Chapter 497 - Mutation (Part 2) (1/2)
Lith and Solus stored the warg's remains inside their pocket dimension before scouting the surrounding area to search for the rest of the pack. Thanks to the beta's sacrifice, the warg had been able to quickly retreat inside their underground den.
They hadn't been expecting a mage, but a voice in the back of their heads had warned them not to stray from their haven. Even though it was hard for them to even grasp the concept of caution, the alpha had followed the advice.
With intelligence came also fear. None of the monsters would hesitate to sacrifice their lives to save their kin, but with each new member of the tribe, the warg experienced more emotions.
If before life was all about feeding and breeding, now they wanted more. So much more and enough time to enjoy their achievements. They weren't willing to die in a blaze of glory, the monsters wanted to live which made them more dangerous than all of their new abilities.
Lith was slowly expanding the search area when his army communicator drew his attention.
”Where are you?” Baroness Enja asked with more than a tinge of fear in her voice.
”Taking care of your enemies. Your call might as well have given the creatures the time to escape. I told you not to bother me unless it's an emergency.”
”Four watchtowers are down, we have dozens between casualties and injuries, plus the only mage for kilometers is outside the city walls. I'd say it's quite an emergency. If another attack happens in your absence, the city will fall. Come back immediately!”
Lith hung up in reply, pondering what to do.
'Dozens of casualties? Four watchtowers? This doesn't make sense. Only two exploded before we left and we counted less than six corpses. If the attack continued even after we engaged the warg warrior, it means someone else was acting as the tribe's eyes and ears.
'We'd better get back to Maekosh. Something doesn't add up' He thought as his civilian amulet lit up.
”It's everything okay? Are you all right?” Lith asked. Kamila had never called him during her working hours just to chat.
”That's my line! We are getting reports of monster tribes popping up like mushrooms. The central command is revoking all leaves until the matter is resolved.”
”Are you saying the whole north is affected? Not only the Kellar region?” Lith could see from the hologram that she was pacing around what looked like a smoking area.
”Not just the north, but the whole Kingdom. Or better, according to a friend of mine in the foreign affairs department, the same is happening to all our neighbors. To make matters worse, some of the reports say the monsters are abnormal.”
”Abnormal how?”
Kamila checked her surroundings to make sure she was still alone before answering.
”Some seem to be more powerful, others more intelligent, and a few are all of the above. The information is strictly confidential to not spread panic. At least until the central command doesn't confirm the claims, so you heard nothing from me.”
”Actually, you may hear about it from me soon. My warg case falls into the worst case scenario. I'll give you a full report as soon as I finish examining the corpse I collected.”
”I don't care about a full report. When I call from my personal amulet, I'm your girlfriend, not your handler. I want to know if you are all right or not, you dummy!” Lith's lack of care for his own well being irked Kamila to no end.
”Oh, sorry. I'm perfectly fine. The warg I faced was completely different from what I expected, but overall it wasn't much. I'll call you later, Baroness I've-a-stick-up-my-ass is in sight.” Lith put the amulet away before landing on the western wall.