Chapter 96
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"We already explained it didn't we? But if you insist, the island wasn't connected-" Flynn's explanation was quickly interrupted by Jake.
"No not that, I mean the floating, my soldiers have already reported that fact that your entire group was floating in the air," Jake said as he casually sat down. Unlike Nick, Jake's soldiers were the only people to have seen the group floating in the air. Nick's soldiers were busy being transported in the plane, not controlling it.
"Oh that, well I suppose that's a business secret, everyone needs to have their own tricks to survive after all," Flynn explained mischievously.
"Oh come on, it's not like we can copy your tricks now can we?" Jake asked as he sounded like a child nagging their parent for something.
"Although you're not wrong, we also don't want you to develop any means to counter our tricks," Flynn said as he leaned back in the chair.
"Tsk, well since I can't get it through asking how about I propose a deal, one that benefits both sides," Jake said as he leaned slightly over the table to rest his elbows on it.
"Do explain," Flynn said as he gestured Jake to continue.
The group were slightly surprised as they were listening to everything going on. It was as though there were constant mind games going on, each trying to get to smallest bit of information from the opposing side.
Flynn was mixing both truthful information along with lies. Although they could easily copy their tricks should they get a hold of the gravity stones, there isn't any way to actually counter them. They can't exactly stop gravity in its tracks, it isn't something that could actually be held in someone's palm.
"I propose that we become allies, not necessarily life or death allies but just somewhat trustworthy allies; you don't attack us, we don't attack you and we can work together should we need to," Jake calmly suggested.
"Hm, I thought you Sky Guardians despised us," Flynn said in a curious tone.
"Not really, while the Land Guardians hate your guts and the Sea Guardians are like your family, we're a mix of both. As some of our forces are with the Sea Guardians, they see things on the battlefield and report it around the force; the desperate families doing everything in their power to survive or at least let their children survive, even if they are mutated," Jake explained.
"Why do the Land Guardians hate us so much though?" Flynn couldn't help but ask, he never understood what problem the Land Guardians had with them, it isn't as though they killed their families.
"I don't really know either. Possibly because hunting down mutated children was the only thing that gave their forces something to do; it distracted the public from that fact that the Land Guardians are quite literally useless now. Aside from that, maybe some of them just had such a large amount of hatred targeted towards intelligent beast that they despise anything even remotely similar," Jake explained as she shrugged his shoulders and shook his head. "Could also be the fact that the Land Guardians are the most corrupt force."
"How so?" Flynn questioned.
"Well, since Land Guardians are never really on the front lines it's the safest force to join. It's also where higher-ups will send their spoiled brats because some of them don't want their little angles to see them experience the real hardship of war," Jake responded with a hint of anger in his voice. "Then all they do is go brag to their friends that their children are apart of the army, exaggerating every little story they hear from their children to make it sound as though stubbing their toe against their bedside was a battle of life and death."
"Sounds like you have some rather strong opinions," Flynn casually remarked. The others in the group nodded along with that. Lachlan could understand why Jake's so angry though; Jake is a combat genius but all it takes is one arrogant soldier to screw up his whole chain of commands. Something that could end the lives of the entire battalion.
"Of course, war isn't a game parents should be sending their kids to play in. Although I will say that sometimes war can change the spoiled brats, just a single battle can make them more mature, turn them into a real leader," said Jake as he leaned back in his chair.
"Suppose making an Ally with someone such as yourself wouldn't be too bad, although I will warn you, all it will take is one messy leader and our alliance could crumble into the ground," Flynn said. "Granted you will just need to make sure those people never meet us, should they decide to fight against us because of something we said we certainly aren't afraid to show them our full force."
"Don't worry, I know all too well how important the alliance between us is. Unfortunately, I can't say the same for Nick. When you leave I would suggest leaving a lasting impression on the Land Guardians, just something that'll scare them a bit," Jake suggested with a wide grin.
