Chapter 106 Scouting party 1 (1/2)
”...anyone else?”
”yes captain”
”what is it Gus?”
”its.... her”
Gus pointed over to Victoria that was playing innocently with some tumbleweed before he continued
”are we sure she won't be a problem during the mission?”
”ah... mind enlightening us Mars”
all eyes focused on Mars that gave a sigh before he called Victoria over
”Victoria come here for a second”
”okay...”
Victoria walked over and laid down in front of Mars before he continued
”first of all Victoria understands speech and will be able to listen to commands, secondly I don't have confidence in winning over her in a life and death match”
Vanessa nodded before suddenly looking confused and asking
”you don't have confidence?”
”no, even though shes a cub she still is a class 9 magic beast”
the group fell silent before suddenly Gus spoke
”...I don't believe you”
”Gus..? explain why you don't please”
”because I have seen a class 9 magic beast before and the presence it gave off was nothing short of breathtaking.... even if she is a cub, shouldn't she give off more pressure?”
Mars nodded and pointed to Victoria before he said
”try punching her”
”...really?”
”really, don't do it lightly either”
”fine, don't blame me”
Mars stood up and walked away form Victoria before Gus in full armor suit punched out and hit Victoria, or so he thought because the moment his fist connected the Victoria before him turned into black smoke
”what!?”
”now please slowly turn around”
Gus, still confused turned and saw close to 15 shadow spears floating a few centimeters form his face along with 5 more Victoria's off in the distance with more shadow spears ready to fire, feelingthe cold sweat down his back Gus took a step back in fear before the shadow spears turned into black smoke along with the shadow clones off in the distance
”...I believe you now, sorry for doubting you”
Mars gave a smile and petted the real Victoria besides him on the head
”I don't mind, neither dose Victoria”
”...thanks”
Vanessa along with Hans and Nicole all stared at Victoria for sometime before Vanessa gave a sigh and showed a smile on her face before she spoke
”I think I speak for us all when I say we're happy to have you Victoria”
Hans, Nicole and Gus nodded along with what Vanessa was saying
”now then is there anything else..? no then I will continue, as we're camping out we need night watch, the pairs will be Mars and Victoria, Me and Hans and finally Gus and Nicole, we will rotate the times in that order too. Next is food, eating time is 2 times a day and water breaks is 6 times a day, other than that I expect all of you to be at your sharpest at all times”
””””yes captain””””
”good then let's move, we have a lot of ground we need to cover today”
””””yes captain””””
the squad began moving, Hans was the navigator so he lead the party with Vanessa the commander after him, then came Nicole that watched the right side then Gus that watched the left side and then finally Mars and Victoria that was responsible for the back of the group
'this feels really familiar ...almost nostalgic'
Mars walked along the desert dunes and kept watch while he walked and for a couple of hours nothing really happened besides the squad holding a few minutes water break, it was then it happened
”hmm..?”
Mars stopped and looked back, Gus quickly noticed and called out to him
”Mars, what's wrong?”
”I think something's under the sand”
”shit, Mars and Victoria get away!”
Mars listened to Gus and kicked off the ground to quickly get away Victoria jumped into a shadow and disappeared
*BOOM*
the sand exploded and a blur shot out of the falling sand after Mars, he quickly drew his sword and blocked
*CLANG*
Mars was sent flying back by the impact just as Gus yelled while he drew his great sword
”SAND SCORPION!”
Mars did a flip and landed on his feet and looked at the giant sand colored scorpion as his [Energy: information] skill activated
adult sand scorpion
gender: male
class: 7
basic info: a adult sand scorpion, a deadly hunter capable of lightning fast ambush as it hides under the desert sand, a tail measuring close to 10 meters carrying a deadly venom its know as one of the scariest hunters of the empire's southern desserts
”sure is big...”
Mars looked at the giant sand scorpion with a casual look on his face, meanwhile Hans , Nicole and Vanessa all drew their great swords and rushed the sand scorpion, Gus was the first to arrive and slashed down on one of the scorpions claws
*CLANG*
sparks flew of the scorpions chitin and Gus's great sword