"Run faster Nero! It's going to blow!" shouted by Frost.
"Don't shout at me idiot! I know what to do and you better not be left behind!" replied by Nero as he fasten his pace.
The both of them are finally almost 400 meters away from the hill and the estimated time until explosion is only 45 seconds left.
"We must find cover." the both of them said at the same time.
*Laughs*
They laugh knowing they both know each other far too well.
"Look! There's a huge boulder not far ahead. We shouls take cover behind that boulder." Nero suggest.
"Yeah, you are right." replied Frost stating he agreed.
Nero and Frost quickly ran towards the boulder as the time of explosion is only 15 seconds left.
They arrived at the boulder when 11 seconds hit the timer.
10..., 9..., 8..., 7..., 6..., 5..., 4..., 3..., 2..., 1.
Booooooooooooom~!!!
"!!!"
A huge explosion exploded underneath the hill and the players who are busy fighting each other was caught in surprise especially the Japanese players.
Giant boulders went flying and landed at the battlefield causing even more casualties than before. Each boulder that went flying due to the explosion were like meteors falling from the sky.
The whole hill where the beacon was at crumbled like a sand castle.
"Retreat! Retreat! Retreat!" shouted by the japanese commander.
"Retreat!" repeated by some japanese players.
"Sound the siren!" shouted by a japanese player who have a banner at his back.
Hmmmmmmmmmmmm!
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!
Then the Japanese players ran and some where willing to left behind to hinder the enemy while their comrades retreated.
"!!!"
The players at the side of Nero realized at what the enemy was doing.
"They are retreating!" shouted by a player.
"Kill as many as you can and don't give chase!" ordered by Gabriel the commander.
"Victory is our!"
"That's right you Japs run and never came back!"
"That's what you get after invading our land!"
The players shouted the things on their mind at the moment as they chase away the retreating japanese players while slaying the ones who decided to be the scapegoats.
"Loot the dead and gather the corpses of our fallen comrade!" ordered by Grabiel.
"Have you seen Nero and Frost?" aske Gabriel to a player who happens to come across him.
"No, sir." the player replied.
"Where have they possibly been? They wouldn't be dead right?" asked Grabiel to himself as he pondered the whereabouts of Nero and Frost.
...
10 minutes later...
Gabriel was worried about Nero and Frost as 10 minutes has passed and they both haven't return yet.
"Hey, Kidd form a search party and find Nero and Frost. If they are dead bring their corpse back so that we can revive them along with the others. They must be at the area around the collapse hill." Gabriel order Kidd.
"Yes, sir but what if we couldn't find them?" Kidd asked.
"In that case, we can presume that theh both are dead and wait for them to appear at the city with thier newly created avatar." replied Gabriel.
After that, Kidd went to ask some capable people to went with him to search for the 2 missing players. A total of 5 players including Kidd left and went looking for Nero and Frost.
Moments after they left, Nero and Frost arrived coming from the southeast where the guild was at.
"Hey, guys!" Nero shouted.
"!!!"
The players who were near them noticed them and shouted, "Nero and Frost has came back alive! The Heroes have arrived!"
"!!!"
More and more players noticed them and shouted the term, "Hero!" they shouted the word repeatedly.
Nero and Frost felt embarrassed at they are now the center of attention and deem as the Hero.
"Aha! There you are! I knew you were alive!" shouted by Gabriel.
"Commander Gabriel." Both of them said at the same time.
"Come with me, I need your reports about what happened and the cause of delay." said by Gabriel.
...
An unknown time has passed...
Inside of a tent that belongs to the commander.
Frost were the one who explained about all the things that happened during the mission.
"So that's what happened." said by Garbiel as he drank the beer at the table.
Both of them existed the tent and went outside. They talk to other players about random things and finally sat at the top of the collapse hill where the breeze keeps fanning them.
" Hey, Frost do you think the world war will stop someday?" asked Nero.
"I think so." Frost replied.
"Do you think the other nations will keep invading our land?" Nero asked again.
"I think so, but we will defend our Nation lands against them all. The nation of Maharlika is a beautiful country where beautiful people who have the hearts of gold is at. This is our home so we must protect it." replied Frost with a serious expression.
"Okay, my mom's calling me I gotta go now." said by Nero.
"Do you still get those surgeries you said before?" Frost asked worried.
"Yes, but mom said this might be the last one." replied by Nero.
"I gotta log out now, bye." said by Nero as he log out.
"Good Bye." Frost muttered as he stared at the empty air where Nero was previously at.
...
7 am in the morning.
At SpaceX center hospital...
Nero was lying on hospital bed with various fluid supplements, nutrients, and vitamins sticking on his body through a small transparent hose.
On his eyes was a glasses like the ones from Cyclops from the popular comics back in 21st century, X-men. The X-men universe were created by Stan Lee as legendary author among legendary authors and comic creators.
"Wake up, Nero." a gentle feminine voice whispered at Nero's ear.
"I brought you your favorite fruits son." the woman said.
Moments later...
