Chapter 92 - Town of monster hunters (1) (1/2)
”Look we can see it now!”
Enjoying high speed travel like it was her first time Lilly looked out through the top hatch of the closed AEHWP transport as she spotted a peculier mountain in the distance.
”What that? It looks like a dumpster…”
Training the sensors of the many drones around and above them on what Lilly saw from inside the toy box Lux was not that impressed with what she saw.
”That's because it is basically a dumpster… We can set up outside the wall.”
The town of monster hunters, Eglax outpost #5, jewel of the monster hunters and collection of filth, the outpost carries many names. Build in an earth spire, an anomaly thought to have been made by an ancient dragon god, the spire resembles a mix between a giant rose and a torn made of pure rock stretching up several hundred meters in the middle of a desolate plain where nothing grows. By pure luck a single entrance had natural formed in the spire, and by an even greater stroke of luck a group of monster hunters had located that entrance, and returned to a civilized area with that information. And so the 5th Eglax outpost was established, the spires only entrance was fortified and turned into a choke point or so called 'killbox' against monsters, and a town was built inside the spire.
”Let's park over there, in the corner.”
The monster killbox consisted of a long 550 meter ramp without any resemblance of cover flanked by rock faces on both sides leading up to the town's outer wall that had been constructed by transforming the extremely sturdy rock into a 20 meter tall rock wall further reinforced by strengthening magic. Driving the entire convoy of 15 different types of AEHWP's up the stone ramp created quite a ruckus initially, but after the guards realized that the strange machines carried people they calmed down, being quite used to see many strange things in the fertile wasteland of monsters. Thosing the left corner of the killbox right up next to the town wall where Zephyr immediately fell over and went to sleep after days of running, the convoy were quickly greeted by the local population after half an hour.
”Now this sure is some impressive machines.”
”But sadly you're parking in our spot, so move it!”
”That or pay up! Hurry up and give us your money!”
”Yeah and hand those machines over to us too!”
3 fifty and unkempt hunters promptly showed themselves when they realized the strange vehicles occupants where all women, to promptly try and extort them for all they owned.
And why wouldn't they try? In total there were only 4 women, and two of them looked like children, with the black haired woman with red eyes looking like the only guard in her dark leather outfit, with the pale haired amber eyed woman that looked like some nobel that had spent a ton of money to take some sort of sick guided tour.
”After handing over all your money you can spend your time with us, we'll take good care of you girls~”
Licking his lips the leader of the hunters walked over to the noble looking woman before extending his hand towards her chest as a dirty smile formed on his face.
”Touch me with that filthy and weak looking hand and I'll remove it from your body and reap your life. Terra?”
”They're just low ranking hunters that most likely lost their ability to return to the civilized world, no one cares if they die.”
Looking at the hunter like he was a piece of filth the hunter flinched slightly before his fear and annoyance turned to anger.
”I'm trying to be nice to you, f.u.c.k.i.n.g noble brat! Just shut up and follow us and you won't be hu-”
”Seems like they are no worth keeping alive.”
With a quick movement Lux disappeared from sight of the hunter, before reappearing right in front of him, having closed the range in an instant.
”Goodnight.”
With a single strike to his tough looking leather chestpiece the hunter looked like he couldn't understand what had just happened, before falling to his knees and then falling over with blood rushing out of his mouth and nose.
”Uwa!?- B-boss is dead!?”
”Run!”
Having the strongest amongst them instantly killed the 2 other hunters quickly came back to their senses and hurriedly retreated.
”And that's that.. Let's check out the town to see if we can secure any raw materials for resupplying.”
With a carefree look on her face Lux turned to the other girls before suggesting their next cause of action
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