Chris kept his eyes open for anything suspicious. The moment they entered the mist, the ringing plagued his mind. It didn’t cause any kind of pain, though it annoyed him, as he could not focus.
He let his gaze wander out, peeking into the small window in the armored vehicle, to see if there was any other odd thing. But the cover of the fog made it quite difficult.
There was still electricity within the place, which meant that it had a connection to the outside. Abandoned and hardly visible, the entire town seemed like those places in a horror movie.
A few other armored vehicles wandered in and out of there as they had the chance to encounter patrols that were coming out from there.
“What do you want to do, chief?”
Sergeant Rodrigo asks, he along with the full security
“Chief, are you sure you want to go here? There’s hardly anything around this place.”Rodrigo asks, seeing that there was nothing special happening on the device. The thing only showed a blank slate, not a sign or blink of any life moving within five hundred meters.Their group was trekking the nearby woods, far from the town area. Though the equipment wasn’t giving any kind of change, the ringing inside Chris’s head continued to become stronger as they got deeper.Even without the help of the machines, he could sense something creeping within the shadows. Of course, he can’t understand why it was not showing on the radar.“I was told there were beasts lurking around the mist, so what better place to look for them than in a forest?”Chris
“Masks on!”The shadows started releasing a purple smoke towards them. Uncertain of what it was, they put on their gas masks and began retreating further into the woods.Three men remained close by Chris’s side, staying within the range of one another, while their remaining companions continued to shoot at the unknown beings that chased them.“Sergeant, we mustn’t go any further.”Chris was getting a foreboding feeling the deeper they got into the forest. It caused every hair on his skin to stand. His knees were shaking from that risk and tension that was increasing.“Where else can we run?”One of their vanguards screamed aloud, catching up to them because of how slowly they moved. It was unavoidable, c
Uncertain if everything was real or not, Chris stayed silent as they hoisted him up from the pit that he was in. The person didn’t even exert any force, using only a single hand to pick him up as if he did not weigh a thing.He remained observing, trying to distinguish his rescuer. There were three of them, each wore glimmering armor, which shined like scales, having the shape of a beast for its helmet. It looked medieval, and they stood at almost seven feet tall, carrying swords, shields and spears that had intricate designs he could only see on games.They were busy poking and tinkering with his equipment, probably curious of the continues blinking and beeping sound that wa
“Die, you foul hell spawn!”Rombos jumped at it, slashing his sword at the thing. The beast instantaneously deflected the attack, swaying to the side to use the thick surface of its scale.It retaliated by swinging its massive rear like a whip, smashing straight to the ground. Rocks flew left and right as the earth cracked and rumbled.“Cortus, watch out for its tail!”The leader shouted as the youngest one targeted the creature’s back, without so much as a care for the part that the enemy boasted. “Damn this beast!”Rombus grunted, almost breaking his sword with that last swing. Once again, he got thrown when the beat swung its body.They barely scrape the scale near its heart, which was a crucial part in defeating the wyrm.This entire battle proved too much for just the three of them, considering that they were unprepared for an enemy as big as this one.“If only the others were here.”Cortus whined, nearly lost for breath. The youngster was holding out well, even if this was, in fact, his first patrol. Though it would have been better if they did not encounter such a creature.“We don’t have a choice. We’re just a scouting party.”Asron states, trying to clariThe Matriarch Chapter 29 New worlders
Somehow they averted the worst, though Chris didn’t want to butt in on the situation, understanding the repercussion that it could bring him, but because of how the group was being overpowered, he made the choice of helping. Hoping for the possibility that they will think of him as an ally. It was better than the latter, which was getting eaten by that gigantic serpent.Now all he had to face was the people that were jumping in joy at their accomplishment. If you could call that, cause they weren’t really able to kill that thing. He would have been more relaxed if that was the case, since he wouldn’t have to worry about it coming back for him.
The small village bedazzled Chris, feeling refreshed to see such a peaceful sight. Houses made of wood, with only the lower portion, were stacked with stone. Trees still covered a large part of the area, and there were a lot of children almost the same height as he was running all over the place.A group of villagers greeted them the moment they arrived. Asron’s wife was pregnant, yet quite radiant. Rombus had a nagging lady, along with two kids, while Cortus had both his parents.Everyone was glad to see the three return unharmed, giving them praise and greeting that it took a while for them to notice him.“And who might you be, little one?”Asron’s wife asks. The woman had long hair reaching up to her waist. The females seem to have less sharp teeth, and their horns were like skin disco
The villagers continued to celebrate through the night, proud of their warriors’ achievement and safety. It seems they considered such a thing an impressive feat.If they were in his world, everyone would have done the same, if they beat off such a powerful enemy like that.Chris shivered when the memory of that bloodlust crawled into his mind. The incident brought up questions he’d been harboring in his thoughts for the longest period. As it all started from the time that he was being experimented on.He remembered the moment wherein he introduced himself to Wolfenstein and some other