Chapter 779: Conversation with the Guests, Acquiring Two New Powerful Allies (1/2)
Day 174 - 10:38 AM - Mountain Base, Mount Malabito, General Nakar, Province of Quezon
The appearance of the floating cube in the sky sure caused a commotion in the Mountain Base. With the [Mechids] arriving on Earth from space, something that resembled an Unidentified Flying Object could cause an uproar among the populace.
However, that commotion turned into a surge of curiosity. It was Mark's base, after all, where his words were trusted more than other things. Knowing that the ones that arrived were not enemies, they could not help but become interested in that gigantic floating object.
As the floating cube landed, many of the people of the base were around to take a look. Of course, they did not swarm towards the cube. In the first place, the people could only look from above the walls as the cube landed outside.
Mark went out of the cube as it landed. He was followed by two rather good-looking people. Especially the woman, she was gorgeous.
As the woman went out, however, someone began to release killing intent.
Of course, Mark immediately detected that and could only shrug as the owner of the intent retreated away.
”Seems like someone is unhappy with me... Not really surprising.”
Illia coquettishly said. A Succubus like her would definitely sense that ill intent towards her. However, she did not know who the ill intent was coming from. Furthermore, when she was living, posing as a human in America, she had always been the target of jealousy from other women because of her natural charm and seductive body.
”This one is entirely your fault.”
Mark said, giving the confused Illia a bad sigh.
”Me?”
Illia asked.
”Follow me.”
Mark ignored Illia's question and told the two to follow.
As Mark did not answer, Illia could only look at Chimetrice, who nodded and followed Mark.
Following Mark, Chimetrice and Illia entered the Mountain Base for the first time. Behind the gate were the core members of the base, with Mei, Odelina, and Huey at the front.
”Ooh! Long time no see!”
Illia exclaimed, seeing Mei.
Of course, Illia's enthusiasm in meeting Mei once again was met with a silent stare. After all, they were not close with each other at all since they only met once. Furthermore, that meeting was not exactly in good light.
”How cold...”
Illia sulked and pouted. Her seductive appearance sure affected the male audience.
”Stop playing around.”
Chimetrice scolded Illia. It seemed that even Chimetrice was irked by her behavior.
”Au... Okay, Master.”
Illia said as she grabbed Chimetrice's arm. Chimetrice did not give any reaction to that and just allowed her to do so. The men around, however, seemed displeased as they decided to go back to work.
Seeing some of the people leave, Mark turned to the remaining people.
”You all should go back to your duties. We only have around two weeks left before the barrier vanishes. There is no time to slack around.”
Mark said, which everyone obeyed. The only ones left were Odelina and Mei, who would definitely go with Mark to the Cliff House.
The group led the two guests to the Cliff House. It was the best place to welcome guests, after all.
As they walked towards their destination, both Chimetrice and Illia could not help but look around. There were a whole lot of interesting things around the base that was definitely unique to this place.
”Your place looks unique...”
Illia said to Mark, staring at the Night Everred Spirit Tree that covered more than half of the base.
On the other hand, while Chimetrice had the same thought, he did not say anything.
Soon, they arrived in front of the Cliff House. Both Illia and Chimetrice could not help but look up because of the rather weird house they were brought to. It was, after all, a house that was made on a literal face of a small cliff. Well, the back of the house was an unclimbable cliff. The house would look even more strange if they saw it.
”Odel, give them something to drink,” Mark said to Odelina as they arrived at the living room. He then turned to the two. ”Have a seat. Although I'll have you two wait for a bit. I need to change clothes.”
”Okay.”
Illia answered, and Chimetrice nodded. The two then took a seat on the sofa, and Odelina asked them what drinks they would want.
As for Mark, he left with Mei towards the bedroom.
Mark did need to change clothes for a reason. As the commotion began without warning, Mark was still in his work clothing when he spread out his wings and flew off. Although not ripped entirely, his shirt had three pairs of holes on the back. It was not something comfortable to leave alone at all.
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It did not take long, and Mark returned, sitting down with the two.
”Where's your wife?”
Illia immediately asked, noticing that Mei did not return with Mark.
”She had other things to do,” Mark replied and immediately shifted the topic. ”Anyway, I don't think that you two only arrived now because you can't detect the feather, right? Did finding your Creator's laboratory take too long?”
It was a good question from Mark. Considering the very long time that Chimetrice was sealed, it would not be surprising if they did not find the laboratory. The geographical changes from that time and now were tremendous, after all.
However, considering that Chimetrice managed to change his face, it looked like that they did find it. They even had that flying vessel.
”It didn't take us too long,” Chimetrice replied, shaking his head. ”Using the clues we had, we managed to find the general location. Although it took some effort to find the exact location.”
Chimetrice and Illia then began to explain to Mark what happened.
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Apparently, they only spent about four days searching for Mark's whereabouts. It was not easy considering the drastic change on Earth.
There was no one to blame about it, however. Still, for Chimetrice and Illia, four days were not that long.
What made Mark frown was the reason for the delay in Chimetrice and Illia's arrival.
Chimetrice did not hide the findings they learned after reaching the laboratory, especially the creation of another [Humanoind Chimera].
A [Humanoid Chimera] similar to Chimetrice, yet the complete opposite.
Chimetrice was created to be something that could face against Gods and live. And it was a success, considering that Chimetrice could not be killed by the Gods, and they could not do anything but seal him instead. However, even though Chimetrice had a semi-immortal body, he lacked the prowess to kill a God. His attacks and abilities were powerful. But what it could do was deal damage to them but not enough to kill.
On the other hand, the other [Humanoid Chimera] created was designed with nothing but destruction in mind. It was a creature capable of breaking a wall that even gods were not able to. However, it also came with a cost. The Creator was not able to control it and died in its hands.
The two also explained the circumstances of the laboratory. It was already lost in the bottom of the ocean, and the flying vessel they were using was a part of it used for emergencies.
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