Global Disaster: I Will Slay Gods In This Second Chance!-Chapter 78: Seiji and Ayase

Venturing deep into the mist, Ayase and Seiji suddenly froze, sensing something stir around them.

’Not good!’

Seiji’s expression instantly changed, and he immediately activated [Overtime], multiplying his speed sixfold.

Woosh!

He leaned sideways, grabbed Ayase, and leapt into the air.

Swoosh!

From their position, a large dark serpent tail appeared silently.

Once its tail was revealed, the serpent’s entire body also showed itself, standing beside its original position.

The serpent was primarily dark in color, extending as long as 9 meters. Its eyes were sharp and intimidating, constantly moving in a creepy way. Surrounded by the mist, its body turned foggy, its movements blurring along with the mist.

The large dark serpent resembled the Silent Snake Whisperer in the Demon Catalog.

Capable of turning invisible and paired with its powerful decaying ability, the Silent Snake Whisperer was a nightmare to go against, though there had been no records yet of any squad fighting this monster.

Knowledge about Tier III Beast-class and above could only be read from the latest Demon Catalog, the encyclopedia of unnatural monsters, solely produced by the Chairman himself.

"...!"

Seeing its prey disappear, the Silent Snake Whisperer’s pupils were momentarily confused.

It shifted its gaze, scanning the area.

The dark serpent even squinted, glaring at Seiji and Ayase.

Tick... tick...

At that moment, the large dark serpent suddenly heard a strange ticking sound, causing it to look below.

Several demon-hunting bombs were laid out below, surrounding its body while ticking rapidly.

The Silent Snake Whisperer’s expression changed.

BOOM!

Woosh!

When it had seen them, it was already too late!

The Silent Snake Whisperer’s entire body was blown away, some of its durable scales falling apart, causing a loud thud to echo on the ground upon each scale that dropped.

Thud... thud...

From the opposite side, Seiji landed with Ayase, putting her down gently.

"Careful. Stay here."

He said while watching the serpent carefully.

Ayase nodded expressionlessly, but the slightest bit of twitch on her hands meant that she wasn’t as calm as she appeared.

She sat down, closing her eyes as she activated a skill.

[Garden of False Hope — Everlasting Fragrance of Serenity].

At that moment, white and pink flowers emerged from the ground, surrounding them.

As soon as they rose, they bloomed beautifully, releasing a soft, pinkish pollen that entered Seiji’s body.

Seiji was startled, looking at Ayase. But seeing her concentrate, he fully accepted the pollen inside him, trusting Ayase’s intentions.

A moment later, his eyes widened in surprise!

He could feel his mind become exceptionally clear, while his spiritual energy seemed to be recovering at double the speed, extending the duration of [Overtime] significantly.

[Overtime] was a powerful talent even amongst B-ranks, but one of its major flaws was that it used up spiritual energy too quickly, making him weak in long-form combats.

Seiji was agile and powerful but lacked endurance.

With Ayase’s support, he could compensate for that weakness and no longer have to worry about his spiritual energy expenditure.

Seiji nodded at Ayase slightly.

However, Ayase wasn’t finished yet.

Clap!

She clasped her hand and closed her eyes.

[Garden of False Hope — Crimson Hell of Despair].

Once more, flowers emerged from their surroundings, but this time all of them were crimson red.

Its effect was simple, but effective.

Once it entered a person’s body, like an ember growing into a wildfire, it would light up the target’s spiritual energy, causing a burning sensation to erupt inside the person. They would also be slowed down from using their spiritual energy.

In cases like puppets or clones, they were burned instantly.

Seeing them, Seiji’s eyes widened slightly. He immediately recognized them as the ones she had used in their first case. The flowers that burned her enemies instantly, reducing them to mere ashes!

Knowing this, he focused all his attention on their opponent.

Seiji scanned their surroundings, taking out multiple packs of powder in his left pocket and spreading it out around, covering most of their area with colored powder.

