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MONSTER HUNTING Your Happiness, is My Happiness
The mission...was a grand success. Charlize watches Athena embrace her new lover, hugging him like there wasn't another day left for him to live. Dane helped shape the whole barrier. He, singlehandedly managed the barrier from contamination by the transformed monsters. As for the suspected monster humans below the surface, they all needed more time for freedom. Athena wrapped her arms around her new lover, Charlize knew this wasn't a dream today. Both were happy, and she couldn't voice her feelings before Dane did to Athena. It wasn't his fault, it was hers.She hated the story Athena narrated after the day they partied that night. It was two nights before. For two nights, the lovers have been together since and not separated. They even used the same room. Scratch that, they sleep naked in the same room as it appeared from the tinted glass, upon a peak inside. Three nights, two more nights for the construction of the damn barrier. A barrier around 50 meters high, 12 meters thick sh
MONSTER HUNTING Heroic
NEW YORK RESTORATION: DAY 3"ha...ha...ha..." Charlize took three huge breaths from her mouth at the end of the bid day. She collapsed, but a certain man refused her body to touch the ground and fall into the roaring pit of monsters beneath. Standing on ice cold metal of her creation, Dane held her in one arm and his beloved, monster blood drenched sword in another. The sword returned back with a smile, as if it were a person. "Good job right there, Liz. I knew you were the star." Said Dane to her unconscious body. Prideful, Dane held her close to him in bridal style, not caring if his monster blood stench was rubbing onto her arms or not. He held her as people behind him rejoiced. The smile plastered on his face said the same, that he was more than proud to be her friend. "Here, rest for as long as you need." Dane soothed the woman into the bed. Charlize was half awake, she's heard him but continued pretending to be asleep. Makio Chen, though affected by the strength collapse a
MONSTER HUNTING Athena's confession
Dane stood in the middle of the room, appalled."She had feelings for...me? Why?" As he asked Athena, her answer was a shrug of her shoulders."I didn't want to lose you to anyone else, Artemas. Would you start hating me now?" Dane shook his head vigorously."I've never wanted Ruth as much as I need you in my life now, Athena. You've got everything I need. But...why do I feel so guilty?" He said to her, getting his soft brown hair caressed throughout as he sat in front of her. Even if things have come to an end and Makio with Charlize are being cryofrozen somewhere in this building, below the surface, things didn't seem as normal anymore. Something was always going wrong in their lives. "I guess that makes me happy." Athena said in a soft voice."It should. You're my everything, I give you everything of mine. And...I should apologize for never knowing her heart. She's been liking me for way too long, and...I don't know. It's got complicated real quick, didn't it?" "Yes. It did but
MONSTER HUNTING Something's happening
Dane and Joule look up at the ceiling of this bunker - as if they could see anything at all. Dane's eyes widen as his force immediately resonated with the entity standing above them. In the hospital.A threat...had descended.Dane ran upstairs at the speed of light. With his sword summoned already, he appeared in front of his opponents within the blink of an eye. The gush flew with him, patients and workers in the lobby gasping, surprised by his entrance. For them, it appeared as though he spawned out of nowhere with tremendous force!"Oh~" As the air settled, masks flying here and there, Dane looked at five human like men in front of himself.'Who are these people...? They smell nasty. Even nasty than some tiers of monsters.' Told Dane to his force.'Through my experience...I can tell they're not to be underestimated, Artemas. They might look human, but they don't seem to be.''Are you unsure who they might be, too?''Their signatures...they're polarizing with ours. There's only on
MONSTER HUNTING The kidnapping
Dane gasped, hearing the words from Athena. The Contraguild was established soon after the Guild was formed? For what reason? Why did they have to form an association to kill the members of the Guild?That follows with a natural question."If they were existing soon after Guild, why did they never show up? The information echelon wouldn't gate keep such valuable information from us, right? By the way, how did you know?" "Dane, I knew it because I am the only one from the Guild to actually see the Guild being formed when I was a literal child, born to who claims to be so human. It's not my fault I never knew about Contraguild until today. I thought they were just...theory.""Theory?""Yes. There's a forbidden book within the echelon preservation. It is a book with all forbidden knowledge about the Guild. Lord Dixon is after me because he is unsure of that book himself." "What the— what do you mean by that?" Master Joule interrupts their conversation as he sighs, "Because that book
