The building ended up only housing the two ghouls so it was disappointing at the same time relieving.
The group settled down on the top floor of the old broken building, one could see the dark gloomy red sky and the movement of shadows in the next buildings.
"Seems like there are many of them hiding within the other buildings, should we go hunt them?" Jack said with a nonchalant tone.
"It's better to gather intel first. I'm sending out the drones." Charl said while ejecting the drones out from her glove.
The drones were small and round in shape, they made a soft buzzing sound when they flew out.
"Actually I've been meaning to ask, why isn't there a gunner in this squad?" Rin was puzzled by this.
"Hmm gunners huh. It's not that they didn't balance the team with a gunner but because many people did not take up being a gunner."
"What's wrong being a gunner?"
"Hmm there isn't anything wrong being one… just well gunners rely a lot on their equipment, actually they rely entirely on them. Sure they can support rather well by shooting bullets with certain effects crafted on them but their ammo is limited. So it's a rather unpopular job."
Rin nodded his head in understanding. It certainly sounded tough being a gunner.
The group started chatting away till the sun went down and night beckoned.
They tossed a few light sticks away from the broken down area to prevent the monsters from seeing them and it was bright enough to see the hallway if there were any monsters approaching.
"Hmm the drones are back."
The drones landed back onto Charl's glove and the information was sorted by the AI.
Charl looked through the information and she suddenly turned pale.
"What's wrong?" Carmen was the first to notice that Charl had a strange expression
"Why are they here? How's this possible?"
"They? Who are they? Spit it out already." Jack said.
"The devotees…. they're here."
The room went silent.
The devotees were a group of maniacs that worshiped the monsters and managed to achieve some sort of deal with them.
They would never be attacked by monsters and were frequently seen with them doing god knows what.
A definitely mysterious group but they were known for two things. They attacked humans that were not a part of their group and each one of their members were very strong.
"I'm reporting this to HQ. It's already a blessing they did not see the drone and haven't found us."
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"Headquarters here. Is there something wrong Squad ten? Do you require help?"
"We found a trace that the devotees are here."
"What?! Are you positive?"
"Yes sir! The drones caught them on camera and the AI confirms it."
The communicator went silent for a minute and someone replaced the original person Charl was talking to.
"Squad ten you are to hide and not make contact with either the devotees or monsters. Your test is temporarily suspended. Is that clear?"
"Understood."
"We will be sending backup to you momentarily. Standby for further instructions."