World Terror

Feeling the trembling earth below them, they looked in the direaction of which the distrubance was coming from. even though it was a plane striaght mud road n.o.body could see the figure of what was coming in their direaction. whatever it was it seems to be still far from them.

" I see it " said Trisha, Trisha"s prosthetic eye ball has a very long range of sight. Hearing this Janet said ," share your sight with the group. "

With the help of the M-chat Trisha"s Vision was shared with the team. But what they saw made the hair on the back of their neck"s stand up.

Under a late immoderate rain a huge wagon drawn by 8 hulking 3 meter tall humanoid figures covered in bandages wearing breastcollars attached to the harness of the wagon could be seen. These 8 humaniod figures were galloping in a perfect formation of 2 columns and 4 rows as they pulled the huge wagon behind them, forming water puddles on the muddy road with their every step and the ground tremble.

Looking at this scene James felt breathless as if the grip of death was tightening around his neck, A thin transperant layer of ignores finally shattered like a bubble popping inside him, reality suddenly hit him that he could die any time without least bit of struggle.

Other member"s experince was similar to James"s even though they were prepared for this very movement since 10 years but it never felt as real as the present.

Malinda who was thunderstruck finally managed to regain her senses used M-Chat to update everyone.

" Guy"s snap out of it, I have both good news and bad news for you. which one would you like to hear to first. "

" Good News " replied Leon, because after what he just saw he really needs a good news to hang on to his sanity.

After hearing Leon everyone nodded in agreement. Malinda signed and replied, " good news is I know the storyline currently we are in and another good news is that the wagon we just saw belongs to the Main Male lead, along with him the female lead Princess and Emperors mother are in the wagon "

" okay now the mainline task is starting to make some sence, so we will soon come into contact with the target. " said Janet contemplating something.

" so, whats the bad news? " asked Mira eagerly.

" Princess and the emperor"s mother both are totally paranoid due their recent unfortunate experince, forget gaining there trust getting close to them will be near impossible, unless .."

" unless what?! ... " asked Ava with squinted eyes. other members also looked at Malinda eagerly.

" Wandering Forest of Misty Peak in the original works, play"s a huge role in the relationship and character development of the Male and Female lead. Apparently the monster"s of Misty Peak are laying in wait to ambush this wagon, during which the Emperor"s mother scarifices her life protecting the male and female lead, but before her death she makes the Male lead to swear on his ancestors that he would protect the princess with is life till they reach the allied force at Kitsuki District..."Malida paused for a breath, then Leon replied,

" you plan to use this ambush to gain trust of the Princess and the emperor"s mother ? "

" correct but you should know even though emperor"s mother is injured and not at her peak state she can crush us like crushing ants, meaning the ambush is way out of our league it is not someing we can partic.i.p.ate in with our current strength. " explained Malinda.

" what?! its plain sucide " exclimed Mira.

" James what do you think ?" asked Leon, clearly he considered the new James"s opinions important. even Janet looked at James with expectations.

" gratefully, I am also fimilar with the storyline. the situation is not as grim as it seems. " said James, on his first meeting with Malinda, James had used his ability on her to copy all her guide related skills and Info, which was enough for James to consider himself as a 3rd tier Guide now.

" what?! how so? " asked Leon, even Malinda looked at James with surprise.

" I will explain soon, but for now follow my lead if you trust me." replied James.

Everyone looked dumbfoundedly at James, clearly they had their missgivings after all that scenario search prop incident, seeing that everyone was taking there sweet time to come to a decision James reminded,

" what ever it is decide faster, the wagon is nearing us.... " the termors in the ground under them with pa.s.sing time became more and more obvious.

" we brother and sister do not have a plan and belive its the same for the rest of you guys, why not Just follow his lead and hear him out." replied Janet

" yes! Just follow his lead and hear him out, what have we got to loss except our lives " replied Mira sarcastically.

" If you do not have something good to add then shutup! " replied Ava to Mira"s sarcastic remark.

" Mira do not add to the chaos, for now lets follow his lead. replied Leon, seeing that Mira still wanted to argue Leon glared at her, Mira could only silently display her dissatisfaction.

Seeing that everyone agree to his lead, James replied, " check your inventory and give me the list of all the contents. let me start I have 2 gold and 10 silver coins along with 3 days worth ration for a single person. " as he went through the animal skin bac on his back.

" same here we also have 2 gold and 10 silver coins along with 3 days worth ration each " replied Ava for herself and Trisha.

" same here " replied the Twins. Leon, Luca and Mira nodded in agreement.

" Okay great, Give me 1 gold and 10 silver coin each " replied James as he tore a huge chunk of his white inner shirt.

" here " said Ava as she handed 4 gold and 40 silver coins collected from Trisha and the Twins.

