Organ harvesting Dinesh said closing his eyes A lot of metal tables in the inner parts of the bunker Large glass containers filled with flesh And there were a lot of empty cells that we found
Randidly breathed slowly out his eyes narrowing There were two bits of information here First that the Unity Church really was involved in some very dark things From the first time he had run into them he had suspected it but he didnÆt want to let his atheism color his opinion But so it was
The second thing was that there was a trace around them A hint of the scent of a familiar Aether
The Creature
Unity Church huh Randidly said almost to himself thinking over his scans of their area Nothing of note that he could remember But a lot of bodies
Dinesh nodded as if it had been a question for him They responded quickly too We hit the bunker hard Tykes going wild on the cave fortifications they had to guard and Karlito and I following to mop up the rest They put up a good fight but they did more damage to themselves in the fight throwing themselves against us than we actually inflicted Within 10 minutes a team of 20 had arrived and we had to slip past with illusions
Randidly grinned and saw Dinesh shiver slightly But he couldnÆt help it Because at that moment Randidly finally found a target for his focus
But even though he caught the scent it was still extremely faint Just passed along through several intermediaries Perhaps the upper levels of the church
But even more confusing why was the Creature involved in organ harvesting
Chapter 541
Donny steepled his fingers his expression grave What do we know
They knew the location of the mine They knew its defenses at least in the general sense They knew the location of Tellumurite in the mines They retrieved the Tellumurite ItÆs hard to tell if they knew our shipping schedule but they struck two days prior to the packing day Therefore they received five days worth of the mineral Mrs Hamilton said smoothly as if she was checking off items from a list in her mind Then she glanced at Simon who sat cross legged in the middle of the room
It was extremely rare for Simon to travel anywhere in person since he had become the ZoneÆs Champion Which just made Donny more worried
Simon said nothing so Mrs Hamilton continued
Their main force was composed of Raid Boss minions The Raid Bosses themselves were located in a small camp several miles away Their location has been found but they have done well to cover their tracks The Raid Boss minions were released to run rampant Although we may have missed a few Glendel is using his ghosts to cover most of the plains as we speak Based upon these facts I surmise that they have been biding their time nearby the mine for at least a month building up forces These all were fodder to obtain the mineral
Why Donny asked straightening his hands and flexing them Why spend so much time to get Tellumurite It can give a boost to Skill performance and learning Skills but with just that amount
We canÆt rule out that they plan to use it in an unusual way Mrs Hamilton said with a sigh
you mean in the way Randidly used it To ignite a great deal of Aether to cause an explosion Donny said with a sigh We are talking real terrorists And if thatÆs the case I assume the prime suspect is Yystrix The Creature as Randidly calls her
All gazes turned to the fourth person in the room Lyra She calmly sipped her team seemingly unperturbed by their suspicions Donny had taken RandidlyÆs message seriously but he had a very different relationship with Lyra He understood that she was prideful but she truly wanted the best for humanity
But her posture now very clearly indicated that she would contribute nothing to the conversation So Donny moved the topic forward
He turned to Simon How did you miss this With this many Raid Bosses shouldnÆt it be easy to detect
Simon sighed and Donny was surprised that now of all times Lyra spoke up Let Mrs Hamilton talk about the core squad of the enemyÆs operation
Yes I believe that also contains the answer I am of the opinion that the Creature had a hand in this but she hired out the labor The core was four individuals A man with obsidian armor A huge man with a deep bass voice who remained covered the entire time A strange monster the size of a car And
Simon sighed again and then spoke Someone who wields a hammer yes It was they that struck the final blow
The room fell silent for several seconds
Thea Donny said slowly looking around Lyra smiled at him
She is Nemesis The Village Spirit who had once been a person said softly Just like Champions seek to raise us up us as in Humans Nemesai will attempt to make us fail the tests of the System The Calamity is their god It makes sense that they would work in conjunction with Yystrix
The group mulled that over for a bit A classification that would hinder the Zone made a lot of sense considering the past moves the System made to fuck them over It was just somewhat tiring because there was always a trap
But where did they find the man with the obsidian armor that kept Decklan tied up That level of fighter he wasnÆt someone from Zone 1 unless they are severely tricking us with the information available Donny said
Mrs Hamilton pushed her glasses up her nose I have a theory But it has some troubling implications Specifically that the SystemÆs goal is to punish overly powerful races Even the final resting places of seven Zones means that there would be an extremely high pressure
She trailed off for a second then snapped back into focus What IÆm saying is that I believe that the obsidian armored man was in fact a foreign power But he was not a person He was Zone 1Æs Nemesis
Everyone fell silent again Simon opened his eyes slowly I had felt something was wrong But to think well as you expect I have tested my limits I cannot leave the Zone I am bound here I did not lie Nothing changed after joining the wider world I can dream of anything under the sun as long as I dream it here
so the working theory is that there is System created super powerful terrorists Donny said slowly That can move from Zone to Zone And as more Zones connect to the wider world the more of them there will be can they be killed
This final question was directed at Lyra She nodded Plus all ChampionsÆ powers currently grow fuzzy around the Nemesis A head start When there are more that fuzziness will fade so they can be located more easily
Better to kill them now IÆll look into it Mrs Hamilton said with a nod
Donny almost wanted to smile If today was any other day he would have smiled at the relentless practicality of the woman Just like that a whole new series of threats were coming their way but she faced it unflinchingly Donny wished for that assuredness
He also wished that the Ghosthound was still here Because what he had to do next was very difficult But the Ghosthound had made his choice clear and it made sense Donnyton needed to grow on its own It couldnÆt rely on that manÆs strength forever
With a sigh Donny stood The rest followed his lead Well letÆs get to it This funeral wonÆt run itself
Randidly left the compound before Tatiana had emerged content to return another time to speak with her about her presence there He moved Nathan and the rest into town where they took up residence in his small hovel like it was nothing Tanya seemed the most happy because there was a distinct lack of hairdressers in the steelworkersÆ town
But Karlito took all of an hour to ingratiate himself with some seedy looking workers and was soon playing dice while preparing his stew Bruya hummed softly and began curing leather from some monster they had killed Tykes was surly and seemed perpetually looking West towards the girl he had carried
Nathan was the most delighted because he finally had some children his own age to play with
Each wore a powerful illusion as their faces were known to Ghost which was another headache that Randidly needed to explain to Tatiana But that could wait for now
Randidly had intended to return to the smelting rooms to make some more metals but he was stopped by another large screen that the Unity Church had erected Now they were talking about asking for volunteers in the building of their new shelters for the rapidly growing number of refugees The government predicted another wave of suburbs would be freed up in a week and they needed labor to finish the project in time