them(2): evolution, revolution

They will be able to annihilate all of the striders' island, alongside earthly striders and the most recent groundly striders, too. The only ones that may survive are the cosmic ones, because they can fly, and even that may not be enough. I sadly cannot sabotage the boxes because of how much security there's, so our only hope is for you to sabotage then when we're sailing toward the island, what's just as important, is that we need to destroy the book that explained how the beam shooter is made, so it can't be replicated.

-how are we going to pull this off? You guys seem to be technologically advanced, security is going to pose a big challenge.

-well, I believe it is time to sail to BarterNeris, you can scout the area and get the dynamics of how life works there, to help me develop a plan"

Lyt went before Alan, he returned to the island, after a while, Alan sailed again, they left a time interval, so it seems like they've never seen each other.

When Alan reached the shores, he heard loud SIREN noises. The BarterAquaForce has detected him, and were about to annihilate him immediately, when the guns suddenly summoned from underground, Alan terraformed the rocks and broke the guns. The question pacing through his head was how to prove he's not there to harm them, like he had to do with every other creature.

"HEY! HEY! HEY! I'M NOT HERE TO HARM ANYONE, PLEASE STOP"

Suddenly what looked like the leader of the force signaled for his troops to lower their guns and said "you have thirty seconds to explain who you are and what your reason for being here is"

Alan panicked and tried to formulate a few sentences, he replied "I'm Alan, I sail from island to island, I discover the island and its people, along with their culture, I'm here to learn about barterschzepos, I mean no harm, I promise, my only purpose here is to acquire knowledge.

-Hmm, barterschzepos huh? How do you know about us?

-when sailing to different islands, one of the ones I stopped at, called the nocturnal island, told me about you and some other

-such as?

-well ones called cosmic strikers or something like that.

-striders. It's cosmic striders.

-oh yeah, those. And some others like Logachtiges, but this was the closest island which made it my next, or should I say current, destination"

The leader turned to his people and said "I believe he's legit, he also looks like a less voluminous version of me" laughing at the last part.

Barterschzepos, a rounder shorter and fatter version of a human male, with untamed facial hair and poor hygiene. Alan would've thought they invented a razor or a toothbrush among all of the crazy weaponry.

He just realised, no other creature of the ones he previously met smelled, until these ones, was their anatomy this close to humans? Is Xynar trying to say something through all of these islands?

"So.. I usually start by asking about your past, how your island functions, what's special about you, and what problems are you actively facing. The only thing I do know is that you and cosmic striders were once one and now live in separate islands linked together, however, I do not know the reason

-some past conflict you don't have to know, all you need to know though, is that we're attacking them in about two weeks, hopefully annihilating them once and for all this time.

-sure, I'll be a spectator, observing how Neris' dynamics work, and of course, asking a few questions along the way, if you need help I'm ready to offer it.

-we're not done, we've seen you perform magic on our defenses, we want to let you know that it is illegal according to BaterLaw to perform any type of magic on the island or its perimeters.

-my apologies, I came under attack, it was a reflex. No magic from now on, I promise"

Over the next few days, Alan got to really understand how they work, it was awfully close to the secular earth; everything is nothing but a number, the only value it has is that of its making, there's barely any emotional bond between people, all relationships depend on the financial wellness one can earn. It seems to be too late to grow them out of their frame, they have replaced the search for knowledge and emotional balance with the reach of material gains, there was no use in arguing with people who do not prioritize birthing of creation, and rather create to annihilate not to heal or wed.

Alan and Lyt prepared the plan, when on the ship, Alan would "accidentally" fall in the waters, Lyt would go down to save him, then when in water, he would quickly sting Alan with his nails performing a Gwaxy move called "Aquavision" which makes the person it was performed on aquatic for some time, it would be used to give Alan underwater breathing and vision. Then when Barterschzepos would think both drowned because of hEr, Alan and Lyt would be piercing the bottom of the boats like moles, Lyt with his sharp nails, as Gwaxys have unbreakable razor-sharp nails, and Alan with his Tribakwiyan magic.

When it was time for the sailors to sail to the opposite of Neris, both got ready to execute the plan. Tyl and the striders were all prepared for the fight of their lives, in case Plan A doesn't work.

Alan fell, Lyt went after him..... no barterschzepo stopped for them, they had a rule in war, if anyone dies, it's their problem, it was extremely selfish and would probably end up hurting them more, but would anyone expect a secular society to genuinely care for one another?

This actually benefited them, they were now able to launch their planned underwater attack knowing barterschzepos won't be suspecting them to be the reason behind what was about to happen.

Alan and Lyt did what they've planned to do, they pierced the ships in multiple areas, it was close, as CosmicNeris had already appeared.

When Barterschzepos noticed that they were drowning, they activated their high-speed lifeboats, got on them, and sailed.

CosmicNeris was reached, and the battle began.

The first thing barterschzepos did was put on masks with tinted glass so that cosmic striders could not perform TEIR on them. Luckily, groundly striders took the masks out with their vines and crushed them.

While all of the striders were busy attacking and defending, seeker striders got alerted by Alan about the beam shooters, and they were now actively scouting the middle of the island waiting for a group to show up with them.

When they did, striders jumped them, but the barterschzepos had fast reflexes, and before they could be touched, they threw compressed bombs at the striders that exploded upon contact, killing the striders instantly.

They then activated the beam shooters and had fifteen seconds to escape before the shooters start firing off. Barterschzepos used walkie-talkies to inform their peers, and start escaping. On the other side, the striders were confused as to why all of the barterschzepos ran away, got back to the boats and started fleeing away, until the realization hit Tyl...