hotmtlnovel Chapter 149 Playing it safe is no fun
Chapter 149 Playing it safe is no fun
The party advanced following the outskirts of the lake under the merciless cold shower that poured onto them from the skies. Amy was leading the group across the small bushes and trees taking small pauses from time to time to scan her surroundings.
Meanwhile the driver kept his gaze stuck to a device similar to the one Miss Dragonfang used to detect the presence of strong cryptids, it was a tiny faraday cage with an electric bulb inside and the way it worked was simple.
It was just a small electric device with some sort of protection against cryptids FOD making it immune to beast and monster rank cryptids, but it would immediately shut down in the presence of an entity rank or higher.
"We're safe." The driver reported.
"Alright, look alive people!" Amy commanded and everyone scattered all over the place in couples.
Rocky ran wild as though he'd been kept tied all of his life, only to have his leash removed by an invisible hand and Uriel had trouble catching up to him. The hunter moved so fast it didn't take long for them to encounter their first cryptid.
"A scorpion!" Uriel shouted at the sight of an enormous double tailed scorpion.
"Don't worry, these fellows are pretty weak. Check this out." Rocky said as he adopted a stance similar to that of a pitcher on a baseball game, his arm waved in the air and a rock was launched towards the giant scorpion.
The projectile whistled in the air and it hit the scorpion right in between its unsettling eyes.
"Bullseye!" Rocky celebrated. "It's your turn now."
"Why did it have to be a bug." Uriel cried much like Sam whenever he spotted any cryptid. He then crouched in front of the remains, produced his swiss army knife from his trait but pretended to take it out from his pocket and started carving the exposed flux orb from the disgusting carcass. Uriel frowned in disgust as a green viscous substance dripped from his arm.
"I'm sorry you have to do this, as a fellow ascended I can tell you feel offended by performing such a lowly task, but at least you don't have to carry my bags." Rocky laughed.
"You knew how things were going to be like when you joined us, if you don't like it then you can sit out the next one."
Uriel woke up to the noisy argument between Rocky and Amy.
"It's not like that, but you know I won't be able to join any incursions until I reach the heavenly rank and I'm really close, I can feel it!"
"It's not my fault this zone was almost empty, it was just bad luck."
"I'm begging you, let's go to the hunter's lane. It will be a short trip, I swear I'll stop bothering you as soon as I become a heavenly rank."
Soon, the rest of the group joined the argument and it got to the point where Amy had no choice but to give in to their pleads.
"Fine, let's go there, but don't forget that I'm the one in charge. If I say it's too dangerous then we go back immediately."
Uriel was overjoyed in front of the possibility of exploring a new POI, almost as much as the rest of the team, especially Rocky who cheered up loudly. The pickup truck advanced unhindered across the bumpy dirt road and before ten minutes passed, it suddenly stopped itself signalling the presence of a cryptid in the vicinity.
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Everyone readied their weapons and jumped out from the vehicle as soon as it stopped, only to realize the place was overrun by cryptids. Scorpions, spiders, centipedes and even giant hornets scoured the area and Uriel couldn't help but remember the chamber filled with insects in the dungeon he explored before.
"Move, move, move!" Amy voiced out loudly and the group jumped into action as the insect-like cryptids noticed their presence.
The first one to engage in combat was Rocky who started throwing rocks at the distance with incredible accuracy and soon enough both Amy and the driver joined the battle with their melee weapons.