I am an Eldritch Entity-Chapter 60: First checkpoint

Eryndor looked back and forth between the menu and the message.

It was from Liliana. She had also sent an image of the radar of the spaceship.

With the speed at which they were moving, they would soon be within the airspace of the planet which housed those beasts.

Eryndor felt the rumbling of his stomach once more.

I mean, there should still be some time right? Landing the spaceship and all.

He told the staff to make something simple quickly. In a minute, they had already placed a sandwich before him.

As he felt the spaceship settle itself on the land of the planet, he took the last bite of the sandwich.

Glancing at the staff, he asked for something which could be used as a stopgap method to sate his remaining hunger.

One of them took out a pill from a small jar nearby and held it out to him.

"A low-end fasting pill. Will help you feel like your stomach is full for about an hour."

"Thanks."

He took the pill from him and messaged back to Liliana.

"Yes, I am coming."

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Navigating through the corridors, he arrived at the main room, where the rest of the team had already gathered.

"Don’t we need spacesuits? Or some protective gear?"

Eryndor asked, seeing that none of them had worn anything.

Liliana shook her head.

"Nope, we’ve already done plenty of tests on the planet. The atmosphere, gravity, and environment isn’t fatal to humans.

"This is the standard route to the Shx’Trelith Forbidden Void, so any team which picks the mission always hunts on this planet before going their way.

"We have several such stops on the way, so you’ll get plenty of fighting experience."

No wonder it takes a month.

Eryndor thought, while nodding to her.

As if sensing what was on his mind, Liliana said.

"This is not a useless stop, mind you. These breaks are necessary for the engine of the spaceship to cool down, on top of other benefits.

"These planets were carefully chosen from among hundreds along the way.

"Each one contains the necessary fuel for the spaceship, allowing us to refuel as needed.

"They also have conditions suitable for humans to stay for a few days. Additionally, they are rich in resources, whether in the form of beasts, plants, or minerals."

She glanced at the man beside her who seemed to be an agent of the Human Federation. The man nodded at her.

Liliana informed the rest of the team.

"Put on the purifier masks given by the Federation, else the air here will make you cough frequently. We’ll disboard as soon as the hatch opens."

Eryndor dutifully followed the instructions, definitely not eager to cough his lungs out while walking on the planet.

A minute later, the hatch opened and Eryndor got a view of the first planet he had been on besides Earth.

The sky was blood red, and trees growing up to a height of two hundred meters or more could be seen in the distance.

All of them looked like gigantified versions of the Banyan tree back on Earth.

Eryndor walked down the ramp, following the team and a few other people who will be descending with them to check on the condition of the planet, and update the records.

Eryndor could see a small base just beside the spaceship.

Liliana did say that this was the standard route, so it’s logical indeed to have a small base of operation for each time so they don’t have to keep setting up bases everytime.

There were only the most basic of facilities available on the small base.

"Alright, the researchers will do their job here. We can head out into the jungle, stay together, and don’t act without orders."

Liliana instructed and led their team to the jungle in the distance.

Ken gave a mock chuckle, along with Hellen who had a smirk on her face. Eryndor didn’t say anything, but only nodded his head.

He calmed the beating of his heart, nervously looking around while following the team.

Every tree he came across had an extremely wide trunk. He guessed that around forty people would need to hold hands just to circle the trunk at its base.

With every step he took, the dry leaves beneath his feet crunched, tingling his nerves. In hypersensitive state, it was a lot more mentally draining than one thought.

Eryndor thought for a second, and unleashed the domain of his Telekinesis. His view changed to third person, rapidly enlarging the range it covered.

He didn’t spread it too far, just a bit more than the range he used when hunting anomaly infected animals with his group in their first mission.

His range caught sight of a beast soon in the next ten seconds. Without even needing to alert Liliana, he watched as she changed directions, heading accurately where the beast was.

Damn, can’t underestimate her.

Eryndor inwardly praised the team leader.

Liliana told the team to organise themselves. Despite how much Ken and Hellen didn’t acknowledge her as the leader, they didn’t fail to fall into their positions.

No one joked around with their lives.

Soon, the team was face to face with the beast Eryndor had sensed. He had to admit, the monstrosity before him was absolutely different from the usual creatures of the Earth.

Eryndor couldn’t even think of a single animal that could be used as a reference to describe the creature before him.

The creature was an abomination of flesh and chitin, its form kept shifting as it travelled, looking like a terribly manufactured existence.

If it could be compared to a vehicle’s motion, it was like different parts of the vehicle—except the wheels—changed their location erratically while moving.

Jagged mandibles dripped with white sticky substance, likely what it was sucking out of the tree just moments prior.

Its multiple mismatched eyes blinked in chaotic, independent rhythms. Its limbs were a similarly a random mix—some thick and bestial, others spindly and insectoid, while some pure skeletal.

A sinuous, pulsating tail coiled behind it, ending in a spiked ball shape.

As his instincts tingled continuously, injecting loads of adrenaline into his body, Eryndor inwardly screamed.

Just what the fuck was this?