Chapter 8.4: Construct a Hypothesis III Part 4
A few days prior to the Resource Development Administration's Goblin Eradication Programme, a weeks prior to Resource Development Administration's Mass deployment.
Falmart
Glass Peninsula
Harbour
09h45
Explosions, dust, screams and the rattles of cold hard metal can be heard as two foes are seen fighting in the town square to the death. One was now clearly starting to lose the fight and struggled to keep up the sudden tremendous endurance of their opponent.
'Aagh!'
[Cough]
'Shit, did this minotaur suddenly get a power boost?! Even with one arm, it is still given such a fight!'
[CLANG!]
The massive club of the minitour strikes the Apostle's blood sword, sending her flying the stone floor of the town square.
[GGGGRRRRIIIIIITTTTTT]
Mabel Forn stopped her momentum with her sword as it dug into the ground, halting her from flying and injuring herself further.
In front of her, a large cloud of dust and smoke is seen. Slowly with large rumbling, the ground shook- a large figure is seen in the dust cloud. Red eyes flashed, and the figure flew out and swung its stone club onto the Apostle. Ending her with a smash.
[BBBBBOOOOOMMMM]
There was then an eerie silence as when the dust cleared, the townspeople were in horror and shock. Many suddenly started to cry, as their saviour, the Apostle of Light and Order, Mabel Forn was crushed to death under the brute force of the crazed minitour. A pool of blood is seen pooling under its stone club as it proceed to roar in victory.
"RUN FOR YOUR LIVES"
"THE APOSTLE HAS FAILED‼"
"ZUFMUUT HAS LEFT US‼ WE'RE GONERS‼"
"AAAAHHHH, WHERE'S MY DAUGHTER, SHE WAS JUST HERE NOW‼ VICTORIA WHERE ARE YOU!?"
The local populace went into full panic and ran into all sorts of directions. There was utter chaos. There was so much chaos, that many did not notice flashes of light as people suddenly disappeared from the crowds. Victoria's mother was one of them as well.
The crazed minotaur, puffing in achievement put down his stone club and reached out with his only arm to claim his prize, the deceased Apostle to consume. However as he checked the pool of blood, there was no corpse.
[RRRRRRRRRROOOOOOOOOAAAAAAARRRRRR]
As soon as the minotaur saw this, it went into an uproar, further fuelling its crazed nature. It started to bash buildings, civilians, guards alike into a pulpy mess. Before it could cause further damage. A giggle could be heard. A giggle from above.
The minotaur looked up and saw the Mabel high up in the sky, diving towards him.
Mabel Forn narrowly survived the impact from the club from earlier. She used her divine blood sword to block the blow and self-destruct, resulting a pool of blood from it. Mimicking her death, while she used her god-like speed to dodge and jump into the sky. Using her momentum to her advantage, she dove straight through the minotaur's head with her divine blood sword, killing it almost instantly.
Mabel then slowly descending and conducted a flip before landing onto the course pavement with a light thud. She swung her blood sword to remove the blood before it slowly disintegrated. She then bowed in victory to no one in particular.
The townsfolk still around the scene, roared in triumph and support to the young Apostle Mabel Forn!
[LONG LIVE MABEL!]
[ALL HAIL LORD ZUFMUUT!]
[ALL HAIL OUR SAVIOUR!]
Edge of Alnus Airspace
Present
A few minutes before the RDA's Mass Deployment
A JASDF E-2C Hawkeye, with designation Overlord is seen high in the sky, conducting it's routine patrols, further air surveillance and study. Due to the being cut off from Japan for a Special Region year and 4 Earth Years, a lot of the outer radar edge sensors went offline and needed emergency repairs, many were also lost during the Arachnid War as well. It will take months now for everything to be back online now.
[Bleep]
[Bleep]
[Bleep]
"Yeah, there's nothing on the radar and surveillance camera's at the moment. Still empty like usual." Signs the Co-pilot Yoneda Chiharu of the Hawkeye to his Captain, Captain Umeda Yoshiro. As they have done so many surveillance runs in this area without anything unusual.
"True, recently the RDA has been testing of numerous types of air defences and weapons in the area. A lot of wyverns and similar organisms were shot down with crazy accuracy. Meaning a lot of the fauna started to avoid the area and naturally the RDA moved location." Said Captain Umeda Yoshiro to his Co-pilot.
"Damm, was that why the area was quarantined off? Was that putrid smell coming from dead corpses?"
"Yup, the bait."
"BAIT?!"
"Yes, the RDA used a TON of DEAD goblin corpses as bait for any monsters, where they would then kill them as target practice."
"Damm. Must be costly…."
"Damm, right. Those peeps are filthy rich. All the mining and research the RDA has done earned them a lot of money. "
"Captain, I am picking up something fast right behind us!"
"Quicky, evasive manoeuvres! Contact Command!"
Just as the two pilots franticly conduct evasive manoeuvres and to contact Command. Their COMMS beeped and sounded a loud and clear voice.
[No need for that, little blokes. This is Pilot Archibald Gibson of the RDA Typhoon, designation- Hawkmoon coming behind you. False Alarm]
As soon as communications with Hawkmoon was ceased, a RDA Typhoon jet fighter is seen flying past them, from right behind them. Their COMMS went off again.