Compared to most Awakeners, Demon Hunters fought strategically.

Unlike other nations, unnatural-type monsters were everywhere in Nihono, and they were a nightmare to go against for any awakener, especially those who relied solely on their brute strength.

Before starting a mission, Demon Hunters were required to be thoroughly prepared for all possible outcomes. It was common for a demon hunter to write their will before leaving for a mission.

After all, it wasn’t exactly a secret that Demon Hunters had the highest casualties among other Awakeners.

Whether it was the monsters or the people, demon hunters could be said to be toeing the thin line of life and death every day and night.

Hence, it was common for a Demon Hunter Squad to bring with them all sorts of demon-hunting equipment.

For example, the demon hunter bombs to annihilate monster hordes, the demon hunter powder to locate invisible monsters...

And many more.

Seiji nodded slightly.

Unnatural-type monsters were very weak defensively, but they were the most vicious when it came to ambushing and killing their prey silently.

Because of this, every Demon Hunter was required to study their enemies, develop strategies, and always fight as a team.

As soon as the powder spread through the mist, some of the powder glued itself to something beside Ayase.

Seiji’s scalp tingled.

Woosh!

In a split second, he increased his speed to twenty-four times, appearing beside the Silent Snake Whisperer.

But the moment he appeared, the Silent Snake Whisperer’s tail moved, releasing a dark smoke.

Woosh!

The black smoke instantly filled the entire field, obstructing Seiji and Ayase’s vision.

Seiji’s eyes twitched and then immediately disappeared,

Woosh!

To the Silent Snake Whisperer’s surprise, Seiji had leaped and grabbed onto its scales, hugging it tightly.

"Hiss!"

The Silent Snake Whisperer struggled, attempting to throw off Seiji.

But at that moment, Seiji vanished once more.

Woosh!

He reappeared above the Silent Snake Whisperer’s head.

Taking out multiple more demon hunter bombs in his pocket, he uppercut the Silent Snake Whisperer’s throat, forcing it to open its mouth.

Then, when its mouth opened, Seiji threw all the bombs inside its mouth!

The Silent Snake Whisperer instinctively wanted to puke out the bombs, but at that moment, Seiji had attacked once more.

Moving at 24x the speed, Seiji was like a continuous afterimage to the Silent Snake Whisperer’s perception.

By Newton’s Second Law, force was defined as mass multiplied by acceleration.

And when velocity increased, the resulting Kinetic Energy rose exponentially.

With his body moving twenty-four times faster, each of Seiji’s attacks carried five hundred seventy-six times the kinetic energy.

With his awakened body, he could only sustain this state for thirty seconds, even with Ayase’s support.

Bam! Bam!

Seiji targeted the face, particularly the Silent Snake Whisperer’s eyes.

The Silent Snake Whisperer’s eyes immediately burst apart, blinding it completely. Multiple jabs and kicks landed on its face in succession, its entire upper-half body thrown back, unable to defend itself.

"Hissss!"

The Silent Snake Whisperer let out a guttural hiss, causing the surrounding mist to shake.

Seemingly out of its wits, it shed all of its scales, revealing its real body underneath.

A mass of black smoke, congested like a pool of death.

In that instant, the black smoke released outwards, immediately spreading!

Then, at that moment, Seiji and Ayase’s expressions changed.

Woosh!

Seiji appeared beside Ayase, grabbing her by her uniform and vanishing instantly.

When the black smoke collided with the red and pink pollen, the deathly smoke swallowed it whole and soon devoured the flowers on the ground as well.

Like the Black Death, its relentless plague aged the flowers in mere seconds, turning them into lifeless husks.

At that moment, the bombs in the Silent Snake Whisperer’s mouth exploded!

Boom!!

The mist and dark smoke were blown away, and a loud, painful hiss echoed in the field.

"Hissss!"

