The previous teams had already developed a good map of the base and the possible locations of the dynasty. High tech surveillance ships were already scouring the whole planet in search of any dynasty presence yet the only major one was the one currently being addressed and the landing site was approximately 10 miles from the SGB.
Dodging trunks and cutting through dense vines, Yuan and his hunters advanced further. It was reported that the majority of the dynasty had been residing in the SGB and a previous bombing run was conducted on the exploration vessel landing site to ensure that no word made its way back. Yuan looked to his side. The young hunter, simply known as "Botan" had activated his amulet, granting him extreme agility and strength. On the other side was Giang, a Meskynidae. His species was built for hunting in situations like this. His muscular build allowed him to ram through obstacles while his extreme natural awareness allowed for little to go undetected. The only job now was to track down any possible dynasty explorers who could have managed to escape.
The orbital ships had provided a sufficient communication barrier between the planet and the rest of the universe. There was an extremely low possibility of an explorer regaining contact with the dynasty back at home. A burning scent suddenly filled Yuan's nose. Something was off in the region. Then Giang shouted,
"Over there! A trail. It seems like something was injured. Let's follow it."
Yuan agreed but ordered a Passive Protocol. Botan would patrol a set perimeter while Giang and Yuan went in to investigate. A trail of reddish liquid stained the muddy forest floor. Here and there, Yuan could see broken mechanical parts. It seemed like someone who was near the exploration vessels or the SGB had crawled away, painstakingly.
Suddenly, Yuan's intercom buzzed.
"Captain! There is a hostile entity behind me! I'm going to run to your location, it will likely follow. We can take it down from there!"
Yuan and Giang readied their weapons. Moments later, Botan jumped through the heavy brush and Yuan caught a glimpse of something big behind him in the darkness.
"Hunter Protocol! Pursuit permission!"
The three charged into the brush, guns blazing, tearing the forest apart bullet by bullet. Giang ran forward while Yuan and Botan both got their amulets ready.
Giang was suddenly grasped by something and dragged through the uncut bushes.
"After him now!".
Yuan grasped the bushes, feeling the power of the amulet growing. The bushes burned to a crisp at his touch while Botan began channeling his Instinctive Wolf amulet that allowed him to gain extraordinary wolf-like powers. Following the trail, they ran, until all traces of Giang just suddenly disappeared. Logically, whatever had Giang had climbed onto the trees. Yuan looked up, a dark muscular body was darting from tree to tree. Yuan took aim while Botan began a fiercer pursuit. The chase abruptly stopped when a huge lion leapt up, grasping the perpetrator firmly in its jaws. Giang dropped into the mud below.
"Liyung!"
It was Yuan's old trainee mission captain!
Landing gracefully, Liyung let the thing out. It was a large dynasty hound that had run loose. Yuan was wondering how much more there was, running loose. A few more hunters had shown up, now recovering from their wounds. Yuan helped Giang up. The bite marks would need some immediate attention. Other than that, the mission was going fairly well so far.