Arifin’s dad appears, intending to turn on the floodlights in the backyard. This housing complex is actually surrounded by a high concrete wall. Except for the east part which is directly adjacent to the forest behind Arifin's house. The sky is still quite bright with the red and orange clouds during the sun set. Arifin is almost forgetting that this much illuminate won’t be enough to ward off those Dilopho monsters away. “Have the other floodlights been turned on, Dad?” “Easy! They have taken your words like holy scripture. Have you showered yet? Don't bathe too late, you might get sick!” The dad gets back inside the house. And Arifin, he is now thinking about his option to take that side quest. He has completed his daily training regime. And the system is offering him a side quest hunting dedemit creatures to collect the blood and soul crystals. He planned to skip it for tonight. But after listening to Mike’s story about the Bunian Realm, he finds the urge to make sure whether
A scream of pain suddenly echoes breaking the silence of the night, shaking Tony’s attention from his reverie. He sees Arifin jumping around from a tree, trying to reach the evil spirits he is going to kill.The more evil spirits Arifin slays, the more chaotic the scream is, and the more Tony finds the reason to just leave that place.“I can’t stay here. They are monsters! It was a bad decision to follow them.”Mike, with his monstrous hands and sharp fingers, easily butchers the zombies’ neck. As if he knows how to handle these demons, he mostly aims their heads and necks.“It seems like he is really familiar with these creatures,” mumbles Arifin.Arifin is having a bit of leisure time after he clears those evil spirits. His attention is back to the notification that the system gives to him.The truth is, the system has given him a weird quest since morning, since the time Mike enters his room.[Side Quest!][A dangerous entity detected. Kill him before he becomes a hindrance]Reward
Arifin pulls back his shirt. His face looks so sour, showing he still doesn’t trust Mike.There’s no way he is going to talk about that system, while the system itself is asking him to kill Mike. Even that side quest notification is still waiting for his response until now.Out of nowhere, they suddenly hear a high-pitched shriek of some creature. A moment later, they find something just hit one of the floodlights on the tree.That one floodlight is broken, and one small Dilophopapio monster is found under the tree.“What is this creature? Monkey?”“It’s one of the monsters that was brought by the meteor,” replies Arifin. “They are aiming for our floodlights,” grumbles Arifin.That one small monster is still moving albeit badly injured. Right after it manages to get back to its feet, it suddenly rushes toward Arifin and Mike wildly.Mike is backing off, not wanting to dirty his suit.“Can you kill it yourself?”Arifin takes one step forward, delivers one down stroke, and kills that sm
One huge swing from the alpha gorilla comes. It’s not clear if it is trying to hug or to slam Mike’s face. But Mike immediately ducks down, and delivers a quick hook several times on the monster’s ribs.He follows it with some combos like a genuine boxer. The only difference is that he isn’t clenching his fists. He hits the monster by trusting his sharp and powerful fingers.Pieces of flesh and blood are flying around in the air. That monster groans so wild each time it gets hit. It tries to retaliate, waving his huge arms around, but the fight is really so one-sided.Meanwhile, Arifin has already reached his home. Tony comes to him looking so worried, but Arifin ignores him.“Have you seen Prof. Irwan?”“Oh, he is with your dad next door,” replies Tony.Arifin rushes out impatiently. He finds a few of Mike’s men are still in his house at the terrace. He tells them that Mike might be in danger in the woods. But none of them shows any concern.“Mike is in danger in the woods?” mumbles
That old man Acil shakes his head with some silly expression. He expresses how hard it is to imagine that Mike would find a situation that forced him to turn into his full form.That’s when Mike tells Arifin about the kind of monster he just encountered, explaining about the probability who might be the one who aimed their spotlight.“Its body looks like a big gorilla, about 4 or maybe 5 meters high. But the head is like the head of a T. Rex, with two fins and tentacles. Can you imagine it?”Acil just scrunches his face, thinking that Mike is only making a joke by exaggerating his description about the monster he was fighting.“That’s just like the kind of monster we found last week. But, are you sure about the height?” that old man doubts.“That’s the Alpha Dilophopapio,” Arifin affirms. “It’s like each pack has their own boss. I fought the same monster yesterday at the university.”On the way back home, Mike deliberately takes them to the place where he fought. He himself is only tr
They manage to get out of the woods. Mike immediately calls all his men, and tells them to stand by at the edge of the forest.They are ready with their guns and the assault rifles which they looted from the fake soldiers they killed today. But of course, those monsters don’t want to get near because of the strong floodlights in the backyard of Arifin’s house.A moment later, something big flies between the tree branches. It’s one Dilophopapio monster, which has just been thrown away by the boss.Unfortunately, it misses, and lands on the roof. It breaks the roof, and that one monster drops to the kitchen.“Arsih, let’s leave the house!” shouts Herman from the living room.The monster notices them, and rushes toward them. It sleeps a few times due to being too aggressive, making the kitchen a mess.When it just reaches the hallway, Herman comes back from the front door, and welcomes that monster with a powerful shotgun.Bang!Bang, Bang!!!Every time the monster tries to get up, anoth
As much as he wants to get to sleep, Mike finds it hard to sleep because of that last speculation that Arifin shared with him. He is not simply a war veteran, but also a leader of some organization that works like an intelligence agency. It’s indeed that he no longer actively follows the global issue intently since the end of the great war. He had only been focusing his intention in this province, simply to protect his assets and businesses. Even that had already gone because of the meteor, including his headquarters which was located in one small island in Pesisir Selatan. “I heard the rumors about them being hit by the meteors two years ago. I didn’t expect it would escalate this fast.” “Look! I only shared this from what I had in my previous life before coming back to the past,” Arifin clarifies. “Those mercenaries could just be hired by another organization. One thing for sure, the detector they used can’t be made from any countries in Asia.” Mike quite understands Arifin’s wa
The one monster that Arifin shot is still alive. And he knows Dilophocaballus monsters have sturdy exoskeleton-like armor in some parts of their body.The two shots he has released only left several small wounds on the monster’s left neck, not enough to kill it.“I need to use my bullets wisely.”It's an 8-Shot Pump Shotgun, and he only has 6 shots left. He then aims the monster’s leg, trying to hinder its movements.One shot, and one pump, and the other monsters come helping their friend by using their elongated tentacle from up close.Instead of blocking it using his barrier, Arifin decides to evade. Because he has that confidence he is able to avoid this kind of attack, and releases another shot aiming low to one of the monsters' legs.Two of the monsters are now having trouble moving. They can’t be as aggressive as before. Henry comes to help and opens fire, trying to distract the other two monsters' attention.“No!” Arifin shouts impatiently. “That gun won't be enough to kill the