The house that stood tall suddenly collapsed as if struck by something. The two-story shop suddenly had a hole in it as if something had crashed into it. The electricity pole suddenly split in two as if cut by something. The smooth asphalt road suddenly had a hole in it as if something very large had just fallen from the sky.
This was no ordinary supernatural phenomenon. All of it was caused by creatures from a different dimension.
Void beasts. Creatures that cannot be seen, touched, heard or even smelled. Creatures that cannot be perceived by normal human senses.
Under the scorching sun, these creatures came and destroyed everything they saw.
A moving nightmare and also a natural predator for humanity at this era.
However, even so, humanity still found a way to fight these creatures.
"Squad Alpha, follow me! The rest of you, fight the type 1 void beasts!" shouted a young woman running at the front of the line, leading dozens of people running behind her.
Her long, straight hair flowed down her back like a waving flag. The bright red color of her hair perfectly matched her fiery red eyes and the red uniform she wore.
She wasn't the only one wearing it. The bright red military uniform was the official uniform of that group of people.
With the lion's head logo emblazoned on their backs, those people not only looked optimistic, but also very confident in their abilities.
Void hunters.
That was the name given to those who had the ability to perceive and fight void beasts.
And the group of people in red uniforms were from the largest and strongest void hunter guild in the city.
The Red Lion guild.
"Everyone, attack!" shouted the young red-haired woman leading the army.
The woman was Alya Reid, leader of the Red Lion guild.
*Brak!
Pieces of buildings were thrown into the air by the void beasts.
For normal humans, these creatures were invisible disasters, but for void hunters, they had clear forms.
They came in various shapes and sizes, ranging from 2 meters tall to 20 meters tall. Generally, void beasts move like ordinary wild creatures, not thinking thoroughly and driven by pure instinct alone. These are categorized as type 1 void beasts.
However, this attack wave was different....
"Tina! Zeff! Secure the left side! Oleg! Nana! Get ready on the right side!" ordered Alya, standing tall as she stared at the four void beasts running towards them.
The four void beasts were 8 meters tall and varied in appearance. Two void beasts resembled giant rhinos with six legs and two large hands. One void beast had two legs and two long tentacle-like hands. And one more void beast resembled a giant tiger with a head shaped like a Venus flytrap.
The void beasts seemed to be talking to each other. They seemed to be planning something.
The rhino-shaped void beast suddenly accelerated its movement. At the tip of its horn, a large flame suddenly appeared. The void beast with tentacle arms immediately jumped forward and swung its tentacle arms, which were suddenly charged with high-voltage electricity.
"Captain, they are void beasts type 2, no doubt about it!" shouted a large man standing to Alya's right.
With a sharp gaze, the red-haired woman did not even flinch. "Possessing superpower and the ability to communicate. Do those barbaric creatures really think they can surpass humans?"
Alya stared directly at the two void beasts and the two creatures were suddenly thrown into the air.
No...
They weren't thrown upward...
They fell upward...
When the two void beasts were 100 meters above the ground, their direction of fall suddenly changed to normal, forcing them to fall downward.
The two void beasts fell from a height of 100 meters with such speed. But what greeted them was not a smooth ground surface, but a collection of large spikes pointing upward like a row of sharp mountains.
*Jrash! Jrash!
The two void beasts were impaled, purple liquid flowed from the holes in their bodies followed by the scream of agony by the two creatures.
Seeing this, the remaining two void beasts hesitated to approach and immediately ran away.
"Don't let them escape!" Alya shouted.
"Yes Ma'am!" shouted two men in red uniforms who had been standing beside Alya, now rushing forward and chasing after the two void beasts.
At the back of the line, there was a teenage boy who looked at Alya with admiration. He was also wearing a Red Lion guild uniform, so of course, he also had to carry out his duties as a professional void hunter.
However, he still felt a little annoyed because he was not placed at the front line. Instead, he was assigned to fight a type 1 void beast.
"This is unfair! My power is suited for battle, why am I only fighting void beast type 1?!" complained the blond-haired teenager named Irvan.
"Stop complaining," said a tall man with dark blue hair and wearing glasses. His face showed only seriousness, as if he had never smiled in his life.
"Vice-Captain, Geralt?!" Irvan was a little surprised and immediately stood up straight. "I'm not complaining, sir!"
The bespectacled man named Geralt just stared intently at Irvan. "Don't think this is a game. Void beasts aren't just monsters you can kill easily. Especially the void beast type 2."
Irvan bowed his head, his face slightly pale. "I'm sorry, sir! It's just that... I believe my power is very suitable for close combat -"
*Bhak!
Geralt punched Irvan's stomach, making the teenage boy curl a little.
"Listen up, Boy! Even if you have the power that suitable for combat, you are still an inexperienced brat. Now, go back to your duty and deal with that weak beasts!"
"Sir, yes Sir!" replied Irvan firmly.
Irvan immediately returned to his duty. As he observed from the far, he found one void beast that acted like a clueless beast.
A 3-meter-tall void beast that resembled a hairless gorilla. Just by looking at it, a faint grin emerged on Irvan's face.
"Iron Infusion!" shouted Irvan, whose body slowly turned into iron.
The void beast immediately swung its fist at Irvan.
*Bang!
