Pepper

Think. Think!

What did he have at hand?

Reinforcements still hadn't arrived. You could assume the children were still upstairs.

[Fervour] was wounded and tired. His magnum...rendered useless and dismantled.

His sword...barely surviving. Luckily, however, as bizarre as that word is to use in this situation. He was flung towards the door. He dashed.

Running through the door he heard the creature barrel through the walls chasing after him.

He needed to create some distance between the wolf and the people upstairs.

The wolf caught up to him in the blink of an eye, [Fervour] quickly fell backwards to the ground with the wolf flying overhead but not without first slashing towards him. 

His blade finally broke into pieces. He scrambled to his feet...the wolf was faster punching him to the other side of the road knocking the wind out of his lungs. Before he could catch his breath another punch sent him back to where he originally flew from.

It felt like if he didn't put all of his willpower into staying awake he would fall asleep. If he gave in to the sleep he would die here today. Well, maybe the outcome wouldn't change.

"HEIIIII HEIIIII HEIIIIIII"

The mindless beast seemed to find amusement in his pointless struggle. 

[Fervour] pulled his body using only his right hand, forwards. It was pointless, however. All that was left at his destination was nothing but a scabbard and the ruins of his sword.

The Wolf, as cruel as it was strong let him crawl to the blade so that he would feel despair at his set fate. The despair only sweetened the meat.

"HEIIII HEIIIIIIII" 

The wolf loomed over his body now, it couldn't wait any longer. It needed to see the face of defeat as it bites the life out of its prickly prey. He felt more excitement than he did for the meat of children. It lifted the nape of [Fervour], picking him up effortlessly as it made him face it.

EXCITEMENT

That is what the wolf felt as it peered into his lifeless eyes. The flesh. It needed to know the taste of his flesh. 

It brought its main head down...Opened its 4 slit mouth and before it could bite down. 

Spit 

It fell to its knees, losing control of its motor functions. It looked up at its prey for some sort of explanation and all it could see was the man, beaten and bloody...smiling. 

It looked at where the man had been trying to crawl and saw nothing where the shards of the sword should have been. 

The Lunatic. The Complete Dumbass. Bet it all on this stupid plan. He had taken the broken shards of his sword into his mouth in hopes that the wolf would try and eat him, allowing him to spit the shards in its vulnerable gullet. Tumours started to sprout from across the wolf's body expanding and popping into gruesome mist before a tumour finally sprouted at its head. It took one last look at the meal it had been craving before...

Pop

The Emergency Lights still flashed as [Fervour] finally fell to the ground. A moment of respite was finally granted.

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[Fervour] Finally awoke... checking around to make sure that he didn't awake to the afterlife. He would have preferred if he did. 

"Ah, you're awake" 

A nurse responded to the still-dazed [Fervour], the room had a slight green hue emanating from the corner. 

"I'm Kyna, I'll be taking care of you today and also handing your debrief" 

The nurse, short in stature around 5ft if one had to guess donned red hair and tired sleep-deprived eyes. She wore glasses and a uniform, black with red stripes.

She handed him the clipboard she was holding.

"Where is Heron?" 

"Ah, The doctor? He's currently dealing with the severely injured in the ER" 

"What about the lycan"

"Dead don't worry, It's explained in the debrief but we have collected the corpse, we will dismantle it with the others and make proper use of those disgusting dogs"

"The others?- Ah right the debrief" 

She gave an amused smile and left the room.

The debrief outlined 3 main parts: 

The Emergency : 3 Tier 1 wolves had gotten inside, and one of the Tier 1s is a variant (Variants are types of Lycan on the verge of evolving into a Tier 2). 

They had entered through the outpost tunnel. 

To quickly explain, Outposts had a variety of different functions and were a VERY important necessity not only for the reclamation of the surface but also for safety. Outposts were located in places where they would easily blend into the surroundings with only the limited amount of infrastructure. They were surrounded by roses and lilies. Anything with a strong smell would suffice and keep most lycans away. With such a dwindling population most frontiers kept in contact with one another and knew every outpost location each frontier owned. As a result of this, they made quite good trading locations. Each Frontier had its unique form of outpost of course like the Elven frontier (not real elves just a name) where they would have them in the trees connected via rope bridges, etc etc. Desperatus used tunnels. If you were injured whilst raiding or scouting the surface then you'd run quickly to the outpost press your designated emergency button and you could receive aid, a quick getaway etc. Each outpost has a person at the outpost itself giving regular reports of the surrounding area/ activity and a gatekeeper to man the main entrance to Desparatus. 

Outpost 3 Tunnel damaged, Superior (The Door at the frontier leading to Outpost) Entrance damaged, Inferior (Door at the outpost leading to frontier) Damaged. 

Suggestion to destroy the tunnel- postponed

Increase in surveillance of designated RED zone (Superior Entrance) - Approved and Moving forward

Further Investigation- Awaiting Approval 

Communication with Outpost 3 is currently cut off. 

3 had entered through the tunnel, 2 apprehended by the 3 stationed hunters [Hunter [Serene], Hunter [Sloth], and Hunter [Frost]}.

1 left and entered the civilian zone. Quick Evacuation procedures were implemented. 

It made it to Area Code 8: Orphanage.

Building Damages better than expected, Level 2

It was hunted by Hunter: [Fervour]

We expect it was during the hunt that the Tier 1 showed traits not commonplace for the lycans such as the slightly increased regen, brain capacity and second brain. 1st brain has been damaged beyond recognisable levels. Its body has been imploded due to silver metal ingestion.

(Huntsmen Asociation Note: Silver laced traps somehow detected by the Lycans if we can get past this maybe we can set traps and reduce overall danger levels for surrounding areas, which will be logged under 'Surface Reclamation Strategies')

The Spoils : 3 Carcases 2 in good condition 1 highly damaged but evolving fur. 50 fangs recovered in usable condition. 

The remainder of the carcasses after looting submitted for research.

(Researchers Note: It seems the Lycanthropians continue growing for about 50 minutes after death. Also, WE NEED MORE LIVE SAMPLES, CAPTURE ANYTHING ALIVE ANYTHING ALIVE ALIVE ALIVE)

(Craftsmen Note: The growth Idea may be manipulated into self-regenerating armour maybe, more testing will be required, Cooperation between departments is suggested.)

The Outcome : 0 Dead, 3 severely injured, 11 minor injuries 

Hmm? Something Odd caught [Fervour]'s eyes 0 deaths? If that is the case the man's body he saw earlier must have either been yet to be discovered- wait no it was on the main street so the likelihood of it not being discovered is low. That means...he's alive. [Fervour] realised his mistake he should have checked for life. It turned out okay but what would've been his best course of action there he pondered. 

He checked the time and date labeled on the clock he fought around the evening time so he must have slept through the night. His arm was bandaged and strung to his neck.

He found himself leaving the room, he saw the nurse at the front desk writing something.

She looked up from her papers at the sound of his footsteps. 

"Are you feeling better?"

"Yes" 

She furrowed her brows 

"You sustained some injuries are you SURE you're feeling better?"

"Yes"

The crease between her eyebrows deepened into a glare whilst tapping on something on the desk,

"You can stay slightly longer to heal are you ABSOLUTELY certain you are feeling better" 

"Yes"

She let out a heavy sigh, "Don't say I didn't warn you, here you go, this is for when we had determined you're feeling better...it's a summon"