Lachlan walked up to the table and pulled out a chair, he didn't sit down immediately though, he introduced himself instead.
"Hello, my names Lachlan, what are your names?" Lachlan asked in a polite tone as he looked at everyone on the table. He made sure he made eye contact because at least that meant they heard him.
"Nice to meet you Lachlan, the names Joe". The man looked much older than he really was. He had a chiselled face, black hair, brown/hazel eyes and was wearing some leather clothes. He was sitting down so Lachlan couldn't determine his height.
"Please to meet you Lachlan, I'm Phoebe". Phoebe was the cutest amongst the girls here. She had long blonde hair that went to the bottom of her shoulder blades, blue eyes, a slightly chubby face and was wearing a cute light blue dress. Her voice a little bit higher pitch than most girl voices.
"Hi, the names Georgia". Georgia looked the most mature, like a big shot CEO's secretary. She had short brown hair, black eyes, a sharp chin and was wearing a short black skirt and a white shirt. She sounded as though she would order you to do all her work.
"Yo, I'm Zoe". The women looked the most immature of the bunch, it looks like she still has her pyjamas on. She had long brown hair that just reaches her shoulders and green eyes. She sounded normal to Lachlan.
"Please to be of your acquaintance Lachlan, I'm Chloe". Chloe had almost silver hair, Lachlan wasn't sure whether it was natural or dyed. She also had blonde eyebrows and green eyes, a combo Lachlan hasn't seen before. Chloe was wearing tracksuit pants and a white shirt.
"You don't need to know my name brat," Simon said. Lachlan quickly looked to the side and noticed Phoebe was slightly nervous, it seems he's done it to the younger people, maybe because he's jealous of their young looks.
Simon looked very weak considering his stats which meant a majority of it was from his beasts. He looked similar to your average Australian surfer. Having long blonde hair, scruffy face, he just wasn't that muscular.
This shocked Lachlan, it was the first time he's met such an arrogant individual. Lachlan then remembered the superior back at Mount Barker, 'Make this my second time meeting such a person' Lachlan thought.
'But why do I have to have an arrogant person as a partner, this is exactly what I didn't want' Lachlan felt as though the world just hated him, cursing his abilities by ruining his life.
"You're quite arrogant for a weakling," Lachlan said intimidatingly, he then walked next to him and put his elbow on the table, his forearm up with his palm opened, "Arm wrestle me, if I win you say your name, if you win, I won't bother you at all throughout this mission".
Lachlan felt it would only be fair, even though he was confident he would win. After all, he has those bonus stats that'll come into play.
"Alright you're on," Simon did the same and grabbed onto Lachlan's hand. They stared each other in the face, slightly tensing their muscles and attempting to crush to other person's hand. Simon quickly felt a bit off.
Joe was the one to countdown, "Okay, 3, 2, 1, go".
It was on, their muscles flared and Lachlan quickly went into the lead. Aside from that first burst of strength his arm was moving slowly. Simon knew something was off but he couldn't do anything now except resist.
His hand was getting closer and closer to the table, his face red with veins popping out. He was trying his best yet he was no match for Lachlan. Lachlan slammed his hand against the table and jumped up, arms held high in victory.
'Oh yeah, that felt great' Lachlan loved the feeling of crushing someone arrogant, something about seeing their frustrated face afterwards just felt satisfying.
Simon, on the other hand, was indeed frustrated by his lose but still had enough pride to follow through, "The name's Simon," He pouted as he leaned back in his chair.
The other people giggled, Phoebe especially. She had been treated the same but was too nervous to do anything.
Lachlan walked over to his seat and sat down, looking towards the superiors and giving them a nod.
James noticed this quickly and broke the silence, in an attempt to get rid of this awkward situation, "Well, now that you've all introduced yourselves I suppose its time to brief you all on the mission".
Everyone nodded and looked towards the television.
