Drawn by scent?
Answer unknown.
"Even after eliminating these monsters, stay vigilant because they can sense our location. So right after we entered, they acted. Worst-case: nearby Brion will keep coming."
Tonpa gravely watched the eerie Brion human hosts.
His detection radar circle remained active, so before this Brion group gathered, he sensed their movement.
Initially, they weren't in one spot but gradually converged while moving towards them.
This info also made Law wonder if Brion tracked by scent.
"Prepare for combat. Before investigating details, avoid touching Brion," Law reminded as Brion approached slowly, drawing Shin from Kuro's space.
With Brion still slow-moving, Law took initiative, charging at Brion with his blade.
No [Instant], not too fast.
Ging, Uvogin, and others responsible for frontline combat followed closely, charging at Brion.
Non-combatants Sheila, Salin, etc., retreated from the combat zone, protected by Machi and others.
[White General]
Closing distance, Law decisively summoned the White General.
Unclear about Brion's true nature, he didn't plan close combat… the White General was always the best option for probing attacks.
Brilliant white light flashed… the White General's majestic form appeared before Law.
With teammates supporting behind, Law confidently placed the White General ahead, extending attack range.
The White General's appearance seemed to provoke Brion, and their movements abruptly intensified, from walking to running.
Law glanced at passage width, mentally prepared, directing the White General to slash horizontally at charging Brion.
White light passed through Brion's metal sphere heads but caused no damage.
"Huh?"
Law instantly realized why. When the White General's blade was about to strike, metal sphere heads split beforehand, creating space for the blade.
Though this attack aimed to probe, the slash speed wasn't slow. Unexpectedly, Brion reacted, like automatic sensing.
'If so.'
Law's thoughts cleared… the retracted blade struck again like lightning, targeting Brion's necks.
Facing the White General's second strike, Brion responded again, not splitting metal sphere heads but liquefying, forming neck armor, then solidifying.
'Quick response, but...' Law mused inwardly.
The White General's blade sliced through the foremost dozen Brion's metal heads like tofu.
Fresh blood sprayed from severed necks, forming small fountains.
Headless human bodies maintained momentum, ran several steps, then fell.
Metal sphere heads landing on ground suddenly extended dozens of thin tendrils, reaching towards fallen human corpses.
'Fresh blood?'
Law's attack frequency was extremely fast, giving Brion no chance. Another slash finished off those dozen Brion.
'The threat is not significant.'
Easily eliminating a dozen Brion made Law feel they were weak.
Meanwhile, Ging and others attacked remaining Brion.
Ging naturally wouldn't use his ability on Brion. His method was simple Emission application… compressing Nen into discs, then projecting.
He wasn't an Emitter, so Emission attack power weakened, but his superb control compensated.
Rapidly spinning Nen discs sliced off Brion metal sphere heads. Even if Brion dodged, they couldn't evade disc attacks.
Because Ging attached controllable Nen Threads to discs, altering trajectories.
This was refined combined Emission and Manipulation skill… an improvised move after seeing Law eliminate a dozen Brion.
Thus, Ging's expertise in other categories reached adept levels.
Typically, specialists in one category struggled to achieve this, but Ging did.
Not because he had more time, but his talent was terrifying… learning and mastery speed astonishing.
Perhaps this also made Ging's need for skills minimal, leading to developing [Rule Game]-type Nen Ability.
Pity Ging couldn't unleash 100% power in all categories like Law… otherwise, his strength would reach higher levels.
Controlling multiple Nen Discs, Ging, with minimal Nen consumption, swiftly sliced Brion necks.
Nobunaga also plunged into enemy groups. As his four-meter En deployed, his long blade unsheathed, tracing a zigzag cold light in air, slaying several nearby Brion.
Draw speed so fast Brion couldn't react… metal sphere heads directly crumbled into liquid, drenching human bodies, then collapsing.
"Law."
As Uvogin passed Law, he extended a hand.
Law understood, immediately taking the Nyoi-Bo from Kuro's space, tossing it to Uvogin.
Uvogin caught the staff, laughed loudly, channeling copious Nen into it.
Instantly, the staff in his grasp elongated and thickened… he could only hold it by embracing.
Embracing the enlarged, thickened staff, he swung it, creating fierce gusts, savagely sweeping towards charging Brion.
Seeing Uvogin's reckless move, Law and Ging couldn't stop in time, watching as Uvogin swept remaining Brion towards a passage wall.
Boom!
With a deafening sound, the staff crushed remaining Brion against the wall, flattening them.
"Haha, satisfying!"
Uvogin ceased continuous Nen infusion, retracting the shrinking staff. Silver residue and red flesh paste smeared the passage wall… utterly dead.
Over a hundred Brion hosts didn't last three rounds against Law's group. International Permit Agencies' team members were all Nen Users, yet they couldn't crush Brion hosts.
Individual strength mattered, but key was numbers.
Law, Ging, even Beyond.
They all knew the Dark Continent differed from Six Continents' magical territory and secret area… here, numbers didn't equal strength, only made teams cumbersome.
If the International Permit Agencies knew Law's group easily eliminated over a hundred Brion, how would they feel?
"Uvogin, you..."
In the passage, Law was about to remind Uvogin not to be so reckless when another dull sound came from afar.
Everyone looked towards the sound's origin.
'The International Permit Agencies' doing?'
'But clearly not as loud as this idiot Uvogin's.'
Everyone looked helplessly at Uvogin, who is still excited.