Aaron's doubts were not something unfounded . The city defense shield was a technology developed after the emergence of the dimensional cracks .
It's origin isn't known to the public . The defense shield isn't alone in this aspect . Many other Innovative and magical gadgets came out after the emergence of city bases after ADAM brought a temporary peace to the world .
The magical formation that can activate the talent of a beast master , the vertical cylindrical column that can test the attributes of the beast masters , the orbolett ( the bracelet used to store the contract beasts of a beast master ) , the city defense shield , and many more are examples of the gadgets that came into being after the catastrophe . The public is aware of their existence but is not aware of their origin . They like many others are a secret only open to the beast master community .
The city defense shield among them is is a basic feature available in every city . It is a transparent hemispherical structure that covers the city bases around the world from external threats . The operating rights of the defense belongs to the city lord and other top officials in the respective city councils .
It is said that each defense shield is capable of preventing the attack of high level void beasts . If the beast tide happened as usual then the city defense shield should have defended the city for atleast 7-8 hours or so .It wouldn't have collapsed like the defense shield at the San diego base .
"Maybe it collapsed from within ." Armin said
"yeah! My thoughts didn't went in that direction ." Aaron exclaimed and continued .
"The shield must have been destroyed by someone from within . This should have helped the beasts to breach the city and orchestrate an ambush . This also explains why city lord Quentin got killed so fast and the city defense forces got destroyed suddenly . They couldn't form a decent defense tactics because they were caught off guard too."
"Who would do something like this ? don't they know helping the beasts by opening the defense shield is no different from suicide " Armin asked in doubt .
"There are all kinds of lunatics in the world . How can we know what is going on in their heads . There is also a possibility of this being the work of that fanatics from cults . Afterall they are causing trouble everywhere recently , there is a high chance that their hands are behind this . " Aaron replied .
"Here , Here ..."
A sudden burst of noise and flashes brought the attention of aaron and armin back to the tv .
A bunch of reporters were crowding around a middle aged man with a resolute face .
"lord Henderson …, lord Henderson ,…"
The noises were echoing from all corners trying to catch his attention .
"STOP ! "
with one command from his mouth the bustling group of reporters fell into a pin drop silence .
"That's Levi henderson , a lord level member of the void hall ." Aaron said with a hint of surprise .
Although he expected that the high ranking members of void hall will step out this time but watching it with his eyes is another matter . Afterall for the general public whether it's void hall or it's related matter are always shrouded in mystery .
As Aaron and Armin watched lord Henderson cleared his throat , as his piercing gaze sweeped over the crowd of reporters before he began to speak .
"Everyone must be aware of the recent events that transpired at the San diego base . we witnessed the heroic sacrifice of San diego city lord Quentin and many other beast masters . so did we seen the tragedy that occurred to the citizens of the San diego base . It wasn't just a tragedy it was a wake up call for us all .
The peace that we attained with the sweat and blood of countless beast masters , the peace we struggled to maintain for the last few decades have all come to naught . As the void beasts are once again posing a threat to our peaceful lives . Against this looming threat we must decisively fight back so as to protect our city , our people , or for our life .
As the representative of the Void hall I will henceforth announce the decision made by the council after the meeting . Anyone who dares touch the city bases whether it's beasts or humans are enemies of humanity . Against them there will be no mercy , no hesitation , there will only be action .
A high level council member of the void hall who is near to the San diego city base will immediately go over as reinforcement . we will never let any sacrifice be in vain ."
The crowd of reporters hung onto lord henderson's each and every word , letting the gravity of the situation sinking in every passing moment .
"And with that the void hall's attitude is shown ." Aaron said as he relaxed in the couch .
"But what about the defense shield ? He haven't said a word about the defense shield being broken . Aaron , do you think they haven't realized about the possible traitors in San diego base ." armin complained looking sideways .
"How can they not realize that . It is the void hall , the largest most powerful and the most mysterious organisation that is considered as the holy land by beast masters around the world .
Those old guys at the top of void hall have sharp minds like that of a fox . They should have figured out all the hidden plays behind this by now . Maybe they even know who is behind this ."
"Then why didn't he say anything now ?" armin looked confused .
"It's not that he doesn't want to say it , it's more like he doesn't dare to . The current situation have already made the public on tenderhooks , afterall such an incident hasn't happened for several decades .
Although the fight against the void beasts have been ongoing but these fights happen in the wilderness . It haven't directly affected those in the city bases . This made everyone indulge in a false illusion of peace for a long time but this attack woke everyone up . Now everyone is on tense nerves , they don't want their city to be the next one to be attacked .
If the void hall dares to reveal the information about traitors breaking the city defense shield at this time then what awaits them is a collective panic and chaos . They themselves are aware of it , so they are probably planning to deal with the traitors quietly along the way ." Aaron finished his conjecture with a smile .
"Mmm , That makes sense ." Armin mumbled before focusing his eyes back on to tv set .
Time passed slowly . They watched the press conference of the officials and various forces in the news channel . After the void hall revealed their stand all kinds of gods and demons jumped out to make their voice known .
Along with these clowns the void hall suddenly made another declaration of doing a live broadcast of the fight of that high level beast master against the beast tide in San diego city base . Aaron was quite eager to watch this fight . Afterall watching the fight of a high level beast master isn't the same as that of a middle level diamond level beast master .
Amidst the nervous expectation of Aaron the footage of the news channel changed to show the ruins of a city . In a moment few more screens popped up crowding the first screen to a corner . All of them showing the view of a ruined San diego city base from different angles .
An excited commentator's voice sounded from the TV .
"dear viewers , the visuals are taken by specially made drones provided by the void hall . These drones are more fast and more resistant to damage . They also provide ultra dynamic high quality visuals for us .
They are military grade goods used by the void hall to moniter rapidly changing , highly destructive battles of powerhouses in wilderness . Today they are provided because of some special circumstances ."
"Looks like they are going all out to change the bad impression they made this time ." aaron said with a laugh .
The visuals of the San diego base was shown from different angles . In a few hours most of the people have died . beasts were seen roaming around every nook and corner of the city . streets were filled with rivers of blood and mutilated corpses . Now except for some people who have been hiding in the city , everyone else were considered dead .
A sudden roar of thunder echoed through the Tv . the screen was filled with dazzling silver bolts of lightning . Each lightning bolts twisted wildly in the air before accurately landing on the beasts roaming through the ruins of the city blasting them into smithereens .
In an instant nearly 90% of low level beasts that constituted the beast tide were wiped out . Only leaving their charred corpses on ground .
The camera eyes of the dozen drones focused on the person standing on the ruins of a building below . countless blue silver lightning bolts that were emerging from his body , twisting around like snakes along with the eyes that were shining with blue light with the edges sparkling thunder made him look like a thunder god descending from heaven .
Aaron's gaze froze with shock as he looked at the godly figure surrounded by thunder .
"It's him . Lucas Reeves ."