34 Chapter 34: Monster Hunter (2/2)

”Castor! Pollux!”

Twin waves of energy, one black and one white, blasted out in a 360 degree circle around me and decimated nearby monsters. The rest of the horde was blown back by the impact, which earned me a small reprieve.

”Huff.”

I heaved as I knelt down from exhaustion. Despite taking down dozens of monsters, there were still hundreds of them lurking in the shadows, ready to pounce on me. Right now, while I was winded, they were emerging into the open, taking advantage of my current moment of vulnerability.

Fortunately, I had finally finished my summoning spell that I had begun ever since I stopped in this clearing. To counter this almost endless tide of monsters, I had to call forth an army of my own.

Closing my eyes, I concentrated and channeled my magical energy into a single summoning spell to complete it.

”Canis Minor! Ursa Minor! Corvus!”

All around me, a dozen hunting hounds, seven teddy bears and an entire flock of black crows materialized. The dogs growled ferociously, baring their immense teeth at the Ravagers and Phantoms. The teddy bears marched forward, their cute, furry forms belying their incredible strength. The crows soared above, screeching deafeningly as they streaked toward their targets.

Just in time too.Any later, and I would be overwhelmed by the sheer numbers of monsters. Even though my army of Constellation spirits were still somewhat outnumbered, I had succeeded in evening the odds.

They would buy me enough time to summon a bigger summoned monster, at the very least. If necessary.

I charged into the fray, assaulting the disarrayed and beleaguered monsters along with my aggressive canine and cuddly army. While I cut into a crumbling line of Phantoms and Ravagers with my Gemini twin swords, the Canis Minor and Ursa Minor tore into the majority of the horde, ripping them into shreds with their claws and teeth, or pulverizing them with their superior strength. A Canis Minor tore the throat out of a nearby Ravager, its teeth clamping down and severing the vital blood vessels in the monster's neck, while an Ursa Minor pounded another Ravager into oblivion by smashing its skull into the ground with brute force. A Corvus sailed past me with a screech, its clawed talons slicing deeply into a Phantom's non-existent face and taking its head off cleanly.

Within seconds, the hunters turned into the hunted, and the clearing was bathed in the blood of monsters.

”Oh, wow.”

Even I was surprised by how effective and powerful my Constellation spirits were. It seemed that I had vastly underestimated them, despite being the one who conceived of and summoned them. Often people had told me to have more confidence in myself, but triple that number mocked me and called me a useless failure, and insisted that I would never amount to anything (telling me to delete my stories and to leave writing websites, for example)

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I honestly never knew which group to believe, but obviously it was easier to assume that the vast majority was correct.

”…?”

I didn't have much time to savor my relief at turning the tides. The surrounding Ravagers who had yet to join the fray suddenly jerked up, sniffing the air as if they had caught some peculiar scent. Growling, they bounded away, the remaining Phantoms trailing behind them. The latter was too slow, the stragglers being picked off by my aggressive Constellation Spirits who stubbornly dogged their trail.

Frowning at their sudden change in behavior, I made to pursue them. The primary objective of this mission was to escort the refugees safely to Jing Tian City, but the secondary objective was to exterminate the monsters. I couldn't let them get away. At first I thought they were turning tail and running after seeing their brethren slaughtered before their very eyes, but I remembered their unusual action of sniffing the air, as if catching the scent of something.

Did they perhaps find some easier prey to hunt, especially now that they had found me too formidable a foe?

…it couldn't be the refugees from Bi Nan Village, could it? I was pretty sure I lured them extremely far away from the convoy…

Then I realized it might be the backup. So Bei Pan Zhe and the rest had returned for me, after all. I felt stupid for doubting them…

”Help!”

…until I heard an unfamiliar voice screaming for help. Then I realized that I was mistaken.

This particular horde of monsters wasn't breaking off to face fresh reinforcements. They had found a weaker, helpless target!