"About 100 kilometres from here is a new island, we have circled it and determined that its size is roughly the same size as Sydney. But that's not all, the gravity on this island is unique, from what we can tell the gravity on the shore is roughly 2x the normal gravity on the current Earth".
"Do you know why?" Zoe asked. This was something on everyone's mind, as it was too unique to not be curious.
"Not right now, we have some guesses though. It may be a new type of mineral, a metal that distorts the gravity around it. Unfortunately, the machines we have struggled when we dig on the island, it seems the gravity is much more intense below ground, which is why we guessed it's a mineral. There is also the slight possibility of it being some unique beast, but the chance of that is low".
"So why are you sending us to the island?" Zoe asked.
"Because we want to know what's on there, whether or not it could become a new training ground for the talented, or if we could cultivate it and mine minerals there," James explained.
"So you want to conquer it," Simon said.
"Essentially," James responded.
"Why don't to conquer it yourselves? Why get us involved?" Georgia asked. She really did sound like some CEO, always asking questions when it concerns her.
"Because you are much stronger than any of our soldiers, as such, we hope you cooperate with us and explore the island," James said, "Don't worry we will compensate you heavily on anything you find. But not only that, you get some badges you can wear".
"Sure," Lachlan said. Lachlan came this far to do just that and it would be a waste if he was suddenly told to go back without doing anything. It certainly wouldn't be productive, not to mention he just really wants to explore those islands.
Everyone stared at him confused, Simon questioned his decision "You're just going to accept it so easily?"
"Well that's what I came here for, I don't see the point of going back now. In addition, this might be the perfect training ground for me," Lachlan explained. The 2x gravity did intrigue him, it could be something he was able to use to train.
A few were stunned by his response, sure this could be the perfect training ground, but it could also be his grave. The others that weren't stunned agreed with him, this wasn't the time to be waiting, if they could get ahead of the crowd and become the strongest they could very well take control of the world. Though that isn't what any of them want, as it'll be too troublesome.
"Yeah, I agree with Lachlan," Joe said.
"I second that," Zoe said. The brother and sister duo were in a similar boat, in that they've travelled quite a bit to get here and they really don't want to go back.
"Alright, anyway, we leave in half an hour, you'll be riding a boat to the island and don't worry, the boat's going to be escorted by our soldiers. You could all go to the main area, someone will be there with some camping gear for you all to use," James said.
"I have a better suggestion," said Phoebe mysteriously, "Meet me at the shore, our ride will be waiting there".
Phoebe quickly left the room before anyone could ask anything, the rest of the group followed along.
Inside the room, only the superiors were left, with James still standing in front of the television.
"Suppose that went pretty good," James said. In his mind that was perfect, it would be weird if the moment they met each other they were immediately friends. What he didn't expect was for them to agree so quickly, not that it bothered him.
Outside everyone left to go to the main area, they wandered around for a bit before quickly realising they were lost.
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The group, quickly realising they were lost went up to a soldier to ask where they were. Fortunately, the soldier was incredibly nice to them, he knew what it was like to be lost, he's been there before.
"You're currently near the dining hall, if you want to go to the main area you should walk that way," the soldier said, pointing east, "After a while, there will be a large road used for transporting vehicles, go left and you should make your way to the area".
"Thank you!" Lachlan shouted before running off.
The rest also thanked the soldier and began running, following Lachlan. Some of them realised he was faster then he appeared. Only some of them weren't able to keep up, that some included Simon who felt more frustrated.
But fortunately for him, he wasn't alone, Phoebe was also struggling to keep up. And she couldn't even summon her beasts to help since there was no water anywhere, it was pointless to try but she kept on going.
After a bit, they finally found the large road and it was large. It felt as though it was an airport runway, which did make a bit of sense, they were transporting a lot of weapons and supplies.
They followed the soldier's instructions and went left, they continued to go their previous pace, flying by everyone else.
