54 Team Whisky 4 (1/2)

”Silence, tail after those two. We will maintain distance and follow after you.”

Silence gave a slight nod. He swiftly moved through the forest like a black panther. His footsteps didn't let a single sound as he moved through the forest. It was as if he had the power of zero gravity.

Wuuoong

Silence had lost the ability of speech after his accident. On the flip side, his reflexes, senses, and physical strength had surpassed human limits.

”Kaah?”

The Elu warrior stopped moving forward and looked behind them. Silence stuck closer behind a tree.

The blink skill was handy, but the Elu tribe were sensitive to psychic energies. Using the blink skill would easily give away one's position.

Blink was handy for assassination and battle, but not the best for tailing enemies.

'We're nearing the dimensional crack.'

The dimensional crack had no particular activity for the past ten years.

Military forces were stationed around the dimensional crack during the first five years, however, countries stopped caring when no dangers turned up and didn't wish to waste their money and military forces.

It was an unusual change for minions to turn up around the vicinity of the dimensional crack.

'The superior officers are thinking of two possibilities. Either the minions were gathering around the dimensional crack for a specific goal in mind, or minions had appeared from within the dimensional crack. The circumstances of this place make the latter not likely.'

If the dimensional crack turned into a gate, it would have been easily observable.

'As Sergeant had said, there are only minions around here. Did we kill all the werewolves that day?'

If there were werewolves, it would have made infiltration very difficult. All the werewolves were destroyed the night the second years were rescued. There were no Elu hunters around which could be for the same reason.

Wwuuoong.

A slight headache was felt in Silence's head. The dimensional crack was so close they could see it.

A rainbow colored light spilled out from the cracked ground. The dimensional crack in Sinuiju was one kilometer long.

Soft light glowed from the broken ground. The light flowed out affecting even the sky. The sky surrounding the dimensional crack looked chaotic.

'The dimensional crack.'

Silence was one of the most senior among the new recruits. He had seen the dimensional crack many times before.

He looked over to the open space near the dimensional crack where the minions were gathering. The Elus were murmuring like religious fanatics. They shook their bodies in a rhythmic pattern, bowing their bodies like they worshipped the rainbow lights.

'It's an Elu mage.'

The overbearing Elu was the leader, commanding the group.

The Elu mage didn't carry any weapons, and only had one simple cane. The end of the cane had a blue crystal stuck onto it. They could feel strong, psychic energy from the crystal.

'That's a psychic crystal that I have only ever read and heard about.'

A psychic crystal was a mineral capable of storing psychic energy. Elu mages commonly store most of their psychic energies in these crystals, and use them for attacks. If they could get a hold of it, even a normal person would be able to pilot a psychoframe. However, psychic crystals were rare even amongst Elu mages.

”Oooh!”

The Elu mage seemed to be preparing for a ceremony. They had created an alter out of stone and wood. These items looked very much like what the sorcerers of Africa used. Silence quietly typed into his data bracelet. He sent a simple briefing to his squad members.

-Seven enemies. Six warriors, one mage.

Sergeant Red gave a quick response.

-Record a video clip and return.

Silence had already been recording this scene before he had arrived to this place. After recording enough material, he returned to his squad that was waiting in the rear. When Silence neared, the recording was sent to the squad's data bracelets. The squad members used their helmets to review the recording.

'They seem to be doing something.”

Han said. They couldn't figure out the specific details. There was not enough information.

”It's important to note that they had not escaped ,but chose to gather and remain in this place. After the war, the Elu mages didn't dare to appear before us. They are very careful and when we attempt to approach them, they usually escape. They are aware that we will return to this place, but they have not run away.”

Han and Simon fell into thought and looked to one another.

”Something more important than their lives? For example…”

”Are they opening the gate or trying to summon something here? Anyway, we must stop them today. We will change the objective of our operation. Priority would be to capture it alive, but if necessary, stop them with as much force as possible- even if it means killing.”

Worst case scenario, a dragon would be summoned, but they didn't want to think of the possibility. If a dragon was to appear before them, Squad Whiskey would be wiped out. They didn't have the necessary gear to confront a dragon.