Birth Of The Crafts-God

Chapter 151 - 151: Target Found, But Who Else Is Here?

The group eventually made their way to the outpost with the survivors. The outpost was located further in, but since there weren't enough shuttles, the civilian survivors had to be carried out with them as well. Once there, they could then be assigned to the appropriate transportation vehicles which would ship them out of the area. Naturally, Lucas tagged along.

The outpost was much like the Wastelands base station, but on a smaller scale. There were a couple of buildings, with some serving as residential areas for the military or training facilities. There were also places where they could go and relax or stock up on resources. The streets of the outpost were filled with individuals who were at least at the first level of the Apertures Opening stage.

Due to the fact that the outpost was only recently completed, it had even less facilities than the base station. But it still has just enough to serve its purpose.

Thanks to the efforts of modern day technology, building houses could be completed quickly. One could either utilise nanotechnology or robots for the construction of a building. They could also buy a moveable one and erect it on the designated foundation. This was the typical method used by the military.

With the large amount of annual funding, the military had bought a lot of moveable buildings which they used for setting up outpost stations. These moveable buildings had impressive defence, so much so that they could survive a direct missile shot. This was all thanks to the fact that the building was properly made with durable materials, all thanks to experienced vestige-smiths.

That's right; the moveable buildings used by the military were all vestiges. Although they weren't as useful as other vestiges, and were only limited to Grade 1, these buildings were made with defence in mind. As such, they were capable of withstanding a desolate beast's assault for a long while.

The outpost consisted of these buildings, especially the core buildings that served as the operating centre for the army. The majority of buildings were either two floors or less [1], but there were about three that towered more than three floors.

One of them stood out the most and was located right at the centre of the outpost, reaching an impressive height of about seven storeys, or at least 23 metres.

'That's probably the control centre.' Lucas thought.

Later on, the group's sare shuttle landed on the helipad at the landing strip. The civilians were escorted to a new site for their departure. Many of them profusely thanked the team before leaving.

"So where are you going from here on?" Nafir asked Lucas.

"To find what I came looking for." Lucas answered before walking away.

Nafir smiled but didn't stop him. Instead, he left with Lily for a briefing with the outpost's head.

. . .

A few days passed by, the majority of which Lucas spent moving around the area in

Although unlikely, if Lucas waited for the desolate ape to win, he would save himself the stress of killing the Jaburian himself. However, the ape would surely have a bite out of the monster —a behaviour amongst desolate beasts— and this would damage the skin. If he wanted to prevent that, Lucas would fight the ape right away.

On the other hand, the most likely scenario was the Jaburian winning against the desolate ape, but if that happened, Lucas would be facing the stronger of the two. Even if it were a bit tired out or injured, the battle won't be an easy one.

'Well, the situation is already much better than I've wanted, so any result is okay.' Lucas thought.

He then began to survey the area, understanding the terrain and environment to the best of his abilities.

As soon as a winner was decided between the two, Lucas would have to kick-off another fight. If he wanted to win with less difficulty, Lucas had to be able to make use of the surroundings to his advantage.

In the course of surveying the area, Lucas' sight was suddenly attracted to a spot on the cliff, where a small shallow cave existed.

Staring at the cave, Lucas noticed a silhouette inside which turned him speechless.

'Is that...!!'