After their conversation ... Theo walked out of the mansion and approached captain Rose ..
"My captain ... we're going to do what we came here to accomplish .. not any more than that ... I was filled in .. that there is going to be a horde of creatures .. approaching ... at most .. their numbers are going to be in the hundreds .. if not beyond .. so it's best if we get ready .. just in case .." Theo said to her ...
"My captain ... I'm asking for permission to take the lead on this mission ... " Theo said in respect ...
and for the first time ... aside from captain Rose ..
the Disciples and Laura saw Theo talking with someone with so much respect in his tone ..
some of them thought he was just just trying to make them look bad for mistreating him ..
but what they didn't know .. was that .. Theo's respect for captain Rose was beyond the respect he would even give the General ...
meanwhile ... the captain on the other side .. was feeling smug .. and also .. hot with redness ...
"Permission granted .. so then .. Head Soldier Theo .. why don't you say sorry to the villagers .. and the ones of higher authority .." Theo nodded to her and looked at the group behind him ..
"I apologise for the trouble and disrespect .." while they felt irritated and angry ... they accepted his apology .. reluctantly though ...
but their pride .. was short-lived ...
as he continued .. with a serious expression ... "But I will not hesitate to do the same thing again .. if you offend me .. no matter how strong you are .. I will not be afraid .. to avenge myself in a lawful way .." .. their faces then turned to glum .. at his words .. especially the Elder Brother ..
captain Rose was stuck with an awkward smile on her face .. as sweat pearls ran down her forehead ..
'Cant he change for a bit .. for goodness sake .. these people are some sort of royalty ... is he even afraid of dying ..??' captain Rose cursed at him .. numerous times in her head ...
"So .. then .. what is it that your propose we do .. " captain Rose inquired awkwardly .. before feeling a stern stare from the Elder Brother ..
"E - Elder Brother .. so what is your opinion on this matter ..??" she then asked ... feeling weird about calling him elder brother ...
"Hmph ... do what you do best .. and do not call me elder brother ... only those in the village get the privilege to call me that ..." he said .. with a cold snort before turning his back on them to leave ..
"Then who should I call you ..??" captain Rose asked .. respectively .. trying to sound as humble as she could ..
"You don't have to call me anything .. I will not talk to you even if you call me by my real name .. just do your job quickly and leave the village in one piece .. your subordinate has caused too much trouble for us already .. we don't want you overstaying ..." he replied once more before he became a white shadow ..
'Crap .. I'm trying to act nice here .. ' captain Rose thought before calming down ..
"About your previous question .. I think it would be a great idea for the 'Disciples' to stand at the entrance ... to eliminate the bigger picture first before we advance to the next phase .." the others listened intently .. but the Disciples .. didn't seem to be fond of Theo's tone of voice as when he said 'Disciples' .. it was obvious that .. that his voice was filled with disdain and disrespect when mentioning them ..
but even so .. they were prevented from taking any sudden action ... against the leader's orders ..
"So you're positioning us to be .. the meat shields .. " one of the male Disciples voiced out and sounded annoyed by Theo's plan ..
"Do you think we're some Forerunners ... ??" the woman who fell on the ground stood up and looked at Theo with an annoyed expression ..
"To me you might as well be fit to be ones ... do you have any plan .. then Disciple ..??" captain Rose looked at the hostility emanating from between the Frost Kind and Theo ..
she slapped her forehead in defeat ..
"Thought so ... if I'm not wrong ... " Theo then licked his finger and raised it into the air ..
then all of a sudden .. the wind picked up and went towards his finger ...
"They're pushing forward .. from the direction of the other side of the wall ... and since they can't break it ... it's going to take them at least twice the time they would take to get here from the front ... and from the vibrations I'm feeling from within the ground ... each creature has about the same strength as the Blood Mammoth that you 'caged' ..!!! .. sigh ... luckily for you .. they're enraged and they won't be returning to their sane selves anytime soon ... at most they'll get here in about 93 minutes .. max ... so get ready ..." he said and pulled captain Rose with him ...
Laura awkwardly moved her feet towards the two and followed behind them ...
"Is your plan going to work ..??" Laura asked .. clearly sounding cautious around him ..
