Chapter 223 - Chapter 223 The People of Hope’s Temporary Safe Zone

Zoey sat down beside Thomas and said "Evacuating here was pretty much your plan so what do we do now?" Thomas continued to lay there as he said "It wasn't my plan ask Poppy not me." Poppy stared at Zoey and said "The next part is rather simple, We'll use the time right now to get stronger and in around a weeks time we'll do a full assault on those creatures and wipe them out." Zoey stared at her and asked "What's your plan to find where they're coming from." As Thomas stood up he said "I have a compass I can use to locate anything, that's our best bet." Zoey glared at him and asked "If you had something like this why were you keeping it to yourself?" Thomas began to walk away as Poppy said "Right now we just ran from a few thousand of those things, we have to assume that their nest or wherever they come from has at least ten times that number, so it's best if we don't take any chances." Zoey stood up and began to follow Thomas as she asked "Do you really think a week is enough time to train for this?" Sam glanced at Poppy and asked "What do you think?" Poppy shrugged and said "That all depends on him, I've noticed that every time he has taken damage his skin gets tougher and whenever he trains like he means it he can grow ten times stronger in no time." Sam stared at her and said "Then he can do it?" Poppy nodded and said "If he puts his mind to it I'm sure he can." Sam looked around and asked "So are you serious about what you just said or was that like an inspirational speech?" Poppy stared at him and said "I'm very serious about it, I've been observing how he reacts to most things, even the rate he recovers at is faster than a normal person's." Sam stood there and mumbled "That lucky bastard is gonna be able to do this all by himself." As Thomas continued to walk away Zoey continued to follow him as she asked "Where are you going right now?" Thomas continued to walk away as he said "It's none of your business so stop following me." Zoey raised her fist and shouted "Your lucky I don't hit you right now." As Thomas stopped moving he sat down in front of a grave and said "Poppy doesn't know about this I'd appreciate it if you didn't tell her." Zoey stared at the gravestone and asked "Who's Kate?" Thomas sat there and said "An old friend, she helped me out before but I wasn't really able to help her." Thomas glanced at Zoey and said "Since everyone is gonna be staying here can you do me a favor and keep them out of the rooms?" Zoey looked around and said "But it's as if everything around us vanished including the people?" Thomas nodded and said "Yes this is another space that I've created inside of this space, it's another grassy green place but you won't be able to see it or get in without me allowing it or being with me when I enter it." Thomas stood up and said "Bringing you here was my mistake but I should be able to temporarily make houses and things for other basic needs for the time being." As the area around then changed Thomas began to walk towards the house and said "The others might get upset if their rooms get messed up so remember to keep your people out of those rooms." Zoey glanced back were the grave was and said "Of course, it's the least I can, do especially after you did all this for us." Thomas glanced back at her and said "I'll probably make another temporary space with increased gravity, let me know if you want access or not, your soldier might wanna train their to." Zoey nodded and said "I would appreciate access however my men would get crushed in the gravity your likely to put it on." Zoey stared at him and said "However I am intrigued on how you've thought of this method." Thomas shrugged and said "It was on some sort of show that Kate showed me, I think she called it an anime?" Zoey stared at him and asked "Are you saying that those methods in television actually work?" Thomas shrugged and said "I dunno I haven't tried it yet." As Thomas vanished houses began to raise from the ground along with fields and crops. Zoey stared at it amazed as she asked "Is he some sort of god?" Zoey walked Into the village and asked "Why did he make it all look so old." Zoey walked over to Poppy and Sam as she asked "Why does this place look like some sort of old town you'd see in a fantasy movie?" Poppy looked around and asked "Is this really unusual for you?" Zoey nodded and said "Of course our buildings are usually much taller and more glass, however the metal buildings you saw were what we put together to safe our asses." Sam nodded and said "Yeah but even that was only temporary." Poppy stared at them and said "Well you no longer have to worry about those Zeta things attacking so take your time and relax for a while." Poppy stared at her and said "Oh and one last thing, I'm sure Thomas would appreciate it if you didn't tell the people about him and how he did this, he's not a fan of attention." Zoey nodded and said "He also wants me to keep the people from the city away from some rooms?" Poppy nodded and said "If I had to guess he was referring to the girls rooms." Zoey stared at her and asked "Is he a father?" Poppy shook her head and said "No I'd say he's more of unintentional playboy." Zoey stared at Poppy and said "He seduces multiple woman?" Poppy shook her head and said "Actually quite a few of them have tried to seduce him but most of their attempts have failed." Sam stared at Poppy and said "He really is one lucky bastard." Poppy stared at him and said "I'm sure he doesn't see it the way you do, in fact I can guarantee he doesn't since when he's around a naked lady he doesn't care and will most likely fall asleep." Zoey nodded and said "Your right he fell asleep when we were in the hot springs." Sam stared at Zoey and shouted "How can this be possible, he got to see the commander naked before me!" Zoey punched him in the stomach and said "Shut the hell up you pervert." Sam fell the ground holding his stomach as he said "But commander I wanna see your body too." Poppy stared at Sam and said "I never would've guess you were that type of person before." Sam glanced at Poppy and said "Hey you can't blame me for that, the commanders chest is perfect, I'm sure any guy would jump at an opportunity to gaze upon her body." Zoey stomped on him and said "If you continue to talk I'll kill you." As Sam fell silent Poppy glanced at Zoey and said "You really are much more of a sadist then Thomas." Zoey stared at Poppy and said "Say what you will, if you ask me I'm just showing my superiority." As Thomas walked towards them covered in sweat he said "I came by to tell you one last thing, all of this that I've made appear isn't unlimited, in fact the more complex the object the more mana it consumes to create." Poppy stared at him and asked "How are you already cover in sweat?" Thomas stared at her and said "I'm also working on my ability to focus by speeding up time there, so even tho I've only been gone for around five minutes I've already been there for over an hour." Poppy stared at him and said "That's great, since your doing that you'll become stronger then what I originally thought." Thomas wiped the sweat off of his jaw and said "At this rate we'll only need today." As he vanished Poppy sighed and said "He's not even gonna train for the full week." Zoey clenched her fist and said "The nerve of that insolent bastard is enough for me to want to kick his ass." Sam stood up and asked "Shouldn't we all be happy that this will all end sooner?" Zoey glared at him and said "But he's not even gonna be training for the full week, he's just gonna train for today and go into battle, he's wasting a lot of time he could be using for preparations." Sam shrugged and said "I'm sure he knows what he's doing so why don't we all go to the hot spring and relax a while." Zoey punched him and knocked him out as she said "As if I'd get into the hot spring with you, you sleepy bastard." Poppy stared at Sam and asked "Is he gonna be alright?" Zoey picked Poppy up and began to walk towards the hot spring as she said "He should be fine within an hour."