Chapter 67: Round Two
The third monster they ran into turned out to be another Abnormal Hunter, the flickering creature of living static spinning in space the instant they saw it, somehow glaring at them despite its complete lack of eyes. Or a head. Or anything even remotely recognizable as “normal.”
And then it hurled itself across space towards them as a streak of light that seemed to be both moving and still, rippling all over the place and condensed down to a width so narrow their weapons would have trouble even targetting it …
Somehow, Derek could not find it within himself to hold onto any of the confidence he’d gained by adding the new weapons systems.
The lasers were the first to open fire, followed by the particle beams a split-second later, weaving a web of deadly light that would do absolutely nothing against this monster if it were the same as the first one they’d encountered, but they had nothing to lose by trying.
And, if the creature had even the faintest semblance of recognizable “psychology,” it might even distract it somewhat …
That was when the first elemental cannon fired, dumping a torrent of hellfire into the creature’s path, the equivalent of twice Derek’s mana pool unleashed in an instant, enveloping the monster in what should be a lethal embrace.
The yet-black hellfire proved almost invisible against the darkness of space, and for an instant, it seemed as though the monster had vanished entirely. Perhaps even consumed … but they couldn’t rely on that.
And besides, the autocannons had already started firing, an ammo-saving steady metronome of one round every second streaming towards where the monster had to be.
The hellfire cloud suddenly twitched to the side, the projectiles starting to flash past into the void. And then it moved backwards.