Child of Destiny

As the group from God’s Paradise was looking at Alucard in the sky, the latter suddenly flapped the edge of his trench coat and turned into shadow bats that scattered in every direction.

He had already found their opponents and made his presence known, so it was now time to make their move.

But this time, instead of supporting the team, he became more like the initiator. He was the head of the offense for this fight, taking the initiative to engage with their opponents.

Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!

The shadow bats suddenly turned into a violent colony that got disturbed and went crazy. They swarmed at the trio from God’s Paradise and started attacking them from every direction.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Sheryl quickly responded, taking out a pair of submachine guns and starting to fire at random, making the magic bullets fly everywhere and even ricochet off one another, creating a storm of bullets in the process.

‘Legendary Combat Technique: Random Firing – Twilight Dance’

Bang! Bang! Bang!

These seemingly random bullets looked like they had become alive and started annihilating the surrounding shadow bats swarming at them.

Vulture and Berit still did not make their moves, seemingly expecting this to happen.

However, their expression immediately turned weird after sensing something strange from the movement of the shadow bats.

These shadow bats cunningly stopped swarming at them after seeing most of them got annihilated by the bullet storm and formed a dome-like formation.

The expression on Sheryl’s face suddenly turned grim after seeing that, and she quickly shouted. “Berit, Astral Protection!”

Berit did not dare to delay after hearing the urgency in her words. He swiftly positioned himself in front of the two and slammed the two shields in both his hands with one another, summoning a dome barrier that protected them from every direction.

Bang!

Shriek! Shriek! Shriek!

It was also at this moment that the shadow bats suddenly opened their mouths and released a sonic attack that attempted to shake the group.

Boom!

The barrier that was summoned by Berit shook violently as it was repeatedly bombarded by the sonic attacks.

Unfortunately, the sonic attacks did not do that much aside from that.

At least that was what everyone where thinking at first after seeing the first few seconds, but it immediately changed when something strange happened.

After a couple of seconds, the sonic attacks that the shadow bats were releasing resonated with one another, intensifying the shaking of the barrier and making it resonate with them.

Berit, as the caster of the shield, immediately realized this and suddenly made his expression turn grim. “This is bad.”

He just started warning Sheryl and Vulture when a buzzing sound suddenly started invading the barrier and gave them a serious headache.

Realizing that they would be put in a very dangerous position if they let this continue, Berit swiftly raised his shields in the air before suddenly slamming them down into the ground, producing a loud explosion that disrupted the resonance that the sonic attacks were trying to build.

Boom!

Sheryl had also finished her preparation at this time, pulling out a bunch of tools from her inventory and building a heavy machine gun, and started firing at the shadow bats once again.

Du du du du!

As the storm of bullets annihilated the shadow bats surrounding them, Vulture suddenly disappeared from some point without anyone noticing.

Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!

It was at this moment that a volley of arrows suddenly appeared in the sky and started pouring down in their direction.

“Seven o’clock!” shouted Berit while swiftly protecting Sheryl from the magic arrows raining down at them.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Swoosh!

In the meantime, Vulture, who had suddenly disappeared, swiftly headed in the direction that Berit had indicated. He moved so fast yet also quite stealthily, barely making any sounds while also erasing all the traces he left behind.

Not long after, he reached a certain part of the forest park, where Ithilien was standing on top of a tree house and firing a series of attacks with her bow and arrows.

“Found you~!” he mumbled to himself before suddenly dashing toward the tree and seemingly climbing it to ambush Ithilien.

But before he could even reach the tree, he suddenly sensed something flying toward him at insane speed.

Swoosh!

Without further ado, he instantly halted his advance and raised his shortswords, crossing them before him and blocking the shield that was heading straight to his face.

Bang!

The impact was so strong that Vulture was forced to skid multiple meters back despite successfully deflecting the shield away.

Right after regaining his footing, he swiftly turned his head toward the direction where the shield bounced off to and suddenly saw Owen catching the shield midair while charging straight at him.

Whoosh!

There was a moment when Owen paused briefly before golden lights illuminated his body. This light turned into golden tattoos, which released golden lightning that danced around his body.

Crackle! Crackle!

In the next instant, Vulture saw Owen suddenly zooming right before his eyes. The latter was raising his battle hammer and about to slam it down with all his might like the God of Thunder.

