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41 - Chapter XXVIII

Luke left Ashleigh with the other five masters to fight Sebastian Williams, the leader of Rouge Virtual Crusade.

The opponents of Ashleigh and her guardian, Flora, the Maiden of the Forest are Antonio Laurent with his guardian, Sia, Psychic Child; Jose Lopez with his guardian, Caviarie, Cavalry Knight; Afolabi Adebayo with his guardian, Kitsuna, Fox of the Moonlight; Salim Nair with his guardian, Shinn, Shadow of Darkness; and Zhang Wei with his guardian, Via, Red Valentine.

"Are you sure I'll play with that Luke Martin guy's plan?" Tila kausap ni Ashleigh ang kanyang sarili habang nakatayo sa harap ng limang member ng Rouge Virtual Crusade. Ang totoo, kausap niya ang coach niya sa team Alpha. Si agent WhiteTiger.

[WhiteTiger]: We've searched for the name of Luke Martin but it has a lot of results. It's a common name. We are communicating with ELISA to filter the results. I'm wondering who else will form a group like the Future Agents Project unless it will be a Virtual Terrorist group.

"He has two guardians and even made our guardian powerful with x5 multiplier. I don't know what else did he do to cheat the game. Oh the eyeglasses too! SilverTech didn't even authorized future agents to cheat! I worked hard to make it in this round you know."

[WhiteTiger]: Well, you just have to. You're the empress. I'll get back to you when I have an update. We gonna dig more info about Luke Martin.

"Y-You're gonna hang up on me?"

[WhiteTiger]: I said I'll get back to you. You know I still have a lot of other alpha Future Gamers to coach. For the mean time, take care of those terrorists in front of you. Finish them quickly and finish their leader before Luke Martin do it.

"Fiiiine... Ooookay..."

[WhiteTiger]: I'll keep in touch.

"Hey." Jose Lopez called upon Ashleigh's attention. "How long are you gonna stand there?"

"You know what, we are wasting time here. Leave her to me and rendezvous with Sebastian at the gate." Sabi ni Salim Nair sa mga kasama niya.

Paalis na sana sila pero hinarangan pa rin sila ni Ashleigh. "No, no. Don't leave yet! The party is just starting!"

"What party?" Tanong ni Antonio Laurent.

"This party! My dear Flora, why don't we bring them to our party venue?" Nagbigay na ng order si Ashleigh sa kanyang guardian.

"Yes master! *Lost in the Forest!" Gumamit ng skill si Flora. Biglang naging grassland ang malawak na area ng wasteland na kinatatayuan nilang lahat. Lumaki pa ng hindi pangkaraniwan ang mga damo. Nagsitubuan din ang malahiganteng iba't ibang klaseng mga puno at halaman. Tila naging mga maliliit na tao sila sa malahiganteng gubat na gawa ng skill ni Flora.

"Wh-What is this?!? A forest?!?" Tanong ni Afolabi Adebayo.

"Yep." Tugon ni Ashleigh. "Welcome to the jungle! O-Or forest! I-If you know my song reference. hehehe."

"Hah! What's the use of this skill of your guardian if you are still just in front of us?" Sinabi ni Zhang Wei sa kanya.

"A-Are you dumb? Of course I'll be gone later. I'm not done yet you know! Don't be too excited dum dum." Sagot ni Ashleigh kay Wei.

"I-I'm not dumb! But even if you hide, we all know that skill like this has only limited area covered. Hah! We just have to get away from that area! Easy!"

"Y-You know, you are really dumb! Did you know that or not? Well, if not, I will tell you now. You fucking Chinese man, you are dumb! You, all of you, literally, just like the name of the skill, are lost is this forest! Can't you see? The forest itself isn't even in normal size!"

"Wh-What did you say about me?" Nainis si Wei sa sinabi ni Ashleigh.

"Shut it Wei." Pinatahimik ni Antonio si Wei na triggered at gustong makipagtalo. "Obviously, this forest will be gone once her guardian's mana is depleted. We just have to make her use more of her mana."

"O-Oh my... Another dum dum! Are you all in Rouge Virtual Crusade think like that?!? Obviously, continued use of skill consumes mana! Everyone knows that! Tsk. Don't worry I'll kill you all before that happens. Oh, and to mention... I have a lot of mana potions to use. Ha!"

"Enough talking! Let's fight!" Napikon na si Salim Nair sa usapan ng mga kasama niya at ni Ashleigh.

"W-W-Wait! Not yet! Ya'll just arrived in the venue! I'll introduce you all first to the residents of the forest. My dear Flora, why don't you introduce them to our friends?"

"Yes master! *Living Forest Trees and Plants!" Biglang nagkabuhay ang mga puno at halaman sa buong kagubatan. Nagulat ang lahat sa nakita nila.

"Don't worry. They're carnivores. Ooops! Why did I said that? Hahaha! Once again, I welcome you all, my dear guests, to our party! Please do be friends with the trees and plants in the forest!" Nag-step back si Ashleigh sa mataas na damuhan sa likuran niya at bigla siyang nawala sa paningin nila. "LET'S GET THE PARTY STARTED!!!"

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Party at the Forest