The three remaining superhumans were standing in a small semicircle with their backs against the wall, and they all held out their weapons to keep the lizard away. James's assistant, Greg, the female fire-based superhuman, and another A-rank superhuman who uses a sword and his wind blessing to fight were the only ones left.
The fire-based superhuman was still using her flame to illuminate the area so that they could see the lizard, but she was already crying in despair as she knew that she would not be making it out of there alive. She should have just stayed as a firewoman instead of coming to join the NSA! At least if she was a firewoman, she wouldn't be facing monsters like these!
"Stop crying and think of a way out of here instead. These monsters will kill you whether you cry or not."
Greg was the only one of the three who was still calm and he swore that he would not go down without a fight. He held a long staff in front of him to keep the Lizad at a distance as he tried to think of a way out of there. Greg was blessed by the god of speed himself and he knew that if he ran away now, he might manage to get far before the lizard came after him, but Greg refused to run away.
He was not going to abandon his comrades here because he knew that once he left, they would definitely be killed. Greg was going to stay here and try to think of a way for all of them to survive.
"We should have done more research into this island! I thought the monsters here were only disaster classes and one or two calamity classes! These monsters are far stronger than any we've seen in the city before!"
The superhuman with wind magic shouted out in anger as he glanced at the steadily approaching lizard. He thought they would be able to come here and clean out the entire island because of their numbers, but things were looking grave right from the start. He didn't know what was happening up on the surface, but he knew that things were surely better over there than down here!
Greg shook his head and tried to keep his cool while his heart was threatening to beat out of his chest.
"Just stay calm. I'm sure the chairman will finish off the other lizard and he'll come help us soon. Just remain calm."
Step! Step! Step!
The sound of footsteps made Greg and the others look up, and they were all shocked to see the second lizardman who was fighting against the chairman walking out from a hole in the wall and coming towards them. The lizardman grunted at the stealthy lizard, and the two of them almost seemed to have an argument in some strange language before they both turned to the humans.
Greg was in too much shock to think, but he knew that what just happened was an agreement between them to share the humans! Greg swallowed in fright and took a step back. The fact that the lizardman was here meant that James lost the fight! Did the lizardman already kill James!? If that was true, then there was nothing any of them could do to stop the lizard from eating them!
Should he just run?
"Turning your back to an enemy!? What an insult!"
A hand suddenly grabbed the two lizards by their tails as James appeared out from the hole in the wall with blood leaking all over him. Greg couldn't see James because the lizardmen were blocking his view, but he heard James shout loudly!
"Greg! You better take care of Talia, you useless bastaaarrrrrd!"
James had a bloody smile on his face as the image of his granddaughter passed through his head at that moment. He knew that she would not be happy about his death. She would probably cry and hate him for some time. But there was no question that she would be just fine. Talia was strong, and she would be able to cope even if he wasn't there with her!
The lizards suddenly felt a great pull drag them backward as James raced for the hole in the wall! He released a large sound wave from his feet into the ground to propel himself through the hole and straight over the cliffside!
Roar!!!!
The two lizards were not able to react quickly enough, and they were just dragged along in the suicide charge as James took all three of them down into the darkness below! And through all this, his laughter echoed all through the cave!
"I love you, Talia!!!!"
Greg ran over to the edge of the cliff and looked down in shock! There was no sound for more than a minute before a loud sound of bodies being skewered echoed through the entire cave. Greg closed his eyes and grit his teeth in anger. He could feel tears coming to his eyes, and he didn't bother trying to stop them as he used the back of his hand to clean his eyes over and over again.
"I'll look after her, James. I promise."
Greg got to his feet while making a promise to James, and he looked up and tried his hardest to calm the tears that just wouldn't stop.
After he finally managed to calm himself, he entered back through the hole to meet the other two superhumans who managed to survive. The female flame user was sitting on the floor and breathing heavily while looking down at the ground, and the male wind user was folding his hands and resting his back against the wall.
He was also staring at the ground, and they both remained silent as they thanked James for what he did for them.
"We have to start moving. James saved us here, but we don't know if there are any other monsters around. It would be dangerous to stay here any longer, so we need to get back to the helicopter and get out of this island. We should have never come here in the first place."
Greg suddenly spoke up once he was close enough to the both of them. They needed to get out of here before they ran into any more monsters. James saved them this time and Geg knew that if they encountered another monster like those two lizards, there was no chance of them coming out alive! The female shivered and held her hands close to her body as she looked back at the hole James fell out of.
"What if there are more monsters down the path we came from? I don't think I have enough mana to fight even a weak disaster class right now."
"We will have to risk it. I haven't heard any tremors from above, so it is likely that the fighting is finished up there. Either that or…"
Greg stopped speaking as he didn't even want to utter the words that came to his mind, but the other two already knew what Greg was about to say, and they silently gulped as they realized that it was also a possibility. What if the monsters up there were just as strong as these two lizards they just fought against and everyone on the surface was dead?
What will they do if they cannot even get to the helicopter?
"We should call for reinforcements. Maybe the other guilds will send more help when they hear about this?"
The male superhumans pushed off the wall and spoke up confidently. He was sure that the other guilds would never leave them here to die if they knew the strength of the monsters here, but Greg just shook his head. Greg was there when the chairman sent a message out to all the guilds and asked for their assistance, and they all ignored the request.
They weren't obligated to help, and so they weren't going to. It is unlikely that those bastards would try to help them now.
"It is more likely that the other guilds will ignore the message. Only the NSA will help us, and we don't have enough superhumans left to take on this sort of situation. We should just get to the top first and find out what happened. Speculating is only going to make us paranoid."
The other two nodded to what Greg said as they saw the sense in his words, and they decided to make their way back to the surface before they made any more decisions.
Boom!!
They were about to start heading back, but a large tremor suddenly shook the entire tunnel, and they had to hold onto the wall beside them to prevent themselves from falling! Greg looked down the tunnel in shock!
"What the hell was that!?"