Chapter 64: Earthquake (1/2)

6 AM in the morning at Art Beats Castle; the city had yet to properly ”wake up” as it only had around ten percent of its peak.

However, it was different for an agency that handled the ”ground” movement. Two buildings next to the portal that led to Earth, there was a certain three-story building with all light turned on.

If one took a closer look inside, all people were panicking over something as they held a meeting in a small room.

There were ten people gathered, facing each other. One of them stood up and slammed the table. Next to his hand was another Skylink, projecting a blue screen.

This translucent screen glowed brightly even under the shining light bulb.

A middle-aged man, who slammed the table earlier, clenched his teeth and looked at the research. ”This is not possible. We need to inform the government to announce the closure immediately. What is the magnitude?”

”Our prediction is around 7.0 – 7.5, but the situation has become a bit more extreme, so I'm afraid it can go all the way to 8.0.” Another man raised his hand and answered him.

Although the satellite couldn't be launched in this world, they could still detect an Earthquake and estimate its impact, giving a prior warning to save many lives.

”Time?”

”It's between three hours to half a day.”

”Kh. It's barely enough.” The middle-aged man frowned and said, ”We can't save every single person outside this castle. They also need that kind of resolve to hunt monsters there. However, an Earthquake with this magnitude will surely cause a huge migration for monsters, so I'm afraid there is a place where it will endanger so many lives.”

”Where is it, Leader?”

”It's the training camp. My son is on it too. Although they have fighters from the military, I'm not sure what effect the Earthquake will give to the entire camp.” He gritted his teeth and pointed his finger to the first subordinate next to him. ”You're going to inform the government to send their planes to pick the students up.”

”Yes, Sir. I shall do it immediately.” He nodded and left the room.

The leader then pointed to another one. ”You go signal for the military to prevent any of the people coming out of this castle. I will give the Earthquake warning too. The others will continue observing this Earthquake and inform me if there's a chance.”

”Yes, Sir.”

The building became busy so soon.

As one would expect, the government had understood the graveness of this matter and sent their military airplanes to evacuate the students until they deemed it safe enough to continue.

Unfortunately for them, there was still a chain of command. The time they took to reach was more than two hours. Of course, this would be fine since they could return to Art Beats Castle with the airplane, even in the worst-case scenario.

Yet, they couldn't rejoice because around ten percent of the students had actually gone hunting monsters. And most of them were elites in the school who understood the real test in the first training camp.

”…” The moment Theo's teacher overheard their conversation, she closed her eyes for a minute before leaving with a serious expression. She also felt something didn't match up and wanted to see the real cause that might add something to this incident.

Meanwhile, Theo and Alea just reached their destination as they ended up finding a cave first before hunting.