Sobek was sure that even in his absence, the dinosaurs would do just fine. In fact, every time he went to sleep, the pack was in danger of unbalancing.
The lack of a strong central figure created not a few problems, not so much for the common dinosaurs but above all among the 'higher spheres', namely Buck, Old Li, Blue, Carnopo and Apache. All the other dinosaurs were their subjects, so no one would dare disobey them; but there was no hierarchical relationship between them. To decide, they couldn't just order each other what to do because they were all on the same level.
For animals there were only two categories: commanders and commandeds. In a pack it was unthinkable that there wasn't a single individual at the center of all to command all the others. Hierarchies could exist, but only if there was a strong central figure to mediate during the discussions would the pack have avoided breaking apart.
Buck, Carnopo, Old Li, Apache and Blue were therefore in a prec
Chloe urgently needed a good amount of caffeine. Her mind was now falling apart and her body was practically begging for mercy. Being a direct employee of the Commission was sometimes downright detrimental, especially if you were involved in important state matters. Unfortunately for her, Chloe had been involved in the most important and complicated question of state that humanity had ever experienced. Since she returned, every day had been a constant filling out of paperwork, answering questions, holding interviews, talking to important people, running from one part of her and other countries to another, and often sustaining real interrogations by the Commission. She had so much work to do that she once couldn't sleep for two full days. She was pretty sure she got an ulcer just for stress. And then that damned little girl got into it too! She admired Jocelyne's work, but so far she had done nothing but cause her problems. Not only did she create an excessive number of headaches in
[Evolution completed! Congratulations, you have evolved to Spinosaurus perfectus!]"At long last! Who knows what happened while I was sleeping” was Sobek's first thought as soon as he opened his eyes. As usual, his much better senses than before confused him, since he was now much more powerful seeing, hearing and smelling, but he tried to pay attention to them as little as possible.Fortunately, Old Li was there waiting for him. "Pack leader, you are awake!"The words of the ankylosaurus were received with even more intensity due to Sobek's amplified hearing, which confused the spinosaurus even more. As usual after each evolution, Sobek found himself hoping for a bit of silence. “Let's think about the important things! Did something relevant happen while I was asleep?""No, pack leader, you can rest assured!" Old Li answered. “The humans respected the covenants and there were no conflicts. Everything went exactly as you wanted""
“Old Li, call Apache. I have a job for him" he ordered.The ankylosaurus did not have it repeated twice and ran away, albeit rather awkwardly due to its size. Sobek turned to Buck: “How's the recruiting going? And the training?"In the two weeks in which he had evolved he had not been able, for obvious reasons, to receive the daily report on how the increase in the troops of his army was proceeding, so he wanted to inquire immediately."It's going well" Buck replied. "So far, about three hundred thousand dinosaurs have completed training and are ready for battle. As for recruiting… according to our scouts, only a few herds of dinosaurs have yet to join us. Our herd has now exceeded the figure of one million individuals"'If that's the case, then it's shortly before he rises to the rank of beast lord' Sobek mused. "Very good. When all the dinosaurs on the continent are gathered and trained, we will have an army more than sufficient to op
The pterosaurs he had sent to other continents didn't take long to reach other continents. As Sobek already knew, those animals were suitable for flying very long distances and thanks to their beaks they could easily feed while fishing. In addition, some of them had a high resistance to salinity, like some birds, and this allowed them to drink sea water.In just four days they had crossed the thousands of miles of oceans that separated them from other continents. After that, using the mind-sharing ability of [Contract], Sobek began receiving several images of the places they were visiting.However, the images he received were not of the quality he expected. The pterosaurs spent almost all of their lives in the sky, so all he received was an overview of the territory. However, this caused him to miss out on many details that would have been crucial to establishing a base there. He needed more details: the conformation of the territory, the steepness of the cliffs, which
"We have absolute confirmation now" said Robert Oz. “If he's evolved, then it has to be him. Sobek is the one who owns the Mother Cell"The news of Sobek's evolution into a completely new creature had not gone unnoticed by Jocelyne and her companions. From their point of view, that was the confirmation of Dr. Oz's thesis: as he had foreseen, the organism was perfectly adapted to the conditions to which it was subjected."Maybe we should inform the scientific community..." Alan murmured as he read the newspaper, seeing how the situation was escalating. "We have no proof, but at least we would give people a theory"“We can't, not until we have Henry Wu and overwhelming evidence. Otherwise we can never blame the Raiding Global” Jamie stopped him immediately.“I agree with you. At least for the moment it's best to keep your mouth shut” Mitch gave her a strong hand. "It will not be a problem to leave the world in uncertainty for a
After being exiled, Snock had chosen to take the same direction it had always followed: the west. Each day he followed the movement of the sun and went to the point where it was setting. Not that he had many alternatives: going west he would be back among humans and it was the last thing he wanted.During the journey he had mainly fed on small and slow mammals and some synapsids. It was hard to return to normal life: he lacked the simple meals and the safe refuge that the herd provided. But they were no longer available to him, so he had to make do.The nightmares had returned to haunt him. By now he was terrified of falling asleep, both because he was afraid that something would attack him in his sleep, and because sleeping brought to light memories that he did not want to see again. Now a new nightmare had joined the others: the moment when he was kicked out of the pack, the only real family he had ever had. Sobek's fiery gaze and his voice screaming at him how silly
Belos was a nation just south of Odaria. It wasn't very big; compared with the nations of Earth, it wouldn't have been bigger than Belgium. Officially it was a completely autonomous parliamentary republic.All bullshit.Everyone in the world knew very well that Belos had nothing autonomous: he depended completely on Odaria to survive. There was also very little democratic: as in Odaria, politicians were elected on the basis of how willing they were to satisfy the wishes of the financial giants. If they weren't, then they didn't go beyond mere candidacy. All the countries bordering Odaria were more or less like this; practically vassal states.Of all the nations that depended on Odaria, Belos was perhaps the worst offender. More than a nation it was considered a haunt for crime. The most shady and illegal activities were carried out in the open without anyone doing anything to stop them. Brokers and gangsters around the world used it as a crossroads for their dir
Not a millisecond seemed to have elapsed for Snock. But when he opened his eyes he was no longer in the middle of the black market, but inside a warehouse in the city of Cartago.'So that's what the pack leader meant... what a prodigious power' the giganotosaurus thought, while he admired the effectiveness of [Teleportation].With a glance he quickly counted the dinosaurs around him. Everyone was there, including the atrociraptor team. Ghost, Tiger, Panthera, and Red also seemed quite amazed by the power of [Teleportation]; as far as the other dinosaurs were concerned, they were practically insane."What... what happened?""The world has changed!""What magic is this!?"The dinosaurs were starting to fidget. Snock considered whether to intervene and restore calm, but before he could decide the door he swung open and several dinosaurs entered the warehouse. Among them Snock recognized Buck at once. "You're back" the t-rex growled.Even