The reinforcement forces from FOB number 03 stayed in shock for a few minutes as they tried to understand what had had happened in the battlefield.
The time they spent doing that was enough for the dust that made the mushroom shaped dust clouds to settle.
'If it was a nuclear bomb, the site would not be liveable for a long time.'
Grey internally commented as the dust started to settle.
"Mage teams and regular troops are to go and try to look for survivors in the battlefield!"
Captain Hadley April ordered as she too went to search for any possible survivors, which was unlikely so for any tier 1 and tier 2 mages, maybe so for tier 3 mages.
"Team 6 move out!"
Percival ordered Grey and his teammates to go into the field as well, though from Percival's serious face it showed that he too did not believe they would be many people alive.
As they were entering the battlefield, they were greeted by dead people, male and female alike. However they were more used to sites like this, thus it did not surprise them at all.
'I wonder if these individuals died because of those explosions or they died prior to the explosions and were killed by the fighting.'
Grey internally commented as he observed the corpses of the dead.
Team 6 and many other mage teams together with regular troop squads searched for a few minutes without finding anything of importance.
The dust had not completely settled, such that the visual range of a person was only two or three metres, it was thanks of their awareness as mages that they could observe the place.
"Lt Elrod! I found something!!"
That was Sharon's voice shouting in the dusty battlefield, she sounded slightly distraught, which was something that did not happen very often.
The members of team 6 started to converge on the location of her voice, it was not only team 6 who was interested on knowing what Sharon had found.
Other people started to move towards her location as well, because of the dust, they were only following the source of her voice.
As Grey got to her position Percival, June and other mage team leaders were already there looking at a weird object that seemed alien to a battlefield.
They were looking a 1.8 metres black egg shaped object in the battlefield.
It was not the only one, there were many around the battlefield that Grey could see.
'There are hundreds of these egg shaped things in my awareness range. There must be thousands in the whole battlefield.'
"Gram you have arrived? What do you think?"
Percival asked Grey as he arrived. Grey did not answer immediately instead he touched the black egg shaped object.
"The object is made out of high concentrated darkness elements and has high defensive power, my awareness cannot get inside of the object. But if I would guess is that our forces were saved from those explosions."
Grey concluded after thinking for a few seconds.
"It looks like Gram thinks the same thing Marion."
"You have finally arrived?"
As Percival was about to issue out more orders a voice sounded in the battlefield.
The voice sounded calm and was of male origin. The voice was coming from high in the air, which prompted Grey and the other mages to look up.
'I guess he is the one who made these egg shaped capsule, his mana must be powerful to be able to make thousands of these.'
As the dust started to settle, Grey was able to see the male.
The male was very handsome with deep yellow blond hair and deep blue eyes and a masculine charm about him. The man was 1.85 metres and had an angular face that made him more charming.
'This handsomeness is only found from the descendants of King Klaus.'
Grey internally commented, even people who stayed in the academy and could not get in touch with the outside world were aware of the beautiful royals fame.
Grey observed the clothing of the male, the male was wearing the clothes that were from the royal family, but had a more militaristic aesthetic.
As the dust further cleared, Grey and the other mages were able to see that the male was not alone in the air, there was another male flouting in the air in front of the bunker position of 1-010.
The male seemed that he was guarding the bunker from the male royal.
"I will release the spell, and get rid of the fellow standing there, in the mean time you all can destroy the bunker. They killed a lot of their people in order to trap our people."
Grey was starting to understand to what had happened in this place as he listened to the male tier 4 male of the royal family.
'The people from Ruhen had lured our forces in order to kill them with attacks that made those explosions. However to prevent our forces from getting suspicious, they had to have some of their forces keep our forces busy. They were hoping these people would be sacrificed to kill a lot of people from Arin. At least that is what they hoped would happen, but who would have though that the tier 4 royal had a method to save thousands of people at the same time.'
BOOOM!!
As Grey was thinking of the version of events there was a shockwave created by the male as he charged at the male tier 4 mage flouting in front bunker.
"Huh…? This feeling…? Death… This is death special affinity."
Grey was about to further think of the events when he subconsciously said out those words as the tier 4 royal started to accumulate mana. Grey was starting to subconsciously tremble as his body felt threatened.
Grey looked around and saw he was not only the one who was trembling, many people that felt the mana of the tier 4 royal were having the same reaction.
Before Grey could think more about the feeling.
The black egg shaped capsule started to crack and and crumble and turn to ash, the person who was inside was a regular troop member got outside slightly dazed..
***
When Michael opened his eyes he could see and feel darkness around him, he was unable to move his body from the neck down like he was restrained.
He was still connected to Joana in the hug thus he knew she was around him.
"Joana, it looks like in death, we are together. I guess that is a good thing."
Michael said with some melancholy as he thought that he died.
Michael was still distraught such that he was not observing the environment he was in with a mage eye.
"Huh…? Michael if we are dead why is that I can still feel your heart beat on my chest?"
Joana was still looking at the situation with a more critical eye.
"Huh… Now that you mention that I can feel yours too."
Michael was dazed for a few seconds before he started to laugh a hearty laugh.
"Hahaha. Joana we are saved aren't we?"
"Hahaha. Yes Michael I believe we are. It means that you will get another chance to ask for my hand in marriage in place not full of death such a battlefield."
Joana joined him in a hearty laugh full of relief as well.
They started to talk about many things as they waited to be released from the place they were held in. It did not take long for the structure to start cracking and light started to come in.
They saw that they were held in by a black substance that started to crumble and turn in to ash.
"Hey Finn, are you alright?"
Michael asked Finn who had been close to them as they left their capsule, he too was leaving the capsule.
BOOOM!
Before they could start sharing stories there was big explosion in the air and what followed was that their bodies started to tremble.
Michael observed the area and saw other mages who were leaving the capsules also starting to tremble.
"Michael… I believe that is death special affinity… I had once fought a tier 2 death special affinity back then and could not win and had to retreat… I still remember the feeling to death… But this is more powerful than a tier 2 mage…"
Joana commented as the forces of Arin started to regroup.