Chapter 792: Savior in the Shadows, His Strange Vision That Did Not Explained Anything (2/2)

The silence was broken by Major Bautista, who arrived with Jones. He could not help but embrace his daughters together.

”I'm fine.”

Karlene said, feeling awkward. But she did not say anything else since she knew that her father was extremely worried. Well, she already know that she would get scolded after this, and it was better to keep silent.

At this moment, the gates of the settlement opened, with soldiers led by General Faustino storming outside. That explosion of light was seen all over the entire settlement. The general had been trying to contact anyone, but no one was answering the radio. Thus, they could not help but make their move and go out in case that something bad happened.

Of course, General Faustino did not forget another thing. Some of the soldiers came out, pushing wooden carts that contained a few metal barrels. These barrels contained gasoline, and the entire stock that the military had left.

And there, things began to settle down.

Alana's group was safe, although the three of them would not be exempted from any sermon because of their carelessness. Nonetheless, their contribution, managing to kill the [Mechids] without any casualties, was something no one would be able to ignore. If it was the soldiers that faced those [Mechids], who knows how many more of them would have to sacrifice their lives.

The issue with the parasites also fell under control. Dangerous at it may be, that explosion of light sure dealt with the parasites for the most part. It seemed that the parasites were sensitive to extreme concentrations of light and heat, which caused them to become fatally injured and immobilized. The explosion of light became a great help in this regard.

However, the parasites did not die and were definitely beginning to recover, albeit slowly. Without giving the parasites any chances to become a threat once more, the soldiers set the damn parasites ablaze.

The soldiers saluted as the flames burned in front of them. Within those flames were not only the parasites. Inside were also the bodies of their comrades that died in this battle. Because of the circumstances, a proper burial for those soldiers was unlikely. These parasites might have left eggs within those bodies, which could turn into another threat in the future. It was better to get rid of any potential threat within these gloomy flames.

Artenaris also received the gratitude of Major Bautista and General Faustino for helping. Of course, she was reluctant to accept that gratitude. As she said before, she barely did anything.

While Artenaris jumped to save Karlene and Alana and was confident to save them, they would all still be injured afterward. That explosion exceeded her capacity, although not enough to kill her. The injuries would also be superficial, and that was why she did not hesitate to help. But as everyone could see, aside from barely distinguishable burns on their skin, they were perfectly fine.

Before Artenaris could do anything, there was already someone present to interfere.

Of course, Artenaris did not say anything.

With this, however, Artenaris received a heightened level of trust from the soldiers. This would be beneficial for her and her tribe, especially with their interactions with the humans.

And while everyone was dealing with the effects of the battle that happened, no one was able to notice the western sword with a wavy blade overseeing the settlement from above.

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Day 197 - 4:08 PM - Mountain Base, Mount Malabito, General Nakar, Province of Quezon

”I'm back.”

Mark said as he passed through the portal that Spera opened. Everyone could see that his eyes were still had a tint of purplish glow, but the glow was about to fade away.

”How is it?”

Mei asked.

”They faced some troublesome things,” Mark replied. ”They were careless.”

”But I guess they were lucky.”

Mark added, closing his eyes and touching his eyelids softly. The moment he opened his eyes once more, it already turned back to normal.

”You're really absurd, you know that.” At the side, Spera chimed in, looking at Mark as she was gazing at an absurd being. ”I thought, we already knew you. But it looks like you are hiding many other things.”

Spera sure was surprised as Mark urgently called her with his eyes glowing intensely in purplish light. And it was only Mei who was around him at that time. By the looks of it, it was only Mei who know the reason for Mark's eyes glowing purple uncontrollably.

For Mark to make Spera open another portal back to New Infanta Settlement was strange, especially since they just left that place this past noon.

When Spera arrived, she overheard Mark telling Mei that Karlene and Alana were in danger.

How was he able to know? That was a question that Spera had until she managed to deduce that Mark might have an ability to see the future. And it was confirmed after Mark allowed Mei to tell Spera what was going on.

After all, if these kinds of things happened in the future, Spera's help was needed if things became urgent just like this time. It was better for her to know so that she would not ask questions.

”Are they supposed to die?”

Mei asked. Of course, she was asking about Mark's vision.

”No,” Mark shook his head. ”I didn't really understand it either.”

From Mark's vision, Alana and Karlene did not die, and Artenaris did manage to save them despite receiving injuries. However, for Mark to have this vision, there should be something worse to happen. Unfortunately, his vision only showed him the scene where the three were enveloped in that blooming light and the scene after they emerged from it.

It was very likely that the deadly part of the vision had something to do with that bright light. Unfortunately, Mark had no way of knowing since he could not control his visions even a tiny bit.

In any case, it was better to prevent it from happening. And if another similar event occurred in New Infanta Settlement, Mark left Ignis to help in the shadows.

”By the way, what is that?”

Spera asked, pointing at the thing that Mark had on his hand.

”Some sort of laser gun,” Mark said, raising the metallic weapon he held. ”There's two of this, but one got melted to scrap. I just wondered if I could study this, so I took it home.”

Mei and Spera shrugged at Mark's genuine enthusiastic eyes as he gazed at his loot. It looked like he had a new toy to spend time on.

Anyway, they should continue on their tasks. They were still preparing their things since tomorrow, they would depart for a long journey through this now unfamiliar Earth.