I've got 4 chapters in the barrels, so a powerstone goal is going to commence for this week only.
50 powerstones - 1 extra (Ch. 23: This must be it)
150 powerstones - 1 extra (Ch. 24: I don't deserve this)
200 powerstones - 1 extra (Ch. 25: Secret Ability)
350 powerstones - 1 extra (Ch. 26: Gawk Gaw..K**** **.8?)
The 4 chapters are around 6k words combined, so about 1.5k words/chapter, I don't really mind that it doesn't hit the Powerstone Goals cuz if it doesn't, it just gives me more leeway to change the story if I get stuck in the current chapter I'm writing.
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[Kafka POV]
The swarm luckily avoided us and kept flying high, but they almost blotted out the sky.
"Tch, it seems they were the ones responsible for killing it" The voice, feminine but carried a hardened aura that made it feel dependable and yet even her voice didn't calm me down.
My eyes looked downward to the Titanic serpentine carcass, 'I'm gonna die, just like that thing' the thought dreading my mind.
'I haven't even joined the JAKDF with Mina yet'
Leafwings were relatively strong when compared to a pre-neohuman but after millions of years of human adaptation to the radiation-rich atmosphere, as well as the integration of Lizardman genes allowed us to become stronger, we had long since surpassed what we once were. Our bones were denser, our reflexes sharper, our endurance far beyond that of our ancestors.
But still, that didn't mean jackshit, because to stand against this many Leafwings, was an inevitable descent into disaster.
I looked around to see everyone's faces and saw that they too had the same thoughts.
Just then- "Alright everyone pull back, I'm going in" she turned off the comms and the JAKDF "chopper" flew straight to the swarm.
"IS SHE SUICIDAL?!!!" My friend, Quirk, shouted with his eyes wide open when he saw the JAKDF going straight to it's death.
Quirk is another name that I had a hard time dealing with because apparently it's pronounced as "Kirk", who the hell names their kid that?.
"Haa~, that girl, she just loves doing whatever she wants, not complaining though" Hewder mumbles on the side
"Alright everyone calm down no need to panic, and just watch the show"
Their chopper picked up speed before opening the hatch underneath it and throwing whatever was inside it with a somersault backflip.
Since the swarm was blocking the blue sky, we could see the uniform of a JAKDF Officer standing out in the sickly yellow and darkened backdrop. What stood out from the uniform was the long white skirt and the wings behind her back, flapping in the wind like a mythical valkyrie, her blonde ponytail hair flowing gracefully in the air.
"Is that?-" my words were cut off as the woman in the sky swung her weapon once, her move generated a loud sound, drowning out my voice, her translucent wings from behind her helping her fly.
-Shiinnkkk-
The energy from her spear travelled through the air and-
*BOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAMMMMM*
A powerful explosion lit up the sky, the air screamed with the power of the blast creating the shockwaves that made the choppers temporarily lose control, the winds generated by her attack flowed throughout the battlefield.
After a few seconds, black charcoal-like items fell from the sky that pierced through the smoke of the aftermath of her energy attack before continuing to plummet onto the ground.
Soon, the sky cleared and we could see the familiar blue sky again. The majority of Leafwings were flying in multiple directions trying to flee from the slaughter.
"IS EVERYONE ALRIGHT?!!!" The voice of the white valkyrie boomed in everyone's ears, rattling us in shock as to how someone of her stature could be so loud even from a distance.
Just as her voice rattled everyone's ears, it also calmed our hearts.
"That's!-" Quirk said before being interrupted
"SHINOMIYA HIKARIIII!!!!, I'M A BIG FAAANNN!!!!" shouted Viida, her voice rivaling the Shinomiya in the sky, the door on the side of the chopper opened.
"THANK YOU MY SUPPORTIVE FAN!!" She replies which makes Viida melt onto the floor of our flying vehicle.
"Heh- I got to talk to her- ehe-" she says with a smile on her face like she just had an orgasm.
"My hero- My ido- *Baam!*"
"Guhaackk, wha- what was that for?!!" Viida asked calmly, rubbing her tail which was stomped on.
Her eyes were filled with fury before shrinking down at Chief Hewder's angry gaze.
"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING OPENING THE CHOPPER?!!!!! Pull yourself together!!!" She continued to kick Viida while she was closing the door, earning everybody's chuckles.
"Ye-yes Captain!" Viida straightened herself rapidly, taking a few looks back to Shinomiya who was flying back into her own jet.
"Phew, I thought I was gonna die on my first mission outside" Quirk said
"Well at least it's over now" I consoled him, well more to myself but no one has to know.
"We still have to land though" Hewder said
"True, also you know I just realized that the backflip they did earlier with their jet was completely unnecessary" said Quirk
Me, Hewder, Viida, and a few others who heard him looked at him like he was crazy.
"It was completely necessary!!!" Viida roared with conviction "That was so cool you know?!!!"
"Bah whatever" Quirk replied as I approached our hatch after the helicopter landed on the flat ground.
"Tch, never have I seen such a soulless individual," Viida said, totally not so close to his ears.
"Alright you two knock it off, we got work to do"
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"Yup, looks like Leafwing damage to me" The Kaiju expert we brought with us concluded.
"I'd say that this beauty is at least a couple of Millenias old, must've been why it couldn't fight back properly against such a number of leafwings, rest in peace you old beauty" he gesticulates in a prayer form.
"Now then, let's start the harvest" The tools and equipment roared to life before cutting through the masses of flesh and bones in a cordial manner.
Usable pieces of materials such as teeth, bones, hide, tendons, any left-over venom, as well as the claws on its wings were expertly removed and loaded onto the helicopter.
The edible parts of the meat were also harvested for consumption, the consumers are mostly the high middle-class people and above.
Although most of us can't afford such luxury meat, we also get a fair share of it as a bonus, hopefully.
And while those things are great and all, the real treasure is the core, it is mostly used by the military for the purpose of building powerful weapons and other equipment like the ones that Shinomiya or Mina uses.
And considering it was calculated as an 8.8 Fortitude, it is equal to heaps of cash, at least 100 billion Yen.
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