Angel Monarch

Sera was walking down the corridor of the royal castle. Even after living here for two weeks she still couldn't believe how huge it was and also how lavish it was. Everywhere throughout the building there were vases with exotic plants, sculptures depicting people that died a long time ago, there were suits of armor as well... some of them were even made from monster materials.

2 weeks since the attempt on her and Bea's life. She still didn't feel too safe, even in this place. There were security cameras all over the place with 24/7 surveillance team watching everything, there were guards constantly patrolling or just standing in place. This was the safest place in the entire city and still Sera would feel much more secure in the wild then here.

These past two weeks everyone made progress and unlocked their Heritage fully. They even choose which monster to evolve with and currently Sera was heading to the helicopter landing pads, where the others waited for her.

She also learned more about Otto's and Sarah's abilities. Sarah couldn't change into a giant sea monster like Will, her transformation was more intricate. She could change into a water elemental, it gives her the ability to control large amounts of water and she can summon small scale storms. She can also manipulate wind to a small degree.

Otto on the other hand, well he is a dragon. He shoots fire that for some reason burns gray. He can also do a lot of other things since he is a Transcended, but he didn't want to tell her all his abilities, which is understandable.

Another surprising person was Lucy, who after the death of her brother got some amount of affinity towards it. She also unlocked her title, Winged Death. Very cool sounding and fits with her transformation. When her race change says that she will become a Deathbird whatever that is.

After readying some of the race changes Sera quickly realized that they aren't full changes. They will probably still have a human appearance, but also some permanent bodily transition.

She wasn't quite sure and no one else figured out race change before her, so she couldn't even ask someone.

Hellfire's race change is pretty obvious, demons. But Faith's is actually a bit more interesting, the power of her abilities are actually a reflection of the person she devoted to. When she changes race she will become her chosen person's shadow. What that exactly means they have no idea, but she is fine with it so who is Sera to stop her.

Clockwork will turn into a cyborg and Will into a leviathan. Those are pretty obvious, but how will they look like once they change race is a very good question.

Then there was Vicky, her race change is still a mystery. It just says 'Unknown'. Who are these 'Unknown' the Watch keeps talking about?

It wasn't easy to acquire the Heritage of Vicky and took many days camping in the wild, but eventually they figure it out. The main aspect of her power is the ability to control souls and even tame them.

As Sera walked out to the platform, there was a huge butterfly just sitting there. This monster only scary on the outside, it was actually kind of weak. Only a Tainted of the 2nd Tier, it took Vicky half a day to tame it. It could fit their whole group, it was their ride on this hunting trip.

Walking towards the huge monster, she saw the others checking their packs nearby. She went to Vicky and Bea first. She kissed Bea on the lips, then Vicky on her head. They still haven't had private time, mostly because Sera still wasn't ready, but she was making progress ever so slowly.

"Is it ready for the journey?" Vicky pouted and crossed her arms, then she raised one hand and petted the butterfly on one of its antennas. It made some weird sound that can either be satisfaction or anger.

"Mom! Her name is Pixie! You know that!" Sera smiled awkwardly and looked at Bea for support, but she just turned away and started to whistle.

'Traitor!'

"Of course I remember. How could I forget..." With a relented sigh she moved away to check on everyone.

First she moved towards Will and Sarah, they grew quite close to each other. Or at least that is what everyone thought, truth be told they seem to be always together, but no one saw them talk to each other. If they were in a relationship they could only guess.

"Are you both ready?" They simply nodded at her with emotionless faces.

'What did I even expect...'

Sera moved on towards Faith and Hellfire. At least Sera knew that they are together, but that became a bit obvious when one night Sera saw Faith walking out of his room in on of his giant shirts and nothing else.

"Are the two of you ready?" Their looks were very different. Hellfire had a small confident smile on his face, while in Faith's face was only devotion. It still felt a bit weird how she acted around her, but to unlock her Heritage, she had to act like her servant doing everything to make Sera comfortable.

"Of course! As ready as we will ever be."

"Yes, My Lady!"

With a bit tired sigh she moved on to the last two people Lucy and Clockwork. But before she could say anything a dragon that dwarfed the butterfly landed near them and transformed into a young man at the peak of his prime.

Otto walked to them and greeted everyone one by one. Once he was done he looked over the group with a cunning smile.

"This just might be the strongest group of hunters to ever exist. This hunting trip will be easy and you will return in no time."

Soon they climbed onto Pixie and were already in the air heading southward. Watching the city from the sky was amazing. Even Bea managed to keep her eyes open, but her hand was holding Sera's so much she was afraid it might break.

The first hunt will be for Hellfire. About 70 kilometers south of Castleburg there is a demonic monster. It is a Corrupted of the 1st Tier named – Blazing Devil. Going by the scouts report it is a demon of about 7 meters height, clad in some heavy armor, with four wings, a tail with a knifelike blade at the end of it and with two giant curved sword made of flame.

It definitely won't be an easy fight, but it is actually one of the least difficult from their list. With the help of Sarah and her water control, it will be even easier.

The next stop after is still even further south in a city ruin named Hannover, its about 80 kilometers from their first checkpoint.

This one will be for Clockwork and he managed to choose a giant death robot for his next evolution. It is a Corrupted of the 1st Tier as well named – Death Dealer Mk3. It is a 15 meter tall mech, with six arms each holding 6 different weapons. It also has an area of effect scan, so if you come too close it will notice you.

Even though they don't know what the six weapons exactly are, this will be the easiest fight. Even if Hellfire wouldn't get an upgrade just before the fight.

From there they will move northwest until they reach another abandoned city named Brema. The distance between the two is about 130 kilometers.

Here they will have to hunt for Lucy. They have to fight that angel of death, which Sera initially thought and then dropped, as her evolution. It is a Corrupted of the 1st Tier named – Azriel. Not much is known about it except that it wields a longsword and a shield as weapons and has powers related to death

Here they started to approach the harder fights, this one will be their toughest challenge until that point, but the next two will be even worse.

From Brema it is time to head northwest again until they reach the sea.

Somewhere in an area near the shoreline there is a gigantic sea beast. It is a Corrupted of the 2nd Tier named – Colossal Sea Devourer. There are two main issues with this monster. First they know very little of its abilities, they don't even know how it looks exactly since the scouts couldn't make sense of it.

Second is that they have no real way of fighting it. Well, most of them don't, other than Will and Sarah, they are pretty much useless in the water. But that is a problem for their future selves.

After killing that beast they will travel above water for quite a while to another shoreline.

The next one is for Sarah, who choose a Corrupted of the 2nd Tier as well, named – Storm Spirit. The scout report only said that its power is related to storms and everything they contain, they also described the spirit as a female lightning... Whatever that means.

This won't be as hard as the last one, but it will still be a hard task.

These were the first and easiest ones, for the other four they will all be Corrupted of the 3rd Tier, a significant increase in power.

But that is for later, first they had to take out there first monster, the Blazing Devil.