"Good luck to all of you" Said the Captain of the Fifth group to which the first captain sneered.
"There is no such thing is luck. In this foreign
land even if you had luck you wouldn't able to survive especially when you have weak members in your team. The only once who survive in this land is the strong and the mighty while the others can only cling to them" The first Captain sneered as he eyed all the members of the Fifth group and suddenly gaze at the black haired girl in his team who was now holding her head low.
"Now this isn't a competition, where here to gather resources, to help the citizens that needs it. I hope that anyone from the treasured land city will come back with his arms intact... farewell" The Third Captain or mostly known as Captain Chen said as he ignore the first Captain early remark as he encouraged his team and the others as well.
The first, third, eleven and five were the first group that bravely move forward as they started to scattered around. Each members of the goups were given a tracking device on their boots for keeping their tabs. If they really move and search for something, as also to know their location if some of them might loss while the captains/leaders were given a tablet that is connected to their member's tracking device.
Captain Li was very uncertain of the outcome of this expedition. He had a nagging feeling that there is something about to happen very bad. Captain Li gesture his subordinates to move as he check the tablet if it's working while walking the mossy streets of this fallen land. Each step near them to their impending doom, and each intake of their breath attracts disaster. A catastrophe that is hidden in the depths of this fallen country.
Eludione walk slowly and surely as he take a breath and exhale a shaky pattern. While the groups were slowly fading in the background. The Second and Fourth decided to join each other while the rest wasn't. They knew the bigger you are in numbers is what danger attracts the most while the others think in a different way.
"Oh man.. look at this buildings they look
utterly destroyed. I hope we don't end up like them" Hambris comment.
"Well.. we can't expect to be grand so you gotta expect it to be worse.." Elias said as he put his sword back in the scabbard.
"Elias said is true. We can't afford to be easygoing in the outside world. Especially the city speak to it's self" Venus agreed as she gesture using her head on the city. Captain Li maintain his cool as he walk and didn't say any word.
Eludione on the other hand keep his apathetic appearance as he walk besides them while listening to what their talking. Hambris is the only laid back and talkative as he sprout nonsense to everything he sees that looks weird like the statue on a fountain that loss it's face or the fake skeleton that was holding a beer with its creepy smiling skull.
Throughout this so called adventure. Hambris words. They didn't find anything useful or weird as they only experience a minor injury to which Hambris broke his ankle while he was skipping until he slipped, technically he was drunk at that time. The expedition runs safely and smoothly as they were lucky to finally get something useful. A working toaster to which they found in a creepy looking house.
"Well that is unfortunate, after the toaster i though we could get something more but i didn't expect this place only got one gem... everything in here is utterly wrecked" Hambris exclaim to which Venus and the others agreed.
"We need to find a suitable place to rest. it's starting to get dark outside" Captain Li said to which the group nodded in agreement.
"I definitely agree. I can't sleep here, even if you paid me one gold card... this place gives me the creeps" Venus remark.
(THE GIRL NAME LEI)
While the group search for a better place to stay for the night. The 1st group, 500 miles away from Captain Li and his companions location. Led by their demanding and ambitious Captain Spark. His subordinates were force to search something, anything that please the Captain or worth showcasing.
Even though the girl with black hair and fair complexion was tired. She couldn't stop her search because she needs to prove the Captain that she is worthy although she only had a gamma ability type than her other members who are ranging from beta to alpha ability users.
Her eyes momentarily shine as she saw a glowing piece of item on the scattered wrecked items inside a gap on the wooden floor of a wrecked building. It was dark yet she didn't feel any fear as she tried to reach this piece of shiny item.
Inch by inch her fingers near this item was also the intake and exhale of breath she made. For this item she got to be brave and determine as she tried to reach it.
"Almost..." She whisper to herself
"Come on Lei, you got this..."
"A little further i can almost feel it"
"YES!" She exclaim as her hand got a hold of it's glassy surface and pull her hand... but there is a force that keeps her from fully gaining this crystal looking item. It's seems like an antenna was attached to it. She pulled and pulled to it but it wouldn't budge.
Sweat was now forming from her forehead as she pull the thing out with her might. Six pull later but the thing was still attached to whatever it is attached with. She is almost giving up when a though struck in her head like lighting. She pull out a dagger from her waist and give a quick slash to it's antenna but once the crystal thing was detach from whatever it is attached from. A sickening growl like scream was heard from her back. That made her body entirely shook. She quickly turn her head to where the sound came from and what she saw almost kill her from sight. A beast with pale gray scale as skin, six human like eyes with different shades of color that range from black to blue, tentacles like legs with finger like tendrils on its end, and tiny spike like horns on it's head. The sickening wide grin from this monster was truly horrifying as it shows it's incomplete teeth that are sharp enough to bite her into shred while the gums of this monster is black as charcoal black that emits a rancid smell...
The stench of death...