bookpower Chapter 89: The Reinforcements Arrive
Chapter 89: The Reinforcements Arrive
Chapter 89: The Reinforcements Arrive
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Before I realized it, I was surrounded by dozens of cold stares. The pressure I was feeling was tremendous. It was all the big shots in the city, plus four new ones I hadn’t met before in this life, although I do remember reading about them.
There was every important hunter in here, all the guild masters of the stronghold, plus the Hunter Association of Stronghold’s chairman, Mister Smith, a former S Rank Hunter who is now only A+ Rank and who didn’t participate in the battle in the walls because he’s tasked with protecting the city’s interior by the government.
He was an old man, probably past his 80s. Yet he still had an incredibly tall, muscular body with a short white beard and an eye patch, missing one of his eyes, which he lost in a battle long ago.
And our three new guests? Three new A+ Rank Hunters joined the fray; they were quite the big shots, all of them being A+ Rank Hunters, almost as equal as S Rank Hunters well known throughout all of what’s left of the United States of America.
“Well, so this is the girl the chairman mentioned?” Wondered a “handsome” burly man with curly blonde hair and a big chin, with blue eyes and a cheeky smile. “How old is she? Like eleven? What is this joke, Mister Smith?”
He was Heckert Mayer, an A+ Rank Hunter belonging to the Justice Guild in Texas, widely famous for his shameless rip-off of American heroes’ stereotypes, as he can float in midair, has heat-ray vision, and has super physical strength.
He’s not the strongest of his Guild, as that guild is really the “big leagues,” as it has three S Ranks that didn’t even bother coming here.
“Heckert, are you trying to bully a child now? How low have you fallen, you sorry excuse of a hero?” Asked a loner-looking man with sharp red eyes and short black hair, who covered his face with a black coat. His clothes were a mix of cowboy clothes and gothic black leather clothes, and he was carrying two huge black magic guns. “You’re trash...”
He was Dimitri Armstrong, an intimidating loner mercenary and A+ Rank Hunter. He has some sort of principle, but he often just goes wherever the money brings him. I assumed he would come; as long as they pay him, he’ll go anywhere.
“What did you call me, you cowboy cosplayer?!” Asked Heckert in utter anger, his eyes glowing redder menacingly. “I’ll shoot your brains out!”
“Wanna try who’s faster? My bullets or your eye rays?” Asked Dimitri with a menacing tone of voice.
BAAAM!
“YOU TWO! CUT IT OFF!” Suddenly, a tall, muscular lady with pink hair and brown skin hit the table angrily. She emanated a powerful, blazing aura. “You damn idiots are worldwide known hunters yet act like stupid children; have some self-respect, please."
And last but not least, Hilda Hamelin, the A+ Rank Hunter member of the worldwide famous Smithy Hammer Guild, mass produces items, armor, weapons, and everything throughout all of America and even sells it out to other countries. It wouldn’t be an understatement to say she’s filthy rich.
[The Heroic Cosmic Throne {Heroic Dark Dragon Slayer} is glancing at you while squinting his eyes! He wonders if you’re taking good care of his weapon!]
[The Heroic Cosmic Throne {Youthful Gunfighter of the Wild West} is laughing at the {Heroic Dark Dragon Slayer} for being a loser that loses his weapon...]
[The Cosmic Throne {Divine Forger of Olympus} stares at you silently...]
Agh, these bastards brought their Constellations along. Hecker’s Constellation is Sigurd from all things?! Why? He’s an asshole! Ah, well, maybe Sigurd too?
Dimitri’s Constellation is already quite obvious; with the whole cowboy motif and gunfighting techniques he has, he has an American "hero," Billy the Kid, as his Constellation.
And lastly, Hilda is one of the various proteges and apprentices of Olympus’ strongest forger, Hephaestus.
“Calm down, Dimitri; let me finish.” The chairman sighed. “However, from what we’ve analyzed and learned, their power is never "complete.” They can only manifest a part of their strength. The reason why the last one was so powerful was that three of them had manifested together into a single body, making them a being surpassing S Rank, which took all of our City’s strongest hunters to defeat with one loss...”
“So that “Dawn of a New World”...” Hilda spoke. “What’s their deal? What do they want? Just utter destruction and being the baddies? Are they just sick in the head?”
“Totally.” I nodded. “From what we learned with my friends, their goal is to rehash society as a whole and transform it into a wild world where the strong govern the weak; this means the collapse of society as a whole, to take away our commodities, everything, and even the lives of all the innocent civilians, which they deem worthless."
“They’re insane bastards, alright.” Dimitri nodded. “A shot in the head for all of them.”
“Idealistic terrorists...” Hilda sighed. “I heard they plan to attack one of our government officials."
“Yes, tomorrow there’ll be an event where our city’s major and a few government officials will sign a document in public regarding the increase of public safety laws.” Henrietta nodded. “We believe they might strike at that moment.”
"Huh, so not only are we going against demons but also against terrorists that use demons as weapons? Fan-fucking-tastic.” Heckert laughed.
“Ultimately, once we managed to repel that attack, if it ever happens, our next goal is to raid the floating castle, which, according to our hunters, is their new hideout, where they and the demons are constantly manifesting and growing much stronger.” Said Mister Smith. “There must be a clear reason why they have yet to attack... They’re most likely amassing a big enough army that once they finally start attacking, we won’t be able to save everyone."
“Therefore, we must destroy that castle and make it crash down as soon as possible,” Jack said. “I have already tried going up there... However, a powerful barrier is protecting the place, and I couldn’t break through it with my current abilities. However... My sister and Henrietta can.” I had discussed this with Jack before coming here.
The powers of the Nephilim I acquired, the Miracle Magic, and the Divine Powers I now possess... They’re capable of negating the “Absolute Demon Barrier” temporarily. With Henrietta’s help, it should be possible to break the barrier temporarily and infiltrate the castle.
“Yeah, our abilities can break through the Absolute Demon Barrier thanks to our sponsors.” Said Henrietta. "Though it won’t be easy... It should be possible.”
“I am surprised at how confident you all are in your own abilities, despite having been almost killed multiple times already.” Lee Hengyang commented as the only S-Rank Hunter in here.
“You don’t have the right to talk, snake; you didn’t even participate in the battle, coward,” Henrietta said boldly.
“That’s because, unlike you reckless fools, I was saving civilians and protecting the city instead of battling against a beast.” Lee Hengyang smiled pridefully.
Yeah, right...
“That’s a terrible lie, and you know it.” My brother said, “While everybody else was fighting that demon before it was to destroy the entirety of Stronghold, you were probably just watching, waiting for us to die.”
“Oh my...” Lee Hengyang pretended to be saddened. “How could you ever say such a thing to me, Jack? After all those times, I’ve helped you on the sidelines. Or are you now going to forget all those times I covered for you when many hunters went missing every time you went inside a dungeon with them?”
Oh, he probably means the psychopaths who were constantly bullying and chasing my brother around when he was much weaker. He didn’t do anything, though. He’s just lying.
“You’ve never done a single thing for me, Lee,” Jack said, his eyes glowing sharply. “However...” He glanced back at me. “I hope we can cooperate for what’s to come; the more people, the better. Let’s... Bygones be bygones, as they say.”
“Hahaha! For sure, Jack! We’ve always gotten along so well!” Lee Hengyang pretended to smile, though his eyes glowed with malice.
Ugh, the pressure here’s so strong it could make a mountain crumble.
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