The Fat God System

Hugh looked back down the rabbit hole and signaled the other soldiers that it was good to go. However, he also signaled that they should be careful.

Although they were in a secure spot for now, that does not mean that they should be lenient. One wrong move, and they could be surrounded by the enemies.

When Hugh looked around, he realized that there was a lot of hooded people near the barrier. However, there were also tents behind them.

From what he could see, there was a lot of movements inside it. This signaled to Hugh that there was still a lot of back up for the hooded people.

Then, he also saw someone coming out of the tent. It was another hooded person, and he walked towards the rest of the hooded people in charge of securing the barrier's energy.

The new hooded man tapped the shoulder of one of the hooded men and took his place. It seemed that it was now time to shift out a person.

Hugh wanted to see the inside of the tents, but he did not know how to do it discretely. He had to somehow sneak in there and spy on what they were doing.

Then, Hugh got an idea in his head. If Beru could copy the platoon leader, the could he also copy another hooded person?

Then, Hugh would take the man's place and infiltrate the tents. The problem was that he needed to catch one of the hooded men and take his place.

He had to be silent about it and not let anyone see it or else the hooded people as well as the Shark Loan company would be alerted.

At this point, the rest of the soldiers had come in to the other side of the hole. They all looked towards the hooded people and investigated them.

The soldiers were sizing them up and calculating whether or not they could take them on. The sole reason why they were here was so that they could assist Hugh.

Hugh was going to be the one who did the heavy lifting while the rest of the platoon would only supplement him. They were in charge of making sure that Hugh could go back safely.

If all hell broke loose, they would go and sacrifice themselves if they had to just go make sure that Hugh could go back.

The rest of the soldiers were already planning the escape route for Hugh. Serena, on the other hand, was right next to Hugh as they both discussed on what they had to do next.

"How are we going to infiltrate it?" Serena asked.

Hugh rubbed his chin. The only problem in his plan was that he needed to wait for the next shift of people so that they could go and kidnap one of the hooded people.

"We'll wait and get one of those hooded men," Hugh said as he pointed over there towards the hooded men that was straining themselves just to keep up the barrier.

"Then? Then what?" she asked.

Hugh then pointed over towards Serena's chest where the magical cologne was hidden. Of course, this was not the first thought that popped into Serena's mind.

"Wha—?!" Serena exclaimed as she covered up her chest in defense against Hugh's pervy looks.

Hugh quickly retracted his finger in embarrassment. His cheeks blushed, and he turned his head away from her just to hide the fact that he was embarrassed.

"I was talking about that magical cologne of yours," Hugh corrected.

Once Serena realized her misunderstanding, she was also subject to her own embarrassment. Her cheeks blushed and she also turned away from Hugh.

Both of them were in this awakes situation once again. For some reason, the both of them keeps getting into these fates that they could not ignore.

"Oh…yeah, yeah. Sure, I'll use it," Serena quickly said just to break the tension between them.

"Yeah. Tell me what they know," Hugh said.

After that, silence reigned between them. They both waited patiently for another hooded person to come out of the tent.

They did not have to wait too long as a few minutes later, Hugh and Serena saw a person come out of the tent. Thankfully, this man was a hooded person about to come and take another shift.

Then, the shift change occurred. This new hooded person changed places with an old hooded person and let him rest.

Hugh targeted that specific person. He wanted to impersonate the one who was returning to the tent so that it would not be suspicious.

"Haa…finally," the hooded guy said as he stretched his arms and his back. It looked like he was tired from the shift.

Hugh looked around and made sure that there was not any prying eyes directed towards the hooded person. Thankfully enough, it looked like the heavens were on Hugh's side on this one.

The man stumbled as he walked with his legs seemingly turning into jelly. This was the after effect of sustaining the barrier for too long.

Hugh waited for the exact moment where the hooded person was the closest to him. Then, he quickly snatched the hooded man starting from the mouth.

Hugh made sure to cover the man's mouth and prevented him from shouting. As soon as the hooded man realized he was being abducted, he struggled away from Hugh's clutched as hard as he could.

The man kicked, punched, and did everything he could to try and get away from Hugh. However, Hugh's grip was far too strong for someone like him. He never stood a chance.

Serena took this chance to spray the magical contents of the cologne onto the trapped hooded man. She made sure to spray a lot so that the effect would take on quickly.

Sure enough, as soon as the hooded man got a sniff of the cologne, his body stopped struggling. His eyes were blank, as if there was no soul on his body.

"Tell us what you are doing," Serena asked.

The hooded man stared into the sky, seemingly inept to understand Serena. However, a few seconds after the question, the hooded man answered.

"I am doing my part by using my stamina to keep the barrier going," the hooded man answered.

"From what faction are you?" Serena asked.

"We are mercenaries for hire, hired by the Shark Loan company."

Serena looked over to Hugh and nodded towards him. This proved the fact that Hugh's guessed were correct. It was indeed the Shark Loan company who was behind the attack.

"Why is the Shark Loan company attacking the Cheroque army?" Hugh asked.

However, the man did not answer. He only kept looking at the sky as if he was entranced by it, enamored by it that he could not keep his eyes off it.

"Why is the Shark Loan company attacking the Cheroque army?" Serena reiterated Hugh's question. Now this time, the hooded man answered the question.

"I don't know," the hooded man answered.

It looked like the cologne would only work for the person that sprayed it. In this case, the hooded man would only answer the questions that Serena posed on it.

Although they did get an answer, it was unsatisfactory to the both of them. It looked like the hooded man was far too low on the hierarchy of the Shark Loan company to know something high-class.

It looked like the only way to find out was to infiltrate the tents and see for it himslef. So, Hugh raised his hand and punched the back of the neck of the hooded man.

This incapacitated him and made him fall unconscious. This way, Hugh could take his place inside the tent and make sure that he would not be found out.

Hugh opened his mouth about to say something to Serena, but she already answered his question for him.

"Don't worry. I'll make sure that this guy doesn't wake up," Serena said with a smile on her face.

Hugh nodded towards her. It was such a refreshing feeling having someone by his side and assisting him with things that he absolutely needed. Right now, Serena was fulfilling that role.

"Okay, Beru. Can you copy that guy?" Hugh asked.

'Ruff! Ruff!' Hugh heart Beru bark on his mind. This meant that Beru could do the things that he requested.

Soon enough, Hugh face changed into something that was very similar to that of the hooded man. His body also changed to fit the man's descriptions, but it did not end there.

Beru also copied the man's hood so that Hugh did not have to borrow the original one. This way, he was indistinguishable to the real thing.

Once Hugh got the disguise, he coughed once and tested his own voice. From what he remembered, this was very similar to the hooded guy's voice.

With everything in place, Hugh walked out and headed for the large tent. He made sure to make his steps light and tipsy so that the others would think that he was tired.