104 Chapter 104: Massacre (1/2)
Alicia tried to cover everyone's retreat by firing a few shots at the monster, but it did not even falter in its steps. Fortunately for her, as well as the other ranged fighters, they were stationed at the rear of the formation, and thus did not bear the brunt of the attack. Instead, it was the frontline fighters such as Dong Fang Yue Chu and Craig who suffered the most.
Dong Fang Yue Chu was already up, having recovered from the shock. Seemed like the stinger didn't have that potent a venom, after all.
”You guys, run!” he ordered Harvey, Stan and Wang Fei, and took off to engage the screeching monster. Currently, the magic gunners were pelting it with shots, but their magical bullets, as well as the other elemental spells fired off by other mages, were having little effect. The Fiend was too fast, and even then those spells that did hit failed to do anything more than annoy it.
The majority of the mages, however, had given in to their fear and were fleeing for their lives. Alicia and the other ranged mages were desperately trying to cover their retreat, but the monster was too fast. The black demon lunged forward, disappearing into a blur, and the students discovered that they could not outrun it, even with physical enhancement spells or speed buffs. The monster retaliated against the barrage of spells, screeching violently as it slashed another three running teenagers, who collapsed immediately. Several fountains of blood burst into the air like a geyser.
”Fall back!” Dong Fang Yue Chu shouted as he fought his way to the front. His crackling fist slammed into the side of the monster's head, causing it to jar a bit, but it lashed out and tore his front. Gurgling, Dong Fang Yue Chu went down in a spray of blood.
”President!”
Harvey leaped in, swinging his sword down upon the hellish creature. It swatted him away, and he slammed into the ground with a deafening crunch, and never got up again. Whirling toward him, the monster sought to finish him off, but bullets slammed into its hard carapace. Stan was adding to the Black Roses' volley of fire and blasting it with his dual guns.
”Keep shooting!” Alicia shouted. ”We'll slowly wear down its defenses!”
The monster staggered under the combined onslaught, acidic blood splattering on the ground and sizzling. With a cry, it disappeared from the site of bombardment and reappeared in the gunners' midst.
”Watch out!” Stan shouted as he pushed one of the Black Roses' first year girls away. The monster's claws raked his midriff and almost tore him in half. His guts spilling out, and his torso bending away and apart unnaturally, Stan toppled over.
”Stan!” Wang Fei shrieked.
Unfortunately, Stan wasn't the only victim. The girl he sacrificed himself to save was next, her head torn off and sent flying. More Black Roses members died, despite Alicia's best attempts to rally them to a fighting retreat.
”You…!”
Alicia shot the monster as she ran toward it, her magical bullets slamming into its carapace. Skidding to a stop in order to brace herself for a massive recoil, she quickly took careful aim. She had finally finished the casting for her railgun spell, and she unleashed an extremely powerful shot that would have blown it apart.
If it hit.
The monster dodged her railgun shot almost effortlessly and appeared in front of her in a blur. Alicia fired into it at pointblank range, trying desperately to cast another railgun spell, but she was too slow.
The creature swiped at her.
”Alicia!”
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Miranda dove in and hit her, knocking her aside. The claws cleaved Miranda apart, sinking deeply into her torso from shoulder to hip. Split apart, Miranda swayed a little before collapsing, a sea of blood pooling underneath her.
”Senior Miranda!” Alicia screamed, tears streaming down her eyes. Lifting her guns, her eyes blazing with vengeance, she bombarded the monster with everything she had, but its tail whipped forward and struck her with destructive force, sending her flying. Blood coursed down her face and neck as she crashed against one of the barbeque pits, unconscious.
With their leader gone, the morale of the remaining defenders instantly collapsed.
”Run!”
”Get away!”
”It's too strong! We can't beat it!”
”Mommy!”
”Save me!”
Few people were left to fight now. Wang Fei tried to help the unconscious Harvey up, only to drop his friend when the monster approached. His nerve failing him, he ran, but the monster swiped at him, taking his head clean off his shoulders.
By now, the monster had advanced right into the tables of food, uncaringly knocking them over and sending skewers of meat and vegetables, as well as containers flying and crushed in its wake. Even with the inadvertent obstacles, its pace wasn't slowed down at all. Swinging its claws and flailing its tail, it crashed right into a table where the birthday cake was.
Sheng Ri Kuai Le was cowering under the table, and she screamed when the monster knocked it over, twisting the metal and plastic into scrap. Her birthday cake, which was a giant monstrosity in itself, had been demolished into brown sludge, the red raspberry sauce dribbling onto the ground eerily like blood. The candles bobbed in the crimson pool, their flames extinguished. The monster stomped past the cake knife, crushing the metal under its weight.
The birthday girl was so petrified that she was frozen with fear. Unable to budge even an inch, she could only watch helplessly, her eyes wide, as the monster approached her. Without any hesitation, the monster plunged its claws deep into her, breaking her out of her stupor. Sheng Ri Kuai Le began screaming in both terror and excruciating agony.