Chapter 71
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Lachlan stared into Tyler's eyes with determination to make this man acknowledge him, and he knew there was a really simple way to do just that. He walked over to the machinery and gestured Tyler to follow, once they reached it Lachlan placed his hand on the bonnet.
"Bet, if I lose the arm wrestle I'll leave your daughter alone, but if I win, you have to acknowledge me as her boyfriend," Lachlan was making use of Tyler's weaknesses and gambling just happened to be one of them, there was also overprotective, it was the perfect way to lure him in.
Tyler thought for a moment before grabbing onto Lachlan's hand and placing his elbow on the bonnet as well, "You better keep to your words young man."
Lachlan grinned when he saw him agree, he didn't think it would work so easily, no wonder it's listed as a weakness. Lachlan quickly gripped slightly tighter, he looked towards Tyler, "3, 2, 1, go!"
*Bang*
Lachlan slammed Tyler's hand into the bonnet, leaving a small dent. Tyler's face turned to show once the realisation hit him, this young man was more then he looked. Holding up his hand he noticed it was bright red and swollen, he had never experienced such strength before, aside from what beasts wield.
"It seems it's my win," Lachlan said confidently.
Phoebe came running over and grabbed Lachlan's hand, "That's enough, there's no need to hurt my dad just to get his acknowledgement."
"But it certainly was much easier," Lachlan joked as he wrapped his arms around Phoebe, "Glad to see you again."
"Yeah, yeah, let go now, we have a lot of work to do," Phoebe said.
"Alright, alright, I suppose we should organise everyone into their specialties first," Lachlan suggested as he walked over and sat down by the coconuts, bringing one up to his mouth and taking a sip.
"I'll help with the building since I did work as an architect," Harrison said from the side. No one was really surprised, he looked like the type of person that designs things, now they just know what he designs.
"Well that's really convenient," Chloe snarked from the side, Flynn was next to her. During the time the families were getting off Flynn had woken up, but the children were still resting peacefully.
"I want to relax in that cave Joe told me so much about, I can't deal with all this violence, not to mention I know a thing or two about taking care of a farm," Dakota said. Lachlan was actually slightly happy someone volunteered to start farming so early, it was something that was essential for them after all.
"I'll also help with the farming, I don't have a talent for this whole taming business," Tyler said as he looked down, disappointed plastered across his face as he clenched his fists. Although Lachlan wasn't too sure how Tyler knew about his low compatibility, he wasn't all that surprised, living in the real world where everyone around you grows stronger and gains abilities while you stay powerless. It certainly won't feel good.
Sam, Tamika, and Maddie all volunteered to take care of the children while everyone builds. They suggested they go to the caves since they'll be fairly safe there, not to mention the really friendly environment.
The day passed rather quickly after that. Although it wasn't all that impressive, they managed to build a few huts connected to the tree, granted it look all of Aaron's strength to pierce just the bark with its beak.
However, after that, they just needed to stick the longs that were used for the foundation in and the rest was much easier from there. The huts were only placed a few metres above the tree roots, mainly to avoid any flooding that could possibly occur here.
They connected them with wooden bridges, nothing too special as it was created with whole logs rather than planks due to the difficulty of cutting the longs perfectly in half. As for the roof, that was obviously created using the coconut tree leaves due to their large size.
"Just wondering, what should happen if we leave these houses outside the nullified area?" Harrison asked. He understood the gravity stones fairly quickly, especially once he owned one. However, he also knew how physics work and while these houses were still in a nullified area they were unaffected, once they leave they'll have to take on the full force of the gravity.
"Well, although I'm not too sure, if we leave a gravity stone here activated then I don't think there'll be any problems," Lachlan said as he scratched his head in embarrassment as to why he hadn't thought about it.
"We should probably do some tests and if there are no limits that'll be wonderful, but if there are we should find out now," Harrison suggested sternly, and no one could or should refute that.
Flynn decided to stay and activate his high ranked stone while Lachlan and Simon go out testing because they'll use their birds to help. It didn't take too long to find out the answer, the limit depended on the rank of the stone obviously, but fortunately, the limit beyond what they expected for all of them.
