Tin beamed and threw out her bombs to Benny, not looking back.

Having caught the sound of a clang, Benny assertively diverges away. With the environment they are in it would seem that he doesn’t need to use a protection spell.

Tin drawback. Her double handguns pointed to Benny.

“Now it’s time for you guys to shine.” She grinned.

The bullets sputtered wildly as she pulled the triggers.

Benny continuously shifted his position evading the bullets, letting nature itself guard him while looking for opportunity.

Seeing how the enemy hastily moves, Tin focuses on running. She grabbed the landmines, tap the ignite button, and threw it.

On the right timing, Benny stepped on it.

Tin stopped in her tracks hearing the explosion behind her, yet she remained on guard. It would be reckless to let her guard down now. Best not to give in to lax.

Rather than checking out, Tin stayed where she is.

Tin had fought monsters countless times. She trained with the other trainees every day of her life since she picked up her first weapon. She’s always on the backbench letting the close combatants deal with the job. Though this isn’t her first time dealing at close range, she fought alone by herself before. It was to emphasize their individual productivity whether they’re capable of hunting alone.

Just this time… it felt different.

Tin heard whiskers.

There are several of them. She thought.

“Three… no, seven… What the hell is going on.”

The several presences allude to uneasiness on her. She wasn’t sure where or when will they come out but she must not avert her attention.

Tin’s tongue dried. Her body grew cold as she felt the bloodlust seeping out from the woods. This bloodthirstiness felt familiar. She experienced this once before, but compared to that, this is nothing.

She shakes her head and flips the switch at the hilt of her guns to switch bullets. Right now, she won’t be needing to use her mana. Her aim is to kill.

A person from her back flung out. She reacted quickly. Tin turned over her heels and her guns rang.

Her bullets didn’t miss. Considering their position, he’s three feet closer to her. He’s within point-blank range. The bullets whizzed through his brain.

Tin turned around from the unbearable scene. There’s no need for her to check the corpse. She can tell with her observation magic that it’s nothing but a clone.

“That was a close call. So, when are you planning on showing yourself?! You call yourself a man while hiding in the shadow? How pathetic!”

Benny beamed widely. “Oh, the dear woman of guns, don’t be so confident just because you took down one of my grunts.”

“Then show yourself, damn it. Don’t be a coward. That trick will only work once. You can’t fool me twice.”

“Who said about tricking you? I was just merely testing your skills, but it appeared you’re more than a plaid of the skirt.”

“What did you say?!”

“Now, now. Don’t get angry, shorty.”

“Instead of mocking me, why not show me what you can do? All this time you have done nothing but to let your comrades do the dirty jobs.”

Of course, she’s mocking him but wasn’t sure if he would be goaded by her words.

Tin heard a creaking. The nose of her gun followed the noise and shoot it.

“You missed.”

She heard another indistinct noise.

Another three clones appeared from different directions. They all wore different foreign dresses. Their attires are somewhat odd, Tin never saw anyone wear a cap with a red luxurious globe. The other two seem to be familiar, she’s familiar with cowboys from another region, well she saw some people wore like that on a farm.

Giving a thought about that matter can be explained by another time. This time she must do her job. The clones tackled her at the same time. There wasn’t a room for her to take a breath in.

Tin approached the one who wore a luxurious robe. Her feet sprung and spun. He uses his back to further her momentum and jumped straight.

Up there, her vision is clear as day.

Tin completely saw the blade that came after her. One of them must have thrown it in an attempt to disrupt her motion but they missed. The blade only came passed on her side.

Tin smiled. It’s something that is supposed to be funny.

Tin breath in and started to twist like a tornado. Her bullets hailed down the enemies. The ammunition ricocheting wildly.

Once there were no bullets, Tin landed at the same time. The enemies are completely decimated. Their bodies are completely in the form of grotesque. They can’t be described by conventional means anymore.

“Well,” Tin started. “Won’t you agree it’s time for the main man to reveal himself?”

The moment she felt the creeping sense of bloodlust, she paused.

Her body froze. Tin forcefully lifted her spirits and broke off to the chilling chains that bind her. Her arms raised and aim in front of her where the darkness is creeping from.

“Damn it.”

She stepped back. Careful and slow.

“What’s the hold-up? I thought you were so eager to see me?”

This wasn’t what she was expecting.

“You were looking for me, right? Here we are.”

The 10 versions of him stepped out from the shadow. It wasn’t the appearance of his clones that threatened her, it’s what he's emitting. They’re all emitting the same dark aura. Dread and cursed.

“What’s with this ridiculous amount of dark energy?”

Tin never felt this much before, much less this kind of hostility.

“This energy is relatively close to Theo but it’s different than usual. How did he acquire this kind of power? This is ridiculous.”

Here they go.

Two out of his clone dashed forward.

Tin flipped over the switch of her guns to use her mana. Her reflexes are exceedingly fast compared to them, but still, even if that’s the case she must be careful of their attacks.

So far, Tin evaded their blades and countered them with her bullets. The location where she shot was non-fatal. Considering her mana consumption would exceed the damage of a single bullet she expected that it would do more damage, but it appeared that the enemy can still go on despite her efforts.

Tin uses the blade on her gun to parry the clone’s attack. She kicked him in his gut. The clone flinched. That was the moment she was waiting for.

She swung her arms to stunned him and shoot him in the face.

A whizzed cut through the wind. It was fast. She wasn’t able to react quickly and got hit on her ribs. Her back crashed against the log of a tree.