Rise of the Eromancer

Chapter 302 Emergency Response

"We… couldn't even do anything."

Most of the people who responded to the call of Nihon were Nobles, and everyone already knew that Nobles, very much the same as other people, were not equal to each other as some would be stronger and some would be weaker.

But right now, they have just been shown just how much different World Rankers were. It is as they said, the other people couldn't even do anything at all as the army of rampaging Rions were almost cleared out before they could even land on the ground — and when they did land, Rukawa and Rhys seemed to have taken it upon themselves to just eradicate all that was left.

No — in fact, it wasn't even Rukawa or Rhys who had the most kills. It was Rhys's companion, the cenleon. Edissa seemed to know a lot about the patterns of the way the Rions' move, even knowing where they were going to run and all she had to do was wait and just start swinging her claws straight toward their necks — even decapitating 3 or 4 heads in a single swing.

Since the Rions' necks were similar to that of a giraffe's, Edissa did not really have to worry at all about missing, and she did this several times. But of course, it was already a given for her to know how they move…

…as Rions are among the cenleons' favorite prey. One could feed the entire village for weeks with a single horde of them.

"Good work, Edissa," Rhys brushed Edissa's back, making her lower her head and nudge it with his. He then turned to look at all the carcasses scattered everywhere, "I take it that most of these corpses are mine, Sir?"

"...What would you even do with them?" Rukawa blinked a couple of times as he looked at Rhys, "But… I guess. That is the law of Explorers — Nihon would still get something either way."

"Hm, then you can just have everything," Rhys shrugged before walking away toward where the helicopter was landing.

"...You're not going to get anything?" Rukawa blinked a couple of times as Rhys just waved his hand.

"I'm not here as an Explorer, Sir," Rhys just glanced back, "I'm here to he—"

And before Rhys could finish his words, a loud scream that completely drowned the sound the sounds of the helicopter's blades came from the helicopter — everyone turned to look to see who it was, only to see the pilot waving his hand.

"Team Yellow is asking for assistance!"

"Yellow…?" Rukawa and the others who were trying to catch their breaths also all rushed toward the helicopter to meet it as soon as it landed, "That's the team assigned to clear Hansai city — there… shouldn't be a lot of monsters there."

"Hm?" Rhys glanced at Rukawa, who practically leaped into the helicopter before it even landed on the ground and quickly grabbed the headphones of the radio, "What's happening!? W… what? What do you mean…? Shit… shit."

"What's he saying?" The other Nobles from the other countries could not help but look at each other as they couldn't understand. Rhys, on the other hand, just quickly approached the pilot and told him to go.

"Go, we don't have any time to waste," Rhys said, patting the pilot several times to make him rush before he returned to his seat right in front of Dr. Dhani, who immediately gestured to Rhys to wear his headphones.

"It would seem I was unneeded here," Dr. Dhani looked at the Explorers who did not even have a single scratch on them before looking at Lucian from head to toe, "And you do not seem to be even tired at all—no. Your breathing isn't even fluctuating, like you never even left in front of me… I would say, you have a very interesting ability, Mr. Rhys. I suppose I could say that you are full of… Mr. Rhys.

Do you get it? Mysteries, Mr. Rhys?"

"...I got it the first time, Doctor," Rhys could really only let out a sigh. Did Dr. Dhani just tell him to wear the headphones so he could tell that joke?

"What are they saying?" Dr. Dhani then looked at Rukawa, who was still talking to someone on the radio.

"...Team Yellow has been wiped out," Rhys also looked at Rukawa and sighed, "The only survivor is the one asking for help, and it would seem there are still civilians there and most of the people haven't been evacuated."

"What…!? They didn't leave!?" The other Nobles all looked at each other in disbelief, "I thought they already evacuated all the people in the nearby cities!?

