Star Rank Hunter

>To that end, she was willing to detonate the bomb and destroy the entire ship including herself.
She would be dead if she failed the mission anyway.
In that case, she might as well take everyone down to the grave with her.

Blue Phantom rushed Cillin as soon as she asked her question, blue laser blades jutting out of her hands in just the blink of an eye.
Her eyes were just as cold and merciless as he remembered it.
Right now, her only objective was to detonate the bomb in the reactor room, and Cillin was the obstacle to be eliminated!Zzzt—To her surprise, Cillin pulled out a thin, black blade and blocked both of her weapons because they could carve him into pieces.
That surprise turned into shock when she realized what she was looking at.“It’s you!”Despite her words, Blue Phantom didn’t actually recognize Cillin as the prey she nearly killed a long time ago.
No, it was the blade she wielded that she recognized.You’re the one who killed Oskulos!That was what she was trying to say.Alarm bells rang in Blue Phantom’s head as she mustered her laser blades once more and swung them so fast that it looked as if she was weaving a web of pure light.
But unlike an actual web of light, this one would carve Cillin into many tiny pieces if he was even a little careless.
Already, her blades had carved many crisscrossing patterns on the walls.Cillin wasn’t wearing his Armor.
He didn’t use his Water Bullet gun or his Purgatory Thunder Snake either.
Fighting Blue Phantom with only his blade, he defended every strike while slowly backing away from her.At first glance, it looked like Cillin was being pushed back by Blue Phantom.
However, the killer knew that that was not the case.
It was because his blade was always in the perfect position to block her laser blades no matter the number, angle or speed of her attacks.It’s not the same.
The first time he fought Blue Phantom, her blue blades had struck fear into his heart.
Back then, he had found no opening he could possibly exploit to overcome them; possessed nothing he could possibly use to even defend himself against the deadly beams.
That was no longer the case, however.
Forget intimidating him to the point of running, the blue blades now felt as ordinary as a pair of kitchen knives.
They could whale on him until the end of time itself, and he was confident that they still wouldn’t be able to harm a hair on his body.It wasn’t that the blue blades were any less intimidating than they were before.
It was just that this level of intimidation was no longer enough to suppress his spirit.
Blue Phantom wasn’t aware of this, but Cillin felt like a machine functioning at a level she could not possibly comprehend right now.
No matter how fast she swung her blades, no matter how complicated the moves she used, he was able to memorize it all, predict it all, and counter it all in just an instant.Zzzt zzt zzt zzzt—The blue blades made this sizzling noise every time they clashed against Cillin’s blade or gouged into the walls.
The concentrated energy being emitted by the weapons were no joke either.
He could feel his skin prickle every time it got close.However, Oskulos’ blade was truly incredible.
Not even an enhanced plasma blade was able to put a single dent on it.Cillin blocked both of Blue Phantom’s blue blades again, but unlike usual, he jumped away from her instead of standing his ground.
As if on cue, another two pairs of blue blades appeared out of seemingly nowhere and carved deep into the walls of the passage!Blue Phantom didn’t just have two hands.
She just rarely needed to use all six of them.
Of course, each one was wielding a deadly laser blade as well.

