NOVEL NEXT Chapter 146: Bad Memories
They moved out to the airfield where there were two airplanes waiting for them.
The awakened teams were separated into two groups.
One consisting of Riley, Terry, Lin Fan and Kevin's team.
The other group consisted of the other five teams.
The first group would be deployed from the southern side of the Jewel Lake, while the other group would be moving in from the east side of the lake.
After they boarded the planes, the airplanes took off immediately.
Time was of the essence as Sherry wanted to hit the Apex Level demonic beast when it least expected it.
She figured it would think that they would be busy with the recovery and rebuilding instead of coming for its head.
...
The airplane carrying Lukas and the others slowly descended, hovering twenty feet above the open clearing.
The blue glow that was protecting the airplane from being detected disappeared and the back of the plane opened.
Terry and his teammates were tasked to be the vanguard for the mission, and they went first.
Plop.
They landed without any hiccups and Terry glanced up at Kevin.
Kevin wasn't too pleased.
"Come on, we mustn't miss out on anything." He waved at his teammates, and they leaped out of the back of the airplane next.
Before Kevin got out, he turned back and gave Lukas a nod.
The next moment, he disappeared from Lukas's sight after he leaped out of the airplane.
Soon, there were only Lukas and his teammates with Lin Fan's team.
Lin Fan stood up, and waved at his teammates, not uttering a single word.
His teammates obliged and followed him.
It was then Lukas and his teammates' turn.
"This place is bringing back bad memories." Rex said when he glanced down below at the open clearing.
It was where they had fought the undead demonic beasts.
"Well, at least we have help now." Emma said.
Lukas nodded and said, "Maybe we should try and stay behind, going in for the kill at the right moment."
Riley patted his back and said, "Ah, I see you've learned well."
Lukas shrugged and they leaped out of the back of the airplane.
Plop.
After they landed, Lukas got to the front, and Riley moved to the back.
Rex, Emma, Harianto and Margaret stood in a line in the middle.
In front of Lukas, Terry's team was way ahead, with Kevin and Lin Fan's team slightly behind to the side of Terry's team.
Slowly they started to head towards Jewel Lake.
Tremble.
The earth shook expectedly for Lukas and his teammates.
They glanced at each other and got ready.
Terry and the other teams stopped to see what was happening.
Hundreds of mounds rose from the snowy ground.
"Watch out!" Lin shouted when she saw Wind Apes climbing out of the mounds with their rotten hands.
Terry with his ability blasted at the Wind Apes with his blue flashes.
Lin then slashed her huge claymore sword sideways at the Wind Apes, unleashing a wind blade at the apes.
Splatter.
The Wind Apes were easily sliced into halves with Terry's ability.
It wasn't over as more of these undead Wind Apes appeared with Fire Deer, Ice Wolves and Water Striders from the mounds.
Even those Wind Apes sliced into halves continued to crawl towards Terry and Lin.
"Damien!" Lin shouted at one of her teammates.
Damien quickly got to her side.
Lin then sliced the arm of Damien with her huge claymore sword.
Blood oozed out from the wound and Lin activated her ability.
The blood got sucked into the sword and a red glow engulfed the sword's blade.
Lin then slashed her sword at the undead demonic beasts coming at them.
Boom.
The sword gave out a flash of red wind blade.
And when the red wind blade hit the undead demonic beasts, the undead demonic beasts exploded into pieces.
Lin was able to suck in the ability of Damien through his blood and wield it with her claymore sword.
"Give them what you've got!" Kevin on the left side of Terry's team shouted as they also encountered the undead demonic beasts.
His body was engulfed in a brown glow, and it hardened into a rock-like structure.
Kevin placed his hands onto the ground through the snow and pulled the ground like a rug.
The movement of the ground caused the undead demonic beasts to fall onto the ground.
Kevin's teammates then raised their hands.
Huge boulders appeared above in the air, and they started to rain down onto the undead demonic beasts.
Squashing them into smithereens.
Lin Fan on the other end, to the right of Terry's team, had turned invisible.
The undead demonic beasts tried to hit them by unleashing wind blades, fireballs and icicles in the surroundings but couldn't.
All they did was destroy the snowy lands.
Crack.
Some of the undead demonic beasts were hit by something unseen and they cracked into pieces like a piece of glass.
And soon, the undead demonic beasts also suffered the same fate, being brought down into pieces.
"Is everyone all right?" Sherry's voice could be heard in the earbuds they were wearing.
She was in one of the airplanes, coordinating and ready to help when required.
By now Terry, Kevin and Lin Fan's team were done with the undead demonic beasts that were attacking them.
They quickly glanced back towards the direction where Riley's team was.
Terry and Kevin were thinking that if Riley's team needed help, then it would be a great chance for them to pull Riley's team to their side.
They frowned when they saw Lukas and the others standing amidst a pile of undead demonic beasts.
It was not what they had expected.
The scene where Riley's team would be battling hard and calling out for their help didn't happen.
Lukas waved at them to signal to them that everything was all right.
Terry gave out a sigh and replied to Sherry, "Threat eliminated. Everyone safe."
"Well done. Proceed according to plan." Sherry replied.
These Low and Middle Tiered demonic beasts were no match for Lukas.
He stood on alert as a familiar sound erupted in his mind.
[Ding!]
[Slaughter Points +2800]
[Current Slaughter Points: 9200/40000]
[Host Level: 6]
[Current Abilities: 6]
Splash.
The victory was short-lived as there were demonic beasts that appeared from the surface of the Jewel Lake.
Many of these demonic beasts, as big as tanks, emerged from the water.