So many anomalies had appeared at once?
"Report the cause of the anomalies!"
"There's a large amount of physical Pollution!" "Pollution here too!!" "A lot of Pollution suddenly appeared!" "Team Six, large amounts of Pollution." "A huge amount of black Pollution suddenly appeared on the ground!!" "A massive clump of Pollution discovered!"
Many Banshees began speaking at once on the first channel, making it somewhat chaotic. Theus forced himself to calm down and reviewed every team's report.
"Have you only found Pollution? Has anyone spotted an enemy?"
"..."
"..."
The channel fell silent.
Theus closed his eyes and sensed the flow of life force within the Symbiotic Pact.
It seemed that none of the Banshees were consuming large amounts of life force.
"Teams that discovered Pollution, keep your distance and monitor it. Report immediately if anyone is injured!"
"And Team Nine, where is Team Nine? Respond immediately upon receiving this!"
There had been no report from Team Nine among the ones he had just received!
Team Nine had suddenly gone out of contact!
He checked the Mind Link. The two Banshees from Team Nine were still connected; the link had not been severed. They simply had not replied.
Checking their location on the map, Team Nine was not far from here. Should he...
Theus glanced at Ash and suppressed the urge to go check personally. He was the command center now. Putting himself in danger would be irresponsible toward everyone, not to mention that he had no combat ability.
Theus gritted his teeth.
"Team Thirteen! Team Two!"
"Here!" ×2
"Go to Team Nine's location and investigate. Report immediately if anything happens. Be careful!"
"Yes!" ×2
Just then, Team Nine's voice, which had disappeared from the first channel for a while, suddenly returned!
"Reporting! Team Nine!"
"Go ahead!"
"Pollution just fell