Chapter 255: Acquiring the Weapons

The words that resonated throughout the city made it clear. The Lost Primordial was within the city. And in that city, only one man came to mind to the General and his soldiers.

Lioncourt used a sudden burst of psychic blasts that attacked the soldiers who reached for their weapons.

The General could only glare back at Lioncourt. When he heard those words, he immediately tried to grab the nearby gun, but Lioncourt moved to throw the gun away, which caused him to lose his concentration.

"Listen to me! That voice is lying! I am not the Lost Primordial! Ugh. Damn… I do look like it, don't I?" Lioncourt frowned.

The General and the soldiers nodded in agreement.

"But it's not me! I tried to stop the explosion, but the blast to powerful. If the Lost Primordial is here, it's not me. I was just here at the wrong time. But I am not working for this Lost Primordial…"

"That's what a guy working for the Lost Primordial would say!"

"I- I- Oh for crying out loud! This complicates matters with a lot!"

"Then who is the Lost Primordial?!"

"I don't know. But he's using the two of us to do the dirty works."

"The two of us?" The General was confused.

"You already disobeyed direct order to send your soldiers to the fringe regions! Even if you win, your superiors will question you! They will accuse you of working for the Lost Primordial and ask why you didn't send the soldiers. They might even argue that you used your soldiers to initiate the attack before the troop could move to the fringe regions."

The General was horrified as he realized what has happened. He knew that with the current situation, it would be almost impossible to defend his innocence. No one would believe him. Especially now…

The General calmed himself down.

"What we need to defend is the people and to find out who this Lost Primordial is. Everyone, this insane old man is right. We don't have much choice. We should fight."

"Very good. You caught on. There is no retreating from this. Whether or not I am the Lost Primordial is no longer important. We are all forced into this battle. So, General, let's do our part."

"My priority will be the people."

"Oh? How noble. To think someone as corrupt as you will turn soft."

"Corruption? I was forced into it. The political and military games forced my hand. You question my motives, but this incident has already broken my career and made me a wanted man. The least that I could do is fight as a General without the political footholds that enslaved me. If I am to die, I'll die doing my best to save the people. Perhaps my services will make my punishment lighter. So I want to know what your powers are. If you want to work with me, I need to know what you can do. You claim that you could stop that explosion?"

"No. At most, I could weaken it. The force of that eruption was weakened by nearly twenty percent. I could have reached thirty, but I knew you would grab that gun." Lioncourt sighed.

"It will take some time for me to explain. But just think that I could tell the exact location of the enemies, what gear they have, and their number as long as they set foot, at least a hundred meters from the gates of the city." Lioncourt explained.

"It's that accurate?"

"Yes. But it's consuming a lot of energy! My entire stock of energizers would probably be halved after this battle!" Lioncourt complained as he took out a small cylinder and popped out one small capsule that radiated with a strange green energy.

When Lioncourt removed the bottle cap, the headquarters' warning devices and scanners began to give out strange pings as if a powerful and dangerous bomb was detected.

The Realm King swallowed it as if it was some tasty candy treat.

The General and his men didn't know what to say. How could a capsule contain and hide the powerful radiation? Much more surprising was the fact that this man ate it!

"Oh? It looks like Pangea and the other nations are acting." The Realm King gazed in different directions.

"What?"

"It's beginning. The WGP has launched their attacks. New Great Britain and Pangea have also launched several dangerous weapons. They are now launching a salvo of great destructive weapons." The Realm King sighed.

True enough, of the many coasts of Australia, the many aircraft carriers, Floating Fortresses and Sky Fortresses that were hovering around Australia, began to launch their attacks.

The WGP had destined Australia to destruction. Even though it can't be proven that they were not in league with the Lost Primordial, they still caused the Kraken opening attack. And so, the WGP sought an economical method.

When the WGP disbanded, this meant that the rules of using Weapons of Mass Destruction were lifted. And while many nations would not hastily use it in fear of being the WGP's target, the attack on Australia was supported by the WGP.

And with the amount of long-ranged weaponry, the Anti Defense system of Australia would be overwhelmed.

