24 The Rabbit Material Powerbank Limited Edition Series

Linneia flipped opened the loosely covered tent only to be assaulted by a heavy bloody stench into her nostril. The air inside was warm and humid. Medical personnel were hurrying to and fro in between patients.

She immediately spotted the group of scouts she had sent about 13 hours before. The scout leader was too grievously wounded and was in bouts of intermittent unconsciousness. During his waking moments, he was not lucid enough due to intense pain.

One of his least injured subordinates volunteered to report what happened to the crown princess, "We moved with stealth and speed as per Your Highness wish, just like a couple of times before. We're on high alert all the time as we knew we're entering the highly dangerous I-zone region. However, before we could enter the valley marked in the map, we were ambushed by a group of extremely large intelligent beasts."

"These beasts were not just large in number and size, their moves were well coordinated too. The worst thing is, they could fly, and they are highly aggressive. They strike upon eye contact. It feels like we have intruded into their most important territory."

"Colonel Liam here had saved all of us from sure death. We had no choice but to open fire to save our lives. Liam detonated a few emergency explosives at close range, and yet only a small number was affected. We took the opportunity to slip away but was constantly being pursued. We're not sure how they have detected us as we have taken extreme care not to be traced. We had tried our best to lose the tail and finally succeeded before returning to camp." The injured scout summed up his report.

Linneia felt an ominous premonition from the scout's story. "How large is the group of the beast?"

"At least hundreds, bordering to a thousand." The soldier replied worriedly.

"You guys and Colonel Liam has done a good job and probably will save us all with this info. Have a rest now." Linneia said to the soldier.

"Raksha, let's get our sisters and soldiers ready. We must prepare ourselves to clash with the beasts." Linneia decided after a while. She saw the worry in Raksha's eyes. She knew they were thinking the same thing. There was a very low chance these scouts were able to get away from the beast since they were able to detect them when they camouflaged themselves using the usual means. The beasts may have returned to their lair to consolidate their forces to hit them heavily after they found their camp ground.

General Raksha gave a second opinion, "How about if we hit them first in their place, Your Highness?"

"We will lose the home ground advantage. However, your proposal has its merit. Let's make a small elite team consisted of the Witch Union sisters as vanguards. The other military personnel must join the current sentry to bolster the strength of the perimeter. Bring forth our heavy assault high speed weapons to everyone. It is time to use it." Linneia spoke after a moment of consideration.

Linneia left the medic tent to return to her sleeping quarter to rouse up the sisters while Raksha collected more information on the characteristics of the incoming beasts from the scouts and to do all the preparation work.

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Frieda opened her eyes after she locked on Sister Khora's beautiful luminescent purple 'color' with her mind. She appeared just behind the busy lady. Sister Khora was sitting in front of a white workbench while closing her eyes and touching a white circular plate disc with both hands. Her brows were scrunching away, showing she was concentrating hard on something. Frieda waited patiently, not wanting to disturb her.

Frieda looked around the clean white space surrounding her. This must be one of the restricted laboratory inside the research facility of the space exploration group. It was her first time here. It was blisteringly hot. She then realized she was still in her triple layered wintercoat. She opened her coat and placed it on a chair not far from her. The room was all white, with stacks of white plate discs systematically arranged from the floor to ceiling. She could feel a large number of 'colors' moving erratically not far from her position. It might be startled people outside the room. After all there was a viewing cum communication platform not far from where she was standing. She was used to this.

After five minutes of waiting, she increasingly felt troubled. She was monitoring Sister Linneia's color and Sister Raksha's color in her mind. She could perceive their movements solely through inferring the dispersion of the color. Sister Raksha was together with the other sisters from the Witches' Union. They might want to move out soon. She needed to return fast so that she could join them too.

Gently, she tapped on Khora's shoulder gently, "Sister Khora, excuse me. Don't be alarmed. Frieda here."

Frieda saw the beautiful sister was jolted although she had tried hard to soften her approach in order not to startle her. Sister Khora didn't opened her eyes as beads of sweat appeared on her forehead. After a minute, the white plate disc in her hands crumbled to smithereens.

Frieda was extremely guilty! Oh no… what did I do?! TT_____TT

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Khora took a deep breath after the struggle; her limbs felt weak as she slumped on the workbench amidst the broken white plate disc debris. She failed to stabilize the domain again. She still couldn't handle such a large space. Right now, she could only create a space as big as the castle area stably. She was aiming for the size of Neverwinter as a whole. She had tried hard for half a day but to no avail. She knew she was close, so close! She was confident she could do it. There was only six days before the spaceship launch into space for the test flight. She intended to make it possible by then. She needed to test the efficacy of her artificial domains during warping moments. Only then, the ability to travel to space with a space vessel would be viable for the nation. If not, they would face the problem of lacking space for people and resources. She opened her long lashes exhaustedly to the sobbing of little Frieda by her side and smile while sighing.

