Ike's squad

Mia found herself in the forest. The forest from the one back near her hometown to this was one big forest. The Ebsy Forest. It had many wild beasts, birds, and animals. Wild beasts were creatures that would attack a person while animals were not like that. Most of them would not attack a person as they were herbivores, but some would. Only if they got provoked.

Mia knew a lot about wildlife including plants. It had always fascinated her. The amount of wildlife there was. Ranging from many shapes, colors, and sizes. She wanted to see them all, but that was a big task.

She came across a red-tailed rabbit. They were an endangered species. Hunters would catch them and sell the rabbit for high prices. From what she knew their meat was tasty. That was why people bought it especially nobles.

She moved closer to it. It had white fur on the body while the tail as the name suggests was red. The eyes were deep black. The rabbit moved around the trees. Sometimes it would inspect them while other times it would ignore them. She had to go. There were important things she had to do. Find another squad and held Xander.

She did not want to go, but she did.

Mia walked for ten minutes. That was when the red stone lit up.

She finally found a squad. Mia rushed towards the location. As she was almost in the Advanced Rank her speed was greater than the others.

When Mia reached the other squad, she became shocked. It was Ike's squad. They did not look like how she remembered him. He had wounds all over his body. Blood covered his clothes and face. His lungs moved up and down like a cart going through a bumpy road.

Mia rushed towards him and knelt down beside him. "What happened?"

"Att… asked," Ike said. "they took… Ivetta and Evrat."

That was when Mia notices another person. The fourth member of Ike's squad Bartel. He was also in the same condition as Ike.

It looked like the people who attacked them were stronger than the ones who attacked her.

Mia looked in her bag. It was dark yellow. Yellow was her favorite color. She had many yellow dresses and ribbons. She wanted to color her hair yellow, but she was worried she would make her brother sad. He liked his red hair. That was his favorite color.

She took out a bottle of white pills which she had stocked for the mission. She That was when she remembered. She forgot to give it to Emilia. She was too shocked by Xander's disappearance that the pills did not cross her mind. Mia felt bad, but she could not think about that now.

She took the pills and gave it to Ike. Then she moved to the Bartel.

Ike swallowed the pill and fell to the ground. He had finished his reserve. His lungs moved up and down, but at a slower rate than before.

Bartel swallowed the pill. He then rested his back on a tree. He closed his eyes. He wanted to say thank you to Mia, but his body refused to obey him.

We have to get out of here. The people who attacked them could follow them.

She had to get them to the hospital. It would take time to reach there. If only she had healing Magic. That would take time to get. She had to reach Escalation Rank to attain healing abilities. It was a treasured sub-element.

If anyone came, then she would have to fight them. Ike and Bartel could not. She gathered her courage and kept a watch around the area. She had to wait for the two to get energy back. She could not carry them. If only she had floating magic. Then it would be easy for her to carry them, but having floating magic was not enough. She had to train with it so the maximum weight she could carry would increase, but she did not know it. She had to learn it once she got back to her home.

They waited for fifteen minutes. Ike and Bartel were ready. Blood still covered their bodies and clothes. This would attract a lot of attention from the village.

She needed to search for other squads, but she had to get them to the hospital. Mia left the area with the two.

—

"They are in a bad shape, but we will do our best," A man said to Mia. It was the main doctor in the area. He was a self-educated doctor. They were common in rural areas. If she wanted a doctor who was educated from studies, books, and other doctors she would need to go to the city. People in the rural area could not educate themselves. Especially if they had no Crystal.

The people here depended on normal jobs like farming, pottery, cloth making. Most people used the Crystal's formed in nature for their jobs like farming. They would use it to carry water over long distances and sometimes spray water over the crops. Those Crystals were useless in actual combat.

Other elements also had their uses. Fire is used for cooking, burning waste which caused a lot of pollution. World element for making houses, but many did not do that as the World Element was hard to control. Darkness element was used for scaring away normal beasts. They did not work on strong wild beasts. The light element can be used by them when traveling in the night. These elements had other uses also.

Mia went to check on Emilia after bringing Ike and Bartel to the hospital.

Emilia was lying on a bed. She could leave any time as her injuries were much, but the doctor recommended her to say for one day. Mia also agreed with that.

Where did Leo go? She had not asked what he would do when she left. She focused her mind on finding other squads. She looked around the area, but could not find him.

If Ike's squad was this hurt, then the other squads would also have suffered such a fate. Ike's squad was the strongest among the four squads.

She had to find them. Then they would organize a plan to get back the members they lost. Ivetta was also taken. Ivetta did not like her, but she had to save Ivetta. She did not want to think what they would do to her or Xander. She had to find the other squads.