They tested it by nullifying all gravity and throwing it in a straight line, someone will fly along with it until it fell, and they recorded the distance. The tried a few times with each stone to get a better estimate.
However, what they found it was beyond shocking. The limit of the high ranked stone was simply too much, they all knew how much more dangerous these stones just became if they got into the wrong hands. Especially the high ranked stones that can still be used even when it goes 4000 kilometres away.
During that test, it took so long they decided in not doing another one, hell, during the test they were tempted to just stop and say that it can go forever. Fortunately, they decided not to and managed to get a much more accurate reading.
The most shocking thing about it wasn't necessarily the distance of the high ranked stone, but the sheer size of the gap from the medium ranked and high ranked stones.
During the test, it went fairly normal, although still slightly amazing. The low ranked stones can continue being used for up to 200 kilometres, the medium was 400 kilometres which was only doubled. But high ranked stones got 4000 kilometres, it increased by a multiple of 10.
They went back and told everyone the information which left them all stunned. They were also completely fine with leaving a few high ranked stones around the place to nullify the gravity. Lachlan was fine with it as well considering they're already surrounded by high ranked stones.
Once it was time for dinner all the older people gathered together in the main part of the cave where the children were. The children had their dinner at a separate time and were already back to playing. They had their dinner only half an hour earlier so that the rest of the group can also start planning.
Everyone was already onboard with the whole idea of protecting these unique children, but theory and practice are completely separate things.
The whole idea and theory behind why they should protect these children are good, but how well can they do it, and at what scale do they do it at. They are currently located near Australia, the most isolated country. How are they supposed to make an impact on countries like America, China or Russia?
As everyone sat down Chloe came over with a tray, this time she went out and killed a bird looking beast, its wings were the size of a full-grown pig as it laid on a piece of coconut leaf. Everyone was drooling from the smell, everyone reached out with their forks and ripped pieces of meat off, digging right in without having any time to talk.
As they bit into the meat they all thought the same thing, Chloe seemed like a professional cook. Simon asked her about it, turns out she worked at a fairly high-end restaurant before everything went to shit.
Once they eat quite a bit they sparked up a discussion about future plans, how far they'll take it. Will they make this whole thing international, Lachlan wants it to be at least recognised on an international level. Possibly get a few more people to start up similar organisations in their respected country.
"So where do we start?" Tyler asked.
"In that context, we have already started. However, if you mean where to next then maybe Adelaide, it should have a similar system to Melbourne," Flynn said, the atmosphere quickly dropped. Everyone in the room heard what happened in Melbourne, it was a touchy subject especially to the parents in the room.
"Hopefully we might be able to find parents inside Adelaide with the same thoughts as us," Sam said.
"Indeed, but what will be our plan. We can't just go in forcing them to tell us where they are, they might get suspicious and think we're subordinates of the intelligent beasts. In addition, who's to say that the Melbourne military didn't warn everyone else of our existence," Chloe explained.
Almost everyone leaned back in their chairs, turning their heads upwards towards the ceiling, lost in their trains of thought. The sigh that came from everyone's mouth seemed so loud amongst the silence.
"We could get one of the parents or even a group of parents to go in a blend with the crowd, maybe try to get some information from passing people. We can't do it because if those Sky and Land Guardian leaders have decided to warn everyone, our faces are probably attached to those warnings," Lachlan explained. Although it might not be like that, it's always best to think of every situation.
"Let's just stay on the side of caution and assume they did do that, I can go in and investigate but I need a background story in case anyone just suspicious and begin to ask questions," Tamika said.
"Alright, Flynn can you bring up the map please," Lachlan said.
"Maps are up, where should we say you came from?" Flynn asked. Since they didn't have a good connection here, sometimes none at all, Flynn had screenshotted and printed maps of all the countries, even pictures that were rather zoomed in, giving them details of the surrounding towns.
