Chapter 6- Black Bounty~2!
Black bounty.
An entity whose race hasn't been verified by any appraiser or experienced life form.
The single anomaly who doesn't belongs to any faction or group, has the ability to travel from dimension to dimension without restraint and doesn't follow any kind of principles except for the ones he himself creates.
Now the question arises why the being whose face hasn't been revealed until now, would be so famous across the supernatural world.
Simple, it's his job and the strength he utilizes to accomplish them.
The single hunter has ended the lives of various prominent figures using his unparalleled and deity-level weapons which no one had ever been able to counter.
Leaving a mere Nobel Vampire, The Black Bounty even had put an end to a Wyvern existence just with a slash of his long sword.
No one knows who hires black bounty or how to contact him either, but there are rumors that Black Bounty is with humans since the number of existence Black Bounty has killed from the human side, is minimal.
However, all the prior explanation and character sketch doesn't defines the reason why such an entity would appear at a place that was under the control of a Vampire who no one would ever believe could get targetted by the bounty hunter, considering the Vampire's low position in the supernatural world.
It indeed was shocking beyond belief.
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[Ryuuta's POV:]
"Y-y-you...why are you here!!"
The vampire who only had shown his toothy grin and had spoken with arrogance was now shivering from head to toe as he backed away with a face pale for even a vampire.
From my back I only heard a minimal sound of boots clattering on the ground as a presence approached.
To be honest, I never had seen Black Bounty in person nor even in pictures since there wasn't any visual identification of him. But sensing the Vampire's fret to this peculiar black shrouded man gave me instincts that he was the bounty hunter who had gained his name throughout the underworld in so less time.
"Y-you stop right there!! M-my servants!! Come and help your master!!"
The trembling vampire called for the maids and servants, which we initially came to kill.
Soon black fog erupted around Dreakward as a group of more than a dozen vampires emerged out of the shadows.
Eyeing them with my remaining strength, I discerned that these servants weren't something to scoff about since their number was so high, and they would be aiming for a single entity simultaneously.
Even I would have found it impossible to defeat that many numbers without my friend's support, but not him.
Not him.....
"KHEK!!"
**SWISSSH**
The vampire servants growled with their predatory teeth peeking out their pale lips as they merged their killing intent in my or, to say, the shrouded man's direction.
"Huh...?"
I was expecting to feel a heavy amount of intent since I was in the mid of both contenders, but strangely I felt myself being surrounded by a warm embrace that was negating every hostile intent from reaching me.
My eyes went wide at such a sensation, but before I could have turned my head toward the person I suspected of such kindness, a black shadow flew over my head, bringing my attention toward the group of vampires
**SLICK**
The servant vampires, just like me, weren't able to track the movement of the hunter as their bloody eyes went wide due to some reason.
Frowning my brows, I suddenly saw something which made my reasoning fade away in a second.
'Fuck...'
**THUD**X13
**SLING**
Just as I saw the blade of the hunter returning to his sheath, the head of every servant vampire dropped on the ground with their eyes still wide open.
The movement of the brutal yet painless attack was so swift that I wasn't even able to see his sword being used for the slash.
"This is a dream! This is a dream! This is a dream! This is a dream! This is a dream! This is a dream! This is a dream! THIS IS A DREAM!! IT CAN'T BE HAPPENING!!"
**TREMBLE**
The broken Dreakward, who couldn't accept what was happening around him, gathered his energy as his aura changed significantly.
The surrounding started to shake as the eyes of the creature glowed like it was filled with live blood.
Suddenly I realized that Dreakward's aura was only non-affective to me but not to my partners.
"Guh!!"
I pushed my body upward so I could at least act as a meat shield for my partners, but my useless body wasn't listening to me at all!
Suddenly, a big hand which was covered under metal grapplers, came in front of my face as I saw the hunter gesturing for me to stop.
Unexpectedly my whole body started levitating, or so I thought before I found myself just beside my three partners, who, strangely unlike before, were now lifelessly lying side by side on the cold ground.
My eyes went wide as I realized how swiftly the hunter organized each one of us, and not only that, even thinly, I could feel the same warm blanket on my partners too, which the hunter cast over me.
'Why is he...'
My train of thought never reached its destination, as I saw Dreakward launching himself toward Black Bounty with a pace I wasn't able to track.
**BOOOOOOM**
A strong gulp passed my dry throat as I saw the spectacle in front.
The whole body of Dreakward was covered in a black miasma as his left hand, which he aimed at Hunter's forehead, started creaking due to the force, hunter applied to his grip.
The shrouded hunter, without even looking upward, was able to hold the pillar scattering punch of Dreakward like it was the most normal thing to do.
**CRUNCH**
"ARGH!!"
Dreakward cried in agony as the hunter started breaking the whole arm of the creature with just a single hold!
My mouth was practically agape after witnessing such physical prowess before another thunderous event occurred.
**BOOOM**
With a light whip with the back of his hand, the black shrouded hunter blasted Dreakward to the furthest distance before the vampire collided with a pillar, and then only his body came to a halt.
**DHAAK**
Even without seeing Dreakward's current condition, I was sure he would have taken a lot of damage even if he received such a casual attack.
"You fucker! Dare to....dare to attack me?! I, Dreakward Santon, you dared to attack me! You dare to attack a fucking Nobel Vampire!!! I WILL KILL YOU!"
Suddenly a loud, hoarse voice reverberated, which for sure belonged to the pained creature who shouted at the top of his lungs before a heavy amount of black miasma charged at the hunter.
On the other side, the shrouded black man whose face was covered with a theatrical mask just stood there motionlessly.
'Is he just gonna take that front on?!'
The amount of dark energy which was approaching the hunter could have easily put my team and me to sleep since it was the deadliest attack on Dreakward, from what I have learnt.
But the hunter was standing at his spot like he just has accepted his defeat.
However, suddenly something changed.
The left hand of the hunter went up before he rested it upon the hilt of his blade.
Just the miasma was about to hit the Bounty Hunter; he pulled his blade, before I heard his voice for the first time.
"Saigo no surasshu."
His deep voice, despite being very low, was audible before something unbelievable took place.
When the hunter unsheathed his blade, unlike a standard katana, his blade was covered with blue flames, which made my mind blank for some moments.
Taking the stance, he slashed his blade once, in a horizontal grip toward the incoming energy.
**SWWOOOONN**
With a beautiful and serene sound, the slash cut through the miasma like a hot knife through butter before the blue flame covering slash, approached at a furious pace toward the dazed vampire.
"Huh?"
Before the vampire could even react, the blue flame met his neck before his whole body got covered in flames.
**SHIKKHOOOO**
The vampire tried to get away from the unusual yet overpowered flames, but what he was able to do was only witness his agony as his whole body burnt slowly yet surely.
The spectacle was so mesmerizing that I felt myself lost in it and also nearly missed the chance of the hunter approaching me.
"!!!"
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A/N:- I hope you guys liked the chappy~