Evolution Theory of the Hunter

Chapter 172

J: Gonz, you can stop poking me now. I got busy with preparations for the army and studying (even though it is the summer break.). Apologies for forgetting to post the chapters. Good news is, Kyle managed to regularly translate chapters in the meantime. Also, not edited. (Edit 5 minutes after posting) Wow, someone actually added the post to Novel Updates before I could. How????

I suppose its fine for me to go now?

Sorry, but I think thats going to be difficult.

Whats that supposed to mean?

I can pass by the fact that you attacked my guild members but dont you think you should return the weapon you stole?

Im not sure what youre talking about.

Ive heard that you took Kevins weapon.

Ah. So its about that?

I brought out the Giant White Tiger I had put in.

As a huge monster suddenly appeared on the beach Brandon took a step back while full of tension.

Ive turned it into this though?

Then give me the monster.

It seems talking with an iron plate on ones face is a fact shared internationally.

I nodded with a smile.

Then try taking it.

Can, can I really do so?

Greed rose on Brandons face.

Im not sure if itll listen to you though.

He carefully approached the Giant White Tiger. The moment Brandon stretched his arm to touch the Giant White Tiger, it bit his arm.

Hiik?!

Ah. Sorry, this guys jokes go too far.

As I caressed its neck it let go of the arm it was biting while purring. Brandon collapsed on his butt after almost losing his arm.

It was a figure that lost its soul. It was a bit pitiful.

God, god damn it Get that guy!

Brandon regained himself and shot up.

The Britania guild surrounded Edward and I.

Looking at them, they were pretty outstanding hunters. They were level 6 on average and there were even some level 8 hunters.

At this point, it wasnt a level A but it was at least a level B raid team.

Youre planning on fighting at a place with this many people?

Well leave if you return the weapon you took.

Thinking about the price of a level 6 item, coming out like this wasnt all that surprising. There was no way I could actually give them the Giant White Tiger though.

I was wondering if I actually had to fight when the atmosphere shook violently.

It was an aura that made ones entire body shake.

I could feel clear animosity towards humans coming from the ocean.

Team Britania turned their sights towards the ocean as if I wasnt the only one that felt it.

Brandon was faster in determining the situation than me.

Alert! Everyone change to battle formation!

To battle formation!

Every member of Britania suddenly brought out their weapons and headed towards the ocean. Ethan who had collapsed on the ground also moved quickly.

Edward opened his mouth.

Those guys. It seems they were something like coast guards.

Theyre exercising force against civilians with such a position?

It was a bit astounding but it was a good thing that there wouldnt be any further pointless friction.

Um.

But there was a guy that didnt go yet.

It was the red haired guy, Kevin.

What do you want?

Um Cant you return my weapon? I cant battle without.

I dont have it though?

Please, Im begging you.

He suddenly started tearing up after lowering his position and holding my hand. Someone will think that hes proposing if they see this. I took out my hand and retreated.

I told you its gone even if I want to give it to you.

No way.

The guy drooped his head with a stupefied expression. He did become a bit pitiful. I thought about giving him a low level weapon among the ones I had but shook my head.

I remembered his figure as he swung his sword. What did I like about a guy that changes depending on the situation to take care of him.

Ill give this to you instead so leave.

I handed him a Wound Cure Potion.

Even if it was a guy without a weapon, he needs to treat his wound to be able to tank.

It was like giving him medicine after giving him an illness but whatever.

I decided to look at the battle situation on the Giant White Tiger. I didnt know what would appear but since theres a lot of tourists here I could take care of it if team Britania cant.

But do humans deal with monsters every time they appear on the beach?

Edward said.

No.

Most took the approach of surrounding the entire beach with concrete and asphalt.

They also pour concrete into the ocean like a seawall. If a seawall is constructed like a maze then there arent many monsters that can get through.

After constructing the basics your everyday monster wont appear.

Its not like one or two monsters dont appear but the hunters on standby mobilize immediately.

The beach here is like that as well.

Only, I didnt have a good premonition. Its because its difficult to let out such an intimidating aura without being a monster of a considerable level. Unless its Baek Gyeong.

It cant be that guy can it? Theres no way it can swim all the way here when we traveled over a month in a submarine.

Boom!

Ahhh!

Run away!

Screams could be heard together with a massive explosion.

The sight in front of me made my mouth become wide open.

There was a sight that was astounding in a different sense from seeing 90 Baek Gyeongs.

Hundreds of monsters were coming up to the beach.

It was the figure of monsters that looked like a mix between humans and fish fiercely advancing towards nearby humans while holding tridents.

Mermaid Warrior (7) : A race that uses the ocean as its base. Able to move on land.

Mermaid Healer (8) : A race that uses the ocean as its base. Uses healing magic.

Mermaid Fighter (7) : A race that uses.

There were hundreds of monsters that were at least level 7 coming up to the surface.

It was a never before recorded phenomenon.

Kiee!

The dozens that surfaced first were rushing team Britania with their sharp spears as weapons. They fell behind in terms of basic level and they werent even close to being a match numerically.

