The group, quickly realising they were lost went up to a soldier to ask where they were. Fortunately, the soldier was incredibly nice to them, he knew what it was like to be lost, he's been there before.
"You're currently near the dining hall, if you want to go to the main area you should walk that way," the soldier said, pointing east, "After a while, there will be a large road used for transporting vehicles, go left and you should make your way to the area".
"Thank you!" Lachlan shouted before running off.
The rest also thanked the soldier and began running, following Lachlan. Some of them realised he was faster then he appeared. Only some of them weren't able to keep up, that some included Simon who felt more frustrated.
But fortunately for him, he wasn't alone, Phoebe was also struggling to keep up. And she couldn't even summon her beasts to help since there was no water anywhere, it was pointless to try but she kept on going.
After a bit, they finally found the large road and it was large. It felt as though it was an airport runway, which did make a bit of sense, they were transporting a lot of weapons and supplies.
They followed the soldier's instructions and went left, they continued to go their previous pace, flying by everyone else.
The soldiers in the area were surprised and laughed when they saw the people running. They all knew what had happened, almost everyone has been in a situation where they're lost. Then the moment they get told directions they run.
It didn't take long, only 30 seconds before they arrived at what appears to be a large port, and to the side was an enormous shed-like structure. Likely where they stored the boat which felt reassuring considering that the ocean is apparently and death zone now.
The door was wide open with a young female soldier in front of it. Lachlan quickly analysed her and knew her name was Barbara. She had fairly long brown hair that was put into a ponytail, hazel eyes and was roughly 5'3 which meant she was taller then Lachlan.
She was a fairly normal soldier, just unfortunate that her compatibilities are low.
They waved and walked over to her, "Welcome, this will be the place where we will depart from, everything you need has already been packed in bags," She was incredibly friendly, her voice was smooth as well.
Looking behind her through the door they could see a large ship, one that had canons on the top. It was exterior was of special steel, it looked solid, giving the group some more confidence. Of course, Phoebe had some other ideas.
"So is that the ship we'll be on?" Lachlan asked. He quickly realised how stupid of a question that was, it was one of the only ships there.
"Indeed, its one of our very best Warships, we want this mission to have the highest chance of success," Barbara explained with a hint of pride in her voice as she looked towards the warship.
"Huh, suppose that's the least you could do," Simon said with his arrogance on high. Barbara seemed a bit annoyed at that comment but was already informed by her superiors that he was amongst the group.
"Still have that arrogant attitude," Lachlan quickly remarked.
Simon shut up and looked around, he noticed a few people on the boat with a checklist in their hands and a few on the ground.
"What are they doing?" Simon said, pointing towards the soldiers.
"Obviously they're checking the conditions of the ship, we want to limit the number of unexpected situations," she said. Barbara found it to be a bit of a stupid question, more stupid then Lachlan's question.
"Fair enough," Simon replied.
"Hey! What are you guys doing?" Phoebe said as she rushed over, she had been exhausted so she took a breather by the edge of the port.
"Talking to the soldier, asking a few questions," Lachlan explained.
"Now that everyone's here we should get your gear," Barbara said, she began leading the group to a small room in the corner.
She opened the door, inside were 7 large bags, each having a name on them.
Everyone went to their own bag and opened it up, they then began looking through, seeing that they got.
The first thing everyone noticed was the large tent on the bottom of the bag. Once they opened it up they noticed some clothes, some light clothes and then some warm ones. Inside a pocket to the side was some toothpaste and a toothbrush. There was also a comb, some deodorant and moisturiser.
They looked inside the other pockets and found shampoo, conditioner and body wash.
Moving around the clothes they saw a folded-up swag, with some blankets next to it.
They quickly put everyone back neatly and zipped the bag up before picking it up, Lachlan realised the bag weighed about 30kg, but that amount of weight didn't cause him any discomfort. He looked to the side and his expression turned to shock.
Zoe had a small frog in her hand which was weird enough, everything should have grown massive. That's when he saw the unique thing about it. Zoe placed it next to the bag, its mouth opened wide then extended, it swallowed the bag in one bite.
Everyone else noticed and were just as shocked. They were also shocked by the fact that the bag wasn't visible inside the frog, it was many times large, they should at least see something.
