Small upgrade system

A few minutes later,

You can hear footsteps. They were getting closer and closer.

"Leader, is this the cave which our boss is talking about?" Sam and they hear this. They saw 10 warriors that entered the cave. Suddenly, one warrior asked the warrior who was in the front. You can tell he was the leader of this team. They were all wearing some kind of green bodysuit and mask. Just looking at them, you can tell they weren't from the warrior association. Then who were they? Why did they come here? And who is the boss they were talking about? These are some questions that Sam was thinking about.

"Just looking at the cave. I also think this is the cave that our boss is talking about," the leader of these warriors replies. He has a rough voice and a muscular body. Sam wasn't able to look at their faces clearly because they were wearing a mask and sunglasses.

Suddenly, they stop advancing because their leader signals them to stop and he told them that Sam wasn't able to hear. All the warriors, after hearing their leader's words, touch their sunglasses. Sam and the others don't know, but these sunglasses have night vision and thermal vision features. They instantly activated the thermal vision. Previously, their leader said to them he could see many warriors were binding in the cave. So, instantly, he told them to activate their thermal vision and then throw a poison bomb in the cave.

Sam doesn't know why they all of the sudden touched their sunglasses, but the next thing they did left him speechless. They instantly threw something in the middle of the cave and they left the cave.

"Leader, who are they?" One subordinate asked his leader.

" I think they were the students that the boss was talking about. But the poison bomb will do its things. I don't think all of them can resist the poison bomb, and if they left the cave, we will finish them. Also, all of you, be careful warriors from the warrior association could be near us. We needed to quickly finish our job and then leave the cave." The leader said to them.

Back to Sam,

He didn't know about the baseball thing that those warriors throw in the middle of the cave. So, he asked Tom about this.

"Mr. Tom, do you know what this is? Just looking at the thing, you can tell it wasn't a good thing," Sam asked Tom.

" Wait, let me remember. Previously, I saw something like this in the association," Tom replied and began to think.

" Guys, be careful. I don't know what this thing is, but I can tell you it wasn't a good thing," Sam said to all the warriors. They all nodded and became fully alert. They were all waiting for Tom to tell them about the baseball-like things.

" Tutu... Tutu..... Tutu... Tutu." Suddenly, the ball began to sound.

" O my god!!! Everyone, I remember. This is the poison bomb that the dark association use. Everyone, if you have an air cleaner mask, then wear it quickly and don't inhale the poison gas. The poison bomb will release the poison gas. Everyone quickly leaves the cave. We don't have time. It can harm you all if you inhale the poisonous air." Tom quickly told everyone. Hearing his warning, everyone was shocked. Those warriors who have the air cleaner mask quickly equipped the mask, and those who don't have the mask quickly came out of their hiding places and began to run toward the entrance.

"Control room. This is an emergency. Some warriors from the dark association came to the cave and throw a poison bomb in the cave. We needed help." He quickly contacts the control room of the warrior association.

"Guys, be careful. Prepare your weapon. I think those dark associations already know about us and because of this, they throw the poison bomb and left the cave. I can see that they are outside of the cave. They are ready to fight us, guys. We also need to be ready for a fight. The moment we leave the cave, they will attack us. So, be ready." Sam told everyone to be ready for a fight. He saw these warriors outside of the cave. Clearly, they were waiting for them. They already predict that if they throw the poison bomb, we will force them to leave the cave. Because of this, they were ready to fight and waiting for them.

All the students bring out their weapons. Now, they weren't afraid like previously. They will fight those damn warriors without holding back. While running, students who were physical warriors were ready with their weapons. The moment they left the cave, they would attack them. Spiritual warriors also already prepare their spells. The moment they leave the cave, they will attack them. In one word, everyone was ready to fight. You can say, previously Elena's speech had a huge effect on them.

Sam previously didn't get the chance to observe them and their grade. But he guessed they were at least D-grade or they could be a higher grade. He also didn't plan to hold back. He will fight them with his strongest techniques.

He wasn't planning to use his great fireball. It is also a powerful technique, but it will also damage the surrounding area, which can harm his classmates and teammates. Instead, he will attack them with his strongest combo attack. Energy mode and fast sword technique. This was his deadliest and most powerful technique. Because he didn't want to hold back, he was planning to use this.

Sam activated his energy mode and coated his sword with his spiritual energy. Instantly, the sword turned black. Tony, Tom, and the girls instantly felt a difference in him. His aura becomes very sharp, like a sword that can cut anything. They are in front of the group together, with Sam going toward the entrance. Because of this, they feel a difference in him. The other didn't feel it. They didn't ask Sam about this. Because it wasn't the right time to ask him about this. This was time to fight those warriors.

Previously, when he used the bow he also used the energy mode but because he needed little of his spiritual energy to coat those arrows, nobody at that time felt the difference in him, but this time to coat his sword he used a lot of spiritual energy because of this, they could feel the difference.

Tom already informed Alena and the others about this. He just hopes that the warriors from the association quickly came here. Sam and the others weren't able to feel the grade of those warriors from the dark association, but he clearly can tell their grades. He previously used his observation technique to know their grade. 5 of them were in Peak B-grade, 3 of them were in early B-grade and the remaining 2 were in Peak C-grade. The students won't be able to fight them longer. They have a vast difference in their grade. So, he was hoping the help would come here.

Fortunately, all the students have the teleporting bracelets and they were fighting humans instead of summoned monsters that came from forbidden summoning. The teleport bracelet can teleport the students when life will be in danger. Which was a plus point. Also, they were fighting humans, which was a good thing. Fighting these humans when their life will be in danger, they will teleport to the association which will save their life, but if it was a summoned monster that came from forbidden summoning while using their blood, then it will be very dangerous for them. Because then, even if the students are sent back to the association, those summoned monsters that were summoned using their blood will chase after them even in the association.

They got closer and closer to the entrance when suddenly the poison bomb made a big sound and green and purple gas began to spread through the cave. Those students who didn't have the masks instantly hold their breath, just a little more, then they will be outside of the cave.

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After leaving the cave, Alena, Maria, and the others were following the clue of the culprit. But after going like that, they stopped advancing because they didn't find more blood drops. It means that the culprit has already cleared the clue about his hiding place.

So Maria and the others spared through the forest the search for the culprit. When they were busy searching, Alena and Maria's communicator rang. They received the call. Tom told them about their situation.

Instantly, Alena calls Maria.

"I will go toward the cave. Can you handle the thing here? It won't take too much time," she told Maria.

" No problem," Maria replied.

Instantly, Alena went toward the cave. She just hoped nothing serious would happen.

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