Rise of the Eromancer

Chapter 301 Let's Do This

"Evacuate them! Damn it, why are there still people here!?"

200 miles.

It had only been a week, and yet there were already monsters appearing 200 miles from where the Holes emerged. Of course, in any other case, that would have just been a normal occurrence since most monsters would actually go unnoticed when they roam across a Danger Zone.

But the Holes did not appear in the Danger Zone of Nihon at all—no. And it wasn't only one or two monsters, there were hundreds and hundreds of them that had already reached as far as 200 miles away from the Hole.

Of course, this was already expected… as the number of Holes that have opened up in rural Nihon all at the same time was 30, and all close to each other. If it wasn't for the fact that some of the monsters were actually fighting and intimidating each other, then it would have been worse.

According to the data and simulation they have run, taking into consideration the number of Holes and the rate the monsters are emerging — if they do not stop this as soon as they can, in less than a month…

"...Nihon will belong to the monsters!"

Rukawa was currently in a large military helicopter, standing on the edge as he spoke through the speakers to address the people he was with,

"If that happens, my country will be bombed in hopes that the Holes will close and the monsters will all die… 80 million people will lose their homes. So, I am asking all of you…

…please do not let them down."

And with those words, Rukawa just let himself fall down the helicopter. As for the other people inside, they all just looked at each other before also leaping out of the helicopter either one at a time or at the same time — all of them, carrying smiles on their faces.

This team and several others were tasked to eliminate the monsters that had already crawled far into the country — and the only one left on the large helicopter was Dr. Dhani Raj… as well as Rhys.

"Are you not going down, boy?"

"I joined this division to protect you, Doctor," Rhys remained seated on his bench with his arms crossed; his wooden arm, restored and fixed by Aengela.

"And here I thought you joined this division to protect the people…" Dr. Dhani then turned to look at Malenia and Edissa, who were also standing next to Rhys,

"...And you may not know this, but out of all the so-called World Rankers, I am the one that needs the least protection."

"Perhaps," Rhys shrugged.

"That means you do not need to worry about me dying and reneging on our deal," Dr. Dhani let out a small but very deep sigh as he gestured to Rhys to just jump out of the helicopter, "Go help some people, Mr. Rhys Wilder — I see it as fair, you are asking me a favor to help someone, I am asking you a favor to help someone."

"...Alright," Rhys nodded as he stood up. And as soon as he did so, Edissa also stood up. As for Malenia, well, she was just trying her best not to fall down because she felt like she would just slide out of the helicopter due to her lower snake body. Thunders were already starting to erupt from below, perhaps signaling the start of the battle.

"Edissa, you are coming with me. Malenia, stay here to protect the doctor."

"Hm," Edissa squinted her eyes. Even until now, only 4 of the 5 Hearts above her head were filled. Rhys had been trying to read Edissa's desires, but all she could really hear was how she wanted a baby…

…that wasn't really something Rhys could fulfill at the moment, or if he could actually even impregnate Edissa in the first place.

"Perhaps I should stay with the doctor?" A small smirk crawled onto Edissa's face as she glanced at Malenia, whose hands were tightly holding onto a handle, "The gorgon seems extremely afraid, Master Rhys."

"Afraid…?" Malenia's eye twitched as she heard Edissa's words. It was obvious she was trying to taunt her, since Edissa could have actually just spoken in her own language and not in a common Underworld language that Malenia could understand, "Who… says I am afraid?"

"You are," Edissa once again smirked as she looked at Malenia's trembling hands, "It is alright, I was like you once — but then again, I have 6 limbs, when you only have two."

"You think that an insult, Cat?" Malenia then let go of the handle as she straightened her back, "You were granted more limbs than I due to your inferior brain, I know that much is true."

"Ho…?" Edissa's claws very slowly protruded. Malenia also did not back down at all as her eyes started to glow.

"...Can the two of you relax?" And as soon as Rhys said that, the two just let out a small breath and looked away from each other, "Malenia, are you going to be okay here?"

"Yes," Malenia nodded without any hesitation, "I would also not be of much help to you down there — at the very least, I can offer support from… from above." She did, however, hesitate as soon as she tried to take a peek at the ground thousands and thousands of feet below.

"Very well," Rhys then nodded at Edissa before just leaping from the helicopter, with Edissa following suit without any hesitation at all. Edissa then contorted her body to make her descend faster and fall beside Rhys,

"Remember, Edissa — your priority is your own life. Escape when you think you're in danger… you are the most important thing to me on this battlefield."

"My life only comes after yours, Master Rhys," Edissa shook her head before tucking in her feline ears, "May your claws be forever sharp."

A few seconds before Rhys decided to join in, Rukawa was just letting himself free fall down from the sky; his eyes, staring at the army of monsters on the ground.

It was weird — once you go to the Underworld, one would actually barely see the monsters gathering together in one place. In fact, one could even say they made themselves scarce and even needed to be hunted down by Explorers.

And yet, a certain phenomenon happens whenever a Hole to the Surface is created; it's as if the monsters are just attracted to them like moths toward a fire — and they just appear out of nowhere. This time, the monsters that gathered were called Rions; they were meat-eating horses the size of elephants and with long necks similar to those of a giraffe.

This made the stampede even worse, as Rions are already known to group up even in the Underworld — and right now, they were moving in a wide freeway and on their way to an urban city.

But either way, one or a hundred, it didn't matter for Rukawa.

Rukawa then grabbed a pen from his pocket. And as he took in a deep breath, the pen started to light up and give out a harsh white glow.

"One or a hundred…" Rukawa let out a small scoff as he once again looked at the army of monsters, "...All of you will die."

And with those words, Rukawa threw down the pen — causing a clap of thunder to erupt across the air as a skirt of wind formed around the pen when it shot down at supersonic speed straight toward the ground.

And as it reached the ground, it did not really hit anything but the earth itself, even being hit by the monsters' legs and thrown around. But soon, however, a small click whispered from the pen.

And in an instant, light stretched from the pen, cracking the very space itself as trickles of lightning just completely crawled across the surrounding ground and obliterated all the monsters it could reach.

Rukawa had two identifiable Olympian gods flowing through his veins — Zeus, as obvious by the lightning that obliterated the monsters, and Apollo; which makes anything he touches to effectively turn into a projectile… which accelerates into supersonic speeds after he throws them.

Unfortunately, he was not given Apollo's aim and he had to train for that — but it did not matter at all, as the lightning that scattered for several meters was enough to make up for the lack of accuracy.

And so, Rukawa once again grabbed several pens from his pocket, throwing them again to the ground.

"What the—!?"

To his surprise, however, Rhys just suddenly emerged right in the middle of the monster army — right where one of his pens landed.

"Get out of there, you fucking idiot! What are you even—"

And before Rukawa could finish his words, Rhys suddenly picked up the pen and threw it farther away. He then rushed toward the next pen that embedded itself to the ground, also grabbing it and throwing it farther away — and Rhys did so with all of the pens he threw.

And then, when his pens started to click…

…they all erupted on a much wider scale than they would have initially; almost like a net that completely killed all the rions it covered.

And before the other Nobles could even land on the ground — more than a 4th of the monsters were already dead.

"You…" Rukawa just stared at Rhys as soon as his feet landed on the ground. But after a few seconds, Rukawa bowed his head at Rhys before just running away to eliminate the remaining monsters in their area.

"Hm…" Rhys also nodded back before turning to the other side of the monster wave, "Well then…

…let's do this."