If looks could kill, Commander Rundert would have already killed Desmond by hand a dozen times in the duration of the meeting alone. Still, since that was not the case, Desmond and Silvia were able to leave after giving a military salute.
Barely three seconds later, as Desmond and Silvia rejoined their group, heaven-shaking news reached the command center. Lieutenant Colonel Graham, code name Ashbringer, was presumed dead in the place where the giant water snake originated.
According to the information that reached the command center, the squad sent to review the incident found a devastated place in the middle of the forest. In the center of the site, a gigantic crater was found with a blood stain and bone remains. No corpse was found, but human remains, some remaining pieces of cloth, and a damaged military insignia pointed to Lt. Col. Graham had died at the scene.
