3. Its a No

The door of the back of the truck opened up.

The Green Team saw the green scenery in front of them. Tall and Big trees were compacting in the Unknown Forest.

Looking at a distance, it looks a little dark in the forest. Series of noises were made inside making every miners tremble.

Jake was afraid and his team too. Afraid that they might die once they go inside in the forest.

"Alright, Toughen your balls out! There will be military soldiers that will guide us inside. They will protect you at all cost so, do your best out their and remember..." Sergeant Bark looked at them seriously and then he continued, "Get everything that you could get inside the cave. Leave nothing behind!"

Hearing what their Sergeant said, their fear vanished and was replaced by determination and confidence.

Their eyes were brimming with energy and excitement. Their muscles were toughen up and with full of energy. The effects of the Healing Magic of Sergeant Clark was really helpful and very useful.

"Get ready! All five Teams, make five rows now!" Sergeant Bark commanded to the Miners who just got out from the armored trucks.

All teams were arranged into five groups in five rows.

Military Soldiers geared up and and some got their guns out. Some, released their orbs. Some of the Orbs were Grade C and D. Only a few of them were Grade B Magic Orbs.

All other Miners who had no Magic Orbs were envious. The Green Team were also envious but they expelled it and think positive thoughts that they could have their own someday.

"Ready?! Go! Now! Now!" Sergeant Bark gave the signal for the Soldiers to go inside first to clear the area. The Miners will go next after the confirmation if the area is safe.

The Aliens changed the world a lot since the invasion. All the animals change, the plants change, even the humans too.

Every corner of the Earth is full of danger and violent. The mutated Animals were currently called Monsters.

The Alien race that invaded Earth years ago was called Magitroms.

They have the same body as humans but as the same time different.

Magitroms were like Cyborgs. They have mechanical parts and flesh. Plus, they have different colors. Their skin were transparent like glass and you could see their internal organs inside. But their skin is as hard as rock.

They are very good at handling and making technologies. They also uses magic too.

When the Magic Orbs were discovered by Humans, the war between Humans and Magitroms began and after five years of war, it ended. The Humanity were saved and freed by the hands of the Magitroms and it all thanks to the heroes and the Magic Orbs.

Even though the Magitroms were defeated, they left many things behind. Good or bad they left it with the Humanity.

The Plants and Animals didn't turn back to their normal form. However, they keep evolving and mutating even further.

The technologies left behind by the Magitroms were adapted by Humans and used it for themselves. Until then, The humans changed.

They then greed for power and wealth.

Some people made some organizations that took Magic Orbs from others by killing them ruthlessly and use the Magic Orbs to get themselves stronger and bullied those weaker than them making them their slaves.

Humanity thought the Earth would be in peace because of the Magic Orbs but little did they know that it would also led them to their own greed and destruction.

There are people wants to talk about this with the Government but even the Government do such horrible things too.

Because of this, some thought that Humans are far worse than Magitroms.

Gunshots and explosions were heard inside the forests. Next was inhuman howling and screaming. The miners who heard it trembled.

"The area's clear!" A soldier shouted after he received the message of the soldiers in the forest.

"All Soldiers and Miners, Go! Go! Inside the forest!" Sergeant Bark barked its command to the people under him.

"Sergeant Clark, Sergeant Dark, Come with me! Sergeant Hark and Mark, take care the rest of the Soldiers here. Shield this area."

"Yes, Sergeant!" The two other Sergeants accepted the command as if Bark has a higher Rank than them in the military.

"Sergeant Dark, Use your powers on us. We'll be watching them in the shadows."

Sergeant Dark nodded his head and let a Black Orb floated onto its palm..

The trio's bodies were suddenly became darker. The darkness swallowed their bodies in a second and they disappeared.

...

Jake and the others were amazed by how the Soldiers battled the Monsters in the forests.

They saw different kinds of styles in combat while watching the soldiers.

The monsters they were fighting were plant-like monsters. They were called Pitchermen.

Before the invasion, they were the plants called Pitcher Plant. A plant that traps and eats little insects with its mouth that has a shape of a Pitcher.

The Pitchermen have long, cylindrical and pitcher-like head and its body somehow like for humans.

