Bastard Homunculus: Reborn in the Corpse Pit

"Hey, Captain? Something’s wrong, the phone isn’t ringing." "Hm? Well, it is pretty old, maybe we should get a new one," Replied Rione, as he stretched his arms up with a sigh.

"No, I don’t think that’s it, sir. It’s still working, like I can hear the hum tone when I put it up to my ear, but it isn’t ringing after dialing."

"Check if the cable is firmly plugged into the socket, it’s been a wobbly lately. If that isn’t the problem, then maybe the phone lines are damaged," Suggested Quila as she walked over to take a look.

"Yeah, that’s probably-...wait. The phone lines?" Frowned Rione, getting a slight sense of deja vu, right before loud crashes rang out from outside the building, followed by a couple of cries of pain, before the door was blown off its hinges and came flying in, crashing onto the floor and skidding forward.

"What the-...?" Began one of the other Knights, before trailing off as several Spells came shooting in through the open doorway.

Rione quickly stepped forward and fired out lightning bolts, canceling out most of the incoming attacks, before multiple ice arrows came shooting out from behind him, intercepting the remaining Spells and dissipating them.

"What’s going on!?"

"The hell just happened!?"

"I think it’s pretty obvious that we’re under attack," Remarked Rione with a grimace, before he shot towards the entrance as he brought out his hammer from his Storage Ring, lightning crackling around it as he shot forward and leapt out the doorway, grimacing as he spotted several hooded figures scattered around the area outside the Knight outpost, launching attacks around at the civilians in the vicinity.

He then shot forward at top speed, before leaping out in front of a woman and swinging his hammer across as a water arrow came shooting towards her, a sharp sizzle ringing out as the head of his hammer slammed across the arrow, the lightning coating the hammer vaporizing the arrow.