Chapter 23: Section 22: HellSign
High-order Demon Hunters arrived quickly, and as soon as the team was ready, they broke down the door and entered.
The sound of gunfire and screams never stopped, as if it were the New Year celebration.
Malin and his group weren't idle either, another incursion by Spirits had appeared in the east end of the city. Because all the Demon Hunters had come over to provide support here, Colin could only take his team there to handle it—it was said to be a Merchant's residence, who had started doing business in the North half a year ago. As such, he hadn't returned since, until the previous evening when his neighbor noticed someone in his house. They hadn't paid much attention at the time, but half an hour ago a local patrol officer, hearing that the Merchant had come back, went to make inquiries, which resulted in one dead and one injured. Only then did they discover that the house was occupied not by humans but something else.
"According to intelligence, there were multiple footsteps in that house. The injured officer was able to escape safely because he was standing at the back and he used a Revolver to shoot the assailant. According to him, it was a spider the size of a door that had burst through it, and it had landed right on the deceased officer's face in a very unfortunate close encounter," Malfoy said, quickly obtaining first-hand information from the local police as soon as he dismounted from the carriage.
"It's a Red-Bellied Spider, the poor unlucky one," Colin shook his head, then took a long gun from the guard—a military Shotgun, lever-action, loaded with four shells.
This was extremely effective against the trouble-level Red-Bellied Spider since a 12-gauge shotgun shell contained at least 20 small lead pellets, which were highly lethal to creatures like the Red-Bellied Spider that almost lacked any natural armor. When they moved in dense groups, a single shotgun blast could cause multiple casualties.
In Malin's hand was still that .22 Revolver, of course, he had taken an extra one as a backup. Both Revolvers had gun lanyards attached to the handles for quick drawing and switching.
Besides that, Malin also carried a short sword and a short ax, which for someone with Frost Giant lineage like him, meant melee combat was also a viable way to survive.
Speaking of Frost Giants, Malin only understood why he had such a hearty appetite when he found out he had this bloodline—with a morning's training in the Church, he could eat an amount of food sufficient to stuff two Church guards, and he would only feel 80% full.
Among his peers, he was the strongest one. Even at only 1.3 meters tall, if a fight broke out, none of the fellow Apprentices stood a chance against him. Barehand fighting only lasted one round before the instructors had to switch his sparring partners to other instructors.
Because, after one round, any brave soul who faced him ended up sprawled on the ground.