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14.06% The Strongest Beast Tamer / Chapter 27: Reality

Chương 27: Reality

Hayley lead the group through the city, it took a while but they finally reached their destination. It was a cluster of tents, with the military constantly patrolling the area. Alfredo thought it looked like a prison camp, but knew that this was just how things worked for now.

Hayley led them to a tent near the outskirts of the cluster. It was a decent size, large enough to fit everyone, but aside from that, there was nothing else.

"Anyway, should you need me I'll be at that tent over there," She said while pointing to a tent near the middle. She began walking away, towards the tent she pointed at.

"Alright, let's keep everything in the tent for now," Alfredo said as he placed his bags in the tent.

Lachlan felt something tugging at his mind ever since he saw Hayley's stats, mainly about the soul contracts.

He quickly dropped off his stuff and began walking towards Hayley's tent, hoping to clarify his thoughts and maybe help comfort her.

Opening the tent he saw Hayley sitting at a desk in the tent with tears in her eyes, her face had was laid on her arms which were crossed facing towards the tent's entrance.

Seeing that she had a quest she quickly rubbed her eyes and looked towards Lachlan, "What's up? You need something?" She felt a bit embarrassed that someone saw her like that and attempted to appear fine.

"Just wanted to see how you're doing," Lachlan said.

"You don't need to do that, I'm a soldier I can handle it," she said. She knew Lachlan saw her and was glad he felt the need to comfort her. Except she was a soldier while Lachlan was a civilian she was tasked to protect, she didn't want him to see her in such a state.

"So what happened to your beasts?" Lachlan asked. His question caused Hayley's body to shiver and freeze, unsure with how to answer the question, whether she should lie or not.

"What are you talking about, I never had any beast," She said, her voice shaky as she turned her face away from Lachlan.

"Yeah you did, you had birds, it was pretty obvious you did when Alfredo brought it up that I had some," Lachlan explained, he knew it would be both difficult to explain and bad to bring up his abilities.

"Huh, so it was at that moment that you determined I had birds," She said, her tears began to well up again before streaming down her face.

"Yeah, you seemed a bit down in the dumps when you heard about my birds, I wanted to comfort you," Lachlan said kindly, sounding adorable.

"Aw that's so nice, but you don't need to worry about me," Hayley wanted to change the topic or end the conversation.

"It would be worrisome if your minds not in the right place when you're supposed to protect us," Lachlan said.

"Are you saying I'm bad at my job! That's not your responsibility," Hayley felt betrayed. The boy in front of her was so nice to her but suddenly said something that brought her down again.

"Right now you are," Lachlan said. Although he sounded harsh he didn't want people's lives to depend on someone's feelings, that would be bad.

Hayley froze at what Lachlan said, "There's nothing wrong with my mind, it's perfectly fine and just as I said before, this isn't something for you to say".

"And I believe it isn't something for you to decide how you're doing, a lot of lives depend on you. You're clearly traumatised by their deaths which affected your mind, you need to take a break to get your mind back on track, otherwise you'll probably be a burden," Lachlan said harshly. He didn't like how irresponsible Hayley was being.

Hayley was annoyed that Lachlan called her a burden but calmed down. She leaned back in her chair and her face tilted upwards, "You want to know why I care so much about protecting everyone".

"Yeah," Lachlan answered.

"Alright, come here, I'm going to tell you a story about my birds and why I'm so persistent in staying in the army," she said as she put her feet on her desk.

Lachlan went over and sat next to her, showing that she had his full attention.

"It started a few years ago, I wanted something to liven up the house and keep me company. I couldn't get a dog since I didn't have enough free time and I didn't want a cat since I've just never been able to get along with them," She paused and looked towards Lachlan, checking to make sure he was still paying attention.

"I looked after them since they were young, it was good fun. Then when all this happened I was at home, holding my birds when they grew and changed into massive beasts. At first, I was terrified, seeing my two little birds turn into enormous monsters would give anyone a shock. But I was happy when I realised they didn't forget me, they came up and comforted me, placing their heads next to my legs," She said and paused, tears began welling up in her eyes again. She quickly wiped them off before continuing.

