Chapter 16 Star-Crusted Dagger (1/2)

Alex could not help but feel elated as he saw the satisfied demeanor being let out by Alina.

But this also made him feel conflicted, as he was supposed to be distancing himself from her now.

”Where should I bring Alina next?” Alex muttered as he remembered that he was supposed to bring Alina to the police station.

But with Alina loving streetfood and her actually knowing some residents from the hospital, Alex thought that maybe Alina will also have some acquaintance in the police station.

Now that Alex thought about it, Alina will surely have some acquaintance from the police station, given the fact that she's a powerful Esper.

”So I should cross off the police station then.” Alex muttered to himself as he looked extremely indecisive right now.

”…..” With Alex deep in his thoughts and Alina not taking the initiative to talk, both of them just stood on their spot awkwardly.

”Hey Alin-” But before Alex could talk, he suddenly heard a powerful roar above him.

”Raaarrr!” Alex felt his ears ringing as his ear bled lightly.

As for Alina, her pleasant demeanor disappeared, as it was replaced by the same aura that Alex felt when she tried to kill him.

Alina is back in her killer mode.

She held a sword in each of her hands as she stared right above her warily.

There, both Alina and Alex could see an enormous creature right above them.

The dome that was covering the whole Dragon Esper City has a hole in it now, with the body of the enormous creature slipping through the hole.

Chunks of broken metal and electrical wiring fell out from the lining of the hole, which fell to the houses below it.

Everyone who saw what happened started to panic as they did their best to run away from the danger.

The enormous creature looked like a lizard with three heads, with each head spitting flames. Its body was scaled, and it had 10 limbs, with each limb serrated with 10-meter long barbs.

This appearance and its own thunderous entrance clearly painted that this mutated lizard is not here for some warmhearted talk.

”Wait, is that an Intruder?” Alex asked as both he and Alina started to run towards the direction of the monster.

”That is an Intruder, and from the looks of it, this Intruder is clearly one suited for battles.” Alina said as she waved her swords around her.

”Scwhing, scwhing, schwing.”

A large block of metal, which was about to fall on a house, were cut into three pieces by Alina's move.

What made Alex impressed was the fact that the said metal block was around 800 meters away from them.

”So Alina really is a Tier 999 Esper.” Alex thought as he saw that the lizard's body was now halfway through the hole that it made.

”That creature is at least a Class SS Intruder.” Alina muttered to herself as she run towards the direction of the enormous creature. ”But for it to be a Class SSS Intruder is also plausible.”

”Are you going to fight that?” Alex muttered as he saw how large the Intruder was.

”What choice do I have?” Alina muttered as their distance from the lizard reached 2 kilometers.

With the speed that he and Alina was running right now, there might be not enough time to stop the lizard from fully entering.

Alex immediately realized this point as he asked Alina,

”Will Clint be allowed to assist us here? With his power level, he might only need one zap to finish that lizard off.”

”It is only when the power of the Intruder was Class Z that someone from the Top 10 Espers can help.” Alina grimly said as she vaulted over an overturned vehicle. ”This Intruder right here is way behind that power level, so Uncle Clint will not be allowed to attack it.”

”Drats.” That was all that Alex could say right now.

”Can you hurt it?” Right now, Alex knew that it was Alina that will have the higher chance of hurting the lizard in front of them.

”I do not know unless I get to use my power against it.” Alina said as she quickened her pace. ”The higher the class of the monster will be, the greater their resistance will be to my attacks. A Class Z Intruder will just treat my space slashes as mere tickles. As for this lizard, I might only deal surface damage on it.”

”Now that is not good.” Alex exclaimed as he knew that they must do something now, or else the lizard will kill the both of them and other people.

”F**, I am still trying to acclimatize with my life here, and then this s**ty lizard just appeared.” Alex darkly thought to himself as he looked at Alina. ”But at least my date is now finished…”

When Alina and Alex were within a kilometer of the lizard, Alina started to brandish her swords once more.

This time she brandished them for 16 times, showing 16 rifts in space heading towards the lizard.

”Spurt!” The lizard's skin split open as they were unable to stop the space slashes.

But the injury stopped there, failing to penetrate further.

”It's a Class SS.” Alina muttered as she fished out a phone-size crystal card from her pocket.

”Contacting Headquarters.” Alina muttered as she talked at the crystal card. ”Contacting Headquarters.”

Alex then heard a static sound coming from the crystal card followed by the formation of image above the crystal card.

”A hologram.” Alex thought to himself as he stared at the person being projected from the crystal.

The person was a handsome blonde male, around 20-25 years old. His piercing blue eyes and chiseled jaw might be enough to swoon the majority of the females.

His eyes were emitting a heroic air, making him look extremely valiant.

Alex was sure that this guy's body must be ripped, as that is the only fitting body for a guy with this kind of face.

Alex also noticed that this handsome blonde was giving Alina an extremely fond look.

”Either this blonde is Alina's relative, or he's one of Alina's admirers.” Alex thought to himself as he could not help but get disgruntled with this blonde.

”Hey Alina! How are things right now?” The blonde looked extremely happy as he talked to Alina. Alina on the other hand, did not look that happy as she said,

”While I am having my date here in Dragon Esper City, a Class SS Intruder suddenly appeared, tearing a hole through the dome of the Dragon Esper City in the process.”

Alina continued talking as she ignored the blonde's ashen expression.

”I know that the World Diagram have already identified that Intruder by now, but I figured that I must also report it to the EWO Headquarters personally.”

As it turns out, the blonde's face was ashen not because of the Intruder.

”Wait, you have a date right now?” The blonde blurted out in surprise as he stared at Alina. ”Is that true?”

”I just told you that earlier, Lord Gallius.” Alina said with a hint of edge in her tone.

The blonde, whose name was Lord Gallius, swiveled his projected head until he saw Alex, who was standing beside Alina.

”So, you are Alina's date huh.” Lord Gallius mumbled as he glowered at Alex. ”I do not know how you managed to force Alina to date you, but I will make sure to investigate-”

”Right now, a lot of civilians will be in danger if you don't move your bodies.” Alina said, interrupting whatever nonsense Lord Gallius was talking about. ”If you have a beef with Alex, just deal with it after the Intruder.”

”Alex huh. I will remember your name and face.” Lord Gallius said as he gave a nod to Alina.

The crystal card then blinked as the projection disappeared.

”So, that guy…” Alex was about to ask Alina something when Alina waved him off.