62 The Attack *

Lachlan collapsed at the sight of his mother's corpse, tears blocked his vision. He appeared next to her, with his hands on her stomach.

"Analyse!"

"Analyse!"

"Analyse!"

'Damnit come on just work once,' Lachlan screamed in his mind, looking for some hope to hold onto.

"Oh, Lachlan you're back, I'm sorry I couldn't protect everyone," A faint voice could be heard behind him, one that seemed to be on the edge of life and death.

Looking back he saw Dylan, laying against the floor behind a wall with his face towards him, one eye shut from a wound going down his face. His condition was bad too put it lightly. A leg had been torn off, some of his fingers as well. Deep wounds could be seen all over his body, especially across his stomach and shoulder.

It had all been tightly wrapped in cloth, however, the blood had soaked through, making him look miserable.

"Analyse"

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Name: Dylan Black (Human)

Age: 14 (Teenager)

Soul Contracts: 1(3)/5

Compatibility: Snakes (Perfect)

Level: 44

STR: 16(+349), AGI: 19(+392), VIT: 2(+36)

INT: 13(+121), PER: 22(+117), WIL: 32(+101)

Weakness: Currently in critical condition and could die from a simple shove. Internal wounds, broken bones. Has bad trauma deep in his mind. Full of regret, would accept death should anything else go wrong.

Strengths: Extreme speeds, and a strong poison

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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Lachlan got up and walked over towards him, pulling at a vitality berry. He opened Dylan's mouth and forced Dylan to eat it.

Shocked by the sudden movements he jumped forward, staring at Lachlan. Looking down he quickly realised his deep wounds have mostly healed, but that wasn't the best part. His leg had grown back, most of it, it was still missing two toes, but it was better than nothing.

Lachlan then pulled out his water bottle and forced Dylan to drink, it was the water from the island. But this bottle was filled with water further down the stream, Lachlan knew if he ever had to give the water the anyone they wouldn't be able to handle the water closer to the source.

Dylan felt a chill go over his whole body, tensing up. But soon felt the warmth, he laid back down, muscles completely relaxed.

"Analyse"

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Name: Dylan Black (Human)

Age: 14 (Teenager)

Soul Contracts: 1(3)/5

Compatibility: Snakes (Perfect)

Level: 47

STR: 16(+349), AGI: 19(+392), VIT: 8(+296)

INT: 13(+121), PER: 22(+117), WIL: 32(+101)

Weakness: Has bad trauma deep in his mind. Full of regret, would accept death should anything go wrong again. Light wounds that badly affect his combat prowess.

Strengths: Extreme speeds, and a strong poison

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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Seeing that Dylan was fine Lachlan asked, "What happened?" His voice cracking.

Seeing Lachlan's look and voice crack caused Dylan to cry, remembering what happened.

*Sigh*

"It happened a month ago, we were unprepared for the attack. That fuckin firebird wiped out our vehicles and armoury, and everyone that was in it. That was only the beginning, the bird didn't come back, but some others certainly did. Intelligent beast, coming from Victor Harbour's direction"

"There were probably 7 of them, the military and I ganged up on one, a cat, thinking we had the upper hand when we saw it wasn't reacting. But before we realised it our legs were missing, luckily for me I was in the middle of pouncing towards it only causing one of my legs to be cut and a couple of fingers. Turned out it attacked us with its tail, one that had black razor sharp hairs"

"After that it didn't seem to take interest in the fight or anyone for that matter, giving me a chance to escape. I took it and ran to your family, requesting we escape right away. That didn't sit well with them, but they knew they had to. So, instead we took the children, they are the soldier's children. They wanted the children to have a safe future, so they entrusted us with their protection, Adam joined us, he knew they couldn't win so the least he could do was protect their lineages"

"We only managed to escape 2 kilometres before we were swarmed by beasts, we quickly noticed the house and thought we could use it to our advantage, limiting the number of enemies we had to face. We already had our beasts summoned and were ready to fight, once it began we quickly realised we wouldn't be able to win, they were too strong"

"So instead we relied on this underground shelter which by some miracle this house had. But before we could reach it one of those intelligent beast attacks, it was a giant scorpion. Its stinger ripped through the house walls, stabbing through Jack, and Adam. There was almost no chance of survival, but we didn't want their bodies to be mauled on, so I dragged them down with us"

"The door shut once we were in, I was shocked by what happened. The door had a way of shutting it form the inside, so I thought there won't be a need for anyone else to sacrifice themselves. Looking around I quickly realised that Adam(J) was missing. I ran up and banged against the hatch, telling him to get inside, I only opened it slightly, but it was slammed against my head. I heard Adam shout from the other side, telling us to hide as best as we could and that he'll be a distraction. I knew what he had done and was angry at myself, however, my beasts were still out there fighting, but one by one they continued to drop"

"When I realised there was only one more I unsummoned it through the hatch, I summoned it where we are right now, it turned out to be fast, it was badly wounded. I wasn't sure what to do so I just unsummed it again hoping its injuries won't worsen"

"We waited two weeks before we opened the hatch again, only slightly, to see what was happening outside. There was nothing, no beasts and no corpses. Walking out we carried the corpses of Jack and Adam outside to bury them, Chloe spent awhile handmaking a gravestone"

"Once we walked back inside we quickly realised something was wrong, there was a beast in there, one that wasn't too strong to kill me, but certainly strong enough to kill Chloe. It was most likely attracted by the scent of Adam and Jacks body.A spider attacked us from behind, biting and injecting its venom into Chloe"

"I went up instantly and smashed its head, completely shattering it. I ran down the stairs and laid Chloe down on the bench, I trained to suck to venom out but there was simply too much. Not to mention we were already starving and thirsty, she died within minutes, struggling to the very last minute"

"We only had a couple of water bottles with us, they didn't last very long. However, once the hatch was opened I ran towards the sink in the house and filled it with water, luckily this house had water tanks connected to it"

"We've stayed down here the rest of the time, I was too afraid to go back out there. Terrified, I had constant nightmares of that cat, ripping my body apart. I couldn't handle it, so I hid down here, "Protecting" everyone else when really I was just protecting myself"

"Do what you want, laugh at me, beat me up, even kill me. I wouldn't blame you, but just make sure to protect those children"

Looking towards the corner where all the children were gathered Lachlan quickly realised something was off about Sarah, her body looked different, almost like an amphibian. The other children were completely fine.

Seeing her brother staring at her caused Sarah to become shy, covering herself completely. Lachlan knew why.