New Eden: Live to Play, Play to Live

Chapter 772 Revealing New Info

The projection differed vastly from before. Instead of a 3D rendering of a wolf, the image seemed all too real this time.

Even David was taken aback by what he saw.

“No. This can’t be right…” he muttered.

Jack heard his comment, and his heart skipped a beat. But he resumed his presentation.

“Yesterday, after learning what we might be up against, I contracted B&D Security to get some satellite imagery and a live feed of the region. We threw the net wide since we didn’t know where the beasts would be and caught their trail quickly.

“Unfortunately, what it revealed was less than comforting…” Jack said, sighing.

On the projection, the pack could be seen roaming through the wilderness with the two massive wolves leading them. But something was odd about the much larger wolves.

“What is that on their head?” Juan Clark asked, since he was the least used to New Eden monsters.

And before Jack could answer, David cut in.

“Those are horns. They are catalysts to their newfound power… These are not ordinary wolves anymore. These are Raijū. And they are rare even within New Eden. They can only be found in a specific part of the Dwarven mountain ranges and usually stay hidden…” he said, a tinge of fear in his tone.

Jack looked at David with sternness, pissed he’d been interrupted, but at least the description fit with what they had seen on the live feed.

“We didn’t know their name, but what Mr. Magnus has described sounds accurate. There seemed to be a constant onset of clouds above the pack, and we figured they were the ones affecting the weather.

“When B&D Security sent in drones to capture the live feed, the wolves quickly shot them down. This is the only footage we got out of them.”

Jack pressed his remote again, the projector switching to a video file with thirty seconds of recording.

The recording started, and the screen split into four squares with different camera angles. One was angled to the sky, recording the storm and its pitch-black clouds.

The sound of rumbling thunder echoed in the video.

Another drone had its camera angled toward the ground, recording the trail the wolves left behind and the carnage they were causing in the forest. 𝑖𝘦.𝘤𝑜𝘮

Crushed stones, uprooted trees, and burnt trunks were all that the drone was recording, and it was mildly terrifying, thinking they had done this just by being there.

The last two drones were recording the forest, trying to get an angle on their quarry, and soon found them. But as soon as they spotted the wolves, the two giant wolves also spotted them.

The enormous white wolves, with blue lightning patterns on their pelts, snapped their heads toward the two closing-in drones and snarled.

One of the two wolves’ horns lit up in a bright blue, before a lightning bolt descended from the sky, hitting the horns and shooting toward the drone. The feed from that drone immediately went dark.

The next moment, the three remaining drones turned tails to run. It was easy to guess the order to save the machines came from the pilots’ superiors.

But another blue flash across the screen occurred before another drone feed went dark.

The drones were fast little machines and covered quite a distance in a short amount of time. After ten seconds, they thought they were in the clear before something incredible happened.

Two orbs of blue lightning flashed past the drones, one on each, and the Raijū reappeared in their place. With two lightning-fast bites, the last two drone feeds went dark, and the video ended.

A heavy silence dawned on the room as the people realized what they were going up against.

“You can’t possibly want us to fight something so dangerous, right? This is way beyond abnormal animals. How did such a thing even appear on Earth?” Clark asked, fear evident in his gaze.

When Alexander and Kary had told him about the hunt the previous day, he had thought they would just be fighting giant wolves. He was sure they could manage as long as they stayed regular animals with bigger bodies and slightly better physical capabilities.

But these were all but regular animals, anymore.

“I mean, lightning? These things are shooting lightning out of their bodies! Have you ever watched videos of what happens to humans when struck by a lightning bolt? It’s almost guaranteed death!”

Panic was already taking hold of him as he realized the folly of his choice. He should have never agreed.

Alex put his hand on the trainer’s shoulder.

“Clark, calm down. I know the stakes are high, but we still have a good chance of dealing with these. Also, consider the carnage these would do if they ever reach the city. Not many people can even dream of fighting against those yet. We have to do this.”

Clark’s eyes were wide with panic, like a deer in front of high beams, as he imagined himself getting carbonized by a lightning strike. And Alexander’s words only stoked that panic.

“If so little people can fight this, all the more reason for me not to be here! I’m not a superhero, Alex! I might be able to take on stronger people now, but that doesn’t mean I can fight a monster straight out of New Eden!”

His agitation made Juan nervous, as the young man also didn’t think he was up to the task.

Behind Jack, Margarett looked at them and shook her head in disappointment.

‘That’s what I feared. They are just scared kids. How can I trust them with my life if we battle such monsters…’

Cory looked at the man throwing his tantrum, and he felt uneasy. This was a grave matter.

He also was shaking in his boots. But when he imagined these monsters rampaging in a city filled with innocent people, his mind refused to devolve into panic.

He couldn’t let that happen. He wouldn’t

David was still looking at the projected image, which was now just a black blob, and his mind was fumbling with thoughts.

‘This changes everything. All those calculations are void… Even with all ten of us, our chances are meagre.’

Looking at Cory, he wondered how much of his avatar’s powers the boy had on this side.

‘Maybe with his help, we have a chance at not losing anyone, but grave injuries are bound to happen… If only I had formed my mana lobe already. I could pull out so much more undead. The world’s mana is still too weak…’

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