Ben and Conan were able to successfully enter the forest before the entry from gate number fourteen was restricted. Only two guards were standing there, Ben just ran his car through them and even past the barriers.
" How'd you get past the barrier?" Conan asked, it didn't come to his mind but when they crossed the barrier he was surprised.
" Those barriers do not block living things and vehicles which are not powered by energy crystals. My Dad's car runs on gas so it was able to get past through it."
" I never knew that."
" Think about it if they could just block everything with a barrier they would not have any guards standing on the entrances and would not need these walls. Also, there are almost no cars like my dad's." Ben boasted about his knowledge and kept his nose high.
" Looks like those guards will not chase us but now they know that we are also inside the forest. How will we get back inside the city?" Conan didn't hesitate to ask questions as this was a dangerous thing to go against the authorities of the city in which they live.
" Come on we will be able to do this, do not worry about it. I will transmit false orders for guards to move, when they move we will be back inside the city, Easy peasy." Ben had a calm look as he drove the car through the forest. " In case you are thinking why didn't I use this method when entering the forest."
" I know because it will reveal your existence, a false order will alert them so it can only be used once, Right?"
" Exactly, I knew, I chose the right person to be my friend." Ben and Conan both laughed at this comment.
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" Captain, there were some people that intruded in the forest." A guard reported directly to Yelena about what happened at gate number fourteen.
" What? Who were they?" Yelena yelled at the guard, " and I want a full explanation on how they got past through you."
" They were two people, we were not able to see their faces but they were two. They entered from the fourteenth gate before the guards reached there and they were using an unregistered vehicle."
" Send me any footage that has been caught of them entering the forest and send five people to search and capture them," Yelena ordered. ' Things never happen as I wish, damnit!'
Soon footage of the car which was used by Conan and Ben was shown, Yelena carefully watched the video to see if they are some big shots. But she decided that this didn't require that much attention and she should continue with her target to bring the spirit beast into her custody.
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Conan and Ben were now deep inside the forest and they hid in their car somewhere behind. Even inside the forest, there were many concrete roads and they went pretty deep inside. So when the road ended they had to hide it, the area of the forest was very unique. It had bigger trees than others and even the roots of the tree were coming out of the earth.
Ben had his potato gun and several other types of equipment with himself.
" You know my grandpa used to say he never felt bad about hunting animals, so don't need to feel bad about killing an animal," Ben said.
" I will never harm an Animal but this one is a spirit beast, they are known to be vicious and prey on humans. There is nothing wrong when prey turns the table. By the way, you never said anything about your grandpa being a hunter."
" Pfft! No, he was just an engineer, he was talking about catching insects when he was young." Ben giggled. Both of them chose to inspect this area, they could see some traces of fighting here and clearly, it was not from the fight among humans. There were several trees which were broken and the ground was shattered. Seeing this Conan asked, " Do you think that will work against the beast?"
*Grrrrr* Sound of an animal growling was suddenly heard, Ben gestured to quietly follow him. When they proceeded towards the direction of the sound they felt a little heavy.
" Man, I think it's a very dangerous beast," Conan warned.
" Let's go back, this is not something we could deal with," Ben advised, He felt his heart racing faster and fear built inside.
" Why? Let's just have a look." Conan said.
" Hey, don't you feel it? It would kill us."
" Do you even know anything? This is just spiritual pressure? The spirit beasts use it to scare the hunters and other animals."
" But the pressure is too strong." Ben tried to convince Conan but then he saw a grin on his face that meant that he was excited about the fight. ' Oh, I forgot that this guy is a complete psycho.'
" You know what Ben, you said that your gun is a powerful right, I will distract the beast while you aim."
" Hey, aren't you afraid?"
" It's strong but not like the one I saw when I was a child," After saying this Conan moved forward and Ben walked ten steps behind him with his Potato gun ready in his hand.
Just when Conan was moving forward suddenly something fell from the trees above, it was a dead wolf thrown by something that was standing on the trees. Seeing it Conan could easily tell that it was a spirit beast but there was something different about it. He had a crystal on his head, which was intriguing because some spirit beasts are known to have crystals inside their skulls but not on the outside where it's visible.
Conan took out a dagger and was ready to fight, the beast was like a monkey and a toad. It also has a tail that had a blade attached to it, when he saw Conan the beast flinched a little and narrowed his eyes then he looked toward Ben and quickly went to attack him.
* POP* Ben fired his potato Gun which directly hit the chest of the beast and it fell backwards. The shot was too strong and it made the beast cough blood.
' Is it weak or does it underestimate Ben too much?' Conan thought as he smiled because he didn't expect that potato gun to be able to do this much damage.