Assimilate All Talents

Chapter 193: Visions

The orcs were having a great time watching the humans run from their impending doom.

"Bahaha! They’re gonna die trying to escape!"

"They are only B-Rankers. There is no way they will survive such a collision with the ground."

One of the orcs then noticed a stone ramp rise further down the mountain.

"Is that a ramp? Wait, don’t tell me..."

"Won’t they just launch themselves into another mountain?"

The entire region was full of mountains. There were countless high and low points, and launching themselves in such a way would likely result in them just crashing into another mountain.

The orcs watched as the ramp bent and curved until it reached a 75-degree angle. The squad in the barrier then accelerated once more with another stone pillar boost.

One of the orcs watching couldn’t help but wonder.

"Even if they do launch over the mountains, won’t they die from the fall?"

Another orc nodded. "This will probably be one of the most ridiculous deaths I have ever witnessed. Even Lomreg’s death wasn’t as crazy as this."

"Wasn’t he the one that died from his beard catching on fire?"

The orc nodded. It was an especially unfortunate death because it wasn’t meaningful, which meant the unlucky orc couldn’t go to the heavenly battlefield.

...

The squad had very mixed emotions as they barreled towards the ramp. Nataly wouldn’t let go of Lapis while screaming. Lapis ignored her and braced herself. Aron appeared to have his life flashing before his eyes. Rex bent his knees in anticipation of the pressure from the momentum. Duncan, as the creator of the barrier, reinforced it as much as he possibly could with a dire expression. Sol was still actively compacting the ramp as much as he could to endure their extreme velocity and couldn’t afford any distractions, so he ignored the rest of his squad’s reactions.

At their speed, they reached the ramp in mere seconds, and though Sol did his best to make it as durable as possible, cracks appeared on the ramp. It still endured, and the next moment the barrier slid across its surface and launched upwards at a frightening velocity.

"Gah!"

"Ack!"

The vision changed once more, but nothing appeared different. He was still in the cave, and the orc was still standing in the entrance.

’Wait, why is he not moving?’

The orc stood eerily still with his hands outward as if trying to defend against something. The next moment, cracks appeared across the orc’s body. The cracks spread through its entire body until it shattered into countless ice shards.

’He died?! How?!’

The orc appeared completely helpless to whatever fate befell him. Once the orc was reduced to pieces, his gaze moved away from the orc and down to his hands in the vision. They were covered in fresh blood.

’I killed him?’

Sol didn’t understand how that was possible. Even if he went all out, he had no ability to destroy the orc like he just saw.

He waited as the vision faded, hoping the next one would enlighten him, but no new vision appeared. He felt like he was being pushed out, and that was all he was going to get.

He then heard a faint voice call out to him.

"Captain!"

It grew louder.

"Captain!"

And louder.

"Cap- Sol!"

Suddenly Sol was back to the present, still far above in the sky. He was a bit out of it from the visions and looked to the voice that had been calling to him.

"Huh, what happened?"

Rex, who had been calling out to him, pointed behind them. Two large ice spears were flying towards them with deadly precision.

"We need to dodge that somehow!"