Nathan and Selena had reached the military camp. Compared to the one led by Alavenya, the situation wasn't any different.
A lot of soldiers were injured, but the scale of this camp was much larger than what they had seen.
Unfortunately, there was nothing they could do to help them. Even Nathan had to conserve Anubis' Ena, especially since Anubis could finally use Synchronization.
Fortunately, the situation became easier with the soldiers compared to the one with Alavenya.
The moment they saw the badge of the Frexia Academy, a soldier immediately approached them and led them right after he saw the letter.
It only took them five minutes to actually reach the commander's tent.
They could see the commander, who happened to be a summoner, and fourteen of his officers.
Looking at the map on the table with all the pieces scattered around, it was clear that they were in the middle of a meeting.
The commander squinted his eyes as the soldier informed out loud, "These two are the summoners from the Frexia Academy."
The officers were whispering to each other as if they were judging them, while the commander calmly nodded.
The commander then waved his hand, telling the officers to leave them for a moment. Only one officer actually remained inside the tent, as if he would play a role in their mission.
"I am William. I'm thankful that you two have come all the way here." The commander nodded his head.
Both Nathan and Selena could sense the Ena coming from him. Despite being stronger than them as a summoner, the commander didn't look down on them.
That was why Nathan and Selena politely nodded. Since this was the mission Selena picked, Nathan let Selena handle the rest.
Selena stepped forth and introduced themselves. "I am Selena Ashton. With me here is Nathan. We have accepted the mission that this army has posted at the Frexia Academy."
Selena was a bit confused as to why they would bring in a first year like them instead of a second year or even a third year, since they could handle the mature class alien.
The commander added, "As stated, the reward will be based on your result for the next two weeks. You will have the right to all cores from the aliens you kill in this period. Do you have any other questions?"
Selena shook her head. "No. We will agree with your arrangement."
The commander nodded, satisfied. "Alright. You two can go right away."
Unbeknownst to them, the mission wouldn't be as simple as they originally expected.
As the commander said, he had been dispatching all units in all directions to scout around the area so as to prevent any aliens from coming to the human territory. hosted-on-NovelFire
However, there was something different east of his camp.
Two soldiers who were patrolling couldn't help but notice an open cave hidden by vines.
"Is there anyone talking about this cave?" asked one of them.
"I don't think so." The other shook his head. "We don't have the torch or any equipment to explore this cave, so I suggest we mark it down and let the others do the exploration."
"True." His partner nodded. He immediately turned around, going back to the original route, but when he was about to say another thing, he couldn't find his friend. "Hey—!"
The guy was confused as he looked around and suddenly saw an alien. The tentacles on the alien's head suddenly wrapped around his forehead, his cheek, and his neck.
He struggled to break free as the tentacles on his neck were choking him, but the other tentacles started applying more pressure as the guy was glaring at the alien with a tentacle covering his mouth.
"Mmmfff!" The guy wanted to say something, but that was the last sound he made before his head exploded because of so much force from the tentacles.
The alien grabbed the fallen body and dragged it back to the cave.