Kilometers away from the spot where the battle was happening, in a mountainous area, a certain invisible s.h.i.+p hovered about fifty meters from the ground. It was an advance looking aircraft using a cloaking ability that allows it to hide from human detection, their technology included. It"s shape and color reminiscent of white marble. Piloting inside the hovering object is a member of the Guardians. His deep blue eyes scanning the whole plot while his hands were moving in blurring speed, constantly working on some weird looking b.u.t.tons. A frown can be seen itched in between its brows and appears that he was in a hurry.
"Northwest position ready. All humans are locked and ready to proceed freezing procedure."
A moment of silence followed before it started moving its mouth.
"Activation protocol complete. Moving all targets out, in ten seconds."
"ten..."
"nine..."
"eight"
....
And just as it hit the last number, the marble looking s.h.i.+p suddenly exploded in intense light. A white beam suddenly forced out of both its side and ook their own paths straight to the north and western direction consecutively.
This beam of light continued to travel hundreds of kilometers before converging with another beam of light coming from the north, the other one from the opposite direction did the same from the west.
Looking up high from the s.p.a.ce, one could see bright beams of light popping out from different spots all over the Philippines, ultimately forming a ma.s.sive octagon of light with the whole vast island, where Elric and the others are located, as the center of the octagon.
Half of the country was instantly placed inside an isolation barrier.
All humans inside this incredibly wide barrier, no matter what state they were in or what they were doing, instantly stopped moving. As if everything was put into a pause, even the free-flowing water and the gravity stopped as it was.
"Phase one and two complete. Proceeding transformation."
Everything stopped aside from the few people inside the isolation barrier that granny Kahayag made. Followed after, all the humans and animals included that was covered by the octagon, suddenly dissipated in a bright streak of light and like reversed meteorites, they all flew towards the marble looking s.h.i.+p of the Guardians.
As the lights covered his s.h.i.+p, it"s size started to bubble as well. By the time it finished absorbing all of the light streaks, it was already ten times its former size!
"Barrier had been placed. All lifeforms have been secured in my area. Moving out now." The Guardian piloting the mysterious s.h.i.+p reported. With a sigh, he quickly maneuvered his now-ma.s.sive s.h.i.+p and blurred towards the ocean.
But just when his s.h.i.+p was about to touch the body of the water,
ZEEET~
BOOOM!~
A laser beam from an unknown location had successfully hit the marble-like Guardian aircraft.
The explosion was too powerful that it managed to create ma.s.sive shock waves on the surroundings, sending the seawater flying high like rain and small tidal waves were even formed.
It was an attack that should have turned the whole s.h.i.+p into smithereens, fortunately, the Guardians are not that unprepared for such an attack. The pilot Guardian managed to react on time and activated their emergency energy s.h.i.+eld.
It may have managed to reflect most of the attack but the sheer force of the impact still sent the marble-like s.h.i.+p cras.h.i.+ng unto the seafloor.
"Arkhan contact on my area. The energy s.h.i.+elds down to only 20%. Requesting aid. Initiating evasive maneuver." The Guardian reported like the rapper as he recomposed himself, swiftly maneuvering thru ma.s.sive corals trying to flee as fast as possible.
Gugugu~
High above the reckless water, the ma.s.sive Arkhan mother s.h.i.+p had actually revealed itself again for the first time after ten years.
It"s black ma.s.sive floating fortress now looked like a ma.s.sive simplified castle with a triangle shape.
In each of its three corners are walls of protruding laser cannons that presented an unprecedented threat to any of its target outside while in the middle is a floating black orb that housed the commander of the whole floating fortress, it was Khan. One of the former Elders of the Guardian who stole some Ancient technology to start his own race.
The main culprit of the declining number of the Dragons, the king of the Dragon hunters.
Inside, the black orb, Khan stood proudly in his sleek black suit. Unlike the expected figure that everyone thought, Khan"s body looked as young as Elric. His smooth Dark red hair, his whole body was covered in Dragon scale while his eyes have the deep blue eyes of the Guardian on the left and the Dragon eyes on the right.
His eyes scanned the surroundings, inside the black orb, he could see everything that was happening around the fortress at three hundred sixty degrees angle. He could see everything no matter how far they are, all he needs to do is just a mere thought. It was a perspective that presented no blindspot. As if the entire floating fortress was his eyes and body itself.
This black orb is called the Eye of Khan, it allows the latter to control the whole floating fortress, from moving and executing commands, he does all of them there.
"I need those people you are holding." Khan emotionlessly muttered and his message was immediately received by the Guardian pilot.
Knowing the enemy"s intention, it did not take long for the pilot to deduce Khan"s intention.