Lachlan quickly got confused by the new markings on the map, but quickly saw a keynote on the side that made everything much easier. There were numbers from 1 – 3, and at the end of that list was a black skull. Lachlan didn't even need to think about it, he knew it meant death.
Each area was covered by these numbers and symbol, which likely represented how dangerous these areas are.
The rest of the group was in a similar situation but were also observant enough to notice it. None of them really wanted to ask about it since they felt they would look stupid. Especially considering that everyone else aside from them understood it completely.
"Birdwood is a relatively safe place, it's protected by the military because of the farmland there. In addition, there is only 1 death zone you will pass through to get to Adelaide and you only pass through the outskirts of it," Flynn explained as he pointed to where he was talking about.
The death zone Tamika would have to pass through is extremely large and is ruled by a group of 9 intelligent beasts, making it a high-level death zone. Luckily because of military interference those intelligent beasts' area only just reaches the route.
"Now, for a personal background," Tamika said.
"You're 35, your husband was killed by a beast, you have no children and you're currently just going around trying new things and experiencing the thrill of travelling through danger zones," Lachlan came up with something at the top of his mind and thought it sounded rather good. Although slightly dark, hopefully, it would prevent people from asking too many questions.
"What about the birthplace?" Tamika asked.
"Keep everything from your childhood the same, makes it a lot easier to talk to people if they ask things about your childhood. Just say your husband was from South Australia so you decided to get married here, then you enjoyed your stay here, so you decided to move over and live here," Flynn said.
"Alright, so where should I hang out to get information?" Tamika asked.
"I would say pubs but they're risky, especially now that people have tamed beasts. If you piss off someone strong then it could be all over. Cafés are good, fast food places are just as good, but the best place might be at a park," Flynn said.
"Why a park?" Lachlan asked.
"Because the military is everywhere, people don't want to talk shit about the military right next to them. A park is fairly secluded especially if you find a good spot, so just hanging out at a park would be a good idea," Flynn explained. People with hybrids wouldn't utter a noise around the military since the ones protecting them were Land Guardians.
"By myself?" Tamika asked. Her concerns were the same for everyone, it would be odd to see anyone by themselves at a park.
"I can go," Maddie said.
"Me as well," Dakota said.
And just like that everyone fits into place. A group of girls relaxing at a park is great, they could have a picnic and bring along some food since their stay at the park might last a whole day.
"Alright, the plans settled. Remember, always keep your phones fully charged and on, that way you can call for help whenever something goes wrong," Flynn said."
"Will do," they all replied.
The group then proceeded to separate, leaving the cave to go to their huts. Some of them, however, decided to stay in the cave since they liked it better. Nothing wrong with that, even Lachlan was tempted to stay in the cave. It was just that he wasn't expecting many people to stay in the cave as it would be mainly used for farming, nothing else.
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Lachlan stared into Tyler's eyes with determination to make this man acknowledge him, and he knew there was a really simple way to do just that. He walked over to the machinery and gestured Tyler to follow, once they reached it Lachlan placed his hand on the bonnet.
"Bet, if I lose the arm wrestle I'll leave your daughter alone, but if I win, you have to acknowledge me as her boyfriend," Lachlan was making use of Tyler's weaknesses and gambling just happened to be one of them, there was also overprotective, it was the perfect way to lure him in.
Tyler thought for a moment before grabbing onto Lachlan's hand and placing his elbow on the bonnet as well, "You better keep to your words young man."
Lachlan grinned when he saw him agree, he didn't think it would work so easily, no wonder it's listed as a weakness. Lachlan quickly gripped slightly tighter, he looked towards Tyler, "3, 2, 1, go!"
*Bang*
Lachlan slammed Tyler's hand into the bonnet, leaving a small dent. Tyler's face turned to show once the realisation hit him, this young man was more then he looked. Holding up his hand he noticed it was bright red and swollen, he had never experienced such strength before, aside from what beasts wield.
"It seems it's my win," Lachlan said confidently.
Phoebe came running over and grabbed Lachlan's hand, "That's enough, there's no need to hurt my dad just to get his acknowledgement."