Although Flynn wasn't sure how they could leave a lasting impression without making enemies with the Land Guardians, Lachlan knew exactly what to do. It'll also send a message to Jake that he made the right decision
"Just wondering though, what personality does the leader of the Sky Guardians have?" Flynn asked. From what he remembered the leaders were two to one in favour of getting rid of hybrids. He wanted to confirm whether anything has changed since then.
Jake face began to scrunch as his wrinkles became more prominent, "His personality is a rather unique one is all I can really say. Sometimes he's all for saving everyone and at other times he's only for saving certain people, as though he has multiple personalities."
"I wonder how he managed to get so high in the ranking with such a split personality, wouldn't that be rather dangerous to have on the battlefield?" Flynn hadn't met anyone with split personalities before but from what he knew, they weren't all that good to have.
"The weird thing is, every single one of his personalities is a genius level leader; they are all able to lead large armies into battle confidently without a doubt they'll all make it out alive. And that's exactly what's so unique about them, their ability to minimize the casualties," Jake explained.
"How many personalities does he have?" Simon asked from behind. He wasn't some cunning businessman so he let Flynn take care of all of that, but this Sky Guardian leader intrigued him.
"I believe he has 6 personalities including his own," Jake replied. "Each of which will appear at different times, some at worst time than others. I remember hearing a rumour about one of his personalities appearing in front of a military leader years ago, he started spouting nonsense about how that leader wasn't qualified and whatnot, this was a massive setback and provided him with some difficulties rising his rank."
"I would love to meet him," Lachlan said as he thought about what type of screen would appear for him. Would it be the screen of the body or the personality? What name would appear? Anything could be possible.
"Anyway, I feel as though our group should go now. It was a lovely time talking to you and I hope you remember our alliance," Flynn said as he leaned forward before standing up. The rest of the group follow suit.
"Indeed, I would love to work alongside your group in the future, do remember what you promised before though and leave a lasting impression," Jake said as he stood up.
They all began to walk back outside where they noticed Nick was angrily pouting to the side. He was leaning on the building and when the group came out his gaze snapped towards them.
"Alright then, I suppose we'll meet some other time, but until then make sure you take care of yourself," Lachlan said as he summoned Aaron.
'Aaron, how about you release that aura of yours and show everyone here who's the strongest?' Lachlan said as he hopped on. Some of the group joined him while Simon and Georgia summoned their own birds to support the rest of the group.
Just as they were about to fly off an astounding amount of pressure suddenly appeared in the surrounding area. It felt as though it threatened to crush everyone into the ground.
It was much stronger than the time in Sydney as Aaron had practised a bit since then. He had a lot more control over his aura, including how powerful it was.
The power emitted from Aaron's body could be seen as it seemed as though the space surrounding Aaron's body was beginning to warp under the pressure. Nick was feeling the full frontal of it as Aaron stared directly at him.
Georgia's and Simon's birds were affected but not as much as the soldiers. Fortunately, Aaron practised his control otherwise they might have also collapsed from the pressure.
'Alright, let's go' Lachlan commanded.
Aaron shot into the air, the pressure around the base slowly lifted and everyone could finally breathe normally. Simon and Georgia, although were momentarily dazed quickly followed Lachlan's trail, leaving Nick and Jake to just stare at their fading figures.
'Oh boy was it a good idea to make a friendly alliance with them' Jake thought as his back was covered in sweat. He felt as though that pressure would tear him in half, yet he didn't even feel the full power of it.
Close to him was Nick who finally collapsed to his knees, his entire body furiously sweating from fear. 'What the fuck was that? What type of monster was that?' Nick almost passed out from the pressure, as it felt as though he was already in the mouth of the beast just being stared at.
He had never felt so close to losing his life before. He merely chose to become a soldier so he could brag to his friends about how brave he was. But that one encounter made him feel as though he aged hundreds of years.
'What would have happened if Jake didn't stop me' Nick shivered at the thought. He was originally furious that Jake ordered him to get out but now he felt as though he should be thankful, being in a room by himself with a bunch of monsters. What would have happened to him should he have really pissed them off?
