The group heads for the spiky mountain after the golems and Assassins made recognizance. They reach the end of the forest before the mountain as the distance between the forest and mountain is 50 meters. There is a portion of the forest on the end of the mountain as the trees seem to have been broken and trampled.
Clone10, she is carrying Nytri, she said something Nytri didn't want to consider. "You don't think the mountain moved, right?"
Nytri shakes her head in the DATA LAKE, "Mountains don't move, something the size of a mountain did this. There're a lot of those monsters wondering around." The group arrive at a side of the mountain, there are no caves.
The first Clone to arrive at the mountain takes a gamble, "There's no caves, I'll make one. A golem for digging should do, minimize the EP as much as possible." She makes a big drill as she starts to drill under the mountain, good choice.
In 5 mins the second Clone arrives, she's shocked to see what the other is doing but no monsters came. "I'll keep watch and warn you if anything is coming." She tells Clone1 as she moves away from her, observing.
Clone3 arrives but she already knows, Nytri wasn't informed. Clone 3 also make rods to prevent the cave from collapsing. "I hope this isn't a bad idea."
Clone1 shudders, "I just hope whatever that's keeping the monsters away doesn't come for us." They continued to drill, when they reached 15 meters into the ground another clone arrives.
Clone4 is shocked, "GUYS WHAT THE HECK ARE YOU DOING?! WHAT IF- "
Clone2 shush her, "Keep it down. There's no place for us to stay anyway, this is the best plan. If Real Me finds out she'll chose another place."
Clone4 stares at her with a blank look. "Real Me, won't find out." Clone 2 is surprised, "Why's that." Clone4 rubs her toes in the soil, "She collapsed." All the clones stop. "Blood loss" They all had the same thought, "If she's been bleeding this entire time, doesn't it mean something can track her?"
They dig faster and make a room about 30meter deep and expand it. The Real Nytri finally arrives on Clone10 as she's indeed unconscious, she just fainted in the DATA LAKE. They all bickered on why they use EP but they are glad they managed to make a hole in the ground. They enter and set Nytri up in a corner as an Assassin automaton brings wood and they make fire from it.
Clone7 looks around, "I know this place is weird but why's the wood not burning yet there's fire on it?" They gather around the small fireplace.
Clone4 taps her shoulder, "It's better we don't think about it." They patched Nytri up with their clothes made from ARMORED SHELL to stop the bleeding.
After that they gathered, Clone2 was the leader, "Alright, 1st Clone will stay and watch over Nytri while the rest of us go and gather resources. We share the same storage space so Clone1 can assess whatever we find without having to return, this way even if something does follow us it won't hinder us. Use INFORMATION MAGIC to find anything to heal Real Me. You got that? We'll gather here in 3 hours."
Clones, "Yeah." They rushed from the cave/hole in the ground and spread out, they search for anything useful that could heal Nytri. They go out for days picking herbs and fruits, 3 clones died and a lot of golems were lost. They currently have 12 Assassins and the rest being 30 golems and automata.
Clone1 is tending to Nytri as she's grinding herbs and smearing it on Nytri's wounds, she receives a message from the others. Clone7 speaks through, "Hey, I found water. I've taken some into the space and some fishes too."
Clone1 smiles, "Thanks, much appreciated." They go back to work as Nytri was still unconscious.
In 3 hours, 7 clones managed to return, even they are badly wounded as some had lost an arm. Clone4 grips her ribs, "Urgh, I want to resummon myself and get rid of the pain but she's still out cold." They gather around the fire as some apply herbs on their bodies.
Clone6 had a large claw mark across her chest. "This'll leave a mark." She lies down to recover SP.
Clone3, "This day sucks, first that damn god and now this. When I get him, I'll make sure to bring him here or a more terrifying place." She fans herself with a leaf.
Clone5 chuckles, "You got that right sister. But now, let's hope Nytri wakes up soon, her HP was around 4% When we entered the hole. Now it seems to be around 75% after we applied the herbs." She relaxed on a wall.
Clone1, "We used EP here but nothing came for us, maybe being the low underground hides us from detection. When Nytri wakes up we'll test that. Now, you guys' rest, I'm on guard duty with the golems." She gets up to leave but Clone4 Stops her, "I'll do it. You're the only one amongst up in good condition. If something happens you have to get Nytri out of here."
Clone6, "Yeah, I doubt I can fight back if something does attack. We'll keep watch and you'll run if danger comes."
Clone1 nods, "Alright, d…..don't push yourself." She goes and sits beside Nytri by the wall.
Clone6, "Don't worry, if things get tough, I'll just die and come to the DATA LAKE." She waves and leaves with the clones leaving Clone1 with Nytri and 2 Clockwork assassin and 4golems capable of fighting.
Clone4 leaves the hole and sits at the entrance as Clone6 runs towards a tree keeping watch. Clone5 climbs the mountain to the top as she watches around her, she observes the forest especially the part that looks like a big path. "Whatever that made this path is either the same size as the trees or bigger." The trees around them are about 500meters to 700meters.
Night comes as the clones set up webs around the entrance and go to sleep, sound could be heard in the forest so none of them went too deep. If anything comes close it wound trigger the webs and they'd wake up, they also use themselves as bait. If they die, they can wake the others. In the cave, Clone1 placed Nytri's head on her shoulder as she also went to sleep. The automata and golems didn't need sleep so they keep watch, then it moved.
At the end of the mountain, an eye opens. The eye is bigger than 10meters as it watches the hole in the ground and every clone. No one realized this, not even the golems or automata sensed this object. The forest is eerily silent, no sound in the air as the eye observes everything. A gust of wind suddenly blew from the part of the eye is as the trees bend from the wind, then the eye closes. Sounds return to the forest like nothing happened.