she gave out big sigh.. and finish drinking her coffee, her feeling are all over the place, she can't stop smiling but at the same time feels embarrassed to go back to work and face Guan Yu her boss, so many things in her life were changing and these changes made her feel happy. growing up with nobody to support her and just being part of her daily ordeals was lonely, she thought the only thing that made sense was to fulfil her duty at any cost, but now being part of another person's life made her realize the things she didn't think would be that important in life.

while preparing to back to her duties the company alarm went on as everybody started to get weary Ms Lin saw her boss running toward her with ten of the company's top officers and ordered everybody to move, gradually a state of confusion erupted as they could hear people outside were running and screaming.

"Ms Lin go into the basement bunker and secure all our people"

a large new creature was spotted coming out of the ground in the east part of the city a few blocks from where they are. Guan Yu and the rest of the bodyguards with him were carrying a plasma railgun.

he commands his head guard to close all metal shutters so all in the windows of the lobby would give time to evacuate and prepare, as the metal window shutters were going down the head guard saw a horde of green-skinned creatures that were around 3 feet tall and were holding primitive weapons.

the head guard was not oblivious to unknown things he was trained to instantly react to what might be considered a threat. these creatures saw what he was doing and like a rabid animal, they ran toward the Fu Xi Shi main lobby.

Guan Yu saw this and shouted to leave all of their communication lines open, and told everyone with a weapon to conserve the railgun ammo for the bigger enemy, many of the Fu Xi Shi personnel were still too terrified to move so most of the ordinary security guards were trying their best efforts to assist those who were helpless, others just frantically called their family hoping to get a response that they are safe. Ms Lin Siniang including her staff were running all over the ground floor to ensure everybody was moving away from the lobby to seek safety.

normal procedures didn't apply to this particular scenario so most of the people were moved into their respective office areas and hoped no creature will able to breach the building window.

Ms Lin Siniang had the opportunity to access the guard office that was located near the staircase down to the basement, she made sure that all exit doors were securely locked, and she saw a few people hiding inside the guard room she had to drag the female attendant under the table and ask a guard name Mr De-leon who was going to retire this coming month, he was one of the first batches of guards who witnessed the company's growth, he was holding his family picture and praying that he will live thru this nightmare.

she told them to go up because starting from the tent floor and going upward all glass windows that were installed are 2-inch tempered Glass and even shatterproof against the heat and strong winds. and select the supply room then barricade themselves inside and do not come out until they announce that it is safe. a new female attendant was crying and couldn't stop, Ms. Lin Siniang kneel grab her by the shoulder, and spoke with authority.

"if you don't get moving and remain here you will lose your life. I am trying to protect you. but I can only do this much, you need to think of your safety."

"so please stop crying if you want to see your family again! go!"

as soon as they left she rummage through the metal cabinets hoping to get any weapon she found a retractable baton and a vest and even took rubber shoes that were lucky near her size that was left in one of the cabinets. but before leaving she made sure that all were safe by viewing all the CCTV cameras, there she saw Jiao long hiding in his room like a small child curled under the table.

"you are pathetic Jiao-long... you are weak and a useless person!"

seeing that most of them were safe, a guard came into the room and told Ms Lin Siniang that the green creatures has almost broken thru the metal shutter cover of the lobby windows she knew it won't take long until those things come inside the building. sadly the ground floor was designed and built more on comfort rather than function, so the metal shutters were a standard issue and the glass panels all around the lobby are just Insulated Glass.

when she went out to join her boss and the rest of the security team one of the guards shouted,

'those are Goblins!'

Guan Yu reacted by saying,

"you heard him men! these things are called goblins like the ones in your grandmother's storybook. lets us show these fools they mess with the wrong family."

one Russian guard was confused and was looking at Guan Yu...

они гоблины, как те, что были в сказках твоей бабушки.

ах! хм.. просто убей столько, сколько сможешь, ладно!

"they are goblin-like the ones in your grandmother's storybook.

