Chapter 26 - B Rank (1) (1/2)

B Rank (1)

The plane lowered its altitude quickly, letting them see the mess below more clearly.

Seok Pil-jun opened his mouth.

“The gate came by surprise, but how could this happen in just four hours?”

The gate opened there in the Philippines only four hours ago.

Still, four hours was enough time to prepare properly or to ask for help elsewhere.

But now the city has become a wormwood field.

“The local Awakening team took over and was wiped out. They were a decent company that had a few achievements against high-ranking monsters. Perhaps they were banking on that experience and jumped to a scene that they couldn’t handle.”

Jung Jin-sung said with his arms folded.

In the career of an Awakener, experience was deemed important.

Sure, there were tests that could measure an Awakened’s ability, but tests alone could not know the true power of an Awakener.

They have to be in the real world. To accurately measure their skills and reliability, the performance of an Awakened person was measured during battles.

The more powerful and high-level the monsters they faced were, the more respect the Awakened teams get.

That’s why the Philippine Awakening Team, which was wiped out earlier, was trying to get this site – to earn money from the core price and launch their career at the same time.

It would have made great news for reporters covering the Gates. Information about battle experience was also used by fans to compare famous Awakeners.

Lee Soo-yeon and Jung Jin-sung have defeated the A-ranked monsters in the hundreds.

Their careers rank in the Top 20 Worldwide power rankings.

“No matter how. They were insane about jumping into the B-rank gate without experience.”

Lee Soo-yeon shook her head with a pathetic expression.

They gambled with their lives and lost.

The team members, who were close to thirty C-class Awakeners, died fighting the monsters.

Also, the government-level evacuation and safe distance security were not properly conducted, so civilian damage increased.

“The information came in too late. Monsters are the first thing I see below. Be careful, everyone”, said Jeong Jin-sung.

There were fewer than 80 monsters in total, and 10 of them were B-ranked ace monsters.

That was all the information he heard from the analysis team.

As it is a new type of monster that has never appeared before, there was no particular information or precautions.

The plane landed, and the team members immediately scattered and took their positions.

There was no time to relax and talk.

The gate was already closed.

Monsters scattered throughout the city had to be found.

As in other cases, the number of monsters was not high, and it would be much quicker to remove monsters than to find and rescue citizens.

Il-hyun transformed the ground to create a giant hawk. He climbed on its back and headed west.

He found three monsters while flying low.

A humanoid monster with an inverted triangular head, wielding a large sword with both hands.

Il-hyun jumped on the spot and put a sword behind the neck of a monster.

Meanwhile, at a fast speed, the hawk hit another monster.

The enormous hawk grasped the monster’s head with one foot, smashed it to the ground, and dragged it to a distance.

The monster’s head was roughly halved against the ground and thrown into the building, tattered.

Bang!

The two D-rank monsters died in an instant, and a huge thorn surprisingly came out of the ground, stabbing the remaining one all over.

Its ugly body without limbs was drilled full of holes, and it died without being able to make a move.

Wick! When Il-hyun whistled, the hawk flew back to him again.

He jumped on its back, and then it flew across the city.

“- One Ace Monster down.”

“- East base, five down.”

Team members’ radios were heard in the short gap. It was now Il-hyun speaking.

“We also handled three monsters in the west.”

“- Ok, check.”

Lee Soo-yeon, who dealt with the first ace monster she found on the scene, said.

“- Be careful. Your abilities may not work against this Ace mob. Don’t go near it.”

“- I’m annoyed. I understand why the first team got wiped out -”

Ghost grumbled.

High-ranking monsters often have special abilities.

In particular, the higher the level of monsters, the higher the probability that they possess a strong ability.

Therefore, no matter how skillful and strong an Awakened was, one had to approach carefully when dealing with rank A or rank B monsters.

“- because this bunch is too dangerous.”

Ghost was joined by Il-hyun.

“- Checked the location. Going.”

“- Confirmed.”

Ghost and Il-hyun replied to Jeong Jin-sung’s words.

“We will be careful.”

Il-hyun carefully looked around.

He had to be careful if his abilities could not counter a dangerous B-ranked monster.

But at that moment, something they were concerned about happened.

Suddenly, a sharp black thing flew from the right and went through the hawk’s belly. It was a giant spear.

The balance quickly shifted, and he fell down.

“- Damn, I think I came across one!”

“- What? Where are you now!”

Lee Soo-yeon urgently asked, but he could not afford to answer.

The monster who threw the spear leaped in front of him.

It’s really happening.

It didn’t take long for the huge black monster to pull the spear from the hawk and swing it to his direction.

The weapon came at a speed that an ordinary awakener could not have reacted to.

However, Il-hyun is on a different level from the past and was way far from ordinary.

He was able to dodge and react even at that speed and extended his arms.

He tried to attack the monster by transforming the building next door.

But at that moment, he realized that he had made a mistake.

“- Oh, you said they could block abilities?!”

Il-hyun recognized the possibility of failing and frowned.

The power to block abilities was one of the reasons Awakened people who faced these monsters were wiped out.