Fell"s sensitive nose quickly picked up the acre odor ambient in the sewer system of the city. It was as though the smell that had permeated these areas for centuries before; had stayed locked underground and had even fused with every particle of matter existing here. Thankfully, he might have found the smell bothering, but not impossible to support.
Leove hopped on the small vehicle with Fell following shortly behind him. And before long, the pair of individuals were making their way through the sizeable underground road.
The rest of the journey was spent in utter silence, with both the individual focusing on matters of their own. Nonetheless, Leove was the one who broke the silence first, explaining that they would soon arrive.
They changed vehicles twice in the journey underground before finally attaining the centermost place of the tunnel"s network.
As soon as he arrived here, Fell could sense that the number of blood signals had risen to a greater height. He knew that this place was where most of the armed forces were positioned. And could even feel a few individuals that had nearly attained strength equivalent to a first realm cultivator, albeit ones of low ranks.
Still, that fact was commendable as cultivation methods were far from having spread through every individual of New Casablanca. And most of the newly ascending cultivators were individuals molded by the past three days of war. Their bodies and soul had been cleansed by the constant pressure surrounding them, and their hopes and desire to protect their land pushed them through the final barrier of mortality.
The pair"s steps resounded through the last tunnel that led to the central place where the majority of the armed forces were positioned. Strangely, there weren"t any guards in their paths, and only a few cameras were left in the open of a few corners.
After traversing the last area on foot, they arrived to a bustling small town where Fell sensed hundreds of different individuals. They left the last tunnel, and in front of their eyes, appeared a ma.s.sive plaza shaped s.p.a.ce that seemed to extend thousands of meters in the distance.
The entire area had been cleared of any construct, and had been turned into a vast military barracks where dozens of ma.s.sive tents and bivouacs serving as the army"s barracks.
"How much time did it take them to setup all of this?", asked Fell as he knew that the main district"s inhabitant had fled to the Core a few hours ago.
"If I"m not wrong, the encampment isn"t finished yet, but this giant plaza took less than an hour to be formed.", Leove"s lips opened as he responded swiftly. It could easily be seen in his tones that he held the logistical team in very high respect.
"There is the most important camp.", he added as he pointed his finger to the first right. "That"s the place from where every command is coming from.", he said before looking to white camps that stood out of the rest. "As for those, they are held by the medical team who are currently focused on healing the injured."
"That place is where the upgraded MechSuit had been formed. All in all, this are can be considered as the most important place in the Core. From here, every squad of solider can be equipped, and move to a specific area of the town in the least amount of time."
Fell"s mouth opened slowly as he expressed his surprise through a very short sigh. Leove noticed that the man"s gaze were marked at the leader"s bivouacs, and decided that he should cut his explanations short.
He silently resumed his steps, as the pair began traversing the are bustling with life and movement- under the watchful eyes of a few individuals that noticed their presence. Nonetheless, the couple of individuals was only seen pa.s.sing through the ma.s.sive-scale encampment, but no one tried blocking their advance as everyone was focusing on their own tasks.
Before long, Fell stood in front of grey colored tents that seemed capable of holding an entire office. In fact, the bivouac was made with such durable material that it had been possible to form a two-floor small construct with it. Putting aside the color, and the length of the construct, even its height was comparably different from the rest.
Two guards stood in front of the leader"s armed forces general quarter. Leove turned toward Fell, and asked him to wait for a few minutes before advancing toward the pair of guards.
Leove"s left hand moved as he flashed his badge to the pair of individual standing in front of him. They stepped aside, freeing the way for the squad leader, who disappeared inside of the construct, leaving Fell outside.
The young cultivator watched the tents for a few seconds before spreading his sense inside of it. As the encampment weren"t made with any unique material, they couldn"t block his preying sense, and before long, the entirety of the leader"s camp appeared in his mind.
"Oh…", he muttered as he followed Leove"s signal through the decent-sized tent. He saw through his keen sense Leove"s figure move from one room to another, then came to a stop as though he was asked to wait a few seconds.
Time advanced quietly, and before long, Leove was taken to a room filled with dozens of blood signatures. Potent and robust blood signals could be sensed in that room, with more than half of them being equivalent to first realm cultivator. A strength sufficient to create awe and respect from their comrade of the armed forces, but far too lacking in front of the army of creatures.
Leove spoke for a few seconds to the large a.s.semble soldiers before making his way toward Fell"s location. And before long, Fell found himself entering the inside of the tent he had been monitoring from the outside.
He followed Leove through a set of steel-made staircases that led to the bas.e.m.e.nts" second floor, and before long, the young cultivator found himself facing the door leading to the room where the leaders were a.s.sembled. Leove didn"t speak any word to Fell, and simply stood to the side of the door with one of his hand showing Fell the way.
"We might not see each other again, Sir.", exclaimed Leove as he waved his hand in a goodbye before leaving the ma.s.sive tent.
Fell returned the gesture, and didn"t wait any longer before entering the room where the a.s.semble of leaders was waiting for him. He could sense that they were waiting for him, as he wasn"t explicitly hiding his strength, he probably appeared grandly in the radars of their minds.
After stepping through the door, he felt dozens of sight lock on his body, and the next moment the origins of these sights entered his vision. His eyes moved around the room, checking the individuals sitting in front of him.
"Too lacking…", he sighed as he had expected too much from the armed forces of New Casablanca. The first earthling he had met when awakening had been Akainmhar, and the fact was that the red haired man was one of the strongest ent.i.ties existing in the city.
Subconsciously, Fell had overestimated the individual power of each earthling. "This is going to be troublesome…", he muttered as he noticed strange smiles appearing on the face of the individual.
A man coughed, gathering the attention of everyone in a subtle manner, as he started the venue with an introduction.
"Good to see you again, venerable hero.", he exclaimed in a matter of fact tone. Fell"s gaze locked on the man, before moving to several other individuals that had a change of expression when the man spoke.
"It"s him…", a soft whisper didn"t escape the young cultivator"s keen hearing sense.
Fell nodded toward him. His mind worked at lightning speed as he caught on the fact that he was a well-known person through the armed force, and he stepped forward.
"Good to see that you guys are still alive.", Fell exclaimed swiftly in a familiar tone. One that seemed forced, as it still contained a cold and detached tone that couldn"t be hidden. Nonetheless, smiles appeared on the faces of the leaders of the armed forces. Smiles that soon dropped at Fell"s next sentence, turning grim and somber.
"I am afraid I have come today with terrible news.", he began as a silence dropped in the a.s.semble. Strangely, the young man"s word was left uncontested by the leaders as though this scene had already happened before.
"The army of creatures had evolved, turning into a grand scale formation that linked every single monster part of it."
"They transform, and evolve even further with each pa.s.sing minute. And are dangerously approach a state of instability where they might blow up and the turn the entire city-state into fuming destructed lands."
"Killing them is useless as their fused essence would be transmitted to another creature, further strengthening and accelerating the last phase of the Formation."