Black Sun's Wings and Copper Plague Go Scavenging (Monthly Votes, Please!)

I have to seize this chance to step into the light! Rain resolved.

From their earlier dealings and what he had heard recently, Rain knew Evan's character. He also knew the reputation of the Rhine Demon Hunter Faction.

They were a relatively chivalrous Demon Hunter faction that did things by the book.

That was enough for Rain to make his decision.

After all, it was enough to prove the faction could be trusted.

Unlike working with other factions, he would not end up as a disposable resource, reduced to fuel for someone else's growth.

With that thought, Rain flicked his hand.

Water gathered in his palm, as though he had wrung it straight from the damp spring air.

It flowed swiftly up his arm and soon wrapped his body in a shimmering film.

The morning sunlight refracted through the water.

Rain's form immediately grew indistinct, his outline wavering as though seen through a flowing stream.

By then, the two other researchers on the ground had recovered their senses.

They tore off their clothes, shredding their once-respectable shirts and waistcoats into scraps across the ground.

A hideous mouth grew from the chest of the researcher on the left. The moment it opened, a barrage of sharp Bone Spikes shot toward Rain.

But in the next instant, something strange happened.

The Bone Spikes struck Rain and passed straight through him, thudding into the trees behind him.

At the same time, Rain swung his fist.

Though he appeared to be two meters away, the punch smashed the researcher's head apart.

This was the Beyonder Characteristic Rain now wielded.

His branch of the Demon Hunter tradition focused primarily on underwater combat.

And to bring out one's full strength in water, the core ability was control over water.

Rain's inherited Demon Hunter techniques included one