Squad 6âs ship continued towards the coordinates. Only a few hours to go and theyâll reach the general area where they could station themselves and wait for the Abyssals.
Vanessa, Richard and Jeanne were already replaced by their teammates for the patrol duty. This however doesnât mean that they were doing nothing. They are still in alert just in case an emergency happened but at the same time, theyâre using this time to conserve as much energy as they could for the upcoming battle.
A few more hours passed just like this and their Captain informed them that theyâre arrived to their destination.
âKids, weâre here. Same rules as before. Layout traps and make sure that the bastards that comes here will never return.â
âYes, Captain.â
All seven members of the squad exited the ship. The captain kept the ship itself in the meantime to keep it safe from any stray attacks.
The squad members moved in sync, it is obvious from their actions that theyâve done this a lot already.
Vanessa took the south and started laying down their trap for their enemy. She did it as fast as she could since thereâs no telling when the enemy will arrive.
The trap theyâre laying down is a simple formation. A pretty common one where it imprisons hostiles who come in contact with it. Itâs simple but extremely effective. It has been tried and tested on numerous occasions since, it turns out that the Abyssals are incapable of deciphering how they work.
Due to this trap being a simple formation, it isnât very hard to set up. It only takes an hour or so and itâs ready. Now all thatâs left to do is to wait for the enemy.
The squad members took their position. They hid themselves in corners of the formation, ready to ambush the enemies that will eventually appear.
âGet ready, Kids. Here they come.â The Captain said through voice transmission.
Vanessa took a deep breath and prepared herself. In a matter of seconds, a ship made itself visible to them.
The structure of the ships was unmistakable. Theyâve seen it multiple times at this point. This belonged to the Abyssals, the enemy is here.
When the ship landed on the area where the trap is, the Abyssals initially didnât sense anything wrong with the area. But when they tried leaving to continue their trip, the ship hit an invisible barrier which is extremely sturdy.
Thatâs when the squad saw the Abyssals exiting the ship to figure out whatâs going on.
âRichard, do your thing.â The Captainâs orders rang on their ears.
In compliance to the order, Richard immediately shifted. He jumped out of his hiding spot and exploded with a strong Spacetime fluctuations. The space around them warped and twisted, the Abyssals were caught off-guard and didnât know what to do.
Richardâs actions caused the Abyssals to be pulled away from each other. He shuffled their locations and also released a fluctuation that will prevent them from contacting each other without harming his teamâs.
Vanessa who had been prepared for this, saw several silhouettes appearing in front of her.
The Abyssals who were transferred in a non-compliant way, appeared confused and slightly panicked but thatâs not what Vanessa was concerned about.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om
âHe gave me five of them. Cool, I guessâ¦â
Richard, as the one responsible for shuffling the positions of the enemy, is also responsible for allocating where they will go and how many a squad member will face. The captain wasnât fussed about the division and let Richard decide it according to his judgement.
According to what the HQ told them, their squad will be facing a total of three squads moving in one. Recently, the Abyssals doubled their efforts in trying to infiltrate Divine Realm and with that, the amount of soldiers one squad of them consists of, rose up as well.
Nowadays, one Abyssal squad has 10 members in it with 3 of them being stronger than the common ones. This meant that theyâll be facing 30 hostiles with the just the 7 of them.
While it might look like theyâre at a disadvantage here, itâs best to know that the members of Squad 6 arenât really the common folk.
It took the Abyssals a while to gather themselves. Only then did they discover Vanessa standing before them.
âAre you the one who brought us here?â One of the Abyssals asked Vanessa in a domineering tone.
ââ¦who knows?â Vanessa shrugged dismissively, sounding completely unbothered by strong front of enemy.
âWhere did the rest of my squad went? I demand you to bring here, now!â The same Abyssal demanded.
âOh?â Vanessa looked mildly amused, âSo likeâ¦are you expecting me to comply just because you said that?â
ââ¦â
âYou wouldnât right? After all, thatâs extremely stupid if you ask me.â She chuckled while twirling her umbrella.