The soldiers in the area were surprised and laughed when they saw the people running. They all knew what had happened, almost everyone has been in a situation where they're lost. Then the moment they get told directions they run.
It didn't take long, only 30 seconds before they arrived at what appears to be a large port, and to the side was an enormous shed-like structure. Likely where they stored the boat which felt reassuring considering that the ocean is apparently and death zone now.
The door was wide open with a young female soldier in front of it. Lachlan quickly analysed her and knew her name was Barbara. She had fairly long brown hair that was put into a ponytail, hazel eyes and was roughly 5'3 which meant she was taller then Lachlan.
She was a fairly normal soldier, just unfortunate that her compatibilities are low.
They waved and walked over to her, "Welcome, this will be the place where we will depart from, everything you need has already been packed in bags," She was incredibly friendly, her voice was smooth as well.
Looking behind her through the door they could see a large ship, one that had canons on the top. It was exterior was of special steel, it looked solid, giving the group some more confidence. Of course, Phoebe had some other ideas.
"So is that the ship we'll be on?" Lachlan asked. He quickly realised how stupid of a question that was, it was one of the only ships there.
"Indeed, its one of our very best Warships, we want this mission to have the highest chance of success," Barbara explained with a hint of pride in her voice as she looked towards the warship.
"Huh, suppose that's the least you could do," Simon said with his arrogance on high. Barbara seemed a bit annoyed at that comment but was already informed by her superiors that he was amongst the group.
"Still have that arrogant attitude," Lachlan quickly remarked.
Simon shut up and looked around, he noticed a few people on the boat with a checklist in their hands and a few on the ground.
"What are they doing?" Simon said, pointing towards the soldiers.
"Obviously they're checking the conditions of the ship, we want to limit the number of unexpected situations," she said. Barbara found it to be a bit of a stupid question, more stupid then Lachlan's question.
"Fair enough," Simon replied.
"Hey! What are you guys doing?" Phoebe said as she rushed over, she had been exhausted so she took a breather by the edge of the port.
"Talking to the soldier, asking a few questions," Lachlan explained.
"Now that everyone's here we should get your gear," Barbara said, she began leading the group to a small room in the corner.
She opened the door, inside were 7 large bags, each having a name on them.
Everyone went to their own bag and opened it up, they then began looking through, seeing that they got.
The first thing everyone noticed was the large tent on the bottom of the bag. Once they opened it up they noticed some clothes, some light clothes and then some warm ones. Inside a pocket to the side was some toothpaste and a toothbrush. There was also a comb, some deodorant and moisturiser.
They looked inside the other pockets and found shampoo, conditioner and body wash.
Moving around the clothes they saw a folded-up swag, with some blankets next to it.
They quickly put everyone back neatly and zipped the bag up before picking it up, Lachlan realised the bag weighed about 30kg, but that amount of weight didn't cause him any discomfort. He looked to the side and his expression turned to shock.
Zoe had a small frog in her hand which was weird enough, everything should have grown massive. That's when he saw the unique thing about it. Zoe placed it next to the bag, its mouth opened wide then extended, it swallowed the bag in one bite.
Everyone else noticed and were just as shocked. They were also shocked by the fact that the bag wasn't visible inside the frog, it was many times large, they should at least see something.
'Analyse'
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Name: Bag (Carrier frog)
Age: Elder
Attribute: Water/Space
Grade: Normal
Innate Talent: 5th Grade
Level: 5
STR: 32(+5), AGI: 34, VIT: 35(+10)
INT: 33, PER: 39(+10), WIL: 28
Weakness: Weak Defence
Strengths: Internal Space Storage, Complete Camouflage within Water
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'Wha' Lachlan was stunned. This frog was extremely unique, all while being incredibly weak. Lachlan felt that it was weird that the frog evolved this way, there wasn't much it could do to survive aside from living its life in water.
'Can we eat it' Lachlan heard the Rocs remark, he felt as though they were salivating at the thought.