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"We already explained it didn't we? But if you insist, the island wasn't connected-" Flynn's explanation was quickly interrupted by Jake.
"No not that, I mean the floating, my soldiers have already reported that fact that your entire group was floating in the air," Jake said as he casually sat down. Unlike Nick, Jake's soldiers were the only people to have seen the group floating in the air. Nick's soldiers were busy being transported in the plane, not controlling it.
"Oh that, well I suppose that's a business secret, everyone needs to have their own tricks to survive after all," Flynn explained mischievously.
"Oh come on, it's not like we can copy your tricks now can we?" Jake asked as he sounded like a child nagging their parent for something.
"Although you're not wrong, we also don't want you to develop any means to counter our tricks," Flynn said as he leaned back in the chair.
"Tsk, well since I can't get it through asking how about I propose a deal, one that benefits both sides," Jake said as he leaned slightly over the table to rest his elbows on it.
"Do explain," Flynn said as he gestured Jake to continue.
The group were slightly surprised as they were listening to everything going on. It was as though there were constant mind games going on, each trying to get to smallest bit of information from the opposing side.
Flynn was mixing both truthful information along with lies. Although they could easily copy their tricks should they get a hold of the gravity stones, there isn't any way to actually counter them. They can't exactly stop gravity in its tracks, it isn't something that could actually be held in someone's palm.
"I propose that we become allies, not necessarily life or death allies but just somewhat trustworthy allies; you don't attack us, we don't attack you and we can work together should we need to," Jake calmly suggested.
"Hm, I thought you Sky Guardians despised us," Flynn said in a curious tone.
"Not really, while the Land Guardians hate your guts and the Sea Guardians are like your family, we're a mix of both. As some of our forces are with the Sea Guardians, they see things on the battlefield and report it around the force; the desperate families doing everything in their power to survive or at least let their children survive, even if they are mutated," Jake explained.
"Why do the Land Guardians hate us so much though?" Flynn couldn't help but ask, he never understood what problem the Land Guardians had with them, it isn't as though they killed their families.
"I don't really know either. Possibly because hunting down mutated children was the only thing that gave their forces something to do; it distracted the public from that fact that the Land Guardians are quite literally useless now. Aside from that, maybe some of them just had such a large amount of hatred targeted towards intelligent beast that they despise anything even remotely similar," Jake explained as she shrugged his shoulders and shook his head. "Could also be the fact that the Land Guardians are the most corrupt force."
"How so?" Flynn questioned.
"Well, since Land Guardians are never really on the front lines it's the safest force to join. It's also where higher-ups will send their spoiled brats because some of them don't want their little angles to see them experience the real hardship of war," Jake responded with a hint of anger in his voice. "Then all they do is go brag to their friends that their children are apart of the army, exaggerating every little story they hear from their children to make it sound as though stubbing their toe against their bedside was a battle of life and death."
"Sounds like you have some rather strong opinions," Flynn casually remarked. The others in the group nodded along with that. Lachlan could understand why Jake's so angry though; Jake is a combat genius but all it takes is one arrogant soldier to screw up his whole chain of commands. Something that could end the lives of the entire battalion.
"Of course, war isn't a game parents should be sending their kids to play in. Although I will say that sometimes war can change the spoiled brats, just a single battle can make them more mature, turn them into a real leader," said Jake as he leaned back in his chair.
"Suppose making an Ally with someone such as yourself wouldn't be too bad, although I will warn you, all it will take is one messy leader and our alliance could crumble into the ground," Flynn said. "Granted you will just need to make sure those people never meet us, should they decide to fight against us because of something we said we certainly aren't afraid to show them our full force."
"Don't worry, I know all too well how important the alliance between us is. Unfortunately, I can't say the same for Nick. When you leave I would suggest leaving a lasting impression on the Land Guardians, just something that'll scare them a bit," Jake suggested with a wide grin.
