NOVEL WEB Chapter 107: Back Home
The plane descended not too far away from where Lukas and the others were.
Lukas led the way with Rex and Emma behind.
Riley and Harianto protected Dr. Uwe and Margaret behind them.
Fortunately, there were no more mounds that appeared, and they got next to the plane safely.
The back of the plane opened, and they got onto the plane from the opening.
Once inside, Lukas could immediately feel the warmth from the heating system inside.
This was a huge relief to Dr. Uwe.
One of the soldiers on the plane got them to sit on seats that were by the side of the plane.
The back of the plane then closed, and the plane lifted off, slowly hovering above the ground.
Finally, it was over and time to get home.
Something emerged from the Jewel Lake and its huge green eyes glanced at the plane as it flew further up into the sky.
A white glow spurting out white flames appeared.
Far away from the Jewel Lake, the Divined One was seated in a huge chair.
His body was twice as big as a normal adult male.
Flesh bulged out from his body.
Eerily, his eyes looked like the same green eyes as the demonic beast in Jewel Lake.
"Send a team to the South Battle Administration Area."
As the Divined One spoke, one could see that his tongue was a forked tongue. Something more reptilian than human.
Cult members in the dozens, in front of him, bowed.
The Divined One then grabbed onto a piece of his bulging flesh with his scrawny hands.
He ripped the piece of flesh from his body and threw it at the cult members.
"Strengthen yourselves and bring me back the head of Dr. Uwe. No one shall seek to control the demonic beasts."
The cult members went into a frenzy.
...
South Battle Administration Area.
"Welcome home." Riley said as he opened the door and welcomed Dr. Uwe and Margaret.
"It isn't as big as your mansion, but it's cozy enough."
"I'm just glad to have somewhere to stay." Dr. Uwe said.
Margaret nodded to what Dr. Uwe said.
"Come, let me get you all settled in." Emma led Dr. Uwe and Margaret to the guest room.
Lukas got back to his room and sat on the comfortable bed.
It was a much longer mission than originally expected.
He wanted to summon Shiba out from his summon space but realized the room might not be big enough for Shiba now.
Lukas brought up the system's information panel in his mind and looked at the Slaughter Points he had.
He could level up to the next level soon, or he could upgrade his four other abilities to Adept Level of Mastery right away.
Being so close to leveling up made him decide to wait for it.
His abilities had served him well so far.
"Time for some supper."
Emma's voice broke his thoughts and Lukas went down to the dining area.
The other team members were already there including Dr. Uwe and Margaret.
The sumptuous meal Emma whipped up looked incredible to everyone after having energy bars for so long.
There was bread, hot soup, roasted chicken and some burgers with fries.
Lukas sat down and everyone started to feast on the food.
"So, Dr. Uwe, do you have any idea on where you can continue your research?" Lukas asked.
Dr. Uwe might need some equipment to continue his reading of the substance that was in the devices creating the beast horde attack.
"My old friend Rodney should be able to arrange something for me." Dr. Uwe replied.
"Do you have any clues on why the Shadow Lotus and Divine Flame cult want to kidnap and kill you respectively?" Lukas continued asking.
Dr. Uwe shook his head. He had a small hunch but needed to confirm it with the results from the spectrometer machine.
Lukas then glanced over at Riley.
They also needed help from Rodney to clear their names, and on top of that, the more rewards for the mission.
It was supposed to be a simple one to find Dr. Uwe.
Yet, it turned out to be something different with Shadow Lotus and the Divine Flame cult coming into the picture.
Riley munched on a piece of bread and after he swallowed it, he gave out a sigh and said, "We will have to find the Director tomorrow.
"Enforcement of the law between different battle areas is lax.
"We'll be safe here in the South Battle Administration Area for now.
"But Peter Lim might apply pressure to the Central Administration soon.
"It's best for the Director to make the first move instead."
It was something that Rodney had to help them deal with.
"As for the reward, I'll definitely speak to him about it." Riley said and sighed when he tried to brush his long blue hair but couldn't.
Everyone nodded and enjoyed their meal.
They understood that sometimes the battle is not with your fists.
And those are the toughest battles to win.
...
Igor's face lit up with anticipation.
When Ashen, Leeroy and Risa came back with injuries he was delighted.
It was a bonus to him when he saw Ashen with one of his arms cut off.
In front of him was Ashen lying on a metallic platform.
Mechanical surgical arms rose and gave out a whirling sound.
Leeroy, who was standing in the corner of the room, twitched his nose and yawned.
Risa who was quietly standing beside him, had a new mechanical body.
Rubbing his hands, Igor pressed some buttons and the mechanical surgical arms started to move.
A container popped up from the metal platform.
One of the surgical arms reached inside the container and took out a small sample of flesh harvested from Athena.
Next, another mechanical arm grabbed a piece of flesh from a demonic beast.
These two mechanical arms placed the flesh onto Ashen's arm where the rest of it was cut off.
Finally, another mechanical arm came and dripped something onto the two pieces of flesh.
Wobble.
Upon contact with the liquid, the two pieces of flesh wobbled and entangled with each other.
They merged into one and it started to attach onto Ashen's arm.