The "Sixteen Pound Cannon," as its name suggested, was a cannon. The Flesh Monsters guarding it and lighting its fuse were merely its controlled servants.
They twisted their swollen, dark-red limbs and raised their ugly heads. What they saw was this:
Death came screaming down from the sky!
BOOM—
A column of light, woven from silver and darkness, pierced the Sixteen Pound Cannon's thick, sturdy barrel. The Greater Species monster was blown apart before it could even fight back!
The force of the explosion spread across the ground. Shattered pieces of the Sixteen Pound Cannon flew like enormous chariots, sending the Flesh Monsters hurtling away and smashing them to pieces.
Perhaps it had a second phase, but after being reduced to this state, it could no longer reveal it.
A hand reached into the enormous crater and pushed aside the billowing smoke, revealing a Hunter in a tricorn hat. Two badges were pinched between the fingers of his other hand.
The Hunter Badge and the Gu Yuan Badge flipped nimbly between his fingers. Then both badges began to glow, absorbing Grudge and granting their rewards.
Hunter Badge Reward: Teleport Lantern Gu Yuan Badge Reward: Remains of the Dragon of the Flame Demon
Gelman strode out of the smoke. A wide circle around him had been cleared of Flesh Monsters by the explosion, leaving only disgusting, sticky piles of meat.
He surveyed the wreckage around him. He saw Dong, looking tense; Scylla, collapsed in her younger brother Chichol's arms; and Mshihah, covered in blood.
Looks like I made it in time.
A thick, heavy hand reached through the air, its filthy, greasy fingers spreading as it went to seize Gelman.
Gelman didn't even look at it. He swept his right hand, and a flash of the Scythe of Funeral