Chapter 208

The destroyed building shook slightly, Ivan Smirnov came out of rubbles. He stretched his shoulders and grunted, he almost died on that one. Kitsune's power was dangerous, frightening, and deadly, yeah Ivan described her like that. Ivan deduced that Kitsune was not even using her full power. 

"It's lucky that I prepared an undead to swap with."

He smirked in the direction where the couple was. Ivan had a Skill called Undead Swap, he could swap places with the undead he marked. This Skill saved him many times, and even now, the Skill saved him again. This was the reason why he was not afraid to anger the Nine-Tails. 

"Hm, she's hot but hard to control… If I had the advantage, perhaps I can turn her into mine."

Licking his lips, Ivan was recalling the seductive body of Kitsune. He wanted to ride her if he had a chance. Although, right now, he eased his urges because he understood that he would die if she confronted her. Her ability to control the mana made her potential to be limitless, a creature close to God perhaps. 

"I like her."

Ivan honestly said his opinions. However, his fantasies stopped as he felt a dangerous existence in the city. The air around him began to turn cold and Ivan perceived an intimate power between the creature.

"Hm? What is this? I feel like his power is the same as mine?"

Ivan had the power over souls, he could enslave the souls of the dead and controlled them by his will. It seemed like the creature had the power to control souls too. Ivan narrowed his eyes looking at the place, he was curious, but he still decided to leave the city.

"Aiye, I don't have time to be curious. If I stay here longer, the Nine-Tails will hunt me. Besides, I already got around thousands of vampires. My collection is full again, although I have to find a strong Frost Giant and the Beastmen, ah what a waste."

He sighed, he collected those people but all of them were crushed by Kitsune. How heartless she was, but that was the type of girl Ivan liked. He wanted to see strong girls bowing before him, begging for their lives. The moon was shining red and the time of Methuselahs had come.

"See you again, I guess."

Ivan walked away from the battle. He took out his phone and headset, since he said the lyrics, he decided to play the song 'See You Again' by Charlie Puth and Wiz Khalifa. 

Some Methuselahs came out to attack him but they were confronted of their own race. Ivan summoned the Methuselahs he recently got, he commanded them to attack the other Methuselahs. The enemies were confused why their allies helped the Hunter, but they still continued their attacks. But no one reached him, the undead protected their master and confronted them. 

"When I see you again, when I see you again ~"

Ivan strolled and sang the iconic song. The dead bodies around him turned undead too, Ivan was good at recycling. His enemies who tried to kill him became his underlings, his Skill was terrifying. 

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The Manticore roared and wrecked the buildings around him, he saw Methuselahs on the way and ate their souls. His body expanded as he ate the souls, they became his nutrition. The Manticore continued with his hunt. This world was full of delicious souls to eat and the Manticore wanted them all.

The night came up but it was not quiet at all. Usually, the place would be devoid of noise but this time, the city was wild. 

Every second, someone was wailing, dying, and fighting for their lives. It was a dangerous night, and the Manticore was added to that danger, a heavy one. He opened his mouth and roared demonstrating his presence on the battlefield. 

"Gaawwwooooorr!!"

The Manticore's eyes glinted upon the food. His preys didn't have any chance to escape nor cry, they just fell on the ground as the Manticore's eyes gazed upon them. Their souls drifted and entered the chamber called Manticore. As the monster eat, it enlarged and became stronger. Now its size was 87 meters tall, almost twice its earlier size. 

The ground trembled but it was covered with the noises of the battle. The Skills of different Hunters faced the Methuselahs. The two sides fought causing the place to turn into smithereens. The lively Rio was filled with tension because of the battle. Even the evacuation place where the innocent people hid was noisy. 

The other Hunters protected and prevented the Methuselahs from hurting the innocents but the people were still hysterical. How could they not? They saw that the Hunters were just scraping their way to stop them. The Methuselahs started outnumbering them, this was the main problem. And now, another monster was added to that problem.

"Grrraaaaa!!"

The Manticore cried. He dashed and went to the place where most of the people stayed, the evacuation. The gigantic body of the monster hurried as the buildings it went on stumbled and crashed. The buildings tilted with no mercy. The Manticore didn't care about this odd cube of structures, what he wants is to eat! 

He was blessed that his master, Queen Lilith, let him play! Most of the time, he always stayed in his cage waiting for the people on death row to eat. 

But this time, his master gave him the approval to slaughter, how happy it was for him. This event was once in a lifetime and he wanted to get most of the rewards. That's why he immediately sprinted at the evacuation- the most populated and vulnerable place. This was the best spot to feast he thought. 

However, as he dashed, he was confronted by an invisible wall. He smashed onto the walls and his face slammed on. The Manticore whimpered and tried to get his footings but instead of standing, the Manticore realized that he was levitating in the air. He was floating, he felt like invisible hands were lifting him up. 

"Qqqauuuaghhh"

The Manticore struggled, his body was in the air and he didn't know what to do. He kicked his four feet in the air to try something but his body remained up in the sky. 

He levitated hundreds of meters away from the ground, he didn't know why this thing was happening. The city was slowly shrinking and the Manticore started to become afraid, the height was scaring him. However, before the Manticore could think, the levitation stopped and the Manticore descended into the ground. A gust of wind slapped him while he was falling, the gravity ruled that he must fall.

"Graaahhh---!!!!"

The Manticore descended and crashed into the buildings, some Methuselahs flattened and died as his giant body hit the ground. 

"Whew… this is the only thing I can do… now let's believe in that Princess."

Christian wiped his face, layers of sweat dripped down from his face. Truth be told, he didn't have any intention of fighting the Manticore but when he saw the creature rushing to the evacuation, he didn't have a choice but to stop him. 

Christian's nose was bleeding, thankfully, many Hunters were around him. He called his guildmembers to deliver him and Kyle away from the battle. Looked like he had to retire together with Kyle.