Their arms and legs were more longer and green. Leaves also were growing on their limbs. They have poisonous claws too.

The Pitchermen attract their prey with the scent on their heads. They have malodorous and sweet kinds of smell in their pitcher-like head, tricking their preys and killing them.

The Pitchermen were easily killed though by the Soldiers who used fire elements.

After traveling for 3 miles, they arrived at a huge cave.

A Soldier stepped forward and he was holding a tablet with a satellite dish on top. It was twirling and beeping like it has detected something.

"This is the cave! It has a huge magical reading in it! Miners, Get ready! You-" Before the Soldier finished its sentence, a sound from a vehicle could be heard.

A huge Black Armored Truck came.

People in Black Military suits came out and lined up.

Between the two rows of Soldiers, a Fat, middle-age man was walking towards the miners.

Jake looked at the Fat middle-age man that is walking towards them slowly. He thought that he had seen this man before.

He was about to say something when someone screamed.

"Ahhh! Its the City Vice Mayor, Avalos."

Everyone who heard that remembered who the fat man is.

They bowed and greeted their City Vice Mayor.

"Good Morning, Vice Mayor Avalos!" Everyone greeted in unison.

The City Vice Mayor couldn't help but grinned.

"Good Morning! Now... Miners. Miners you can go first inside."

When the Vice Mayor said that, the Miners were puzzled and confused. Why would they go in first without the Soldiers checking what is inside?

"Vice Mayor Avalos, Sir... Uhmmm... Do the Soldiers check the Cave first sir? We still don't know how safe inside the cave sir." A miner from Blue Team voiced out his concern.

Vice Mayor Avalos frowned.

"Do low-level people now are like this? You Miners, as low-level people only follows orders from people who are more superior. Now... Do what I said or there will be serious consequences if you disobey my orders." Vice Mayor Avalos said cruelly. All the Miners have these grave expressions on their faces.

They don't know what to do right now.

Usually, Soldiers will clear first the areas with monsters before they go mining but now, without checking the cave is safe or not, they don't know if there will be monsters that will attack them or none.

They were hesitating.

Seeing the Miners hesitate, Vice Mayor Avalos gritted its teeth.

He took out his White Magic Orb and fired white lasers to the Miners.

But then, Black shadows appeared and blocked the incoming lasers. The shadows faded and three hunk guys were revealed.

Jake widened his eyes when he saw who they were. They are the Three Sergeants of the Heart Shelter.

Sergeant Bark of the Green Team, Sergeant Clark of the Blue Team and Sergeant Dark of the Purple Team.

"Sergeants!" The Miners exclaimed.

Vice Mayor Avalos frowned even more. He knew who they were. He knew that they are the powerful Sergeants of the Heart Shelter.

"Nice to meet you, Vice Mayor Avalos." The Sergeants greeted in unison while staring at Vice Mayor Avalos coldly.

"Hello, Sergeants. Sergeant Bark, as the most powerful Sergeant here, may I talk to you for minute." Avalos requested to Sergeant Bark.

Bark knitted his eyebrows.

"Ok, Vice Mayor. Where do you want to talk? Do you want to talk it privately?" Bark asked.

"Oh yes. I want to talk to you privately. Come, follow me." Vice Mayor smiled and turned around and walk away.

Bark looked at the Miners and said, "Stay here and ready your things." Then, he followed the Vice Mayor.

When they got away further from the crowd, they started to talk.

"Sergeant Bark, I don't want to make this long but I want your Miners-" Halfway of Vice Mayor Avalos sentence, Bark interrupted.

"You wanted to make my Miners as a cannon fodder. You want to use my Miners as test subjects to tell how powerful are the monsters inside the Cave. Well, Mister Vice Mayor, My answer is NO." Keeping the coldness, Bark said it coldly. He don't care what status in the Government does Avalos have, he still won't give up his Miners.

Vice Mayor Avalos smiled like he expected this.

"You know I can put you in the Warfare Department, right? You know the benefits right there. People who will do good there will be rewarded handsomely. And also with my place in the Government, I can easily make you a member in the Warfare Department."

"My answer will be simple, Its a no." Bark said coldly making the eyes of the Vice Mayor twitch.

He can't believe that Bark would turn down such a good offer.