The Silent Snake Whisperer’s mouth was utterly destroyed, its eyes full of anger and pain.

From a distance, Seiji’s eyes lost focus, and his brain was burning. Blood dripped from his nose. As he lost support from Ayase’s skill, most of his spiritual energy was instantly depleted.

If it wasn’t for his quick reaction, he might not have any left.

Seiji’s eyes soon regained clarity, gazing at the Silent Snake Whisperer with a heavy expression. He had used all of his bombs for that, and yet it still couldn’t kill the Silent Snake Whisperer!

The demon-hunting bombs he brought were the highest grade available, capable of annihilating a Tier III Beast-class in seconds. But the Silent Snake Whisperer only suffered a grievous wound at best!

Seiji fell silent, his expression equally terrible.

With his current spiritual energy, he could only increase his speed by six times at most.

Six times was not good enough to finish the Silent Snake Whisperer.

Moreover, all his bombs were exhausted.

Low spiritual energy, no finishing moves, and all of his items were exhausted...

To any Demon Hunter, this was a death sentence against an unnatural-type monster.

’It seems... we failed in the end!’

Seiji smiled wryly, shaking his head.

Tier I Demon-class monsters were a different kind of lifeforms entirely!

He glanced at Ayase, seeing her look him in the eye.

To his surprise, she opened her mouth and spoke calmly.

"Protect me."

Ayase voiced out quietly.

Seiji’s eyes widened, and he trusted her almost immediately. Without hesitation, he increased his speed six times, flashing in front of the Silent Snake Whisperer.

The Silent Snake Whisperer was surprised, sensing he was significantly much slower than before!

Woosh!

Seiji appeared and disappeared, striking the Silent Snake Whisperer at every part of its body.

Bam, bam, bam...

However, even if he was slower than before, he was still incredibly fast.

But it wasn’t to the point of helplessly fast like before, so the Silent Snake Whisperer responded with attacks on its own. Using its tail to counter each and every one of Seiji’s attacks.

While attacking, it continuously released its black smoke.

Seiji frowned, gritting his teeth.

Although he didn’t know its effect if it entered his body, any Demon Hunter knew that one should never get in contact with an unnatural monster’s skills!

Unfortunately, he wasn’t as fast as before, so some of the black smoke unwittingly entered his body.

Seiji’s expression immediately changed.

His organs immediately showed signs of decay, and he slowed down considerably.

Woosh!

Just as the Silent Snake Whisperer was about to kill him with its tail, a large crimson orb shot at its body, causing it to be blown away!

From a distance, Ayase opened her eyes.

Behind her, a massive crimson flower had appeared silently.

[Garden of False Hope — The Fire of Everlasting Hopelessness].

This was the brand new skill she unconsciously derived in the trials!

It was an evolution of the crimson red flower field, transforming the flower field into a single gigantic flower born from her emotions.

When the crimson red flower appeared, a large red orb of crimson red flame gathered at its center, pointing towards the Silent Snake Whisperer once more.

Then, Ayase murmured.

"Die."

At that moment, another large red orb of crimson red flame shot at the Silent Snake Whisperer!

The moment it was released, Ayase felt blood slide down her nostrils, her vision blanking out.

That attack consumed all of her spiritual energy immediately.

"Hisss!!"

The Silent Snake Whisperer snarled, sensing a fatal threat on its way. It attempted to escape, but then, Seiji reappeared above it, kicking down on its head heavily, hitting it multiple times.

The Silent Snake Whisperer couldn’t move away!

Bam, bam, bam...

As quickly as Seiji appeared, he vanished, reappearing beside Ayase.

BOOM!

At that moment, the Silent Snake Whisperer was hit by the crimson flame.

It let out a pained guttural howl, its body slowly disintegrating into flames, turning into scattered dust...

As the two sighed in relief, Zold suddenly appeared behind them.

He stared down at the two of them, nodding slightly.

"You two passed."