Blue Phantom was certain that the surprise attack would catch Cillin off guard, but forget killing the commander, it didn’t even burn the fabric of his suit.
This made her realize that there was little chance she would be able to defeat Cillin, and that extending the fight would only be a waste of time.
She immediately decided to retreat and find another opportunity to infiltrate the reactor room or just destroy the starship another way.Unfortunately, the thought had just crossed her mind when suddenly, she felt chilled to the core.
It was as if the air around had suddenly turned into solid ice.
Every nerve in her body was shaking so hard she almost didn’t know how to react.
In fact, pure instinct had taken over as she bent all six of her arms to form a defensive web of slashes in front of her.
It was a reflex she had formed after countless life-and-death battles.Boom!Blue Phantom’s eyes widened in utter shock as her three left arms were severed from their sockets.
The attack was so swift that she had not been able to react to it at all.
The laser blades winked out of existence as soon as they clattered against the floor, leaving behind only the severed limbs.“You—”That was all she managed to say before a crack appeared from the right side of her neck and stretched all the way down to her left waist.
Blue blood darker than even her blue skin began gushing out earnestly.Why?Blue Phantom knew she would have to give it her all from the moment she recognized Oskulos’ blade.
After all, he was the man who had killed Oskulos, and the resulting fight had only served to strengthen her belief.
However, it wasn’t until that final blow that she realized that the commander hadn’t been using his full strength at all.
At that moment, she felt as if she was facing Oskulos himself, the man who stood on the same level as her boss, Nebelah.Why would he drag out the fight until now when he could’ve ended me in one strike? Did he think this a game?!That wasn’t the only question in her mind.
She did not understand why the man who killed Oskulos would willingly rot away in an insignificant B Squadron of Vanguard.
She did not understand how no one in GAL had noticed how big of a threat Cillin had become.
How was it possible for a Star Rank Hunter to walk among them while remaining under everyone’s radar?Unfortunately, Blue Phantom would never find out the answer.If they knew that their target was protected by such a threat, Nebelah himself and combatants stronger than her would’ve carried out the mission.
At the very least, they wouldn’t have sent the three of them over to die a dog’s death…Just like Laton, Blue Phantom had completely forgotten about the young man whom she had given chase and nearly killed back in that level one prison.But Cillin had never forgotten them.Cillin put away his blade and made a hand gesture.
A robot slowly manifested into view not far behind him.“Carry her.”“Acknowledged, commander.”Blue Phantom’s eyes were wide open with shock and disbelief when the robot went over to carry her.
She did not know Cillin was this strong until it was too late, and she never received answers for her final questions before she died.
Of course she wouldn’t be able to rest in peace.

While the robot was dragging Blue Phantom, Cillin turned around and looked into the reactor room.
There, a cat was sitting at the entrance while nodding off as if it could fall asleep at any moment.
Scratch that, it was actually asleep.Tsk.
This might be the only cat, no, sentient being in the entire universe who could doze off with a ship bomb right next to it!Earlier, Cillin had instructed Wheeze to guard the reactor room and ensure that the bomb did not go off.
Its ears twitched, and its eyes opened when Cillin walked up to the gray cat.
It then let out a huge yawn that revealed some very suspicious-looking substance between its teeth.“How many did you swallow?” Cillin asked.“I don’t remember.
Two? Maybe three?” Wheeze yawned again before lifting its butt and stretched for a good couple seconds.
After giving its fur a good tussle, Wheeze shot Blue Phantom a glance and said, “You’re done? Awesome! Let’s meet up with Czedow and the others already.”The gray cat could hardly wait.“Let’s take care of the ship destroying bomb before we go anywhere, hmm?” Cillin said before lifting Wheeze by the nape.
Then, he walked back into the reactor room.With Wheeze’s help, Cillin was able to disarm the bomb in just a short time.
For obvious reasons, no one (except a certain cat) could relax until the bomb was fully disarmed.Half an hour later, Cillin handed the disarmed bomb to another robot.
The robot then threw it out of the starship.“We can demand compensation, right Cillin?” Wheeze asked while stretching its claws.“But of course.”At the training grounds, the A Squad members were standing in a circle and discussing something.
Czedow and Shusag were still busy tidying up the place, and Snowball was playing happily with itself.Suddenly, Czedow glanced at the entrance and said, “Cillin’s back.”As if on cue, everyone in the room turned toward the entrance at the same time.Footsteps began ringing from the corridor.
It was mixed with the incessant chattering of a certain fat cat.
A short while later, the duo finally stepped into the light.Shusag relaxed when he gave the commander a look over and found him to be perfectly fine.Mogas immediately ran up to Cillin while cheering, “Commander! You sure took your—”The young man was about to say something when he suddenly noticed that Cillin wasn’t alone.
Specifically, there was a robot behind him dragging a corpse he recognized just a second later.
He wasn’t the only one who was speechless when the corpse was brought into the training grounds.That’s the third one…