Einder Bloodline

Chapter 20 Attack

Inside the training camp that Hannah was in had suddenly given out an emergency meeting. They had received word about the large-scale invasion of the monsters who were attacking the whole Western Continent. The force of the monsters was so huge, even the elite soldiers who were serving as teachers were summoned to give out support.

Although the teacher's strength was a cut above regular soldiers, they were still short-handed. In the end, they had to evacuate the citizens including their students to safety.

The teachers who had been instructed to lead the evacuation had divided themselves into thirty-four groups. In the twenty-first group was Hannah's group which had been caught in quite a predicament. The reason being, a monster group had appeared before them.

The monster group itself was weak and the teachers had dealt with the monsters efficiently. The only problem was that after the monster group was wiped out a very strong monster had appeared. It had large horns that could skewer a whole person.

"Wh-What is a rank 8 monster doing all the way here?!" One of the teachers who had been in charge of the group gasped.

Seeing the look of panic from the nearby teacher, one student silently muttered. "No-No way...Am I going to die here?" A shaky voice of one of the students could be heard. Most of the others around him also had pale faces. They knew that only a higher rank Knight could fight this monster.

"Everyone! Listen to me. We'll grab the attention of the monster and lure it far away from here. While we do that please head towards the nearby shelter." A charismatic teacher said so as she looked at the others.

Some teachers were still frightened out of their wits but all of them nodded, they knew that it's their duty as knights to help protect the citizens. "Hannah! Since you have the highest potential among all of you, I want you to lead this group to the shelter." The charismatic teacher then whispered to Hannah, "May Brintin's fortune be with you."

After that, the teacher immediately began attacking the quadrupled horned creature to enrage it. As soon as one teacher had used his weapon, *CLANK* a sound that was as if metal was hit against another metal caused the teacher to make a strange look on his face. The metallic glow on the fur of the creature shined under the moonlight.

"No way!" The man who attacked it shouted as he couldn't believe that even his most powerful strike did not even give it a scratch. Before he made another move the monster quickly made way to chomp that man.

"Look out!" The charismatic female teacher then made a quick dash towards the man as she intended to put him out of harm's way, but sadly she was a step too late. Blood splattered everywhere as the man had his upper body bitten.

The monster howled after having the taste of blood. The giant monster's body then pounced on another teacher who was stunned and couldn't even move. But before the monster got to him, the charismatic female teacher had managed to temporarily restrain the wolf by binding its hind leg rendering it unable to move.

"Everyone, attack now!" She said as she pulled on the chains that had wrapped itself around the monster's leg.

Large series of explosions could be heard as everyone made sure to attack the brutal creature. They used all of the firepower that they could muster as they wanted to finish the monster if possible. After all, even though they stayed here to protect the majority, they were still human. They too didn't want to die.

One of the reasons that they became teachers in the first place was to avoid being on the front lines. That damned place where monsters could kill them if they were unlucky. People who simply don't have enough power would just be offering their lives on the line.

Admittedly they are far weaker than the monster in front of them. They also knew that they could not kill it with their strength simply because it's stronger. But even so, they hoped. They wished for a miracle that they might make the monster stand down and die.

As their attacks had stopped, the smoke surrounding the wreckage began to clear up. Everyone attentively looks at the monster trying to size it up. They wanted to see it dead.

The monster, crushing their dreams looked at them appearing as if it grinned. It knew that the puny humans in front could never beat a monster that was on the same level as it was. Truth be told, the monster wasn't even taking them seriously in the first place. It was just trying to play with the food before eating it, however, seeing that momentary burst of power from those puny humans it was a bit surprising.

Those humans that he had considered to be prey had managed to hurt him despite the thick hide that was almost impenetrable. But even if he got injured, he could simply heal it quickly as it wasn't even that much. 

Those attacks, however, were enough to enrage the monster. It knew that these puny humans might have another lucky moment and that may create a possibility for them to kill him. Enraged, the monster now began to walk towards the humans intending to fight them seriously this time. This spelled the end towards humans.

The rest of the teachers, on the other hand, had very terrified faces. They knew that the monster was strong but to be alive without even appearing to take any significant damage, that was what scared them.

"Everyone, we can do this, we just need to keep on attacking it to keep it distracted. After that, we would be able to run awa-" Before the charismatic lady could finish her encouraging speech her head was suddenly flung far away from her body.

Moments before her death, all that the female teacher could see was her own body simply falling onto the floor before everything else became black.

"She died just like that......." One of the teachers who had seen that scene had given up all hope of ever returning alive. But just like everyone, instead of feeling fear, they all felt courage and bravery. They had let go of any hope to return alive. Now that they have cleared their minds they had once again resolved themselves to the possibility of being killed.

One of them held a bomb. His only plan was to let himself be eaten by the monster before exploding himself right into the monster's mouth. So, all he had to do was one thing and he did it. He charged bravely. "FOR THE EMPIRE!" He shouted as he ran towards the monster.

The monster still enraged didn't even put the human running in his eyes. The monster instead went for the ones who looked easy to kill. Now that the monster decided to attack seriously he wouldn't let go of chances like these.

After a series of blood-curdling screams, silence once again enveloped the place. All of the teachers had died without even giving the monster a scratch.

The monster then howled as it sniffed its way towards the direction of the larger group of humans.