Nero's VR glasses opened and turn into a small circular thing embedded beside his both eyes. The VR glasses was a nano technology made by SpaceX.
"Hello, mom." Nero said with a smile on his face.
"Let me help you adjust your bed so that you can get up." his mom said as she pressed a button and the hospital bed slowly adjusted itself to 40° degress.
"Thanks, Mom." Nero said.
"Did you have fun in Gods Domain?" his mom asked.
"Yes! Me and Frost just blow up a huugeeeeee hill where the enemy beacon was at!" replied Nero excitedly.
The two of the chat to each other until noon.
"Frost is a such good person." his mom said.
"I wanna meet him in person, but..." Nero cut his sentence.
"But what?" his mom asked.
"But we live in Mars and he said he is living on one of SpaceX space stations." Nero said.
"Don't worry I will found a way to search for him." his mom replied.
"Really!? Thanks mom!" Nero shouted excitedly.
"Okay, you need to rest now. It is already passed noon now. Me and your dad will come at you later." his mom said as she turn back to normal the bed of Nero and she bid farewell to him.
"Good Bye, Mom." Nero said as he also bid farewell to his mom.
"Log In. Code Name: Nero." Nero muttered and nanobots crawled our of the circular thing embedded beside of his eyes and form into VR glasses.
...
Nero opened his eyes and saw the scenery at the top of collapse hill where he was previously at with Frost." I guess they all came back to the city." Nero said after looking around and saw no one including Frost.
Nero walked toward the city of Balbagan and it took him almost an hour to reach it by walking.
He walk towards the guild building and went inside. He look around and saw Regan but he didn't saw Frost.
"Hey, Regan did you see Frost recently?" Nero asked.
"I didnt." Regan replied as he drank the beer and was a little drunk already.
"Okay, thanks." Nero replied.
"Maybe he didn't log in back yet." Nero muttered.
"I will just do some easy quest to kill some time." Nero mutteted to himself as he went to the quest board and keep looking for an easy quest. After some time he finally found one. It was a quest to gather Tiki-tiki herb.
Tiki-tiki is a herb located just outside the city and they are plenty of them out there. Nero only need 100 pieces of them.
Nero went outside the guild house and as he stroll around the alarm drums sounded.
"A wave is coming!" the person at the top of the tower where the alarm drums where at shouted.
"What a wave!?"
"A monster wave out of all thing!?"
"We just suffered some serious casualties after the war and now this!?"
People said in disbelief and they felt like the Goddess of Luck has forsaken them.
"Wait!" the person at the tower shouted once again.
The people below stopped at what they are doing but some are still preparing.
"Hahaha..." the person at the tower laughed.
"What the f*ck are you laughing!?" someone shouted.
"Looks like the Goddess has yet forsaken us! Go now gather the nets! A wave of Crabbage is coming!" he shouted once again.
"!!!"
The people was taken a back, but quickly came back to reality. "Quickly gather the nets!" the same phrase were repeatedly shouted.
Nero also quickly ran back at the guild house and shouted, "A wave of Crabbage is coming!"
"!!!"
"What!?" people exclaimed even the drunks sober at the news.
People quickly ran out the guild house and went outside. Nero also followed.
...
The scenes outside the city walls were astonishing. People wore armor, it may be a leather armor or an iron armor but one thing is common on them. They form into groups and each group have sturdy nets on them.
*Laughs*
"Today is a good day! We shall harvest this Crabbages!"
People laugh while some are excited.
There are to types of people outside. One have form and join a group. While the other one were solo players. Nero belong the former.
The wave was at 300 meters away from them.
___
A Crabbage was a monster with the appearance of a cabbage and have legs and pins like a crab. That's the reason why they were named as Crabbage. They are also edible monsters that gave buffs when eaten, but you need to cook them properly.
Their price was astonishing high and they are also highly sought after by gourmet players.
Crabbage were rare monsters that can only be found in rare events such as monster wave. Their power were also weak and they are the prey of almost all the monsters in Gods Domain.
But if they are in groups, they are a monster you shouldn't look down upon.
___
290 meters, 250 meters, 200 meters...
100 meters...
"Here they come!" a player shouted.
Hundreds of Crabbage bombarded the whole battalion of players. The giant nets were filled in an instant. The solo players either have already fallen nor keeps slaying the Crabbage while catching some of them using a space bag.
The high walls were almost overrun, but luckily they but lit torches on them. Crabbages hate fire the most because that is their only weakness, they easily catch fire and die.
The players outside the walls didn't bring fire on them because their purpose was to catch not to kill.
...
An unknown time has passed by...
The wave have finally passed by the city of Balbagan.
"Ouch. Ouch. Ouch."
The same phrase keeps repeating outside the wall as some of the Crabbages got the players using their big pins and some smaller ones manage to get inside the iron armor and attack the player using their tiny pins.
Unfortunately, for those iron armor players their crouched was also pinched causing an unknown amount of pain.
*laughs*
People at the top of the wall were laughing at them and people outside the wall were also laughing at the harvest they got including Nero.