[This is Hawkmoon here. Keep up the good work lads. I ran through the sector already, it's an all-clear. Hawkmoon heading back. Over and out.]
The jet fighter soon did a U-turn and shot back into Alnus Airspace and to the Air Field with a sonic boom. Not even 5 minutes after the jet left, the crew of Overlord, suddenly are experiencing technical difficulties with their aircraft.
"Captain, something's wrong with our guidance systems. The rest of our instruments are going haywire as well. Everything is either imprecise or unusable. COMMS are done. All static."
"Yes-s, something is very wrong here. Seems like there is some sort of magnetic interference. We're going to try COMMS again and again, until we can report back to Alnus."
"Sir, I don't think we will have time, look." Says the Co-pilot nervously as he points out of the window up ahead the E-2C Hawkeye towards a black mass.
Captain Umeda Yoshiro then lifts up his visor and looks out the window at the direction, Co-pilot Yoneda Chiharu was pointing at.
"Oh my go-"
Before Captain Umeda Yoshiro could finish his final words. The large black mass tore through the aircraft in almost an instant, killing both pilots. The aircraft then hurdled towards the ground, where it ended in a fiery explosion. Secondary explosions are seen amongst the wreckage as parts of the black mass lodged in the aircraft, exploded as well.
The large black mass, moves on, unopposed towards its target-
Alnus Hill.
Alnus Hill
RDA Alnus Compound
Temporary Command Centre
Around the same time
[NB: The command centre is similar to NASA's White Flight Control Room prior to STS-114 in 2005. Except for the computer displays to be the holographic interface as depicted in the Avatar movie]
The sounds of computers beeping can be heard alongside, numerous keyboard clicks. The Temporary Command Centre was created for the RDA's operations in the Special Region while the construction of Hell's GATE is being completed by many construction drones and droids. It should be up and running for human occupation and usage by the time of the RDA's mass deployment.
Large overhead flatscreen monitors are showing the CAM footage of the RDA's Task Force and droid units. As well as their life readings. RDA personal at the control panels were disgusted at the sight of what the goblins did to the females, while listening to the conversations of the task force to the hostages.
"Commander! A JSDF Hawkeye, designation Overlord failed to report back on schedule on the edge of Alnus Airspace. Radar no longer detects any presence near that section of airspace. Should I relay it to the JSDF?"
Commander Karl Falco walked up to the communications officer and asked. "Do we have any assets in the proximity to check it out. It could be some sort of error in the system."
"Yes sir, we have a Typhoon in the area. Relaying orders to it now."
"The Probability of an attack at this time is 15 231 to 1." Said General Kalani as he walked into the Command Room after speaking with the CEO of the Resource Development Administration as soon as he heard the news.
"Sir! We are detecting major interference in our radar, in fact all our systems are going AWOL."
"I am having a similar effect on our guidance and detection systems and instruments."
"Impossible. Conduct a reboot on all systems now." Ordered General Kalani.
"I have lost connection to numerous automatic defence systems. JSDF are reporting similar instances in their VADS and radar-based weapon systems. Is this sabotage or some massive electrical or magnetic interference?!" Shouted a RDA Weapons Officer as he frantically tries to reboot the systems.
"Our responding Typhoon has been lost on radar as well. Communications has been ceased!"
"There's has been a forced entry into the base. Someone rammed a cart filled with some sort of explosives!"
"Troopers are reporting massive civil unrest acro-"
[BOOM]
[BOOM]
[BOOM]
High above Alnus Hill
Around the same time
A large cluster of silver flying bag like objects can be seen right above the military installation, town and the hill. Many of the flying air bags were all carrying, not people but large payloads of gunpowder based bombs filled with metal shrapnel. Others were carrying payloads of magic stones which automatically start producing large boulders or icicles, which will fall towards the earth and crush the people and hopefully damage the JSDF.
"Form up for a counter-attack. Engage all hostiles!" Ordered Commander Falco as soon.
"Strengthen our defences, contact the JSDF and relay the orders to all personal."
"General Kalani, you know what you must do? We need to buy time for the deployment to arrive through the GATE. We can't allow anything from the Special Region to go through the GATE." Inquired Parker as he rubbed his head in annoyance and frustration with the whole situation. This situation is going to reduce his and everyone's salary when this gets out.
"Why today, why during our deployment?" He thought.
"Affirmative. Administrator. Activate the droids."
With that said numerous warehouses across the base, slowly opened releasing its occupants into the open air of the Special Region.
[Clank]
[Clank]
[Clank]
A battalion of RDA SCOUT droids, 1000 strong from the SCOUT Regiment are seen marching in unison out of the RDA storage warehouses, armed with heavy equipment and weaponry towards the ongoing battlefield ahead on Alnus Hill and all around. Pillars of black smoke is seen, blacking the blue sky of the Special Region. Explosions, gun fire and magical attacks could be heard, echoing throughout the hill-
And thus the Fourth Battle of Alnus Hill has begun.
Author's Note
I am back!