Although Flynn wasn't sure how they could leave a lasting impression without making enemies with the Land Guardians, Lachlan knew exactly what to do. It'll also send a message to Jake that he made the right decision
"Just wondering though, what personality does the leader of the Sky Guardians have?" Flynn asked. From what he remembered the leaders were two to one in favour of getting rid of hybrids. He wanted to confirm whether anything has changed since then.
Jake face began to scrunch as his wrinkles became more prominent, "His personality is a rather unique one is all I can really say. Sometimes he's all for saving everyone and at other times he's only for saving certain people, as though he has multiple personalities."
"I wonder how he managed to get so high in the ranking with such a split personality, wouldn't that be rather dangerous to have on the battlefield?" Flynn hadn't met anyone with split personalities before but from what he knew, they weren't all that good to have.
"The weird thing is, every single one of his personalities is a genius level leader; they are all able to lead large armies into battle confidently without a doubt they'll all make it out alive. And that's exactly what's so unique about them, their ability to minimize the casualties," Jake explained.
"How many personalities does he have?" Simon asked from behind. He wasn't some cunning businessman so he let Flynn take care of all of that, but this Sky Guardian leader intrigued him.
"I believe he has 6 personalities including his own," Jake replied. "Each of which will appear at different times, some at worst time than others. I remember hearing a rumour about one of his personalities appearing in front of a military leader years ago, he started spouting nonsense about how that leader wasn't qualified and whatnot, this was a massive setback and provided him with some difficulties rising his rank."
"I would love to meet him," Lachlan said as he thought about what type of screen would appear for him. Would it be the screen of the body or the personality? What name would appear? Anything could be possible.
"Anyway, I feel as though our group should go now. It was a lovely time talking to you and I hope you remember our alliance," Flynn said as he leaned forward before standing up. The rest of the group follow suit.
"Indeed, I would love to work alongside your group in the future, do remember what you promised before though and leave a lasting impression," Jake said as he stood up.
They all began to walk back outside where they noticed Nick was angrily pouting to the side. He was leaning on the building and when the group came out his gaze snapped towards them.
"Alright then, I suppose we'll meet some other time, but until then make sure you take care of yourself," Lachlan said as he summoned Aaron.
'Aaron, how about you release that aura of yours and show everyone here who's the strongest?' Lachlan said as he hopped on. Some of the group joined him while Simon and Georgia summoned their own birds to support the rest of the group.
Just as they were about to fly off an astounding amount of pressure suddenly appeared in the surrounding area. It felt as though it threatened to crush everyone into the ground.
It was much stronger than the time in Sydney as Aaron had practised a bit since then. He had a lot more control over his aura, including how powerful it was.
The power emitted from Aaron's body could be seen as it seemed as though the space surrounding Aaron's body was beginning to warp under the pressure. Nick was feeling the full frontal of it as Aaron stared directly at him.
Georgia's and Simon's birds were affected but not as much as the soldiers. Fortunately, Aaron practised his control otherwise they might have also collapsed from the pressure.
'Alright, let's go' Lachlan commanded.
Aaron shot into the air, the pressure around the base slowly lifted and everyone could finally breathe normally. Simon and Georgia, although were momentarily dazed quickly followed Lachlan's trail, leaving Nick and Jake to just stare at their fading figures.
'Oh boy was it a good idea to make a friendly alliance with them' Jake thought as his back was covered in sweat. He felt as though that pressure would tear him in half, yet he didn't even feel the full power of it.
Close to him was Nick who finally collapsed to his knees, his entire body furiously sweating from fear. 'What the fuck was that? What type of monster was that?' Nick almost passed out from the pressure, as it felt as though he was already in the mouth of the beast just being stared at.
He had never felt so close to losing his life before. He merely chose to become a soldier so he could brag to his friends about how brave he was. But that one encounter made him feel as though he aged hundreds of years.
'What would have happened if Jake didn't stop me' Nick shivered at the thought. He was originally furious that Jake ordered him to get out but now he felt as though he should be thankful, being in a room by himself with a bunch of monsters. What would have happened to him should he have really pissed them off?