"It's alright, little Frieda. It's not your fault. There was something wrong with the experiment from the beginning." Khora dotingly caressed the head of the little loli. She knew the girl would not disturb her if she was not in an emergency. Seeing her here meant something was happening to the group of exploration team. She must be sent by the crown princess for something.

"Yes dear, what can I do for you?" She smiled warmly to ease the little girl's heart.

In between sniveling, Frieda told the nice sister what was happening at the encampment in the extreme north, "...and so Sis Linneia wanted me to ask Sister Khora if the independent space is ready to be used. We don't need such a big space, as big as around three adjoining classrooms would suffice. We need to keep the noncombatants inside before the clash with the incoming ferocious beasts." Frieda had gotten over her guiltiness and now talked with a small voice animatedly while calculating with her fingers.

This girl is too cute! Khora grabbed Frieda and gave her a hug. Her serious expression was way too adorable. "Sure sweetie. Sister have what you need. How many do you want? I even have a couple of material powerbanks of that size in hand right now." Khora the noveau riche spoke nonchalantly to the little loli. She paused, then whispered to the little girl's ear. "It's even in the limited edition rabbit shape too. You can keep one after the crown princess has finish using it." She pushed a button and spoke through an intercom calling for a helper from outside the room.

Frieda held her cheek while blushing happily. She loved rabbits for the longest time! What a coincidence! At this moment, Frieda has already forgotten her time-sensitive mission given by Linneia.

After a short moment, the helper came over with a tray in hand. Three silver rabbit-shaped material powerbanks lay atop a soft velvety dark blue cloth on top of the tray, only at the size of a baby's palm each. Each was attached with a sturdy short chain. The helper's hands were slightly shivering; he knew he couldn't afford even one of these if he accidentally broke them. These powerbanks probably would cost the price of a high end real estate beside the upscale Redwater River. He had saved for three years to own one material powerbank with the size of a one cubic meter; it was in trend now for everyone to be hands-free with a single Space-i Corporation's latest version silver bracelet.

"Oh, actually, we just needed one." She finally remembered her job while closing her face with both hands bashfully.

Khora just smiled and took one of the 'rabbit'. She used a number of tools and modified the short chain into a longer one with random materials lying on the table on the spot in a flash. It changed into a necklace with a rabbit pendant. Khora fastened the chain strap around the little girl's neck. "If it is so, then, this will be Big Sister's gift for you. Just use it as you like. I'll send the rest of the activation codes to your Connector later. The other two, just give them to Sister Linneia for me. Complimentary gift from Space-i Corporation for the Exploration Team's hard work. These ones are a bit special compared to the normal ones. Don't use it as a storage box and keep useless things inside. Instead, use it as an emergency measure to keep everyone inside from harm's way. In fact, with this present, there is no need for a large entourage. Just move everyone inside to shield them from the cold. Only a small competent group needed to move outside. You guys can even rotate." She explained her latest product proudly to the little loli.

The helper gasped at his boss' narrative. This product didn't even hit the market yet. It probably will be monopolized by the government for the planetary migration project. He was glad about his boss' breakthrough while at the same time feeling great envy towards the cute little girl. The price would be unimaginable! It was surely a pleasant thing to be the youngest witch in the Witch Union. Equipped with an adorable face, a cute voice, and great ability as her arsenal, she was one of the most famous darlings of Neverwinter. Everyone gives you something FOC with a kindly face everywhere you go.

The helper turned to leave after delivering the items.

"Mr. Hammond is it?" Khora stopped the young man.

"Yes, Boss!" He answered nervously! Did he do something to anger his beautiful boss?

Khora stood up from her chair and walked towards the helper as he stood rigidly without moving. She fetched a cola flavored sunflower-shaped lollipop from the helper's breast pocket. "I'll pay you back later." She smiled sweetly.

"Take this too. Big sister's treat." In front of Hammond's eyes, she passed the lollipop to the little girl with a doting smile.

Hammond was feeling incredulous as he saw the little loli vanished with a bashful smile from his very own eyes. That was the famed power of teleportation he heard so much about. He truly hoped the other team on the other side will be alright.

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