"...Hansai is filled with old people," the only other Nihon in the team closed his eyes and let out a loud sigh, "Most of them probably didn't want to be evacuated since that has been their home for a long time — what's worse is that they are probably there with their families too."

"That still doesn't explain how Team Yellow was wiped out…"

"Don't tell me… that all those Nobles died just for the Commoners?"

"You wouldn't do the same? It's our obligation to help those weaker than us."

"...Why are you talking like we're heroes?"

"Aren't we? We are—"

"Threat Level 8."

And before everyone could continue their conversation, Rukawa finished talking to the person on the other line and returned to his seat,

"There are 3 Threat Level 8 monsters in Hansai."

"...What!? How did that even go unnoticed!? Won't creatures that big—"

"Llambydis," Rukawa closed his eyes and sighed, "It's a trio of Llambydis."

"...Are we supposed to know what those are?"

"Bipedal goat monsters," Dr. Dhani Raj was the one to answer as he crossed his arms, "They are very dangerous — I would need to fight in the front line."

"Bipedal goat—then can't Rhys Wilder just talk to them!?"

Everyone then turned to look at Rhys — and in truth, he was actually also thinking the same.

"Do you know what Llambydis are?" Rhys then turned to look at Edissa and Malenia, who also just looked at each other trying to gauge if one of them knew the answer — but since no one was answering, Malenia just shook her head.

"Perhaps if you have a photo, Master Rhys?" Edissa commented.

"Wait…" Rhys quickly grabbed his phone from his bag and searched for a photo of a Llambydis, but the internet only has illustrations of it and a photo of it already dead, "...Here."

"That's—"

"Luchan. My people call them Luchan."

Edissa could not even say another word before Malenia answered for her, "The Luchans—the Llambydis are not really intelligent creatures, Rhys. Even less than the cenleons."

"You truly are pushing your luck, Snake," Edissa's claws once again very slowly protruded, but she just quickly calmed herself down, "They are monsters, Master Rhys. I believe if we are to make a comparison — if the Satyrs are humans, then the Llambydis are large violent monkeys. Not apes, but monkeys…

…I suppose the Snake does not know what I am talking about. But that is alright, most creatures lack culture."

"Such words from people that do not even wear clothing."

"And we are proud of it — your people wear clothing, but wear so little which makes me wonder why you even bother."

Rhys could really only let out a sigh as he adjusted his headphones so that he could completely ignore the two before their conversation turned for the worse.

"No," he then finally answered everyone's curiosity, "It would seem the Llambydis are mindless creatures like the harpies."

"Wait… so you mean… we can't form a relationship with harpies? Oh, man… I wanted to—"

"Stop being freaky."

"If Rhys could do it, why can't we!?"

"Are you Rhys Wilder? I bet your dick isn't even half as large as his."

"...How do you know about the dude's dick size? Bro… you gay?"

And while some of the people inside the helicopter started joking with each other, the look on some of them turned incredibly serious and they were extremely quiet — those who have already experienced what a Threat Level 8 actually means.

It means that they would no longer find any signs of life on Hansai. They were radioed because they were the closest to Team Yellow, but there was probably no one to rescue them anymore once they reached the place.

One could already level entire buildings and could destroy entire cities if let be — and there are three of them? The only reason why there was probably still a city is because of their size, they weren't that much bigger than humans.

The others also felt Rukawa and the others' seriousness and soon quieted down, and they remained like so until they finally caught a glimpse of the view of the city.

"Shit…" One of them quickly commented as they saw all the fires and smoke, with some of the buildings even completely trashed and destroyed, "Can anyone see where those damn mons—What's that?"

"!!!" Rhys's eyes turned wide as he just suddenly stood up from his chair and quickly kicked the door of the helicopter — he then just hung outside for a few moments before leaping away hard, causing the entire helicopter to be pushed and lose control.

"What the fuck is he—"

"No, look!" Everyone then turned to look to where Rhys was shooting toward…

…only to see a large rock actually flying toward them.