'Analyse'
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Name: Bag (Carrier frog)
Age: Elder
Attribute: Water/Space
Grade: Normal
Innate Talent: 5th Grade
Level: 5
STR: 32(+5), AGI: 34, VIT: 35(+10)
INT: 33, PER: 39(+10), WIL: 28
Weakness: Weak Defence
Strengths: Internal Space Storage, Complete Camouflage within Water
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'Wha' Lachlan was stunned. This frog was extremely unique, all while being incredibly weak. Lachlan felt that it was weird that the frog evolved this way, there wasn't much it could do to survive aside from living its life in water.
'Can we eat it' Lachlan heard the Rocs remark, he felt as though they were salivating at the thought.
'No you can't eat it, that is someone's tamed beast' Lachlan felt as though he could see his Rocs put their head down in disappointment. It gave him a good little giggle.
Zoe saw everyone stare at her with a shocked expression and felt a bit proud, "You guys want the frog to carry your stuff as well?"
"How much room is in the frog?" Lachlan could see that it was space storage but had no idea what that meant or how much space it had. There was bound to be a limit to it, it couldn't be an infinite amount of space.
"It's a 5-metre cube, which means there's plenty of room to carry all your stuff in there and more if you want," Zoe informed them of how big the space was. Although since they can't see it, just hearing 5 metres they'd think it as small. But it's larger than a bedroom, there was plenty of room.
"Yes please," Lachlan walked on over with the bag in his hands. He placed it on the ground next to the frog and just like before it swallowed it whole. Everyone else came over and did the same, even Simon did, of course, he hesitated a bit before deciding.
Walking outside they noticed a few soldiers with containers in front of them. Lachlan was confused as they should have already been given everything.
"While you're on this island we aren't sure what food sources there are, so we're giving you some MREs," the soldier said.
Everyone nodded in realisation and picked up the containers filled with MREs, they then looked towards Zoe. She quickly realised it might have been a mistake to show them the frog. She summoned it again and got it to store the containers.
Once they got to the edge Phoebe walked towards the front of the group. She then split off a bit and walked towards the water.
"Here is the ride I was talking about!" She shouted.
A large tattoo on here back lit up blue, the waters began to roughen, creating waves. A large beast emerged from the water, Lachlan already knew it was going to be a turtle, but he didn't think a turtle could grow so large.
This turtle's shell was at least 50 metres long, not to mention it was also 30 metres wide. It was gigantic, the largest beasts Lachlan has ever seen. Now that got him imagining what else could be this large, the first thought was the whales.
Considering that some whales had 2nd Grade Potential, they've probably grown massive. To the point where they could become an island.
The head of the turtle emerged from the water soon after the body, it was quite small compared to its body. Roughly 3 metres wide and 2 metres long, the turtle's neck was 7 metres long. The rest of the body was still submerged with the water, but from what can be currently seen, the rest certainly isn't small.
Lachlan analysed the behemoth of a turtle.
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Name: Faith (Iron Turtle King)
Age: Elder
Attribute: Water/Iron
Grade: Normal
Innate Talent: 1st Grade
Level: 5
STR: 60(+15), AGI: 33(+10), VIT: 60(+10)
INT: 39(+10), PER: 34, WIL: 32
Weakness: Slow Reaction Time, Lazy, Arrogant
Strengths: Water Control (Level 5), Impenetrable Shell, Powerful Skin, Extremely Strong Bite, Sea King's Aura
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It made sense to Lachlan now, such a large beast certainly won't be weak. But its weaknesses were understandable. Considering it was titled turtle king it was bound to be lazy and arrogant, now they just needed to see how it would react to them.
There was one thing that intrigued Lachlan though. That was the Sea King's Aura. He could understand what it probably does, it most likely intimidates any sea beasts, suppressing them into submission.
Lachlan also felt that riding the turtle would be much safer than the warship. As the turtle has the Sea King's Aura it would probably be avoided by almost everything. Not to mention they could also help should they need to.
"This certainly is a surprise," Simon said arrogantly, "Who knew you would be so capable".
Phoebe got annoyed at that last statement, hell, she's been annoyed at Simon since she met him. She pouted, "You don't need to get on if you don't want to, seeing as you're so strong and manly why don't you swim instead".
"Hey now, I'm sorry for what I previously said, just don't make me swim," Simon quickly went up to Phoebe and apologised, he put his hands together and slightly bowed.
"Alright," Phoebe said in victory, that's all she wanted.