Liliana responded without taking any time to think, as if it was a common protocol.

    "We’ll notify the base. They’ll prepare the weapons on the spaceship to blast the Striders, if they chase us that is."

    Eryndor kept quiet hearing the response, it seemed there was no need to panic. The Human Federation already had protocols in place in case of such situations.

    Due to running at top speed using movement skill, they reached the base in only a few minutes.

    Eryndor had used the domain of his ability to check the situation behind him all the time.

    For the fear of extensively draining his energy of Consciousness, he refrained from maxing out his range. Yet, within his current field of vision, he occasionally spotted a few Striders.

    Were they chasing behind us?

    Eryndor had no way to know. He got off Liliana’s back and followed them into the base.

    She had already notified the agents and researchers residing here about the situation in the forest, so all of them were ready at their respective positions.

    One of the agents was rapidly typing away on a hologram, finally stopping after a few seconds. As soon as he did, Eryndor’s attention shifted to the spaceship where a deep sound emerged from.

    From the side of the landed spaceship, a massive cannon-like weapon extended outward with a smooth, mechanical glide.

    Its segmented barrel unfolded like its limb. The cannon had a dark metallic surface, which shimmered with faint blue lines.

    Eryndor guessed they were filled with energy. Which type? He couldn’t sense from inside the base.

    There was a massive screen on one of the walls of the base, depicting a situation of the surrounding forest.

    They were indeed chasing after us.

    Eryndor narrowed his eyes at the numerous Striders heading their way.

    As soon as they crossed the jungle and stepped into the clearing, a low hum filled the air, growing into a deep, resonant thrum.

    Eryndor’s eyes switched over to the cannon, the blue lines on its surface glowing intensely before the weapon unleashed a blinding lance of energy.

    In an instant, the charging beasts were reduced to ash, their remains swept away by the shockwave that rippled through the ground.

    Everyone moved around as if it was the most normal thing to take place, but Eryndor stood rooted in place, looking at where Striders were reduced to ashes.

    No one dismissed his doubt.

    Liliana took out her personal device and contacted the Human Federation.

    Everyone watched in silence and tension as Liliana conversed with the authorities.

    Eryndor took a glance outside the spaceship. They had already left the atmosphere of the planet.

    After a few minutes, Liliana placed her personal device on the counter nearby and informed them of their future course of action.

    "We’ll move on from this planet.

    "The Human Federation has strict rules in places. We can’t deal with a situation which has a possibility of the presence of an Anomaly without having the required tools.

    "We set out for a mission which has no need for additional items, so currently we have nothing which could be used to deal with the anomaly or even probe for information.

    "Therefore, The Human Federation has deemed it necessary that we don’t engage with an Anomaly which can control peak Stable realm beasts."

    The power scaling of beasts was named the same as the Anomalies, as there didn’t seem to be proper distinction of stages or other power systems in beasts.

    Eryndor went back into his room after it was decided that they would be heading towards the next checkpoint.

    Taking out a bottle of pills from the box, Eryndor popped one of the pills and sat cross legged to start cultivation.

    Over the past several fights, he had grown more and more aware of his own weakness.

    If he could be powerful then why not?

    The issue was, he had already made a move.

    Yes, despite deciding otherwise, he had made a move, all because he had already thought of a plan to deal with it.

    The team Lockheim knew about his cultivation stage now.

    If he were to take full advantage of the pills and practice hard, he wouldn’t be able to make a move around them in the near future.

    Technically, Eryndor wasn’t a member of team Lockheim, he had no obligation to follow Liliana’s orders, and be with the team.

    Could I possibly act alone on the next planet?