26 Adelaide *

After Adam got everyone gather he began explaining some events, "So, our next destination will be Adelaide. After some quick research, I have determined that Adelaide is safe, the military has set up a wall and is always patrolling it. However, they are on high alert, so I would suggest we land a little bit away from the wall".

"Alright, anything else happen?" Alfredo asked.

"Well, all boats and submarines that were in open waters have been destroyed, travelling by plane has been determined unsafe especially for long travel".

"Alright, when we do land we should be on high alert as well. We're getting closer to places with dense vegetation, as such there should be enemies everywhere," Alfredo said. He looked towards Ryley, "Ryley we'll be relying on you to keep us safe".

"Will do," he replied.

Everyone went back into the apartments to quickly pack everything they need. After 10 – 20 minutes everyone was done and out.

Lachlan summoned the Rocs and everyone got on, although Lachlan wasn't certain about it, he felt that the Rocs could fly for days without rest which is going to greatly shorten their travel time.

Shooting into the air the group began their journey to Adelaide. Along the way, they noticed some differences. They were going much faster; however, they felt no different, it seemed that along with their level increase their control over wind increased as well.

It only took them half an hour to reach Adelaide, this journey would have usually taken 3 – 4 hours. The Rocs began their descent, they weren't too far from the wall, about half a kilometre.

They had Ryley use scan to constantly check the surroundings for danger, they walked for a couple minutes before they could finally see the wall. It wasn't a proper wall it was more of a temporary barrier.

What did shock them however, was the fact that people were already there, standing there, seemingly waiting for them.

Walking closer they noticed a few people that seemed to soldiers walk towards them.

"Hello! We come in peace!" Alfredo shouted.

"We can see that dumbass! And don't talk to us as if were extra-terrestrials!" One of them shouted. It was a woman's voice.

Alfredo was shut up by that, he was just trying to be friendly.

The group and soldiers finally met up. One of the soldiers was female, white skin, brunette with hazel eyes. She seemed roughly 6'0, taller than the guy that was with her. He had dark-brown skin, black hair and what seemed to be black eyes. He looked to be roughly 5'4.

Both soldiers were carrying guns, both guns looked like assault rifles, each had magazines loaded. It was pretty understandable, we were outside of their barrier and everything out here wants to kill people.

"So, how did you know we were coming?" Alfredo asked.

"We have tamed beasts with detection abilities, however, they detected you in the sky which is why we were on high alert, bird type beasts are hard to fight against," The women said.

'So, what are you doing out here? We gave evacuation orders to all civilians in a 700km radius," She said.

"We are from real far away, to be more specific Alice Springs. Of course not all of us, those six are from Coober Pedy," Alfredo explained.

"Huh! Alice Springs! Why would you come all the way here?" She asked.

"Well myself and they have family near here," Alfredo explained while pointing to us, he then pointed to the group from Coober Pedy, "As for them, they had nowhere else to go so we took them with us".

"What about that boy," She said while pointing to Dylan.

"He has lost his family at the start of this incident, as such, when we met him we talked and decided it would be best to take him with us," Alfredo explained.

"That's nice of you. When this whole thing begun people only care about themselves," She said in a voice that sounded like she was filled a hatred, "So how were in the air before? The beast detected you were going hundreds of kilometres an hour".

"Birds, he tamed birds," Alfredo said while pointing at Lachlan.

The women seemed lost in thought for a brief moment before talking, "Alright, follow me".

Along the way, Alfredo couldn't refrain from asking questions, "So do guns actually work against beasts? How many soldiers have tamed beasts? How long till we can go see our family?".

"Yes, however, guns only work on beasts with low defence. That's confidential information that the public doesn't need to know right now. I'm not sure till you can see your family, you might be able to meet them very soon".

Alfredo was fairly satisfied with the answers he received and shut up. Walking to the barrier only took a little bit less than a minute, during this time Lachlan was analysing that two soldiers.

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Name: Harrison Code (Human)

Age: 21 (Adult)

Soul Contracts: 0/5

Compatibility: Sharks (High), Fish (Intermediate)

Level: 6

STR: 13(+2), AGI: 11(+5), VIT: 10(+4)

INT: 19(+1), PER: 13(+2), WIL: 13(+1)

Weakness: Illusions

Strengths: None

Descript: A unique being that had adapted to being top of the food chain, desperate to keep their status at the top they evolve to get the ability to tame beasts, sacrificing any physical improvements. They also have a hidden stat, WIS, something that humans relied on to stay on top before the evolution.

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Name: Hayley Hope (Human)

Age: 23 (Adult)

Soul Contracts: 0(2)/5

Compatibility: Birds (High)

Level: 6

STR: 13(+8), AGI: 11(+10), VIT: 10(+8)

INT: 19(+1), PER: 13(+4), WIL: 13(+2)

Weakness: Illusions

Strengths: None

Descript: A unique being that had adapted to being top of the food chain, desperate to keep their status at the top they evolve to get the ability to tame beasts, sacrificing any physical improvements. They also have a hidden stat, WIS, something that humans relied on to stay on top before the evolution.

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Although Lachlan was confused momentarily by the number in the brackets for soul contracts he quickly realised what probably happened. It also connected with why she fell into a daze when they brought up the fact that he had tamed birds.