"It's working. The perimeter holds up. Thirty minutes have passed and the spinosaurus did no damage” Gene said. "You were right, Roland""Marvelous!" Ludlow looked like a child who had just been given an Easter egg. “Colonel Hicks just announced that the army has entered the city. In a few minutes the assault team will enter the area and fix the spinosaurus properly!"Ebert wrinkled his nose. "Good. I hope everything goes smoothly" he said, then turning to Roland: "Do you know something about the animal that we should know?"Roland shook his head. "I have only observed it twice. It is a completely unknown creature. We don't know how it hunts, how it behaves or how it thinks. All I know is what you already know""Seriously? Nothing else?" Ludlow shivered.“Blame yourself, Mr.Ludlow. You wanted to exhibit the animal immediatly, without knowing anything about it. You didn't wait even a few days to make sure the cage could contain it.
Getting the dinosaurs out of the zoo wasn't part of the initial plan. Sobek had wanted to be captured only to arrive undisturbed in a city, gain fame points and unlock all the boxes of the [Weapon system]. However, he had decided to take another advantage of that affair, taking away some dinosaurs to increase the initial ranks of his army.If Sobek had had to recruit new dinosaurs on his own it would have taken a long time: most dinosaurs were very fast and would have run away the instant they saw him. But if he had had a good initial number of subordinates on his side, then they could have done the work for him, covering much more ground and drastically reducing recruitment times.Thanks to the zoo, therefore, he had obtained dozens of dinosaurs in one fell swoop that would have allowed him to quickly recruit many individuals.According to the plan, after escaping the dinosaurs had activated [Ambush] with the help of Sobek and then headed for the sewers followi
With [Swim speed] Sobek could now swim up to 300 km/h; although they remained underwater for just a minute he was able to put five kilometers away from where they had fallen. When he was sure he was far enough away he emerged holding Carnopo in his jaws, who panted heavily."Are you ok?""You are a fucking madman!"Yes, he was ok."I don't see why I should be called madman. I knew what I was doing""You could have warned me! I lost ten years of my life!""I told you to trust me. If you don't trust your pack leader, how can you call yourself a member of the pack?""Fuck you!"When they jumped off the cliff, Carnopo still had [Reinforced skin], and Sobek obviously had it permanently. In that way, even if they had fallen from a considerable height, nothing had happened, except a little redness in the part that had hit the water. By then he had grabbed Carnopo with his jaws and swam away to give the humans the illusion that they we
Even though it was still the middle of the night, anyone who looked out over the sea would have noticed that ships were frequently passing by. The lights that the boats emitted were easy to recognize.Although Flagrand City wasn't a port city it was still located on the sea, so ship traffic was common. Even with the technology at their disposal, humans preferred to sail near the coasts, where there was less chance of encountering monsters such as megalodons or mosasaurs. Therefore any city that overlooked the sea, regardless of whether it was a port or not, could admire the passing ships not even five hundred meters from the coast.The ships of that world, too, were quite huge. On Earth, a container ship reached just sixty meters, but on Eden the standard dimensions were one hundred meters. This is to make the ship more difficult for sea monsters to sink.One might think that marine reptiles and prehistoric fish were just oversized versions of current life forms
Sobek swam under the ship and memorized the sound of its propellers. He was sure that with his super-developed senses he would be able to track down the right vibration.Then he began to hunt.It had been a while since he'd hunted in the water, but that didn't mean he wasn't capable anymore. He was still able to track down preys and catch them with ease. With all his skills, even in the ocean he wasn't in danger of encountering any predator capable of defeating him. On the contrary, he was the superpredator out there now!He had gone too long without hunting. His body quivered at the thought of a new challenge. He wasn't bloodthirsty, but he was still a predator; his hunting instinct wanted to be vented on some prey. He wanted to sink his teeth into some animal again and fight to tear it apart. Luckily, the ocean was a place teeming with all kinds of lifeforms.He headed out to sea and hid with [Ambush]. Although it was full night, his extraordinary sight
The S.S Venture was a cargo ship over 100 meters long capable of carrying hundreds of thousands of tons of cargo. It was the jewel of the Confederate States of Vinland's navy, a naval engineering masterpiece like few others.Englehorn had been the captain of that ship for ten years. His retirement was very close now. He just had to make that last voyage and then he could get the reward of his hard work. He can't wait to finally being able to retire and enjoy the last years of his life in a quiet country villa.Unfortunately, fate could be a real bastard at times. While the old captain was looking at the sea nostalgically, thinking back to all the times he had admired the placid waves breaking on the keel of the ship, something made the S.S Venture tremble from below.Englehorn lost his balance and barely managed to hold on to the railing, but other upheavals made the ship vibrate like a bell. In the end came a jolt so powerful that the captain slipped and fell i
Meanwhile, on the surface, Sobek had re-emerged with the elasmosaurus in his jaws. Even though he had improved his freediving skills over time, he couldn't last long without breathing. Unfortunately, he wasn't like crocodiles or whales that could hold their breath for hours.He wasn't afraid of the submarine. Unlike him that could count on [Reinforced skin], it couldn't go up fast, or the pressure difference would tear it apart. He could eat calmly. He wasn't even worried about the submarine reporting his location to the authorities. After all, getting attention was exactly what he wanted.While devouring the elasmosaurus he noticed movement in the sky. He raised his snarling head before realizing that it was just a few cormorants aiming for the carcass. Despite being quite far from the coast, seabirds could travel many kilometers every day in search of food, so he wasn't a surprise to spot them.Sobek's ears were filled with not very nice phrases."Oh, h
Sobek dived deep, to make sure no one could see him. Even though he was out at sea and there was no ship for miles around, he knew that humans had eyes everywhere: orbiting satellites had no limit to their field of vision. Fortunately, not even orbital satellites could penetrate tens or even hundreds of meters of water.Once he got deep enough (not deep enough to be completely dark, but not even shallow enough to be visible from the surface) he opened the [Weapons system]. As he had expected, all boxes were now unlocked. But surprisingly, there was more to it.All the boxes were now connected by some sort of pattern. Weapons that were most similar were grouped together (for example, rifles and pistols) and were connected to each other, while those that were more dissimilar (such as machine guns and bombs) were connected via much longer wires. In the center of that strange web was a single square, on which the wording [Personal weapon] flashed.Sobek wasted no ti