The video continues here.
Command Center: (Slightly surprised) Ruins? Agent, are you sure?
Agent A: Confirmed. You can connect to the individual cameras of myself and Agent B.
Command Center: Understood, Agent. Connecting now. Please continue moving deeper inside.
Agent A: Received.
After Agent A ended the call with the Command Center, Agent B appeared in view. He looked at the giant stone pillars on both sides, shaking his head the entire time.
Agent B: Buddy, I have a bad feeling about this. I feel like... if we keep going forward, we're going to lose our lives.
Agent A: (Walking past the doorframe and heading deeper) Enough. We cannot turn back until we find those tourists or the anomaly.
Agent B: (Sighs) Sigh, alright. At least the money the company is paying is enough to put my son through college.
The two Agents continued to advance deeper.
The structure of the corridor behind the doorframe was vastly different from the natural tunnel outside.
It was square.
The height and width were consistent, at about five meters.
Furthermore, the walls were covered in various murals, and every so often, there was ancient Greek text.
Although there were no side paths in the corridor, the Agents wasted some time on this stretch so that the Command Center could clearly see all the murals and text.
Five minutes later;
Agent B: (Sniffs) Do you smell that?
Agent A: (Sniffs) Yeah, it smells a bit like boiled... rotten eggs.
In unison: Magma!
Agent A: (There is light at the end of the corridor in view) Looks like... there's magma ahead to light the way for us.
Agent B: (Whistles) We just got a publicly funded tour of an active volcano attraction.
Agent A: (Chuckles) Alright, turn off the night vision system.
Agent B: Ok.
The two Agents turned off the night vision system.
The video feed was initially dim, but as Agent A walked, the image gradually brightened.
The Agents arrived at a vast hall.
Agent A looked around.
The space was rectangular.
The height, length, and width were the same, about one hundred meters.
The floor was paved with neat marble tiles, and on the right side, there were several rows of giant ancient Soldier statues.
And directly in front of their field of view, there was another stone pillar doorframe similar to the entrance.
The abyss on the left side emitted a red glow, illuminating the hall where the Agents were.
In the center of the visual field, there were several pools of blood and remnants of clothing.
Seeing this, the two Agents gripped their rifles tightly and stepped forward to investigate.
Agent A: (Breathing slightly rapidly) It seems we can confirm there is an anomaly contained here.
Agent B: (Nervous tone) Ah... buddy, I think it's time for us to retreat. My sixth sense is telling me this is bad.
Agent A: (Signals Agent B to wait) Command Center, confirm the casualties of the tourists.
It should have been caused by the anomaly. Should we continue to explore forward?
Command Center: Understood, Agent. We have seen the real-time footage. If you determine there is danger, you can... (Interrupted)
Roar—!
A deafening lion's roar came through.
Immediately after, Agent A looked toward the source of the sound.
A massive lion appeared in the field of view, slowly emerging from the rows of statues.
It looked like a lion commonly found in Africa, and judging by the mane on its head and neck, it was a male lion.
However, its size was more than seven or eight times that of a normal male lion.
Its eyes emitted a ghostly light as it scrutinized its prey, staring fixedly at the two Agents.
Agent B: (Urgent tone) Buddy, we need to retreat!
Agent A: (Voice raised) Command Center, do you see what we are seeing!
Command Center: Agent, retreat immediately! The UBCS will take over next!
Agent A and B: Yes!
Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!
The two Agents began to fire alternately, covering each other as they retreated toward the corridor behind them.
Roar—!!!
But the 5.56 caliber bullets from the two Agents could not inflict any damage on the male lion, and in fact, only made it angrier.
The field of view shook violently as Agent A frequently looked back and ran.
Squish!
The sound of a human body being crushed by a heavy object.
Through Agent A's turn and crouch, as he attempted to cover Agent B's retreat while firing at the lion, the video feed revealed...
Agent B had already been crushed to death by the giant claws of the lion.
Ah!!
As Agent A roared in anger, he hung his rifle on his chest and freed both hands to fumble for a grenade.
Pop!!
However, before Agent A could pull the pin on the grenade, the lion leaped in front of him and directly swatted Agent A's body with its giant claws.
Ah—!
Thud!
The end of the video showed Agent A making a parabolic motion in the air, eventually falling into the magma at the bottom of the abyss on the left side of the hall.
Video ended.
— — — — — — —
Inside the car;
"This... this."
When the old President Carlos saw the content of the video, he couldn't believe it and used his hand to adjust his glasses, sighing:
"Good heavens! The military never told me there were ruins under the Santorini Volcano, and that there was a giant beast inside the ruins."
"Mr. President." William replied calmly:
"The content you have seen belongs only to Umbrella."
"Sigh... May you go to heaven."
Carlos sighed to himself with his eyes slightly closed, as if feeling sad for the fate of those two Agents and the tourists.
"..."
William didn't say much either, instead giving the old President time to compose himself.
The giant lion shown in the video was not a difficult thing for the prepared UBCS to capture.
The only thing worth noting was that there was an ancient ruin under an active volcano.
William didn't need to rush to Greece personally to handle it.
But the fact is...
When those two Agents contacted the Command Center in Athens and died, the long-silent system popped up.
According to its original words:
[Detected an anomaly that is difficult to contain.
If the Host's troops successfully contain all anomalies in this incident.
This system will grant the Host two character draw opportunities.]
And then...
There was no then.
The system didn't mention which World the anomaly came from at all.
However, William also analyzed from the system's extremely simple words that this containment operation would have to face multiple anomalies.
In other words, there were stronger enemies after the giant lion.
Therefore, William and Andre brought a UBCS company equipped with AAES from the Troy Base, plus the Alphas equipped with five sets of bio-armor.
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