Ignavus : City of Blood

Act 32 : King of The Hill

~bzzt-bzzt~

Agitated and exasperated by the sudden breeze of haphazard situation, Shanice bitten her bottom lips whilst lingering on the static imagery of WIC company logo before them,” Cursed you Aldo Meridic! I’ll surely kill you someday, I’ll do it!” chanted the leader to burst her anger outward. Gads Gilmore soothed her back to calm the tone of wrath, but still incapable on doing so because of her proliferated intensity upon the muscles,” Don’t be so worked up, sis. We’ll get that tyrant’s asses for sure.” muttered him at the same time.

Natasha Gastano seemed contented against the view by the tranquil expression upon the face, but his mouth seethed up and settled otherwise,” I’ll get his small and helpless feet for you, Shanice! I’m certain he will scream under our grip in the near future.” uttered the auburn-haired woman with convictions lined up in her shout, then immediately focused herself before the dumbfounded countenance of the bearded man in front of her,” You must aid us for this sacred voyage, Gads. Most tools you have obtained saves us everytime in the jiffy.” She rattled straight after.

Against such fired-up commitment, it is definitely rude for Gads Gilmore to reject her plea blatantl, so the bearded man nodded with a bit of hesitation inbound,”I’ll do my best for you two.” He said, brief and short to give a smoldering caution over his devotion of their plan.

Indubitably, Aldo Meridic himself will never heard on such blabbering of the three person within the deep jungle of Ganabra, since the obscured boss was concealed in the dark at the most. His appeals for excitement was offered from the back of his imaginary desk.

‘Ahem, I guess it’s frankly common for me to keep yourself too long in your hiding, huh? How’s it, then, my Caedes packs a good punch, was it? Spare me your details, I’ve seen your suffering on the screen all the time, hahaha!’

~slurp~

Gads Gilmore went aback before an abrupt noise that echoed from the radio receiver on Elisa’s handheld. It was crackling on their ears as the sounds getting more tedious amidst such announcement from the man. Cynical thoughts perforated upon their mind, as it eventually develops to be one recognizable clatters of metal spoons instead.

‘Pardon me if you’ve caught a little tingle on the screen. It’s me eating spaghetti throughout the session. I’m taking a break, now, so I’ll better make this quick for you all : It’s time for ‘King of the Hill’ challenge!’

~bzzt~

The handheld switched off without warning. As the projection goes blacked out at once, Gads Gilmore returned them back into his backpack for future use. He seeks revelation from his sister up front, yet the leader shook herself steadily during his frowning expression as the bearded man gazes at her in immediate fashion,”Yeah, it’s just like what we’ve had predicted. It’s time for ‘King of the Hill’ and we’ll be finding out who’s the winner for the first.” She replied, glancing back at her brother’s interest before then swayed off into the road once more.

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Three flabbergasted survivors were contemplating towards the sudden announcement, looking against each other in visible astonishment across the face. Shanice and her team regrouped near the end-border of Ganabra Forest to spend the night. For the first time in their days off-track from the highway aboard, no murdering encounter goes past their vision ahead. The Government of Axeport City has localised most wildlifes from Ganabra Forest into non-populated regions within Ostium sub-city to promote diversity in their tourism business hereafter. Artificially-created critters of WIC company were the most thrilling challenge to date other than the bugs around the redwood trees.

~plung~

She tossed one flat-shaped stone sideways.

It bounces upon the mild stream and rippled its calm surface straight away before plummeting into the deep. Crouching adjacent with the riverbed close to their current shelter, Shanice saw the main entrance gate for Darte on the highway above. They missed the sole entry for going back into civilization thirty minutes earlier. Her bold decision to reaching Carrel before making headway to their main objective could never be changed any longer,”Yeah, I’ve had possibly wrongful judgement at this rate, but I ain’t no sorcerer likewise.” She pondered.

Beneath her feet, rugged formation of many smothered rocks established each flanks of the Tonway river with its gray-colored sense. It is the largest watercourse surrounding the outer side borderline of Axeport City. Meanwhile, the massive bastion were instituted on the other end of the river by the direct instructions from Argos Archimeda during the constructions of their city, covering their grounds from outsiders and threats beyond their measure outside.

“You know, that barricade were esteemed to uphold alien invasions at bay. That’s what my deceased husband told me every night.”

Natasha Gastano sits to adjoining her solace before the waterstream. She scooped a hand-sized worth of water and immediately washes her face into it,”This is what you’ll call relaxing. I’m longing for this in a long time, Shanice.” She smiles in uttermost satisfaction before the presence of her leader on her right. Shanice perceived the green fortress one more time. At Neatol, most residential houses were established within smaller fortifications to separate them away from the main street. They could see well of the formation of the bastion there, indeed, but never in the closest like this form of experience that Shanice has disclosed at the moment.