"But it certainly was much easier," Lachlan joked as he wrapped his arms around Phoebe, "Glad to see you again."
"Yeah, yeah, let go now, we have a lot of work to do," Phoebe said.
"Alright, alright, I suppose we should organise everyone into their specialties first," Lachlan suggested as he walked over and sat down by the coconuts, bringing one up to his mouth and taking a sip.
"I'll help with the building since I did work as an architect," Harrison said from the side. No one was really surprised, he looked like the type of person that designs things, now they just know what he designs.
"Well that's really convenient," Chloe snarked from the side, Flynn was next to her. During the time the families were getting off Flynn had woken up, but the children were still resting peacefully.
"I want to relax in that cave Joe told me so much about, I can't deal with all this violence, not to mention I know a thing or two about taking care of a farm," Dakota said. Lachlan was actually slightly happy someone volunteered to start farming so early, it was something that was essential for them after all.
"I'll also help with the farming, I don't have a talent for this whole taming business," Tyler said as he looked down, disappointed plastered across his face as he clenched his fists. Although Lachlan wasn't too sure how Tyler knew about his low compatibility, he wasn't all that surprised, living in the real world where everyone around you grows stronger and gains abilities while you stay powerless. It certainly won't feel good.
Sam, Tamika, and Maddie all volunteered to take care of the children while everyone builds. They suggested they go to the caves since they'll be fairly safe there, not to mention the really friendly environment.
The day passed rather quickly after that. Although it wasn't all that impressive, they managed to build a few huts connected to the tree, granted it look all of Aaron's strength to pierce just the bark with its beak.
However, after that, they just needed to stick the longs that were used for the foundation in and the rest was much easier from there. The huts were only placed a few metres above the tree roots, mainly to avoid any flooding that could possibly occur here.
They connected them with wooden bridges, nothing too special as it was created with whole logs rather than planks due to the difficulty of cutting the longs perfectly in half. As for the roof, that was obviously created using the coconut tree leaves due to their large size.
"Just wondering, what should happen if we leave these houses outside the nullified area?" Harrison asked. He understood the gravity stones fairly quickly, especially once he owned one. However, he also knew how physics work and while these houses were still in a nullified area they were unaffected, once they leave they'll have to take on the full force of the gravity.
"Well, although I'm not too sure, if we leave a gravity stone here activated then I don't think there'll be any problems," Lachlan said as he scratched his head in embarrassment as to why he hadn't thought about it.
"We should probably do some tests and if there are no limits that'll be wonderful, but if there are we should find out now," Harrison suggested sternly, and no one could or should refute that.
Flynn decided to stay and activate his high ranked stone while Lachlan and Simon go out testing because they'll use their birds to help. It didn't take too long to find out the answer, the limit depended on the rank of the stone obviously, but fortunately, the limit beyond what they expected for all of them.
They tested it by nullifying all gravity and throwing it in a straight line, someone will fly along with it until it fell, and they recorded the distance. The tried a few times with each stone to get a better estimate.
However, what they found it was beyond shocking. The limit of the high ranked stone was simply too much, they all knew how much more dangerous these stones just became if they got into the wrong hands. Especially the high ranked stones that can still be used even when it goes 4000 kilometres away.
During that test, it took so long they decided in not doing another one, hell, during the test they were tempted to just stop and say that it can go forever. Fortunately, they decided not to and managed to get a much more accurate reading.
The most shocking thing about it wasn't necessarily the distance of the high ranked stone, but the sheer size of the gap from the medium ranked and high ranked stones.
During the test, it went fairly normal, although still slightly amazing. The low ranked stones can continue being used for up to 200 kilometres, the medium was 400 kilometres which was only doubled. But high ranked stones got 4000 kilometres, it increased by a multiple of 10.
They went back and told everyone the information which left them all stunned. They were also completely fine with leaving a few high ranked stones around the place to nullify the gravity. Lachlan was fine with it as well considering they're already surrounded by high ranked stones.