"Then… this city?" The General could not help but ask in fear.

"The current number should not be capable of reaching the inner cities. Australia does have one of the strongest missile-defense systems. So even if a few rockets found their way here, the numerous defense systems would wilt it down."

The surviving commanders brought up the detected launched ranged missiles and their calculated areas.

"Oh? It looks like Pangea is very daring. They shot several rockets aimed at the central cities."

"How arrogant."

"If the WGP is supporting them, can you say they are arrogant?"

The soldiers could not refute this statement.

"Keep your guards up. It looks like these weapons can still attack the city. Activate whatever defense systems are available."

"You heard the man." The General ordered, and the soldiers began to make the preparations and doubled the present defense systems.

…

Outside the town, Seeker continued to devour as much food as he can. His color had returned, but his hair remained white.

Matthew, one of the Twelve, waited nearby.

"Sir, the rocket is approaching. We are ready to shoot down and redirect that rocket to the indicated location."

Seeker nodded.

"Ugh. I exerted too much power on that. Is Git Godlike in position?"

"Yes. They still show a sense of panic and uncertainty and is demanding you to make an appearance, General. But they are standing over the giant bullseye where that rocket is expected to make landfall and obliterate the terrain."

"What a bunch of wuss." Seeker frowned as he stood up while taking large pieces of pork and chicken.

Seeker began to leave the large vehicle and walked towards the specified location.

The entire team of Git Godlike waited on top of a hill. They had very nervous looks.

"Relax. I'm here." Seeker grumbled as he ate the last pieces of pork.

"Relax? I never use that word when a rocket is hurling towards me and could level this entire hill!"

"What is a rocket compared to me?" Seeker grumbled.

"Anyway, The moment we get your gear, you six immediately attack the city. Several of the rockets are aimed to target several buildings owned by the remaining Pioneers. I'm sure that this will distract the Realm King." Seeker gave his last orders.

"You said that the Realm King has an ability to sense within a great range. How sure are you that he won't be able to detect us?"

"Why did you think I made that powerful attack? I made a terrifying attack that minimized the forces and claimed that the Lost Primordial owns that city. That incited panic and will create civil unrest. This will cause many to panic and try to escape forcibly. It should be happening anytime soon. And when the rockets come, the panic will only increase. There will be shootings and people trying to forcibly flee from the city, while the soldiers will try to protect the citizens by hiding them on bunkers and what-not."

"But it will be us who will make the first attack. Though I could guess why the Realm King won't kill us, I still feel that it's risky."

"The Twelve Disciples will then move and send the different forces they have gathered. And that will give me time to move in."

"Can't you just move in along with us?"

"He's the Realm King. He could sense Overcomers hundreds of miles away. The closer we get to him, the stronger it gets. I am using all of you to give me a safe passage to face him. Because if this doesn't happen, I don't stand a chance of winning." Seeker explained.

"Now be good soldiers and learn from this real battle. The previous battles you've fought couldn't be considered battles. But now, we have an Overcomer directing the army. Learn to survive and how to think. Don't think according to the set limitations of whatever illusion you believe to be the reality. The realms of the impossible awaits. And so, you as a fighter and a strategist must learn how to adapt and fight in this."

Soon, their sensors detected the missile that somehow bypassed all the other defenses.

"It's here." Seeker called out as he looked at it.

The expressions of the entire team grew grim.

His hands crushed the last remaining cube that Lennox bestowed him.

The electric energy remained on his hands as he tried to hide it from being seen.

"Can't be too careful. Maybe the Aragarians are watching from space." Seeker smiled.

The city's missile defense system sent its attacks to destroy the incoming missiles, but a strange electric charge came out and would attack most of the rockets. Some would hit it, but for some reason, the rockets didn't even detonate but smashed on the rocket as if it was just a flying piece of metal.

But even the force of its impact had greatly diminished as the electrical charges would repel it.

Yet even with the complicated defense system, some of the rockets were destroyed and exploded in the skies above.

There were fifteen rockets. Three had an unusually large frame and the rest which were slender and depicted the usual sizes that ranged rockets had.

