Rebirth: 100 Days Before Doomsday

The silence that followed was deafening. Grace let out a slow breath as she scanned the room. Seven bodies were now lying there motionless, their blood pooling on the factory's grimy floor.

The mission was a success.

But they had another problem awaiting them.

A sudden, bone-chilling growl cut through the air, shaking the walls of the factory. The moment the last enemy had fallen, the already weakened spell had completely collapsed, releasing the beasts from their restraint.

Her eyes snapped toward the factory entrance where an enormous shadow was looming. It was the Class 6 Monster Beast.

It was massive, about four meters tall. Its thick fur was black as night and its glowing red eyes were burning with hunger. Its fangs were the size of daggers, dripping with saliva as it let out a guttural snarl.

And it wasn't alone. The Class 5 beasts were right behind it. They were half its size, but equally ready for a battle.

Recently, they had been constantly battling with beasts of Class 7 or higher, so a Class 6 or Class 5 beasts shouldn't have been a problem. But what made the situation bad was that there were about a dozen Class 5 monster beasts and they all had swarmed inside the factory.

Now, they all were trapped in there with very minimal space for a proper fighting.

"We need to get out of here." Davian voiced out what Grace was already thinking in her head. But before any of them could have moved, the Class 6 Monster Beast was already lounging forward.

Grace barely had time to react before she was forced to dodge its massive clawed paw aimed straight at her head. The sheer force of the attack sent cracks through the factory's concrete floor.

Ryan fired his gun, aiming for the beast's eyes. And even though the bullet struck true, the creature barely flinched.

"Shit," Ryan cursed. "Armor-plated skull."

Maria grabbed two explosive rounds from her belt and tossed them toward the nearest Class 5 beasts. The explosion sent them flying, but more rushed in to take their place.

Davian moved as well, slashing through a Class 5 beast that got too close. His blade carved through its thick hide. Yet, even as it fell, another took its place, lunging at him with razor-sharp fangs.

Rune lifted his hand and it started glowing with dark runes as he whispered a powerful spell. The air around them vibrated with energy before black chains shot out from the ground, wrapping around three Class 5 beasts and binding them in place.

But the Class 6 beast was able to dodge them in time.

It roared, causing the walls to shake. And then it set its eyes on Grace again.

"You guys handle the others," she shouted at her team, "I'll take the big one."

With that being said, she dashed forward, moving faster than the eye could follow. The beast swiped at her again, but she twisted mid-air and her blade sliced through the creature's thick hide, causing a line of glowing silver blood to ooze from the wound.

The beast howled in pain. But that wound alone wasn't enough to take it down.

The next moment, its tail lashed out, catching her mid-air and sending her crashing into a pile of metal crates.

"Grace!" Rune shouted.

"I'm fine," she groaned, shaking off the pain as she pushed herself up.

Davian and Ryan moved together to handle the swarm of Class 5 beasts, their blades dancing in a deadly rhythm. Maria stood behind them and fired precise shots that slowed down any creature that got too close.

As for Rune, he moved to face the Class 6 beast.

"Rune, can you immobilize it for even a second?" Grace asked as she came to stand beside him, watching as the beast prepared to launch another attack at them.

"I'll try." The man replied right before he slammed his hands against the floor, sending a pulse of golden energy toward the beast. A spell momentarily froze the creature in place, stopping it from launching the attack.

"Now!" Rune shouted.

Grace moved while Davian and Ryan followed right after her. Maria, on the other hand, shot bullets straight into the skull of the last of the Class 5 beasts.

Davian launched forward and sliced his blade deep into the beast's exposed flank. Ryan followed up and drove an explosive dagger into the wound.

And Grace, she channeled her energy into her blade, and with a single leap, she soared through the air and landed atop the beast's massive head. With a fierce cry, she drove her blade straight down between its glowing red eyes.

The beast let out one final, ear-splitting roar before going completely silent.

Its massive body slumped to the ground, causing the entire factory to shake. Grace was quick enough to jump down before it fell, landing into Davian's waiting arms.

For a moment, no one moved. Then Maria let out a breathless laugh. "This was insane."

The tense atmosphere slowly shifted as they all allowed themselves to relax. 2025 quickly scanned the area to see if there were more beasts coming.

Since the fight was so intense and caused a lot of noise, it caught the attention of the infected and beasts in the nearby area. Now they all were heading straight toward the academy.

"We don't have time to collect any resources from these beasts. Let's just clean up this place and leave." Grace notified others.

The mission was just to take down the group of seven who were already dead. They weren't here to battle the infected and the beasts.

2025 ran another scan, this time checking the seven bodies to see if they anything important on them. There were a few artifacts but when Rune said that he needed none of them, they decided to destroy everything.

Grace spread out her hands, channeling her fire elemental power. The next moment, balls of fire were rolling across the ground, engulfing everything and anything that came in their path.

She waited to see all seven bodies being engulfed in fire and only then did they all stepped into the portal to return to Starfall.

She received a notification merely moments later after stepping into the meeting room.

[All seven bodies are destroyed.]