Chapter: 684
“Two. Reached the tip of the desert. Found the skeleton. Waiting for Four, then we will proceed along desert.”
“Negative. Keep moving.”
Number Two paused for a moment.
It was unusual for his commanders to abruptly change his orders.
“…Acknowledged.” he said, storing away his communication crystal before he kept moving.
After walking for a while longer though, he felt something was wrong.
The wind seemed to go quiet.
For a moment, reality seemed to pause. The sun disappeared as new shadows formed from a stronger source of light.
An eruption of violent noise and light and trembling happened in the distance.
The mountains trembled and the skies split.
A deafening noise was followed by a hot wave of concussive force.
It was a sight he had not seen for a long time.
Two didn’t duck behind a rock or run for shelter though, even as molten boulders and burning debris were thrown at him – all of the like crumbled as it met his unrelenting shield.
He guarded himself as he waited for more debris to pass by. Some at lightening speed and some falling from the sky.
His commanders were a days journey away and on the other side of a grand mountain range, but even they would have seen the light, heard the noise and perhaps even felt a tremor, so he knew he would be contacted in a short moment.
“REPORT” an angry voice growled into his mind.
Taking out the communication stone, he shielded it from any stray debris before replying.
“…Three. Seems like Three activated the Sorah protocol.”
The mountains responded to the explosion and large rocks and boulders had began tumbling down towards Two.
Taking out his shield he braced for impact while protecting his crystal in his other hand.
He expected to hear ‘investigate’ being yelled at him next, however it seemed that they weren’t sure what to do – that Lieutenant Marsh wasn’t sure what to do.
Did Jay really cause a mage hunter to activate the Sorah protocol?
“Surely it wasn’t because of the level nine kid.” Number Two thought.
A house-sized boulder thundered down the mountain side and smashed against his shield; it didn’t crack into two, but instead rolled right over him.
He shrugged it off as if it were nothing.