Once it was time for dinner all the older people gathered together in the main part of the cave where the children were. The children had their dinner at a separate time and were already back to playing. They had their dinner only half an hour earlier so that the rest of the group can also start planning.
Everyone was already onboard with the whole idea of protecting these unique children, but theory and practice are completely separate things.
The whole idea and theory behind why they should protect these children are good, but how well can they do it, and at what scale do they do it at. They are currently located near Australia, the most isolated country. How are they supposed to make an impact on countries like America, China or Russia?
As everyone sat down Chloe came over with a tray, this time she went out and killed a bird looking beast, its wings were the size of a full-grown pig as it laid on a piece of coconut leaf. Everyone was drooling from the smell, everyone reached out with their forks and ripped pieces of meat off, digging right in without having any time to talk.
As they bit into the meat they all thought the same thing, Chloe seemed like a professional cook. Simon asked her about it, turns out she worked at a fairly high-end restaurant before everything went to shit.
Once they eat quite a bit they sparked up a discussion about future plans, how far they'll take it. Will they make this whole thing international, Lachlan wants it to be at least recognised on an international level. Possibly get a few more people to start up similar organisations in their respected country.
"So where do we start?" Tyler asked.
"In that context, we have already started. However, if you mean where to next then maybe Adelaide, it should have a similar system to Melbourne," Flynn said, the atmosphere quickly dropped. Everyone in the room heard what happened in Melbourne, it was a touchy subject especially to the parents in the room.
"Hopefully we might be able to find parents inside Adelaide with the same thoughts as us," Sam said.
"Indeed, but what will be our plan. We can't just go in forcing them to tell us where they are, they might get suspicious and think we're subordinates of the intelligent beasts. In addition, who's to say that the Melbourne military didn't warn everyone else of our existence," Chloe explained.
Almost everyone leaned back in their chairs, turning their heads upwards towards the ceiling, lost in their trains of thought. The sigh that came from everyone's mouth seemed so loud amongst the silence.
"We could get one of the parents or even a group of parents to go in a blend with the crowd, maybe try to get some information from passing people. We can't do it because if those Sky and Land Guardian leaders have decided to warn everyone, our faces are probably attached to those warnings," Lachlan explained. Although it might not be like that, it's always best to think of every situation.
"Let's just stay on the side of caution and assume they did do that, I can go in and investigate but I need a background story in case anyone just suspicious and begin to ask questions," Tamika said.
"Alright, Flynn can you bring up the map please," Lachlan said.
"Maps are up, where should we say you came from?" Flynn asked. Since they didn't have a good connection here, sometimes none at all, Flynn had screenshotted and printed maps of all the countries, even pictures that were rather zoomed in, giving them details of the surrounding towns.
Lachlan quickly got confused by the new markings on the map, but quickly saw a keynote on the side that made everything much easier. There were numbers from 1 – 3, and at the end of that list was a black skull. Lachlan didn't even need to think about it, he knew it meant death.
Each area was covered by these numbers and symbol, which likely represented how dangerous these areas are.
The rest of the group was in a similar situation but were also observant enough to notice it. None of them really wanted to ask about it since they felt they would look stupid. Especially considering that everyone else aside from them understood it completely.
"Birdwood is a relatively safe place, it's protected by the military because of the farmland there. In addition, there is only 1 death zone you will pass through to get to Adelaide and you only pass through the outskirts of it," Flynn explained as he pointed to where he was talking about.
The death zone Tamika would have to pass through is extremely large and is ruled by a group of 9 intelligent beasts, making it a high-level death zone. Luckily because of military interference those intelligent beasts' area only just reaches the route.
"Now, for a personal background," Tamika said.
"You're 35, your husband was killed by a beast, you have no children and you're currently just going around trying new things and experiencing the thrill of travelling through danger zones," Lachlan came up with something at the top of his mind and thought it sounded rather good. Although slightly dark, hopefully, it would prevent people from asking too many questions.
"What about the birthplace?" Tamika asked.
