There is a reason why morph leaders name themselves as mutants and separate themselves from other humans. It's because they really do actually have special powers related to their morphed body part. Most morphs don't know how to access this power and even if they do it doesn't bring any significant boost to their battle prowess. This is not the same for the mutant leaders, they know how to handle the special power and it gave a substantial boost compared to other morphs.
Most mutant leaders relied on their special power as weightage to form their own group of morphs. This is their last resort. This particular morph leader facing Mohan's team has a special power related to the heart. As long as the morph has a large amount of blood, it can consume it and directly improve its stamina and strength for a period of time.
All along the morph leader was buying time to gradually absorb all the blood of the dead morphs pooled on the floor. To avoid any suspicions of this happening morph leader waited till the blood on the floor increased by several millimeters and absorbed only the blood in the bottom of it. The upper layer totally camouflaged any movement that was happening in the below layers of blood. So on the outside, there was no movement of any of this happening.
Seeing that it couldn't absorb any more of the blood, the mutant leader suddenly erupted with his full strength and dashed towards the nearby hunter who was holding a sword. He bypassed Gopal as knew defeating a shield wielder would take time which he didn't have. His plan was to quickly kill the nearby hunter with his full power strike or at least injure him and use that as a distraction to escape out here. As long he is alive he can take his revenge. All the talk about perishing with them was just an act for this plan to succeed.
Every hunter was shocked when they saw the morph leader erupt with sudden explosive strength. Santhosh being on the receiving end of the morph leader's attack didn't have any time to react at all. Right before Morph's claw reached for Santhosh's chest everyone heard whoosh sound like some projectile tearing apart the air in its path. It was none other than Mohan's shot of his sharp stone, it was aimed at the morph leader's chest which had a telltale sign of him being a morph. It is most probably his heart that is morphed which resulted in a bulge in the chest.
Detecting the attack to his chest mutant leader had no choice but to dodge the attack. He didn't expect someone to react to his speed. Mohan naturally went to the back of the team after clearing out the second round of morphs. Although he is good in melee, he is much better in long-range combat. So from the beginning, he had his eyes locked on any movement from the morph leader's side. He also had 1% completion so he could react to the morph leader's sudden attack.
Escaping from Yama's leash just by the width of a single strand of hair Santhosh was both relieved and alarmed. Not only him everyone was alarmed and went into combat without exchanging any word. Facing attack from all sides mutant leader despaired he knew that all the chance of escaping go up in smoke, the moment he dodged the slingshot. But how could he not, as for every morph their morphed body part is both their strength and weakness. Getting heavily hit there is the same as being crippled for the rest of the fight.
The rest of the fight didn't last long despite the struggle the morph leader was eventually slayed. It was the sudden explosive assault that stumped everyone but after the initial surprise, everyone went on the defensive and dragged out the battle while attacking from all sides. They knew the sudden strength was just a temporary boost otherwise morph leader wouldn't have waited for an opportune time to attack.
Everyone slumped then and there, despite the bloodied floor after the tiring battle against the morph leader. It was an eye-opener for everyone on the team as no one expected such a difficult battle nearing the end of the mission. If they were slightly less cautious someone in their team would have died and the morph leader escaped which would lead to innumerable problems in the future. And that someone would have been Santhosh in the previous case.
"Thank you for saving my life. If you want any help in the future just ask me I will do it" said Santhosh with a serious expression on his face towards Mohan.
Mohan just nodded without commenting anything further. He was thinking about the morph leader's powers although he reacted fast enough he couldn't match the speed and strength of the morph in its boosted state. This was his first time facing such powers for anyone. If he wasn't careful his confidence would have been his downfall. He also realized he was not a match for morph leader as he believed. It was only due to teamwork he survived this mission against the morph leader's last-resort attack.
Everyone had the same line of thought as Mohan. They developed some confidence in their being superior to others after slaying some morphs. But this was a wakeup call for them to be always cautious and there are still things out there that can take their lives easily.
They also didn't know what other powers different morph leaders had. The intense desire to grow further began to take root in everyone's minds. Freeing themselves from these thoughts for the time being they decided to share the spoils of wars with others. As a leader, Mohan took morph leader all to himself others shared two morphs each except for Ramesh and Nisha who only got a single morph each. Both were promised to be compensated in future hunts.
After confirming their share everyone decided to feast the morphs then and there as was no need to delay the matter further. Delaying might only result in fewer benefits gained from the morphed body parts. Everyone took their dedicated knife to tear open the morph's skin cleanly with measured strength so as to not damage the valuable morphed organs inside them. As everyone was skilled in it after practicing with a number of morphs they had feasted before no one damaged the organs.
Each with a morphed organ in one hand, everyone 'cheers' others at the same time and takes a bite out of it. This scene if seen by others would believe that they were a group of demons in human skin feasting upon their favorite body parts of a human. In fact, they did look like one with all the blood in their hands and flowing from their mouths. And the hunters did have a look like they were tasting a rare delicacy on their faces. It was in total contrast to the setup with several dead bodies all around and was not dining in a high-class restaurant.
But this was what all the Hunters in the world wanted rather than fine dining in a restaurant, in this messed up world. This was the only time they had a pleasant feeling of power coursing through their bodies.