Chapter 109 Scouting party 4 (2/2)
”Mars..? oh holy shit he must be baking in that heat...”
”yeah it's about 40 right now plus he laid down on a stone that have been in the sun all day, there's only one thing right to call that...”
””a freak””
Mars raised his head and looked over at Nicole and Hans
”oi, I can hear you two”
they both gave a harmless smile and then Nicole spoke up
”we were just complimenting your heat tolerance”
Hans clearly agreed as he nodded along with what Nicole was saying, Mars gave a smile and asked
”why don't you join me out here in the sun?”
””we'll pass””
”....you two clearly are in sink today”
Mars laid his head down on the stone again and enjoyed the desert sun for some time until Vanessa called out to him
”Mars get up, we're moving now”
”okay captain”
Mars rose from the rock and stretched while the other 4 jumped into their armor suits
”let's roll”
”””yes captain”””
the group began moving north again and after a few hours match some walls became visible in the distance they had reached it the mining town were it all started, Mars narrowed his eyes and walked forwards as he looked at the wall
”how does it look?”
”it looks... empty captain”
”empty?”
”yeah I had expected guards on the walls but it looks deserted”
”I see...”
Vanessa fell into thought and mars remained silent until she spoke again
”then let's climb the walls and take a look from there”
”””yes captain”””
the group moved closer to the walls, clearly the golems never heard about guards because the walls was completely deserted like Mars said, actually there was not even the slightest sign of even a single golem nearby which only made the group more tense as they reached the foot of the walls
”Victoria go check out the top of the wall”
”okay...”
Victoria disappeared from were she was sitting and moments later she appeared again with her horns glowing
”it's... clear”
”she says it's clear”
”okay, Mars cheek it out”
”got it...”
Mars took a couple steps back before he jumped and landed on top of the 5 meter tall wall and lowered his body to the ground as he looked around, on the outside of the walls was more desert but on the inside of the walls was a splendid town, only there was no signs of anything alive in the town, at least not form were Mars was looking, a little confused Mars raised his body up and stood straight up and looked into the ghost town
'it really is empty...'
there was not a single golem in sight, just building after building with no signs of life coming from them
”well this makes it easy for us...”
Mars jumped down the wall again and filled in the waiting Vanessa
”it's empty, there's buildings but no signs of life or golems”
”weird... Mars get back up on the wall, the rest of us will move tough that gate over there”
”””yes captain”””
Mars jumped back up on the wall and watched the town with vigilance, meanwhile Vanessa, Nicole and Gus moved in their armor suits and walked into the town though a nearby gate were they stopped and Vanessa waved Mars down from the wall, Mars jumped down and rejoined the rest of the group
”what now captain?”
”call out Victoria, she will scout the town form the shadows”
”okay, Victoria”
Victoria jumped out of Mars's shadow and sat down on the ground while her horns flashed
”I heard... her... should I... just look.. around?”
”yeah, come back if you find any golems”
”okay...”
Victoria jumped into a nearby shadow and disappeared meanwhile the rest of the group remind alert until Victoria returned a few minutes later
”the whole.... town is... empty”
”she says the whole town is empty”
Vanessa gave a frown as she put a hand on her chin and thought for a bit before she asked Victoria
”did you find any armor suits?”
”yeah.... by the giant... pit”
”giant pit..? oh, you mean the pit mine... well then let's head over there and take a look”