Just a few minutes ago, the elders gave them commands for emergency evacuation and isolation of the innocent lives spanning across hundreds of kilometer the center of the event - where Elric was located.
And like unleashed hawks, the different secret teams responsible for executing the Elder"s command immediately took action. However, on the way, they also received reports of the possible interruption from the Arkhans.
And according to the calculated results of their deduction, Khan seems to have plans regarding to the newly arrived Perfect Body which also happens to have the essence of the Ancestral Dragon and a powerful spiritual warrior.
The man"s body was already the most coveted vessel by the Spirituals and Dragon hunters alike until new reports added that the target seems to also possess Elemental abilities.
It was because of this reason that the Elders recalculated the possible effect it could cause to the current event and the resulted shocked them all.
It was just destruction. Utter destruction.
The elders even added that it would be worst than the disaster ten years ago.
And as expected, Khan had actually appeared, the pilot was just not expecting to be the chosen target. His task is to freeze the surrounding people and transport them safely back to the base. Dealing with their memories is just a walk in the park for them. The priority right now is to set up the barrier and transport everyone inside to a safer place while freezing their individual moment using their mysterious technologies.
The elders calculated a high probability of Khan using millions of innocent lives in exchange of a possible advantage over them. What his intentions were not clear, but as ruthless and a smart Elder as he was, using the innocent human"s life as a bargain is something only he is willing to do.
The pilot knows a lot about the capabilities of the Akrhan Mother s.h.i.+p. It was armed with hundreds of laser cannons, each capable of wiping out an entire city.
It has a constantly evolving size with the population of highly capable warriors who had gone constant transformation because of the Dragon blood and meat they had accrued over the past years; especially during the last Dragon hunting of the entire Easter Dragons, this and other unexplored abilities makes the Arkhan race like a ticking time bomb of the world.
Despite Khan showing a complete domineering position, he continued to watch at the marble-like carrier moving swiftly away from him under the sea.
It seems to have decided to flee instead of heading his words.
Not hearing any response from his first question, Khan frowned before adding,
"I won"t be asking you nicely again. Surrender the s.h.i.+p to me and I will let you go. You choose."
But in the next instant, the fleeing circle Guardian s.h.i.+p suddenly burst into full turbo, using its full speed to escape from him.
Seeing his prey getting farther, Khan smirked menacingly.
"So be it."
The ma.s.sive laser cannon, as big as cellphone towers, suddenly moved, its aim locked at the fleeing Guardian carrier s.h.i.+p under the sea. In less than a second, it"s charging was complete and was just about to shoot a powerful burst of the laser beam when the target started acting weird.
The Guardian"s s.h.i.+p was first covered by intense bright light before suddenly splitting into hundreds of copies of itself - all swerving into different directions like dizzying bees!
The intention is clear, the pilot wanted to confuse him of the real one!
"Illusion technology. Well done! Too bad, I have enough firepower to destroy all of you!"
All of the laser cannons lodged in the ma.s.sive floating s.h.i.+p of Khan suddenly moved, each of them is locked in all of the Guardian illusions!
"Fire."
Khan calmly said as all of the Laser cannons quickly charged and burst into hundreds of destructive beams all aimed at the fleeing Guardians s.h.i.+ps!
BOBOBOBOBOBOOOOM!~
However, out of nowhere, powerful explosions surprisingly rattled the ma.s.sive body of the Arkhan s.h.i.+p! Instead of him destroying the small carrier s.h.i.+p, it was the ma.s.sive Arkhan s.h.i.+p who was getting destroyed instead!
Unfortunately, what actually exploded in the surroundings of the Arkhan s.h.i.+p was not parts of the mother s.h.i.+p itself but its hidden army s.h.i.+ps on standby!
"Who the-" Khan swiftly gazed from the directions of the attack only to see ten triangle-shaped Guardian s.p.a.cecraft. It was the elite force of the Guardians and they are here to stop him!
"So it was you." Khan looked at the distant fighter s.h.i.+ps of the Guardians with a murderous glare.
"You intentionally made me use all my beam cannons just for a small opening? Not bad! Not bad! Hahaha!"
Khan laughed as he stretched his hands wide. A menacing smile crept in his face.
"Now move away. I still have a special Dragon waiting to be tasted by my excited tastebuds..."
And as he said so, thousands of Arkhan battles.h.i.+ps suddenly unveiled themselves, completely covering the ma.s.sive mother s.h.i.+p!
Inside their s.p.a.cecraft, the pilots of the Guardian wars.h.i.+ps could only gulp mouthful saliva as they watched the real number of their enemy revealed.