Chapter 37: AM Class A (6)
[3rd Person’s POV]
After defeating all the monsters in sight, the two teams had time to catch their breaths.
Captain Jerome of the Charlie team who had regained his strength after Etienne’s treatment, had ordered his team members to gather the mana stones they could to all dead monster corpses.
Unlike before when they were all reluctant to be part of the scavenger team, now their heads were lowered and they silently obeyed their captain’s order. They felt ashamed that most of the job was done by the Alpha team, whom they arrogantly insulted and underestimated.
Now, their words were biting them back.
Captain Jerome sighed and scratched the back of his bald head. He stole a glance at the Alpha team gathered on top of a floating slab stuck in the water. His gaze moved on the body lying in the middle of them, motionless and pale.
If it weren’t for that man, they would have all been swept up by Allen’s Nightmare and continue to float higher in the air. Who could tell if they could survive if ever they fell, even though the whole place was entirely covered in water?
Witnessing a Seeker’s Nightmare was terrifying enough on the Earth, but dying from it inside a vortex was supremely dreadful and spine-chilling. No one would want to die in a strange place away from their homeland. Everyone in his team entered the vortex believing they would survive, but they were all arrogant.
If it weren’t for the Alpha team, they would have all died.
Captain Jerome ran his hand over his weary face. He wasn’t frustrated that they were kicked back right to their place, he was frustrated and ashamed that as Seeker, he acted like that and treated his colleague badly.
So, what if Captain Claude and his team were hoarding and gatekeeping the vortexes? They had the right to do so since they were far greater than any team Jerome had ever seen fight.