Warrior Terminator

Infiltrate

Alpha to Gage. “What was your decision yesterday to let your comrades leave this Darkotry region alone was the right choice? Wouldn't it be safer if he was with us, Gage.”

“It's okay. He's a fast guy. Intuition is good too. I'm sure he can find a way out that won't harm him. Anyway, from the beginning I believed that he did intend to get out of here as soon as possible, because otherwise it would be impossible for him to hand over any suspicious location information that should be investigated to us.”

“I think it even makes him like a coward. His attitude that shows that he does not want to get involved with bad things and just leave it to us.” Youis stumped their conversation.

“He is indeed a coward, whereas himself is Guardian.” Gage did not deny it at all. “Well, I can't blame him because he's just a replacement.”

“Superior?” Alpha's eyebrows are interlocked, a sign that he's confused.

“He was one of the chosen Guardians in exchange for Luxco's dead colleagues. He is not good at fighting. The power of light is not great either. However, his intuition could not be underestimated, almost everything he felt was true,” replied Gage.

“Then you believe one hundred percent we will find something if we go to the top of hill—the place that he thinks is suspicious is,” Youis said.

“Only seventy percent, but at least more than half. We don't have any picture either, so I think this is the path we should take,”.

The young man scooped up water using his hands to drink. He also wiped his face to make it feel fresher. Then he moved away from the riverbank followed by Alpha and Youis. After asking whether his friends are ready to continue the journey or not they have returned to moving. The goal is the central point of the Darkotry region, a small hill that has giant rocks at its peak.

It didn't take long for them to reach the top of the hill. Nothing is blocking the road. They were also really careful not to have to fight with the ramplite encountered. The experiences of Alpha's friends really helped them escape safely.

The top of the hill is an arid land. Right in the middle of it are giant-sized ancient stones. The stones have cavities and spaces like a building. Many ramplites gathered there, and they were all one group.

“It was their headquarters,” muttered Alpha.

“Is there any way we can fight them? I guess not. His opponent is too much.” Youis speculated.

“We might be able to win,” Arta said. “See there,” point, “they are practicing using the power of light, which means they have not long had that power, maybe they are not too strong.”

Hearing those opinions made Kirimi smile amusedly. He also spoke. “Why did you first think of fighting, hm? Basic men! We're gonna infiltrate. All we need is information, only then do we think about the next action,” scolded him.

Alpha and Youis laughed dryly, while Arta, she turned shy.

“Who will get in there then?” Ursa asked.

“I don't mind,” said Joa so casually. “Whoever wants to come with me, I have no problem. Dan—oh, Sendi, I'm sorry, actually I'm okay if I have to face them, so it's not a problem if we all go in there.”

“If we all go there the name is not an intrusion, but an ambush. The three of you,” Sega looked at Alpha, Youis, and Arta with piercing eyes, “then Joa too, don't feel great. Even though they still can't use the power of the light doesn't mean they're not strong, do you understand? They have become group one, it is not a thing that can be underestimated.”

“Ha-ha. Got the four of you. Here's the old Sega lecture I didn't hear.” Ursa mocks. “Then, Sega, you're the one who went with Joa in there. Unlike the three of them, you are calmer in acting.”

“You mock us, but still include Joa?! Just be right!” alpha Protest.

“Different from you or Youis, Joa can still be more reliable,” Ursa said.

“Then I can also come in.” Arta volunteered, but it was rejected by Ursa and Sega, because they were worried about the amount being too much. “Alright, no problem, I'll just keep an eye out,” the grunt is disappointed.

“Let's go, Sega.”

“Ya.”

“Be careful!” message Sendi.

The two young men jumped down from the tree without making a noise. They ran tiptoed so as not to make a sound towards the headquarters which was less than a hundred meters away from where his friends were watching and waiting on top of a large branching tree.

As the focus of the ramplites was being filled to their comrades who were practicing using the power of the new light, they were not too aware of the presence of the two intruders in their headquarters, either, there was indeed a look to Joa and Sega, but both managed to hide themselves quickly. Thanks to the many cavities and spaces in the base, Joa and Sega can move safely from one place to another. They circled their eyes looking for where the crystals taken from their villagers were stored. They even broke away.

