fynovel Chapter 913: Bestial clash (1)
Chapter 913: Bestial clash (1)
Chapter 913: Bestial clash (1)
Erik scanned the forest as it rolled by, alert for any signs of danger along the way. The clones loped steadily beneath them, intent on making the journey as smooth as possible for their pretty riders.
After some time, Mira rode up next to Erik, her long braid whipping in the wind. "What is your plan once we reach New Alexandria?"
"First, we'll need to get in touch with Major Fischer. Last I heard, he was making preparations for a big attack against Volkov. But of course, they could all be dead by now."
"You do not look confident in their abilities." Mira said.
"It's not that I'm not, but Volkov has the blackguards, and the blackguards... well, there is no need to tell you how problematic they are. Besides, all of this is without considering brain crystal weapons or double or triple brain crystal powers. It's a mess."
Mira nodded, having heard rumors of growing unrest in the city. "Do you think they will be good allies?"
"Hard to say," Erik said. In all honesty, not even he was certain of that, but having more hands on deck will be useful.
"But regardless, they will give us a place to stay, an information network, and the like. You don't know this since you are from Etrium, but the people we are going to meet are all in the army. They know what they are doing."
For Mira, it was weird, because there wasn't an army in the traditional sense in Etrium, only mercenaries.
"Well, as you say, knowing what they are doing doesn't mean being able to."
"That's true..." Erik paused a second.
"Anyway, the first thing we have to do is establish a base of operations within the city, a place where we can safely make more clones. After that, it's all about gathering intelligence. There is nothing that a good, old investigation can't solve."
Mira pondered this. "The usual, right?"
Erik nodded. "The usual..."
Their conversation was interrupted then as Hugo crested a rise, shaking his massive head and making a snort.
Hugo's snort pulled Erik from his thoughts, drawing his attention ahead. Through the trees, a partial clearing came into view where the forest had been damaged.
Erik shielded his eyes from the sun as Hugo approached the area.
Scattered tree trunks and snapped branches littered the ground, partially obstructing their path.
If all the monsters that came from the Eldraith mountain range were at the Hevadrin's same level, Erik doubted the clones could kill them.
"Should we hunt them?" Emily asked. Erik turned to look at her.
"It depends. For sure, they pose a threat to Liberty Watch since we are still very close to it. But the scale of this destruction suggests the thaids are not weak ones, as I've already said. To have twenty-three neural links is not that much; honestly, the problem is that whatever did fight here has more. I can't explain the destruction otherwise. Besides, when I fought with the Hevadrin, we didn't make the same mess as here, and yet that thing was powerful."
What Erik was trying to say was that stronger beasts didn't automatically equate to bigger messes. But they were still needed to make a chaos like this.
Erik thought back to when he started this weird journey. The thought of killing a flying thaid was harrowing back then.
Of course, for him, that became easy. What baffled him was that there were people who could do the same a long time ago but never did.
The blackguards had the power to kill flying thaids; otherwise, they wouldn't even stand a chance against him back in Caelora City.
Yet they did nothing. The same could be said for Shade and his men.
When he fought them, even he had to be careful. This meant that humanity was stronger than what the average person thought, but they still lived in fear. Why?
Now Erik had to kill Volkov and destroy their men, yet he had to be careful.
It was weird considering that not long ago; he thought he should have been strong enough to destroy New Alexandria alone.
Of course, that was because of brain crystal weapons and Doran's research; otherwise...
The real question was, were things changing too fast, or did the world's governments lie
about humanity's strength?
Erik was inclined to think it was the second.
"We can't possibly leave whatever was here around," Amber said.
"She is right," Mira interjected. "Do you think you can hunt this thing?"
Erik looked at her with an amused smile. "Of course I am!"