Chapter 166 (2/2)

“Looks like we’ve been found.”

“That’s expected if we’ve made all of this noise.”

The enemy’s aura emanates from the dark jungle below them. The sound of the reinforced rifle, the One-eyed Birds screaming in pain, and the smell of blood called the Blade Weasels to them.

They are not visible past the lush leaves, but the heat sensors pick up more than hundreds of creatures.

“Hmph! What are you guys going to do from there? I should spit on them!”

Park Jin Hyuk snorts and keeps searching the terrain. They are at least 100 meters off the ground. Blade Weasels do not have a method of fighting from a distance. They cannot even throw something because they do not have arms like humans.

All they can do is whine and stretch their necks to look up. But what is a mutant? They are creatures that stray from the common rules. On top of that, if they are level 7, it is not odd if they do something.

Boom!

It happened in the blink of an eye. Something large on the ground penetrated the forest and plunged into the center of Cha Jun Sung’s group.

“Heinkel!”

Kyarung!

Covered in white fur with the enlarged tail of a weasel, Heinkel looks over Cha Jun Sung’s group with red eyes. It was just a matter of 0.1 seconds. It calculated the distance to jump, and drew out the positioning and range in its head for the last attack. It is an incredible ability that approaches that of humans.

[You invaded my territory and injured one of my underlings? I’ll rip you apart.]

It only sounds like barking to the party members, but Heinkel’s roar is in a language that Cha Jun Sung can understand.

They were right. Heinkel had come because they invaded its territory and hurt one of its subordinates. The milk has already spilled and there is nothing they can reverse. They will face off to figure it out.

Heinkel puts its head down, lowered its center of gravity, and wielded its tail. 15 meter long blades covering the tail go up and down as it turns. It has kept Cha Jun Sung’s group’s height in mind.

Huk!

Ack!

Basil is startled and turns his body. The blade tail grazes his Adam’s apple. He had not strengthened his armor. If he had been any later, the tail could have cut his throat.

Violet barely got out of range as well, but her boosters tangled up while she was getting away and she could not stabilize like a crashing plane.

Kyak!

When the blade tail was brandished in the center, Kyoko, who is relatively short in fighting skills, took the blow. A part of her battlesuit is cut and blood seeps out. Koharu is beside her and catches her as she falls.

“Kyoko!”

“Jin Hyuk!”

Park Jin Hyuk saw Kyoko get hit and got distracted. He could not react to the tail coming at him.

Cha Jun Sung hastily pulled out the sword on his hip. There is a glare. He can feel incredible resistance from the sword that has come to a hit with the tail. They are similar in power. Cha Jun Sung was pushed as though flying and Heinkel plummeted to the ground. Neither were injured.

“What are you doing! You could have died if I didn’t block that just now!”

“S – sorry.”

Cha Jun Sung yelled at Park Jin Hyuk. Kyoko getting hurt? That worries him too, but they cannot ignore attacks coming at them.

“How is Kyoko?”

“Her life isn’t on the line, but the cut isn’t shallow. The bleeding is severe.”

Koharu presses firmly on Kyoko’s hip to stop the bleeding.

The attacks that Lifers watch out most for are the ones that can kill them instantaneously. It is all over if they die with one hit. There are a couple things after that, and bleeding out is one of them. Unless they receive treatment, there is continuous damage that wastes away at the body.

“Let’s go higher.”

Bang bang!

They only stopped once they reached 300 meters. It leapt 100 meters – they had underestimated Heinkel’s abilities. They cannot take a hit with the same attack.

“Jun Sung, there’s a cliff at the end there!”

“Cliff?”

Park Jin Hyuk’s Clairvoyance discovered a cliff. It is a little lower than eye level. The back is steep and the front is narrow. It is great for defense.

Kyarung!

“This won’t do. You guys go first.”

“What about you?”

“Look down. They look like they’re about to follow us. We need time to treat Kyoko and set up booby traps. I’ll buy time.”