It was normal to ask such a question since the surface above them was nothing but sand and sand. Since the ceiling was dark, it only meant that it was locked.
This drove Felix to believe that when they reach it, it would open up automatically. But, when that happens, they would be buried under tons of sand.
Not mentioning the inconvenience of experiencing it, Felix was more worried about getting spotted by creating such large activity.
'At least, we will be invisible.' Felix looked at Malissa and requested, 'Please fly ahead of us and scout the ceiling.'
'On it.'
Malissa unfolded her bat wings and flew rapidly above them. In less than five seconds, she was already touching the metallic grey ceiling.
She scanned it with her bracelet and the Queen gave her its details. Upon seeing that the materials were breakable easily by them, she went to relay the Intel back.
'That's good, if the ceiling refuses to open up after we reach 5 meters away from it, I want you to break it apa...'
Creeek!
Before Felix could finish his order, the ceiling began opening up slowly from the center.
'Prepare for impact!' Malak said while creating a fire cover above them.
Those with mass defensive abilities also used them to protect the team from the incoming waves of sand.
However, the expected sand didn't fall, instead, they were welcomed by the bright light of a sunny day and a blue clear sky!
'The hell?'
'How is it possible?! Where is the sand?'
Everyone was baffled and stunned by the sight. They turned to Felix, believing that he might know what's going on but he was just as confused as them.
But, he didn't need to think too deeply about it as they were about to reach the surface in few seconds and clear their confusions.
'Samir we are about to emerge prepare to retrieve us.' Felix informed after breaking out of his confused state.
'Understood.'
Out of nowhere, the cubic silver Northern Sentinel had emerged in their line of sight, making them realize that the sky wasn't an illusion as some of them thought.
had surfaced on the golden desert,
even spotted the pirates' spaceships in the distance aiming their brightened guns
I believe we are out, can
'You guys are out?'
a dumbfounded expression while watching a hologram that was spotted
the moving red dots representing their AP bracelets.
or moved, ensuring him that it was impossible for them
are still moving upward.' Felix inquired, 'Can't you see at least
I am seeing only an untouched
means that the entire platform and the elevator are actually erected on the
in his guess due to the
clear that the researcher had a way to create permanent illusions. If he could use them inside the ruins, then it was only
platform was still
like this to combat sand from
well.' Felix ordered,
some guesses but it wasn't time to deal
aircraft
focus on the pirate's spaceships, who seemed to not have noticed
hundreds of meters in the sky and multiple
the Northern Sentinel's gigantic size managed
were under this umbrella, making it almost impossible to
Thud!
and the rest finally stopped after reaching 20 meters
as the moment the aircrafts reached them, they picked their designated one and took
even two minutes before all of them had successfully ventured into their spaceship
we reached safety.' Malak sighed in relief
could relax a little from such a stressful expedition.
back guys." Samir's delighted voice resounded
without you guys." Felix praised sincerely, "Truly
"Thank you sir!"
possible." Declan wiped his sweaty forehead and said, "There are only 30 seconds left before we receive another
Felix laughed with a cold expression, "Now that we are out, they better forget about the deal and focus on
the rest all showed
burst at any moment. Anger resulted from the pirates, the ruins' dangers, and most
perfect outlet to vent
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