"We already explained it didn't we? But if you insist, the island wasn't connected-" Flynn's explanation was quickly interrupted by Jake."No not that, I mean the floating, my soldiers have already reported that fact that your entire group was floating in the air," Jake said as he casually sat down. Unlike Nick, Jake's soldiers were the only people to have seen the group floating in the air. Nick's soldiers were busy being transported in the plane, not controlling it."Oh that, well I suppose that's a business secret, everyone needs to have their own tricks to survive after all," Flynn explained mischievously."Oh come on, it's not like we can copy your tricks now can we?" Jake asked as he sounded like a child nagging their parent for something."Although you're not wrong, we also don't want you to develop any means to counter our tricks," Flynn said as he leaned back in the chair."Tsk, well since I can't get it through asking how about I propose a deal, one that benefits both sides," Jake said as he leaned slightly over the table to rest his elbows on it."Do explain," Flynn said as he gestured Jake to continue.The group were slightly surprised as they were listening to everything going on. It was as though there were constant mind games going on, each trying to get to smallest bit of information from the opposing side.Flynn was mixing both truthful information along with lies. Although they could easily copy their tricks should they get a hold of the gravity stones, there isn't any way to actually counter them. They can't exactly stop gravity in its tracks, it isn't something that could actually be held in someone's palm."I propose that we become allies, not necessarily life or death allies but just somewhat trustworthy allies; you don't attack us, we don't attack you and we can work together should we need to," Jake calmly suggested."Hm, I thought you Sky Guardians despised us," Flynn said in a curious tone."Not really, while the Land Guardians hate your guts and the Sea Guardians are like your family, we're a mix of both. As some of our forces are with the Sea Guardians, they see things on the battlefield and report it around the force; the desperate families doing everything in their power to survive or at least let their children survive, even if they are mutated," Jake explained."Why do the Land Guardians hate us so much though?" Flynn couldn't help but ask, he never understood what problem the Land Guardians had with them, it isn't as though they killed their families."I don't really know either. Possibly because hunting down mutated children was the only thing that gave their forces something to do; it distracted the public from that fact that the Land Guardians are quite literally useless now. Aside from that, maybe some of them just had such a large amount of hatred targeted towards intelligent beast that they despise anything even remotely similar," Jake explained as she shrugged his shoulders and shook his head. "Could also be the fact that the Land Guardians are the most corrupt force.""How so?" Flynn questioned."Well, since Land Guardians are never really on the front lines it's the safest force to join. It's also where higher-ups will send their spoiled brats because some of them don't want their little angles to see them experience the real hardship of war," Jake responded with a hint of anger in his voice. "Then all they do is go brag to their friends that their children are apart of the army, exaggerating every little story they hear from their children to make it sound as though stubbing their toe against their bedside was a battle of life and death.""Sounds like you have some rather strong opinions," Flynn casually remarked. The others in the group nodded along with that. Lachlan could understand why Jake's so angry though; Jake is a combat genius but all it takes is one arrogant soldier to screw up his whole chain of commands. Something that could end the lives of the entire battalion."Of course, war isn't a game parents should be sending their kids to play in. Although I will say that sometimes war can change the spoiled brats, just a single battle can make them more mature, turn them into a real leader," said Jake as he leaned back in his chair."Suppose making an Ally with someone such as yourself wouldn't be too bad, although I will warn you, all it will take is one messy leader and our alliance could crumble into the ground," Flynn said. "Granted you will just need to make sure those people never meet us, should they decide to fight against us because of something we said we certainly aren't afraid to show them our full force.""Don't worry, I know all too well how important the alliance between us is. Unfortunately, I can't say the same for Nick. When you leave I would suggest leaving a lasting impression on the Land Guardians, just something that'll scare them a bit," Jake suggested with a wide grin.Although Flynn wasn't sure how they could leave a lasting impression without making enemies with