Omnix: Celestial system

chapter 4: Survival!

Survival.

In a difficult or life-threatening situation, the human mind always found a way to survive, it was sort of a reflex action.

The monster as if having given them enough time to talk, screeched loudly while charging forward.

"Krrrrchhh!"

Mister Heights also charged in while tightening his grip on his axe.

He lifted the axe above his head and slashed down on the monster, but it was too fast.

It easily dodged it and slammed him away. The other hunters, seeing their leader hurt quickly rushed in to help.

Jason, who made use of a broadsword, screamed while swinging down hard on the monster, it easily dodged him and stabbed its claws into his shoulders.

"Ahhh!" He screamed as he was thrown away by the monster.

The long-range hunters who made use of weapons such as arrows and the like fired continuously at it, but it evaded them all by flying around in the air.

It swooped down at a frightening speed while spinning its body around like a drill with its wings spread out.

The next thing that could be seen was the bodies of two hunters slowly sliding apart as they powerlessly fell to the ground.

"Huah! Huah!

Hunters could be heard screaming their heads off as they watched their comrades die off in such a cruel way.

Freya, who was beside Hal, screamed as she fell on her behind.

Hal looked at her with worry written on his face

'She must have been frightened out of her wits; she peed herself,' he thought.

Cause a small puddle of yellow water could be seen spreading out from her behind.

"Hey, Freya! Freya!"Hal called

"Huh?"

"You have to leave here, you must run," he said

"What? Why?"

"You have to go outside and get help or else we would all die."

"But, I can't just leave you all here and run," she argued

"I know but can't you see? The monster, it's overpowered; sooner or later, we are all going to die if you don't get the help, that is."

"So you have to go, go and get help, and maybe, just maybe, we might survive this, okay?"

"Okay," she said as she stood to her feet and shakily walked back to the entrance of the cave.

'At least, she gets to make it out alive,' Hal thought.

'I can't let her die here, no, not after all the good she had done to help me....'

Looking up, he could see Mister Heights, who had rejoined the fight, running with rage written on his face.

"Ah!" He screamed as he ran forward while forming a shield from his suit and swung his axe at the wings of the monster and this time, he didn't miss.

He cleaved away a wing of the monster, earning himself a mighty scream of pain from the monster.

It swung its fist at him, but he raised his shield and defended against it, then retaliated by swinging his axe at the leg of the monster.

"Krrrrchhh" it screamed again.

The other hunters quickly seized this opportunity and attacked it with all their might.

The monster, having lost one of its wings and its advantage of flight was forced into a defensive position and got barraged by the constant attacks from the hunters.

"Die! You friggin bastard."

Someone shouted as the monster seemed to be on its last leg.

"Wait, something doesn't feel right," Hal said.

The monster was on its last leg, yet why was he getting this ominous feeling?

Then it suddenly clicked. When a monster was on the verge of dying, it got stronger by entering a certain state.

The rage mode.

"Hey, everyone, get away from it!" He shouted

But before he could complete his sentence the monster suddenly let out a loud screech as it moved at a frightening level of speed.

The next thing that could be seen was the heads of two hunters rolling on the floor. Only then did it also click for the rest of the hunters.

They had been too focused on the fight at hand, they had all forgotten about that.

The "rage mode" is the strongest form of a monster.

As it was on its last leg, the monster didn't waste time in attacking again, and this time, a hunter could be seen dangling in mid-air with the claws of the monster in his belly region.

It brutally slashed down and all the innards of the hunter could be seen pouring out as he fell to the ground.

All this happened within seconds and none of the hunters was first enough to react.

It went in again, but this time, it was met by Mister Heights and his trusty shield; they slammed hard into each other.

"Baamm!"

Mister Heights was thrown off his feet before quickly getting slammed into the ground where he formed a huge crater.

By this time Hal decided to join the fight as he couldn't sit back and do nothing while his fellow Hunters died.

"I might be weak, but I'm no coward," he said as he ran in with the other hunters.