Before the group headed back to the house Aura talked to Stacy and some of the cult members. Beth on the other hand was saying her goodbyes to her fellow members since she had chosen to stay with their group permanently. Which they obviously welcomed since they would make a valuable addition to the team.
Aura wanted to tag along and see where her little brother was staying. Also, she wanted to make sure that these two bitches would not try anything on her little brother. She has to protect him from these devils in disguise. Therefore, when she was giving orders to the other members about moving people and resources to their old apartment complex, she made sure to hurry up before she was left behind.
"See Ash we had to wait for your mean big sister. I would never make you wait so long. I would always stick by your side and not waste your time unlike her. Maybe we should leave her behind and she can catch up. After all, she has space magic so maybe she can open a portal."
Allie made enticing suggestions while they waited for Aura. She wanted to leave that bitch behind and have Ash all to herself in the bunker. She could distract Beth but Aura was like a bloodhound that would never leave Ash's side. Sadly Aura heard what she was saying and walked up to them in a hurry.
"Don't worry Allie you don't have to be concerned about me holding you up. I would never keep my brother waiting too long. After all, we have such a close bond with each other. In fact, I was much better with him the day he was born so you don't have to worry I will spend extra time with my brother."
Allie and Aura stared at each other while holding Ash. Ash looked at the two and smiled but inwardly he groaned about how much bullshit he would have to deal with because of these two. Beth smiled at the two and talked to Eva about where they were heading. She wanted to know how extensive the bunker was and as much information as possible about what it had in it.
"Hey, Ash we should head out now. We don't want to be walking out of here at night. Monsters are more active and stronger at night. I would rather not handle those types of threats until we are stronger."
Ash nodded at Beth's suggestion. He felt that the creatures at night were just like the animals that come out at night. Which means mostly creepy and giant bugs and bats at night. Yeah, he would not deal with that. He started to walk with both troublemakers hanging in his arms. This was going to be a long walk for him but he was happy to have his sister back.
As they walked around they saw that most of the fires around the city were already extinguished and becoming smaller or are now extinguished. There were still some groups of people raiding local stores and fighting monsters on the streets. There seemed to be less chaos on the streets but not as many substantial groups as before.
"I would like to learn more about the government and their projects, Aura. What have they been planning since the awakening happened? They already knew Mana was going to awaken or have soldiers that already know how to use magic. Do you know what their next plans are?"
He was worried that the government would try something to cause chaos. The United States was already horrible as it is so they did not want to deal with a corrupt government that seemed to want to control everything. I mean they already have projects on human experimentation and making magic soldiers and planning on turning him into a weapon of mass destruction.
"Well, they have been trying to capture dungeons. There is no way for them to locate these dungeons, however. They began recruiting people so they can boost their forces and regain control. One branch of the government however has been looking for you and trying to get you back into their grasp. You are a massive asset to them."
He sighed when she mentioned they wanted him back. I mean he can't blame them since he was a massive success with one of their projects and had a lot of potential that they wanted. They continued to walk past their old apartment complex to the house and saw some cult members clearing out the place. At least he knows now that the cult works fast and takes orders very well.
"Well, we will deal with them when it comes to it. For now, we should keep visiting dungeons and cultivating our magic power. I need to work on my Weather magic control. I can only use clouds and wind at the moment. With my Ember magic, it makes it a deadly combo to use against enemies."
The ladies in the group nodded when they heard about the combo of his Ember and Weather magic. They had never seen him use both before, but it would be overkill if he tried both. However, he would run out of mana fast if he tried both magic types at once. That was the one weakness of someone with two types of magic. When they used both they ran out of magic twice as fast.
"Well we are almost at the house so let's worry about the government later. We need to rest up and get some dinner when we get to the house. I can't wait to have more snake meat and french fries."
The ladies laughed as they saw Ash drool over food. He was really looking forward to eating snake meat again. Food with Mana tastes amazing and different. The flavour comes out more and you can feel its effects on your body. He wanted to have some french fries with it because it might taste like fried chicken and french fries which was one of his favourites.
"Oh yeah, Eva how is the project with the mana-infused crops and animals progressing while we've been away? I wanted to hear about the progress with the animals in the bunker and crops."
He took out his phone as he mentioned Eva and she projected herself there. She then showed some videos of how the cows and pigs reacted to the mana. She also showed how some mana seeds or plants grew faster than normal. The plants seemed to grow fast and take mana as well. She could not figure out the animal aspect but they were slowly gaining mana.
"The crops and plants in the base seemed to have been exposed to mana very well. I wanted to see if I could expose different types of mana with different elements. However, we have some freshly grown potatoes that can be used for french fries that will probably taste better."
Ash grew excited when he heard they would have mana-infused french fries. This would be the most delicious meal ever. Then he realized something that blew his mind. If they could do plants and animals, why couldn't they do candy? Think about magical candy and snacks! This will be the next big project he tells Eva. He left a note on his phone for her to read.
"I truly am a genius! I will have magical candy. I will be the True Willy Wonka and become rich! This is a new age where I will rule the candy era and become the true god of candy!"
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