Chapter 153 Graduation 7 (2/2)
There was few that survived the explosion and falling debris, they groaned in pain as they struggled to stand up and recover from the dizziness and shock.
John dug himself out from some debris that fell on top of him.
Blood drenched half of his face after something fell on his head and wounded him.
He coughed to expel the dust entering his lungs.
With blurry vision, he scanned his surroundings.
At his side, he saw some students standing up, and others that disappeared beneath the rocks, and all that was left was a pool of blood.
John's ears were buzzing and eyes blurry, he stumbled his way towards one of the debris and tried to lift and save someone.
Even after trying to lift it up with the remaining strength of his it was a failure in the end.
Despite being surrounded by a nightmarish sight, there wasn't a single change in John's expression.
Seeing he couldn't save people around him, he turned towards the audience seats.
There he saw with the little remaining sight he had, Leda wielding a gun and a sword slashing at red tentacles that burst from the ground.
John squinted his eyes and tried to take a better look.
Sensing someone else behind her, Leda turned just in time to meet John's eyes.
”John! Are you alright!?” She worriedly shouted.
John opened his mouth to say something, but no words managed to leave his lips.
Leda gave one more slash at the tentacle, cutting it in half and approached John.
She scanned his injuries, and saw the deep cut in his head.
”This is bad.” She said when she realized the situation John was.
John's unfocused eyes drifted to the side and he spotted a few more students that survived.
Leda took John to the other students and said to all of them, ”The Terrene Protectorate must survive. Now, go! Leave this planet. You are the future of this Organization, doesn't matter which race you are, as long as you survive the Terrene Protectorate will survive.”
After she gave the order, Leda turned around and charged toward the closest tentacle to save some civilians.
The students saluted and obeyed her orders, they swiftly dispersed from the auditorium while dodging the tentacles coming from the ground.
Some had better reflexes and athletics that other and so they were able to go through the tentacles while the other one were ripped apart by those red menaces.
John didn't know how he got there, but when he finally recovered full conscience, he was already inside a spaceship and was about to leave the atmosphere.
He endured the headache and clicked at the Navigation Console in front of him, and switched the camera mode to see the situation beneath him.
What he saw shocked him to the core.
John watched as the planet he much loved crumbled I'm the face of those red tentacles that destroyed everything in their path and surroundings.
As giant red tentacles burst out from the ground the whole planet trembled. The tentacles appeared out of nowhere with no forewarning, destroying anything on its path
Red tentacles streamed about, crushing towering skyscrapers and flipping the shuttles trying to escape out of the sky.
Earth. The home of humanity, the capital of United Earth Government, the birthplace of the Terrene Protectorate, was falling and burning right before John's eyes.
Looking at the situation just beneath him, John witnessed as the towering building of the Terran Protectorate was split in half by a single thrust of a tentacle.
The symbol of peace, prosperity and order, was no more.
By luck a few spaceships were able escape the tentacles' onslaught. A few of those ships had the logo of the Terran Protectorate, they were escaping right beside John while there was some on his front and back.
He saw a few of those ships crushing down after it was barely touched by one of the giant tentacles.
John activated the FTL Engine and just when his ship was about to perform the Warp Jump, a tentacle came out of nowhere and hit his spaceship.
One metal plate came out from the cockpit's ceiling and knocked John uncouncious...