630 Thank you for taking me here (2/2)
Seiji and his friends broke through this district at the fastest speed possible. They managed to leave the tremendous group of monsters behind them by escaping to another district.
”What type of boss monster would appear there if we stayed behind and cleared out all the small monsters in such a district?” Hisashi asked this question after they escaped.
Seiji felt that at minimum, something like a tyrannosaurus rex would appear. He didn't know what the maximum limit would be. Perhaps a giant dragon or an amalgamation beast like a chimera would appear.
Seiji wanted to find Hoshi as quickly as possible. Seiji was also really worried about Shika and Kazuko, but he also knew that he needed to remain calm.
If something irrecoverable truly happened, he would load… But before then, he would believe in his companions! Seiji thought that to himself.
They entered another corridor.
As they proceeded down this path and killed the small monsters along it, they suddenly heard faint sounds coming from down this direction!
Seiji's first reaction was that of delight. However, he soon noticed that the sounds weren't from Hoshi as he first thought.
*Tat tat tat tat…* This sounded like continuous gunfire from an assault rifle. This was a sound that Hoshi certainly wouldn't be able to produce.
Out of the three that had gotten separated from Seiji, only Shika had a gun with her. But even if she brought out and used it, her gun wouldn't sound like this one.
”Can you guys hear that?” Seiji looked towards Mika and Hisashi.
Both of them nodded.
”That's not a sound that Hoshi, Shika, or Kazuko could possibly produce. I think that it's highly likely that there's others here.” Seiji had a serious expression.
”What should we do?” Hisashi blocked a black wolf that tried to jump him. He then swept it away with a kick from his lightning-wreathed foot.
Seiji pulled down the cover of his helmet so that his entire face was concealed. ”Both of you stay behind here. I'll go on ahead to check things out.”
”Be careful,” Mika reminded him while impaling two black wolves with her bands.
”I will.”
Seiji then cast a concealment spell on himself that made his presence very difficult to sense. It was as if he had put on a camouflage cloak.
Seiji carefully trudged, or perhaps a better word would be stealthed, towards the direction of the sounds. He wanted to investigate the situation.
He saw five people!
All five were male. Only one among them was wearing spiritual combat equipment, while the other four wore ordinary clothing.
The one in spiritual combat equipment was obviously a Spiritual Ability user. He wore a helmet, held an assault-rifle-type spiritual gun, and there was also a short sword visibly buckled to his right leg.
The other four in ordinary clothing were all Awakened. Three of them were all holding different blood-red weapons!
There was a brown-haired jacketed man who carried a greatsword.
There was a green-haired youth who wore athletic attire and carried a spear.
There was a shadowy-appearing youth who wore a hoodie and wielded a dagger in each hand.
These three were currently fighting together against a large dragon boss monster. Two acted as warrior type fighters while the third acted as an assassin. Their teamwork appeared average in Seiji's eyes.
The fourth Awakened who didn't have any visible weapons was a gray-haired boy who wore a normal shirt. He was holding a tablet computer… no, something that resembled a tablet computer. Every few seconds, this item would emit a circular red wave.
The Spiritual Ability user stood next to this gray-haired boy. It appeared as if he was either protecting or surveilling this boy.
Seiji silently observed them.
Just as he was assessing the combat capabilities of the three Awakened that were fighting the dragon boss monster, the gray-haired boy suddenly looked in Seiji's direction!
'Did he notice me?'
Seiji frowned at this. He knew that it wouldn't help even if he retreated now, so he could only stay there unmoving and pretend that he was only a rock.