“You are the leader of the humans?” The humanoid monster looked down on Lucy from the air. Her wings were fluttering from time to time to keep her pinned in the air. Her eyes, with multiple pupils, looked in every direction in scorn.

“I am the Post Commander of this Stronghold! You must be the instigator of this Stampede.” Lucy looked back defiantly, without any fear on her face. Although the monster looked strong, she wouldn’t show any fear in front of people battling with her.

“I am indeed the leader of this charge. Gotta admit, I wasn’t expecting this much resistance from puny humans.” The monster said while she looked at the dead monsters on the ground. It had been three days… After three days of unending battling, Lucy was feeling tired. Although she was resting occasionally, her sleeps was chaotic.

She would wake up with every scream of a human or roar of a beast. She hated to have this responsibility. When Quinn first named Miles as the new captain of the Hunting Team, she was upset. Really disappointed in Quinn and herself. She was always close to Quinn and hardworking. Quinn knew how capable she was, and should have named her instead.

Then when Miles explained, she realized what Quinn was thinking. She wanted her to go F-Circle together, but she still had time before she could advance. But she also knew deep inside that Quinn really wanted Miles to become the leader instead of her. She could also understand why Quinn was doing so, but she was still disappointed at the time.

She was strong and dependable. She was the Post Commander of the Stronghold. Captain of the Hunting Team. She is Lucy Terra!

“You will get more than resistance. We’ll kill every one of you. Then we will cut open your bodies to make use of you. Your essence will be our weapons in this battle, against your kind. You will be our tool to kill more of your kind.” Lucy said with a smirk. The monster got visibly mad as she heard.

All monsters were rageful of being used after their demise. They would never make use of orbs, but wretched humans would use them to kill more of them. It was one of the things monsters hated most, but they could do nothing about it.

But being told that they would be used to her face, made the beast rageful. She squinted her eyes and clenched her fists. “You will die for this.”

“Bring it on, bitch!” Lucy smirked as well, as a heavy aura covered her surroundings.

The butterfly monster felt gravity upon her multiplied all of a sudden. One second she was flapping her wings, and in the next, she was plummeting to the ground. She looked at Lucy in panic but she couldn’t stop her fall.

She shot web from her two hands and moved towards the tree not far from her. She grabbed the trunk of the tree tightly and looked back in fear. She was strong enough to survive the fall, but she would be ashamed if she were to fall from the sky.

“Gravity element, huh?” She snorted. “Humans are weak. You cannot beat us with one element.”

“Luckily, I have tens of them.” Lucy fished out an orb that melted into a bow. The bow was blazing with fire. Then, five more orbs changed into arrows. Lucy grabbed a green one and fired it towards the monster.

Fire and Poison got mixed in the air, and an explosion of poisonous gas covered the area of the monster.

“Puny poison!” The monster snorted as she flapped her wings rapidly from the branch she was standing on. The green fume scattered away from her. “Take this.”

Lucy looked at the monster warily but failed to see what it did. Although she knew the monster used some sort of attack, she couldn’t see it. Just in case, she increased the effect of her superpower. But it was too late anyway. In the next second, the monster smirking in front of her vanished into the thin air.

Lucy looked around in fright but could see nothing but an empty field. The monster, soldiers, dead bodies on the ground, everything was gone…

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The South Wall

“Arrogance brings damnation,” Porseila smirked, as she twisted the blade she stabbed to the little girl. But she felt something was amiss. There was no resistance at all.

“It is strange really. I was gonna say the same thing.” She heard the voice of the monster behind her. She turned to look but the monster was nowhere to be seen. The phantom in front of her had also disappeared.

“What is this?” The Lemaze Princess looked around in fright. “Is it a power similar to mine?”

“Not quite the same. But hey, what good would it do if I were to explain my powers to you.” The monster’s voice was heard once again. Not long after, screams of humans followed. Porseila was vivid. She wanted to find the monster but she just couldn’t.

“Astrid, can you see her?” Porseila asked her AI Wristwatch, but no answer came. “Astrid?” She looked at her wristwatch. It seemed to be functioning, but why was she not answering?

“It is true that I cannot stop those machines from seeing me, but I can stop you from communicating with them.” The monster’s jovial voice reverberated once more. “Now you fall.”

She rushed towards where Porseila was standing in panic. Her claws swept towards the blonde head, but just like Porseila did, she also failed to feel any resistance.

“I may not be able to see you, but neither can you,” Porseila smirked, as she started to listen. “Oh, you can’t even hear where I am, while I can.”

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The North Wall

Mihr looked at the dead body on the ground in hatred. His right-hand man had been brutally killed in front of him, and there was nothing he could do. The monster in front of him, although in child skin, was immune to illusions.

"Let's battle. Let me kill you and show Mama what I can truly do. Then, we will go back to my home and slaughter every one of them who allowed us to be sacrificed by that idiot!" The monster shouted as he dashed towards Mihr.

The bone blade in his hand, which was removed from his back, looked sharp. Mihr didn't dare to be tardy and donned his best weapon. The orb melted into a wide-bladed sword. The width of the sword was as thick as his waist, while its length was a little taller than 2 meters.

In Mihr's hands, it looked big, but compared to the 12-years-old looking monster, it looked giant. But the beast didn't hold back. With the bone blade in his hand, he dashed towards his opponent without any fear in his eyes.

A holy light covered the sword in Mihr's hand. He held it strong in front of him and waited for the monster to reach him first. When he did, the bone blade swung towards his head, but the Orril was experienced. He dodged the small bone-blade and swung his heavy sword.

The monster was nimble, thus jumped away from the sluggish sword. While in the air, he rolled. As he did, bone bullets left his ramus and fired in every direction.

"Stay back!" Mihr Orril ordered as he protected himself with his sword but his man wasn't as lucky. The bone bullets were lethal.

"I will break all your bones to the dust!" Mihr shouted in hatred.