The entire world then slowed down for Hiro, at 9999 AGI, Hiro moved 45 seconds ahead of everyone else per tick. The angry sounds coming from the reptiles were silenced. 1000 AGI granted System users what Hiro liked to call "Bullet time".
Similar to the games he named it after, in this world, time flowed differently. Time didn't stop but changes made in this space created ripples that would affect the time outside.
Hiro who had his senses expanded to the limit noted the positions of all the monsters in the area. Every 200 points after the first 1000 AGI extended the duration of Bullet time. Thus with 8999 Hiro had 45 seconds per tick or 135 seconds in total before [Overdrive] ended. Hiro slammed his fist into the fingers of dragsaurian holding him.
The bones in the monster's fingers shattered without a fuss. What Hiro leveraged was the speed of this world. It allowed him to manifest strength beyond his maximum capabilities. He quickly retrieved his sword and got to work.
"I don't have enough time to slash them all, what can I do in the next two minutes to kill as many as possible?"
Hiro quickly thought of calamities for inspiration and found one that suited his purposes. He held out his sword in front of him and invoked the options. "[Sword Driver]. [Impact]."
Unlike outside of bullet time, Hiro saw the blade slowly increasing in length as he ran. He chopped the heads off all the monsters towards his destination. Each dragsaurian would die once bullet time ended. Due to moving too fast, the head remained attached and the blood hasn't even spilled so technically the bodies were still alive.
Arriving at the edge of the encirclement Hiro then proceeded to run with his sword held out horizontally. He then increased in speed as he became a blur and slowly veered inwards. He needed to cover over two kilometers in diameter so the man didn't waste any time. The transmigrator slashed everything he passed as he circled.
Seconds dissapeared and for an entire minute, Hiro kept running at top speed slowly moving inward. At 990 times the speed of a normal human, of course, all the monsters at the perimeter of the circle were already dead, they just didn't know it yet.
Hiro then raced towards the center and spun outward slashing everything but this time in the opposite direction. For the next minute, he ran at top speed inward going out in a tight circle.
"Now you fuckers get to see the Fujiwhara effect for two storms. If this place had the Correolis effect this would be impossible. But hey, I get to create manmade hurricanes in this Bullet time so fuck you all twice!"
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Hiro quickly then got back into his hole and kept his head down.
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When time returned to normal the sounds of thousands of bones breaking echoed all over at once like the rumbling of thunder. Fierce gales that reminded one of the hurricanes suddenly manifested in powerful currents. The fury of the mighty winds caused the bones, flesh, and blood from the monster corpses to fly into the air, creating a sanguine tornado.
The monsters who Hiro didn't get to chop to bits grew alarmed and attempted to leave the area, only to notice there were inside the hurricane. The ones that forcefully tried to leave got swept up and lacerated by the angry winds into pieces.
Frightened, the monsters then started to travel inward to get away from the outer winds. They didn't get very far till they met other dragsaurians traveling outward from the inside. Speaking in their own language they learned the opposite group was doing the same thing.
Retreating from a force of wind trying to kill them. Unable to move forward nor retreat. Both groups then heard the fierce currents approaching them. Their minds went numb when they heard it from both directions.
The Fujiwhara effect basically said that believed that should two hurricanes meet and they have the same power, like opposites they would pull each other and join together in an even bigger storm. This was a study made by a scientist of the same name from Earth.
The pulling forces increased the actual damage area of each storm as they were drawn together. Hiro aimed to leverage this effect by maximizing the Killzone he could create and by extension, locking the survivors in a cage of wind blades that tightened every second that passed.
Unfortunately, before anything else could happen suddenly both bodies of Hiro's hurricanes weakened and faded out of existence. As the once angry battleground turned silent, Hiro popped his head out of his foxhole and scanned the darkness.
Having drank an overdrive canceler Hiro felt weak but did not manifest any of the Caliber diseases. A voice that had its own reverb like a B-rank villain then spoke. "Hanareru Mitsurugi." Hearing the eerie phrase Hiro stood up and prepared himself for battle. He slowly walked towards the voice.
All the dragsaurians noticeably didn't move. They all stayed in place in a wide circle. He then saw a gigantic beast in the middle of their ranks. The monster made the dragsaurians look like toddlers. The behemoth had a lion's body and head, A black goat head coming out of its back, and a green-skinned snake for a tail.
'The Manticore.'
Preparing for the worse Hiro became befuddled by what he heard next.
"You must leave. We lack the strength to defend you. Come with me, I will take you somewhere safe. Quickly we do not have much time."
Unable to keep himself from speaking any longer, Hiro shouted in disbelief.
"WHAT THE FUCK?! Who are you protecting me from?! And why should I believe you?!"
The manticore then looked to the east as it answered.
"From the ones you traveled with. I am a servant of the Saviors and I mean you no harm. I have been waiting for you for over 5000 years. Sadly, It is too late, they have arrived."
At that moment the cavern got ripped apart from all sides. Nineteen entrances appeared around the bottom allowing light to flood in. Humans came out from the entrance and stood around them in a loosely made circle.
The sudden illumination caused Hiro to close his eyes. He vaguely noticed Starfall's devoted including Rilu surrounding him. The manticore spoke some more yet his words served only to confuse the man further.
"The ones with you, Hiroyuki Mitsurugi, are the real monsters. And this tomb is the place they choose to be your grave."
A red-haired man then raise a staff and roared in a loud voice.
"Starfall! The rapist dies today! Do I make myself clear?"
"OOOOOH!!!!!"
The Manticore on the other hand bellowed in a voice that cause the sky to tremble.
"WARRIORS OF DRAGONBLOOD! YOU WERE BORN FOR THIS DAY AND THIS DAY ALONE! ANNIHILATE ALL THE HUMANS! DEFEND THE HEAVENLY SWORD!"
*GURRLLLYAAAAA!!*
Like a tide of angry dragons, the dragsaurians fell on all fours and charged at the devoted. The high stats of both sides quickly turned the brawl into a massive melee of blades, teeth, and death. A battle between monsters suddenly began without warning with a dumbfounded Hiro at its center.
