X-Rank Hunter

CH.7 He Who Was Loved by Life

"That brat is probably dead right now" the gorilla thought. "But how did that brat became so powerful all of a sudden?"

"...."

Meanwhile, as Jem was struggling on facing more than 20 tree-merger apes, the gorilla who remained near the cliff had just noticed the girl sleeping and leaning on the cliff. He was now staring at her and was planning to eat this girl but then....

Ba-thump.

....the beat of his heart suddenly gone wild that prevented him to do anything against the girl. The uneasiness in his heart was just couldn't go away as his heart continue to palpitate pounding his ear drums.

He then turned around to see what was happening but the moment he shifted his gaze towards the direction of where Jem and his minions were, he saw something like a red steam striking the sky.

At that moment, the memory of when he got his scar and the monster he thought that caused him that scar immediately came to his mind making his body to shiver.

The gorilla gritted his teeth and run towards the direction of that red aura. Though he was afraid, he as well couldn't stand his minions to get murdered helplessly.

Ever since he got his scar, only revenge and to get stronger was only in his heart and mind. There was no day that he couldn't remember 'that day'. Every day and every night, the memories of him and the one who made him suffer keep assaulting his mind.

But unfortunately for him, even though he run on his fastest, it was already too late. All of his subordinates were already been a dried corpse together with the trees and grasses around that wilted down. In that place, with a radius of around 50 meters, there was no single life that could be found except on the middle of the lifeless place of where Jem was standing.

Only on that place was filled with life. No, only Jem was filled with life, everything around him was death.

"What have you done you damn brat!!!" The gorilla roared filled with anger. The place, or rather his territory that were suppose to be filled with life was now as good as dead.

However, something that the gorilla were terrified of, happened. The moment Jem turned around and shifted his emotionless gaze towards him, the gorilla immediately fell down on the ground as fear completely flooded in his heart.

The moment he saw that expressions and his eyes without emotion, that could kill without showing any murderous intent, he was so sure about it, "That brat is the one who caused my scar!"

He didn't noticed it before, since the gorilla was not just relying on what he see, and also relied on his scent and instinct. Now that Jem had completely changed, his aura he gave and his scent of which it was very similar to the scent of the child who he thought as a monster, the gorilla could tell that they were very similar with each other. No, it was not just similar, it really was one person.

***

A while ago when Jem lost himself....

Ba-thump.

"Huh? What happened?....I....I cannot move?" Jem tried his hardest in order to move at least his finger but unfortunately for him, though his consciousness still remain his body was as if being possessed.

"Ugh....please move...." Jem was already desperate that he was having a hard time fighting those apes and now, he couldn't even move a single muscle?

The prepared attacks of the apes was already about to hit him from all sides but he was still yet to move. He wanted to shout, or control his blood or whatever he could do but he really couldn't do anything.