Chapter 546 (2/2)

To test their strength?

Randidly looked sharply up. “Dinesh?”

At the same time, he sent a message. There was a series of abrupt movements at the other side of the facility, in one of the holding cells. Very quickly, so quickly Randidly didn't get a plant over in time, it ceased.

Yes, I am fine, came the reply. I believe… I believe one of the prisoners was a plant. They were placed here to prevent escape. When I liberated him, he attacked me. He was likely Level 30, as well. I was… forced to kill him.

Swearing quietly, Randidly moved away from the gym. It was a curiosity, but it wasn’t worth the risk. Very quickly, he arrived at the scalpel woman. The fact there was a plant was… worrisome.

It might be a coincidence that the first didn’t have a plant, and the second did, but on the other hand…

What if the opponent was altering its behavior now that it had been alerted to the threat of some outside group knowing what they were doing? Or even worse, what if there was a plant in the first group of rescued people?

Randidly needed to move.

Roughly, he yanked the scalpel woman to her feet. His plants curled around the unconscious woman and carried her away. Although interspatial equipment did a lot for transportation, they couldn’t hold people. Therefore, they would need to make due with physically moving them in order to make it out of here.

Even with the help of Randidly’s plants, it was a slow process. Well, it felt extremely slow to Randidly. But in truth, they were clear of the facility in a little over four minutes. Pausing outside, Randidly looked down at the scalpel woman. She was completely bound and blinded, but it was a strange thing to be taking a prisoner.

Would he… torture her?

The question would have to wait because at the moment, Randidly’s ears twitched; drones were coming, along with helicopters. The reinforcements were coming more quickly, and more heavily.

Randidly clicked his tongue unhappily. There was nothing definitive, but Randidly didn’t doubt that he would be able to trace these people to the Unity Church. It was almost a let down that he hadn’t been able to find more than a trace of the Creature’s energy. That similar trace was still here of course, but it was frustratingly vague.

How did the Creature control its influence so well? What were its goals in making these strange facilities?

“Dinesh,” Randidly said abruptly. “Keep going to the agreed meet-up point. Tykes and Karlito will meet you there.”

“Buying time?” Dinesh asked skeptically. “Is that really necessary? Besides, the public Randidly Ghosthound that is staying with the senator is known to control plants. If you-”

“Relax, this is just stress relief,” Randidly said, flexing his fingers. Some combat drones were on the way, and he wanted a look at their insides. He would try his best to capture a couple, so he wouldn’t need to buy their blueprints.

“Besides… I have many types of spells.” Randidly pointed at the ground, which began to bubble and hiss. After a few seconds, the dirt had become a bubbling pool of molten rock. A hand pierced the surface and grabbed at solid ground. Then it hoisted its red and orange body out of its hole.

“Let’s see if they have an answer for a Lava Golem.”