Concentration and determination are the differences between success and failure. If you have both to the peak of your capacity you will succeed.
' the crystals have been used for generations to give us power and for medical reasons. Only operatives in the modern era can use the energy stored within at will'
Damien was still trying to finish the book. He was taking it one paragraph at a time sometimes for two times.
' I really should check on Clare'
He gets up and completely forgets the book.
" I understand that you were following orders but do you have the authority to change tactics, besides I told you to kill it if necessary"
Kruger was still really ticked off although it had happened a whole two days ago.
" I understand sir. Urm sir was that the only reason you called me?"
" Ooh no no. Where having a meeting today and your director has asked you to be present for it"
" I understand sir. Sir is he coming?"
" Of course he is. This is a meeting of all high standing regional heads in both USA and Asia"
" Ooh, ok. Thank you sir. I'll take my leave now"
" Wait first, tell Ur officers to not bother with searches for that wolf"
" May I ask why"
" The last time we had a beast that fought other beasts hundreds of operatives died. I don't want to lose people like that this time "
" Then sir may I suggest telling that to officer Elissa. She seems to have run off to hunt it down "
" Then you now have a new objective, after the meeting,locate her and stop her. She might not even get to him before those nymphs catch her."
' why in hells name are we being pulled off the search ' Blake wondered to himself. Looking at his phone he felt like smashing something.
" Damn!!! Another one. This is three chances to smash something I've lost."
" To be fair, it was likely you wouldn't have gotten to fight it either "
" Not if I have my way"
Neil was surprised that he'd missed the fight between the two beasts so he wasn't too in the mood to listen to Blake
' wait, I'm getting sad that I missed a fight?
Damn it I might have spent too much time with blake.'
The room used this time was different. This one had iron doors, and was located in another wing of the building. It was almost as if the new room was a secret bunker. It probably was considering the people who were in it. All executives from every single branch in the US and Asia the only two continents with majority of its population being humans. The rest like beldungryts and falaria where home to single species or two. Only syntax that housed all races. It wasn't like there was a ban on other races it was simply discrimination or counting by mass population or even like USA and capital B (aka beldungryts) that had agreements to keep their people separate.
The only differences between Asia and USA, was that in Asia instead of operatives and organisations they had clans and a variety of fighters, from ' ninjas' to ' demon slayers '. Everything else was relatively the same.
Simon didn't know why he was required to attend but anyone who saw him automatically agreed that he was supposed to be here. He didn't have that large of a reputation, not like Neil or Blake even. So why people felt that way about him was a mystery.
Once the last seat in the room was occupied the meeting began without any delay. The first thing Simon noticed was that captain Arlen was present. In the whole world he was the third most decorated person if, you exempt leaders.
" We all know why we're here. Over the past month the scale of threats all across our respective areas have increased. In some of these areas, core beasts of unprecedented scale and might have spawned. Originally thought to be a coincidence we tackled the situation as usual but now with help from the head of the mai clan, we have uncovered that this is a combined effort from several intelligent beasts. The amount of such creatures is unknown but from what we could gather one called ' basz' is co ordinating their attacks. Unfortunately for us he to us an unknown.
This meeting has been called without the permission of our leaders since it's our specific job to handle such matters. This meeting isn't just to spread dread amongst ourselves but to work together to find a way to understand the ideas of these beasts."
Everyone in the room stared at the speaker for a moment before each of them began to converse amongst themselves.
Simon sat beside the chief and since he was an unknown he wasn't included in the discussion. Only the chief that asked him questions from time to time.
" I'd like to speak " Simon stood up from his seat and gained the interest of all in the room.
" The question of their motive can only be answered by acknowledging what kind of sentience they have. Is anyone in this room aware of how they came to be intelligent"
A random fatso that looked like he had been through hell, spoke. " The abilities and existence of beasts has never fully been understood so their intelligence should be thought of as one such unknown "
Ignoring the contribution from the fatso. " It seems like non of us know anything truly yet from what I can see and hear"
" How dare you activate your crystal in here!! " Another person said
" I didn't need to, you weren't being discreet. All of you are planning on how to kill these things but non of you know anything about them. For all we know they could be chaos beasts and if that's the case we won't be able to kill them and using the chain of islands won't be off much help since it's efficiency has deepened on the stupidity of these things. If truly we want to understand them we should continue the search for the one here."
" I agree with the kid. We know next to nothing we should put our efforts into this search"
Murmurs started with incredible speed and soon most were coming to the same conclusion. That capturing the one here was the best way forward.
" But if we do get it how do you intend on making it reveal it's plans to use?" The fatso asked trying to discredit Simon.
" We the mai clan can handle it"
...
The first speaker stood again
" So we've come to a conclusion. All those with forces to spare should designate them to this location."
When Damien had originally started living here he had expected that there would be a nymph here but he didn't expect there to be just one.
Clare was the oddest nymph you'll ever meet.
Nymphs where generally playful and only became dangerous if their habitats are harmed. Normally a nymphs domain spans about a foot wide around their anchor. An anchor could be anything that is natural but it mostly was trees and rivers. Most nymphs had one or two trees as theirs.A nymph can't be killed until their whole habitat is destroyed. They are all very capable fighters. Clare didn't follow any of the norms. First she was aggressive 24/7, she attacked all no matter what you've done or not done but most odd of all was her habitat. She controlled a total of 63 trees and a myriad of plants.
Damien was utterly surprised when he came and wasn't attacked immediately. He had asked around previously so he expected to at least fight for a chance to stay.
When the next morning he woke up to a beautiful girl staring at him. He was shocked and almost ran.
Eventually they became friends and she helped him from time to time. Even when he was adding a foreign tree to her forest.
She often acted as if she was his mother and scolded him if he did stupid things.
" Hey! Clare! Where are you!?"
Normally he can find people easily but Clare couldn't be detected with any conventional means.
" Hey. Where did you rush of to before?"
Damien turns to the beautiful nymph that stands behind him in the ....
" Do you mind!? Please cover yourself up with something at least."
" Ooh yh that. I really forget that you people prefer to cover your bodies "
" Mmhm. I'm literally wearing clothes everyday"
" You weren't before you ran off the last time. Speaking of which, what happened?"
" Ooh I went to fight this oversized beast in town "
Twack ! A branch had struk his face with enough force to bleed the average person.
" Damn! You cut me "
" Relax besides you deserve it. What possessed you to reveal yourself to the humans"
" You say that as if I'm not human too "
" Erm well you... "
She disappeared into a cloud of pollen and dust
" Hey, Damien is it? What are you doing here?"
Elissa asked coming in from the side of the forest.
Damien turned to face her with his perfect and unblemished face and noticed the gear she was carrying, it seemed as if she was hunting something.
' dammit !!!'