the Land Guardians, Lachlan knew exactly what to do. It'll also send a message to Jake that he made the right decision"Just wondering though, what personality does the leader of the Sky Guardians have?" Flynn asked. From what he remembered the leaders were two to one in favour of getting rid of hybrids. He wanted to confirm whether anything has changed since then.Jake face began to scrunch as his wrinkles became more prominent, "His personality is a rather unique one is all I can really say. Sometimes he's all for saving everyone and at other times he's only for saving certain people, as though he has multiple personalities.""I wonder how he managed to get so high in the ranking with such a split personality, wouldn't that be rather dangerous to have on the battlefield?" Flynn hadn't met anyone with split personalities before but from what he knew, they weren't all that good to have."The weird thing is, every single one of his personalities is a genius level leader; they are all able to lead large armies into battle confidently without a doubt they'll all make it out alive. And that's exactly what's so unique about them, their ability to minimize the casualties," Jake explained."How many personalities does he have?" Simon asked from behind. He wasn't some cunning businessman so he let Flynn take care of all of that, but this Sky Guardian leader intrigued him."I believe he has 6 personalities including his own," Jake replied. "Each of which will appear at different times, some at worst time than others. I remember hearing a rumour about one of his personalities appearing in front of a military leader years ago, he started spouting nonsense about how that leader wasn't qualified and whatnot, this was a massive setback and provided him with some difficulties rising his rank.""I would love to meet him," Lachlan said as he thought about what type of screen would appear for him. Would it be the screen of the body or the personality? What name would appear? Anything could be possible."Anyway, I feel as though our group should go now. It was a lovely time talking to you and I hope you remember our alliance," Flynn said as he leaned forward before standing up. The rest of the group follow suit."Indeed, I would love to work alongside your group in the future, do remember what you promised before though and leave a lasting impression," Jake said as he stood up.They all began to walk back outside where they noticed Nick was angrily pouting to the side. He was leaning on the building and when the group came out his gaze snapped towards them."Alright then, I suppose we'll meet some other time, but until then make sure you take care of yourself," Lachlan said as he summoned Aaron.'Aaron, how about you release that aura of yours and show everyone here who's the strongest?' Lachlan said as he hopped on. Some of the group joined him while Simon and Georgia summoned their own birds to support the rest of the group.Just as they were about to fly off an astounding amount of pressure suddenly appeared in the surrounding area. It felt as though it threatened to crush everyone into the ground.It was much stronger than the time in Sydney as Aaron had practised a bit since then. He had a lot more control over his aura, including how powerful it was.The power emitted from Aaron's body could be seen as it seemed as though the space surrounding Aaron's body was beginning to warp under the pressure. Nick was feeling the full frontal of it as Aaron stared directly at him.Georgia's and Simon's birds were affected but not as much as the soldiers. Fortunately, Aaron practised his control otherwise they might have also collapsed from the pressure.'Alright, let's go' Lachlan commanded.Aaron shot into the air, the pressure around the base slowly lifted and everyone could finally breathe normally. Simon and Georgia, although were momentarily dazed quickly followed Lachlan's trail, leaving Nick and Jake to just stare at their fading figures.'Oh boy was it a good idea to make a friendly alliance with them' Jake thought as his back was covered in sweat. He felt as though that pressure would tear him in half, yet he didn't even feel the full power of it.Close to him was Nick who finally collapsed to his knees, his entire body furiously sweating from fear. 'What the fuck was that? What type of monster was that?' Nick almost passed out from the pressure, as it felt as though he was already in the mouth of the beast just being stared at.He had never felt so close to losing his life before. He merely chose to become a soldier so he could brag to his friends about how brave he was. But that one encounter made him feel as though he aged hundreds of years.'What would have happened if Jake didn't stop me' Nick shivered at the thought. He was originally furious that Jake ordered him to get out but now he felt as though he should be thankful, being in a room by himself with a bunch of monsters. What would have happened to him should he have really pissed them off?
