Chapter 2: Burning Hatred (2/2)
Snap!
Rex accidentally broke a twig that is buried in the dirt, one of the ghouls looks in their direction. The three of them held their breath trying to lie as still as possible.
The three of them loosen the rope to slide back slowly to avoid exposing themselves,
Although ghoul is a low-rank supernatural, they have a good vision that is almost as good as a dog.
The ghoul that is looking around finally gets back into eating when one of the ghouls collides with him because of the fight.
After Rex peeks and saw the ghouls are back to eating he sigh in relief, Thankfully the three of them are unnoticed by the ghouls. Kyle and Edward look at Rex with warning looks before they start following the ghouls.
The ghouls can be considered as low intelligence creatures, so after they ate, they started to go back to where they belong.
Rex's team then started to follow the ghouls while trying to keep a good fifteen meters distance from them, after following the ghouls for fifteen minutes or so they arrive at an abandoned cemetery.
They saw a couple of ghouls wandering the area and some of them enter some kind of tomb in the center of the cemetery. Before they can even formulate a plan to throw the red flare to signal the air force, a wandering ghoul noticed them from their right.
This ghoul looks more menacing than the others, its muscle is bulging out of its body, it has fangs coming out of its mouth, and its body is covered with bones that act as armor. The ghoul then started to walk to them slowly as if it's unsure if what it is seeing is right.
Rex noticed the approaching ghoul but just when he is about to warn Edward and Kyle, the ghoul leaped to them.
Edward and Kyle noticed the ominous feeling behind them, they started to emit a red aura.
Before they can even turn around to look at the approaching figure, Kyle's head even though covered with a red aura is slashed by the ghoul's claw.
The red aura proves to be useless in front of the menacing ghoul!
Rank 2 awakened can channel their elemental affinity to cover their whole body to make some kind of aura that enhances their physical strength, but the menacing ghoul treats it as a mere joke.
”KYLE!” Edward shouted panickily.
Kyle recovers from his daze and takes out his saber, The menacing ghoul looks at Kyle and throws out another slash aiming for Kyle's neck. In the nick of time Rex pull Kyle avoiding the fatal blow but the slash slice a huge chunk of Rex's shoulder.
”Arghh” Rex grunts in pain but his eyes still show signs of survival, Kyle red aura grows intense as he kicks the ghoul back and started to run while helping Rex run.
The three of them are no match for the menacing ghoul,
As the three of them are running, Kyle with his bloodshot eyes says, ”Go to the cemetery without me! I'll play with this big bastard”
Edward and Rex saw the resolution in Kyle's eyes so they nod their heads and head towards the cemetery, Kyle stops abruptly and shouted, ”You bastards! Come and get me, you disgusting creature!”
After taunting the menacing ghoul Kyle gritted his teeth and run the opposite direction of Edward and Rex with all his might, luring the ghouls away.
The menacing ghoul looks in Kyle's direction, ”HUMANS!” it roared with its gruff voice and started to go after Kyle with all four.
Rex looks to his back to only find Kyle running while being chased by the menacing ghoul and other ghouls, from the looks of it, Kyle will certainly die.
Rex mutters, ”I will remember this and make sure to tell your heroic act”
Almost all of the ghouls are all lured away by Kyle, the remaining one is dealt with by the combined attack of Rex and Edward.
GRAAH!
Grrr!
Roarr!!
Edward releases his red aura, the aura is getting stronger and with a flick of his hand, a fire explodes on the ground beneath each approaching ghoul sending them all flying before Rex jumped and slices them all with a sword.
Shriinggg!
The ghoul is all sliced on their necks making them fall lifelessly to the ground.
Although Rex is not an awakened, his physical and hand-to-hand combat is the best of the best in his class. He can even beat the veterans.
The ghoul is not dead even if their neck is sliced, the only thing that can kill them is to sever their head but Rex has the luxury to sever all of their heads.
Just as Rex is landing, a ghoul raises its sharp claws and slashes them towards Rex.
Rex was caught off guard, so he raises his sword to block but the power from that claws is too much for Rex and sends him flying away.
Edward reacts and helps Rex by gripping the ghoul's face and slamming it to the ground, the ghoul's head was instantly crushed by Edward's sheer force.
”Rex you okay?” asks Edward hurriedly after watching Rex launched by the ghoul's attack.
Rex struggles to stand, ”I'm okay let's go to the cemetery” replied Rex although his shoulder is bloodied all over. 'This is nothing compared to the pain I felt when I lost my parents' thought Rex with fierce determination in his eyes, he is determined to make this operation a success.
”We need to blow up the entrance so they can't escape the bombardment,” said Rex while taking explosives from his backpack.
Just when Edward wanted to reply, he saw many ghouls started to come out of the cemetery.
Without wasting a second, the both of them rampage through the horde of ghouls that comes out of the cemetery.
Rex hacked his sword to every ghoul he sees, he stabs right on their head, eyes, neck while Edward also massacres the ghouls way faster than Rex with his enhanced physique.
”Edward! This cannot continue! Set this explosive on the entrance!” Rex tossed the explosives towards Edward.