I didnt even have time to think about how such an event came to be.

I had to block those for now. Behind the port was a major city with a population of over a million and the casualties can increase exponentially if they cant be blocked here.

There was no reason to hesitate.

I called out the monster army from the item list.

A huge number of monsters poured out on the beach. The people that were running away lost the strength in their legs as they looked at the large scale monster army.

Ahh!

It cant be!

A monster wave is!

The civilians who had never seen this many monsters before got infected by fear. But they soon realized that the monsters werent even looking at them.

And someone started shouting after seeing a large figure at the very front; the Black Tiger looking arrogantly at the mermaids and me riding it.

Its the Great Summoner! Were saved!

The Great Summoner?

No way!

Oh. God. Thank you!

Hope spread throughout the people faster than the speed panic spread.

I sat on the Black Tiger on purpose to be able to aim for such an effect.

I shouted after seeing the people slowly start to gain their calm.

Everyone please evacuate to a safe location!

Waa!

OMG! To see this with my own eyes!

Take a picture! Picture!

But the people slowly started approaching the monster army, let alone run away. There was a smartphone held in each and every one of their hands. There were even people streaming this live.

I swear to god, these kinds of people are everywhere.

I used the Recruitment skill to make the monsters move. I pushed away the civilians who were approaching the monsters to the outskirts and looked down at the mermaids.

It looked difficult for team Britania to hold up any longer.

However, they were doing their best to block them to buy at least a bit more time.

They didnt have a good first impression but I felt a bit better looking at them risk their lives to protect civilians.

I shouted at them in a loud voice.

All of you retreat! I will take care of the back!

Urg! I, I leave it to you!

Brandon started fleeing the battlefield as soon as I said so.

There were a few casualties that occured from team Britania while I took out the monsters and organized them.

They could have lived if I moved a bit faster but even I needed to take my time to organize monsters that numbered over 2000.

Im not sure if I can say that its thankful but Kevin survived. I wouldnt have been able to sleep that well if he died.

I basically had little knowledge on large scale battles.

Thats why I looked up formations during every free time I got after obtaining the level 0 Recruitment.

There were several factors that decided victory or loss in a large scale battle. That is, the number of soldiers, individual ability, morale of troops, degree of training, and finally terrain.

And currently, the monster army had the upper hand in every area besides individual ability.

The problem was that there was too large of a difference between individual ability.

I put the monsters that were at least level 4 in the middle and stacked them for the middle to be thick. Thinking about the fact that the mermaids have an average level of 7 it wasnt enough but I was planning on pushing through with numbers.

About 500 monsters made up the center army while the other 1500 became the wings.

The widely spread level 1 to 3 monsters were more for pressuring the back line and creating an encircling net.

As long as the mermaids were monsters, it wouldnt have a lot of effect on their morale but it would definitely have an effect on spreading their attacks.

I couldnt say that it was an elaborate theory but there is something called Lanchesters law thats often used in a battle between large forces.

Its a theory that says that the side that has more numbers has an exponentially higher chance of winning in a face to face battle.

According to his calculations, in a 5 on 4 fight, theres not 1 person surviving on the 5 side but 3.

Of course, its a calculation made on the basis that they all have the same abilities but it should be possible to get by since our side has overwhelmingly more numbers.

Also, our side had another weapon.

And that was none other than me myself.

Lets go!

Roar!!!

The level 8 Black Tiger ran forward with a roar. The 2000 monsters following from behind started running at the same pace.

It was movement that resembled a well trained army. The monster army that didnt know fear and didnt leave any blank space charged towards the mermaid army.

A minimap created by the Recruitment skill appeared in front of my eyes.

Allies were green while enemies were red to be able to tell the situation easily and the size of the dots differed depending on the soldiers ability.

Hah!

I swung the Dancing Sword on top of the Black Tiger.

The Dancing Sword that drew a large circle as if a string was attached sliced through the mermaid frontline.

The tridents the Mermaid Warriors were holding were all cut down from that one strike.

Did they give away their weapons instead of their lives?

I called back the Dancing Sword that used up all its Aura Blade and jumped off the Black Tiger.

Roar!

The Black Tiger jumped towards the center of the mermaids while the monsters following from behind also engaged in close combat.

No matter how powerful the Black Tiger was the mermaids were level 7 or 8 as well. It wasnt possible for it to sweep through the battlefield on its own. Those guys had that much ability. It wasnt simply the strength of their body.

They were taking care of the monsters with weapon mastery that surpassed humans.

If I wasnt here, winning against these guys with just the 2000 monsters would have been a pipe dream.

However.

A mermaid splattered blood as its waist got cut in half.

I used a ranged attack to intimidate them in the beginning but Aura Blade originally showed maximum efficiency when used while held in ones hand.

Every time I swung my sword, mermaids would be cut somewhere on their bodies together with their weapons.

A guy that got cut vertically. A guy that collapsed with his waist cut in half.

My surroundings soon started piling up with cut corpses of mermaids.