Hunter Academy's Battle God

Whir-!

Helicopter blades whirred.

Beep! Beep!

Cars were honking and making noise everywhere.

"KYAA! What's that monster?!"

"Everyone, come over here!"

Most of London’s city guards had gathered around the Thames River, but they weren't enough to guide all the citizens.

"To think that I'd move three kilometers through the river of a big city. What are the hunters d—"

KUOOO-!!!

An unknown cry that was loud enough to shake the entire city spread through the sky.

The city guards looked toward the source of the sound to see a monster standing on the Thames River. It had a completely dark body, sharp teeth, and acid leaking from its mouth. Its red eyes shone.

KUOO! GRRR…

The giant monster that was menacing the city was over 50 meters tall—it was a rank 7 boss that was like a disaster.

'A King's Aura…'

It could absorb mana by attacking the hunters and release it as a beam when it wanted, but the scariest thing about a King's Aura was its incredible regenerative capability. 

London was forced to take a defensive stance against the King's Aura.

BOOM!

Weapon emplacements all along the tops of the city’s buildings were attacking the King’s Aura. London was prepared to face a giant monster of its nature.

That was why London had survived despite monsters bigger than buildings trying to attack it.

A laser shot out from the buildings and burned the King's Aura's body, a missile launched from the road slammed into it, and an endless amount of explosions ensued.

BOOM!

Not even all of those attacks could stop the King’s Aura from advancing. Even though its body was burned and smoke was rising from it, the King’s Aura kept walking through the Thames River.

TSS! BOOM!

Every time the King's Aura moved, water from the Thames River splashed in all directions. London's city guards couldn't let it advance any further if they wanted to protect the citizens.

- Attention. We will deploy the city defense barrier on the Thames River territory, 32N 22A.

An order came out from their Pockets.

In the end, they allowed the activation of a national-level security weapon.

They were going to use a barrier that was only ever deployed in dire circumstances.

"We're saved!"

As a veteran clenched his fists and shouted excitedly, a newbie city guard mumbled in confusion.

"Can we stop such a huge monster with a barrier…?"

"It seems like you've never seen it. A city defense barrier is really impressive. The biggest problem is that setting it up in the monster’s path can be difficult.

"It seems like that’s pretty solvable thanks to the monster walking in a straight line."

"Yes."

As the city guards focused their eyes on the Thames River, lights shot from all around and formed a square.

BZZT!

The lasers soon formed a blue surface.

Pang!

In the end, the city defense barrier that was reserved for large cities trapped the King’s Aura. China had been able to stop one of the Four Perils, a rank 6 boss called ‘Chaos’ with one such barrier.

The veteran city guards didn't doubt the barrier and believed they only had to wait for the government to act since the monster was trapped.

But…

Creak-

The King's Aura lowered its head, and red light gathered around its mouth. That was a sign that the King's Aura was about to emit a beam.

"Don't tell me… It's going to use a beam inside a barrier?"

"Wouldn't that be like committing suicide…?"

FWOOSH-!!

An intense red light shot out of the King's Aura's mouth—it was the damage the King's Aura had turned into mana and gathered inside its body. 

Paf!!

Thanks to the artifact's power, the beam bounced away.

The King's Aura's body began burning after it was hit with its own attack.

The more it burned, the more intense the light from its body grew.

"Don't tell me-!"

"He's trying to create a feedback loop with his own energy?!" the city guards shouted in surprise.

Creak-

The King’s Aura gathered itself. After being hit with the beam, its body was the color of lava.

FWOOSH-!!

The King's Aura used that damage as fuel to attack once again.

PAF-!

Once again, the barrier reflected the King's Aura's beam. Blue and red lights shone over the city.

The more the barrier reflected the beam, the more fuel the King’s Aura gained from the damage.

Tsss.

The King's Aura's beam kept getting redder and stronger. Although the monster continued to burn, it kept regenerating. 

Crack!

First, a small fissure appeared.

Crack!!

A huge mana fragment split away.

The barrier ended up being crushed and scattered away as glass fragments.

A huge plume of smoke rose, and behind it, the King's Aura's giant body started to appear.

BZZT! Paf!!

That time, the King's Aura's beam started to sweep over the city. Soon after, all of the buildings near the Thames River were burned.

FWOOSH!

Even with the city defense barrier, they couldn't stop the King's Aura. It was a destructive power worthy of a rank 7 boss that was cataloged as a disaster.

London would keep being destroyed until the people from the Hunter's Association arrived.

"The barrier…"

"Is… is this the end?"

The city guards fell into despair as they looked at the King's Aura. The citizens were looking at the Thames River's disaster from a distance.

Meanwhile, of the tower bridge of the Thames River…

One man sitting atop the bridge stopped the entire disaster.

"Tsk, tsk…"

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The man looked around as if he didn't care for something like the King's Aura.

"This happened because they left the safety of a city to a machine like that."

Grab!

The man clenched his fists as he looked at the King's Aura. He didn't have a weapon, just his bare hands, but that was enough.

The man's fists were more dangerous than any city weapon emplacement.

