The Veilwalker

The S Class hunters were speechless looking at the beings ahead of them, and while the distance was many billions of kilometres away, they could see very clearly. Continue reading on empire

The first being looked like your typical normal female human. She was severely injured all over, her left arm was torn off, revealing a bleeding stump and her clothes were turned into rags, she was not in any armour.

Even with all the injuries she carried, the hunters could immediately tell the person was a beauty. In fact, she was more beautiful than anyone they had ever encountered. However, there was something different that they also noticed about her dark and curly hair. She had what appeared to be cat ears and a tail? They weren't sure, but they could tell from a glance.

'She's strong…' Mason thought silently, his face darkening at the reality of seeing someone with such strength. He looked at Zol and even with his headpiece on, he could almost imagine the look on his face.

What was even more frightening was the aura she was letting off. It felt like what void creatures, veiled spaces, cosmic mana waves and veil tears give off.

'Is it possible to still be alive after such an exposure?' Evelyn thought about the aura the woman was letting off. Even though it had diminished and was still diminishing, the amount the two beings gave off made it impossible for the hunters to get close to them. Not to mention fight them if they decided to attack.

Evelyn swallowed the lump forming in her throat. She had never expected to see a living being giving off that much eerie aura. Void creature, she expected, and that was what the woman was fighting!

The void creature appeared almost too humanoid. It was at least 3 metres tall and had long arms that reached all the way to what appeared to be its knees. However, unlike the typical arms with fingers, this one had what looked like two long and curved fork fingers. Its legs were shaped similarly, and its dark grey skin and blue blood showed just as much injury as the woman.

But just like the woman, they could tell it was incredibly strong. 'Is that what a Class S void creature's presence feels like?' The thought scared him and while indeed true that Class S hunters had a higher tolerance level to the aura given off by these creatures, if it was too much, then they'd be in trouble.

The two fighters were breathing heavily. It was clear the void creature was on its last leg as its injuries were more severe. There was a massive gaping hole in its chest and a piece of its weirdly shaped head missing. While all this took time to describe, the four hunters deduced these things in less than a second when the two fighters separated.

The woman then looked around the area she found herself. The chaos happening in the galaxy was not much of a surprise to her, but the debris around her brought a sad look on her face, something the four took notice of immediately. While she was observing all this, she saw the four hunters in the distance and narrowed her eyes at them.

She then opened her lips and said something, "&$% #&&%&, %^%^$^$ *&&^$^".

Zol asked his companions still with his guard up, "Did any of you understand what she said?" They already knew she was not a denizen of this universe as the feature she had was not something they'd seen before.

Naturally, they knew of other lifeforms found in their universe, but those beings were already dead

and it's been over a millennium since they saw another being who was not human.

"You and I both know she's a visitor from another place," Charlotte said, responding to the enquiry of Zol.

The woman in question noticed their inaction and decided to make a gesture instead. She knew she was in a different universe and there was no way they'd be speaking the same language. However, she was weak and while the void creature before her was even worse, it was best they completely eliminated it before it became a problem for this universe.

Zol and the others noticed what she was doing and focused on her gestures. They saw her move her remaining hand with her thumb making a throat-cutting gesture and then pointing at the void creature.

"She seems to be asking for help." Charlotte interpreted. Obviously, the gesture was clear, but the question was, were they going to follow the instructions of a complete stranger?

"We don't know who that woman is, but we do know that a void creature poses more of a danger than the woman. Our choice is clear." Zol said and made the first move, quickly approaching the area. The others exchanged glances and followed his lead.

The void creature finally noticed the approaching four and screeched loudly at them. Its eyes glowed a menacing red, and for the first time, the hunters noticed a glimpse of intelligence in its eyes.

"Did you guys just see that?!" Mason exclaimed in surprise but did not slow down.

"Yes, we did," Evelyn responded. Even with this new development, they did not slow down but increased their speed instead.

"This will be our very first fight against a void creature far stronger than we've ever faced. Don't let your guard down." Zol advised his peers as they created an encirclement.

Noticing that the beings were not being chased away by his screeching, the void creature attempted to flee! Normally, its aura would be enough to keep weaklings like those away, but it was not in such a condition, its only choice was to flee and fight another day.

The catkin noticed the intention of the void creature, 'As if!' She exclaimed inwardly and teleported to the creature's escape route, trapping it between her and the four fast-approaching hunters in a circle. Her ability briefly caught their attention but did nothing at the moment. They had a priority.

Once trapped, the creature looked around its encirclement, menacingly looking at the new fighters and decided to take a gamble. It quickly chose to go after one of its new enemies. But it was a choice it would soon regret as it went after Zol Knight!