Chapter 38: 38. Into the wilderness

After that misunderstanding, the place went back to normal.

Dexter, Leo, Laurence, Johnny and Chapman stood outside the camp. They were ready to leave the camp already for their forest mission.

"Woah. So the colonel is hard on you cause you both have the same name?" Zain asked the Asian looking guy with sidecut black hair beside him.

"Yeah. The old man says that I have to be strong like him. At times I just want to slap his bald head." Chapman said while clenching his fist.

Hearing people approaching, Dexter and the others turned around to see Rina, Zain, Beatrice, and more then thirty people behind them.

Laurence nodded to Beatrice and then she turned to the group.

"Let's go." Her voice reached their ears and then they began to head into the ruined city.

"Their job seems easier." Leo mumbled as he turned around to their destination.

The dreaded forest.

"We'll just kill as much of the monsters as we can. There are currently a lot in the forest. It will make it easier for when we want to pass through." Laurence said and the rest nodded before following behind him.

Dexter used this opportunity to check out his level and stats.

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[Name: Dexter Andrews] [Rewards]

[Level: 7]

[Spirit points: 3235/6400]

[Title: none]

[Job class: none]

[Universal level: Aborginal]

[Worldwide rank: 63,325]

[Heaven's tower points: 4129]

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[Stats]

[Spirit energy: 40/40]

As they walked deeper into the forest, it didn't take long before something jumped from a tree above to attack them.

*Scree!*

Dexter was fast as he turned, seeing the large blue spider falling towards Laurence, he jumped up before slicing vertically with his spear, cutting it in half with that single swing.

"Woah." Chapman said as he then went towards the spider to take a closer look.

"Thanks." Laurence said and then turned to the others. "Keep an eye out. Stay sharp."

It wasn't too long before spiders began crawling down the trees while shrieking loudly as they creeped towards the group of people who were ready for action.

"Ha!" Dexter jumped forward and swung his spear, slicing another one which was in mid air also.

Leo was even better off as the spiders couldn't damage his armour. He just waved his sword around, killing them one by one with ease.

Chapman was like a ninja, he was surrounded in a faint purple aura that was visible for the eyes to see. His two short swords waved around, slicing the spiders without resistance and with great speed while leaving a trail of purple light whenever he moved.

Johnny was fast, even with the hammer which was his height. He wielded it like a staff, spinning and knocking the spiders away, each time making a banging sound right before the spider explodes.

Dexter finished killing all the spiders coming towards him and looked back to see Laurence... dancing.

He was shooting the spiders which were coming towards him with skill and precision while avoiding others. In that moment, one spider fell from above and Dexter saw that Laurence was preoccupied with one in front of him.

'Shit.'

He grabbed his spear and rushed to save him.

To his surprise, the spider suddenly landed on a flat, transparent blue barrier above Laurence and bounced off. Laurence then twisted his body and shot it with his other hand.

Dexter cleaned his eyes as he saw that the spider was about to claim Laurence's head and it bounced before it reached him in the last moment.

'Wow. Seems like they can take care of themselves now.' Dexter thought but still wondered what they bought in Heaven's tower.

His focus was caught by a whistling sound coming towards him and he swiped his spear upwards, cutting the square shaped net that was coming towards him.

He turned to see a slightly bigger spider with blue eyes unlike the others that had red eyes.

Dexter didn't waste any time with it as he suddenly jumped towards it with all his strength in his legs.

He infused lightning in his spear and in that instant, he appeared above the spider before stabbing his spear into its head while releasing even more lightning.

The spider shrieked loudly and blood gushed out if the wound and its body began to release steam as if it was cooking and Dexter finally removed his spear after the spider stopped moving.

He looked around and saw that all of the spiders were already dead on the ground with most cut to pieces.

"I can image passing here with a truck and it getting attacked by these spiders." Laurence said before signaling all of them to follow him. "We'll do this till sundown."