Chapter 45 - No Time (5) (1/2)
No Time (5)
More than thirty Awakeners stood in front of the gate’s 5-meter-wide cracks.
All were members of the local government.
“This is the first time I’ve had such a high rating… Isn’t it dangerous?”
“If you have enough people, you have to make time. You just have to hold on until the Aegis comes,” the man replied to not make his anxious colleague worry about their situation.
The government immediately asked Aegis for help when the B1 class surprise gate appeared in Belgium.
Then, the government scraped all the available power right away and dispatched all of them.
“More over there,” the man pointed toward the sky.
Two helicopters, which had departed in a hurry from the city next door, were flying side by side.
Not only those two helicopters, but the Awakeners were coming from other places as well.
“Oh, he said Mertens is on one of the helicopters?” said the other Awakener who was sending and receiving text messages.
Then, there was a stretch of admiration.
As one of Belgium’s leading stars, no one probably in the entire country doesn’t know about the B Rank Awakener.
“Really? I thought he was abroad working in Haman. So, are you fighting together?”
“What are you going to do about it? If Mertens isn’t the problem, then the Aegis will come soon. Do you want to have a heart attack by then?”
“Oh my god. I can’t believe it.”
Laughter arose from the other Awakened as well, the man actions covering his face with both of his hands.
Perhaps as long as he worked in this industry directly, the admiration for high-ranking Awakeners including Aegis would always be more prominent rather than smaller.
After all, their funny conversations made them less tense and created a little bit of a light atmosphere.
“For a while……”
The Awaken’s strange sensation stopped.
At the same time, blood cracks shook the entire place.
The gate fluttered as if it were a beating heart that had instinctively aroused emotions, but rather, the silent sound of death was more repulsive compared to its violent movement.
All of the Awakeners around them pulled out weapons and stepped back to prepare for the fight.
The tension that came back crushed everyone.
It’s always been done, but this time the grade letters were different.
The simple alphabet used to teach them a lot of things.
And finally, the monster appeared in the crack.
A giant fire scorched its entire body.
Its body was 4 meters tall, and there was a colossal hammer burning in one of its hands.
From its eyes like a skeleton, there was a light emanating from it, creating a sensation that made it hard for them to see.
“An Ace Monster……?” the man muttered while looking blankly at it.
The giant also looked down at him.
Then, he held the hammer over his head.
The man yelled, and the Awakeners started running everywhere.
“Damn it! Ace is out! He was the first bounce!”
They were initially intended to take as much time as possible.
As expected, as soon as the gate opened and the B-rank monsters came out, attacking it was pointless.
Kuuung!
A hammer of fire struck the ground.
At the same time, a massive shock wave emerged and swallowed up the city and stretched out in all directions.
The city lights disappeared, and the helicopter approaching in the air staggered.
“Ugh-oh-oh!”
Helicopters lost sight of the man who fell under the shock.
Two helicopters circled round and round until both aircraft lost its balance and entangled with one another and eventually exploding.
That was the last sight he was able to see.
Thud!
The floor is crushed.
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“Oh, awha!” the man in the flames screamed.
He rolled on the floor to extinguish the fire on his body, but the not so ordinary flames couldn’t be destroyed, and it swallowed him in a defenseless state.
In front of him was a vast, hunting, laughing dog that stared at him as he struggled in pain.
The base monster of this gate, like the giant, was all over its body.
“Such assholes!”
When he had no choice but to see someone die on the other side, the man spurred.
He leaned behind the wall and tackled it, stabbing it on its head.