"I like it"

Mars also gave a slime and took the rectangle thing from from Terry before he flipped a switch on the side of it and laid it back down on the table

"this is called a spike gun, it's my own personal invention and it's powered by magic beast cores or mana crystals"

"....so that's why I have never seen this kind of weapon before"

"yeah it's something from my past life that has been adapted to this world.... let's go on a hunting trip"

"a hunting trip?"

"yeah what better way to get adjusted to a new weapon then actually using it?"

Terry gave a nod and after a basic course about how to use the spike gun Mars was about to open a portal when Kaitlin ran into the workshop, she looked greatly distressed but as soon as she saw Mars she seemed to calm down a bit before she spoke

"Mars the elders have called for you"

Mars clicked his tongue in annoyance before he bluntly asked

"what does dose undead geezers want now? I'm about to head out with Terry so if it is not important I'll ignore it"

"the NNE have invaded the Mother forest"

"...s.h.i.+t that does sound important, sorry Terry our hunting trip will have to wait"

Terry gave a nod and Mars was about to walk out of the room when he remembered something and turned back to Terry and asked

"have you decided if you want to live in Green river Terry?"

"eh..? erm... I think I want to stay"

"that's good enough, then follow me I'll introduce you to the elders"

"okay... but who are the elders?"

"they are the governing body of Green river, basically they rule the place"

"eh...?"

After having met with the elders Mars and Terry arrived in the lobby of the giant tree, Terry looked like his soul had left his body, basically during the entire meeting he had been so tense he actually jumped into the air a few times when Mars poked him on the shoulder and now after the meeting Terry could only mumble

"a building.... my own building..."

the elders as soon as they discovered Terry was also a living G.o.d had offered him a building in central Green river as long as he helped repel the invaders from the NNE that had entered the barrier forest only a few hours ago, they probably thought they were being sneaky by invading without declaring war first unfortunately for them the elders from Green river were very paranoid and had the entire of the barrier forest covered by a detection formation so they knew exactly what was going on in the barrier forest at all times, thus unless the NNE opened a portal directly to the inner forest they would never escape detection so thus the about 10.000 strong invading troops (they sure as h.e.l.l was not there to deliver gifts to Green river) probably had no idea that they already were found out and was about to be intercepted by an a.s.sault group lead by 2 living G.o.ds

"well then let's head over to the mirror and meet up with the a.s.sault force"

Terry's soul looked like it had returned to his body and sure enough he reacted with a nod and he also spoke up

"but Mars... I don't think I'm able to kill people..."

Mars gave a small sigh and ruffled Terry's hair before he looked him in the eye and spoke

"you don't have to kill... the deal you made with the elders was to 'repel' not 'kill' the invading force"

"I see..."

"leave the killing to me, I'm used to it..."

"okay..."

"and chin up okay, you are about to be the owner of a building you know?"

the light returned to Terry's eyes, he was now fully awake again and gave a nod

"yes Mars!"

Mars inspected Terry's face and soon gave a big smile

"that's more like it"

In the west part of Green river was most of the military installations, it was also home to the so called mirror where Terry and Mars were heading, on the way there they acted not like they were going to war but like they were on a stroll through the city, buying street food along the way and joking with each other, Mars could see Terry was a little afraid of the upcoming battle but admired his resolve. Soon both of them arrived at the building that housed the mirror and walked in, after walking down some stairs, they came to a giant underground s.p.a.ce where a giant, more than 100 meters across 'mirror' lay on the ground with walkways above it, Mars and Terry walked up on the walkway and soon Terry looked down on the mirror and was stunned for a moment before he asked Mars

"is that... the barrier forest?"

"yeah it is, neat right?"

on the mirror were a map over the entire barrier forest with various green, blue, orange and red dots on it. The blue and orange dots were spread all over the map of the forest, the green dots were in cl.u.s.ters of 4 and also spread all over the forest while the red dots were contrasted at the entrance of the forest, Terry looked over at Mars and asked

"what are dose dots?"

"well the green are friendlies, most likely squads of forest patrols, the blue and orange are magic beasts the blue are non hostile while the orange are hostile and then there's the red dots..."

Mars pointed over at the red dots while a cold light shone in his eyes

"they are enemy invaders"