"That's when I tamed them, when we first flew into the air I thought I was invincible and that nothing could touch me. That's when I got a call from the superior to head to the base, I didn't think I had enough time to get in my car, so I flew on my bird. When we reached the base my birds instantly gained a lot of attention, especially by my superiors. I was quickly called in a put in charge of the rescue squad, we saved hundreds of people with my birds, we were able to scout and defend the people till reinforcements came, it felt great," She began hesitating to continue the story, she was now crying, constantly wiping the tears out her eyes.

"We got a call for help, they were trapped at the top of a building that had beasts all around the lower floors. I went to survey the area, checking to see where the people were and help protect them, that's when it happened. I flew too close to the building, an arm shot through the glass into my bird's head, I was knocked off, but looking up I saw my bird's lifeless body be dragged into the building". Hayley's voice began to shake as she tried to continue to story, but it was hard to talk about her bird's death.

"Fortunately, I had two birds, so, as I fell I summoned the other, a bit of a rough landing but managed to survive nonetheless. We flew up the building at a much further distance this time, we reached the top of the building, I saw the people and jumped off. But when I looked back time seemed to slow down, I saw webs coming from below targeting my bird, there was nothing it could do and before I knew it, it had been dragged down. I went to the side to check and all I saw was its tail feathers through a window, I knew it had died as well and broke down. Although I managed to save the people I lost my best friends. When I told my superior that he took me off the team and told me to take a break. But I loved seeing those people's faces, the faces filled with hope I couldn't just abandon that, so I joined patrolling units," Her voice began to sound coarse, she had her hands covering her face as she sniffled.

Lachlan was stunned, he didn't know how to respond. The only thing he could do is try to hug her and comfort her, without talking and just letting her cry everything out.

She turned towards Lachlan, grabbed his hands and held them up between their faces, "Promise me boy, that you won't make the same mistake I did. No one is invincible or immortal, you might be strong but never think you're the strongest, keep working and keep training, promise me that".

Lachlan nodded, "I promise". Although he did know he was probably one of the strongest in the world currently, however, when the information he discovered about the special abilities becomes widespread everything's going to change.

"Good, now go back to your family and enjoy your time, and don't worry, you'll see your dad soon enough," She said while letting go of Lachlan's hands.


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Bit of a more talkative chapter, but felt it was needed to keep Lachlan in check.

Chương 28: Planning

When Lachlan reached the tent he noticed everyone was gathered there. Almost everyone, the group from Coober Pedy decided to would be best to separate here, they don't want to get in the way or anything.

Not to mention there wasn't a need for them to actually go to the Adelaide Hills considering that they don't have any family there.

Everyone quickly noticed Lachlan had finally appeared, Alfredo explained what they were doing, "We're currently planning what to do, I'm a bit impatient and want to see my wife and I believe you guys want to see your father. As such, I believe we could try and travel with the military if we could convince them".

Chloe perked up at that, "Couldn't you convince them with your strength, not to mention the boys all have tamed beasts of their own, it should be valid proof of our strength".

"It should be, but I don't think they want unpredictable people coming along with their soldiers. They might think we would get in the way or cause some damage".

"Couldn't we use Lachy's birds to get there?" Chloe asked, she was just like Alfredo and was impatient to see her husband, especially considering that they were so close now.

"Possibly, but we are now going through thick vegetation, we can't see anything. Yes, Lachlan's birds are strong, however, if we get knocked off the birds some of us might not survive," Alfredo explained.

His last sentence caused Chloe to freeze up, as she knew he was talking about her. However, she didn't disagree with him, she was the only one without a tamed beast yet and could only accept that.

Alfredo continued, "In addition, we don't know what type of beasts are lurking in the forest. Since we're in Australia, it's bound to be overflowing with spiders and snakes. Sure, we could try and fly high but there could also be tons of birds that might get in our way".

Lachlan decided to join in, "What if I had two of the birds protect us while one carries us?"

"Oh, and how are we going to do that? Although they're big it'll be a bit dangerous for all of us to try and fit on one bird," Alfredo questioned. Indeed the birds were big but safely keeping everyone on would be difficult.

"Vehicles!" Lachlan shouted happily as if he just discovered something new and groundbreaking.

Alfredo thought for a bit before understanding what Lachlan meant, "So you mean one bird carries everyone that'll be inside a car while the other two protect".

Lachlan was happy Alfredo understood what he meant and nodded. It was similar to how they got to the nest. Although they would be slow since Lachlan felt he would be able to keep the Rocs summoned for longer he thought there shouldn't be a problem.