That much was obvious, he was called the ‘Fist King’ for a reason, after all.

He was the man who ended up standing above all other hunters just by training his body.

KUOOOO-!!

As mana began gathering around Yu WonHak’s fist, the King's Aura's eyes started to shine. The monster's seemingly dull senses sharpened.

It hadn't reacted like that even when the entire city had attacked it but did at Yu WonHak's attack.

Yu WonHak smirked.

"It seems like you're a lizard with good senses."

The rank 7 boss, King's Aura’s destiny was fixed the moment WonHak clenched his fist.

Pang-!

Battle God Style Sura Fist Punch.

No one near the Thames River had seen such a destructive punch before.

PANG-!!!

The pressure swept forth in a fist of force, split the river, and swept away the surroundings.

Tap, tap.

Yu WonHak clicked his tongue as he shook off his hands.

A huge hole appeared in the King's Aura's body. A disaster-level monster had been annihilated by one attack from the Fist King.

BOOM-!!

As the King's Aura fell to the Thames River, water splashed up again.

Yu WonHak had become the hero who saved London, but he was too used to situations like that.

"If you're so big, you should have spit out an elixir for YuSung at least…" Yu WonHak complained from the tower bridge. 

A beautiful woman who seemed to be in her thirties suddenly appeared, smiled, and said, "You're still good."

A big-brimmed hat.

The woman who seemed to have both Western and Eastern beauty carried a mysterious atmosphere and had fascinating black hair.

"Long time no see… Fufu," she mumbled in a low voice while looking at Yu WonHak.

Her laugh seemed to contain hints of happiness at seeing him and melancholy. Despite her greeting, WonHak continued to look over at the corpse of the King’s Aura.

"I can't understand it… If you were here, then why did they call me?" Yu WonHak complained.

The witch smiled. "Because I asked them to."

"Why?"

"I wanted to meet an old partner…"

There weren't many people capable of calling the Fist King a partner, even less so who were women.

"That isn't like you, Aris. To think you'd waste my time for something like this."

London's witch, Aris.

Alongside Korea's Fist King and China's Sword God, she was once called one of the strongest hunters. Hunters worldwide wondered if Aris was truly a witch after seeing that she didn't age at all, but that was only because of her strong mana. 

Slide.

Aris sat next to Yu WonHak.

Although they'd protected each other's backs for a long time, their relationship had become awkward. It felt like there was a permanent distance between them.

"Not like me? I just changed. It's been a while, and I'm not the same person I was back then. Also, I had something to tell you."

Aris hesitated a bit. Although they hadn't seen each other for 10 years, Yu WonHak hadn't changed at all.

He still aimed to reach a perfect level of martial arts. A long time prior, Aris had said Yu WonHak's goal seemed dumb, but that wasn't the case anymore.

"I'm raising a child. She's a really cute and good child." Aris smiled at Yu WonHak.

It had taken her a lot of time for her to be able to smile at him like that.

"In reality… I did it because I was envious of your relationship. That person and you seemed to be having a lot of fun."

Aris laughed and then told a mischievous joke. "All that and he isn't even your kid…"

Yu WonHak frowned at those words. "Your joke went too far."

"Well, at first, it was just a whim of mine."

China's Sword God and Korea's Fist King…

Aris' two partners had started to raise their own disciples. The Fist King and Sword God each aimed to raise the strongest possible disciple, but unlike them, she didn't have that goal at first—it was just a flight of fancy. 

 "Now I'm also greedy. You see, I began wondering something…"

After she saw how strong Lorelei was becoming, Iris's whimsy began turning into a goal.

"How would you feel if my child beat the child you've invested your everything into… His name is Shin YuSung, right?"

Yu WonHak laughed at Iris's words.

"I'm not sure! That’s probably impossible. YuSung… is a monster that will surpass me."

A smile finally appeared on Yu WonHak's face as he talked about his disciple. Iris's lips quivered a bit, but then she narrowed her eyes.

"We'll see about that… Lorelei's strength isn't something you can beat with strength alone."

Tap.

Aris stood up.

"This was fun."

After ten years of them being apart, Aris said goodbye again. Maybe she still had some resentment toward Yu WonHak.

Swoosh!

Black wings appeared on her back.

"Okay."

After Yu WonHak's short goodbye, the black wings covered Aris, and then she took flight.

Paf!

Black feathers fell toward the Thames River. Yu WonHak clicked his tongue as he looked at where Aris had been.

"This is why emotional people are…"

Even if he'd said that, Aris wasn't an opponent that could be taken lightly. If Aris had given her all into teaching her disciple, then there was a chance that a monster might have been born.

'Well, YuSung would probably win in the end.'

The sunset was starting to fall.

The Fist King looked at the panorama of the Thames River. Under the tower's bridge, tons of reporters were trying to meet Yu WonHak.

'Still… I'm also curious. I guess I'll soon see her for myself.'

The first journey in the Tower, Battle God Style's 5th Form, etc…

There were many things Yu WonHak wanted to talk with YuSung about, but it would have to wait. Yu WonHak jumped down from the top of the tower bridge.

BOOM!

There were still things he had to do.