"What?" Learner asked not knowing what Calvin was thinking.
"I'm gonna need your best acting skills, but first, give me some Bent" he said grabbing Learner's arm as his veins turned black.
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"that's more than enough, now… what are the extents of your magic?" Calvin asked confusing Learner.
"What do you mean by that?"
"I mean, can you fly with it? Maybe even make yourself invisible?" Calvin clarified.
"Oh, I can do that without any magic" she said making her skin turn a scaly black color that then disappeared from his sight.
Surprised by this, Calvin stretched out his hand and felt as if he touched something, meaning that Learner was still there.
She then Turned back to normal letting him see that his hand was groping her chest.
"Cool…" He said retracting his hand.
"Now, can you change form?" He requested, getting a nod from her and morphing into a different woman.
'Shapeshifting is always weird to watch' he thought looking at the unrecognizable Learner.
"Alright, now here's the plan…"
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As the Xenos were talking to the adventurers asking various questions about the surface, the adventurers also asked their own questions, making the encounter evolve into a peaceful conversation.
But suddenly a scream was heard echoing through the exit tunnel.
"Help!" A woman's voice could be heard along with the incessant sound of the ground being stomped on by various creatures.
As soon as the Xenos and the adventurers heard this everyone stood alert and retreated from the exit.
"C-Could it be that the monster horde was really happening?" One of the adventurers said.
"Everyone! Get your guard up! Be prepared for anything!" Bors commanded from the frontlines, making the adventurers get into a semi-circle formation around the exit.
'This sounds like trouble… I just hope I'm not guiding anyone to their deaths' Bors thought seeing how the pebbles in the ground trembled making a drop of sweat run down his face.
"Xenos, you know what to do!" Rido exclaimed, making the Xenos take place in the Semi-circle formation.
Bors shocked by this, looked at Rido beside him and was about to ask why, but Rido spoke before him.
"I hope you let us help you in this fight" Rido said, extending his hand at Bors.
"Hehe… alright, don't you die on me" Bors said, giving Rido a strong handshake.
As the stomping grew louder, a woman came from the tunnel.
"T-they're coming! Monster horde!" The woman exclaimed, running past the adventurers, and Xenos.
*Roooaaaaaarrr* X10
A horde of black wyverns came through the exit tunnel roaring angrily.
Suddenly, they jumped over the adventurers and turned back to face them.
"These guys are pretty intelligent and look like they are special variants too" Bors said analyzing the situation.
Half of the wyverns then advanced towards the group while the others stayed behind, shooting fire at the adventurers.
"Let's do this together!" Rido shouted, making the Xenos and the adventurers attack the nearest wyverns.
"Mages and archers! Fire at the ones behind!" Bors ordered.
Meanwhile, Bell and the team were amazed at the sight of humans and Xenos fighting together.
"Are you sure this is part of Calvin's plan? These monsters seem dangerously real" Lili asked Bell.
"I don't know, and Calvin isn't responding" Bell answered holding the yellow stone.
"Hmm, then let's help too, we can't just watch, right?" Welf said unsheathing his greatsword.
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Meanwhile, Gros and his group were away from the action.
"Why would they risk their lives for these humans" Gros said resting against a tree.
He then closed his eyes knowing that nothing would happen to the Xenos as they were many more than those wyverns.
Suddenly, he realized that he couldn't hear anything, opening his eyes in shock he looked around his friends that were moving their mouths without making any noise at all.
'What the…'
"Surprised?" He heard as if it was right beside him
"That voice… you are that human right?" Gros said making his friends look at him in confusion.
"They can't hear me, but anyway, you might want to come over, I got a gift for you" Calvin said.
"And why would I do that?"
"I've brought back the Xenos that were missing" he said making Gros suddenly stand up.
"Human… where are you?" Gros growled.
"Come to the floor exit," he said, causing Gros to fly towards the entrance leaving his stunned friends behind, who quickly followed him.
Reaching the exit, Gros walked down the tunnel only to find a group of Xenos along with Fels.
"Guys!" Gros exclaimed getting a hug from some of the Xenos and returning the hug.
In that Gros's friends also reached the scene, getting the same treatment as him.
"What a heartwarming reunion" A voice said from the side.
Gros looked at the source of the voice seeing Calvin with strange black clothing.
"Huma- Calvin… Thank you" Gros thanked him.
"Why don't you let your friends guide the newcomers home, while we go on a walk?" Calvin suggested walking off deeper into the tunnel, making Gros follow after.
As they were walking Calvin suddenly turned around and spoke.
"Gros, why is it that I can still feel hostility from you?" he asked.
"I think you already know why"
"You wanted to save them by yourself?"
"No, I wanted to kill- no Torture the one behind all this, just like he's done with my brethren" Gros said tightening his fists in anger "And seeing that you are back with everyone I guess that he is either already dead or imprisoned"
"Are you sure about that?" Calvin said as Learner came from the shadows dragging Dix, which was bound by a black rope.
"MHMHH" Dix wriggled around trying to say something, but the gag prevented his words from coming out.
"You…" Gros gasped at the sight.
'This guy…' he thought looking at Calvin with his stone-like eyes, his gaze then shifted to the Monster in human skin that was Dix.
His mere presence was making Gros's blood boil in anticipation, he wanted to [destroy] the human in front of him for all the pain and suffering he had brought to his friends.
"You need a weapon or something?" Calvin asked, but the only response he got from Gros was the sound of his Claws growing larger.
'Well, sometimes you just want to kill someone with your own hands' Calvin thought walking past Gros, and making a sign at Learner telling her to come with him and leave the 2 alone.
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Walking back to the 18th floor, he felt his last summon 'Die', meaning that the adventurers and the Xenos managed to kill Drake and his copies.
'Although I told Drake to only rough them up a little'
Reaching the exit, he saw how the adventurers were chatting with the Xenos, and some healers were aiding the ones that got hurt in the battle.
"My plan is going as expected, I just hope that the next phase goes just as well" Calvin said quietly.