CH.600 Portal Exploration Squad: Start
[Unika POV]
“Alright team. Last check. Everyone has everything?” I asked the PES, or the Portal Exploration Squad.
“We are ready.” Einar and Eline confird.
“I have everything I should need.” Rahman, a dhampir blacksmith who is coming with us so he can repair our equipnt, answered.Note: Rahman is a part of the very first set of HoBase dhampir students. He stayed on HoBase to learn weapon making and how to make blood iron and vampiric steel weapons.
“We are also ready.” Indigo answered. While I was in charge of the operation, she was the team leader for the Wild Pack mbers.
Other mbers of the Wild Pack were Nora, a cat-folk with a tad lightning tiger.
Fizza, a female antler-folk who can do both taming and summoning. She has a tad forest deer.
And last is raab, or just r. She is a Flower-folk, which is an evolution of Plant-folk. Plant-folk look a lot like humans, but their skin is green and they can sustain themselves on just sunlight and water. r, like Fizza, can also use both summoning and taming, but she can only ta and summon Plant monsters.
She didn’t bring any monsters with her, as the monsters she has tad don’t move very quickly, but she can summon so monsters that will be useful in a fight. She also has plenty of knowledge on plants, and she wants to investigate the other world.
That makes our team 8 mbers strong. Plus so tad monsters.
“Good. Then we are ready to go.” I declared.
We began making our way towards the portal, with most of HoBase seeing us off. So of them looked worried while others knew we would co ho safe.
As we got to the light fence surrounding the portal, Brian was waiting to send us off.
“Good luck and co back safe.” He told us, before taking into a deep embrace and giving a kiss.
“Thanks. And don’t worry. We’ll be back.” I promised.
“I know. But just in case.” Brian said, as he brought out a pile of cards. “These cards are quite specific, but they might be useful for you, if you run into situations where they help. Read them when you have the ti.” He told , before adding. “If you run into Hiśaila, Nir or Luna, make sure you note down where they live.”
“We will.” I answered.
“And please.” He said quietly. “Co ho safe.”
“We will.” I answered, as I kissed him again.
I then turned to face the portal. I saw the grasslands on the other side, as well as Swampert, Brian’s newest summon, on the other side. He was waiting for us just outside of the light fence on that side.
I had talked with the alligator before, just to learn so things about the grasslands, but to an alligator, things are different than to us.
So in the end, the only thing we can do is walk through.
On the other side of the portal, a similar portal stabilizer and light fence were there as well. Brian had decided that this side should also have them, and I agree. They are useful.
I opened the fence so we could exit, and after quickly greeting Swampert, and everyone getting outside of the fence, I closed the light fence so we could be on our way.
“So. Which way should we go?” I asked everyone. The Wild Pack just looked at like I was crazy, but those who live on HoBase didn’t question it.
“What?” I asked them. “We don’t know anything about this world. So we can pick any direction.” I told them. “Also, you might want to let your monsters out of Paradise.” I added, and did so myself.
We did just that, which caused the monsters in the grasslands to run away. Can’t bla them. TuggaIndigo’s Cerberus can be quite intimidating, but I got used to him while teaching Indigo how to use Tar’s Paradise. We couldn’t have brought Tugga over if she couldn’t use the skill.
“This way. This way!” Nio called out, as we were pondering where to go.
“... well, that is clearly where we are going.” I just told everyone.
“Why?” Fizza asked.
“Because when Nio decides sothing, it is easier to follow his lead.” I answered. “And we didn’t have any set way in the first place.”
“Alright.” Indigo accepted my reason. “Team, we are heading out!”
During our first day of exploration, we didn’t find anything interesting. Fizza tad a plains elk, just to test if she could, but other than that, we didn’t make any other tas or summoning contracts.
I also made note when our phones lost contact with HoBase. While the portal stabilizer did have a relay station, it can only reach so far, so eventually we were out of reach.
We then began setting out our camp, which was quite easy. Brian had made a Space Magic device that is linked to his Storage, or at least one ‘folder’ of Storage. With it, I could take out anything from that folder.
That includes a travel house Brian made for our journey. It is a large house which seed a bit much for a travel house, but Brian insisted on it. It stood in stilts that can extend up to five ters long, so it can be placed on uneven or unstable ground. And it can also put up a barrier, so you are safe inside.
It had room for 12 people. Two one person rooms, three two person rooms and one four person room. I took over one of the single rooms, as did Rahman. Einar and Eline shared a room, while the Wild Pack spread out since we had the space. Indigo was on her own in a two person room, as was Nora. r and Fizza shared the four person room.
For dinner, as I had for lunch, I brought out food from Storage. Brian promised he would set out food for us in that Storage folder, so we will always have sothing to eat. And if he forgets, we do also carry other als, including what Brian called MREs. Or als ready to eat. I tested one of them and while they are food, they aren’t that good. Still better than the usual als adventurers eat while they travel. I’m just too used to HoBase food.
Our second day wasn’t much different from the first day, but we did learn sothing. Monsters that we ta in this world cannot die. We weren’t sure, as this is the world these monsters naturally live in, but Fizza’s elk died when we had a run-in with an A-rank monster.
It simply broke apart into specs of light, like any other summoned monster, and Fizza was able to summon back the monster.
Sadly, since the elk was now summoned, it took so mana from Fizza, whereas it previously didn’t.
At the end of the day, we reached the edge of the grasslands. They were quite huge, but now we’ve reached a dense forest, and we even spotted a very tall mountain on the other side of the forest.
Next day, we will be taking our first flight, so we don’t have to traverse the forest.
As I said, today we are flying. I summoned B.E.S. Big Core MK-2 for that.
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