Esonia gave her instruction, ¡§Turn fifty degrees to the
right.¡¨
Max did as he was told.
Esonia immediately fired a missile and one of the airships exploded.
The enemy quickly changed
its position. Heidis
immediately notified Esonia. She made another instruction, ¡§Tilt thirty
degrees to the left.¡¨
Two missiles blasted
another enemy airship. ¡§Keep heading this way.¡¨ Esonia told Max, ¡§I
think we¡¦re losing them.¡¨
Heidis looked at the radar
and could still see a lot of enemy airships behind them. However, Esonia was
right. They were way ahead of the pack. Maybe they would be able to escape
if they were quick enough.
¡§The engine is
leaking.¡¨ Max said, ¡§I think we¡¦d better find some where to land
before our power¡¦s all gone.¡¨
A flashing light popped up
on the map. Esonia informed Max, ¡§There¡¦s an abandoned steel factory
somewhere southwest to our position, as indicated on the map.¡¨
¡§That¡¦s wonderful.¡¨
Max replied. He turned the ship around and flew to the steel factory.
¡§But listen,¡¨
Esonia¡¦s tone suggested that was not all, ¡§once we landed, I¡¦m gonna
set our ship to self-destruction mode so that the enemy won¡¦t be able to
track us. We have to evacuate as soon as possible.¡¨
Max shot Heidis a
questioning look, ¡§What should we do?¡¨
¡§Follow her
instructions.¡¨ Heidis replied. Then, she got round to the inside of the
ship and told the rest of the passengers what they would do.
Yisa seemed doubtful, but
she did not say anything. She only reminded Heidis to contact Zada before
setting the explosion for fear of causing worries. Heidis went back to the
cockpit and sent Zada an intercom. But nobody was responding.
¡§I guess that doesn¡¦t
matter, as long as we find our way to the port.¡¨ Heidis muttered briefly
to herself.
¡§We¡¦re almost there,
guys.¡¨ Max told them, ¡§Get ready.¡¨
¡§I
will help the citizens evacuate.¡¨ Yisa volunteered.
As soon as their ship
touched down, Yisa and Ponnie assisted all citizens to leave the ship.
Heidis came out afterwards while Max and Esonia set the self-destruction
system. Within seconds after setting off the timer, they both left the ship.
Everyone laid down on the ground as the ship exploded into pieces.
¡§Guess it¡¦s over.¡¨
Heidis sighed as she got up, ¡§Anybody hurt?¡¨
Yisa checked, ¡§Nope.¡¨
¡§Great.¡¨ Max said,
¡§We¡¦re saved.¡¨
Yisa then asked, ¡§Why
don¡¦t we find some shelter indoors before the enemy finds us?¡¨
Heidis looked around. Something was strange about this
abandoned steel factory which they landed beside. ¡§No.¡¨ Heidis answered
Yisa¡¦s question, ¡§We¡¦d better stay outside. I think the enemy will
know that we¡¦re here soon. If they find us inside the factory, they will
set fire to the building. We don¡¦t want to risk our lives this way.¡¨
Ponnie screamed all of
a sudden. The entire company turned in her direction. Two monsters emerged
from the abandoned building. Judging from their appearance, they may be
feeding on dead bodies. They weren¡¦t aggressive in nature but when they
saw that the company was intending to stay, they were not happy about it.
Such an unscientific name
for them¡Kthey do not possess magic. These creatures are crab like¡Xwith
one arm bigger than the other. You can guess what they will do to you with
their bigger arm. They will swing their arms and slap you, causing you a non
life-threatening damage.
To fight them, physical attack should be enough, but you may use
¡¥fire¡¦ magic to assist you. Note that ¡¥poison¡¦ does not work on
these monsters. As they are not hard to fight, you can form a party with the
weaker two members to accompany Heidis. It would be a good chance for them
to upgrade themselves.