Irvan was knocked back but did not fall to the ground. On the other side, the void beast appeared to be in pain. The void beast looked at Irvan's body, which was now completely made of iron.
The beast somehow made a face that shows discomfort while backed a little, it's like… the void beast knew the situation.
The gorillas-like void beast suddenly ran away while shouting something, not just one syllabus word, it's like an entire sentence. But the language is too alien to understand.
"Wait, don't run!" shouted Irvan, chasing after the void beast.
Realizing that, Geralt suddenly panicked and immediately followed Irvan. "Wait! Don't chase that void beast! Get back!"
A large-winged void beast suddenly appeared out of nowhere and tried to grab Irvan.
Quickly, Geralt used his D4 power. He created a rope made of his blood with a hook-shaped end.
The blood rope moved towards Irvan and the hook immediately grabbed Irvan's collar.
Irvan, who was shocked and didn't understand what was happening, was now thrown away from the winged void beast's attack.
However, there was something Geralt hadn't counted on. There's another gorilla-like void beast in the scenario and that void beast now stands right behind Geralt.
By the time Geralt realized, a giant fist was thrown at the man's face.
*Bam!
Geralt was knocked back by the powerful blow but managed to absorb some of the impact with his blood shield he was created at the last second. The winged void beast that had been attacking Irvan was now attacking Geralt instead.
Geralt created a spear from his own blood and immediately stabbed the winged void beast in the chest, causing purple blood to spill out.
The winged void beast screamed in pain, but it immediately grabbed Geralt's blood spear then electrified it with high voltage.
*Bbzzzttt!!!
The electric attacks shocked Geralt but it didn't stop the man. His eyes filled with unyielding will to kill the beast. Even when his body convulsed, he managed to control his spear blood and make it grow longer, impaling the winged void beast in an instant.
But that's a very short victory as the gorilla-like void beast approached him before it turned its own hand into a solid diamond and immediately punched Geralt's stomach.
*BHAK!
The man puked a lot of blood. Irvan, who was witnessing the tragedy, can't hold himself anymore.
As Irvan tried to approach, the one void beast that was running from Irvan, now returns with both hands coated in diamond-like gauntlet.
*Bhuk!
Irvan gets smacked by the void beasts. His iron body protected him, but the shock wave of the punch still made him feel the pain.
Before Irvan managed to stand, the gorilla-like void beast opened its mouth so wide as it wanted to swallow Irvan's whole head.
When he realized it, all he could see was a big mouth with a row of diamond teeth.
*Jrash!
The void beast suddenly fell to the ground as something just struck its head with a high velocity projectile.
The purple blood flowed out of the hole of its head with a slight sign of red blood.
"Blood bullet?!" shouted Irvan as he immediately looked at Geralt.
But it's too late…
Geralt's head was smashed into pulp and the two void beasts gnawed on Geralt's body.
His hands, body, feet, organs, everything is eaten by the two void beasts.
"No! Vice-Captain Geralt!" Irvan shouted in fear.
Alya, who heard the shout, suddenly turned around and found one of her troops being eaten by two void beasts.
The young red-haired woman stared directly at the two void beasts and they immediately fell upwards.
Alya had just changed the space axis in one sight.
She is inverting the height axis of space around them and forcing the 2 creatures to fall upwards with the same force as Earth's gravity force.
Unfortunately, the winged void beast was not too affected by this and immediately flew at high speed towards Alya.
*BHRUK!
The winged void beast crashed into the ground at high speed because Alya had just rotated the height axis of the space around the beast. What was front is now bottom, and the void beast shot downwards at high speed and crashed into the ground.
While the void beast was immobilized by the impact, a man in a red uniform jumped towards the void beast and struck it.
*BOOM!
A huge explosion occurred and the void beast was incinerated.
Irvan immediately stood up. As he opened his mouth to shout Geralt's name, no words came out. It wasn't because he couldn't speak, but because something made Irvan shiver with fear.
Irvan couldn't remember Geralt's name, he couldn't even remember Geralt's face, or even the conversation they had some time ago. It was as if Geralt's existence had been erased from his memory.
As Alya walked towards Irvan, the teenage boy panicked and tried to explain that someone had just been eaten by void beasts, but Irvan couldn't remember it.
"Don't panic. It's normal," said Alya, looking at the panicked Irvan and then at the pool of blood where Geralt had been eaten.
Nothing remained but a pool of blood, no bones, no flesh nor even hair.
"What do you mean, don't panic?! Someone just died! And I can't remember his name or her. I can't even remember the gender! What's going on?!" Irvan shouted in panic.
"Erased from reality," replied Alya, who was now walking towards the pool of blood where Geralt had died.
"Huh?!"
"Eaten by void beasts mean erase from reality," continued Alya.
Irvan trembled with fear upon hearing the explanation. "Wait a minute... Erased... From reality?"
Alya knelt with her right knee touching the ground while staring at Geralt's pool of blood.
Her gaze was full of regret and empathy, but at the same time, she found it difficult to mourn. As the sob wanted to crawl into her chest, something just stopped it.
She…
She can't feel anything towards the pool of blood in front of her.
No memory, no legacy, no feelings…
As if Geralt was an error of the universe…
How can she be sad about someone if that someone never existed in the first place?
Alya sighed heavily. "The risk of fighting the void beasts is... your own existence..."