Three figures could be seen several feet deep in an earthen pit of their own making as they continued to dig.
Brandon stabbed the flaming shovel conjured from a mild activation of his second gene skill into the earth.
His head swung back, staring at the pristine blue sky, and he let out an exhausted sigh.
"Remind me why we're doing this again?" he asked in half lamentation.
Seth continued digging with a makeshift shovel alongside Jack. He glanced at Brandon from the corner of his eyes and replied, sighing helplessly, "For the sixth time, there is a mineral mine beneath us that contains a rare alloy we would be needing in case of emergency to activate our full strength."
Brandon kicked at the wall of earth before him. "That's my point. Why the hell would we be needing to activate our full strength? We just cleared a freaking corruption zone in ten minutes. I don't believe the difficulty of eradicating some cult would be any tougher."