'No you can't eat it, that is someone's tamed beast' Lachlan felt as though he could see his Rocs put their head down in disappointment. It gave him a good little giggle.
Zoe saw everyone stare at her with a shocked expression and felt a bit proud, "You guys want the frog to carry your stuff as well?"
"How much room is in the frog?" Lachlan could see that it was space storage but had no idea what that meant or how much space it had. There was bound to be a limit to it, it couldn't be an infinite amount of space.
"It's a 5-metre cube, which means there's plenty of room to carry all your stuff in there and more if you want," Zoe informed them of how big the space was. Although since they can't see it, just hearing 5 metres they'd think it as small. But it's larger than a bedroom, there was plenty of room.
"Yes please," Lachlan walked on over with the bag in his hands. He placed it on the ground next to the frog and just like before it swallowed it whole. Everyone else came over and did the same, even Simon did, of course, he hesitated a bit before deciding.
Walking outside they noticed a few soldiers with containers in front of them. Lachlan was confused as they should have already been given everything.
"While you're on this island we aren't sure what food sources there are, so we're giving you some MREs," the soldier said.
Everyone nodded in realisation and picked up the containers filled with MREs, they then looked towards Zoe. She quickly realised it might have been a mistake to show them the frog. She summoned it again and got it to store the containers.
Once they got to the edge Phoebe walked towards the front of the group. She then split off a bit and walked towards the water.
"Here is the ride I was talking about!" She shouted.
A large tattoo on here back lit up blue, the waters began to roughen, creating waves. A large beast emerged from the water, Lachlan already knew it was going to be a turtle, but he didn't think a turtle could grow so large.
This turtle's shell was at least 50 metres long, not to mention it was also 30 metres wide. It was gigantic, the largest beasts Lachlan has ever seen. Now that got him imagining what else could be this large, the first thought was the whales.
Considering that some whales had 2nd Grade Potential, they've probably grown massive. To the point where they could become an island.
The head of the turtle emerged from the water soon after the body, it was quite small compared to its body. Roughly 3 metres wide and 2 metres long, the turtle's neck was 7 metres long. The rest of the body was still submerged with the water, but from what can be currently seen, the rest certainly isn't small.
Lachlan analysed the behemoth of a turtle.
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Name: Faith (Iron Turtle King)
Age: Elder
Attribute: Water/Iron
Grade: Normal
Innate Talent: 1st Grade
Level: 5
STR: 60(+15), AGI: 33(+10), VIT: 60(+10)
INT: 39(+10), PER: 34, WIL: 32
Weakness: Slow Reaction Time, Lazy, Arrogant
Strengths: Water Control (Level 5), Impenetrable Shell, Powerful Skin, Extremely Strong Bite, Sea King's Aura
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It made sense to Lachlan now, such a large beast certainly won't be weak. But its weaknesses were understandable. Considering it was titled turtle king it was bound to be lazy and arrogant, now they just needed to see how it would react to them.
There was one thing that intrigued Lachlan though. That was the Sea King's Aura. He could understand what it probably does, it most likely intimidates any sea beasts, suppressing them into submission.
Lachlan also felt that riding the turtle would be much safer than the warship. As the turtle has the Sea King's Aura it would probably be avoided by almost everything. Not to mention they could also help should they need to.
"This certainly is a surprise," Simon said arrogantly, "Who knew you would be so capable".
Phoebe got annoyed at that last statement, hell, she's been annoyed at Simon since she met him. She pouted, "You don't need to get on if you don't want to, seeing as you're so strong and manly why don't you swim instead".
"Hey now, I'm sorry for what I previously said, just don't make me swim," Simon quickly went up to Phoebe and apologised, he put his hands together and slightly bowed.
"Alright," Phoebe said in victory, that's all she wanted.
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Edit: Weird thing is, the frog always existed on my word document for Zoe. I just never used it, which was a bit of a waste.
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