The captain had arrived at the front gate of the city. It was already a mess when he had arrived; the wall and gate had been crushed. The gate itself was half dissolved and lying there on the floor.
Buildings left and right had been partially destroyed, and a number of beasts were circling in on those from the Lost Clan.
Around thirty of them had gathered at the front gate. Most of them had swords held in their hands and were forming a formation shaped like a star. Points guided toward the beasts.
A large number of beasts were already dead on the ground in front of them, but there were still more to come. After fighting for a while now, they were tiring out. Some of them had suffered a few injuries that felt like burn marks on their bodies as their clothing had melted away.
"Stay in formation, stay strong. If they break us, then everything will fall apart!" one of the men shouted.
Several of the beasts came towards them, and skillfully, the man at the front of the point slashed the beast and moved to the side, cutting up another. Like a well-organized train, those that were behind the initial attacker swung their swords, and skillfully, sword after sword was going through the beasts' bodies.
They were able to kill a large number of beasts this way and suffered minimal injuries. At the same time, it didn't expend much Qi because of the way they were fighting in this special formation.
Because they were in a star shape, it allowed each area to do the same and to cover them from all sides.
This was the specialty of the Lost Clan, and it was what made them so special and trusted with the task of defending one of the borders of the Demonic Faction. Although it wasn't where their main base was, they were still a considerably strong group.
Not too far from the group, there was the squad leader and head of the clan base here, the man known as Neil Watt. He was recognizable by the two bands he would wear, and not too long ago, he was checking on those trying to enter and leave the city.
He had rushed here as soon as he could to see the trouble because right at the front of the gate, there was a beast that was bigger than all of the others, and it was slightly different as well.
Its head looked similar in design to what the rest were fighting, but it had two large fighting wings that were covered in feathers unlike the rest of its body, which was just flesh.
On its shoulder, there were also two large round bulging shapes sticking out with sharp teeth. They looked somewhat like heads but had no neck and didn't seem to loose either.
Then there was just the general size of the beast. Compared to the others, that was similar to that of a tiger; this one was three times the size, close to that of an elephant.
Neil had two swords in his hand and had a few teeth marks on his shoulder. He had blocked a direct attack, but the top of its sharp fangs had entered part of him. Now, there were two fist-sized shaped holes from which he was bleeding.
The beast swung its wings a couple of times and floated in the air, but it stayed in its place. When it did, the gust of wind had hit Neil. He covered his face, and then he heard the cries of the beast as it moved toward him.
Although he couldn't see because of the dust, he knew the dangerous attack that was coming and kicked off with his foot with Qi to the side. He swung the sword in his hand down, hitting the wing, but it appeared to just simply bounce off its body like it was steel.
'What is this thing? Is it the dimension boss? Has one arrived through the Portal so soon, or is it just a strong beast?' Neil thought.
Regardless, there was a problem, and that problem was that he had no way to hurt the beast in front of him, but there were many ways for him to get hurt. As the beast was turning around, Neil soon noticed something.
Some of the beasts were moving away and heading deeper into the city. Seeing this, he lifted his foot on the ground and took a deep breath. His foot slammed into the floor with Qi, and a large explosion occurred.
"Stay here!" Neil shouted at the top of his lungs, using the Qi to extend his voice wider.
The beasts, hearing this in the distance, turned around and started to move back towards the group that was fighting and towards Neil himself.
'These creatures, they don't seem to have great eyesight, so they're relying on their hearing. We have to make a lot of noise to get them to stay here. We can continue protecting the people, and hopefully, we can make it until the clan sends more support.'
Readying his swords again, Neil was ready to take on the larger beast by himself. He knew the wings were hard but was sure that there had to be a weak spot somewhere in the beast that was easy to hit.
"If I want to find it, I just have to face it head-on." Neil held his swords in a cross, and when the beast charged in, he did the same, running straight forward.
He kicked off his feet and started to spin his body, aiming for the mouth. The beast had opened its mouth wide as well.
The swords of Neil clanged against the teeth of the beast, but it appeared to do nothing even as shockwaves of energy were sent out. The beast continued to try and bite down, its head shaking, and so was Neil's own body as he was fighting back.
"The last thing I want to do is get eaten right here!" Neil shouted, trying to push with all his strength, but it wasn't working at all, and that's when he could see a person through the gaps, from above, for just a moment.
Right on top of its head, a large force of Qi was felt. Neil's sword broke, and his body flung out from the teeth as they were crushed together. The head of the beast crashed into the ground.
Neil was on the floor, having been chucked away from the force that he felt, and when looking at what happened, he could see a man standing there with white hair.
"That young man… wasn't he here with that other group?"