MONSTER HUNTING Reclamation
"ha...ha...ha..." Dane was bent over one of his knees, he couldn't believe he just lost to a Contraguild member out of all people. He watched the vanished vortex over the sky. It hadn't even been there for a fraction of a second before permanent disintegration. "CHARLIZE!" Dane yelled at the night sky without a purpose. There was no use tearing his throat apart, hoping to get Charlize back from the vicious organization. "Dane..." Athena came panting. She was in a shock as well. The one who thought she could rule the world with her sword, alongside her lover couldn't accept such kind of defeat from a normal member of the contraguild.'So that is the power difference we have now. Seems like we've got bigger problems than monsters and saving humanity now.' Athena talked to her red force which replied with a scoff,'This seems like it's just the beginning.'Athena falls disgracefully on the mud as she loses her summoning sword. Her force had forced her into sleep. She needed rest more t
MONSTER HUNTING There's no use feeling terrible now
Dane could feel her presence on her back."You know, staring into the abyss wouldn't get Charlize back to us. I don't want to bother you by saying this, Dane, but I've been spoiling my head thinking what they'd do to her just for the sake of exploration. That tube...it was pretty high tech." She said to Dane.Meanwhile, Dane stopped listening to her after he's heard her name. Charlize...How was she gone so quick?The way her face seemed so at peace, as if she was destined to be kidnapped by the Contraguild. It was almost as if she had prayed to be kidnapped from London. After all, she's been listening to Dane speak on and on about himself and Athena everyday. She needed a break herself."Can we not talk about that?" He requested in a small voice, looking at her over his shoulder. Dane leaned against the tall railing and watched the night sky bloom. Sure, it was cloudy with unattended industrial smoke, yet the moon seemed to spill its brightness beyond the clouds."You haven't eaten y
MONSTER HUNTING Escape alliance
"How do we get to breach Guild portals now?" Athena questioned Dane."If I remember correctly, Master Joule talked about a power he's learned to share with Luke Crysalis. They're telepathically compatible." By telepathic compatibility, Dane means that Joule and Luke are having a greater sync between their forces. Fire and shadow, doesn't make much sense, but there was something in common for both masters to be so highly compatible.They can communicate through realms with their Force resonance. "Suddenly, I'm jealous of their telepathic compatibility. I want to have one as well. I'm not compatible with anyone." "Your force and mine are compatible enough. I can hear your thoughts from great lengths, somehow." Athena stared at him, wide-eyed."Artemas...why have you never told me this!? Oh, Lord!" Cursing at the man, Athena stood up and stressed over how important that piece of information was! "Couldn't you have told me sooner that you hear me thoughts all the time!?" She exclaimed
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Old Man was murdered!
Seems like the Eliminator had noticed them! Upon seeing Alex and Dane rush up towards him, the monster shapeshifted into human skin bites its bottom lip. 'Why aren't we allowed to use our powers here again?' Asked Dane to Athena.'Because we don't want to cause panic within the audience. Besides, did i just hear that right? Old Man was murdered and was left to rot?''Yeah. That's the base of what Alex said. Besides, we're chasing it now. It's walking towards some little hallway. We hope we can catch up.''Right. Chadwick is coming your way too. Don't let the monster escape again. Even if we have to tear this place down with a fight, we will. That monster needs to be taken down at all costs.' Said Athena in their joint resonance.'Understood.' Replying to her instructions in unison, the group dispersed to corner the monster. To catch it and enquire a lot, lot things about it's species.'It's gone into the hallway. Dane has eyes on it.''You know it's going to disappear in a flash, rig
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Old Man
"Might as well begin searching for him in the crowd if that's the case. If it can shapeshift...so should we. It's main target, is me." Dane concludes. Athena sighs as she tries to explain the situation to Dane."How do I know what is the real monster if I can't even sense it? This is a ridiculous job.""That's weird coming from you, Athena." Dane furrowed his eyebrows."Lady Athena seems different today. What happened to you, Lady Athena?" "Shouldn't I feel bothered that this monster is slowly becoming much untraceable and powerful than us? It's uncanny. It shouldn't be this way. Hunting is supposed to just...happen. All of this doesn't happen in Monster Hunting." Alex clicks his tongue at Athena's words."Well, welcome to the world of brains then. We use it to hunt, too." Dane wanted to laugh at how witty Alex had sounded. But he knew his own lover would be disappointed with him. Sulking in a corner and all."Whatever. Just let me know what are we doing to hunt this monster down."