"Unless .. your kind help us ... the plan will fail miserably ... and your people in the outer space .. will get eaten .. by the creatures ... your door might be powerful .. but with the few leading monsters I don't think it's going to be difficult for them to crash open the door ... the number of the bosses at the front .. exceed the number of your disciples .. and in the midst of the creatures .. there is one special ... that can be as powerful as your 'Elder Brother' .... but I'm not promising anything .. if my captain's life and my life are in danger .. I will take us to a safer place ... to avoid getting trampled on ... " he said as he summoned his boney dagger ....
the very presence of it .. sent chills to Laura's spine when she remembered what kind of horrifying power it wielded ..
the two followed aimlessly behind him as he emitted a strange aura that was even stronger than the dagger's effects ...
it made them feel like .. the gravity around them .. had dropped at the rate where even rain would be forced to rain ...
but in a second .. a warm energy entered their bodies .. as they glowed with a light golden color ..
they could now finally move freely ... as they shook their heads in defeat when looking at his back ...
'Even from our first meeting ... he never became this angry ... this is good for me .. right ..?' captain Rose thought to herself ..
when they stopped .. Theo looked back at them ...
"My captain .. do you need anything to help out in this case ...?" captain Rose then activated her armour .. which produced dark blue electricity that had started to harden and form the first foundation of becoming lightning ...
that's when .. Theo realised something ...
because he respected captain Rose enough not to peep into her system ..
he wanted to ask a question that has been over his mind ... "My captain ... there's a question I've been meaning to ask you ... why is it that ... I feel like you're more attuned to a fire element .. rather than being attuned to wind ... ???"
"That's classified ... soldier ... " Captain Rose said ...
"Oh ... I'm sorry for prying into your business ... also .. I thought you received a fiery gift ... where is it now .. isn't it important enough for you to keep it close to you at all times .." captain Rose I suddenly frowned before she let a sigh ..
"It got lost ... " she said solemnly ...
"Oh ... ... uhm .. and you .. do you have enough strength to deal with the creatures ... ?? " Theo asked without checking her strength ..
"Of course ... there's nothing I can't handle especially if it's a creature ... that is insane .." she said with a resolute expression ...
the three then arrived before the gate .. where the Disciples were positioned as 'meat shields' ...
each looking at the gate with serious expressions
even though they were going to wait for a long time .. that didn't seem to bother them in anyway ...
"Tell me ... something ... isn't that black sculpture .. strong enough to kill the creatures ..??" Theo asked Laura ...
"It was at first but as time passed .. it grew weaker and weaker .." she replied ..
"May I ask? .. why is that?" he asked in return ..
"The village's defences might be strong enough to even hold off dozens of Prodigy Rank creatures ... but in the past .. we've been attacked by creatures at the Abomination Rank ... so our village often needed energy to recuperate the lost one ... ... and don't ask about the dark blue guardian .. because it's use is inferior to the Black one's ... use .. take it like this ... the blue one is the foundation of this village whilst the black one feeds it power ... " Laura said ...
"Hmm .." Theo nodded in response ..
the people waited for a lot of time .... especially the Disciples who guarded the gate like some sort of night shift guards ...
the normal villagers had been moved to the inner parts of the village to avoid getting any of them eaten ...
soon though relieving everyone of their boredom and kicking them into battle mode and nervousness ... a loud sound like a stampede resounded from the other side of the gate ...
although the village had a wall covering it's entirety like a blue square .. the creatures still needed to come from the front ... because the traps set by the villagers weren't that easy to deal with .. especially since the creatures lost their sanity ...
but with the few ... bosses in the lead .. they managed to appear from the front ... very lively ... and filled with bloodlust ...
and then .. from behind Theo and the others ... they heard a screeching noise ...
and when Theo looked back .. he saw that it was the cage that was being pulled towards the gate ...
a long tube that was made of tough black substance ... was formed at the front ...
there was a hole in it .. as big as a man's head ...
....
and from what his senses were telling him .. Theo found that ... the whips .. that were constantly whipping the Mammoth .. had gathered together and formed some sort of a thick thread ... of which some thin threads were connected to the creature inside the cage ..
a bloody aura was being pulled from the source and being transfered to the tube ...
a huge ball of dark red .. formed at the end of the tube .. it continued to expand until it became as big as Theo's body .. on all sides ...