"Sora?" The 'Ravens'' Leader tasted the name like it was something sweet, "I can't tell you my real name, but you can call me Dem," she told him with a slight bow of her head.
Dem then looked at the other creatures present.
"Ok, my name is ——— but in your language, it's similar to Herdil," the Shapeshifters' Leader said with a beautiful voice, difficult to know if it is masculine or female.
Suddenly, Herdil changed his appearance, and a beautiful man with pointy ears, black-long thick-like-a-finger hair, that seemed like ropes of leather, and a black long reptilian-like tail, appeared.
"This is my true appearance and my species'," Herdil told him.
Sora was shocked by his beauty. He finally found someone for the word beautiful that fitted perfectly.
"Don't get mesmerized with his true appearance, you don't want to see them furious. My name is Fenrir," the Werewolves' Leader told him.
Sora stopped himself from laughing, he thought Fenrir's parents didn't have imagination with the naming.
"I know what you are thinking, refrain from voicing it," Fenrir told him.
"Like her," the Specters' Leader signaled at Dem, "I can't tell you my real name. We have some problems when we give our true name that needs to be solved," he continued his speech, but Sora looked at Fenrir who passed his finger like slicing his throat: the message was clear, the specters will kill you. "You can call me Stuart, I like that name," Stuart said at the end.
"Well, well, well, I think it's my turn, right?" The Vampire King said slowly.
"Don't take all night to tell us… Leonard," Fenrir said his name like he was having fun.
Sora suspected that he was indeed having fun.
"You!" King Leonard was seething. You could feel his desire to murder King Fenrir.
"Now that we have been presented, let's start the relocation. I recommend we gather them here. It's the safest place," Dem said and a sudden and strange chirp-like sound emerged from her throat.
Sora was surprised how everyone stooped their antics after hearing Dem's words. He thought that they might be really worried about their people, enough to stop their internal fighting between them.
"You have my permission to gather them here," King Leonard extended his hand telling everyone that there is enough space for every civilian that wasn't corrupted.
The rest nodded and began preparing everything to have their civilians ready to move while their soldiers prepared themselves to protect them with their lives if necessary.
Meanwhile, Sora went to look at the dungeon that he just opened were these "people" was going to be located.
He didn't have a lot of time, so he began trying to arrange everything with the little information he had. Even if he read about the night creatures, there wasn't a lot of information, mainly because they were from the C-Rank and above. Not many hunters could live and tell the story.
"I have five floors and there are 6 species I have to accommodate. I need to ask someone who could share with the shadows..." Sora thought. He knew that these creatures were territorial so it was going to be difficult.
Ping!
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Arkon has sent a message.
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Sora looked at the notification and checked his inbox.
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Arkon: Master, there are five hundred shadows that have not been corrupted and are fighting their way to reach the Vampire's chamber.
Sora: I understand, it's a small number, however, considering the events I must admit that is higher than I expected. I remembered them being the first ones to succumb to the corruption.
Arkon: Yes, my Master. They need somewhere to hide once they arrived. Many of the night creatures don't like us because they blame us for the spread of Corruption.
Sora: ...
Arkon: ...
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Sora was speechless with the new information, now he couldn't ask anyone to share it with the shadows. Suddenly, he got an idea and asked Arkon immediately.
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Sora: Arkon...
Arkon: Yes, Master.
Sora: Is there enough space in my shadow for all of them to get in while I build another floor where they can stay permanently?
Arkon: ... Well, Master... there is enough space but it might bother you somehow. I recommend you use them as your servants and let them live on your floor.
Sora: ... (he really didn't think of that as a solution)
Arkon: I apologize if I overstepped.
Sora: No, it's just I didn't think about that, I forgot that the floor where I'm going to live was also an option. Sent them right away to this place and informed me when you arrive with them.
Arkon: Yes, my Master.
Sora: Also, let me know how many shadows are there.
Arkon: There are a total of three thousand shadows, including the 500 that are coming with me.
Sora: Ok, see you later.
Arkon: Yes, my Master.
