[Trisha's POV:]
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'It's a beautiful day to play with the spirits. Too bad I can't really do anything about this situation,' I sighed on the inside while maintaining a friendly and warm smile on the outside.
Currently, I was sitting with the elves and waiting for Wesker's call.
"It's a little too hot today, isn't it?" One of the elf guards spoke as he wiped his sweat and peered at the scorching sun at the top of our heads.
'Well, it's the middle of the summer so I guess that is to be expected,' I gave it a thought as well, before a figure of a man appeared not too far from us.
"Wesker," Nvida spoke his name, as her eyes narrowed at him.
The mysterious array maker who seemed both weak and strong at the same time. I don't really understand him, to be honest.
A guy with knowledge that most people consider taboo or sacred was known to him. He even knew about my purpose here, and not to mention his ability to gauge the surroundings as if he had already seen it all.
'Though most of the time it feels as if he is one big liar who makes up shit that ends up being correct some way or the other,' I kind of feel irritated by that as well.
Pretty sure Nvida feels the same about him. And the dark mages too… and the witches too…
"Just what kind of freak, is he?" I couldn't help but mumble it out loud, making the elves and Nvida look at me.
" Seems like you are already here. Now we wait for the witches," he spoke as he looked in the north direction from where a bunch of people were emerging.
" Witches," Nvida spoke out in a slight surprise.
Wesker has already told us about the entire plan. But the fact that he had actually convinced the witches to take part in the mission. Just what is his connection with them?
"You are here," Wesker moved towards the red-haired witch walking in the front, leading the other dozen of them. Looking at the expression of the red-haired witch… her face wore the same expression as Nvida and I.
Confused and guarded. Wary and anxious.
"Now. Since we all know the plan, let's divide accordingly," he clapped his hands, looking at everyone around him.
We were hesitant, but slowly, as he looked at us, we started dividing into two groups.
Nvida and I, along with most of the elves, stayed in one group. There were also a bunch of dark mages and most of the witches in our group.
In fact, other than the red-haired witch and 3 more, all the witches were in our group.
As for the other group, they had most of the dark mages, those 4 witches, a bunch of elves, and Wesker himself. Supposedly, Morpheus is also going to be in that group.
" Now we will depart," Wesker spoke, taking the other group with him, while we slowly moved around the forest towards our respective positions.
The purpose of this group was to make sure that the monsters that were going to emerge from the dome portal destroyed nothing in the forest.
" Do you think what he said is true?" Nvida asked me from behind and I pondered a little before asking,
"About the part that he is going to open and close a portal, or about the part that he wants to protect the forest?"
"Honestly, both." Nvida sighed as she herself had a lot of doubts about this whole situation.
"I don't know. We are only doing this because the other option is to go for an all out war against the dark mages, which actually leads to the destruction of the entire forest."
The real reason I wasn't going against this was, to be honest, Wesker. Maybe I could defeat the Manipulator but if we bring Wesker into the equation… I don't know.
'I feel like we will lose even before we start the fight,' I sighed on the inside as I reached the position from where I could watch the entire forest at once.
"Hmmm?" As soon as I stepped into the most appropriate position, a dozen arrays activated around me, shining bright green.
Alarmed, I almost raised my mana shield to protect myself, but I stopped as I noticed the effect of the array on my body.
" This?!!" Nvida was probably going through something similar. And I couldn't help but be surprised as well.
My perception and mana limit, both were increasing at an insane rate. I knew it was temporary, but still… it felt as if the array was tailor made for me.
And as the effect ended, I realized that I could now not only see the entire forest and the city, but also a little beyond that.
"I guess… it was a good idea to not fight against him," Nvida chuckled with a worry filled expression and I too sighed on the inside.
Just what kind of monster we were working with? I hope we don't end up messing things up more than we could handle.
At this point, I could see Wesker and the others standing near the city's outer gate. They didn't enter the city but stood there while Wesker seemed to tell something to each of them.
A few minutes passed before Wesker took out something from his dimensional storage and began placing it at the center. And in the next few moments, an ominous energy began circling out of whatever that device was.
When that happened, I didn't need my mana sense to see what was going on there. The thick dark mana had already spread in the air above, becoming visible to the naked eye.
It sent chills down my spine and I felt as if hell itself had stepped upon the land. It was at this moment that I was truly regretting letting all this happen.
'Should I have fought against this? Do I still have time?' I began to wonder.
Though I knew it was already too late, and there was nothing I could do at this point. Other than prayers and hope, of course.
The dark ominous mana spread in the air, while Nvida and I began preparing on our own here. According to Wesker, a horde of monsters will spread out, which we need to contain for about 10 minutes.
'I really hope we can do that,' I sighed on the inside as I began channeling mana around the entire forest.
As for the dark energy, it began spreading in the sky above, slowly opening a portal that began consuming the air within its vicinity.
The portal began growing in a plane that slowly descended as it increased in size. In the end, it began forming a dome shaped portal, just like Wesker said it would.
" Can we really survive this?" One of the elves who came with us spoke out in fear as he looked at the dark dome portal, alarmed.
" We must," Nvida took charge as her entire body grew green, especially her eyes, while the mana around her increased at a rapid rate.
Not that long before the portal descended to the ground and monsters began pouring out of it.
Undeads. Bone wyverns. Zombies. Skeletons.
All sorts of filthy creatures began pouring out of the portal into the forest as we stood there, ready to counter it.
"Let's-" I was about to command, but about a 100 arrays began shining in an arc in front of me, before it began glowing golden.
Most of the undead and monsters vanished within a second, leaving only a bunch of stronger ones that were barely enduring it.
"Wesker," I mumbled, as I didn't know how to feel about it. He was the one who was helping us, but it's because of him we were in this situation in the first place.
" Don't think too much. Focus on what's in front of you. We will deal with everything else later," Nvida spoke, making me break out of my stupor.
And somehow that calmed my nerves as well. This was no time to be worrying about things that could have been or could have not been.
The dark mages, I don't trust. The elves aren't really that reliable. I don't know the witches.
So I will ask for help from those that I have always trusted.
The entire vegetation and the forest.
I will ask of the trees and the shrubs to fight with us. To fight with all they got and fight to protect the very forest they live in.
"[Forest of Life!]"
I chanted one of my greater spells, as I began pouring my mana into the entire forest.
The forest came alive as the trees began stepping out of the ground and began fighting against the undead.
"Let's show them what we are made of," I spoke out as I looked at the monsters coming towards us in pure disgust.