Ascenders Rift

Chapter 200: Plans For Moving Forward

A cool wind blew across the night sky as if trying to push away the foul stench of corpses that littered giant pit filled with both human and body shifters. After arriving at the hidden lair, Milon and Vernisa had commanded all forces to clean up the remnant Body Shifters.

Layla, Emilia, Breya, and Evan had also helped out and only took a break once they ensured all threats were handled. Those that could be captured were naturally secured by a separate team and placed in confinement for information purposes.

By now, the scene had regained some normality as Evan, Milon, Wilma, Vernisa as well as Layla and the other girls were gathered together. Even Rick, who had previously been a fair distance away, had arrived and was about to take part in a meeting.

Breya had a device that was currently showing Joe's face along with Leo and his crew, each of them showing serious looks as if they heard an alarming piece of news.

Milon looked at Evan and spoke as if he couldn't quite believe what he heard, "Are you certain about those words?"

Evan seeing the faces of those from Qeodreona shook his head and spoke, "As crazy as it may sound, yes, I am sure. We did our research, and we've found out quite a few details, I am certain that person I saw was Krasac, or rather it was a Body Shifter that used Krasac's corpse."

"How can this be? Krasac died during the first incident of the Origin Lab, no one would have been crazy enough to go there after what happened to Newzer, and those darn flesh mutators and insects had taken the world as their playground. Even if he did survive, how would those Body Shifters even come to our world when we've been guarding and shifting the only entrance every few months?" Milon said with a look of puzzlement.

Vernisa thought for a bit before she spoke, "There's a possibility..."

Milon looked at her with a puzzled look but said nothing, the same was for Leo and the others who were native. However, Evan and the others were different; they had a hunch as to what the reason was.

As expected, Vernisa spoke their thoughts, "It could be that there are likely more than one entrances to the secret space. In this scenario, they wouldn't even have to come to the world, as it was even possible that Krasac, who was more or likely injured during that disaster, must have found and gain access to a portal during that time."

Milon was shocked; he spoke, "What? Then you don't mean..."

Vernia's eyes turned solemn as she spoke, answering his words, "Yes, this portal should most definitely be within the old lab itself..."

A dark look came over Milon's face as he felt as if this couldn't get any worse, he knew just what kind of monster was lying in wait in the lab, no one knew what kind of disaster it could bring if it were to come to this word at this time.

Evan seeing his look knew what he was thinking, but he spoke, "You don't have to worry,"

Milon and Vernisa looked at him with a puzzled look as if asking what he meant by those words. Evan looked at them before gesturing at Breya as he spoke, "I had asked my companion to do a bit of research, this led us into the learning quite a few things you see. That creature won't be attacking, for now, it's likely waiting for the appearance of something."

When Milon and Vernisa heard this, their eyes widened as they recalled a few events in the past, a few secret data from the old government that wasn't leaked to anyone else.

"Are you talking about that thing, the very origin of all this chaos?" Milon said with a sharp look in his eyes.

"Indeed, it's likely that not only it, but a few others are waiting for its next appearance..." Evan said with a sharp glint in his eyes.

Milon and Vernisa were smart; they picked up what he was trying to get at, causing their faces to turn pale. Milon exclaimed, "You mean that the Mother and Insect Hive is similarly interested!"

Evan sighed at those words, he shook his head and spoke, "I can't say for sure about the Insect Hive, but we can't count them out just yet. As for the Mother Breed... I am certain of it..."

When Evan said this, his thoughts ran back to how the pendant linked him to the Mother Breeds nest; there was undoubtedly a portal there, and it's most likely the one which connects to the closes area for the appearance of the World Tree.

Milon took a moment to calm down before he spoke, "Then, Sir Evan, doesn't this mean that this entire realm will transform in a bloody battle zone shortly? How can we survive the conflict with the monsters from Mother Breed plus these darn Body Shifters, not to mention that monstrous plant life? If the Insect Hive even attacks, we'll be in enough danger as it is..."

Vernisa and the others also had a dark look on their faces; Layla and those belonging to Evan's party said nothing, they were a bit uncertain as to what Evan had planned to get them out of this one.

Evan looked at them and spoke, "There's one thing we can do, and that's to fight, running away gets us nowhere. However, so long as there are ample preparations, I am sure that we can face all obstacles. Remember, we're not fighting alone. My kind is already distracting the strongest and most numerous force; as such, the numbers we will see won't be that large. As for the strongest entities, you should leave those to us..."

When Evan said this, a sharp look came into his eyes, as even Layla, Breya, Emilia, and Rick felt a tinge of confidence. They felt that if they had a bit more time to power up and gathered more gear, they could annihilate the bosses one by one or with tactics.

When Milon and the other natives heard those words, they looked at Evan's party deeply; they could feel the confidence oozing from their bodies.

There change caused Milon, Vernisa, and Wilma to feel a tinge of reliance as if they could place the major weight on their shoulders and focus on what they could do

They looked at each other before they nodded as Milon glanced at Evan and spoke, "Fine, we'll leave dealing with the most serious threat to your party, as for the rest, hmph! We humans aren't so easily bested, even more so once we have made the right amount of preparations!"

A fierce look in his eyes as he now showed the spirit of a tiger, a sight truly fitting as one of the Heroes of Qeodreona.

Evan nodded at this; he glanced at Layla, Breya, and Emilia before nodded, they each knew what the nod meant as he spoke to them in private before the meeting.

He then glanced at Milon and spoke, "Well then, City Head Milon, now that we've cleared up these details, I'll say this right now, my party and I are going to search for the rest of those lairs, based on the date Wilma and my companion Breya had gathered from separate ends. We must remove as much as these Body Shifters as we can, especially that mutant clone, it is one of the greatest threats that is currently residing in this world."

Milon recalled the previous words Evan said about it; his eyes turned stern as he spoke, "Indeed, I have no complaints of you taking action, we of Qeodreona can't thank you all enough for your help. We will be mobilizing our strongest forces to aid you in this task; as you've said, the sooner we find them and remove them, the more we can prepare for the greater war."

Evan nodded at those words; he rose to his feet as did Layla and the others, along with Milon and the native officials.

Evan glanced at Milon before turning around and leaving with Layla and the others; his voice sounded as they slowly left the area, "Good, let's work together for the better of both our kinds, the future is in all our hands."

Milon and the others watched as Evan's party left, their eyes having a firm look as they knew from this point on, it will be battle to the end with these pests. 

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