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Downgrading to trace
Dane was about to walk away when Athena quickly reached out for his arm. Looking over his shoulder, he spoke."I'm going to go there alone, Athena. No one can stop me. Not you either." "I know I can't stop you. He's got on our nerves for sure. But what you can do is let us on this mission as well. You, me, Charlize, Makio and Joule. Maybe Johan and Luke Crysalis too." "What about Chadwick?" Dane immediately enquired."Him too. Because we need to travel at the speed of light, to chase that monster down. Now, I know this monster looks like it likes to play games, but isn't that too much for a mere monster? I feel as if we're trying to hunt nothing.""You think it'll be an easy task because it's a bloody, low grade monster, Athena?" Turning around, Dane looked into her eyes. She nods softly."But weren't you the one who's told me 'never underestimate your opponents'?" "Right...thank you for humbling me." The woman was clearly annoyed. She walked past him while Dane lifts his head to l
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Untraceable
"We've lost it! I can't believe we lost it!" Dane held himself back from punching or even stomping the ground for he could demolish the whole building, taking down the residents of it with himself. "You need to calm down, Dane.""The fuck I cannot, Dane. It's an important asset! A new kind that has become such a menace! You know how menacing lightspeed is yourself. And it's punches, it's fight is at least Athena's level."'Liz, I hope you're keeping track of where this monster goes, right?' 'You mean by seeing who it kills next? I'm keeping the face match on.''Okay. The moment you know it's killed someone...and drank their blood. Let me know. At this point, if it keeps killing monster hunters with powers, it'll grow undefeatable. I'm afraid even I—''What are you talking about? That's not the prophecy I know about you! Stop yapping like a child and come back here so we can send you back to where it'll attack next.''Yes.'"You heard her, right Chad?""Yeah. At times of dilemma, yo
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A new Kind of monster
Furrowing his eyebrows, Dane didn't really get the signal from Dylan. Why would he need to a build a new counter attack in the robots if monster hunters were more than enough to end monsters?"It's simple logic, thick-skull. My warriors don't have resonances. Chimera do, not my warriors." Dane felt like the most stupid imp ever. Sitting down on the chair again, he questioned Dylan, yet again. "So what do you plan on doing with these?""Create stability. Some monsters could evolve to hide their resonances from us. But my warriors will distinguish them by their attitude. It's easier to find a monster in a crowd full of people than find a human in a crowd full of monsters." Dane jumped his eyebrows at Dylan Dian."That's very much true. And oddly...philosophical. Well, I give you permission to upgrade every single one of them and send them across the globe. Or do you test the prototype first?" "The latter, then the first suggestion. I'd send them without your permission or grant anyway.
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Someone is fooling us
Around three weeks after the incident, the monster hunting headquarters was stable with minimal case reports recorded ever. There were barely any monsters emerging from the dead and deed. It felt...blissful."How many cases today?" To the beeping sounds of machines, Charlize asks as she sits over the cushion of a chair opposite to it. Munching on a small snack she could afford from a vending machine, she placed her legs on the desk and waited for the numbers to show up."45 since morning, huh? Well, it's evening already." Charlize then looked down at her lap."Or is this a sign that something big is coming, again? Like the calm before a storm?" "What are you mumbling to yourself there, love?" Dylan Dian speaks after hearing her from the distance. "Thank you for the tea, Dylan." The man chuckles at how she dismisses him. "It's not the calm before the storm. Trust me. This is...peace." Charlize stares into his grey eyes as he nods."Believe it or not. With the power we now have, mons
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Everyday is a war
"Did you...hear her?" Holding the glass of champagne in his hand, Dane turned to the sound of her. She looked normal, but her heart was thudding out of her chest. Walking into his embrace as they view the ocean, breathing its mist, Athena waits for his response."I did. I am not shaken. This doesn't feel like new information for me. That power...it seemed alien in many ways." Explained he."I see. Even I couldn't...""Don't think about it, Athena. It's going to keep killing you until you finally realize how worthless you are.""You are forcing me to think about the same, Dane. Thank you for the word, too. Worthless." Athena scoffed. "But...don't you think we should start investigating?" "How would we do that if we can't even track where it has come from? The monster wouldn't open it's mouth even by a bit. It's...resisting every torture method, healing at the speed of light. No drugs work on it either because it isn't from earth. There are several earth element users who kept it locke
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There are more tiers
'So that is what you meant...alright.'He breathes calmly and runs his finger along the blade which glows black. The slash he made through the monster's chest defeated it, but it was kept alive. "I believe you are made of water as well. Let me manipulate your molecules to follow my command..." Dane's Force-Human form brought darkness to the clouds. His powers were...increasing. "I feel a nasty amount of Force oozing out of him. What did he do...?" Joule asked Makio Chen. The woman shook her head, having no idea of what she saw either. "I don't know what is going on, but it looks like Dane just won." Keeping his eye on the monster, Dane slowly turned his gaze to look at Athena. She just stood, recovered from her injuries as she stared at him. He flew towards her, slowly getting his human self back."Hi..." he slowly uttered to greet her yet again. They've been apart for a few days, but it felt like an eternity. "See. Like I said...it's just the beginning. This thing inside me...it
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Revelations
The monster turned around, having had a layer of its back blasted off by Dane. It smirked, looking at his levitating figure with amusement like no other."So you are finally here...""Yes. I am. You called me here. You summoned me here...by hurting the people I love the most.""Oh? Her? You're talking about this...wimp?" Dane glared at the monster who picked up Athena again. The poor woman was already in pain, her muscles and bones shifting to recover. The monster crushes her again, almost bursting her head off. Dane couldn't tolerate her blood curdling scream. He went straight into the monster's face!However, the monster's speed was such a menace...even for him! 'This is bad...I can't risk getting you to take my form either. You don't have enough energy yourself.''You're a fool if you think I can't grow stronger. Did you forget I am literally a part of the universe? Let me stay still for a while, I will absorb some force for you.''You...can do that?''When I'm in shape myself,