A Little Desire Of Anti - Hero

Arc I - Chapter 17: Chaos In The Fortress - 4

After the explosion, the situation in the fort changed rapidly. Panic arises due to shock and unpreparedness for what is happening.

"Command all troops search for the attacker!" raung Seriana to Demand who was now in front of her.

After a bit of calm, he continued, "Demand, you're directing the troops to look for the assailant."

Demand nodded lightly before resigning himself. To do what Seriana told him.

In the now quiet room with no other presence than her, Seriana's countenance shriveled deeper along with her boiling blood. But all of this did not hinder her beauty.

Calming herself down, Seriana tried to think of where the violent tremors had come from.

The soldiers were puzzled when they could not find the origin of the tremors, a proper explosion occurred inside the fortress, a place where chaos could be tightly hidden. Using the elimination method, Seriana tried to narrow down the possibilities.

When all was done, Seriana's eyes widened. There's only one place there that meets all of that .. laboratory!

It's the only place that meets all the variables. Because most of the soldiers do not know the existence of the laboratory itself, the location is hidden, and make the place can not be found easily.

'Only who can enter this fortress without realizing it? Even to the point of knowing the existence of the laboratory, Seriana thought as her brain worked hard, trying to figure out who could attack this fortress.

The door suddenly opened when someone entered without asking permission first. However, before Seriana could say anything the person said in panic.

"Miss! Missis! Laboratory conditions... smashed!"

A cracking sound was immediately heard as Seriana threw an urn over her desk.

Seriana, who always looked elegant and seemed untouched by negative emotions, now showed emotions that she rarely showed.

The rage! He is now angry at all events that cannot be overcome quickly just like his usual self.

Seeing Serina's dead-red face, the guards who reported it grew even more fearful. Although he was the lucky one to have survived the explosion that occurred in the laboratory, he also had no idea about the origin of the explosion itself.

That laboratory, all the things that Seriana had built herself over the past few years were now gone. No need to ask again he is now feeling frustrated, this is the first thing that does not match what he wants.

Seriana took a deep breath, trying to calm her turbulent emotions. "Tell this to Demand! Command all soldiers to stand guard at their posts. Also immediately turn on the beacon or lighting magic if you see anything suspicious!"

Finished giving the order, Seriana leaned back her body. More or less felt today was a very chaotic day for him.

Witnessing that the guard had left, Seriana's mind suddenly turned to the possibility she had always ignored. Having that level of impossibility as well as the impossibility for it to happen was what made him ignore it.

However, the intuition within her suddenly emerged strongly, causing Seriana to stop the pattern of thought all along and try to think from a different point of view.

Although this is the only thing that makes anything possible, Seriana refuses to believe that this is real.

An attack that no one can detect, the selection of a very appropriate place and time to attack, knowing the fort as if it were his home, and most importantly. If Seriana tries to rethink all of this beyond her point of view, there is only one figure she can think of, test subject E-R1203, Rion!

Even if this was the only possibility she had, Seriana still hoped to ignore this. In addition to the factor of the test subject that is impossible to escape the method of mind control, also because Rion felt too weak to be able to cause a destructive force this strong.

However, after she discovered this possibility, Seriana could not easily ignore it. Just for the sake of making sure, even if the possibility was only one per so many companies he could not let the possibility escape.

Recalling the guards who had still not gone far, Seriana added an order, "Also immediately look for the whereabouts of Subject E-R1203! Arrest him and bring him here after finding him, even if he's unarmed or fighting back, take him forcibly!"

Even if it was just to be sure, Seriana wanted to calm down the worries she was feeling.

"Good!"

After the guard actually left, Seriana leaned back in her chair. Exhaling a long breath, a strange smile was seen on her beautiful face.

'Either why ... This thing, this annoying thing is starting to feel a little fun.'

***

In the shadow of the fortress, a group of five people looked at each other as they felt a great tremor within the fort that was now making the situation chaotic.

One of the members looked at the captain before asking, "Are there any other troops coming, Captain?"

"I don't think Zee. There should be no other team, let alone an army that can make an attack that can make an impact like this" explained Xion, the captain of this team.

However their country —Beatria Union— has no leeway to send more troops. Even if they sent out an army even if it was just to distract, at least their team would be notified beforehand. Based on all this, Xion dared to make the conclusion that this was not an attack from their side.

"Then ... This might be luck on the side of Beatria Union, right? Attacking at the right moment," Yuzu said cheerfully.

Hearing this Dian nodded with a smile that was on her lips. "You may be right Yuzu."

"Yuzu, Dian, shut up!" snapped Zee. Thinking that maybe they didn't understand the situation, he explained. "This can actually make our operations more difficult to know. Wess, what do you think?"

However, Wess only nodded in response. Upon seeing this, Xion and Zee smiled wryly.

Dian, Wess, Xion, Yuzu, and Zee. They are a special operations team from the Beatria Union which consists of beast-kin types of cat breeds.

Now they are on a mission in the form of infiltrating the fort while a big fight occurs. With the ultimate goal of killing Duke Arcchild, they should be carrying out missions in secret.

"I don't know for sure what's going on. However, stay focused on the purpose of our operation, even if we are killed make sure Duke Arcchild is killed! If their team is screwed, even if only for a moment it can be a chance of victory for us!"

"Good, Captain!" answer other members simultaneously.

Xion voiced his orders in the face of this completely unexpected situation. Whatever actually happens, as long as their goal is achieved then it doesn't matter. If their mission was a success, then the wind direction of the next battle would definitely be on their side.

Adjusting to the rapidly changing situation, Xion and his team continue to try to carry out missions as closely as possible.