Taking the coins from Ava, James tured to Leon who was still hesitant, James shook his head and explained," The male lead is a money grubing low life as long as the price is right he will do anything within his conscious. so we are going to hitch a ride by offering him money this way we will be able to get close to the target without alerting them. "

" what do you think Malinda? " asked Leon, showing that he has no faith in James or his Plan.

" I think it will work, especially now that the male lead is in dire need of money to repair his steam wagon. " replied Malinda as she handed 1 gold and 10 silver coins to Leon, telling James where she stands.

Termors become more and more clearer and huge as the Wagon neared James and the team.

collecting the money from Leon, James replied , " remember this is our background story, I and Malinda are traveling scholar"s from West to explore the east and you guys are our servants and body guards. We happen to have been lost on our way to Kitsuki District."

" wait what ?! who the heck is your servant.." exclaimed Mira, James sighed and replied, " do you have better cover story, with one look at our face"s they can tell we are not j.a.panese which is already make it hard for us to approach the target. with my Linguistics knowledge and Malinda"s vast guide knowledge we both can easily pa.s.s as reputable scholar"s. as for our belongings, we just prefer to travel light. and one more thing remember i am not forcing you to follow me you can leave anytime before the scenario begins, afterwards if there is any mistake I won"t hesitate to kill you on spot no matter who it is. " Then James eyed Leon and Malinda. Ava and Janet were puzzled as to why James targeted Leon and Malinda, such a rough statement can easily be mis understood.

Leon frowned but agreed with James," he is right, if you are in then go all in no mistakes are allowed " eyeing Mira.

" almost forgot, all of you know j.a.panese right. " asked James.

" yes, after all it is one of the 14 mendatory languages. " Replied Luca. you would think with all this Terror world c.r.a.p sylabuss, exams, test etc should be no more but only it was prioritized more, with in 10 year"s these childerns aquire knowldge more than a renowned scientist would learn in his life time. therefore inorder to not break the students the education counsler divide these students in to various groups based on the IQ, EQ, ability etc tests so that every student learns to the maximum of their capacity in 10 years with high efficiency.

Just then James felt someone pull his slevee, It was Trisha dressed in tight black ninja dress acting all shy, blacklines appeared on James forehead as he asked," what?!" through a private M-chat just for him and Trisha.

" I do not know j.a.panese " replied Trisha, James looked at her suspiciosly and said," I remember you said you learned speak and read j.a.panese by watching and reading all those Anime and manga. "

" yes, but I am only beginner stage and not that fluent, but with your ability I will become pro in seconds. please !!" replied Trisha making puppy eyes under her ninja mask. Grabing Trisha"s hand James transfered the complete j.a.panese Linguisticsfiless to her.

Soon James was added to another private chat,

" James, I do not know how to speak j.a.panese " It was Justin, he seemed to be really embarra.s.sed unlike who Trisha.

" Justin you out of everyone, I thought you were a top student in your his school, after hearing your strongest Tank t.i.tle and all. give your hand " mocked James as he grabbed Justin"s arm. then James closed his eyes as he transfered j.a.panese speaking, reading and writing files to Justin. feeling the new information flowing in his mind Justin closed his eyes to organize and adopt the new info.

" your skill is really amazing. " sighed Justin, " I own you one "

" you own me nothing, do not forget we are a team " replied James, Justin nodded in Acknowledgement.

" Anybody else, do not be shy, I still have 1 chances left. " asked James. seeing no one respond James continued stick to your background character and keep you M-chat location on, anything can happen as Yokai with wierd abilites are rampent here." everyone nodded and made sure that their location was on.

James stood at the front and the 8 stood behind him in a row at the side of the road but not to close to the wandering forest of the misty peak. standing in the front James started to wave the white cloth he tore from his inner shirt while holding 10 gold coin in other hand looking at the nearing Wagon.

The wagon seemed to have noticed James and the team from afar and had already slowed thier pace untill it completely stopped in front of them.

That wagon was in cube shape made completely of shiny steel, with length 13 meter , hight 3 meter and width 3 meter Approx. mounted on eight 1.2 meter steel wheels. from the sight of team it looked majestic especially the 8 hulking banaged humanoid monsters pulling it.

Shorty Trisha looked like a drawf in front of this 3 meter tall beasts, the team was caught off gaurd as the 8 beast simenteniously looked at them, their gaze seemed to emit a invisble pressure the team felt like suffocating and found it hard to breath.

" Friend we mean now harm, we are Just week Traveling scholars. we were wondering if we could get a ride to till Kitsuki district, we can discuss the price. " Explained James looking at the Wagon as he waved the white cloth and money in other hand.

Soon a door opened and a figure walked out of it showing all his 32 pearl white teeths, " h.e.l.lo I am Hito Sanada owner of sanada wagon, we always welcome a good business. "