"Keep everything from your childhood the same, makes it a lot easier to talk to people if they ask things about your childhood. Just say your husband was from South Australia so you decided to get married here, then you enjoyed your stay here, so you decided to move over and live here," Flynn said.
"Alright, so where should I hang out to get information?" Tamika asked.
"I would say pubs but they're risky, especially now that people have tamed beasts. If you piss off someone strong then it could be all over. Cafés are good, fast food places are just as good, but the best place might be at a park," Flynn said.
"Why a park?" Lachlan asked.
"Because the military is everywhere, people don't want to talk shit about the military right next to them. A park is fairly secluded especially if you find a good spot, so just hanging out at a park would be a good idea," Flynn explained. People with hybrids wouldn't utter a noise around the military since the ones protecting them were Land Guardians.
"By myself?" Tamika asked. Her concerns were the same for everyone, it would be odd to see anyone by themselves at a park.
"I can go," Maddie said.
"Me as well," Dakota said.
And just like that everyone fits into place. A group of girls relaxing at a park is great, they could have a picnic and bring along some food since their stay at the park might last a whole day.
"Alright, the plans settled. Remember, always keep your phones fully charged and on, that way you can call for help whenever something goes wrong," Flynn said."
"Will do," they all replied.
The group then proceeded to separate, leaving the cave to go to their huts. Some of them, however, decided to stay in the cave since they liked it better. Nothing wrong with that, even Lachlan was tempted to stay in the cave. It was just that he wasn't expecting many people to stay in the cave as it would be mainly used for farming, nothing else.
Lachlan stared into Tyler's eyes with determination to make this man acknowledge him, and he knew there was a really simple way to do just that. He walked over to the machinery and gestured Tyler to follow, once they reached it Lachlan placed his hand on the bonnet."Bet, if I lose the arm wrestle I'll leave your daughter alone, but if I win, you have to acknowledge me as her boyfriend," Lachlan was making use of Tyler's weaknesses and gambling just happened to be one of them, there was also overprotective, it was the perfect way to lure him in.Tyler thought for a moment before grabbing onto Lachlan's hand and placing his elbow on the bonnet as well, "You better keep to your words young man."Lachlan grinned when he saw him agree, he didn't think it would work so easily, no wonder it's listed as a weakness. Lachlan quickly gripped slightly tighter, he looked towards Tyler, "3, 2, 1, go!"*Bang*Lachlan slammed Tyler's hand into the bonnet, leaving a small dent. Tyler's face turned to show once the realisation hit him, this young man was more then he looked. Holding up his hand he noticed it was bright red and swollen, he had never experienced such strength before, aside from what beasts wield."It seems it's my win," Lachlan said confidently.Phoebe came running over and grabbed Lachlan's hand, "That's enough, there's no need to hurt my dad just to get his acknowledgement.""But it certainly was much easier," Lachlan joked as he wrapped his arms around Phoebe, "Glad to see you again.""Yeah, yeah, let go now, we have a lot of work to do," Phoebe said."Alright, alright, I suppose we should organise everyone into their specialties first," Lachlan suggested as he walked over and sat down by the coconuts, bringing one up to his mouth and taking a sip."I'll help with the building since I did work as an architect," Harrison said from the side. No one was really surprised, he looked like the type of person that designs things, now they just know what he designs."Well that's really convenient," Chloe snarked from the side, Flynn was next to her. During the time the families were getting off Flynn had woken up, but the children were still resting peacefully."I want to relax in that cave Joe told me so much about, I can't deal with all this violence, not to mention I know a thing or two about taking care of a farm," Dakota said. Lachlan was actually slightly happy someone volunteered to start farming so early, it was something that was essential for them after all."I'll also help with the farming, I don't have a talent for this whole taming business," Tyler said as he looked down, disappointed plastered across his face as he clenched his fists. Although Lachlan wasn't too sure how Tyler knew about his low compatibility, he wasn't all that surprised, living in the real world where everyone around you grows stronger and gains abilities while you stay powerless. It certainly won't feel good.Sam, Tamika, and Maddie all volunteered to take care of the children while everyone builds. They suggested they go to the caves since they'll be fairly safe there, not to mention the really friendly environment.The day passed rather quickly after that. Although it wasn't all that impressive, they