“Yes, it is beautiful, but also restrained our chances over the island of ours sometimes.” She muttered. Rather than meeting minds with her eyes, the leader wandering away to the solemn scenery on the horizon instead. Some places will be heightened once mentioned in steadiness throughout the day. for the others, their exquisiteness grows stellar after a small nod about its quality at a glance.

~tap-tap-tap~

Gads Gilmore approached them with his gadget on both hands. The casket for John Straverman floats sluggishly on his side as the bearded man fixated its direction to follow his lead. Anywhere Gads chooses to go to, the hovering steel coffin would eager to following along, therefore its close-knitting company to the man,” Why John’s casket trailed you everywhere? It’s starting to scare me up in some ways.” Natasha Gastano raised her voice towards the bearded man, rather terrified by the floating box as her eyes ogled onto it several times already.

Shanice gazes upon the box, now situated behind the bearded man after he was scolded out against. Her expression indicated gentle deliberations instead of raw ferocity down within, “It’s safe to be left alone, right, Gads? It’s improper to carry him everywhere, but I’ll go with adequate reason from your conjecture, brother. I’m all ears.” She maintained her grace while muttering outward of thoughts and considerations from her position. They have been threatened under various emergence and barely fitted themselves into safety before such menace. For the leader, it is unwise to ponder on one side and dejected the others in the process. They wanted to survive together and splitting their anguish amongst one another. To manage of their cooperative sense and binding the knot, that is the mandatory aspect for them to thrive onwards.

“I’ve built them impenetrable, but better safe than sorry to say the least.” Gads Gilmore patted onto the steel above him whilst gazing ahead of the river. Its clinking sounds given earnest instance of safety. The bearded man even bashed his side knuckle onto the rim solely for showing up its durability afterwards,”Look, I’ve manifested titanium alloy combined with tungsten for withstanding the hottest flame ever existed. It has the mixtures of numerous high-grade metal ores within to make sure I’ve created the finest quality of all-purpose device like this one. It’s nonsense for you to be worried about its capability at the slightest.” He rattled.

~beep-beep~

“The phone, Gads.”

Shanice nudged her head forward. The bearded man dropped his backpack down the shoulder once getting the vibrant noise from the frontward face of his bag. He peeked onto its folded screen one time, then his eyes slanted against the familiar display it gets after,” Hah! Its really not in the mood for him to show up so soon.” He grumbled. Yet, the leader has directed the bearded man to open them up and applies no space to defy otherwise.

~zoom~

Alike the previous encounter, it is the picture of WIC company that appeared before them.

‘I’ll be blunt. Today’s ‘king of the hill’ session will start for my favorite contestants in the city. You’ve read me already, my dear challenger. Shanice and the gang of the first-blood enjoyer will be the first king of greatness!’

~bzzt-bzzt~

The transmission called out before the three of them digested anything up front.

“What in the world? We’ll be the first trialist on his lowly challenge, I’m wondering what’s that ‘king of the hill’ contest anyway.” Natasha Gastano bumped her fist lightly onto the back of her leader,” Hey, Shanice, mind to disclose that for me? I’m the only one left out in our group for this kind of information.”

The leader glances to the north, placed her awareness upon the other end of the river. Water streams in tranquility upon the center as the flows upsurge at the middle. Shanice was seemingly observed those tiny waves in profound manner by the flurry of questions that emerged, peering at them in the blank of her thoughts.

“Well, it’s the game where you would become hunter and prey. If you’ve had announced as the King, it means we’ll have to defend ourselves until the next broadcast from that madman.” She briefly explained whilst her eyes squinted on the water still. It grows weary towards the flowing water, that the curly-haired woman finally wages on glancing at her companion subsequently,” And yes, we’re not knowing whether that announcement stays on the full day, so we’ll have to prepare for the worst regardless.”

Towards her brief elucidation, the bearded man nodded eagerly as the most figures she blurted out were foreign for his thoughts,”Oh, so that’s how the whole thing works, huh? I wonder how long for us to endure all of those stuff. We might be needing a sniper for taking down drones, too, I think.” He proposed. Of course, such idea would never miss the leader’s courtesy for the curly-haired woman to take her interest on the brother’s face all around.

“Why don’t we use one of your drones, then? It’s more efficient that way or another. We can’t find a good sniper that easy, you see.” Shanice smirked upon the bearded man as if the curly-haired woman knows her answer before Gads Gilmore’s puts forth his reason into it. At most of his thoughts, Shanice would have most things into her consideration, therefore Gads Gilmore’s tilted face ahead of the leader’s front.

“You’re so cruel, Shanice. It’s petty for you to say that out loud.” He swatted back the tease, putting up the eyebrows before such proposal as the bearded man expressed himself in distrust,” You know it so well that we can’t be too blatant on beating down those wireless junks, right.”

Shanice chuckled,” yeah, I’m just messing up with you, Gads. Let’s go find that sniper at Carrel, then!”