his footsteps avoiding every toxic spore-pod and concealed root with
ough the ferns behind him like a derailed f
ng boy with mild amusement, deciding against telling him that s
p air, accompanied by the high-pitched chatteringer of broad leaves, revealing
in the center of a muddy depression. Two of their squadmates lay mo
hough individually only mid-tier Class-5 creatures, their razor-sharp t
ered in horror, raising his
zero effort. "Let's not add to the buffet. You charging in
watch them die?" Leo's eye
nt, relaxed smile touching hi
palm, turning it upw
f Starlight-bloomed softly above his hand. It radiated a pure, highe
t kind of ability is that? That
tus dissolved into dozens of radiant motes of ligh
dets on the ground, sinking directly through the
as absurdly
snapped back into perfect alignment, and their shallow,
he most elite Grade-S medical officer in the capital couldn't he
n, roared with sudden, bewildered vigor, and
ive-mind coordination short-circuiting un
three golden geometric glyphs in the air, sending an inv
e in the clearing insta
ke pancakes, their spines snapping under the sudden
hey weren't about to waste a miracle. They hacked through th
learing fell dead silent, covere
den array and the lingering white motes t
al reverence. The rookie finally realized that his seemingly useless
lder, flashing a bright, easygoing smile t
s out I'm actually useful, they'll bury me in incident reports. And if I have to do pap
ly as he raised three fingers. "My
Kade, Talia, and Cillian finally burst through the fol
at the mountain of dead beasts and the panti
re?" Mace stammered, his eyes dart
know... some invisible power crushed the swarm and healed our fa
g a piece of lint off his sleeve. A brief, absurd flicker of suspicion crossed Mace's mind, but he immediat
nother arrogant command, the ground beneath
arth beneath the clearing, followed by an ear-splitting, vi/1/129093/coverbig.jpg?v=c00d1330cc6f9cf70747a9c374600762&imageMogr2/format/webp)