charlotte was like a library of knowledge. She was also a strong woman herself.
These three were just too good to let Nakisha consume monsters and even hunt humans.
There was also a last important point.
They knew from the start that Hunter was immortal. Which meant they had been looking at his struggle from the start and clearly analyzed everyone's movement.
For what reason? Hunter didn't care.
Just like he wanted to become stronger and consort with many beautiful women, enjoying relationships with them, Celestia could let the wolf roam free in search of potential snacks or whatever else, only to get those for herself.
There was one thing that Hunter didn't understand, though.
Why did she allow him to seal the red wolf within himself?
Well, once again, Hunter didn't care.
He'd get all answers in the future.
He was that confident in himself.
"Miss Layla!" Hunter spoke fast after his shocking words, not giving the boss a chance to reply to him. "We didn't have many chances to exchange words, but you've shown me how useful it is to have a lady like you on the team. I'll strive to get someone as good as you to my team in the future!"
And then, to score even more points, Hunter flashed his white teeth and turned to Charlotte.
"I'll work hard just like you, and don't waste the knowledge you've imparted to me, Miss Charlotte! After I become a member of Darkness Guild, I'll knock on the doors to your library of knowledge and experience!"
And with that, Hunter was done.
Well, the parting wasn't really done, however.
And now, Hunter stood with no words being able to leave his lips, his head as red as a tomato.
Did he sound childish? Did he craft his words wrong? Did he say too much?
'Why is no one replying to me and just looking at me with those pretty eyes!?'
At last, Charlotte grinned and flicked Hunter's forehead, "Don't get so agitated. Thank you for your words, Hunter. I, too, look forward to you becoming our junior. If other guilds take an interest in you and you accept their invitation, the disappointment will be immeasurable, and I'll have Layla hunt you."
Layla chimed in, "I don't hunt weak men."
"Oh, come on!" Charlotte rolled her eyes at her friend.
Lastly, the boss parted her rosy lips, "Be yourself."
"I will! Thank you, everyone!"
Hunter's new journey began.
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As the trio of beautiful women looked at Hunter's disappearing back, Celestia told her team, "I expected you to mellow out in his presence, but Layla opening up to him wasn't on my list."
Charlotte chuckled, "We rarely see such a cute and potential man, after all. Also, men nowadays have come to accept their weak position so much that they just look out after their looks to endear us. I never imagined myself going out with pretty but feeble flowers, let alone holding a whole bouquet of them."
"Same," Layla nodded.
"We're also past our prime already, aren't we? I wasted all of my prime years on raising my silly innate skill instead of having tons of fun! If such a man as Hunter shows infatuation toward me, how can I act blind?" Charlotte added before peeking into her boss' eyes.
Celestia kept her thoughts to herself… and dropped an interesting idea, "Your little sister is joining this yearly exam. Should we scheme to have them meet up?"
"Uh… she's a man-hater, boss… I don't think it's a good idea," Charlotte was genuinely against this idea. "What if Hunter grows to dislike women because of her?"
Celestia scoffed, "Seems like you were indeed blind, Charlotte. Get yourself a dildo."
"Boss!" Charlotte raised her voice at her guild leader, sounding younger.