"ah! hmm..just kill as many as you can ok!"

suddenly a loud crash as a few dozen of goblins rushes inside the lobby like ants, each guard used their FN P90 and secure the plasma gun strap on their back, they found out that they are like them mortals and had no mystical abilities these things lack training and with no actual fighting skills so it was easy. even Ms Lin Siniang was worrying for nothing they were like fighting a child.

Guan Yu saw that his guards were overpowering the attackers he sends out an order to divide into 3 groups the 3rd group will remain to kill all the goblins and ensure the employees' safety then the rest will follow him outside.

Ms Lin Siniang will be team 3, do not underestimate them even a small spider can kill an elephant with underhanded tactics so remain focused.

in unison, they all shouted,

"yes, boss!!"

as units, 1 and 2 got the opportunity to escape the goblin attackers they proceed to their real target as they were running civilians were running toward them and screaming the words snake, people were trampling on each other out of desperation and panic as a huge snake-like creature was following them from behind.

it was 25 meters long and its head was as big as a mini cooper car, this physical feature could make a full-grown ordinary man wet his pants out of fear. but the biggest issue was not its size but rather the acid that it was spitting from its mouth.

he gave his men a sign and it was to take caution and deal with the enemy as if it can think. Guan Yu made the first move as the remaining civilians were finally out of their way he ran towards it and using his left hand he

pulled out a Jiǔjiébiān nine section whip

and jump over its head while it tried to lunge at him, its pointed hook at the end of the chain whip pierce its one eye and latch on to its eye socket. the beast got more agitated because it was in pain, Guan Yu knew it might try to curl and start to roll and bash him on the street pavement. its tail was hitting everything on the swing path crushing an entire car like it was a can of beer. his shirt was getting ripped as the snake used the surrounding structures to scrape him off or just kill him, but he was wearing an X5 body suit even if he get pummeled to a hard surface he can endure it, ib doing this trial test actual battle was the perfect opportunity to know if it will function properly, and it was successfully manage to exceed his expectation, many soldiers wearing this suit will surely be save.

he pulled hard on the chain and the pain it received made the creature raise its head and expose its belly, more chains were thrown at it but the thick scales were preventing any of the hooks to wound it. quickly they decided to infuse the chain with their aura and tried again, to their amazement it penetrated its skin stabbing its flesh and hooking deep within its rib bone. they were using all of their Aura to restrain the creature plus each of Guan Yu's men also concentrating while attacking to manifest an energy field around their body to protect them from the creature's acidic spit.

people in the confinements of their office building saw this and capture everything on video, some even showed the event live, people saw how the Fu Xi Shi corporate boss and his 5 guards battle it out with a huge snake, meanwhile, Guan Yu finally orders them to bombard the beast head with the railgun.

and with that multiple piercing sounds were heard it was so fast and accurate that the beast didn't even have time to open its mouth. the street floor was pulverized with the tungsten ammo, and as the smoke cleared the snake head was unrecognizable. one civilian who was near the location openly mention on a live vlog broadcast that they didn't even use all the tungsten ammo on each gun. all six of them fire one shot each and it brutally destroyed the creature's face.

people around the world saw this and some even commented that mankind shouldn't be afraid anymore, millions of people saw this and gave birth to the idea that we need more of these kinds of people.

a netizen openly said that she found out they are being called ethereal.

the word ethereal became a trending topic. as more people began to gain interest in all related to the name and the creatures that are trying to invade earth.

at the same time, one of Guan Yu's men saw that there are still a few goblins stragglers in the area so he asked permission to hunt them all. he agreed and they went on the offensive. Ms Lin Siniang reported to Guan Yu that no were casualties among the company personnel.

Guan Yu told Ms Lin Siniang that there were still goblins freely moving around, so until they are all eliminated, sweep every corner of the building. even if these goblin creatures are weak against those who have trained to fight, a normal civilian will get killed if left unchecked.

"Understood boss."