2025-03-14 01:37:56Hearing what the doctor said,the previous happiness on the general's face disappeared.
Last month before the communication satellites all around the world stopped functioning,the main military base in the capital gave a hastily compiled guide book about the apocalypse among which was a catalogue to identify monsters.
It consisted of a variety of classifications that listed all the kinds of monsters and how strong they were. Although it was somehow outdated due to how fast new monsters were popping up some things still remained the same.
The rankings of monsters was among those things that didn't change. Generally,monsters were ranked in five levels starting from the bottom they were as follows:rogue,soldier,commander,general and the Xenogenic Alpha.
The rogue was the lowest level of monsters that you could find while the Xenogenic alpha's were the top tier monsters although their kind were very very rare to spot.
Generally monsters were dumb especially those at the lowest tier i.e the rogues usually having an intelligence level of a baby, furthermore,a rogue monster was usually a lone monster so it's danger level was very low.
Then came the soldier tier which had a level of organisation due to being led by the commanders which were in turn led by the generals. However,their organisation was mainly formed from the generals forcefully subduing them.
A commander and a general usually had an intelligence level on par with a seven year old and an adult respectively so they were much more dangerous to deal with. In fact if it was plotted on a scale it would be in the upper part of the scale.
Then we have the Xenogenic Alpha or simply Alpha tier and as you might have guessed they possessed intelligence far surpassing humans!
Every alpha monster had a defining trait which was that they rarely gathered in groups as they preferred to hunt alone.
The reason?
They were too proud to associate themselves with the low level monsters!
They were the most dangerous,most cunning and most difficult to deal with among the monster tiers since the apocalypse began.
Thus you can imagine the shock on General Lebronsky’s face when he heard that an alpha might be behind the army.
That surely didn't bode well for the settlement.
“How sure are you of this?"
Inside,the general was hoping for a ‘not so sure reply’.
Sadly,Doctor Meyers wouldn't be so well known if his answers had even a hint of uncertainty in them!
“ A full one hundred percent,general!”
Gulp!
Hearing the answer he so much dreaded,the general's heart fell to the pits of his stomach. Shoulders slumped he slowly sat on one of the chairs in the tent.
“I knew it would come to this but I never expected it to come this soon. Sigh…..”
“Is there anything we know about this Xenogenic Alpha?"
With a pensive look,General Lebronsky asked. As they say,know your enemy before the battle and you've won half the battle or how did the saying go again?
He wasn't sure of how the saying went but knowing something about the alpha wouldn't hurt. At the very least it'll give them an upperhand even if it was very small.
“Yes we do general.”
“Hun!"
Surprise could be seen on his face as he heard,Doctor Meyers positive reply. Actually if he said otherwise he wouldn't find it weird considering how elusive the alpha's were,but this…
A blotch of hope rose in him.
Walking towards a huge screen standing in the middle of the room,Doctor Meyers began his explanation while fiddling with the huge screen.
“We were able to animate the brain cells of the corpses of the general tier monster we captured and we saw some scenes before they came for the attack. According to the intel we were able to extract from it's brain, the alpha is simply called Alpha Blade.”
"Blade? What a peculiar name, why is it called that?”
Finishing his set up,Doctor Meyers took a step back from the now working screen.
“See for yourself!”
“Hmmm?.....impossible!"
Standing ramrod straight General Lebronsky exclaimed. He rubbed his eyes trying to confirm that he wasn't hallucinating.
Monsters upon monster of different varieties stood in a mountainous region he couldn't identify. Their numbers were so much he couldn't even count!
However that was not the reason he was shocked. No that was not even worth mentioning!
Rather it was the lone behemoth standing on the edge of a cliff. Standing at an approximated ten meters,the creature resembled a bear with gleaming,white bone blades jutting from various part of it's body which was covered in a bloody red fur.
“My God!
Despite being separated by a screen,the aura of destruction oozing from the monster's body was still felt by the general.
After a while,the general regained his senses and turned to Doctor Meyers.
“How much longer do we have before we face a full attack?"
For the first time,Doctor Meyers who was known for giving a definite response actually hesitated a bit before answering.
“I don't know, it might be tomorrow,next week,next month or even today! I can't determine when."
Closing his eyes,General Lebronsky sat back on his chair causing a long silence to settle in the already tense atmosphere of the room.
When the silence was just about to stretch on for eternity he finally spoke.
“How many batches of the power serum can you make per day at maximum capacity?"
“About two dozens. Why do you ask?"
Puzzled the Doctor asked. He didn't understand why the doctor was asking about the power serum when it was not even finished yet.
“I'll tell the engineering team to help you out,I want as many of the civilians in this stronghold as possible to become awakened."
“B-but the side effect ar-"
Raising a finger General Lebronsky cut him off.
“This is not a request but a command!”
Saying this,he left the tent leaving a flustered Doctor Meyers to process what he just heard.
They had officially entered a state of war!
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