Sharp footsteps rounded through the hallway, shortly thereafter loud piercing knocks sounded on the chamber door.
"Enter" a feminine voice sounded with cool detachment.
In response a giant of a man entered the chamber "Baltic, why have you disturbed me? " the female voice sounded agitated. The giant of a man apparently named Baltic had crimson red hair and a bushy beard and was missing an eye. His armor was golden at one point but now looks more tarnished as it has definitely seen battle. He was easily 7 ft tall and carried a massive axe on his back that was more like a hammer on one side and a giant curved blade on the other.
"Sir, I wanted to let you know that we might have another traveler here... In the forest area."
The female stopped what she was doing and looked at Baltic with piercing blue eyes as she stood and walked over to the map hanging on the wall showing Brutalis in all its glory.
You could see her full form now, she was wearing a silver tiara that was actually a full helmet from the back a silver veil fell down her back from the helmet. Her outfit was tight and was accented by silver and gold at her shoulders and elbows and knees with a white silk material making up the armor in between the accents, basically a body suit with armor.
"Another one!? Damn!" she slammed her fist down onto her desk and her eyes flashed silver for a moment matching her hair. "What do we know? What have you seen?"
"Nothing as of yet, but we have seen a dramatic decline in monster population in that area over the last few weeks and some of the larger monsters in that area that we have been tracking have suddenly disappeared.... You know what this means right? Minerva." Baltic asked
"This usually happens when a new traveler shows up, we have to look into this and soon before it gets too powerful." Minerva responded
Minerva was quiet for a long time before saying " we're spread thin trying to contain the monsters from the refugee camps as is. But send a two man team of our elites to hunt it." As she said this she passed Baltic a scroll with the orders on the scroll was the marking of a golden sun. The marking of the church of light.
"If we don't take it out soon, it will get as strong as the others. We should send more " Baltic said, stepping closer. He was worried.. Travelers meant trouble, if not handled immediately... travelers could become too strong to contain.
Minerva smiled " No. We will send Davek and Cassiopeia; they can easily handle it."
Hearing the the names Baltic paused "they are very highly skilled, they could more than likely do it... but still... I think that we should send a small team.."
"No that is not an option.. right now we are spread way too thin and until we know that is a dire threat I cannot send more than a couple due to the decree put out by ST Augustus, we are to conserve man power and supplies... so we do not have a choice. I will send Davek and Cassiopeia, they are highly skilled with a large body count." Minerva spoke with finality with that sentence.
"For the glory of the church of light" Baltic bowed to Minerva as he left. "I just hope that this does not go poorly for them.." Baltic thought to himself as he went to leave. " Baltic, before you go.. I have a mission for you. I have been hearing troubling reports about monster population levels in the lower levels, almost as if they sense something coming, I would like you to check into our installations in the lower levels to make sure that we are not attacked from both sides." Baltic nodded and then left the room in a hurry to prepare for his journey.
"I know they can do it, they are some of the brightest up and comers and they work well as a team. I just pray they don't destroy too much of the landscape." Minerva mused as she looked over reports from different biome's. The correspondence was from the different forts in the area's, they went over the increased weak monster activity, which meant one thing. Predators were roaming about..." I just hope its not the ancients... that's the last thing we need right now."
"The last time they came out, we lost many soldiers and friends and worst of all? They instilled fear of monsters into the brave hearts of the church of light. Ashaka, the serpent god took many into the shadows while they screamed, Fu the god of the hunt, burnt them to cinders and feasted on the remains. Goliath... the scourge of the sands destroyed many lives and personally destroyed many homes and fortress's. I personally owe that bastard.. for what he did I will get revenge for my friends."
Minvera stood up and looked out of her window. " I will not let what happened back then ever happen again, I will never let them have their way! We have to kill this new traveler no matter who or what it is... if it tips the balance of power for the Ancients... we could lose everything."
As Minerva stood there thinking about her past, she felt her heart waiver and emotions begin rising. Loss, anguish, followed by anger while she envisioned one of the ancient's face in her mind. " Goliath.. I will end you one day. I swear on the memory of my friends that you took from me, monster."
Minevera placed her hands on her chakram's that were hanging from the wall not far from her as she made this vow. " I promise" She then turned her mind to Davek and Cassiopeia " I know they can handle this trial set for them and ascend to the next level consolidating our strength even further."