"Greetings, Professor Schroeberg!""h.e.l.lo, Professor Fields," Professor Schroeberg replied curtly. He was being displayed on the hologram screen while all eyes inside the aircraft were on him. Professor Fields set the aircraft to auto-pilot mode, so he could concentrate on the report from the senior professor.
Professor Schroeberg was 20 years senior to Professor Fields, and wrinkles started to plague around his forehead. He also looked very formal in the screen with his pepper colored hair and a maroon vest covering his white long-sleeves to complete his attire.
"Can you tell us again what happened after you landed your aircraft to the Ground?" Professor Fields started.
"Yes. After landing on the Ground, I was giving last-minute instructions to my students when we heard some noise inside the storage area. I went inside to check it, and to my surprise, found a middle school girl hiding and crouching on the floor. She quickly bolted away from me and pressed the b.u.t.ton on the wall to open the door leading outside. We tried to catch her, but she summoned her weapon and blasted us with a fragrance or perfume, then everything went black. And that was the last time we saw that blasted girl."
"Do you think she used sleeping powder on your team?" Yule asked.
"Possibly. I don"t know! Next time, I see that girl she will definitely pay for it!" the angry professor was fuming, remembering again that scene.
"Thank you, Professor! We will contact you again if we missed anything," Professor Fields interrupted and pressed a b.u.t.ton on the controller, blinking out the hologram screen of the senior professor.
"Did he make a threat to a student?" Ranger looked at his companions, just to confirm if he heard correctly.
"Rest a.s.sured, Ranger. It was just a spur of the moment. He will not do such a thing to a student. Anyways, so what do we know so far?"
"One thing is for sure that was not just an ordinary sleeping powder she sprinkled to their team. It was a magic attack from Bastet." Sanna announced to the team.
"From Bastet?" Yule tilted his head to her.
"Yes. Bastet is also the G.o.ddess of perfumes."
"So the middle schooler is already familiar in transforming her contracted mythical being to a weapon. Interesting." Professor Fields commended Candace"s skill despite the lack of training.
"When was the last time she was located?" Yule inquired.
Professor Fields tapped his mobile device and another hologram screen appeared to them. The screen was displaying the area map where they were headed currently. Then the screen zoomed in to a specific area where walls surround the entire vicinity.
"This is area 10234. It used to be a major cultural site before the invasion. It was called the "The Walled City" by the citizens before. This is where she was last located until her signal from her mobile device was cut-off abruptly a few hours ago. We don"t know what happened to her mobile device, but most likely it"s either broke or it was smashed to pieces by who knows. Our mission is to retrieve Candace Rodriguez and escort her back to Tawalisi. And we have to do it before night time arrives."
The three students nodded at their professor until the aircraft prompted for landing protocols.
*****
After landing on The Walled City, the team left their aircraft and started scouting the area. Professor Fields was contacting Avatara on his earpiece, requesting a quick scan of the area before they could proceed to their mission. After giving her clearance, the team headed deeper inside the abandoned city.
Just like any area on the Ground, the whole vicinity was wrecked and large rubbles and boulders scattered all around as they pa.s.sed through. They could see the traces of the old walls from afar, but there were glaring big holes they could spot. Though there were still some infrastructures that remained intact despite the damage they had endured. But most of them started to show deterioration.
Yule was shivering despite the hot temperature since there was a certain haunting atmosphere spread around them. He couldn"t help but think that someone was watching them behind those abandoned sites.
After walking around the area, they arrived on a large green clearing, overviewing the whole landscape of The Walled City. From the look of it, the clearing was used to be a golfing area after noticing the small hills and pocket holes on the ground.
They were about to spread out to inspect the area when their communication device connecting to Avatara buzzed and popping her voice.
"Guys! I just detec-"
"Don"t worry, we can see it too," Professor Fields interrupted the Engkanto and squinting his eyes to the looming small shadows he spotted from the small hills.
Asw.a.n.g.
"Team, summon your weapons!"
The students nodded at their professor and summoned their contracted mythical beings. After summoning their weapons, they swung it and adjusted their body stance, preparing for the incoming attack.
A pack of wolf-like asw.a.n.g rushed forward to the four humans they had smelled while scouting the area. The leader of the pack charged rapidly to its prey, thrilled to taste human flesh.
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The team didn"t wait for them to arrive and clashed them head-on while Sanna remained behind to provide support with her energy arrows.
Ranger quickly struck his swords to the leading asw.a.n.g, but the attack was dodged easily by the monster when it leaped in the air. Unknown to the asw.a.n.g, Ranger was expecting its move and summoned his electric attack, aiming above him and striking the asw.a.n.g. He didn"t wait for the confirmation of its death and moved on to his next target.
On the side, Yule swung his violet spear to deflect the sharp teeth of the asw.a.n.g, who kept targeting his throat. Irritated by the barrage of attacks, Yule waited for the moment when the asw.a.n.g opened its mouth, and when that moment arrived, he charged his spear and pierced its body through its mouth. He quickly pulled out his spear when he felt the body started to limp. He checked for other targets and found their professor swinging his greatsword, chopping the heads of the asw.a.n.g.
There were at least three remaining asw.a.n.g from the large pack who greeted them earlier. The three of them curled their backs, sensing their dire situation. They quickly pulled back from the slayers, but one of them yelped in pain and found an arrow protruding on its head. Another asw.a.n.g was. .h.i.t and fell on the ground.
The remaining asw.a.n.g kicked the ground and ran as fast as he could before another arrow hit its furry body.
From afar, Sanna groaned in frustration since the remaining asw.a.n.g was already too far for her to target.
"Guys, sorry I missed one."
"Don"t worry, we"re on it. Everyone, let"s follow that fiend. I have this feeling that asw.a.n.g will lead us to our target." The professor announced to his students. "Sanna, try to catch up."