Chapter 268 - The Plan (1/2)

Before leaving, Laz checked out Dwayne's issue with cultivation. If Laz was being honest, he was probably not the best person for this task. After all, he wasn't some all knowing sage. The only benefit he had was his experience in treating Sarah and Abraham along with his own efforts. Luckily though, he didn't let Dwayne down.

As it turned out, while Laz had always been using the technique he created which regulated the flow if energy through the body, there were different ways he had discovered that worked just as well. But since they worked just as well as far as he was concerned, he just went back to his usual way. It was only now, helping Dwayne, that Laz understood and appreciated the other ways he had discovered.

Interestingly enough, he had never named them or put much stock into them. But seeing as how this new technique/way of doing it was beneficial for Dwayne, Laz decided that he should try to pass on all of the ones that he had figured out so that others who had issues like Dwayne, could get some help. Since Dwayne liked to call himself 'immortal,' Laz simply referred to this new way technique as the immortal technique.

As far as Laz was concerned, this was nothing more than a footnote for the day as he was now super interested in the stone that he had received.

Just as he was about to leave though, Aaron stopped him.

”So what's the plan for getting into this gate. We all know where the building in located, but it's going to be hell to try to get in.”

”That... yeah...” Thinking about it, Laz's only real plan was just to bust their way in, no big deal. After all, once the church sent in whoever they were going to send, assuming that was their plan, Laz didn't think there would be much in the way of opposition for him and his group. But while he might have thought this way, that didn't mean it was the safest or the smartest way to go about things.

”Don't have an idea?”

”Well, I figured the direct approach would be the best. But we would need a way in...” Laz kind of said what he thought, but decided to keep it vague.

”Ok.. A quiet way in...”

”Blending in be the way. Sneak around and find what ye be looking fer. Don't got to go making it hard on the boy. Just give em what ye got,” Madam Cal spoke up, exposing Aaron's plans.

”What you got?” Laz was kind of confused.

”We raided a... deployment from one of the churches deliveries and discovered a bunch of military fatigues which we stashed in case we needed to blend in. Using those should get you through the door. But even then, that doesn't hide who we are. One of those freaks comes upon us and they gunna know you don't belong there.” Aaron voiced his overall concern. Sneaking in would be easy if they were just normal people. But as things stood, he didn't know of a way to hide their unique energy from the chosen. The red beads only worked while you were weak while normal people wouldn't be able to know the difference anyway. But when a chosen comes upon an infected or vice versa, there is no way to hide it.

”That's.... actually pretty easy,” Laz said, thinking of something.

”How be dat easy?” Madam Cal asked.

”Halgalz....” Laz said, thinking to himself.

”And what the hell is that?” Aaron said, wondering.

Laz didn't say anything right away. He just thought to himself a bit longer. Laz had never abandoned the use of runes and had, in fact, been learning more about them. The hardest part about using them was that they, in and of themselves, were vague. Just because a rune meant something didn't mean that it was clear enough to support the action he wanted. Runes had always been open to interpretation.

”Let me show you,” Laz figured the easiest way was the direct way.

Lifting his finger in the air, Laz brought out his black flame on the tip of it. Using it like a pencil, he drew the rune in the air, a simple rune that kind of took on an 'N' shape. When he was done drawing it, he waved his hand and allowed the rune to plaster itself onto his body before it disappeared. Although the outline of the rune was the black flame, once the rune was activated, it became nothing more than energy. Laz instilled it with the thought of disruption.

”Amazing. Using yer own energy like a brush to paint a symbol. Dis isn't something just anyone can do.” Madam Cal, watching Laz's movements, had nothing but praise for him.

”So what does it do?”

”Try to sense me,” Laz told Aaron.

”Ok.” Aaron used his sense to scan Laz, but much to his surprise, it's like he wasn't even there.

”This... this...?”

”Hmm?” Madam Cal, without even a word, tried doing the same thing. She also sensed nothing where Laz was standing.

Seeing the strange looks on their faces, of course Dwayne tried it as well, although his sense was much lower than the middle aged couple. Of course he saw nothing as well.

”Are you not seeing what I'm not seeing?” He asked, amazed.

”This is amazing. The red beads lost their effect once we got stronger and nothing else could hide the fluctuations of our energy, either from each other or those bastards. Of course them sensing us means we sense them. But if you're a blank to us...” Aaron half asked, half said to himself.

”I think it should work,” Laz said.

”To be honest, I don't know how their power and ability works. It's so different from what we do that I can't be one hundred percent sure this is going to work, but assuming their abilities are within the same scope of understanding as ours, then it should work.” Laz explained.

”Dey be drawing the power from nature and the like and storing it within a core. To be honest with ya, it almost seems similar to how da beasts be a storing their strength. But the difference be that they can then channel the strength, both from without and from within. While we be using ours like a battery, they be using their power like a circuit.”

”You mean they can draw an unlimited amount of power from the air, ground and everything around them?” Laz asked, dumbfounded.

”It not be unlimited. You not be wanting to overdraw a circuit and be burning it out right? It be da same way fer them. They grow stronger by expanding and strengthening that circuit which ain't be all that different from us,” Madam Cal replied, sharing what she knew.

”How do you know all that?” Laz asked, his eyes gleaming. This was the first he had heard about it and it seemed to be an amazing bit of info.