Chapter 971: The Unexpected Subject



“In any case,” David stated, resuming his briefing.

“As soon as contained in the caldera, we’ll want a option to both ditch our escort, or be certain they cannot comply with us. As a result of as quickly because the harpies spot us, there will not be time to inform them to run. Harpies are inclined to act as a flock, and by my estimations, there ought to already be a minimum of thirty.

“If we have now to cowl for 2 common people whereas we struggle, this hunt goes from already harmful to probably lethal. We’ll want all our deal with them.”

“I am going to deal with that,” Liu Yan stated with a mysterious grin.

“No killing,” Alex interjected, not sure of what he had in thoughts.

Liu Yan placed on an offended face, Alexander with a faked disgruntlement.

“After all, no killing! Who do you suppose I’m?” he rebutted.

Alex shrugged, saying, “Eh. I barely know you. Possibly you are a closet psychopath. Higher to specify than need to take care of our bodies.”

Liu Yan coughed at his response, solely realizing after a second that he was joking.

However David raised his hand, interrupting their banter.

“Can I preserve going? Or will we waste our day right here, chatting backwards and forwards?”

Alex smiled at him, saying nothing extra, and Liu Yan checked out David apologetically.

“Thanks,” David replied to their silence.

“The place was I? Ah, sure. As soon as we ditched the escort, we’ll need to make our means down into the caldera and entice the harpies’ consideration. As soon as we have now their eyes on us, we should always have the ability to deal with them swiftly, which might be very best, since most of you do not have a mana lobe but.

However David’s sigh pushed his constructing reduction away.

“It isn’t that straightforward, Alex. This volcano has been thought-about dormant for a very long time now. Its final eruption was over six thousand years in the past. If it is now exhibiting indicators of exercise, after so lengthy of dormancy, and not using a triggering issue like an enormous earthquake, or shift in tectonic plates, then it means one thing else is at play.”

Kary regarded on the 3D rendering, and noticed that the tunnels all related within the middle, a couple of hundred toes below sea stage, into a big chamber, from the place a a lot bigger tunnel went towards the middle of Jeju Island, the place the primary volcano was situated.

“I learn someplace that Jeju volcano was additionally thought-about dormant. Are there indicators of exercise at that one as properly? Or is it simply this one?” she requested, wanting involved.

David shook his head no.

“Simply this one. Which is what worries me. The final time, there have been no indicators of any exercise round Jeju. Which means every thing that’s occurring now will not be a recurring occasion from my final life. I do not know what to anticipate as an consequence.

“However I do know one factor,” he stated, pointing on the chamber she had been eyeing.

“No matter is inflicting the exercise, it is in that chamber. And if we let it linger too lengthy, it may trigger a catastrophic occasion to the complete island. So our hunt may flip into one thing greater, relying on what we discover…”

Kary and Alex weren’t too pleased about this. They have been closely unprepared for an expedition any longer than a single day.

Even when they might purchase provides instantly right here for a extra prolonged journey, they lacked the manpower to rotate within the occasion of a multi-day hunt. This journey would get more and more harmful the longer it took.

“And why are you solely telling us this now?” Alex requested, barely peeved he had held this info from them.

“As a result of I wasn’t certain till we landed. Katherine was nonetheless doing scans along with her satellites and scouring the online for studies of seismic exercise. It is not simple, even for her, to hack into science institutes undetected, you realize?”

Alex clicked his tongue, aggravated at this fact.

“And what would this imply in a extra common time period?” he requested.

“It means we would not have the ability to obtain full success right here. We would have to name in some reinforcements, or forsake full victory altogether…”