Novel Full Chapter 111 - Master, Welcome Back
When Emma came of the dilapidated building. Only a fraction of the building was standing. And by the mere look of things, the ruin would turn to dust probably after a couple of minutes or days. Coming out of the ruin, Emma breath the fresh air, calming his raging nerves. He turned and looked at the ruin, lost in thought. After a couple of seconds, he left the ruin and matched toward the mountains.
Noticing the commander, every Ghost Hunters stood at attention and feel relief. Most especially Team C who witness the horror of the mental attack. Emma arrived in front of the mountain and looked at everything with a discerning gaze. Out of the Ghost the Hunters, two people matched out at the same time.
They are Jojo and Mabel. Noticing each other, they glance briefly at each other before stopping a couple of feet from Emma. Seeing the two, Emma understand what was happening. He looked at Jojo.
"Commander, everything had been completed and there were no traces of the Kprivs," Jojo reported.
"Good." Emma nodded. He couldn't another Kpriv attack in his current condition. "What about the injured ones?"
"Most lost a fraction of a bone or two. But they won't hinder our departure."
Emma nodded and turned to Mabel. "What about the crates? Anything?"
Shaking her head. "Everything is secured," Mabel answered.
"Ok, add this to it." Emma handled the box in his hand to her.
Mabel was surprised when she saw the box. Though others may not identify this box. However, those people from Team C knew perfectly well what this box meant. 'How did the commander get this box? Isn't it trash?' She thought. 'I know the beast would not have given the commander this box with everything we've looted from him. 'Surely, he will have done some abnormal thing.'
Jojo on the other side looked at the box with a cursory look. What's with this box. Why did she look surprised? She couldn't wrap her head around what was going on. But she knew this box definitely had a story. However, it was not her place to butt in.
Mabel leads Emma to the secured location where the crates were stored. Seeing the bunch of crates arrange in an orderly manner. He nodded. 'The pain is worth it. But I don't really know the usefulness of these things' he shook his head. 'I'll let the future decide.'
Suddenly, the atmosphere changed. A strong wind appeared out of nowhere, blowing everything. Cloud of dust raised in the sky while the red hue in the sky became darker. Every second, the wind became stronger, whistling everywhere. Rocks flew everywhere, mountain particles dropped from the top. Seeing the sudden change in the atmosphere stupefied Emma and his group.
Emma furrowed. 'Could that stupid beast course this'
Suddenly, a strong tornado appeared out of nowhere. The tornados swallowed everything. The rumbling tornados approached the mountains at an extreme speed. Just then, a storm appeared out of the blue from the western side. The storm reached the sky, reverberating loudly. Emma couldn't wrap his head around what was happening.
"Commander! What are your orders?" Jojo shouted. The raging storm and winds made it difficult for words to get across without shouting. Everyone looked at the incoming storm and tornados in wary. Holy shit! How could the weather flip like a coin?
Hearing Jojo's words, Emma did not know what to say or do. They have many injured hunters on the ground while also there are treasures heavy as a small mountain. With this, they couldn't outrun the incoming storm. The mountain will shield them temporarily from the tornadoes, but the storm will wash them away in a swift motion.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Rocks fell from the mountains, shocking the Ghost Hunters. Quickly, they escape from the mountains and looked at the rain of fallen rocks. Why would the rocks fall suddenly? They receive their answer immediately. A sudden earthquake tremor spread through the earth. Cracks appeared on the ground, spreading through the mountains.
Holy Shit!
This is bad.
Why would there be a fucking earthquake?
The Ghost hunter panicked, looking at the crack with nervousness. Now, they've nowhere to hide. All eyes looked at one man, waiting, waiting for what to be their fate. However, this man was also sweating seeing the state of things. What now. What should he do? Emma looked around, but there was no place to hide.
Boom!
The ruin fell into pieces, a cloud of smoke raised in the sky. When the smoke receded, the giant ruin had to turn into a deep hole. However, no one had the intention to check the cause of the deep hole, everyone was busy with their thought, thinking of several to escape from the incoming disaster.
