The soldiers stared, dumbfounded.
For a moment,
no one even spoke.
The position fell deathly silent.
It was the first time the soldiers had ever seen anything like this.
The monsters had run away?!
What was that about?
On the street ahead of the position, the army of Crawlers that had been suffocating them had vanished, leaving only wreckage and foul-smelling slime.
The battle-hardened soldiers remained poised to fight. They looked at the empty street, then at Lu Xiu standing in the morning light with her longsword in hand.
It took them a long while to react.
"—What did Lu Xiu just do? Use a skill?"
"No! She just charged over, and those beasts ran like they'd seen a ghost."
"Seriously, what was that?!"
"Could it be because of Monster Hunter? I think Lu Xiu had the title Humanoid Cataclysm in the instance—"
"Huh? Can what she did in Monster Hunter affect monsters in the real world?"
"..."
For a moment,
the soldiers even forgot discipline and began discussing it.
It was simply too far beyond anything they had expected.
Lu Xiu stood where she was, looking down at the Nameless Blade in her hand. It had not even been stained with blood. Then she reached back and touched the blue ribbon fluttering behind her head.
She could not help checking the accessory's attributes again.
``` [Item: Cataclysm Hunter Medal]
[Appearance: A blue ribbon fluttering in the wind.]
[Effect (Legendary Hunter): While wearing this ribbon, all low-level monsters on the real-world stage will instinctively fear the wearer, lose their nerve, and flee. All high-level monsters, including monarch-class monsters, will most likely be cowed, reducing all attributes by 30%; there is a small chance their viciousness will be provoked, causing them to enter [Berserk], break free of the restriction, and lock