Chapter 51: Helping and Heist

My guardians and I look at the portal in front of us. This is it. We will get another Relic of Creation, but this time, it takes us a day to make a plan for how to get the relic. My previous way to get the relic is not something we can use now because we also want to help the people of Vale from the Grimm.

Yup. I decide to go to the timeline where Vale is about to fall to the Grimm. I also intend to help the previous timeline to compensate for the relic. However, to know how bad the situation is, we need to help this timeline and learn about the pattern of the attack.

"Are you guys ready?"

Seeing my guardians nod their heads, we walk through the portal. Once again, I arrive in the middle of a forest. This time, there is a hidden facility underneath us. It is not much, but the others are still working on it.

Yesterday, we also created a magic circle that connects Vale and Atlas. We enter the magic circle and arrive in the empty alley of Vale. Felicia is the one picking up this place because the people rarely visit this area. She even created a compulsion barrier around the area to prevent anyone from entering this part of the city.

And it is working. When we arrive, people ignore this alley as if it does not exist and continue doing whatever they are doing.

"There are a lot of people here."

Martha says while looking around in excitement.

"Of course. It is the Vytal Festival, after all. It is an international festival that happens every two years that celebrates the end of the Great War."

Martha nods her head.

"It is a shame this cheerfulness will turn into tragedy."

"And that is the reason why we will help them a little. Try to make that tragedy into something more light. We cannot save everyone, but will save as many people as possible. However, remember my first command. Don't die in this place. Even though we come here to help them, your safety is my priority. If you think that you get too injured, run."

My guardians nod their heads with determination in their eyes. They know that this is training more than anything—training on how to handle a chaotic fight against an overwhelming number. We got too many casualties in the previous fight because of how chaotic it was. This will be a perfect training ground for my people.

"Luca, you will be the one spreading the others around the city. Make sure they are prepared and go in groups. Remember the plan."

"Yes, boss. Leave this to me."

I look at Felicia and say.

"Felicia, go ahead and watch over the people on the list I give you."

"Yes, my lord."

I look at Martha and say.

"Martha, you will come with me to the Colosseum. We will watch the fight and prepare to depart for Beacon as soon as possible."

"Yes, my lord."

With that, we depart and start our plan.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

|3rd POV|

The tournament is starting, and the people watching the fight cheer for all the fighters who participate. However, lurking outside the wall of Vale is a group of Faunus whose mission is to blow up the military fort around Vale City.

This will create chaos, and chaos will create panic. Panic will make people generate negative emotions, and negative emotions are what attract Grimm. Attacking the military will also greatly reduce Vale's defense.

"Boss, I see them. They are dismantling all the turrets and defenses. They are preparing to plant the bomb."

One of the members of the Millefiore Family talks through the communication spell.

"Can you take care of them?"

"Negative. Too many of them, and I don't know their power. Too high of a risk."

"Can you take care of the bomb?"

"I can try. I either take them away to somewhere far away or disable them using my flame."

"Do both. Take the bomb far away from the city and try to disable it using your flame."

"Roger that."

The man waits in the tree for a couple of minutes and watches as the group of Faunus enter their vehicle and drive away. He lands on the ground and runs toward the fort. He looks at the machinery and sees it is not something he understands, even with his engineering degree and his magic. He shrugs and walks to the bomb. He releases a relief breath when he sees the bomb is a portable one. Instead of something that will explode if moved somewhere else. So he takes the bomb and starts running.

He uses his magic and flame to enchant his body as he moves as quickly as possible through the forest, and after a couple of minutes of running, he stops. He put the bomb down and thought of a way to destroy it.

With a shrug, he decided to go straight instead of thinking about something complicated.

He rubs one of his rings and creates a dome made of rain flame to prevent someone from hearing anything inside the dome. He takes a deep breath and creates a big ball made of Storm Flame. He throws the ball and jumps away while detonating it.

He watches as his Storm Flame eats the bomb before it can even detonate. Seeing no explosion, he decided to give a report to the others.

"The bomb can be destroyed using Storm Flame. Make sure to increase the potency."

He can hear the others acknowledge that information, and after he ends the call, he enters the city to prepare for the defense.

Watching the fight among the others is Valerian, who nudges Martha.

"My lord?"

"It is about to start. Sadly, only half of the goods manage to get destroyed."

"That should be enough. What should we do now?"

"Prepare to fight. Prepare to summon Tarasque to the injured. We need him to heal as much as possible."

The two of them ignore how Pyrrha hurt Penny as they can feel rumbling from the distance and feel a foul energy coming from the sky. The second they see Nevermore hit the barrier around the Colosseum, Vale, and Martha take out their weapon box.

A second later, two giant dragons and a massive turtle appear in the arena to help defend the civilians.

"The mission, Vale Stand, start."