60 Inside the Hill (1/2)

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Jonas led them towards a safe zone. It was a place where most of the humans are concentrated. Tents were built everywhere and there's a few unused so they decided to borrow one in just for now.

There were some sleeping bags inside, enough for all of them. As soon as Paul and Mark hit those sleeping bags, they started snoring loudly. Raven and the girls could only shake their heads and let them rest since their first live battle's toll was too much for them.

The girls meditated to calm their nerves, Jonas went ahead and did the same thing as well. Meanwhile, Raven was busied himself with grinding some ingredients once more. He spent a good amount of time before finishing his craft. He ended up having at least three sticks of incense when he's done. He took out a stand and placed one incense on it. He lit it up and a smoke started coming out from it.

The smoke was fragrant, it carried an earthy yet sweet scent. When the smoke was inhaled by the occupants of the tent, they unknowingly arrived at a very meditative state where their bodies are very relaxed and focused on recovery alone.

The atmosphere inside the tent became peaceful, four people meditating, two sleeping and Raven who went outside after lighting up the incense. If his calculations were correct, then it will take at least an hour before the smoke runs out, which means that they will be in that state for an hour as well.

”Alright, let's investigate some things shall we?”

As soon as he stepped out of the camp, he sprinkled some powder on himself and he seemingly disappeared out of nowhere. Raven wasn't gone, only became invisible. When he arrived at this place, he already had a gauge of the spectrum of cultivations bases around him. This 'Concealment Powder' is at least B-ranked item. He won't have to be worried about being seen by anyone soon.

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When the powder settled in, Raven started to run in a controlled manner. He knew that he's just concealed and there's many ways to leave tracks behind, even for concealed people. He didn't his cover being blown so he had to be careful.

He avoided traveling to places where fights were happening, he also avoided grassy and muddy lands. After traveling for at least five minutes, he was able to reach the hill that had many holes in it. He gently felt the ground beneath him and went inside one of the holes after finding out that nothing was coming.

Raven felt the temperature drop as soon ss he entered. The entrance was actually leading deeper into the colony. He saw traces of battle such as eroded/broken weapons, limbs of either humans or ants, purple and red blood, he even saw some belongings that were left behind by those who fought here.

This wasn't the first time that he saw something like this, in fact he seen worst. He already developed some sort of mental immunity towards these type of scenario.

He followed the entrance and walked soundlessly. He made sure to stay alert at all times, the last thing that he wants it to be mobbed by gigantic ants. It didn't take long before he arrived at a bigger room. There he saw huge eggs along with two worker ants who were guarding the place. Raven activated his ocular technique and saw the energy registered of the ants.

The worker ants, were both Fighter Class Beasts, nothing for him to worry about since these things won't see him even if he stood before them. His eyes then landed on the eggs and he also saw their energy readings. Not all of these eggs will be born, some are already dead before they hatched since he didn't see any energy in them.

Just when he was planning on leaving this place, he then saw a faint red shimmer beyond the eggs. He then figured that since these things can't see him, then might as well take a closer look.

Walking pass by the worker ants, it took him a couple of steps before he was able to see the red shimmer closely. It was coming from a small hole on the wall, big enough to fit humans in. He went on fours and crawled slowly inside that hole, making sure to make as minimal noise as he could.