âDonât waste time with this wench, Sire. Itâs obvious that she wouldnât play nice so letâs give her a lesson so that sheâll stop messing with us.â Another Abyssal stepped forward and suggested.
The other Abyssal looked convinced: âMight as wellâ¦anyway, she looks acceptable. Donât break her completely, I could use her for a bit.â
âRoger that, Sire.â The other Abyssals replied and then charged at Vanessa like starving hounds.
âYou boys seriously donât know how to treat a lady properly.â Vanessa snorted as she saw them flying towards her.
She skipped backwards and immediately disappeared in a veil of smoke. Confusing those who were previously charging at her.
As they began searching for her trace, she appeared behind one and ruthlessly twisted the neck of her target, causing a crisp bone shattering to echo around.
Everyone sharply looked at her direction on to see one of them plop down like a sack of potatoes. Vanessa vanished again much to their dismay.
Believe it or not, the Abyssal whoâs head was ruthlessly twisted wasnât dead. He thought he was but since his core was left completely intact, his head just twisted back in place and he stood up like nothing happened.
Well, what Vanessa did to him hurts a lot but heâs alive and thatâs what matters.
âYouâll pay for that, you fucking wench! Show yourself!â
In response to that, Vanessa showed up once more and did the exact same thing to the same person again. She even let out a mischievous chuckle before vanishing again.
That poor Abyssal whoâs neck got twisted twice in a row, was so incensed that all he saw was red. As soon as he got back up, he immediately threw attacks everywhere in hopes of hitting Vanessa.
Alasâ¦he failed to hit her.
And his neck got twisted again for the third time.
Vanessa released a full blown laughter at this point. It was clear that she was playing around and that angered the Abyssals a lot.
As a result of this, they gathered around that poor guy to prevent her from doing it again.
âAwwâ¦you took my toy away. I was planning on twisting his neck some moreâ¦â Vanessa appeared from afar, looking visibly sad and disappointed.
The poor victim nearly spat out blood from sheer anger he felt. He never felt so humiliated in his entire life more than now and it only took a few minutes for that to happen.
But still, even in his angered state, he can recognize a frightening enemy if he sees one.
The fact that this woman can appear and a disappear at her will without them noticing it makes her extremely dangerous. The man, whoâs neck got twisted three times in a row, isnât unfamiliar with the battlefield but he still got played like a fool.
None of them felt a thing. They never knew when or where sheâs going to appear next and thatâs something that would make this battle harder than they initially thought.
âArrgghh!!!â
The Abyssals were stunned, they sharply turned around only to see Vanessa standing in front of that domineering Abyssal earlier with a blade on her hand stabbed at the manâs genitals.
Vanessa ruthless pulled the blade out and disappeared before the Abyssal could even lay a finger on her.
âSire!!â The rest of the Abyssals finally reacted.
They were visibly shaken by what happened. They couldâve sworn that they were staring at her from afar so how the hell did she manage to stab someone in the crotch without them knowing.
Nevertheless, the man who got stabbed is now suffering immensely. Again, since his core isnât damage, this wouldnât kill him. But that doesnât make this injury painless.
âHowâs it? Can it still stand-up after being stabbed?â Vanessaâs mischievous tone echoed on their ears, giving them the shivers.
âHowâ¦dare youâ¦wench!!â The man painfully uttered while clutching his crotch and glaring at a distance.
âYou look like youâre about to cry. Is it really that painful? I canât relate, sorry.â Vanessa wasnât even hiding her mocking tone at this point.
âShow yourself! Stop hiding like a coward and fight us up front!!â
âAgainâ¦are you really expecting me to do that just because you said so? Are you stupid?â Vanessa scoffed while remaining invisible. âYou expect me to stand still and let you hit me just because you demanded it? Wow, talk about being an entitled son of a bitch.â
âIf you have the ability, come and try me.â Vanessa chuckled, âYou wonât escape this place unless you kill me anyway.â