The Staff Inspector, Charles, walked to the group with a grim expression. Nodding back to the soldiers which immediately took a salute to him, he went straight to the point as he said with all seriousness, "Gentleman, we have a change of plan. There's an unexpected situation that has occurred."  Seeing the confused gazes of the soldiers, the staff inspector moved his gaze to their captain, Morlock, and

"Any signs of them yet ?" Flying in the air, one of his teammates' voices sounded in his communicator. Squinting his eyes, Luke replied, "None. Why don't you ask the guys in front instead of me?"Sound of giggles appeared as Orzo replied jokingly, "Well, as long as we know that your skin still intact then all good." Not understanding what Orzo had said, Luke was about to ask back when suddenly the air in front of him seemed like it shook. A heavy, huge presence filled the air as the mana flow in the air became erratic. Luke's pupils trembled as he felt something blocking his sense in magic. "Alert! We may have encountered the Dead Zone! Every personnel starts preparing your weapons and the energy shield! We are in a combat state, red light!" shouted captain Morlock in the team's intercom as everyone began to quickly execute the order. Every situation always had a grade of assessment for the severity of it. Green light was the signal for the situation had come under control and all

 Approaching the distress signal under the guidance of the system, Luke felt something was amiss along the way. Although it was a possibility that the group had a rough time and didn't have time to ask for help directly from their communicator, Luke couldn't help but suspect something was not right.  'Am I being too paranoid?'  Read more