Edward caught it and using a small explosion on his feet to launch himself towards the entrance, while Rex slowly hacks through the horde of ghouls.
Rex is surprised that Edward can be that fast, 'He's probably nearing rank three' Rex thought after assessing Edward's skills.
His body now is soaked with ghoul's blood, the stench he exerts will make normal people vomit a thousand times.
Just as Rex was fighting with the horde of ghouls he heard a scream from the cemetery entrance direction,
”ARGGHH!!”
Rex glance towards the direction and saw Edward spurting out blood after taking a hit from another bulky ghoul that releases a more terrifying aura from the big ghoul before,
'King of Ghoul' Rex thought helplessly after he realizes the creature they are dealing with.
But after crashing for about ten meters Edward although bloodied shouted towards Rex, ”BLOW IT!”
Hearing it, Rex immediately press the detonator then
BOOOMM!!!
A big explosion destroyed the entrance of the den, stopping the horde of ghouls to come out.
The King of Ghoul was also sent flying away, it looks like the explosion hurt it a lot.
Rex decided that it is the perfect time to contact the air support, just when he was about to contact the air support he saw the King of Ghoul run towards Edward that is still coughing blood.
”Edward!!”
Rex immediately run in Edward direction trying to intercept the King of Ghoul,
Edward snapped out of his daze and looks toward his surrounding but to his surprise, The King of Ghoul is targeting him with immense killing intent.
The King of Ghoul leap and slash his claw downwards, its claw glow red intending to finish Edward of but suddenly,
”I'M NOT GOING TO LET YOU DO THAT!” Rex intercepts the King of Ghoul by wrapping his hand around the King of Ghoul's neck choking it.
The King of Ghoul and Rex flung sideways but Rex's hand still desperately wrapping on the King of Ghoul's neck, his shoulder wound started to tear wider and bleed faster.
Although the ghoul is strong, its neck is its weak spot.
Rex with his extremely-built body can definitely able to become a threat to the King of Ghoul by choking it but the King of Ghoul will not let it easily happened.
The King of Ghoul struggles to free from Rex's grip, crashing his body around.
Rex spits a mouthful of blood, as his backpack was tossed away because of the berserk ghoul.
”Edward! Light the flare-up and contact the air force!” said Rex still struggling to hold on to the ghoul's neck.
”But you…”
Before Edward can even finish speaking Rex said, ”LIVE!”
Edward was speechless while holding his ribs that are broken,
Rex continues, ”you are an awakened, you can kill more supernatural than I do for the rest of my life so, LIVE!”
”Private Rex, No. Rex Silverstar, I will tell the others of the brave actions you did today. I swear! You and Kyle will be remembered as heroes!” replied Edward with a resolute expression.
Hearing this Rex smile, ”Private Rex signing out!” almost all of his bones are broken at this point but Rex still held on giving all his life into one final moment.
Edward left after taking Rex's backpack, he opened it and contact the air force.
”Hawk 89, this is USR 08, the flare has been deployed” *Beep*
*Beep* ”Copy that USR 08, I see the flare. But, what about Private Rex?” *Beep*
”Hawk 89, Proceed with the call, Danger Close. I repeat Danger Close” *Beep*
”Copy that USR 08, Danger Close. Good Luck Sir!” *Beep*
Meanwhile, the King of Ghoul whacks his body onto another boulder destroying Rex's body.
Rex falls to the ground with a smile on his face after looking at the sky, missiles are heading towards him.
”HAHAHAHAHA” Rex laughed.
”HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA”
The King of Ghoul looks at Rex with immense killing Intent, It walks towards Rex slowly.
”REX SILVERSTAR! REMEMBER THE HUMAN THAT DRAGS YOU ALL TO HELL!” Rex roared with all of his remaining strength, The portrait of a broken human can be seen by looking at the bloodied gear and unyielding eyes of Rex.
If humanity saw this, they will label Rex as heroes of humanity!
After roaring, Rex closes his eyes while holding the necklace that he wears and mutters, ”Mom, Dad, I'll be soon joining you with a story”
The Roaring sound of a jet was heard coming from the sky, The King of Ghoul look up and started to run the other way while Rex laughs maniacally.
”HAHAHAHA IT'S TOO LATE! YOU WILL ALL DIE!”
BOOOOOM!!
The missiles explode the cemetery into pieces leaving nothing behind, the air force strike hit the tomb directly.
The force of the explosion sent Rex flying away and his skin burnt, Rex's body crashes into the woods before stopping when he hit the ground. Just by looking at things, no human can survive that crash.
At the other end of the forest, Edward can feel the ground tremble when the air force strike.
*Beep* ”USR 08, Target has been destroyed, Over”
*Beep* ”Copy that Hawk 89”
After Edward inhales a mouthful of air that smells burnt, he takes out the communication device, *Beep* ”Sergeant Major, Objective Completed, Two Casualties over”
*Beep* ”Report back to the pick-up point, an RV is waiting for you. The retrieve team will find the other's corpse” replied the Sergeant Major.
*Beep* ”Roger That”, after saying that Edward takes one last look towards the forest before heading to the pick-up point.
Unknown to Rex, This event will be remembered for as long as humanity exist.