74 6 Months

As the months go by the world has constantly been changing, the casualties that were on the rise have levelled out. Although humanity loses every now and then, they always retreat before it's too late.

Beasts and humans have been on a constant struggle to see who can be on top. The main issue though, is that the beasts haven't even been trying hard. The real dangers are what lays in the new lands, where humans have not returned from.

Lachlan and his organisation, Bloodied Wings, have risen up and taken over a majority of Victoria and a bit of South Australia. Their members have been constantly growing, the public has begun to notice them.

However, for some reason, the government still continues to reject their existence. The public either labels this as discrimination or that there might be more going on behind the scenes that the public has no way of looking into.

They've even gone to the extent of putting up measures just to fight against them. They had security cameras on every street, each one having facial recognition. Fortunately, as their group continues to grow, the choice of participants also grow.

Of course, they have been compromised multiple times due to detection beasts being set up around the city. They've had some difficulties getting around them, that was until a few new members joined that had the ability to hide their presence.

The government does, however, accept the presence of two new organisation. They are respectively called the Explorers Guild and Researchers United. They were created almost two years ago, but they were secluded to their location. However, 5 months ago the Australian government discovered the importance of groups separate from them and decided to help out.

They spread across a majority of Australia, helping create safe havens from beasts, bringing further support from the public. Everything they do is to bring fame, and along with that fame comes an influence. An influence that soon could stand against the government.

The Explorers Guild was created in China with the funding of multiple billionaires, such as Jack Ma, Pony Ma, and Wang Jianlin. The sole purpose of the Explorers Guild is to fund operations into the new land, risky operations that acquire strong personal and bravery.

As for Researchers United. An organisation that started in America, funded by very powerful and rich people, such as, Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates, and Warren Buffett.

As the name entails, it's an organisation with the sole purpose of funding important research. The main things researched are new materials and beasts corpses. It's almost like the Explorers Guild and Researchers United were made to coexist with one another.

And that's exactly what they did, creating an alliance between them. Thus creating more jobs for both sides, researchers need things to research and people want stuff they've found to be researched.

There's also a reward for the explorer who finds anything extremely valuable that can help humanity, things such as medicinal herbs, the berries Lachlan has would be heavily sought after. Another thing is minerals, ones which can be used to create weapons.

Two new weapons came out from Researchers United, two weapons that helped humanity turn the tides of battles. An elemental gun and dagger, both of which had control over fire. Of course, these weapons weren't cheap because of the materials used.

Lachlan has seen the mineral that produces the fire and wasn't too surprised. He could have almost predicted that this would happen.

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Name: Fire Stone

Description: Produces fire on impact, the harder the impact the more fire it produces. The Fire Stone was created in the depths of the earth by the molten lava, creating an energy stone that can produce similar heat

Parts: Fire Stone, Energy Core

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Lachlan immediately thought of some other stones that could exist, water stones that are formed at the lowest parts of the ocean, wind stones formed at the peak of mountains, ice stones formed at the coldest point in the Arctic. Of course, people just needed to find and mine these stones first, if they could that is.

On some recent missions, Lachlan has seen some explorers. They were among the stronger people he's seen, but they all look the same to him, literally. They were the same uniform, hiking gear, with a gun and blade weapon in their belt.

The best thing about them though, they don't really interfere with their operations. Some of them have of course been bribed by the government to help but should they not have been bribed they won't do anything.

Lachlan has seen them even help out before, using their control over elemental powers they've secretly helped from the side. He would have to thank them for that.

Currently, a meeting is underway at the main base in Mildura. There were a couple of new people in the room, a man and a woman. As for Lachlan and the group, they have changed slightly. They were now able to calmly plan out everything efficiently.

The table had a large map on it, there were texter marks everywhere circling locations. They had arrows going everywhere with the distance just above the arrow line. Everyone was standing looking towards the circles.

"So the next place we go to is Darwin?" Lachlan asked as he stared at the map, Darwin was one of the only big cities they still haven't gone too, they've recently only been helping out places in Queensland, South Australia or Victoria.

After the evolution Darwin quickly became a safe haven for the people in the Northern Territory, rapidly growing in population, quickly rivalling the major cities in Australia such as Brisbane.

"What about Perth?" Simon asked as he placed his finger on the circle, "It says that it has the lowest amount of security".

"True, but it also has the lowest population amongst all the cities, due to that attack 3 weeks ago they suffered greatly, losing more than half their population," A new man said, he was an Asian with short black hair, brown eyes and a relatively slim body. He always wore formal clothes, which was slightly odd, but the group didn't mind it. He was roughly 32 and stood 6'7 high, much taller than a majority of the group.

"I suppose you're right Zhang Yong," Simon said. They had picked up Zhang from a small town just outside Brisbane, he was barely alive when they got there, he had protected his family by standing up against an intelligent beast.

"Alright, so Darwin it is," A woman said. Her name was Brianna Law, she had a rather 'nerdy' appearance. Having long red-orange hair, pale skin with a face covered in freckles. It was currently winter, so she was wearing a wool sweater. She was only 5'6 and was 23 years old.

She joined herself when she heard our cause. She had a few friends that had their children taken away from them, sometimes it happened in front of her and it was painful to see. Brianna was also the type of person to join protests if she agrees with the cause.

Lachlan didn't mind these two, he rather liked them. He especially respected Zhang, mainly due to his bravery, but he was incredibly smart when it comes to infiltration and escaping. But the main reason they're apart of the main group is their stats.

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Name: Brianna Law (Human)

Age: 23 (Adult)

Soul Contracts: 3/5

Compatibility: Insects (Perfect)

Level: 45

STR: 18(+284), AGI: 21(+355), VIT: 10(+333)

INT: 32(+84), PER: 17(+66), WIL: 21(+86)

Weakness: Has a constant cold, gets tired quickly, weak immune system

Strengths: Water Control (Level 7), Darkness Control (Level 5), Fire Control (level 1) durable skin and strong bite

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: Zhang Yong (Human)

Age: 32 (Adult)

Soul Contracts: 3/5

Compatibility: Lizards (Perfect)

Level: 46

STR: 18(+372), AGI: 21(+312), VIT: 10(+323)

INT: 32(+84), PER: 17(+66), WIL: 21(+86)

Weakness: Easily provoked, bad spatial awareness

Strengths: Space Control (Level 1), Darkness Control (Level 6), Wind Control (level 5) durable skin and strong bite

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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Due to Zhang's elemental control, he is able to completely hide his presence. Space control is the main element he uses to hide, however, due to its low level, there are usually cracks in the technique, such as his shadow or smell. He makes up for it through his control over darkness and wind.

The discussion ended quickly as they all agreed that Darwin will be the location of their next operation. They all went to prepare and get something to eat.

Lachlan and Simon always made sure to eat their fill after their first operation. Not eating was a mistake they weren't going to make again, they also made sure to tell the others.