SSS-Rank Awakening: My Talent Multiplies Everything novel Chapter 116

Chapter 116: The Aftermath(Super Gift Bonus Chapter.)

Victor Smith listened to the soldier’s question before slowly turning his gaze toward the retreating beast horde. His brows furrowed slightly as he watched countless monsters flee across the plains without any intention of looking back.

Their formation had completely collapsed. Their alpha was dead. Whatever courage had driven them to assault the fortress had disappeared the moment Kael crushed the giant ape beneath his fists.

After a brief silence, Victor slowly shook his head.

"No."

His voice carried the same authority as before, calm yet unquestionable.

"Let them run."

"The remaining beasts no longer pose a threat. Their morale has completely broken. Chasing terrified prey across the plains would only exhaust our forces for little gain."

The soldiers exchanged glances before nodding in agreement. None of them questioned the order. They were already drained to the limit. Many were wounded, while others had exhausted nearly all of their mana. Pursuing the scattered remnants of the horde simply wasn’t worth the risk.

Victor shifted his attention toward the fortress.

"Get the medics to the wounded immediately. Prioritize the critically injured. Have the recovery teams begin securing the battlefield and..."

His voice gradually slowed.

"..."

No.

He didn’t stop because he was thinking.

He stopped because the person he had intended to speak about was no longer there.

Victor’s eyes instinctively swept across the battlefield.

The colossal corpse of the giant ape still lay where it had fallen. Mountains of beast corpses stretched across the plains. Craters scarred the earth as far as the eye could see, while countless pools of blood painted the battlefield in shades of crimson.

Yet...

The young man standing atop that mountain of corpses only moments ago had vanished without anyone noticing.

Victor blinked.

"Gone..."

A complicated expression surfaced on his face.

The battlefield was empty.

Only carnage remained.

Just the sheer amount of the destruction alone was enough to make even seasoned hunters feel uncomfortable.

One could already imagine the nightmare awaiting the recovery crews.

Cleaning this battlefield would likely take weeks.

Perhaps even longer.

And even after every corpse was removed and every crater filled, the overwhelming stench of blood and death would linger for months.

Strangely enough...

That wasn’t entirely a bad thing.

Victor looked toward the endless forest beyond the walls.

The scent of death left behind by such overwhelming slaughter would spread for miles. Monsters possessed instincts far sharper than humans. The overwhelming aura of death saturating the battlefield would make countless wandering beasts instinctively avoid this region.

At least for a while...

The fortress would enjoy an unusual period of peace.

Meanwhile, the person responsible for everything had already slipped back into the crowd as though nothing had happened.

The atmosphere inside the fortress had completely changed.

Only minutes ago, despair had filled every street.

Now...

Cheers erupted one after another.

Hunters embraced one another.

Some laughed so hard tears rolled down their faces.

Others simply collapsed onto the ground, thanking every deity they believed in for allowing them to survive.

The beast horde had been defeated.

The giant ape was dead.

The remaining monsters had fled.

Against every expectation...

They had lived.

Kael quietly walked through the celebrating crowd without drawing any attention to himself.

He didn’t find the emotional outburst strange.

On the contrary...

He understood it perfectly.

Most of these people had already accepted death the moment the alarm sounded. They had watched that endless tide of monsters approach the fortress and believed today would be the last day of their lives.

When someone prepared themselves to die only to discover they would continue living...

Relief naturally followed.

And sometimes relief came in the form of tears.

Kael paid little attention to the celebrations.

Instead, he closed his eyes briefly.

Deep within his mind, he felt the faint connection linking him to the two Nether Sentinels hidden inside Lyra’s shadow. The bond immediately revealed her exact location.

Without hesitation, he changed direction and began making his way through the crowd.

It didn’t take long before he spotted her.

Lyra was still standing together with Jonathan’s team. Everyone wore relieved expressions after surviving the ordeal, though Kael quickly noticed one familiar face missing.

Ezra.

He wasn’t surprised.

Before either of them could continue, Betty suddenly folded her arms while looking Kael up and down. 𝘧𝓇ℯ𝑒𝓌𝑒𝑏𝓃𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭.𝒸ℴ𝓂

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