The earthen man was able to dash underneath the falling door. This put him in close quarters with Haze. It was a dangerous situation Tobe with him since her gun was useless. He got to find out that the rumors of Haze were not exaggerated. Her flesh was indeed soft to the touch.
They said her flesh was like marshmallow. Many men and women would fantasize and bet that she was soft and mellow. They were right. She broke in two with a single punch. She was that soft.
The earthen man was shocked when she fell like a rag doll with a single punch. He thought he was being pranked, or maybe he had punched another mirage.
He was tempted to continue through the building in search of her and more enemies, but he stopped and returned to open the door. He found Kelvin and what was left of the villain coalition there waiting for him. .
There were probably 30 of them that entered the base from the start, but now there are 7 of them in total. The earthen man, Kelvin, and five others.
Those five were grateful to the earthen man and a little afraid of Kelvin. One of them said to him, "Thanks, man."
He snorted and said, "I'm a woman."
All of them, even Kelvin, took another glance at her. She didn't look like a woman to them. She looked like a tall, muscular man whose muscles got turned into rocks.
She was shirtless, so they got to see her upper body well enough, and it didn't look like that of a woman. Maybe they would be able to tell if she was a woman if she pulled off her trousers for them to see, but no one asked her to do that.
The man that thanked her scratched his head and said, "Well, thanks, lady."
One of the other five couldn't take it anymore. He burst out laughing. He was so loud, he was holding his stomach to keep it from cramping because of all the laughter.
The earthen lady responded with a punch. Her stone fist smashed into his head and shattered it. She rubbed the blood on her fist against her trousers while glaring at the rest as if daring them to laugh.
No one laughed. Kelvin sighed and muttered, "That leaves 6."
Wrath was laughing though. It started laughing after the stone giant killed the man, so it was laughing that she was a woman.
She said to them, "Let's go."
She turned and led the way. But only four people followed behind her. The lady in their midst decided that she had had enough and chose to retreat.
Wrath commented as he watched her go, "Smart gal. And we wonder why women live longer than men."
He didn't respond to it. He was in enemy territory, so he wanted to keep quiet so as not to alert the enemy to their position.
The five of them moved quietly until they arrived at a door blocking their way. One of the villains managed to fool the security switch on the door on the wall into making it open.
The door opened into a large hall which was glowing with a blue light. The glowing was because the entire hall was lined with blue crystals. They were growing on the walls and the roof.
The beautiful sight made someone exclaim in awe. Kelvin slapped the back of his head and motioned for him to remain quiet.
Unfortunately, it was too late. They were not the only ones in the hall. There were many others, and two of them were looking at them.
Blue crystal was in the middle of the hall. He appeared to be a pillar, not a man. He was fixed to the ground in the middle of the room. There was a man beside him, shaving his flesh and depositing it in the bodies of the other people lining the room.
The man had stopped his work to stare at them. As for the others in the room, they were in too much pain to notice or care about the new arrivals.
The man was wearing safety glasses. He was wearing thick protective attire, and even his hands were gloved with thick plastic gloves that reached up to his elbows. Combined with the glass shield on his face, he looked like a welder.
He removed the glass shield on his face to scrutinize them carefully. Then he said, "I don't recognize any of you. Who are you? Where is Haze?"
They didn't reply, so he turned away from them and screamed, "Haze, get over here. There are some strangers here."
Haze didn't answer his calls, which made the gears in the man's head start turning. He called for Fainter and Mirage next. They didn't answer either. This led him to come. To the conclusion he didn't think was possible."
He asked, "Are you enemies? Who sent you? What have I done to anger you?"
Everyone looked confused by the situation. Both the villains and their targets were confused. Blue Crystal didn't appear like he could move. His face and limbs had fused into one blue crystal pillar, while the only other conscious person in the room didn't know to expect them.
Earthen woman replied, "Red Dream sent us? Didn't you know your gang was in a war with hers? You attacked her, remember?"
The man was aghast. He shouted in disbelief. "Attack her? We did no such thing. She was the one that has been harassing us. She was the one that wanted to buy us out. She sent someone to assainate me today. Only then did we have enough of her and send my men over to warn her."
Kelvin shook his head and said, "This doesn't make sense. Then again, it doesn't matter. We have a job to do."
He pointed his gun at the man after saying that.
The man raised his hands and said, "Don't shoot. I'm sure we can work this out. I'll give Red Dream whatever she wants."