managed to build a few huts connected to the tree, granted it look all of Aaron's strength to pierce just the bark with its beak.However, after that, they just needed to stick the longs that were used for the foundation in and the rest was much easier from there. The huts were only placed a few metres above the tree roots, mainly to avoid any flooding that could possibly occur here.They connected them with wooden bridges, nothing too special as it was created with whole logs rather than planks due to the difficulty of cutting the longs perfectly in half. As for the roof, that was obviously created using the coconut tree leaves due to their large size."Just wondering, what should happen if we leave these houses outside the nullified area?" Harrison asked. He understood the gravity stones fairly quickly, especially once he owned one. However, he also knew how physics work and while these houses were still in a nullified area they were unaffected, once they leave they'll have to take on the full force of the gravity."Well, although I'm not too sure, if we leave a gravity stone here activated then I don't think there'll be any problems," Lachlan said as he scratched his head in embarrassment as to why he hadn't thought about it."We should probably do some tests and if there are no limits that'll be wonderful, but if there are we should find out now," Harrison suggested sternly, and no one could or should refute that.Flynn decided to stay and activate his high ranked stone while Lachlan and Simon go out testing because they'll use their birds to help. It didn't take too long to find out the answer, the limit depended on the rank of the stone obviously, but fortunately, the limit beyond what they expected for all of them.They tested it by nullifying all gravity and throwing it in a straight line, someone will fly along with it until it fell, and they recorded the distance. The tried a few times with each stone to get a better estimate.However, what they found it was beyond shocking. The limit of the high ranked stone was simply too much, they all knew how much more dangerous these stones just became if they got into the wrong hands. Especially the high ranked stones that can still be used even when it goes 4000 kilometres away.During that test, it took so long they decided in not doing another one, hell, during the test they were tempted to just stop and say that it can go forever. Fortunately, they decided not to and managed to get a much more accurate reading.The most shocking thing about it wasn't necessarily the distance of the high ranked stone, but the sheer size of the gap from the medium ranked and high ranked stones.During the test, it went fairly normal, although still slightly amazing. The low ranked stones can continue being used for up to 200 kilometres, the medium was 400 kilometres which was only doubled. But high ranked stones got 4000 kilometres, it increased by a multiple of 10.They went back and told everyone the information which left them all stunned. They were also completely fine with leaving a few high ranked stones around the place to nullify the gravity. Lachlan was fine with it as well considering they're already surrounded by high ranked stones.Once it was time for dinner all the older people gathered together in the main part of the cave where the children were. The children had their dinner at a separate time and were already back to playing. They had their dinner only half an hour earlier so that the rest of the group can also start planning.Everyone was already onboard with the whole idea of protecting these unique children, but theory and practice are completely separate things.The whole idea and theory behind why they should protect these children are good, but how well can they do it, and at what scale do they do it at. They are currently located near Australia, the most isolated country. How are they supposed to make an impact on countries like America, China or Russia?As everyone sat down Chloe came over with a tray, this time she went out and killed a bird looking beast, its wings were the size of a full-grown pig as it laid on a piece of coconut leaf. Everyone was drooling from the smell, everyone reached out with their forks and ripped pieces of meat off, digging right in without having any time to talk.As they bit into the meat they all thought the same thing, Chloe seemed like a professional cook. Simon asked her about it, turns out she worked at a fairly high-end restaurant before everything went to shit.Once they eat quite a bit they sparked up a discussion about future plans, how far they'll take it. Will they make this whole thing international, Lachlan wants it to be at least recognised on an international level. Possibly get a few more people to start up similar organisations in their respected country."So where do we start?" Tyler asked."In that context, we have already started. However, if you mean where to next then maybe Adelaide, it should have a similar system to Melbourne," Flynn said, the atmosphere quickly dropped. Everyone in the room heard what happened in Melbourne, it was