Chapter 111 - Break-in at Deployment Zone

"That's all I can say for now. Niniola is coming. Quick.." Kalagar put his hands on Sunday by the side and chanted.

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That was the last Sunday heard before the crackling power of the Lightning Sage invaded his body, his entire visage clouded by blue white tingling static.

And then, the next second what followed next was explosion of his body. He yelled or at least, attempted to tell except that bodily, he no longer had a voice.

For a second or two following, Sunday's mind drifted across the Void. Drifted and drifted until Sunday no longer took notice of it.

He was scared, no doubt. The technique of lightning dispersal was something way powerful. So powerful he could not even sense the Prickled Bane Winged Wolf inside of him.

All he felt was empty. 

However, just as that started, everything went blank and them solidity enveloped him. The static cracked about him again in a flash just as he opened his eyes, his vision. settling on the new location that he was.

He gasped..

So, this was the powder of the Lightning Sage. If he had to make a guess from the hustle and bustle of people all around, then, this place ought to be a deployment zone.

He looked left and right, seeing himself in the vastness of room, akin to that of a aeroplane hangar in Earthen terms. 

Groups of Irunmoles walked here and there, some of them wearing simple robes of varying colors while a couple of them accompanied the plain dressed ones, these ones being clothed in white leather armor that crackled and fizzled with electricity once in a while.

'Lightning guards.' Sunday thought as he looked about.

Left to right, the place as crawling with them. Surprisingly, for a large gathering of this, the sounds generated were really low almost as if there's had been some creed of no sounds being made. As he saw them, his memory flickered, reminding him of what happened in very deployment zone, at least, according to what he had been taught in Ijinle Orun.

Oly Messenger Irunmoles were deployed to the Earth. That is, Messenger Classes Irunmoles.

The others who were beyond this class did not get to get deployed there to run errands. However, because of the interference of the First Heavens demonic energies, those messenger Irunmoles were unable to directly get deployed to Earth per say. Rather, the interference interrupted the deployment and pulled them out to the First Heaven. 

However, Messenger Classed Irunmoles did not have access to Asgbara to readily fight their way through. This was why for each messenger classed Irunmole heading to Earth, a squad of Elite Classed Iruoles accompanied him or her.

And together, these Iruoles would fight their way through to the nearest World Bridge, through which the Messenger Classed Irunmole may leave to Earth, after which they, the Elite Squad, returned back to the deployment zone.

Or in differing conditions, set up camp in the Irunmole controlled part of the First Heaven to wait for their charged, the Messenger Classed Irunmole to return from the mission.

However, for Sunday, this was all different. And for the first time so far, he felt scared... Nervous. If all of the Messenger Classed Irunmoles in here had a squad of Elite Classed on their case, didn't that mean that whatever the First Heaven was was truly something that was way above him?

He was nervous but he was here. No point in turning back now. After all, if he could ace this mission, then, somehow, his Father, The Elder may come to have him in new light.

And so, the only way left for him to go, was to keep moving forward.

With that in mind, he inhaled, looking about for the umpteenth time. He felt out of place being that he was the only one here with a barec.h.e.s.t and his trousers. And sooner or later, someone was going to walk up to him to probably ask him what was wrong and somehow relate to him the way they related to stragglers.

Several boxes were littered about, steel gray boxes just as huge as he was, even more than the 6ft that he currently was heighted at. He proposed in his heart to use them, rushing to the nearest one that was diagonal to the wall.

Between the gray box and the wall, he looks back to the entrance, his eyes settling on the concentrated presence of guard force at the huge and wide gateway. The walls appeared to be made of concrete but the insides had the visibly framework of metal skeletal system on it. The ceiling was high ended as well, the iron webwork visible on it too.

He took a moment's breath to calm his nerves down after which he leapt over the box. On the other side now, what he saw was a huge ring like projection from the concrete ground. Inside the projection, translucent energy hummed and fumed within it, some of it randomly spurting outside of the ring's axis. It seemed empty, or felt empty or perhaps it was just there for decoration. 

Sunday was not sure. He had never being in a deployment zone so was at loss at what it was.

However, seeing the huge pillar erected before the huge silver ring like projection with inscriptions on it's smooth paneled surface from which a couple of Irunmoles wearing white robes and vestiges and girdles stood behind.

'Is that what I am supposed to go to?' Sunday asked for clarification from Bane.

'Yes, that seems like It. It has contained spatial energy that is found at World Bridges. It's something I am familiar with because as a Rare Type creature, I used World Bridges to move through the heavens. So, that must be it. It only looks like it is constrained to deliver only one direction... ' Bane paused. 'No, not constrained. It has been heightened up to insane level. It is almost like that of an Exotic World Bridge.' Bane added.

'Wolrd Bridge, Exotic World Bridge...' Sunday shook his head and he lowered his torso, running to the next box. 'I just want get going, not be lectured on whatever that is.' 

He inhaled, seeing that there was no more boxes along the wall. Besides, if he was going to come out to use that deployment whatever that was, he was going to need to step out in the open and rush onwards towards it.

He'd be exposed, no doubt. But if he went Sage Mode, he may have a fair chance of...

"Heyy..." A sharp voice rang out to him. 

"Ignore." Sunday told himself as he prepared to spring against the building tension rising inside of his c.h.e.s.t. "There are so many people here so it can't be you."

He ran, lightning crackled, striking his previous location, just before him.

"Oh, it's me." Sunday muttered, gritting his teeth as he forced himself to run. 

His body was tired but he could not afford to slack, not when theses guys appeared to not want to take him prisoner. At least, if they wanted to, they'd have resulted to a non-agbara move to get him instead of firing lightning bolt at him.

"Hey, you... Stop there. You with the b.a.r.e c.h.e.s.t." Another voice called to him.

WTH a quick glance, Sunday could see the rushing of boots towards him. Everyone, even Messenger Classed Irunmoles, noticeably by their simple attires, rushed towards him as he ran on to the ring projection, the pillar and the three monk like Irunmoles with white padded robes and vestige before his target.

With each passing gained they gained on him. 

Panicking, he forced his will to sink in and then, dragged out Agbara from the Wolf. Just as he did, his body failed to get engulfed, his entire body feeling just the same way.

He felt thee tension of lightning ball up from behind him just as the hairs on his skin stood up, his body tingling with the sensation of something huge come towards him.

'Come on... Come on...' Sunday grimaced as he lowered himself, ready to leap into the air.

Just then, lightning exploded in crisscrossing streaks behind him, all of it spreading to form a sort of cage or something.

The lightning crackled, linking up and covering his front, leaving a little opening that was fast closing to trap him inside. However, at that same moment, energy flared through his body, his muscles suddenly rippling as he bolted into the air, fuelled by the power of the Sage Mode, Half Sage Mode that is.

He soared into the air and in no time, his entire form plunged into the center of the ring, completely getting submerged, much to the disappointment of the guards.