"Just give up you are surrounded"
The black roots and vines the headed for Blake and the girl. But she stood in front of Blake and deflected it with the old sword.
"Where did they come from they weren't here a second ago!" Exclaimed Blake
"Did you really think I'm that dumb ?"
"Ofcourse I would call for reinforcements"
"Also what the heck took you all so long to show up?" Fredrick asked the cloaked figures frustrated.
"Doesn't concern you. Just do what you are told, you will get what you want" one of the cloaked figures spoke out.
"Tsk*" the answer annoyed Fredrick
Though the cloaked figures looked the same at a first glance but there was a key difference, they all had different kind of mark and patterns on their masks which were missing on the other cloaked figures Blake had seen before.
On the other side tension filled the air as the trio were facing the barrage of vine attacks. All of them trying to think of a solution to this predicament .
"Hey kid! Quickly pick up the scroll and hand it over to the lady!" Richard hurriedly said as he was fighting of the vines with bare hands.
Blake quickly dashed to Richard's side to pick up the scroll when suddenly another vine popped up from above about to capture him. Blake somehow managed to avoid it by narrowly slipping to the right side. He himself was impressed how he managed to pull it off.
Humans are truly impressive when it came to life-threatening situations. You don't know what your body is capable of until it's overloaded with adrenaline.
Anyway Blake managed to secure the scroll and again about to rush towards the girl when suddenly another vine popped up behind him. This time he wasn't prepared,
Blake closed his eyes and braced himself for the incoming impact-
1 second- 2 second passed but the impact never actually hit him.
He opened his eyes to see what's going on. Richard who was dangling upside down actually managed to tear through the vains with his bare hands and landed behind Blake and shielded him from the vain's impact.
"Quickly go.. I can't hold..much longer..."
"Not so quick!" A voice roared from above.
A man as tall a building was about to land on top of Blake. This time he actually thought he was done for, but suddenly the world spun around.
Well actually he was the one actually hanging upside down as Fredrick lifted him by the leg.
"Hehe, finally caught the little mouse" Fredrick laughed
A sharp voice cut through his laughter
"Hey! Let him and Richard go! You want me right? Just let them go I and will co-operate" the girl shouted hanging upside-down by the vines.
"Look who is talking, do you really think you are in any position to negotiate? Hahaha"
"You are going to co-operate, even you like it or not!"
Atlast all of them were captured, Richard and the girl hung by the vines and Blake was hung upside down by Frederick. All hope seemed lost as if luck just wasn't on their side.
{Hey host according to my calculations you are in a dangerous situation-}
(Yeah no sh*t sherlock, I can see that!)
{...well what I wanted to say was , you should deploy the guardian it would be able to buy you some time}
(I totally forgot about the guardian! Why didn't you say something sooner! Just do it!)
{Well the host didn't ask...}
{How do you want to proceed with the guardian?
1. Autonomous or
2. Manuall }
{Want me to explain everything in detail?}
(We don't have time for this! Just tell me the main difference quickly!)
{Autonomous deals with high threat targets first and then moves on the next one.While
Manual mode allows you control it as your body-}
(Activate it in Manual mode quickly!)
['TEMPORARY GUARDIAN' ACTIVATED]
[MATERIALISING...]
Almost instantly a rift in space opened up in front of Blake.
"What's with this rift? Did you all make this?" Fredrick asked the cloaked figures confused
"No..." One of the figures spoke out
"It might be an enemy, be prepared for battle" another one spoke out
Suddenly a huge mechanical arm then the whole body immerged from the rift.
Blake opened his eyes again but this time the world wasn't upside down.
{Host you are now controlling the guardian.
The guardian is 30% immune to magical and 40% immune to physical attacks.The attack pattern and other information will be directly transferred to the host's brain}
Though a mild headache confronted him but he instantly learned everything about the guardian, it's powers, moves and weakness etc.
(Oh, cool ! and now they will witness a modern 21st century FPS palyer in his full glory. Hahahaha, let's get started)
Meanwhile now the guardian fully immerged from the rift landed on the ground with a thrud indicating how heavy it was.
The guardian stood astonishing tall, taller than Fredrick atleast 4 meters in height, reminiscent of a modern tactical soldier stood forged from unknown metal, joints made with low grind of gears. Plates of dark metal layered his frame.
Where a face should be, a visor glowed faintly blue, cold and unblinking. In his hands, a gun merged seamlessly with his design, as though it wasn't a weapon he carried, but a weapon he was built to wield.
As soon as it landed, the air became heavy with pressure, like an unknown calamity deciding their fate.
"It's not normal! Quick! Attack it with everything you've got" a cloaked figure shouted in a hurry.
Almost instantly faintly glowing shapes of different ruinic designs appeared in front of the cloaked figures. Some holding a staff, some of them books and some empty handed.
Fredrick on the other hand dropped Blake and charged towards the unknown mechanical person with everything he has got.
The vines holding the girl and Richard plopped down like marionette cut off from it's string. Richard swiftly caught Blake saving him from hitting the ground.
"My lady do you know what that thing is?" Richard asked still flabbergasted about the situation.
"How would I know?! I'm on the same boat. But this gives us enough distraction to escape. Activate the scroll quickly!"
(Hehe, now I can definitely say, I'm not trapped here with you, you are trapped here with me~)