"Commander, let retreat deep inside the mountain," Laka said out of the blue.
Every eye turned to Laka, then to Emma. Just then, the whistling of the wind became louder. The tornadoes were less than 200 meters from them. But they could feel the pulling force from the tornadoes, increasing their heartbeat. Every second felt like an eternity. When the Kpriv did not kill them. Is it the natural disaster that killed them?
"We can't make it back to the other side of the mountain. Besides, it would be dangerous for us when the mountains began to collapse. When that happens, we will be stuck, waiting for death." Emma announced slowly.
Hearing this, the very slight hope they incur was quenched. What would they do now? The crack was getting bigger; the wind getting stronger, and the storm getting fiercer. Is the world adamant on sending to their dismiss?
Emma furrowed. 'Should have accepted the beast's quest.' He shook his head. 'No, no. our end would be brutal than this. That beast is too cunning. It is better to die by this than the plot of that arrogant prick.'
"Why can't the fucking spatial crack appear now when we need it," Emma shouted, stumping his feet on the ground, turning his back at the ruin, and walking deeper into the mountain.
Seeing this, everyone was awestruck. Is there no hope? They looked at each other faces. But only to see fear. They would have long escaped deeper into the mountain to try their luck. But considering the increasing tremor on the ground. Everyone stayed put. But the change in the attitude of their commander made them accept that their death was at hand.
Just then, the surrounding space became unstable, but due to the heavy wind and storm. The Ghost hunter failed to notice the changes. After a few seconds above the ruin, a spatial crack appeared slowly. At first, no one noticed, but every increasing second, it became bigger.
"Commander!" Laka screamed.
Everyone looked at Laka with their brow raised, wondering why the hell would he shout like a madman. However, Laka ignored their gaze and pointed forward. Emma and everyone followed Laka's finger and behold they saw spatial crack forming above the ruin.
Holy Shit!
Everyone failed to breathe. Their jaw dropped with their heart-thumping ready to jump out of their chest. While also, the increasing torrential wind failed to affect their concentration.
How?
Where did it come from?
Only Team C had a general idea of what may have happened. However, they couldn't understand why it would appear above the ruin. Emma was the first person to recover from the initial shock. He shouted. "Get ready. We're moving."
Hmm!
At once, everyone woke up from their stupor, and a smile blossomed on their faces. Quickly, they began to move everything toward the spatial crack. While the storm and tornados were less than 20 meters away from their position. Since the spatial crack had not fully formed. They couldn't rush through the crack.
After a few seconds, everyone and things had been moved to the spatial crack. But their heartbeat increased in speed. When they look at the incoming disaster, their heart tightened and missed a beat. Quickly, they turned their gaze from the disaster and focus their gaze on their only hope.
"Commander, how are we sure this is going to lead us back home?" Mabel whispered.
"That, I don't know. But anywhere is better than waiting for our death." Emma answered, not averting his gaze from the spatial crack. "But I hope it leads us home."
10 meters to doom.
Just then, Emma received a notification from the AI, giving a green light. At once, Emma did not dilly dally. He turned to the Ghost Hunter and shouted one word. "Now!"
Like a broken dam, they rushed toward the spatial tunnel without delay. Since they only have a single spatial tunnel that could only contain three people at a time. Their movement was restricted. Emma was the last person to leave. He was praying in his heart for the Hunter in front of him to move quickly.
The storm was almost over them, sand, dust wave overshadowing him while the heavy pulling force was attracting them into the storm. Emma was barely withstanding the force. He exerted all his strength to stand firm on the ground, panting. But at any moment he would be pulled into the storm.
Noticing the last batch of Ghost hunter entering the spatial tunnel. Without further ado, Emma rushed into the tunnel when he heard a sudden bang at his previous location. Inside the tunnel, a sigh of relief came out of Emma.
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[[Master, welcome back.]]