337 The Convergence, The People Lured Into The Place of Battle Due to Fate (1/2)
Day 54 – 12:04 PM – Rooftop, OKADA Manila, New Seaside Dr., Parañaque, 1701 Metro Manila
On the rooftop of a casino resort and hotel complex located on the Entertainment City gaming strip just more or less half a kilometer away directly south of the Industrial Area, four figures emerged from a hole in space.
The shortest figure wearing a black cloak spoke and pointed at the direction north of them. From the small voice the figure had, it was obvious that the figure was a girl on her teens. As she was the last figure to come out of the hole, it was more apparent that she was the one responsible for it.
”Spera, why didn't you just transport us directly inside that? I don't think that your portal is this inconvenient.”
The tallest and buffest bodies figure spoke towards the short girl. He was wearing a red cloak and a long thin sword was strapped on his waist.
”Shin, you shouldn't on our cute Spera. You will frighten her.”
One of the two remaining figures that both wore purple colored cloaks spoke as she hugged Spera like a pet. Her voice was bright and mellow. Those that would hear it would not help but feel attracted to it.
”Yoko, you should stop that. Even if the world suddenly exploded, Spera won't change her expression.”
The last one, who was also a female, spoke. Compared to Yoko, her voice was cold and serene. However, it gave the same attractiveness as the other had.
”Yoko, Tsukiko. You two should take this seriously.” Spera spoke with her monotonous voice before she turned to Shin and answered his question. ”I want to open the portal inside that but it will take too much burden on me. If I forced it, I will use too much energy that we won't be able to open another if we needed to return urgently.”
”Are you saying that something is preventing you from opening the portal inside?”
Shin asked with made Spera nod in reply.
”Alright, let's go. That Dopp offered us a good deal just to retrieve him alone.”
Hearing the order of their leader, they started to make their way towards the target area, except a single person.
”Spera, what are you doing? Are you scared?”
Yoko asked as they noticed Spera not bulging from her initial spot.
”You three go. I'll wait here.”
”Why?”
To that question, Spera looked at the two females in her group.
”As I thought, you two don't feel it.” She then turned towards Shin. ”You can feel it right?”
”You mean the feeling that I should go in there? As if something is attracting me to that place? It's somewhat nostalgic.”
”That's right. I get the same feeling. It's rather unpleasant.”
The conversation of Shin and Spera made the other two confused. However, Shin would not let anyone left behind. He picked up the small statured Spera by her waist.
”What are you doing?”
”We can't leave you here whether you like it or not. Aside from your portals, your physical ability is lacking. We also need you to escape if the need came. The energies in that place are rather overwhelming. I think that Dopp succeeded in the ritual after many others in the organization tried several times before. But someone with the same strength as that demon is fighting it.”
Spera really did not want to go but with the difference between her strength and Shin's, she could only sigh as she was carried away.
Leaving the rooftop, Shin who carried Spera along with Yoko and Tsukiko jumped down the uneven shaped floors of the casino hotel and made it down unto the road without problems.
Below the building, they encountered a lot of infected as the casino hotel was the one of the most infected areas near Bay City but with their prowess, the infected did not even bothered them as they ran towards Bay City.
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Day 54 – 12:05 PM – South District, Bay City Settlement, Parañaque, Metro Manila
As the wall of miasma prevented the General and other soldiers from seeing what was happening inside the Industrial Area from the ground level, the General and the Officers moved towards the roof of the closest hotel casino hotel north of the Industrial Area. There, you could at least see the events inside to some degree with the help of binoculars and the scopes of their sniper rifles. They actually tried to fly a camera mounted drone inside but as the drone touched or flew above the black mist like wall, the drone would immediately lose power and crash.
Their soldiers had already retreated outside the area for the most part. However, they did not know if there were soldiers still alive buried under the debris of the collapsed buildings. As the retreat became urgent, they had no time to save them anymore.
”Is he still human?”
The general voiced seeing Mark contend face to face with the three meter tall monster. To their eyes, no matter how trained they were as soldiers, those swings the flame demon that appeared did was hard to see. All they could see were blurs and the large sword already traveled to another point. Not only that but they found it hard to catch up with how fast the flame demon and Mark was moving.
No one could answer the general. All of them were focused on the fight between Mark and Gar'Vlam.
While they were watching, three guests suddenly appeared.
”Miguel, something unusual is happening here, isn't it?”
Hearing that voice, General Perez turned his head by reflex.
”Isaach! What are you doing here?! It's dangerous!”
The general blurted out which snapped the other soldiers from the scene inside the Industrial Area. They all looked the guests that were being escorted by some soldiers serving as bodyguards.
It was Professor Isaach Co. together with his two assistants.
The general glared at the bodyguards making them have troubled expressions but the professor spoke.
”Don't blame them. I forced them to bring me here. Also it's not me who wanted to come here but my children.”
Isaach nudged his chin towards Nia and Allen, his personal assistants and foster children.
”Sorry General but we can't help it.” Nia apologized. ”Both I and Allen felt that we should go here. The feeling is too bad that if Professor did not allow us, we would have sneaked here.”
To her words, Allen nodded with seriousness.
”What Nia said is true general.”
”Can you two explain?”
”Sorry general but it's hard to explain.”
Nia answered the general's inquiry but her attention was already on the ongoing fight inside the Industrial Area. Allen was the same.