'Arby make sure that none of them are nearby here.' Clay turned off his {Scales of illusion} as he walked towards the entrance of the cave. There he could see red branch-like vines covering the sleeping bodies of the mining team and squad four.
'My lord none of them are nearby they must have gone to find the other squads.' Arby reported telepathically.
"Everyone is trapped under these weird vines." Clay went close by them and inspected them. "They don't look hard...they must have a weird ability then. That guy was at least a Rank-5 to destroy all these Rank-4 and 3s."
Clay walked backward and made some distance with the vines and then commanded Arby to turn a part of him into fly-30 and land on the vines. 'It's not reacting to me. But you're right my lord, these vines are very soft and have a very viscous liquid inside. Somethings fishy with these vines.' Hearing this made Clay frown.
'Shit, I need to think of something to break them out... Should I just leave them and run away?' Clay took a deep breath in. 'Ok let's try some more. If I can't think of anything I will leave and inform the hunters' association. Oh, shit I am so dumb.'
"Arby go outside them anonymously send a message to the hunters association about what's going on here. Be careful when getting out. They must have some people guarding the gate." The Fly Arby, hearing the command left the cave as fast as he could.
'Now do I stay here? I am worried if a part of the vine burst all of it would and that might kill all these people. I am also useless in combat against those people. I guess I finally have to make a decision. Let me see what ability I can move to my natural body. Blessing I am ready to use my gift.
>Abilities that can be moved to natural body<
{Gifted}
{Bionic Squire}
{Eyes of Panthea}
{Directed by light}
{Sartorius Whip}
{Borrowed coat}
{Compact body}
'Seeing all of them lined up makes me so happy. I am going to get more and more abilities as I explore more dimensions.' Brightly smiled Clay. 'Well, it's clear the decision is between {Borrowed coat} and {Compact body}'. As he glanced around the interface his expression froze. "{Sartorius Whip}" He muttered.
'It can eat up lifeforce or something similar, I am not sure. Should I use my gift on it and try to destroy the vines? No, no what am I thinking that will ruin my plans to abuse the combination of {Borrowed coat} and {Compact body}. Also, what if the vines burst when the whip touches it? Doing that would be dumb in two different ways.' Clay breathed out relief. 'Guilt you aren't getting me with your games. In this situation {Borrowed coat} is probably better as it will allow me more strength. Of course, I will be very fat and not nimble but that's fine for now. After killing an elite beast, I should be able to get {Compact body}.'
> {Borrowed coat} moved to natural body<
Now, this ability can be used everywhere.
'I should not get cocky using this ability. I will play it safe. Arby let's go, lead me near them.' Clay was confident in his plan and both of them traveled fast towards their destination. With Clay's 5x boost he was very fast and had to slow down for Arby. After running for 12 minutes, they were at the top of a hill. "Wow." Clay was stunned looking at the beautiful view. In the Dark simmering starlight dimension, there was a huge unnaturally blue water dome. 'They made WaterFall activate a defensive skill. Do they have a Rank-6 with them? I thought WaterFall and the leader were together. Something is fishy, Arby look around the area. I will find some monsters to kill and use borrowed coat.'
***
"Yo boss what do we do now? This old man has become a coward in his old age." Asked the long-haired young man while lying on the ground. His White long hair was trapped between his hands and legs as he used it as a side pillow. "He must have found out we trapped his friend." Answered back the gentle-sounding man. "How's that possible, there is no way that man would think we can trap a Rank-6. I guess it's possible but the old man is normally very rash why is he doing this."
"I told you Rank-6 is a whole different league. He is now very close to the Aqua dimension. It must have affected him and made him malleable and more open-minded. Have Lilas come back, we have to do something before he understands his Rank-6 powers. If he does that, we would explode before we noticed anything."
Hearing this the long-haired man closed his eyes and started to mumble fast and incoherently. Then he opened his eyes wide, his forehead was filled with sweat. "Those bastards went so far, I wasted more than half my energy for such a short message." The young man angrily cursed his teammates.
Space started to twist and revealed a man in a similar cloak. He was holding a staff in his right hand. The long part of the staff was made of different types of wood weaved together giving it a spiral design. At the top, the staff had three claws pointing at each other. "I can only give you guys 30 seconds or even less. The water is too heavy." A mechanical voice spoke out.
"That's good enough, Ready up then. It's time to kill a demigod."