Chapter 7 Tanks fucking up a tank~

---Hired scout team from Hunter's guild (3rd pov)---

In an open clearing of burnt wood was a group of 5 people dressing in tight dark clothes that made them blend in with their surroundings, consisting of two males and three females judging from the obvious proportions of the three.

They were sent here to find out the reason why the forest was more than halfway burned down, and to check on the local monsters as well as a certain pack of elephants that decimated the 7th battalion.

The seeming leader of the five was the smallest of the five which was also one of the women as her feminine voice reached them somehow as she whispered.

"it looks like the population of the monsters within the forest had dropped drastically."

One of the men couldn't help himself and left a snarky comment.

"no~ really~?"

This earned him a smack on the back of his head from the other male, making him tilt his body to nearly ninety degrees from how strong the person who did it was.

As the culprit growled before warning him.

"Treat My Mistress like that again and I'll rip your head off, 'Legs'!"

The victim retorted as his back made a popping sound as he stood up straight again.

"Dafaq man! 'Arms' you really need to lighten up! and besides, I doubt any of my words will disturb our 'center' with how focused she is on her job right now."

While he was trying to ease his, now, creaking back, the one he was talking to simply snorted before moving near the leader ready to defend her as she tried to learn what she could.

The other two girls began floating before flying into the air as they acted as the 'eyes' of their team as they could remember what they saw for long periods of time so vividly.

They returned after remembering as far as their eyes could see before reporting their findings.

The women waited for their leader to finish communing with the land before she got to her feet then looked at them like an angry mother, thanks to leftover emotions that still coursed through her small frame from connecting to the land as her words laced with bitter coldness and cruelty was heard.

"Report."

it was one word but it still made those that heard it shiver for a moment before the two 'eyes' of the team shared their findings.

"more than half of the forest has been burned down leaving only a few spots that remained unaffected by the fire, west of us has a large lake a commonplace for beasts and runaways to rest for some time, northeast of us seems to have some kind of hill it looked unnatural thanks to the damage around it possibly a few powerhouses were having another scuffle or possibly the culprits..."

The 'center' of the group noticed the strange reluctance as the two reported so she asked with a gentler tone compared to the bone-chilling one from before.

"What troubles you 'eyes'?"

There was a brief silence before they replied with a tinge of wariness in their tone.

"Northwest had some dust clouds brewing, I and my sister might've found the 'elephants' that decimated the 7th battalion."

Again sensing the wording they had for elephants caused some of the listeners to gulp as these two were the best scouts but in eyes and in instinct and usually when the sisters used that tone usually meant things may get a 'bit' harder soon.

"those 'elephants' looked unnatural as they were heavily armored and unlike the common elephants we dealt with in the past, these ones are crawling along the ground yet they still move faster than one of those shadow panthers!"

The 'center' pondered about this before sighing in defeat while still feeling a little depressed from the leftover emotions the land had given her.

She trusted the 'eyes' of her team as it had saved them on multiple occasions so it was best to retreat and ask for better-geared teams to do this task!

While they may be scouts but they aren't aligned with the united kingdom, the information that her two trusted members had gathered was already enough anything else was just pushing one's luck.

So she was going to have them retreat only for the two girls to scream at the top of their lungs before pushing 'legs' and 'center' to the ground.

"Get down!"

Arms, the tank of their team, reacted immediately as he slammed his foot onto the ground before a large portion of the ground rose as three loud thunderclaps were heard before the protection they had was blasted to smithereens from the second loud noise then the third one had sent them flying a few feet away!

'Arms' was already trying to get to his feet, thanks to how tenacious his body was, as the others were bleeding from scratches caused by debris and the deafening noise it caused as their ears were ringing as the other four were unable to move properly thanks to the world around them swirling about for some 'odd' reason.

Seeing the damage that was done to his team and mistress, 'Arms' created more protective walls at least four more before trying to heal 'legs' with his aura as this man's skill was essential at the moment, they called him 'legs' because he could create a portal to help them leave this area as quickly as possible only for more thunderclaps to follow!

They had a strange rhythm quickly destroying the first wall and were now bombarding the second it was a bit stronger than the first but it too fell within seconds.

but it still gave him the needed time to heal 'legs' enough to do his job before 'Arms' tried to strengthen the defenses as much as possible draining him completely of his aura before the third fell!

the attacks on his remaining wall grew even more ferocious as double the number of bombardments followed while 'Arms' moved then grabbed hold of the three while 'legs' was finishing up on their means of escape upon completing it his last means of defense collapsed before something heavy struck his back and left thigh!

He was sent flying towards the portal as he felt strangely light and numb while still holding the three girls, adamant on trying to protect them with his own flesh before his body slammed into 'Legs' from the added momentum as the sound of something cracking could be heard as they all reached the portal.

'Arms' turned to give the area on the other side one more look only to notice one more thing there was a limb on the ground near the portal that seemed oddly familiar, time seemed to slow down as he looked towards his legs to finally register that he was missing a leg before pain wrecked his back and his now stump of a leg!

"AAAAARRRRRRGGGGGGHHHHHH!!!"

that was the sound that he made before collapsing to the ground thanks to the added weight and lack of balance as he was also missing a large chunk of his side missing the spine by a few inches!