“Have you met?” whispered Joa to Sega who returned to the place where they agreed to meet again, a small cavity that was above a room.

Sega shook her head. “But I found something else. In this place there is a ramplite who seems to be so respected.”

“Dangerous people?”

“Do not know. But at the moment he is in a bad condition. I want to take you to see, maybe we can know something.”

“Alright,” replied Joa accompanied by a nod.

They descended from a stone cavity that was above a space. Sega leads the way. They were still walking around, very cautious, but due to the large number of ramplites in that place it was impossible if they were not caught. Inadvertently Joa and Sega cross paths with a ramplite in the hallway. But they made the ramplite faint as fast as lightning, its body set to lean against the wall and it looked as if it was sleeping. They do their job well.

Sega again showed direction. It rises into a small cavity that can only be entered by crawling. He and Joa are hiding there. From that place they could see into a room with enough lighting, there was a wooden bed filled with straw, on it lay a male ramplite who looked like a sickly person. The ramplite continued to cough, each time it coughed its body was shaken, and from its mouth came out blood. However, the nearby ramplites served him very well.

Taps. Taps. Taps.

“Your situation is as miserable as ever, Metis.”

Someone came into the room. A young man with light blue hair. He is a star man. For what a star man was in the headquarters of the ramplites, they thought they were very confused. Joa and Sega were shocked when they managed to see the face of the young man. They know his face.

“Dia—”

“People we chased this morning.”

This morning, after they exited the cave, they accidentally met the young man whose name was referred to as Castor. Castor has three magic crystal necklaces around his neck, so they chase after him, but Castor is faster so he can get away with it and they decide not to pursue the young man anymore.

“The necklace is gone,” Joa murmured.

Sega remained silent observing seriously.

“Ah, if about it, Metis..”.

“What's up?”

“The magic crystal I brought you was stolen by someone on the way here. I failed to take it back. And again, all the magic crystals we have are used up. In other words we have no magic crystals left to restore your state.”

“What did you say?!” He screamed out in anger, but a second later coughed badly.

“Haha. Don't worry so. You will recover, your condition will recover, and you will be able to fight like before. In a moment.”

“But we need that magic crystal.”

“I know.”

“And we have run out of it.”

“I also know,” Castor said. “But we have found the solution.”

“What?”

“There are eight people in Mayall Village who are in this region.”

“You said they made it out of this place.”

“Indeed. But there were eight foolish brats trying to find the magic crystal. We can take their crystals and then heal you.”

‘What did he say? What do they mean by talk?’ Sega is confused.

“Hahaha. Good then! Who did you order to take them out, Castor?”

“Megaclite and Taygete.”

“They're slow. Why don't you just go?”

“Because I don't want to. I'm not your servant, Metis, I wouldn't have helped if it wasn't for my will,” Castor replied coldly. “Omong-by the way, there are soldiers here, I don't know what they did all the way here.”

“Not a problem. After I recover using those magic crystals I will immediately start the hunt for the people of Mayall Village. No matter where they hide, I just need to attack every place, I don't care if I have to destroy this whole country. With my strength it is not impossible.”

Castor grinned. “Hopefully succeeded. But first you have to get the magic crystals from the boys.”

“Megaclite and Taygete will get it.”

“Confidence once.”

Metis said nothing about the innuendo because he had coughed first. His mouth spits blood. It's pain. A servant gave me a drink.

“Magic crystal. And, who would have thought that such an object could be very useful for us, the ramplites,” he said in a soft voice. “If only we get the source of the magic crystal from Mayall Village, then we can make the whole ramplite to be perfect easily.”

“What?!”

Duk!

Joa smothered her own mouth. He voiced his surprise. Moreover he made a sound by accidentally banging his head into the ceiling of the stone cavity. It was glared at by Sega. When they turned back to the room they looked at Castor and Metis.

“Aircraft.”.

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