158 Opening Shots (1/2)

Kilometers away from the spot where the battle was happening, in a mountainous area, a certain invisible ship hovered about fifty meters from the ground. It was an advance looking aircraft using a cloaking ability that allows it to hide from human detection, their technology included. It's shape and color reminiscent of white marble.

Piloting inside the hovering object is a member of the Guardians. His deep blue eyes scanning the whole plot while his hands were moving in blurring speed, constantly working on some weird looking buttons. A frown can be seen itched in between its brows and appears that he was in a hurry.

”Northwest position ready. All humans are locked and ready to proceed freezing procedure.”

A moment of silence followed before it started moving its mouth.

”Activation protocol complete. Moving all targets out, in ten seconds.”

”ten...”

”nine...”

”eight”

....

And just as it hit the last number, the marble looking ship suddenly exploded in intense light. A white beam suddenly forced out of both its side and ook their own paths straight to the north and western direction consecutively.

This beam of light continued to travel hundreds of kilometers before converging with another beam of light coming from the north, the other one from the opposite direction did the same from the west.

Looking up high from the space, one could see bright beams of light popping out from different spots all over the Philippines, ultimately forming a massive octagon of light with the whole vast island, where Elric and the others are located, as the center of the octagon.

Half of the country was instantly placed inside an isolation barrier.

All humans inside this incredibly wide barrier, no matter what state they were in or what they were doing, instantly stopped moving. As if everything was put into a pause, even the free-flowing water and the gravity stopped as it was.

”Phase one and two complete. Proceeding transformation.”

Everything stopped aside from the few people inside the isolation barrier that granny Kahayag made. Followed after, all the humans and animals included that was covered by the octagon, suddenly dissipated in a bright streak of light and like reversed meteorites, they all flew towards the marble looking ship of the Guardians.

As the lights covered his ship, it's size started to bubble as well. By the time it finished absorbing all of the light streaks, it was already ten times its former size!

”Barrier had been placed. All lifeforms have been secured in my area. Moving out now.” The Guardian piloting the mysterious ship reported. With a sigh, he quickly maneuvered his now-massive ship and blurred towards the ocean.

But just when his ship was about to touch the body of the water,

ZEEET~

BOOOM!~

A laser beam from an unknown location had successfully hit the marble-like Guardian aircraft.

The explosion was too powerful that it managed to create massive shock waves on the surroundings, sending the seawater flying high like rain and small tidal waves were even formed.

It was an attack that should have turned the whole ship into smithereens, fortunately, the Guardians are not that unprepared for such an attack. The pilot Guardian managed to react on time and activated their emergency energy shield.

It may have managed to reflect most of the attack but the sheer force of the impact still sent the marble-like ship crashing unto the seafloor.

”Arkhan contact on my area. The energy shields down to only 20%. Requesting aid. Initiating evasive maneuver.” The Guardian reported like the rapper as he recomposed himself, swiftly maneuvering thru massive corals trying to flee as fast as possible.

Gugugu~

High above the reckless water, the massive Arkhan mother ship had actually revealed itself again for the first time after ten years.

It's black massive floating fortress now looked like a massive simplified castle with a triangle shape.

In each of its three corners are walls of protruding laser cannons that presented an unprecedented threat to any of its target outside while in the middle is a floating black orb that housed the commander of the whole floating fortress, it was Khan. One of the former Elders of the Guardian who stole some Ancient technology to start his own race.

The main culprit of the declining number of the Dragons, the king of the Dragon hunters.

Inside, the black orb, Khan stood proudly in his sleek black suit. Unlike the expected figure that everyone thought, Khan's body looked as young as Elric. His smooth Dark red hair, his whole body was covered in Dragon scale while his eyes have the deep blue eyes of the Guardian on the left and the Dragon eyes on the right.

His eyes scanned the surroundings, inside the black orb, he could see everything that was happening around the fortress at three hundred sixty degrees angle. He could see everything no matter how far they are, all he needs to do is just a mere thought. It was a perspective that presented no blindspot. As if the entire floating fortress was his eyes and body itself.

This black orb is called the Eye of Khan, it allows the latter to control the whole floating fortress, from moving and executing commands, he does all of them there.

”I need those people you are holding.” Khan emotionlessly muttered and his message was immediately received by the Guardian pilot.

Knowing the enemy's intention, it did not take long for the pilot to deduce Khan's intention.