STRIKER: Independent Beast Tamer

City A (10th Zone):

The three City Governors appeared in the sky closer to the city. Seeing the commanders and leaders standing on top of the city wall, they all sighed in relief.

They assumed that city governors were returning from victory. The patrol guards started celebrating without any confirmation.

The commanders and the team leaders were waiting for the response from the city governors. So everyone can stop fighting and tend to their wounds.

But to their surprise and shock. The City Governors went directly back to the city administration building. Seeing that the faces of commanders and the team leaders have changed.

Only the patrol guard Captains and the patrol guards were continuing with their celebration.

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Shadow Moon Organisation:

Head Neil Moon saw the return of the city governors as well. But their faces were not good-looking.

Seeing that Neil understood that they had failed to eliminate the Ant Beast Queen.

His expression turned grave. His reaction was seen by the team leaders as well. Gisela realises that something must have happened.

She also saw the City Governors returning to the City Administration without informing anyone.

She then turned towards Head Neil, waiting to hear some response from him.

The other team leaders were doing the same. But the Squad Captains and the members were celebrating as well.

But Sinag and Ada were thinking about Jeremy Night.

They don't know what's going on with Jeremy Night. They are hoping he is alive.

Meanwhile,

The other mercenary organisations, beast taming families and Central University had the same reactions.

The Heads of all these forces saw something wrong with the City Governors. They had faced the previous beast invasion as well.

They knew the current beast invasion wouldn't end unless the ant beast queen was killed. Unfortunately, these people didn't know the reality.

Right now, their enemy was not one but two ant-beast queens. If the news were released, then the whole city would go into panic.

Not only that, but the two beast queens had already called for help. The Tier-8 and Tier-9 Corrupted beasts might respond to the call.

So compared to the previous time, City A is facing an existential threat.

If the Colossal beasts living in the core area have decided to attack the city, then the City Governors won't be able to do anything.

Only the city governors knew the seriousness right now. Their actions had pissed off the two ant-beast queens.

Unlike the previous times, the Two Tier-8 Flying Ant beasts queen had directly called for help.

After returning to the city administration building, the City Governors contacted the Human Alliance. They had already called for help.

They don't know the status right now. When the call was connected. They were able to hear the good news. According to the Human Alliance's officials.

The help had already arrived here. But they didn't know about it. After ending the call, the city governors look at each other's faces.

Marcos said, "Someone is already here. But we didn't know."

"Could the lord want to make an assessment first," Leonor replied.

"You may be right," Marcos uttered.

"Let's get the help of the lord to get rid of the two ant beast queens," Enzo said.

Hearing that, three of them walked outside to look for the Lord. The officials thought that City Governors were looking around the city to assess the damage.

Meanwhile,

An old man dressed in a black suit is walking on the street. He has long white hair and a moustache. He was the help sent by the Human Alliance.

His name is Afonso. He is one of the Tier-9 Beast Tamers of the Human Alliance.

It's been several minutes since he arrived here. By the time he could help, the beast tamers here had cleared out the black clouds.

Now he is taking a stroll around the city. Earlier he saw the three City Governors returning to the city. He noticed that they didn't make any announcement.

But they silently went back to their administration building. He was sent here to protect the city from extinction.

Because he was aware that colossal beasts were living in the core area. Yet upon seeing the city governors' reaction. He was disappointed.

Their behaviour alone tells him that they had failed to eliminate the ant beast queen.

Usually, the beast invasion won't happen without indication. Especially, when it comes to the flying ants. He didn't know how the city governors missed the appearance of the Ant Beast Colony.

Afonso decided to investigate after everything was over. As time passes, he continues to go around the city making assessments.

He is not planning on meeting the city governors soon. Yet the three City Governors were looking for him everywhere.

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Wilderness:

Jeremy Night is moving towards the city. The disappearance of the black clouds has allowed him to travel faster.

On the way, he didn't come across any corrupted beasts. Strangely, the whole wilderness is experiencing quietness.

Meanwhile,

A change is taking place inside the Ant Beast Colony. Since the whereabouts were exposed.

The Two and Beast Queens have decided to shift their home somewhere closer to the core area.

The City Governors wouldn't have imagined that the two cunning ant-beast queens would make such a move.

In the previous beast invasion, the ant beast queen fought alone till the end. But this time, the ant-beast queens have changed their tactics.

At the same time, their calls for help were heard by the corrupted beasts living in the core area. The core area of the wilderness was 30 times larger than City A.

It's a massive region. A different type of corrupted beasts had made their own territory and had been living there for decades since the mutation.

There were several attempts in the past by the Human Alliance Beast Tamers to drive them away. But all of their attempts were for nothing.

The number of powerful corrupted beasts was too high. In the end, the corrupted beasts living in the core area with intelligence stopped paying attention to the small city in their eyes.

Only the corrupted beasts in the outer and inner areas have interactions with the Beast Tamers. Because the Beast Tamers needed resources as well.