บท 51: Last Encounter

Zara was the Royal Knight and that meant she was two ranks above the Security Royal Force. The former was right below the Gamma Royal Force meanwhile the latter was the least important rank among the Royal Forces.

Then what could make her visit Robert in person?

She was a medium black beauty. Her unique features included how her white uniform always reveals her cleavage. Furthermore, some parts of her big bosoms were always visible and above them on her chest was a square tattoo that could blend with her dark skin. The way she never smiled, that was something else.

As a woman, it seems she was one of the exceptions who show vital parts of their bodies in the Royalty Pack.

The Dark Blue Force heard murmurs of the Royal Knight: "Robert, what do you think you are doing?" So walking closer to her, they got engaged in a light-hearted conversation regarding the strange Alpha presence they were feeling as they continued ascending forward.

It is now making sense: an Alpha's presence from the Left Shoulder's mountain was an enough reason for her visit Robert Milo's cave house.

Moving behind the Royal Knight were the Dark Blue Force and the silent Assistant Shield Defence. To their lead, the Royal Forces and the Defence Forces had different kinds of beasts accustomed to them. Some of the Defence Forces of the troupe sat on the Mighty Wolves — the animal with the features of a dog and a bull — while few of the Royal Forces were riding the Big Lynx — a big cat with the features of a female lion with fox ears.

On the other hand, no beast was accustomed to the Blue Forces.

There were about thirty members of the Pack Force, each of the ten from its three different branches making up the total number.

From an aerial view, individuals of the troupe looked like lost ants as they moved forward up the giant mountain. Their incoherent voices sounded like a faint roar as excitement of what was about to happen in Royalty Pack filled their security spirits.

"...the situation is out of my hands. Owen said Robert would be suspended, and the Beast Incharge wants him fired. But the Absolute can be the one to decide." Henry closed the light-hearted conversation between him and Zara: they have arrived at the cave house.

The Assistant Shield Defence Force stopped his beast from walking forward. Wiggling its giant tail, the black beast released a faint voice:

Moouu

"What is the Alpha presence all about!" His rider's voice was deep and angry, his eyes emitting the blazing fury in him. Impatiently jumping down his tamed Mighty Wolf, he removed the big turtle's shell out of its casing; it was attached to the friendly beast's belly. Then, his heavy steps approached the wooden door of the cave house while cracking and chewing on his gritted teeth.

"Akiva..." Henry stopped speaking midway because:

DDaaa!

An explosion broke the wooden door apart.

Akiva instinctively brought to his front the giant turtle shield that lengthed from his head to his knee. It protected him from the flying woods and, and the big figure that broke through the wood that ended up hitting the sturdy shield.

Seeing the bloodied person on the ground, Henry' eyes widened like they were threatening to pop off their sockets. "Armless!" shouted the Dark Blue Force due to shock. He didn't pay attention to whatever was said by Zara and Akiva, all he could see was Armless.

As everyone rushed forward, and as Akiva walked past over her body, Henry ran to Armless and went on his knees. Armless gulped out blood mixed with some burbles over his blue uniform. Her blurry sight envisioned Henry's worried face, making her frown distastefully before she blacked out in his embrace.

Her father was here; he was here.

If many of the Pack Forces knew who Armless was back in the past, they wouldn't have rushed across her into the internally bloodied cave house.

Inside the cave house, after shifting her arms into the Hunch form in order to be on the safer side, Zara's elegant steps took her to its small parlor. She was the first to arrive and the first to witness how messy it looked in here, standing without entirely entering.

Her serene eyes hurriedly scanned the room: Thrown green couch that was broken by her left, big rubble of the rocky ceiling resting at the center, broken metal of the helix stairway by her right; the corpse of a Blue Force, bodies of more Blue Forces, and Robert sitting beside the broken helix metal railing.

Beside Robert was a bloodied and beaten to death Max.

It seemed like Robert was the one who threw Armless' body at them, now calmly sitting in this mess with his hand on his bent leg. He too looked beaten, but not so beaten. His dress was torn into shreds as if he fought a mad cat and his artificial vocal cords were broken during his fight with Armless. Not so long afterwards, that was when Max arrives who fruitlessly tried to avenge for Armless.

Zara glanced at Akiva and the rest joined her from behind. "You are under arrest, Robert Milo." She went and stood above Robert like the pillar of defiance.

The Pack Forces saw Robert was in no condition to do anything to them, therefore, some of them checked on Robert's men that were randomly lying about while others went reassuring the safety of the cave house.

Some while later:

"Surrender yourself to the Pack Force." Akiva caught Robert by the arms and raised him to his feet. "You are guilty of operating out of the protocols of the Forces."

Not resisting the pull of the giant Defence Force, «Shit off your mouth! You can't arrest me anyhow. I don't work under you two.» Robert mind-linked Zara and Akiva.

Zara blocked his mind-link. "Be careful of your actions. The Alpha Royal Force, the Shield Defence and the Beast Incharge have permitted us to arrest you by war or by peace." She squatted near Max, examining if he was dead or not.

Zara touched Max's neck, examining a deep cut that was still oozing blood. "He seems to be alive and dying soon." She told Akiva.

"And I'll like to war you. It'll be pleasurable." Akiva whispered into Robert's ears, pushing him to move along with him out of the parlor.

Somehow, this seems like the last encounter between Robert and Max;

Somehow, the both of them were somewhat defeated and neither of them tested absolute victory over the other;

Somehow, the both of them didn't get what they wanted to achieve — revenge for Robert and Evelyn for Max;

Anyhow, the both of them were now under the mercy of the Absolute Law....

Akiva returned back to the bloodied parlor that resembled a destroyed battlefield.

"I guess this is the Vampire Slave the Behest Courier demanded." Zara blankly told Akiva after standing to face him. She was referring to Max. Her face was devoid of emotions and calm.

Akiva picked up his turtle shield. "Definitely. Breaking news, the one emitting an Alpha's presence is somehow related to Henry. It's so confusing to think about the entire situation." He then carried Max on his right shoulder before following Zara out of the parlor.

As she walked out of the cave house, "Let's see what the Absolute Law has for Cameron's cheaters." murmured the Royal Knight.

When everyone was set and ready, her yellow eyed Big Lynx carried her on its back, the Royal Castle being the destination in everyone's mind.

The troupe had everyone shifted into the Primordial form. They all ran on their four legs as they descended the Left Shoulder as wild beasts.

Time for Max to meet Alpha Baren Bhojadev in addition to the heritors of the Dark Throne and the rest that had gathered and were waiting for him to arrive.