Suicide Mission?

The remaining werts had been taken care of with not much effort and as the monarch took in the sight around him, his rage bloodthirst towards the werts increased. He knew they had deliberately targeted the haven and the masks they had for oxygen had been destroyed. The only available ones being the ones they were currently wearing and it wouldn't supply oxygen forever. They needed to leave Soran.

"We need to leave this planet." Tom said out loud so all the soldiers could hear him. "Our oxygen supply is now very limited seeing as the werts destroyed all the masks we had. And the ones we're currently wearing have only minutes left on them."

"We can fix that." Kevin said proudly, despite the fact that he wasn't the one with the solution. "See our gorgeous friend here has a way with magic as you've seen and we're not using any masks yet we're breathing just fine."

"Yeah, how are you guys doing that?" Jake asked.

"She casted a spell on us or something." Smith said. "Sorry I never caught your name." he said to Rheya.

"Rheya." she replied. "I can't do the same thing I did to every one of you because I obviously have limits. But even if I could, why would I?"

"Yeah why would she?" Kevin concurred. "Just a couple minutes ago you were talking about taking her with you and studying her like some lab rat. Have you seen her? The utter disrespect."

"You realize you're talking to a monarch right?" Kyle said, a bit cautious of the monarch. He had shown how strong he was but had he shown everything? And what kind of magical ability could someone have that prevents them from getting hurt?

"Your large friend over there is right." Tom said, walking forward with a light swing of his scythe. "You are all kids. Not even one of you is capable of stopping me if I totally decide that she is coming with me, except her." He pointed the scythe straight at Rheya, eyeing her with uncertainty in his gaze.

Kevin moved back and gulped as the monarch stepped forward.

Jake would beg to differ that he could probably stop the monarch now that he had access to Saban's magic but what was he supposed to do against someone who couldn't be hurt. Did he have a weakness or something or would his mana have to run out first before he could be stopped? Who knows how long that would take.

'He's not a monarch for nothing.' Jake thought. 'One of the strongest humans in the world.'

"The truth remains that you want revenge for what the werts did to the soldiers." Jake said. "The masks limit you and she can help. But you have to guarantee that you won't try anything."

"I don't need his guarantee." Rheya said. "He can't..."

She was pulled to the side by Jake who she just noticed looked way above seventeen. He was going to be eighteen in a few days but he already had the appearance of a nineteen year old. Due to his constant leveling up, his appearance was changing as the system improved it and also made him look more mature than he actually was.

"We all know he isn't taking you anywhere even if he wanted to." Jake said to her. "We might not be able to stop him but you can definitely leave if you want to yet you're here fighting with us. Thank you for that, but we need him on our side. We can't have him against us if we're going to take out the wert base on this planet so we need it to look like we're coming to an agreement."

"Alright." Rheya said. "Know that I'm only doing this because of you. And I cannot leave anyway since I have to monitor you."

"Thank you." Jake said and leaned forward to give her a kiss on her cheek before walking back to the others. "Do we have a deal?" he asked the monarch.

"We have a deal." Tom said. "You're not entirely useless Jake Cayden."

"Did you just compliment him?" Anna asked, a little bit surprised that the monarch gave someone a compliment.

"How do you know my name?" Jake asked.

"Surely you expected me to know the only person with an ability such as yours." the monarch replied. "You've been trying to mimic my magic and I've stopped you. You will be an asset in this war. Don't die."

They came to an agreement and decided to rest up for the night. They needed to replenish their mana and regain their stamina so it was a good idea to rest and attack the next day. They made do with what little resources they could find and the things they brought along in their storage rings.

Morning had come in a flash and everyone had woken up, already prepared.

"Is it just me or is this a really small group of people to take on what's left of a wert base?" Sky asked.

"I was literally about to say the same thing." Kevin said. "We're like what, about a hundred soldiers? There's definitely gonna be more werts in their base."

"We've managed to send a message to Veda." the monarch said. "Reinforcements have been requested for along with ships and masks. We don't know how long it will take them to get here so if we attack the werts now we will be going in blind."

Jake thought and weighed their options. He checked his system screens to be sure of whatever choice he made.

[Jake Cayden]

[Level: 30]

[Health:700/700]

[Species:Hybrid]

[Strength:119 +150]

[Speed:140 +150]

[Endurance:119 +150]

[Mental Moxie:100 +150]

[Mana:85/85]

[Magic:100]

[Element: None]

[Ability: Magic mimicry]

[Exp: 90480/100000]

He checked the next system screen.

[Stat points: 69]

[Mimicked magic 1: Vanishing Magic]

[Strength of Mimicked magic: 250]

[Mimicked magic 2: Ultra Speed]

[Strength of Mimicked magic: 342]

[Mimicked magic 3: Shapeshifting Magic]

[Strength of Mimicked Magic: 278]

[Total Magic Strength: 870]

He would have selected blood magic instead of Anna's shapeshifting magic but her's was stronger and he would need each bit of strength he had. He was still thinking about what way to go about their situation when he heard a thud and saw that Sky had fallen to the ground.