Just like a string that was finally pulled in the opposite direction by natural negative force, all the soldiers in the rear group turned to look at what made their comrade so spooked.
Helpless, disappointed, and already angered, Diana could not help herself as she also turned to look. The deed was already done, so why not look also?
What first came before her sight on turning her head was the greyish background of the hole dug out by the cats. As her head continued upwards, she finally saw something that made her face tighten.
“A skull??”
After seeing the first skull that clearly belonged to a human, her expression quickly took a poker look as her head continued upwards unhinged to see everything.
After the first human skull, dozens of other skulls, some that were deformed eerily in various places came before her sight. This was not the end, her brows creased further as she saw the dead decaying remains of humans.
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Benny was busy, as he worked hard in making sure that the turtle shell battle formation being utilized by the vanguard group was safely kept and intact. Cold sweat, filled every fiber of his being as his 2-form gun in its machine gun configuration kept on spewing out bullets rapidly. His battle art, the dead’s echo, did wonders as most of the cats were restrained by his bullets. After the soldiers of the rear group converged with them, he allowed them to leave first before he finally ordered his comrades in the vanguard group to start retreating slowly. The 8 high-grade soldiers of squad 6 worked their asses off fighting, as they all stood their ground to make sure that none of their comrades died. This tunnel was clearly occupied by a bigger and stronger beast clan than the cave where the Himalayan black bears occupied. Compared to the latter, the percentage of exobeasts in the tunnel was horrifying. Diana and Benny strained themselves to hol
All the soldiers screamed simultaneously in shock, as they watched their Major get submerged inside the rock with the cats. They had expressions of disbelief on their faces. “Clark, no, no…!!” Benny, being the soldier who rushed out of the tunnel last, it took more time for him to react, but when he did, he was devastated. Though most of them were all focused on escaping and saving their sorry asses in panic, the few stronger ones were able to delegate a little bit of attention to their leader’s battle. They saw him when his armor was breached with a single bite, they also saw him when he stacked his exotic shields together in a desperate attempt at stalling the grey alpha cat. “What if his exotic shields are finished? Can his body alone withstand the impact of such hard rocks?” Thinking of this, some of them finally turned to face the soldier who caused this with indignant expressions on their faces. Because of his actions, they lost
Just in a flash, their comrade that was evicted a moment ago was dead. Shock alone could not describe the soldier’s emotions, as they watched with terrified expressions. Seeing the blood remains and small pieces of flesh that were left of their comrade, they did not know what to think. Their hate for this region was increasing by the hour. Already learning their lesson from back in the tunnel, despite how shocked they were, none of them dared to fall into a daze as they all watched alertly for any threat. “Activate the energy signatures masking device immediately, and converge closer to each other”. Clark slowly whispered into the comm, as his soldiers acknowledged the order immediately. Just like the others, he was also shocked by this unexpected outcome. He evicted the soldier because he was really angry and he wanted to use him as a lesson, but he never intended for him to die. That’s why he gave him such a gadget. Though his intentions wer
It took a little bit more time than the soldiers anticipated before they finally reached the snowy woods. Despite this little setback, they were not concerned, their attention was completely on their surroundings. Unlike most conventional forests, this one was less compact and had less of a cover to hide from prying predator's eyes. This was only natural as there was no way normal trees and grass could grow in a mountain like Everest, only mutated ones could survive the extreme regions of this place. Bushes and shrubs were a rare sight here, only sparkly white snow filled everywhere, paired with the giant trees that rambled across like evolved pokemons going to war. The only cover here was the trees, as some of them grew as wide as dozens of meters. Most of the trees were the tenacious cedar trees, but there were still other tenacious varieties. Their shoots were already gracing the mist-filled Himalayan skies, as their leaves slowly swayed to
It was another bright morning in the great Himalayan peaks, as the rare but faint sight of sunlight finally started peeking through the veils of the mist around to illuminate the mountain. This was the time that tourists love the most, as this would provide better background contrast for them to take beautiful group and individual photos. Life was sweet here if you avoid the dangerous places. 2 female tourists giggled as they made a video call with their high-quality cellphones, transmitting this rare beautiful sight to their blog followers. Other tourists did other things, as the middle-aged ones among them made video calls to their children to wow them with this stunning sight carefully crafted by nature. The tourists around here were plentiful. It was rare to see so many tourists clustered together, but a shelter was close by, which was what brought them all together here. “Hmmm…, what is that? Is that a human?” One of the tourists suddenly
Back in the Spartan republic, in Vatican City, the morning was bright as always as every citizen went at his/her endeavors for the day with boundless vigor and overflowing happiness.Today marked more than a week since the leader of the city went out for a confidential mission, but there was hardly any change in the demeanor of the city and the citizens.Despite this long, the whole city was still busy in the process of recovering from the terrorist attack.The destruction that was wrath by the terrorists was not something that can be recovered from in a week, it would take at least weeks if not months for everything to return to normal.The 5 leading commissioners of the city did everything in their power to curb any further outrage from the citizens, while also appeasing those that suffered from the attack.In this aspect, Clark’s press conference before he left did a good job as due to respect for him and his reassurance, most of the citiz
“Hey, do you even have a boyfriend?” “…” “Please, answer me, stop being such a cold beauty all the time. Let me tell you, I already met lots of beauties before now, you’re not the first, so act normally”. Clark’s weird voice sounded out in the cold forest as his 2 seconds in commands sat on a mechanically erected chair, eating leisurely without a care of the world. “Clark, don’t you think that’s insensitive?” Benny could not help but comment at this moment on hearing this, as he fidgeted a little on his seat before secretly directing his gaze at the one that the word was directed at. “I know, Benny, that’s not what I meant. Diana, I meant that you’re not the first beauty that I met, but you’re the most beautiful one among them all, that’s what I wanted to say”. “Major, this is not the time to be engaging in casual talks, we are in a dangerous region, you said so yourself”. Hearing the cold tone that this lady used in re
The next morning rolled in with a bang as the gloomy cold of the Everest dominated and dictated the weather again, firmly hindering the pitiful golden sun from rearing its head. It was a freaky Friday morning, and it was the day that the soldiers of Squad 06 decided to continue their mission journey. Due to the reminder from Clark yesterday, all the soldiers were already aware so they woke up earlier than normal with more vigor and vibrancy. After 2 agonizing days of being couped in a dark hole inside a cedar tree, they were finally going out to face the world again. Activities started in the enormous hole, as the soldiers went to work to organize their supplies again for the journey. Some minutes later, the supply bags were finally filled to the brim again. After doing this and arranging their equipment, they finally turned to face their Major with excited and expectant expressions on their faces. They could not wait to re-engage and