As the rockets zoomed nearby, Seeker finally unleashed the lightning in his hands.

A bolt of lightning arced out, and the rocket also shot a bolt of lightning as it seemed to react to Seeker's attack.

The two bolts struck each other. The two attacks happened together that it would look like the rocket sent a bolt to the hill where Seeker stood.

The rocket shifted its direction and was falling into the hill. As several missiles were exploding and ramming the massive rocket, it looked like one of the three large rockets malfunctioned and fell to the nearby hillside.

Seconds before the fall, Git Godlike remained standing but had a tremble that they looked like the rattlesnakes' tails.

Seeker reached out, and the lightning energy of Lennox gave the commands, and the rocket deployed the Exoskeletons. A net of lightning appeared behind the rocket distorting the vision of what was going on under it.

The bolts of Lightning energy shot the Exoskeletons out, and it landed behind Seeker faster than the speed of the rocket.

Three Balls of Thunder were crushed as Seeker created a sound shield.

"Walls of Jericho!" Seeker shouted on the very last decisecond before the rocket struck the ground and detonated the weapon.

BOOM!

The position of where the rocket struck was several meters higher than where Seeker and Git Godlike stood. This was one of the ways for them to hide from the explosion.

The entire hill crumbed as the powerful rocket that could decimate an entire block exploded out. The rocket that Pangea sent out was a modified and enlarged version of the Flame Wind bombs. These bombs would explode with a powerful force, but the real threat was in the flames that remained.

Flame Wind was a fire that could be blown by the wind and travel several kilometers from its originating area. This was used to create enormous fires that could quickly spread. Even buildings and complex devices could be burned. This tech was so malicious that it could only be used with the approval of the WGP. And now that the WGP is no longer present, this weapon was free to use.

The fiery flames covered the entire area. But unbeknownst those who could use their technology to peak on the explosion, a small safety zone existed on the bottom.

Seeker used created a small sound shield that employed one of Richie's hardest defenses. He wasted no time and gave the order for the group to equip their Exoskeletons.

Git Godlike wasted no seconds as they immediately jumped to wear their suits.

"The suits of yours can easily withstand the flames. Run through the fire and go to the city!" Seeker had a pale expression. His hair, which had started to turn black, became white again.

"Maybe I should just dye this damned thing!" Cronus heard Seeker grumble as he wore his Exoskeleton suit and immediately rushed towards the city.

As the group moved out of the fire, Seeker undid Jericho's walls after collecting the handful of items that was prepared for him. The very flammable and almost liquid-like flames that had settled on top of the sound shield came falling down and burned the location. No one could now tell that there was once a safe zone under this explosion.

Seeker stood amidst the flames and counted the items and the new sword he got.

"Nice. Balls of Thunder, Cubes of Lightning, and Meng's little own creation. The Horn of the Dragon. I can't believe he finally managed to create a weaponized version of his desolation!��� Seeker counted.

And there was a specialized pair of boots. Crafted with Seeker's own cells and made with the techs that revolutionized warfare in the future. Lennox gave the design theories, and Harker created it. Although they could not reach the same level of stellar sciences that the Aragarians have, their own version, nuclear and fusion energies, made up for its lack. The boot was a weaker version of the Four Force Accelerator.

"Ah… My beauty… It's good to see you again." Seeker laughed.

But then, it was as if lightning struck him.

When Seeker connected with the lightning Bolt, he acquired something so marvelous and shocking that he could not believe it.

In his mind, he could imagine it, or instead, it was as if it was playing in his head.

"It's there!" Seeker could almost scream and delight.

The lightning energy imprinted something on Seeker.

There, in Seeker's imagination, was a vivid image. It was so clear and so real.

The magnificence of Lennox had improved leaps and bounds compared to how Seeker remembered him in his future.

For in Seeker's mind, the image was clear. In Seeker's mind, there was a programmed power source that could run and could move according to Seeker's thoughts.

Seeker could not help but gaze at it in shock. The fiery hells around him were easily forgotten as Seeker concentrated on the image playing inside his head.

It was really there. The starting screen of Pokemon Emerald was displayed in Seeker's head. Ready to start a new game.