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"Master Sora, my kind is here for you to check them," a sweet voice that could only come from Herdil.
Sora looked up to see like 4,000 to 5,000 shapeshifters waiting behind their leader. He could easily find children that were similar to the five-year-old ones in the orphanage.
"Ok, are they only civilians?" Sora needed to ask, just to know the total number.
"Yes, my guards are helping other civilians from other species to get to this chamber," Herdil answered slowly.
"Let's begin then," Sora looked at the crowd that was in front of him and hope that none of them was corrupted or showing signs of it.
Corruption Detector activated.
Suddenly, a light appeared and covered all the shapeshifter civilians.
Sora was happy to see that no one was infected when suddenly a black spot appeared. This black spot was tightly hugged by a woman (Sora think was a woman) and Sora felt a knot settle in his stomach.
It was a kid, a little one that was infected by Corruption.
"King Herdil, I ask for you to separate that woman with her kid from the crowd..." the moment Sora finished his statement, he saw how Herdil rise his hand making a sign to someone that suddenly appeared next to the woman separating them from the crowd.
"So it's true that your skill can identify a Corrupted one," Herdil smiled coldly.
Sora understood that it was a trap set to learn if he could tell the non-corrupted from the corrupted ones.
"You knew!" Sora was upset with the way Herdil treated the woman and the toddler.
"Of course, I knew, but it was something we needed to confirm," Herdil brushed it as if it was something common, "Now, let the rest of my people, who I assume are clean, go to their new home, I'll wait for my soldiers to come".
Sora knew he couldn't do anything, but watch as they kill both the mom and the toddler.
He quickly assembled the Shapeshifters and transported them to their floor.
"Thank you," Herdil bowed slightly his head.
Sora kept silent, waiting for the next crowd to arrive.
After the shapeshifters, the "Ravens" arrived with several less than one thousand.
Dem noticing his expression, she explained that they were not a lot because of the childbirth rate of males was low.
Then the Specters arrived with a number higher than 5,000, surprising Sora.
Finally, the werewolves and vampires arrived. The werewolves were like six thousand while the vampires were close to 2,500 in total.
Everyone was clean.
Now it was time for the soldiers that were protecting at the moment the different gates to the chamber. Suddenly, Sora felt like ice and a notification appeared in front of him.
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Arkon has returned to your body.
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Sylgard has returned to your body.
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Arkon has sent you a message.
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Arkon: Master, the shadows are waiting for you to transport them to their new home. Check for them to be clean.
Sora: Thank you, I'll make sure that everyone is happy with their new place.
Arkon: Thank you, my Master. They will be happy with anything you give them.
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And like that, Sora looked for the 3,000 shadows waiting for his command to emerge like before.
He quickly gathered them, checked them, and transported them to his floor with Sylgard, so she could put some order.
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Sylgard has left your body.
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Sylgard has entered your dungeon floor.
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"The soldiers are here, we have blocked all the gates, but they are not going to resist much," Fenrir came running with his soldiers, some of who were injured.
The Kings and Queens looked at Sora waiting for him to check their troops, wishing for them not to be infected, at least, not the majority.
Sora quickly cast Corruption Detector.
Ping!
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The event will end in 00 hours 10 minutes 07 seconds.
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Sora read the notification while also spotting 178 soldiers among all the creatures, that were infected, after telling the leaders, the ones who were infected began to show the signs. So, sadly, Sora saw how the soldiers killed their partners.
It was a gruesome scene.
Sora quickly sent them with their leaders to their respective floors.
He looked everywhere and noted that the chamber must have been beautiful in its early years. Now it was wasted and old and abandoned.
He heard the blockers fall from the gates and with a silent nod, Arkon transport them to where the portal to Earth was located.
He looked at how his friends were leaving when Viktor turned his head while crossing the portal. Sora couldn't help but smile at him. A promise of returning.
Sora left to his dungeon floor while reading the last notification of the event that transpired all this time.
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The event has ended!
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Congratulations on a successfull ending. Your rewards will be sent soon.
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——— are watching you!
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