I'm Really Not A Nen Exorcist (HxH Fanfic)

Clack, clack, clack…

Amidst the cacophony of creaking bones, the deformed skeletons started to move and ran towards the army at the front in a crooked and weird posture.

Heram quickly glanced at the black, mist-like Aura floating above the deformed skeletons, then loudly ordered, "Fire!"

As soon as the words left his mouth-

The air was filled with the sound of gunfire.

Countless bullets tore through the air, raining down on the deformed skeletons manipulated by the Post-Mortem Nen.

The fierce firepower instantly tore the deformed skeleton at the front into pieces.

Each skeleton contained only a sliver of Post-Mortem Nen, which allowed them to be manipulated. However, the Nen were far too weak to employ techniques like Ten, making these skeletons vulnerable to the bullets.

In no time, large swaths of the deformed skeletons fell under the relentless firepower.

At this rate, it wouldn't take more than half a minute to clear the battlefield of the remaining skeletons.

And indeed, after half a minute of sustained fire, the thousands of deformed skeletons that had rushed out of the tomb were reduced to piles of white fragments scattered across the ground.

However-

Even though all the skeletons controlled by Post-Mortem Nen had been destroyed, the black, mist-like Aura above them hadn't dissipated.

Heram looked up at the black Aura with an extremely solemn expression.

If this Post-Mortem Nen had been so easy to deal with, his Nen Exorcism Ability should have exorcised it when he first encountered it in the tomb. There shouldn't have been a chance for the Post-Mortem Nen to grow stronger.

Moses and the others, who were watching from the side of the tent, also noticed that the black Aura above the broken bones on the ground showed no signs of weakening.

Clearly, simply destroying the manipulated skeletons wasn't enough to make the Post-Mortem Nen vanish.

This further indicated that there was something unusual about this Post-Mortem Nen.

While Heram was deep in thought, the scattered bone fragments on the ground began to tremble.

"Look! What's happening?!"

A sharp-eyed soldier noticed the trembling bone fragments and couldn't help but shouted out.

Following his exclamation, more and more eyes focused on the bone fragments on the ground.

"What the hell is this!?"

The soldiers looked at the trembling bone fragments in either fear or panic, as their lack of understanding fueled their terror.

At the next moment…

The bone fragments scattered across the ground suddenly lifted into the air, and the black Aura floating above, like a tornado, swept all the fragments together, merging them into a giant, unidentifiable mass.

At first glance, this unidentified object looks a bit like a piece of paper that has been randomly crumpled into a ball. On the surface, one can vaguely see things such as hand bones, teeth, half a skull, etc., all wrapped in a swirling black Aura.

The sudden transformation left the soldiers frozen in place with fear, and even Heram's pupils dilated in shock.

"Fire!"

Hlam suppressed the shock in his heart and ordered the soldiers to open fire once again.

He needed to reassess the strength of this unknown entity.

Despite their overwhelming fear, the soldiers still followed Heram's command and pulled their triggers.

All of a sudden, bullets flooded the sky and flew towards the irregular spherical mass composed of countless bone fragments.

However, this time, the bullets were unable to penetrate the black Aura surrounding the spherical mass, merely sparking briefly on impact.

When Heram saw this scene, he immediately understood that this level of intensity was the true form of the Post-Mortem Nen.

And the earlier dispersed Nen across the numerous skeletons had only been toying with them!

'No choice left...'

Heram took a deep breath, then placed a finger on the ten golden rings around his neck. A ray of Nen burst out from his fingertips like a flame and quickly spread to all the golden rings like wildfire.

Immediately afterwards, an eleventh ring conjured out of thin air around Heram's neck.

The intense squeezing pain caused by the sudden appearance of this new ring made Heram grunt in pain.

He endured the sensation as if his neck was about to be ripped off, then directed all of the Nen from the rings towards the bone-fused mass, which was still being bombarded by bullets, producing only sparks.

A golden surge of Nen shot from his finger and instantly turned into a huge golden ring, which wrapped around the fused bone mass and immediately began to constrict.

With each contraction, the volume of the fused bone mass become smaller.

However, at the same time, the eleventh ring around Heram's neck also tightened, as if invisible hands were squeezing his throat harder and harder.

As the golden ring continued to shrink, veins bulged on Heram's face, and he struggled to endure the relentless pain.

'So this is his Nen Exorcism Ability...'

Moses looked at Heram, who was suffering, and couldn't help but think of Eriselle.

The anorexic Nen Exorcist was also in such pain when he was performing the Nen Exorcism.

It seemed that it was also the first time Ging had seen Heram's Nen Exorcism Ability. He immediately became interested and observed intently.

As for Satotz and the others, they all looked at Heram with anticipation.

After all, this Nen Exorcist has a great reputation in the Luluci Country, so he will definitely be able to get rid of this strange thing created by the Post-Mortem Nen in front of them.

As time goes by-

The huge golden ring continued to constrict, forcing the fused bone mass to shrink to half its original size.

But Heram's neck was also shrinking.

At this point, his face had turned pale, devoid of blood, with bulging veins visible at his temples and forehead. Large beads of liquid streamed down his face, it was impossible to tell whether they were sweat or rain.

When Moses and Ging saw Heram's current state, they both realized that the situation was not good.

In this tug-of-war to exorcise the Nen, Heram was obviously about to lose.

And indeed, Heram could not hold out until the next contraction of the golden ring.

If he grits his teeth and holds on, he would surely be the one to die first.

Recognizing the outcome, Heram was forced to stop the exorcism.

The golden ring constricting the fused bone mass suddenly shattered and dissipated.

And Heram staggered and collapsed to the ground.

Ging was mildly surprised to see that Heram's failed exorcism, while Satotz and Quinn's expressions changed, as they are shocked by this unexpected result.

With the golden ring constricting it gone, the fused bone mass suddenly rolled toward the fallen Hlam.

It needed more Nen.

'Looks like it's not your average Post-Mortem Nen.'

Seeing this scene, Ging slowly pulled his hands out of his pockets as his expression gradually became serious.

Moses looked at Ging, who seemed about to make a move, and was slightly startled, and he couldn't help but think to himself, 'Could this guy also know Nen Exorcism?'

After Heram's failed exorcism, Satotz and Quinn immediately looked to Ging.

If there was anyone left to rely on, it would be this legendary Double-Star Ruins Hunter.

Under the expectant gazes of Satotz and Quinn, Ging lightly shook his hands after pulling them from his pockets.

To Satotz and Quinn, this simple motion was no different from a warm-up exercise.

That is to say-

Ging is ready to take action!

Then-

"I was so focused that my hands are a little numb."

Ging sighed as he shook his hands.

A series of question marks immediately popped up over Satz and Quinn's heads.

Shizuku and Menchi also looked at Jin with a strange look in their eyes.

But Ging paid no attention to their reactions. Instead, he slowly turned his head towards Moses.

"Why are you looking at me?"

At this moment, Moses raised an eyebrow and asked, feeling a strong sense of déjà vu.