The meeting went on for a while more before everyone left the building and either went to their various places of work which were only those who still had one and needed it to survive or where they've decided to spend their leisure time for the guild members who were retired. It was just a couple of minutes since this particular Saturday afternoon started and those at a certain bar as well as other leisure establishments were tuning their television sets to the highly anticipated broadcast of trial currently taking place inside the Metro City's High court.
This particular bar was the one inside the apartment building where most of the Hunters guild members lived and although other people from different buildings and streets could come in to spend their time and were even presently inside and getting a few drinks too, those more prone to patronize and are seen to be more now were the tenants of this building. Also, the Hunter's guild conference building*STATIC* As the "STANDBY..." message remained on the middle and the sound of static buzzing from the television set became the center of attention of everyone who had been watching the trail from wherever they are, Paul and Steve remained sat, leaned forward and staring with their foreheads scrunched denoting scepticism while their minds were perplexed as to what had just happened. The two men of varying ages sat in silence for a couple of seconds with each trying to first come to an understanding of what just happened on their own before they even attempt at asking the other for their input. Because the silence had gone on for too long, even though it had only been seconds, Paul decided he would just get it over with and because Steve was the one who had been watching the trail since it started and he had just joined him when this happened, maybe the younger man would have a better clue than he who obviously didn't. "What in the world just happened?"
"""WHAT!!?""" Everyone everywhere which this broadcast was being watched by had a moment of unanimous exclamation as they all couldn't believe what they just heard with their own ears. "The truth about the Pyrex 9 virus? What the hell does that mean?" Paul mumbled, paying close attention so he doesn't miss anything being said. The masked individual continued "About two decades ago the president of the GHA, Gabriel Beldior Valestein, who is indeed a very terrifying man, stumbled upon a one of a kind gemstone, a boy who so happened to possess inhumanly abilities and that knowledge was shared only with those in power with those big names including your nation's former presidents, the military general directly under him as well as the rulers of your Three Kingdoms. Like all power hungry maniacs who aren't satisfied with the stolen resources your ancestors gave to them they still sought for a way to make more of this gemstone but tried to keep everything under wra
The power to the television, fan and all the lightbulbs went out and they were left to the light source coming in through the windows. Same windows which the murmurs from the bar was currently sipping through as they reacted to the power being out too. "Weird! The power has never been out before. You paid the light bill like you're supposed to right Pa?" Steve asked dropping the remote on the armrest again while attempting to stand up. "Of course I did. Listen to Kevin and the rest, you can tell that our apartment isn't the only place without power. Must be a block wide thing" said Paul, getting up too and walking over to the window. "Or maybe the entire district" After looking out to a digital billboard all the way at the neighboring block and seeing that it was off too Paul concluded. "Damn! If that's the case then what'd you think could have caused it!" "I don't know, maybe somethings wrong at the pla— Huh? What's
With the sound of two gun shots fired and their pitches that made it clear that they were both from two different guns the Upriser Lieutenant and the regular Upriser who had had Michelle pinned down were both hit and pushed backwards, both slamming a portion of their bodies on the van which they came here with. Surprised at what just happened but also happy and being able to see the opportunity that had just presented itself the Hunters who were in the bar and had first rushed but were forced to stop by the Upriser Lieutenant until this happened still had a little momentum in them which they instantly added more to and picked up their pace, dashing outside the bar and standing in an improvised support formation behind the others, Michelle and Kevin who had gone down and was helping her up. "Wait!" Laying on the ground and managing to rest his body on the tire of the van as he applied pressure on his shoulder which was where the bullet had hit, a few centimete
They were the only line of defense for a range of here and they were the only ones permitted to have guns, although having limited ammunition so they felt like it was up to them to defend the block "You must not have done your proper research before coming over here. Every single person standing out here with a weapon in their hand and challenging you right now is either a veteran or has had multiple dealings in dangerous life threatening situations during our past lives so if this is to become a blood bath then we're all ready for it" "I know all about all your past accolades. Members of the Hunters guild and you aren't afraid of a battle, however, if we're speaking about research then I should let you know that we know that the only ammunition you have are those currently in your guns and you can't have any more except you've been permitted to and that's not going to happen right now so once you've fired and your cartridge comes empty that's it for yo
A couple of minutes, up to thirty minutes earlier, after the meeting at the Hunters guild conference Hall pertaining the shifting of their annual hunting festival had just concluded and most had started heading out to continue with the rest of their day, Xander and a few others were made to stay behind and tidy up the place before they leave as it was their time on the roster. "You're joining me later for a drink right Xander?" Asked Kevin as he, Michelle and Paul were just about to head out. "Of course Kevin, it's a shame that I have to arrange today or we would have watched the trail together but once I'm done here it'll only take me a moment to get to the bar" "Yeah, but what the real shame here is is that because we're leaving before you and since I can't wait cause I'm missing trail time right now, we can't get a ride in that Jeep of yours. Could have gotten to the bar a lot faster with that beauty instead of having to trek like everyone else
Xander held on to his phone with both hands then sat on the chair, slouching forward and hands between his thighs like he was in deep thought as the rest of the broadcast went on, concentrating on it with all his mind. He was internalizing every single word that was being said and as he sat like that the others who had all been busy cleaning and were almost done with their parts all started to throw glances towards the man. "Hey, what's wrong with Xander?" "We've been cleaning all this time and are almost done but he hasn't gotten far with his own part and now he's seating like that. You think he's sick or something?" "Lemme go ask him" said one of the other Hunters, a female who walked up to the man and placed her hand on his shoulder in an attempt at getting his attention which she did. "What?" Xander took out one of the airpods and looked up at the lady who looked genuinely concerned "You okay Xander? You're
Because he had been streaming the trail broadcast as well as the news report given to everyone by the Upriser commander like a podcast he hadn't really seen much from the stream but during that time he had sat down in order to get a better listen which was when the others thought that he had gotten sick, Xander had seen a short few seconds of the broadcast and saw the uniforms that the three Uprisers on the screen had had on and it was uncanny from what these assailants had on now. "Drop it! Drop your weapons now!" Shouted the Uprisers as they stormed inside the building and with the force and pressure they were coming in with, a few of the Hunters in the conference Hall already, especially the lady who used to be a secretary before but now a hunter couldn't help but have her hand trembling with fear as this was a situation she has never been in before. However, because the others still had their weapons pointed and were willing to die to fight for themselves