[Incoming!]
Ross exclaimed as he abruptly changed direction, followed by Julia and Henry. None of them had their guards down, not even for a second.
However, to Ross, it was routine to dish out instructions to his comrades whenever they fought together.
It's been many years since they lost Alex, and someone had to take the lead in missions. This duty naturally fell to Ross as just his height and demeanour were enough for everyone to understand who was in charge.
Then again, Julia and Henry didn't really mind. They could all take points for leading a mission, they just didn't want to.
With swift and agile movements, the trio separated from each other as Ross went high and the others went to the sides.
Although there was no up or down in the void of space, by using the spaceships as a reference from when they stepped out, that confusion was eliminated with the system's help.
Ross brandished his greatsword and channelled his mana through it. The sword blazed to life as it glowed with a fiery light that brightened his surroundings.
He came to a sudden stop, aimed his sword at one of the incoming void creatures and then bolted towards the creature.
He instantly appeared before the huge monstrosity and swung his greatsword in a horizontal sweep that cut through the void creature.
Wherever the sword cut, it burned the flesh and cauterized the damaged tissues just as quickly. The void creature screeched in agony and tried to recover from the damage, but Ross wasn't done.
The moment he completed his first move, he bolted up and delivered an overhead cleave, slicing the void creature into four separate pieces.
[You're done!]
He bellowed as he condensed his mana into the sword and released it in an instant.
*BOOM!*
The creature exploded in a rain of fire with large chunks of its flesh flying everywhere.
However, Ross didn't stand around to admire his first kill. They were in a dangerous place and zoning out would be a mistake.
Unfortunately for him, his reaction after the first kill was a tad bit slow as he was rammed by a beaming attack that sent him straight towards a large floating piece of a planet.
*BOOOOOM!*
Ross managed to land on his feet as the floating planet mass cracked and exploded under the weight of his fall, sending debris and dust everywhere.
[Hu… That was close.]
He exhaled and looked at the void creature that unleased the attack on him closing in on his position with another three added to the mix.
If he hadn't used his greatsword in a bastion block, the attack would have done some damage.
And while the attack came from a Class E void creature, it would have still done a number on him. The void energy in their attacks wasn't for show.
Deciding to continue his fight on solid ground, Ross held his greatsword in a horizontal stance and set his weapon ablaze.
'Come at me…'
Meanwhile, Julia closed in on her first target among many the moment she dodged the first attack.
Her suit expelled cold air from the chill of her mana as her sword froze over from the mana infusion, flaring wildly like a smoking gun.
Unlike Ross and Alex, she wasn't much of an exploded fighter as she used precise killing techniques of cuts and stabs.
Mostly.
She barrel-rolled and performed other evasive techniques, dodging the attacks dished in her direction with the grace of a swan and instantly appeared right in the opened maw of one of the void creatures.
[Hmph!]
Julia snorted at the creature's predictable move and then lunged into its opened maw with her blazing frozen sword.
*BOOM!*
She pierced through the creature, leaving a huge gaping hole and emerged on the other side with a void core in hand. She quickly put the core away and bolted towards her next target.
While void creatures gave off void energy as their attacks also contained them, hunters were granted a level of resistance below their level.
For Henry, he chose a different route after evading the first attack and separating from the other two.
Just like Julia, he was an ice user and was partly the reason he had white hair similar to Julia. It was as a result of a degree of mutation their abilities impacted them.
Coming from three directions around him, Henry stopped and floated calmly with his sword in hand and another behind his back.
He preferred a fighting style where the opponents came at him instead of him moving personally; elegance with a touch of nobility was his way.
But it didn't mean he would stand there as the rushing beams of death closed in on his position. The beams were fast and as large as a train.
He sidestepped the first attack that reached him with minimal movements and did the same for the others, and while he moved around, his movements were too exaggerated.
Henry bided his time as the void creatures finally reached him and that was when he made his move.
A humanoid void creature took a swipe at him with its long claws, going for his head. But Henry did not panic.
'These creatures sure are nasty looking…'
He mused as he calmly stepped out of the claw's range and slashed his sword over the arm, cleanly cutting it off.
Of course, he made sure to keep the other void creatures in his sight and only moved when he predicted the best place to be.
It would be an embarrassment to him if he were to dodge one attack only to end up in the path of another.
'We can't have that, now can we?'
Henry thought in amusement before abruptly appearing to the void creature's side and delivered a thrusting move that conjured a piercing ray of cold energy that tore through the poor creature.
*SCREECH…!*
The creature screeched and attempted to turn around only for Henry to employ rapid sword slashes and stabs that turned the creature into a bloody mess.
He then swiftly got out of the way as two killer beams rushed towards them, crushing into the nearly dead void creature.
*BOOOOM!*
The void creature exploded in a bloody mess, leaving its core as the last remnant of its existence. The void creatures did not care about their companion's death and dashed after their prey.
'Whew… Any later and I would have been wounded…'