‘Ancient Protector Skill (Tier 2): Wrath of the Thunderbird’

Crackle! Crackle!

Vulture’s eyes turned wide for a moment, along with his contracting pupils, watching the battle hammer slam toward his head.

Swoosh!

But when the battle truly slammed down, it just passed through his body, only smashing an afterimage before crushing the ground.

Boom!

The ground exploded and was crushed by that powerful strike, sending debris into the air.

“I do want to fight you, but this is the right time and place for that,” said Vulture as he could be seen flying in the air and heading straight to Ithilien, who was still busy firing arrows toward Sheryl and Berit’s direction.

But during his flight, Ithilien suddenly adjusted her position and aimed the bow and arrow in his direction.

She did not take that long to aim before releasing the arrow, which was fully enchanted with elemental mana, particularly the wind element.

Swoosh!

‘Mystic Elven Archery: Power Shot – Wind Strike’

The wind-enchanted arrow left a trail of light during its flight, creating a beautiful scene for everyone watching the match.

But it was a different take for Vulture, who was on the receiving end as he could sense an immense sense of dread coming from it.

Without further ado, he swiftly used one of his lifesaving skills, escaping such a predicament.

‘Shadow Assassin Skill (Tier 2): Soaring Escape’

But instead of going backwards or any other direction, Vulture chose to proceed forward, turning into a streak of light that brushed past the flying arrow and heading straight to Ithilien.

Ithilien was slightly taken aback by his actions, but she quickly responded and leaped off the tree house while firing a series of shots at Vulture midair.

Vulture, seeing this, swiftly used the unique feature of his class that was capable of stepping into the air for a few seconds to catch her. “Want to challenge me in a midair battle? You are in tough luck.”

“Is it?” responded Ithilien with a smirk despite seeing Vulture stepping in the air and agilely doing a series of aerial maneuvers to dodge her arrows while trying to catch her.

Vulture was about to reach her when his vision was suddenly blocked by a huge hammer that was rapidly magnifying right before his eyes.

“How…!?” he was unable to complete his words since he had to activate another lifesaving skill to escape swiftly.

‘Extra Skill (Tier 2): (Modified) Gale Steps’

Swoosh!

Just like before, he chose to move forward, taking advantage of the brief invulnerability that the skill provided to tank the damage of the incoming hammer and reach Ithilien.

Bang!

Despite getting grazed by that attack, Vulture continued to move forward while swinging his shortswords that were currently coated by his unique energy signature through his mana manipulation technique.

‘Soaring Slayer Art: Soaring Killer – Rampage’

Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!

The shortswords left a series of crimson lights in the air, rapidly approaching Ithilien, who remained calm and composed despite her current predicament.

She continued to aim forward, seemingly ignoring the threat of the incoming attacks.

Right after the crimson slashes shredded her body into pieces, she swiftly released the bowstring and the mana-enchanted arrow, releasing a devastating attack.

‘Mystic Elven Archery: Power Shot – Piercing Wind’

Swoosh!

At the same time, her body suddenly disappeared from her position, swapped with Owen, who was already holding his shield before him and ready to block the barrage of sword strikes.

‘Ancient Protector Skill (Tier 2): Sacrificial Swap’

Bang! Bang! Bang!

As the crimson sword struck, bombarding his shield, the piercing arrow that Ithilien fired earlier suddenly pierced through Vulture’s body, which was already turning illusory.

“Tsk! He also escaped from that, huh?” Ithilien clicked her tongue when she saw that.

She landed gently on the roof of the tree house once again.

“The name Scavenger King is not for show. That guy did not just get his title by sitting around and doing nothing,” said Owen as he also landed beside her, protecting her from any possible ambush.

“He earned that title through chaotic battles, where he always emerged victorious,” he added before locking his gaze on a certain direction.

It was at that moment that Vulture materialized once again before clicking his tongue. “What a sharp sense. I guess this is not going to be easy.”

“You do have very powerful stealth abilities, but I can name at least two people who are on another level,” commented Owen, clearly talking about Diablo and Faker, whom he constantly sparred with during the preparation week.

“I guess I have to work harder then,” said Vulture as his eyes suddenly turned serious, along with a dangerous glint that flashed for an instant.

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