636 You absolutely can’t let it catch you!! (1/2)

Shooting humanoid spiritual creatures was quite a different feeling from shooting animal-type spiritual monsters.

Although Hoshi knew that these weren't real people, he still faintly felt as if he was killing actual humans.

Hoshi forced down such thoughts and firmed his resolution as he continuously fired arrows.

They were only humanoid spiritual monsters… and even if these were real people, he could only seriously attack back if other people wanted to kill him! Otherwise, he or his friends would be the ones to die.

Hoshi didn't even have the time earlier to be afraid of the hoodie-wearing youth's assassination attempt on him. Only afterwards did Hoshi have time to think about it and become terrified.

He knew that he would have died already if it wasn't for Hisashi saving him in the nick of time!

Hoshi didn't dare think any deeper into this as he was afraid of thinking about death. He could only feel fortunate that he was still alive.

It was wonderful that it was the enemy who died instead of him or his friends.

Hoshi vomited and felt quite uncomfortable at seeing the enemy's dead bodies. Yet, underneath these surface emotions, a dark feeling was hidden...

Delight.

Right, Hoshi was delighted.

Although it was only a faint sensation that was ever so slight, Hoshi was indeed delighted that his enemies had died.

It was their fault for suddenly attacking without warning and almost killing him! They deserved to die!

Hoshi didn't say such words out loud. He knew that it was improper to say them out loud. Still, this type of darkness indeed existed deep within his heart.

Hoshi didn't feel that Seiji had gone overboard at all… Hoshi hadn't been simply consoling Seiji. This was what he truly thought.

Seiji had killed others in order to protect them all. This wasn't being cold and cruel at all. In Hoshi's mind, this was what real strength was.

'As the Fourth Knight, I need to become stronger as well!'

As Hoshi thought this, his right hand suddenly started heating up again, bringing another illusionary scene before him...

He was now dodging enemy swords and blocking enemy attacks with his bow while counterattacking with an arrow being used like a dagger! He was able to put distance between him and his enemies as swiftly as the wind while notching several arrows at once and firing!

Dodging, blocking, stabbing, moving, shooting… all these actions felt just as real and familiar as the last illusion Hoshi experienced, as if he had performed all these actions before himself.

This time, Hoshi was no longer confused. He immersed himself in the illusion and learned.

After the illusion vanished, Hoshi learned a new technique as he felt his right hand heating up.

He drew the bow and shot all three arrows simultaneously!

At the cost of somewhat lowering accuracy, shooting out more arrows at once caused more overall damage.

Thanks to this new ability, Hoshi was now able to clear the monsters at an even more effective rate than before.

Not long after that, Hisashi also leveled up. He was now able to create thunderbolts from both his hands simultaneously. This allowed him to throw two Thunderbooms at once, providing an even larger AOE crowd control effect.

Even Mika was now able to control more black bands than before.

This was all because the humanoid spiritual monsters were so numerous and powerful. The mist experience they provided was quite abundant and high quality.

The Awakened constantly got stronger as they fought these spiritual creatures. Plus, the spiritual knights that Seiji summoned were also assisting everyone. Gradually, the enemy monsters were destroyed.

Just as the monsters were almost completely wiped out, more dense black mist suddenly appeared. This black mist speedily formed into even taller humanoid spiritual monsters!

This group of large monsters charged forth and instantly wiped out approximately half of Seiji's remaining spiritual knights! They got close to Seiji and his friends!!

[Heroic Protection]!

Seiji activated the second ability of his [Mika character card], greatly improving his defenses. He forcibly blocked the monsters' first wave of attacks with his barrier.

He then opened up his system menu and used another card...

[Spirit Form Summoning, Magic Mecha Squadron]!

Three gigantic spiritual mechas that were equipped with various magical weapons suddenly materialized in midair. They whipped out magical swords that resembled lightsabers and swung these swords at the large monsters!

Despite the earlier experience they just had, Seiji's friends were still rather shocked by this. This was mostly because of the unexpected fantastical style of the magic mechas.