“We can land here!” yelled the platoon as he then jumped off the helicopter.He opened his parachute and just slowly drops to the ground. The three students followed as the helicopter won’t be able to lower itself further so that it won’t be caught by the demons who are constantly jumping from the ground. As Kendrick went down with his chute open, he looked below him to see the dozens of helicopters remains, and that indicates that lowering your chopper means death. They all landed on the ground and fixed their chutes as people will land here shortly after them. The first impression Kendrick have on this place was goosebumps. He felt that it was if something was crawling up his skin. The place was dark, misty, and pretty much worn out. There were no growing plants around, just remains of the swordsmen and women who died defending this border. Swords of the fallen are scattered around this area, as if it was a graveyard. And now Kendrick knows why this place is giving him the creeps. A
A mutated demon is a demon who devoured its own kind and developed a craving for it. And since demons are not supposed to eat each other, the effects of a demon eating another will result in immense changes in the body of a demon, and that triggers the mutation. There are a lot of variants in this mutation, some grow stronger than a normal demon, and some are like this in front of the 4 swordsmen, grows uncontrollably huge. But the most terrifying mutation is that when a demon becomes human-like, can talk, can understand human languages, and have immense knowledge that can match those of a human. And since it can mutate that way, those demons who have been that way tend to learn to harness their own weapons, which makes them dangerous. However, there is one more human-like mutation that is not being disclosed to the public, including to the swordsmen and women, it is too confidential and dangerous to let everyone know about its existence. In any case, the 4 started running, as Jason f
The next day, the group are now at the first division tent that guards the hole as it is being fixed. Because of his insubordination, Kendrick is not being allowed to go anywhere further the hole, unless ordered too. The other two were left off the hook as they attacked alongside Jason. However, Jason does praise Kendrick about his victory against an odd, mutated demon, since not every student can do it. Sylvester and Tray are assigned at the center division of this platoon. They replaced the fallen swordsmen and women, and they are going to be there until the deployment ends. Meanwhile, Kendrick is just sitting with the so-called give upers as they tell their story at Kendrick. Since Jason went off to report the incident and bring some sample to the forensic team, Kendrick has left with no job and orders, so he just sat there and listened to their stories. It turns out that some of them have been here for almost a decade now, and some are witness of the sudden puncture of this hole.
It has been a week and a half since the deployment happened, and things are going smoothly for the others, except for Kendrick who is still at the entrance of the hole and is just guarding this part as he is not allowed to go inside because of his punishment that he has to suffer. But as he stays here for a week and a half, he has gotten along with the other swordsmen and women around the camp. They are teaching Kendrick everything they know so they could at least boost his experience. There are also some attacks from inside demons at the camp, and Kendrick is training with them as usual. Kendrick pities them all, even though they want to go home and come back to their families if they still have one, they can’t. Because helicopters can’t get closer to the ground, which makes it hard to go away. And even if they walked their way, the whole town central, which is the only way out by foot is crawling with demons and is serving as their nesting area. That is why they chose to stay even
Meanwhile, at the platoon where Kendra and the others are assigned, it is also being stormed by demons from all over their district. This platoon is also having a hard time, but they still can’t help but worry on what the situation is in the western borders where a hole is wide open. There are 3 students there, and the others assigned there are pure useless as they have given up all hope. The 3 students are the main force there. Jason is in the eastern borders where he was just delivering some documents, when the attack happened. He now regrets on letting the 3 students get separated and putting the other 2 at the first vanguard of the hole, which means, Sylvester and Tray are literally just 200 meters away from outside the walls. He can’t go anywhere with this kind of storm of demons, that is why, he is just wishing the safety of the three as it is the only thing that he can do right now, pray for their safety, and trust their strength. Because based on what he saw last week, the thr
“You really are crazy beyond words and normal comprehension, Griffin!” Sylvester replied.As the plan of Kendrick is not only absurd and reckless, but it is also impossible since they are still students. And they won’t even last a minute out there. But Kendrick made Sylvester choose between being eaten alive or not giving up and try every idea they have to survive.“Besides. It is only a kilometer away from the eastern gates so—”“Only?! Are you out of your mind? Out there, we won’t survive, our experience is too low, we won’t make it!” Sylvester pointed out.But it was no use on arguing with Kendrick, especially when he just made up his mind. However, the plan is just plain stupidity, and only a dumb person would do such thing, and Kendrick is one of them. Because who the hell would go out the walls without the proper experience. Only slayers have been out the walls for a certain amount of time, but this time is different. Being out there means they are just literally speeding up the
The next morning, the two went up and go their way to the east. Since they chose to stay the night because of exhaustion, it is already morning. But the thing is, it is morning, yes, but the surroundings was just dark enough to be considered as night. The two walked their way, and as they walk, they just have their guards up. Kendrick on the other hand is clearly struggling to keep his guard up due to the pain of his injury. He caught a fever last night and his injuries are just in unimaginable pain because of the coldness of the surroundings. Kendrick fees like being stabbed multiple times, and the blade have pain enhancers. In any case, he forced himself and will not let Sylvester know about this.Meanwhile, the battle at the east is now over, swordsmen and women are now resting after defeating almost all the demons inside, but some escaped and went into hiding. However, even though it is already finished, the other superiors are not letting anyone to go away as an attack is very po
Kendrick is now being operated in a medical tent at the eastern borders. Since the city is under a total lockdown, even hospitals are closed. And it was a good thing that some swordsmen and women are experts in medical works, that is why Kendrick is having a successful operation. Meanwhile, Sylvester is being questioned for their action, as they literally violated a law when they went out the walls without having a slayer license. The punishment for that law breaking act of them would be 15 years in prison, or even execution at worst. However, since Sylvester told them that they had no choice but to go around to survive, the others just let this one slide and asked everybody in this area to keep their mouths shut about this matter. But still, everyone is just surprised to see those 2 inexperienced students successfully without getting themselves killed at the first place. Because even the pros do not dare to go out there as outside the walls is just way out of their leagues. Only the