"And so we took another one"
Jocelyne and Sobek were lying together in a clearing. The woman had brought a chess set and opened them in front of him, then they started playing. In reality only Jocelyne moved the pieces: since her claws were too big Sobek just said where he wanted the pieces to be moved, and she did it for him. But it was still a nice way to relax, and they both needed it.
Two days earlier, the Gardarikian Federation had declared the independence of the four warring regions and its abandonment of the NMWA. The news had been welcomed with joy from all over the world: even if a new government was still to be formed, it was clear that the Federation was preparing to join the Eden Union.
The title 'PRESIDENT ANOKE LEAVES THE NMWA' was printed in large letters in any newspaper, magazine or leaflet. The media wallowed in such news. Not only had the Gardarikian government surrendered to the rebellions, but another superpower had given in and left the NM
The weeks that followed were filled with changes.Even if President Anoke hadn't openly declared it, everyone knew that his was in effect a surrender. The defeat of one of the most powerful nations in the face of the new world order had changed the perspective of many people: now even the most skeptical could not help but understand that the great change was inevitable. If even a superpower had been forced to surrender, then who or what could hold back the advance of the new customs and the new society?The Gardarikian Federation wasn't like the Republic of Meilong or the Confederate States of Vinland, which had changed and joined the Eden Union voluntarily. This nation had fought against dinosaurs from the start and fiercely opposed any change. Therefore, its was a defeat in all respects. Faced with such a message, those people who hoped for change and believed in it became more confident in their ideology, while those who weren't sure that change was possible had to
Sinar was a nation that lay directly beneath the Empire's territory. Due to its latitude, the climate was rather temperate. In years gone by, that place would have been afflicted with year-round heat, and sometimes small dust storms would whip up into tornadoes. For those who didn't live in big cities, the temperature range was quite disturbing, with daytime sun bringing with it bursts of heat and nights bringing freezing cold. Despite this, however, the agricultural production of this nation was quite flourishing, since it was crossed by large rivers fed by a nearby mountain range which allowed farming even in those harsh conditions.However, recently the environment had started to change. The weather had grown cooler and the sand and parched earth were slowly giving way to meadows full of grass and flowers. If you looked closely, you could see the shoots of some bushes and trees that would one day grow tall and strong.Such changes were obviously due to the activity
Rambo was perched on top of a building in the city of Tainir. The rhamphorhynchus stared down at the streets below, where Imperial soldiers had been marching continuously for hours.The city had not been occupied for even a day, yet that was enough to take total control. Rambo had serious problems understanding human beings: it seemed that most of them didn't mind being enslaved. Had they been animals, they would have fought to the death as long as their pack leader was still alive. But evidently, their mentalities were too different.Still, it was amazing how humans allowed themselves to be exploited. Tainir's civilians numbered in the millions; if they had wanted, they could have eliminated all the invaders within the hour. Yet, they remained still and frightened in their homes, without having the courage to go out. And if someone was dragged out of the house accused of being a resister, no one came forward to help him.Rambo really didn't understand. In a way
Sobek was furious. Really very, very furious.He thought he knew everything about humans, but apparently he was wrong. The humans of that world seemed to have made very great advances in terms of technology. Apparently, they had studied dinosaurs and learned from them things Earth scientists could only dream of. This, added to the war tension, had made the enemy technology jump forward by centuries.'This time they really caught me off guard'He was angry with himself. How could he not have taken that variable into account? Humans were extremely inventive and intelligent creatures, and wars were the most powerful engine of technology. It was absurd to think that the nuclear bomb could be the most dangerous adversary Sobek could face.'Apparently, they've found a way to replicate [Ambush], even if only partially. And given the low fatality rate on their front, I'd say they were able to replicate [Regeneration] as well. However, I doubt they went much furth
"It's here"A family of humans was in a suburb of Tanior. They were almost in the suburbs. There the city was much quieter, in contrast to the center where the imperial invaders were busy shooting opponents every day.The family was very simple: a man, a woman and two children, one of whom was no more than four years old. All four had worried expressions painted on their faces and were looking around frantically, even the little boy who, despite his naivete, was able to tell that something was bothering his parents."Are you sure this is the place?" the woman asked.The man nodded. “This is where my source told me to come”“We can't stay exposed for long. If they see us, we will be dragged to the military tribunal!”“I am aware of it. Let's wait a moment longer"Suddenly there was a noise. The four turned abruptly and saw a large black cat with a white spot on the right eye approaching them. "Kitten!" the
Croft stared in amazement at the device before him. “What… what is this!?”The general across from him smirked. “A prototype. A teleportation device that we created based on data collected over all these years combined with Henry Wu's research,” he explained. “I don't know how it works exactly, the scientists who worked on it talked about something about 'bending spacetime', but I personally don't care. And you mustn't care either, sir. All you have to do is install it on there”Croft stared in horror at the spot the general indicated. Beside them, in all its enormity, was a huge cylinder at least eight meters long and more than two meters wide. Croft knew what it was: his most extraordinary and at the same time most destructive project. The most powerful thermonuclear bomb ever created.Croft had designed it not even six months before. He had done it because he was convinced that no one could ever use it. The bomb weig
In a millisecond, a ten kilometer wide ball of fire appeared in the center of the lake. The millions of liters of water vaporized in less than the blink of an eye and the ground became fluid, forming a crater about two kilometers wide. At 49 million degrees Celsius, the fireball was more than three times hotter than the core of the Sun, so hot that it instantly turned sand into glass and liquefied it immediately afterwards. Everything inside the nuclear monstrosity disappeared in the blink of an eye: trees, rocks, sand, insects… everything sublimated, instantly passing from a solid state to a gaseous state. Even some boats found themselves inside the fireball, and the people inside them disappeared, evaporating in an instant. They didn't even have time to suffer.In the millisecond after the fireball was born, a flash of light so powerful it dwarfed the Sun illuminated everything for miles around. The light was so intense that for a moment the bodies of Sobek and the o
Buck was lying on a small hill, looking out over the ash desert before him.The fire had continued to rage for eight hours, and surely would have lasted even longer if the combined efforts of humans and dinosaurs had failed to put it out. Now all that was left of the region was ground covered in ash and trees turned black as coal. The beautiful lake that bathed that land was still empty: the river had started to fill it again, but surely it would have taken at least a month before restoring it to its original shape.The crater was still visible in the center of the lake. It was the deepest part of it now and would be the first place to fill with water; however, at the time the water level did not exceed three millimeters and was therefore still clearly visible. Every time he looked at it, Buck felt sick. He was sure the nightmares would haunt him for days."Everything is fine?"Buck turned his head just to see Carnopo lying down beside him. The carnotauru