Last Pact Standing (7)

"I hope god puts those lost souls on the right path…" 

Julien found this interesting. Amelia never thought ill of someone, but from this sentence, it was evident that she considered those people as enemies. The path they were walking was wrong, and the path Julien was on was right. 

Nuns sure were an interesting bunch, never saying anything bad openly.

"Humans, let us form an alliance to eliminate that Player. Individually we are weak, but together we are strong. Let us not waste any time and do this before that Player catches up to us." 

"Crrrroak… Humansss… Ribbit… We have… hmph… contacted other teamsss… and they croooak confirm… four teams… vanished… gulp… because of one person… and all at once… Ribbit… We musssst… make hassste… Crrroak."

It was not one of the power rangers that spoke, but the toad behind them.

The speech was bizarre and unpleasant to hear.

"Here is a temporary alliance pact. We are already in alliance with 20 other teams. Time is running out, and we are not sure that even if we gather every single one, we would be able to face that monster." A green-skinned figure with the head of a lizard spoke in a calm tone.

When he finished, a system screen was projected in the air for everyone to see. 

It was a temporary alliance pact signed by many Players from different teams. The beasts were not joking or fooling anyone. 

"Sign you must! We do not have time! Come out, we know you are here!" A blue-skinned figure the head of a shark shrieked. 

The first few people to move were the ones close to the chest. They had reached it when everyone was distracted and looted it. 

"We'll sign it!"

The five quickly threw their tokens on the screen and signed the alliance agreement, instantly becoming allies of the toad, rhino, tiger, and power rangers. 

Watching this, everyone quickly came out of hiding and threw their tokens to get into an alliance. Most did so out of fear of being ganged up upon and eliminated. 

"Good. I suppose there's nobody else here." 

"Let me give it a check." The yellow-skinned birdman said and flapped his wings, flying in the sky swiftly and coming in the direction of Julien and his teammates. 

Adrenaline rushed to Julien's head as a flight or fight response was triggered. He clutched his ghoulbane sword tightly and prepared to cut the bird in half.

"Lord, please give us power so there's no bloodshed…"

A prayer rang in his ears and he felt something wrap on his stomach, pulling him away.

Darkness then took over Julien's vision. 

"Master, please do not move." 

A soft voice reminded Julien that he wasn't facing this situation alone. This wasn't the past where he had to struggle for survival. He now had people who willingly wanted to fight beside him. 

The adrenaline died down, but a boost of serotonin warmed Julien's heart and put him at ease. 

"I'll take this off in a minute. Please wait until they're gone."

"Okay…"

…..

The darkness was gone and Julien found himself being put back in his place by a tree's root wrapped around his waist. 

Julien had a glimpse of Amelia's powers. She had not used any Arcana Cards and from prayers alone could will the tree roots around her and also feel who was coming by placing her hand on the ground. Truly a wonderful ability. 

"They're gone." Jackie's words made Julien look at the chest area. They were indeed gone after forming an alliance. 

"We didn't get anything from this." Jackie sighed. 

Amelia patted his head and said with a smile, "Better days would come soon."

Jackie sighed and shook his head. "In any case, should we leave?"

"No." Amelia shook her head. "We still have some company here."

Amelia pointed at a certain place on the trees. 

Neither Julien nor Jackie could see anything. 

"There's nobody there, Amelia." Julien said. 

"Yeah. I can't see anyone either."

Amelia pointed at the chest and said, "Jackie, can you run to the chest, stand for a few seconds there, jump as high as possible, and look in that direction angrily?" 

She pointed at the tree branches high up in the air again. 

"That's… oddly specific." Jackie said. "I can do that though."

"Then please do it. May god bless you in your endeavors." Amelia prayed for him. 

Jackie nodded. "Tell me when to go."

"Okay." Amelia said and turned to Julien. "Master, can you please use your scroll when I say and do…"

Once again, there was an oddly specific request. Julien wasn't sure what she was up to, but it was clear she had a plan.

"Okay, I'll do that." Julien agreed too.

Amelia nodded and turned to Jackie. "When I finish my prayer, I want you to run to the chest."

"Okay."

"Oh lord…"