a touchy subject especially to the parents in the room."Hopefully we might be able to find parents inside Adelaide with the same thoughts as us," Sam said."Indeed, but what will be our plan. We can't just go in forcing them to tell us where they are, they might get suspicious and think we're subordinates of the intelligent beasts. In addition, who's to say that the Melbourne military didn't warn everyone else of our existence," Chloe explained.Almost everyone leaned back in their chairs, turning their heads upwards towards the ceiling, lost in their trains of thought. The sigh that came from everyone's mouth seemed so loud amongst the silence."We could get one of the parents or even a group of parents to go in a blend with the crowd, maybe try to get some information from passing people. We can't do it because if those Sky and Land Guardian leaders have decided to warn everyone, our faces are probably attached to those warnings," Lachlan explained. Although it might not be like that, it's always best to think of every situation."Let's just stay on the side of caution and assume they did do that, I can go in and investigate but I need a background story in case anyone just suspicious and begin to ask questions," Tamika said."Alright, Flynn can you bring up the map please," Lachlan said."Maps are up, where should we say you came from?" Flynn asked. Since they didn't have a good connection here, sometimes none at all, Flynn had screenshotted and printed maps of all the countries, even pictures that were rather zoomed in, giving them details of the surrounding towns.Lachlan quickly got confused by the new markings on the map, but quickly saw a keynote on the side that made everything much easier. There were numbers from 1 3, and at the end of that list was a black skull. Lachlan didn't even need to think about it, he knew it meant death.Each area was covered by these numbers and symbol, which likely represented how dangerous these areas are.The rest of the group was in a similar situation but were also observant enough to notice it. None of them really wanted to ask about it since they felt they would look stupid. Especially considering that everyone else aside from them understood it completely."Birdwood is a relatively safe place, it's protected by the military because of the farmland there. In addition, there is only 1 death zone you will pass through to get to Adelaide and you only pass through the outskirts of it," Flynn explained as he pointed to where he was talking about.The death zone Tamika would have to pass through is extremely large and is ruled by a group of 9 intelligent beasts, making it a high-level death zone. Luckily because of military interference those intelligent beasts' area only just reaches the route."Now, for a personal background," Tamika said."You're 35, your husband was killed by a beast, you have no children and you're currently just going around trying new things and experiencing the thrill of travelling through danger zones," Lachlan came up with something at the top of his mind and thought it sounded rather good. Although slightly dark, hopefully, it would prevent people from asking too many questions."What about the birthplace?" Tamika asked."Keep everything from your childhood the same, makes it a lot easier to talk to people if they ask things about your childhood. Just say your husband was from South Australia so you decided to get married here, then you enjoyed your stay here, so you decided to move over and live here," Flynn said."Alright, so where should I hang out to get information?" Tamika asked."I would say pubs but they're risky, especially now that people have tamed beasts. If you piss off someone strong then it could be all over. Cafs are good, fast food places are just as good, but the best place might be at a park," Flynn said."Why a park?" Lachlan asked."Because the military is everywhere, people don't want to talk shit about the military right next to them. A park is fairly secluded especially if you find a good spot, so just hanging out at a park would be a good idea," Flynn explained. People with hybrids wouldn't utter a noise around the military since the ones protecting them were Land Guardians."By myself?" Tamika asked. Her concerns were the same for everyone, it would be odd to see anyone by themselves at a park."I can go," Maddie said."Me as well," Dakota said.And just like that everyone fits into place. A group of girls relaxing at a park is great, they could have a picnic and bring along some food since their stay at the park might last a whole day."Alright, the plans settled. Remember, always keep your phones fully charged and on, that way you can call for help whenever something goes wrong," Flynn said.""Will do," they all replied.The group then proceeded to separate, leaving the cave to go to their huts. Some of them, however, decided to stay in the cave since they liked it better. Nothing wrong with that, even Lachlan was tempted to stay in the cave. It was just that he wasn't expecting many people to stay in the cave as it would be mainly used for farming, nothing else.
