Chapter 152: Shocking Revelation
Rosa was constantly hiding behind her brother and allowing him to give all the introductions and instructions, and from the way they carried themselves, Henry could tell that they were used to this dynamic.
’But then, why the hell is Jason looking at them like that?’
Henry glanced to his side and he felt his brow furrow at the intense look that Jason was leveling at the siblings. There was some sort of tension between the three of them and Henry had no idea why. Did they know each other from before?
"We’ll only be standing back to allow you to handle most of the Magic Beasts, but we’ll step in if there are any issues you can’t handle. So relax, bratza! And let’s all try to get along!"
Ricardo grinned at the three students and Henry saw Jason’s eyes narrow before a dangerous smile appeared on his face. It was at that moment that Henry decided he wasn’t interested in finding out what was going on. That smile on Jason’s face was enough to tell Henry that he didn’t want to get involved here!
Naomi gave some last-minute instructions to the groups and told the instructors to look after their group members before they were ushered forward to the Red Gate.
The groups entered the gate in the order that they were called and it wasn’t long before Jason’s group was going into the Gate. Jason kept his eyes on the siblings as they walked ahead of them and Jason knew without a shadow of a doubt that these two were not going to walk out of the Red Gate alive. They would attack him and Jason would kill them. The only question now was when they would attack.
Jason put his hands in his pocket and sighed in resignation as he followed the others, and the moment he stepped through the Red Gate, the system brought up a new mission tab.
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New Mission: Discover the Mastermind behind the Sibling Attack!
The user is being targeted by the assassin pair, Ricardo and Rosa Santos! Their track record has left many newly awakened superhumans dead and they have now set their eyes on killing the user. Foil their plan and discover the mastermind controlling them from the shadows to complete this mission!
Rewards:
+1000 Kill Points
+1 S Rank Artefact
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Jason read through the mission tab quickly and he closed it and turned his attention back to the Red Gate that he had just entered into. The group had appeared on top of a small hill overlooking a lush forest below. The forest was filled with tall trees with hundreds of thousands of vines threading across them like snakes, and every person there could hear the sound of wild monkeys crying loudly within the forest.
Ding!
Another new mission suddenly popped up in front of Jason and Jason turned to glance at it!
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New Mission: Clear the Red Gate [Spider-Monkey’s Coven]!
The user has entered the Red Gate [Spider-Monkey’s Coven] and is now being targeted by the territorial Magic Beasts living within the Gate. Clear the Gate and kill the Gate Boss in order to complete this mission.
Rewards:
+500 Kill Points
The user will gain [1] A Rank artefact
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"Spider-monkeys? What the hell is a spider-monkey?"
Jason felt his brow furrow when he saw the name of the monsters in this gate and the only thought in his head was if the spider-monkey was a spider with monkey features or a monkey with spider features. But from the sounds Jason could hear coming from the forest below, Jason guessed that it was the latter.
"We’ll separate into groups and hunt at different parts of the forest. You don’t need to fear being killed by any monsters. The instructors are all stronger than the Gate Boss, so they can protect you no matter the case. Your instructor has total command over your actions while you are in this gate, so follow their orders to remain safe."
One of the instructors, a young man who had a commanding aura around him, turned around and spoke to all the teenagers. He looked around and made sure that the teenagers understood how serious the situation was. If they didn’t follow instructions, then they could easily be killed in this Gate since the monsters were stronger than most of them.
The teenagers all nodded seriously to the man and then they began to follow their instructors as they moved to different parts of the forest.
"Bratza! Follow me, younglings!"
Ricardo spoke up enthusiastically as he headed away from the hill and Jason, Darren, and Henry followed the pair of siblings at a sedate pace. The forest was extremely large and the only thing Jason could use to properly describe it was the Amazon jungle. There was a large water source running through the center of the forest in the distance, and no matter where you turned, you’d always hear the sound of one foreign Magical Beast or another.
The group of five walked for a few minutes before they finally got to a part of the forest that the siblings thought was good enough. They stopped and Ricardo turned to them and spoke up.
"We are going to spread our mana out to attract the magical beasts here, so get ready. Don’t worry if you can’t deal with them on your own, we’ll be right here to help. Just do your best."
Ricardo spoke with a wide grin on his face and if not for the fact Jason knew that this bastard was here to kill him, then Jason would have thought that Ricardo was just another concerned adult who was looking out for the younger superhumans in his charge.
Darren and Henry immediately began to prepare. Henry grabbed two large water bottles that had been inside his bag and he attached them to some loops hanging on his belt. Henry’s ability allowed him to control water to masterful degrees, but Henry was still only a newly awakened superhuman, so he didn’t have enough power to extract water from the atmosphere and use it as a weapon. Instead, Henry carried water around with him and he used that to launch attacks.
Darren also dropped his bag and he grinned widely while cracking his knuckles. Jason raised a brow toward him and wondered what he was going to do, but nothing could have prepared Jason for what happened next.
Darren grabbed a pair of dark shades from behind his back and put them on, and then he pressed a button on the side of the glasses that made it light up in a strange green light. Darren then spread his mana out over his bag and the bag shifted for a moment before it opened up to unleash ten large drones that flew out in perfect order.
Jason watched as the drones formed a perfect circle around Darren and Darren grinned and struck a pose.
Darren White had one of the rarest abilities known to superhumans. Most superhumans had abilities that allowed them to interact with nature in one way or another. They could all control either fire, water, earth, or air to some degree and that was what they used in battle. But Darren was different. His ability had so much potential that even the SMD had been reaching out to his family and asking him to join the Enforcers for a while now. However, his father was adamant about not allowing his son to use his abilities for the government since their family never got involved in politics. And his family all knew that in the wrong hands, his ability could lead to the downfall of the technological age.
Darren White was a Technopath. A superhuman with the unique ability to mentally communicate with and control all forms of technology