บท 27: Chapter 27: Ruined house
Around thirty minutes later....
"I knew it!". Muku shouted out as Layla was fighting a giant spider.
"Ice spikes!". She was copying Emily by shouting the names of her skills because she found that it made them easier to cast.
Psss!
(A/N: Yeah well I don't know what sound a giant spider would make when it spits out it's web okay)
The giant black spider got out of the way buy jumping into the air, and spit out its web at Layla.
"Ice Shield!". A shield of ice materialised in front of her. She had realised that it's pretty easy to create new skills with her ice as long as they weren't too complicated.
Bang!
The web hit the ice and couldn't get through. Which was to be expected since the spiders web it used for capturing, so didn't have much power for direct attacks.
"Haaa!". Layla screamed and one of the ice spikes below the spider grew in size, consuming those around it. It turned into a giant spear that point to the sky. The spider that hadn't jumped out of the way but just up was impaled as soon as it came down. This was a new skill Layla had just come up with and it didn't have a name. It didn't even take as much mana as Emily and Chloe's attacks.
"Ice arrows!". Layla screamed out again.
[97 kills left....]
"Sigh, everyone is learning big moves but me". Jade said with a pout.
"What are you talking about, neither I nor Hope have any big moves. And look at the trouble Emily and Chloe caused us because of the so called big moves. I'm happy that at least Layla has some restraint, then again it's to be expected from my top student." Muku said. His words made Emily and Chloe look down with embarrassment while Layla started to vaguely emit a proud aura.
"Tsk, what are you talking about, you learned that fancy new freeze skill". Jade was still not appeased.
"Well technically I'm still just learning how to properly use my telekinesis, if I can't lift things up and toss them about with it then what's the point". Muku said with a deadpan expression, he really felt what he said.
"Huh, good point, you're a bit embarrassing for a teacher aren't you". Jade was finally appeased and started making fun of Muku. He and the others only rolled their eyes at her schadenfreude.
"Anyway, lets continue...Hope how close are we now?". Muku asked Hope.
"Should be around five kilometres that way". Hope replied pointing in a certain direction.
"Okay". With that, they continued walking forward.
...
Back at the school...
"It's been a whole day and some hours, do you think they died or something?". A middle aged lady spoke looking at a middle aged man.
"Sigh, very likely, they should have just stayed here with us and waited for the army to act. But they had to be idiots and got themselves killed". Mr Swindon replied. He wasn't even a bit sad at the possibility that their saviours could be dead.
"But isn't that also a good thing for us?. This means that there's more food for us, which will last us quite a while. Giving the army enough time to regain control of the land and come save us". The other middle aged man who hadn't spoke much when Muku's group was around was now speaking with enthusiasm.
"Yeah, you're right, I wonder why I didn't think of it like that. Maybe this really is for the best". Mr Swindon was easily swayed while the middle aged lady just smiled. The young boy just remained quiet at the side.
The three continued their conversation merrily, not even considering that they might have actually been ditched.
Just outside the school gate. Beside the wall, the portal could be seen. But unlike last time, it wasn't green with a vague hint of blue at the edges. One fifth of it has turned blue. If Muku's group was close by. They could have sensed that the aura in now radiated was definitely beyond Rank One.
One thing was certain though, I'm a few days. Mr Swindon's group will meet their maker if they don't leave the school. Though even if they were warned, they likely still wouldn't leave.
At the end of the day, one reaps what they sow.
.....
Back at Muku's group's side...
"This....". Hope only managed to say that one word before she couldn't say anymore. Her eyes started teary up as she looked at one ruined little house among a few others.
"Is this your..Ow". Jade was insensitively asking the obvious when Layla pinched her back. When Jade looked at her she noticed the look in her eyes, that's when she figured out that she was being insensitive.
"Don't jump to conclusions, maybe they managed to escape or weren't even home at the time" Muku finally spoke up after a moment of silence. His words gave Hope some hope.
"Y-yeah". Jade quickly supported him, wanting to make up for her oversight from before. The other girls nodded in agreement while Chloe even put her hand on Hope's shoulder to show support.
"T-thank you everyone, maybe you're right. I won't give up hope so soon.". Hope felt gratitude that they were so considerate, but at the back of her head she was already trying to make peace with the possibility that they were gone. There were a lot of blood stains on the street accompanying the ruins after all. And her father was on leave while her mother didn't work so chances were...
In fact everyone was clear of this but nobody voiced it out. Those with families in the city also started fearing the worst. But since it wasn't confirmed yet or at least like Hope's case, they soldiered on. It wasn't the time to be overcomes by negative thoughts after all.
"Let's go find a place to rest, we will continue tomorrow, it's already getting late. And we will have to find a place to restock on our food too, soon" Muku said.
"I-I know if a small shop we can check out tomorrow. It's a small shop so unlike a mall there wouldn't be a reason for many beasts to gather there". Hope slowly said, she hadn't recovered from the ordeal but wouldn't let it affect her productivity in the team.
"Good, for now, a place to rest for the night is our target. Let's go". Muku said as he led the way out of the ruined street. He couldn't help but wonder what beast could possibly cause such a thing. For some reason he was almost certain that it was stringer than the dog Boss from before by a lot.
Which wasn't hard to accept after all the beasts they had fought so far, it had made him realise that the dog wasn't too strong for a peak Rank One beast since even Low Ranked giant pythons, spiders and lizards were close to its strength. Just that the group had gotten stronger as a result of learning how to control their magic skills better.
...
A few kilometres away from Muku's group a monster was sleeping on top of a ruined building. Yes, a monster and not a beast. With it's size the word monster seemed more appropriate.
It was a humongous python around twenty metres long and two metres thick. It's skin a glistening black with two little horns on its head. It's body was radiating pure brutality and malice even as it rested. This monster could easily swallow a grown man whole...which it likely already had, a few times too.
Its eyes opened briefly opened a bit for no particular reason, which exposed its yellow eyes that were full of intelligence. It then closed them again and went back to sleep. It was the overload of the area after all. So who would dare disturb it?.
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