“Um, sir. How are we going to remove all of this?”Harold had this sheepish smile, gesturing at the plants, trees, and shrubs that had completely taken over the pocket dimension that he created.The entire area now looked like an indoor forest straight out from a children’s novel.Chris playfully grinned, then snapping his fingers together. In an instant, every single flora that was there began shrinking, contracting, and crawling into the make shift ground that was there, returning to their seedling forms.“Now that’s taken care of, maybe we can talk properly.”He states, clapping his hands to get everyone’s attention.All the people there were gaping in awe, except for the bartender and young officer who had become immune to the man’s abilities.“What do you want with us?”It was the healer Julie that spoke, tearing up as she looked at them.That only made all three of them frown at one another, while the trio whom they had spoken to ended up face palming themselves.“Who sent you?
After a few hours of driving and they finally arrive at their destination, from the road, they looked down on the buildings that were being taken over by the lush greenery surrounding it.It resembled the one that was in the city, much like the main headquarters of the research department.White walled, intricate architecture that had a mix of futuristic design and durability against attacks. It boasted several large concrete buildings that faced each side of the compass.“So that’s the place. Seems to have been abandoned for quite some time.”Chris rubbed the bottom of his chin as he contemplated on the setting and surroundings of the area.Also, he could feel something off about it, which was the reason they stopped there.“Three years to be exact, sir.”Harold was checking on his phone to make sure that he had the proper information to give.That only caused the private officer’s face to turn even more dark, as a thought crossed his mind at the mention of it.“Why built it near a l
“We’re going to split up into three. Will start off with a scouting party, then a main, and last would be our backup and emergency get away, in case we need to call for help or inform the authorities.”Chris explains his strategy after a few minutes of deliberating with his two companions.There was something definitely blocking him, and this was the only way to confirm it.It troubled him that no matter what he tried to do, he couldn’t get a grasp of the surroundings, all because he was still unaccustomed to their world’s rules. It limited his powers to the extent of uselessness.“Then how will we divide our manpower, sir?”Harold asks.Glancing at the rowdy bunch of youngster that were all gathered up in front of them.He was no soldier, but he was aware of what he got into, and prepared for it, unlike the youngsters they were with, which made him worry about their fighting capacity.“We have to consider the role and job to balance the teams. For the first team, we will have Oliver
“Isn’t sir Chris being too cautious?”Melo started chattering after a few hours of walking.They’d been traversing the forest for an entire hour now and all they encountered were trees, birds, some snakes, and the extremely giant insects flying around.The only noise that was there were the crickets and chirping of frogs, that seem to echo through the place non-stop.“Yeah, I mean, would it not have been better if we all stick together?”Kyles second it, having his own thoughts on it. He pauses when a large mosquito suddenly went straight for his face, causing him to fumble his hands to smack it away.“True, power in numbers.”Bryce added, to give his own two cents on it.His companions stopped talking because they were now running around, trying to escape from the numerous insects that were bothering them.“Well, there were nine of you and only three of us. Yet, you lost. What do you think would have happened if we were there to kill you?”Oliver cleared that out.From his own perspe
“Damn it, how come I ended up being left here? I could fight too.”Arnold grumbled.The lad was sitting on top of the cliff, looking down on the forest where their friends had disappeared.He was pouting, mumbling the same word over again while he pulled the grass on the ground.Harold heaved a sigh. It had been almost two hours, and the young man continued to mope about the whole thing.He checked the device that they had brought. Luckily, Oliver was prepared for this sort of stuff, so they weren’t moving blindly.Upon looking at it, the reconnaissance teams were still close to each other. He listens in on his walkie-talkie, no noise.Since there seems to be nothing of note, he takes that time to calm and ease the youth’s displeasure, feeling sorry for the kid.“Sir Chris was only maximizing the most effective groups.”He states after a few minutes of contemplating.After thinking of what the private had thought, it was not that hard to notice the reason behind his decision.The lad
“That’s not good.”Chris reached out his palm to brush the dark glass looking wall that blocked their route. It covered a huge portion of the area and seem to reach quite the height.It felt cold to the touch and somewhat tingly. It was rubbery in texture but solid enough to not bend.“We got separated.”Dereck roared, slamming his fist on the thing that had appeared right in their path. It came out in a blink of an eye that they could hardly do anything.Even though it looked darkly transparent, they could no longer see their friends who were on the other side.“What the hell is this?”Julie knocked on it, it didn’t seem as fragile as glass cause their other two companions continued to pummel at it with no effect.“It looks like some kind of pocket dimension, similar to Harold’s, but different in a sense.”Chris pondered, tilting his head since he noticed something odd from the trees that were on the other side of it.None of them looked alike any of the local flora there, and the on
From the mist, more giant insect like beast kept appearing, one after the other.The monstrosities were surrounding them, forcing them to push through while fighting, that they could barely catch their breaths.“Where are they coming from?”Kyle grumbles, while continuously chopping and kicking at every creature that tried to jump at them. Being the fastest among them, they charged him with going to each of their sides to minimizing the enemies’ numbers to the best he could.“I don’t know?”Bryce grumbled he had released all three of his beast summons, a black, white, and gray horned wolf, in order to make sure that they do not get overwhelmed.“Stay in formation!”Oliver orders.As the designated leader, he took into the fronts, dawning his full equipment mode to take the enemy’s head on, plowing through every single one of them with a slash and slam of his shield and sword.The moment the creatures appeared, he knew they could no longer hang in there. They needed to find their enemi
“Everybody okay?”Harold asks, looking at each and everyone of the youth that was with him.All three were still coughing from the smoke, daze and shocked, they were all panting as they tried to take in as much air.Luckily, he could react fast enough, ordering Daniela to create a sphere force field about the size of a basketball.“I didn’t think we’d survive that.”The girl struggled to breathe, gurgling when she felt her insides still rolling.The blast had thrown them out into the forest, into a bush where they remained hiding, allowing them an accidental escape.“Good thing you had that idea. I did not think that was possible, fitting so many people in a small defense, and because of that, we fortified the force field tenfolds.”Arnold tries to laugh off the near death experience. Thanks to that, they could withstand the blast that the attacker let out.Because of of shrinking the defensive shield, their friend could recreate it about several times over, creating a more resilient