"That'll also be a problem. If you guys haven't noticed yet the only vehicles around us are military, they moved all cars and buses out of the area to create more room for everyone and create a wall," Alfredo dumped cold water on Lachlan's plan. He was right though, when they came through the wall they noticed cars and buses had been used to create it.

"So all we need to do is get out of this area. Right?" Chloe said without a thought, she didn't think there should be any challenges in that.

Alfredo explained the complexities of the mission, "Not quite. As I'm sure everyone remembers, they have beasts with detection abilities scattered around the walls, the moment they detect us we'll probably be in a bit of trouble. As such, I do believe we can mix both plans".

"How are we going to do that?" Chloe asked.

"Well, if we prove that we're strong enough to protect ourselves we may be able to get their trust, allowing us to get outside the city. Now that's the hard part, getting their trust".

"Fight their strongest fighter!" Jack shouted in a similar fashion to Lachlan.

"Indeed that'll work, but who do you think has the highest chance of winning against the militaries strongest," Alfredo said.

"Can't you fight them, Alfredo?" Chloe asked. SHe didn't want her children to fight against the military, something just didn't feel right.

"I could, but I'm not confident in my ability to beat them".

Dylan thought about it for a while before interrupting them, "What about me? Although I don't have the same experience as Alfredo I believe I'm stronger, especially with my two tamed beasts".

"Alright boy, since you seem confident let's do this," Alfredo said while patting Dylan's back.

"I could also fight," Lachlan said in a low voice.

"And why would we do that?" Alfredo asked. He knew Lachlan's strength but also wanted it to be kept a secret unless it's needed.

"Just like Dylan, I may not be as experienced as Alfredo, but I'm certain I'm currently stronger," Lachlan explained.

Dylan was a bit confused as this was new information to him, "What do you mean?"

"Well, last night I had decided to go for a bit more training and further improved the Rocs' strength, which means I'm stronger," Lachlan said with a cocky tone. He didn't mean to but that's just how it is.

"So that's why your Rocs felt stronger than usual. Although they tried to hide it I could feel that they had a lot of strength flowing through their bodies this morning

Lachlan was surprised Dylan was able to sense that, he thought he told Catastrophe to hide it completely. Suppose that it was just too difficult and it'll probably remain that way until he figures out a way to evolve Catastrophe.

"Indeed, as such, I could do it instead. Not to mention that having more beasts would seem better," Lachlan did think about it a bit and while having Dylan go up to fight was smart, having someone with more beasts would be beneficial as well.

"I suppose you're right. Alright, but make sure to not show off your special abilities, just try to make the air electrifying, that should be enough," Dylan severely underestimated the strength of a high ranking soldier.

"If that's all it takes then that would be great, unfortunately, it'll probably require a bit of fighting to prove who's boss," Lachlan said confidently. Although he wasn't too confident in beating the boss in a one on one, with the help of the Rocs he should be able to prove himself.

Lachlan decided to keep Dylan in the dark, just for a bit longer since he could go either way. And if he joins the military and word of my ability goes around they'll probably go after him, some with crazy intentions.

"So how do we find the boss?" Chloe asked. Since Lachlan was so determined the fight there wasn't much she could do but make things easier.

"We can go to Hayley, the soldier that led us here. She should be able to lead us to her boss," Lachlan said.

"So that's where you were huh," Chloe suddenly appeared behind Lachlan and pinched his cheeks, "You're only 16 yet you're going after a mature woman," she jokingly said.

"It's not that, we were just discussing beasts," Lachlan hurriedly explained himself.

Adam was nor next to Lachlan tapping him with his elbow, "Beasts? Don't you mean breasts?" Adam also began to tease Lachlan, however, his tease wasn't met with the same reaction.

"And what do you mean by that," Chloe grabbed Adam's arm and pinched his cheeks hard.

Alfredo, Jack and Dylan were on the side watching this, "Suppose you're the smart one amongst your brothers," Alfredo said to Jack.

"Of course, I've seen and learnt from my brother's mistakes," Jack happily accepted the praise, it was well deserved.

"Anyway, Let's get going we could make it to Mount Barker today if we hurry," Alfredo said in an attempt to break up the little feud.

Chloe heard it and stopped, "Okay, let's go". She walked to the side and picked up Sarah, she was happily watching and laughing at the little skirmish. Chloe then walked outside the tent, followed by the rest of the group.


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