Chapter 497 - 490. Blitzkriegs
"Alright, we’re done!" Dheera said cheerfully as she let go of Gus’s hand at the end of the guiding session.
They couldn’t do it like Zein, who could cleanse the espers completely even in the middle of a mission, but at least, they could lower everyone’s corrosion level to a green.
"Thank you, Missy," Gus smiled and wore his glove again, before turning toward Kei, who had been pressing his ears against the ground. "How is it?"
"Not far," she lifted her face. "It seems like a big chamber--way bigger than the one we’ve been before."
A while ago, the old hard Stone Eater’s system ended--to Han Shin’s dread--and they ended up in a newer system where the mucus was only there for a few days at most. This meant the Specter used the Stone Eater to make a new path toward the base, which was a piece of bad, bad news.
"D-do you sense the w--that?" Han Shin shuddered even as he asked.
"You don’t need to be in the middle of battle anyway," Gus patted the healer’s back. "Stay in the tunnel with the guides."
"Right," Han Shin nodded swiftly, taking Leehan’s and Dheera’s hands. "I’ll do just that."
The guides giggled and patted the horrified healer’s arms. Beneath that small laugh, however, there was an unavoidable anxiety and tension that the others also felt.
This would be their last ’rest’ before the eventful battle. Kei had sensed their presence, which meant the beasts were only less than a kilometer away. To minimize the chance of interruption from being found out, they decided to attack immediately.
Not that they had any time to do it.