Extra Pages: The Author's Odyssey

Chapter 132: Weak Point

A few minutes earlier, before the titan appears.

All the hounds left the area and headed towards Silva City, leaving Four humanoid monsters with crystal balls in their hands.

Strangely at this moment, all the surrounding area should be filled out with monsters from [D+] to [C-] rank but somehow nothing like that happens at all, instead there is eerie silence hung in the air.

-Click!

-Thud!

Lucas threw the healing potion capsule onto the ground after he drank it, the scars, and beating he received from the humanoid creature began to heal in naked eyes.

Lucas with a black mask turned toward the rest of the others, right now they were hiding in the wilderness of Jungal. heavy drops of rain were starting to fall on the ground. Strong winds were howling between the S-rank dungeon gate, sending bits of mud and seaweed flying. With storm clouds gathering in the sky, sunlight dimmed, and a cold twilight descended upon the wilderness.

The rain quickly turned into a pelting

downpour, each drop becoming a torrent. The winds grew in strength, striking against their bodies with enough force to make

them stumble. The light dimmed even further, reducing visibility to almost

Finally, a blinding bolt of lightning tore through the darkness, followed almost

immediately by a deafening thunderclap.

"I don't know why but this is the only chance we have, to kill these human monsters," Lucas said to all of them, at this point, everyone had seen his half but no one questioned him.

They know that they are in deep shit.

"But don't you see their magic ability? They are [D+] but their magic power is at least [C+] rank!." one of the members of the Stark family said to Lucas.

"And let's not forget about their fire magic powers, I was about to toast a few minutes ago." his companies said, and shivered a little at the thought of turning into human toast.

"But we have an advantage and element of surprise.

"How?" A women in a pink costume asked Lucas, her name is Alice.

Lucas turned toward the woman and remembered how she trembling at the start but she was composed herself... barely.

Her leg still trembled but she hid it somehow, Lucas noticed that but didn't point it out.

"They use fire magic but with this much storm, they can't use that! That's the advantage I was talking about."

"We know that much, Sherelocks homes. Don't you know if they can use fire magic then they can use other magic as well." Alice's husband said in an annoying voice.

Lucas one eye twitches, he wants to retort but can't stop himself as he remembers that this is not the right time.

"I also know that I was going to continue but someone stopped me!"

"What did you say?" the man said and took a step forward toward Lucas in anger.

"Stop it, it's not time to fight among ourselves."

"But he started it." He said to Alice as he pointed out one finger toward Lucas like a child.

"Just stop it, Ken." Alice shot a glare towards Ken behind her mask, Ken was about to argue even further but stopped when he felt that glare.

'So this how married couple act huh? A woman can stop her husband with a simple glare...'

A small smile comes to Lucas's face as he remembers his parents sometimes argued with each other but later made up as if nothing happened.

Lucas stopped those thoughts coming to his mind took a deep breath and pointed toward humanoid monsters, bringing everyone's attention.

"Look at those hollow eyes."

After taking a look at those empty pupilless eyes, Ken turned toward Lucas.

"What about those eyes? Is there something special about them?"

Lucas silently nodded and said, "Earlier when I had an encounter with those monsters, I noticed his empty eye socket didn't follow me at all. Instead, it's following my footsteps sounds."

Everyone's eyes widened as they heard this new piece of information from Lucas's mouth. They also at least tried to attack them one time but they didn't notice something like that at all.

But Lucas did.

"That will be our element surprise, with this much rainstorm they can't hear our footsteps properly and we have one advantage. I think their body is weak like mages' because till now they only use element magic and engage any of us in close counters."

"How do you know this much in this small amount of time?" Alice asked, Astonished by Lucas's awareness.

"Ah! It's my speciality." Lucas let out a nervous chuckle as he said that. Since coming to this world Lucas is always conscious of his surroundings, he always thinks dangerous situations can come at his door and stop at any time.

So spending this much time on his surroundings, Lucas's five senses have been sharp.

"Anyway, there are four Humanoid monsters and we are seven, I say we have pretty much a high chance of killing them," Lucas said picking up his sword from the ground.

"So let's first form a team, It's better safe than sorry." one of the members Stark family said as he nervously raised his hand in the air.

Lucas narrowed his eyes at that, he probably guessed something like this going to happen. Well, it doesn't matter to him now since he knows the chances of winning against Humoind monsters went pretty much higher than before.

Without saying anything much 4 teams formed, one is a stark family soldier, a second husband and wife, third is a hero in a green and black costume from a team leaving Lucas alone.

"Will you be alright?" Alice asked Lucas with a concerned voice.

Lucas gently shook his head and said, "I'll be fine. You already must have seen how I fight."

Alice sighed as she remembered how Lucas went into frenzy mode and killed any beast that came in his way with a sword.

"Okay, then but even so be careful."

"I will so let's go," Lucas said to Alice as he walked toward the Humanoid monster for a second round.

***

4 teams, 3 in duo and one single ran in front of the Humanoid Monster that stood in front of the S-rank dungeon gate with lifeless eyes.

Seeing the upcoming threat, Humanoid Monster raises their hands to attack but unexpectedly 3 human teams make last last-second turn and start to run in different ways.

-Hey come over here, you monster.

-Hey, you jackass come here.

-I'll show you who is real boss, so come over here.

3 different voices from three different directions.

Angered, three Humanoid Monsters started to follow their prey with their voice, leaving behind one Humanoid Monster and Lucas.

Humanoid Monster cast a fireball and threw it toward Lucas but unlike before the power of the fireball was not great, the fireball started to vaporize as soon as it came into existence of a storm, and the speed of the fireball was also very slow allowing Lucas to dodged it.

Ducking under the flying fireball, Lucas lunged forward and thrust the tip of his saw into the desiccated flesh of the Humanoid Monster.

To Lucas disappointed his sword met nothing but air. Just before Lucas's sword could tear apart that skin, the Humanoid Monster jumped back and avoided Lucas's sword.

'How...?'

Humanoid Monster should not be able to see and hear him so how could he avoid his sword?

Soon Lucas found out why the Humanoid Monster was able to avoid his sword.

-Splash!

Lucas kicked the ground and the splashing sound of water could be heard there.

It's true that because of rainstorms Humanoid Monster's sense has been weakened but whenever Lucas comes near him a splash of water sound could be heard.

In other words aside from his fireball magic, his sense that not much duller than it should have been.

"Fuck...[Mana Eyes]." Lucas cursed as he understood the current situation and activated Mana Eyes.

Because of the rainstorm, Lucas also could not see ahead of him so he had to activate [Mana Eyes].

Soon Lucas could see clearly despite the heavy rain.

The crystal orb in the monster's hand glows green and a moment later Humanoid Monster a blade made of wind shoots toward Lucas.

With Mana Eyes Lucas already saw upcoming attacks, he simply jumped back and let Windblade pass him.

The power of the wind blade was at least [D] rank as the wind magic cut a tree in half.

-Thud!

-Thud!

The tree split into two pieces and hit the ground with a thud.

A cold chill funds down Lucas's body as he saw the power of attack, if that wind blade had hit him he would be dead for sure.

Lucas took a deep breath and glanced at his surroundings after confirming that aside from him and the Humanoid Monster and of course S-rank dungeon, Lucas summoned his most powerful weapon.

From here this fight will go the way Lucas wanted.