"Wha–what is that?" a scared young lad said, who was 23 years old.
His body was shaken, it was something that he had seen which looked more scary than the statues.
They all had seen khan with his new appearance, they didn't know who he was.
In their view, they saw a human-like monster sitting on a throne.
His hairs were glowing which lit up around him. His eyes were terrifying to look at.
It wasn't just that but the atmosphere changed just because of him.
Ji-hoon moved further, since he was holding onto a sword and was a B+ ranker, he had to step further.
He pointed his sword at khan, but inside he was nervous himself.
Khan just looked at him, while his elbow was on the throne armrest and fist under his chin. The throne itself was made out of stone.
"Everyone get on to your positions!!" Ji-hoon shouted at the group, which were still shaken.
He saw that they were not in their senses. It was odd that nothing had happened yet they were frightened this much.
Except for 2 people, those two were ji-hoon and Seonhwan.
Ji-hoon looked at Seonhwan he was surprised, that the E-ranker was still fine while other rankers which were way higher than him in rank were in a terrified state.
Why is he fine? Could it be that he is not affected by the strong atmosphere or it's just that this atmosphere affects only High rankers?
When he was talking in his mind, one of the members, who seemed to be a C-ranker out of fear, ran away at the gate.
He screamed in fear while running. "Aaaaaa, I'm leaving!!"
What's with him all of the sudden? Seonhwan said in his mind, he was also getting scared. The reason he was not scared at first was because he wasn't able to catch up with the situation properly.
But something that was about to happen next, does put him in a panic state.
When the man reached the giant gate, the statue that was present there moved.
!!!...
Everyone had noticed it, their eyes were extra opened in fear and sweats were coming down from their forehead.
Smash…
Kagh…
The statue was holding a mage staff, on top of the staff was a stone ball which was resembling an orb.
Top part of the staff, the statue used it to smash it at the running man.
His own body was smashed, blood spread around.
"Keeeyyyyyaaahhhhhhhh" soo-min screamed in panic, she was more scared. Why wouldn't she be?
What just happened would make anyone scared to death.
It wasn't just her who was scared to death but every single one along SeonHwan.
The statue, after killing the man, moved back to its position like it never happened before.
[That was a bit too cruel don't you think?]
Khan just looked at the system, he could only speak his mind.
There's nothing I can do about it. Since it was your plan I just had to find a way. I had no interest in thinking how cruel it is.
[You still hold a grudge against them?]
Of course, how can I forgive them that easily? But, don't blame me completely for killing them since mostly it was your involvement.
[I know]
Everyone was shaken to their cores, their legs were shaking.
"wha–what are we gonna do?" Another female member said. She is also a healer.
Everyone was in a state of panic. They were up against these giant statues.
But they forgot about the other problem.
It was only Seonhwan who was looking at the long haired man.
In this state, the most hopeless person was Seonhwan, who was powerless.
What can an E-rank hunter do that can't even defeat a uni-rabit [a rabbit with two sharp teeths and a sharp horn on head]. Now he was up against giant statues.
It looks like master (Seonhwan) is scared just like everyone else. It's natural for others but it's more natural for him to be since he is the weakest one in the group. Noo… the weakest hunter in the whole world.
Everyone stood close to each other, they were surrounded by statues.
There was no place to hide nor could they exist from the gate.
The only thing they could do was to stick together and fight. If they are lucky they will survive but if not they will die.
Seonhwan noticed with dong-woo after some time. There was no action taken by the statues.
"The statues" Seonhwan continued further, "they aren't moving, could it be?"
Ji-hoon looked at Seonhwan, he understood that Seonhwan found something useful.
He asked, "Seon, did you find out something?"
"Yes, the statues aren't moving, what I think is that they only attack if we try to exit from the gate. Just like what happened to Mr. Hyun."
"I noticed that too, but it just doesn't seem right when I see that human-like monster staring at us" dong-woo said while nervously looking at khan.
Who was staring at them with his bright red eyes.
He has been there since we came here, he hasn't moved a bit but sat and looked at us.
"Why not just kill that thing, he might be the one who is controlling these monsters!!"
B-ranker said, who was a muscular guy.
He dashed towards khan.
"Hey! Stop! We don't know how dangerous he is" Seonhwan shouted at the B-ranker trying to stop him.
But it was of no use, the man had already left the group and ran towards khan with his fists ready to attack khan.
The man was panicking because of which his mind was numb , unable to think anything. He just straight charged at khan.
One of the snakes opened his eyes and lifted his head up after seeing the man coming.
The snake opened his mouth at the man. Who stopped on the spot after seeing the giant snake.
He was trembling, his eyes were filled with tears. Hopelessness. He wanted to move back but his body was not letting him to even move an inch from his place.
The snake charged, thud… hit on the ground, the man was inside his mouth. Which was closed as soon as he was trapped.
The snake lifted his head up from the ground.
The man was swallowed, although he was still alive since the snake had no teeth to chew him down.
"I'm still alive!!" When he was happy that he was still alive, this happiness of his didn't last long.
But there was a surprise for the man inside. From the inside of the snake, from the opposite side.
Bright red colour was visible, something bright was coming.
"Wha-wbat going on!!" Beneath the man's feet which was stone. He felt hot.
It was then he saw red flames coming at him.
"Aaaa..AAAAA"
The giant opened his mouth as red fire burst out.
Everyone was horrified, a snake who's completely made out of stone could breath out fire?
They all wanted to scream and run but they couldn't even do so.
"Ji-hoon, what do we do now?" Dong-woo asked in a scared voice although his voice didn't shake while speaking.
He with ji-hoon and Seonhwan were the one at the time who weren't completely showing the feared experience.
But their sweats were showing that they were afraid.
The snake after burning the man inside him. Moved back at his position as he was kneeling his head towards the throne.
"It looks like there's nothing we can do, we have no option except facing these giants head on," ji-hoon stated.
What ji-hoon said was right, since there was no option left anymore. There was no hint of another option for them to escape.
Seonhwan, who was staring carefully at the long haired man.
There was something he was searching for. What could it be? There was nothing for him to search even since everything was already present.
No hidden item to help them or anything special.
Something clicked in his mind, he spoke slowly. "I think I got something in my mind"
Everyone's gaze turned at him, their states were full of desperation for escape.
Grab…
One of them grabbed onto Seonhwan arm, it was another B-ranker, who was on the verge of crying.
"tell me, tell me what is it that you have in your mind speak quickly I wanna know"
Grab…
Dong-woo pulled the man back, and spoke while looking into his eyes.
"don't be to quick, first let us hear what he has to say"
"I can't explain this but rather I want to try it out first"
The man, who dong-woo pulled back, said "what do you mean by trying? Are you trying to risk our lives like this don't you think about the danger? Stop kidding kid! I don't want to die!!I—"
Pow…
Before the man could say anything further, dong-woo gave him a powerful blow on his face.
"Why did you do that?"
Dong-woo with a furious look said, "don't you see the situation, what other option do we have right now?"
"We need a way, let's just see what Seonhwan has to try. It might work"
Are these humans really gonna fight among themselves? Maybe I should just kill them right away without caring.
Khan was looking at the way what these people were doing. He was expecting them to be cautious about their situation but he felt disappointed when the ranker attacked him without knowing a thing.
Tap… tap…
…!?
Master?!
Seonhwan moved away dong-woo and the other man, "don't fight each other, and wait here till I come back"
Ji-hoon worriedly asked, "Where are you going Seonhwan?!"
Seonhwan didn't answer back and kept walking.
He was walking in khan's direction. Khan in his mind said.
Master… are you also trying to be foolish and want to get killed?