A few hours after Lucas had defeated the drudnids, during the same time the news had already broken out in the city, a taskforce had been assembled to rescue the tourists. With some time having gone past, they had already made some progress in their investigation.
The leader of the taskforce was a famous captain and detective within the Trundel City Security Force, the equivalent of the Baylands City Patrol Corps. He went by the name Tanner and was a sixth level Apertures Opening stage stellar practitioner.
From this, one could see the difference in terms of power and quality between the cities close to the capital and the capital city-states in other continents. In a place like Baylands City for instance, a captain would only be at the fifth level. Above that and they would qualify to be a director. But in the cities close to Belfargos City, seventh level was the minimum requirement for the director role.
