Day 378 - 10:15 AM - Presidential Office, Central Area, Corregidor Refuge City, Island of Corregidor, Province of Cavite
The Corregidor Refuge City, forrly known as the Corregidor Military Settlent. After the change in leadership and improvents made by the new regi, it could no longer be called a temporary settlent and more of a small city.
Improvents to the outer area beca the priority of the new regi. While the problems in housing were yet to be solved, they were slowly being improved. The most important thing the military prioritized was building a concrete outer wall, replacing the previous flimsy barricade made of scrap materials, which ensured the safety of the refugees still eligible to live in the inner walls.
Unfortunately, the already established distinction between the residents of inner and outer areas could not be dissolved. Many of the residents of the inner area were either people with status or survivor groups who worked their way inside. Dissolving the distinction between the inner and outer areas would lead to backlash. As such, it was decided to keep this distinction, which would only be rendered invalid during ergencies.
With the ongoing developnts of the Corregidor Military Settlent, it was decided to change its na. It was now called the Corregidor Refuge City.
The na was chosen with a goal in mind. "Refuge" ca from its original purpose as a refuge for the survivors of the apocalypse. On the other hand, calling it a city might sound odd. It might be sheltering around fifteen thousand people, but it was still far from what one would call a city. However, calling it a city gave the illusion that it was not just a temporary place to settle. It would be everyone's place to call ho, and humans were slowly recovering everything they lost to the apocalypse.
Of course, the Corregidor Refuge City was still far from being completely safe. It suffered attacks from various kinds of [Infected] almost daily. There were even attacks of two [Behemoth Class Infected] after the new regi took control, costing the lives of many soldiers and survivors.
But this morning, the commotion was entirely different.
The people saw a dragon-like creature flying in the sky. It prompted caution among the people, and the soldiers were dispatched. But as almost everyone expected an attack, the dragon landed outside the northern entrance of the outer wall. On the dragon's back were three females; an adult woman and two teenage girls.
It was when so of the soldiers recognized the adult woman.
Back in Bay City, there was a naless survivor group, which the people and the soldiers nad Team Fairy. While the leader of the group was a beautiful girl, the person who did the administrative tasks was a different woman nad Odelina. As such, soldiers had closer encounters with Odelina than other mbers of the Team Fairy.
Due to that, many soldiers from Bay City were still familiar with the Team Fairy and its primary mbers at that ti.
Furthermore, so of the soldiers began recognizing the dragon after seeing it up close. It was the dragon they had seen in Bay City under the command of the leader of Team Fairy's husband, Mark, who overturned the entire Corregidor Military Settlent months ago.
Realizing that the ones who arrived were not enemies, the soldiers cautiously approached and asked for their business. After all, Odelina and her group had left Bay City a long ti ago. To see them back would likely an sothing important.
And the soldiers' intuition was correct.
The first thing that Odelina requested was to et General Perez, who was now leading the city and acting president of the country.
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"Is this true?"
Inside the presidential office, Acting President Perez asked after reading the papers he held in his hands.
In front of AP Perez, Odelina stood waiting as he read the docunts she handed. Inside the room, the deposed president Deroa was also present, along with a few executives and the CNC Agent, Subsinctus.
"Sir, what did it say?"
One of the executives asked after seeing the unusual reaction of AP Perez.
Without saying anything, AP Perez handed the docunts to the executive for him to read and pass around. The docunts did not have a long report but were filled with printed pictures instead. The most eye-catching picture was the spatial rifts at the country's borders. It was sothing that the people of Corregidor had no way of knowing since the entire country was surrounded by oceans and seas. The rifts were not visible even if they went to the coastal areas to take a look, and the waters were more dangerous than land because of the monsters now lurking underneath.
Furthermore, those rifts did not affect the residents of Corregidor. As such, they did not have any way to know what was happening at the borders.
This was the very first ti the people here had seen a clear illustration of what was happening at the borders.
The docunt also had a detailed explanation of the illustrations, like what the rifts were and why they appeared. While so of the details sounded like fantasy, they knew nothing was impossible in the current world anymore.
And now, those rifts would disappear, returning the borders to what they were before, also causing a large disaster.
"Unfortunately, there was no doubt it is true. I believe Master already inford you of our source of information."
Odelina answered AP Perez's question.
AP Perez rembered his conversation with Mark the night before he was appointed as the new leader of the country. It was the conversation about so of the truths of this world. Things about the [Eyes] and the cause of the outbreak, along with the details of why the [Fusion of Dinsions] happened.
If that was the case, there was nothing to suspect.
"Are we really going to believe this?" One of the executives stood up and yelled after reading the docunts. "This is just a docunt from a random soone. We can't even confirm whether it is true or not!"
Odelina glanced at the agitated executive. No ripple can be detected from her deanor as she spoke.
"I am not here to make anyone believe. I am only here to deliver a report of what we know since my Master sees Mr. Perez as our ally and so of his friends still live here. Whether you believe it or not is your choice."
"That is correct," AP Perez also chid to defend Mark, who instructed Odelina to share this crucial information. "It is not like they were demanding anything from us or told us to leave this place. Dealing with this information is all up to us."
"Yes," Odelina nodded. "It did not matter to us what choice you all will make. It is also likely that Master will co here when the event happens."
"Huh? Mark will co?"
AP Perez was surprised, standing from his chair.
"Very likely," Odelina nodded. "He would not care for the rest, but he would make sure his friends living here would be safe. So, if you people choose not to believe and make no counterasures, then expect only the people with a connection to us to be the ones whose survival is guaranteed."
It was a strong declaration. Odelina basically said that everyone else would die if they did not do anything.
AP Perez slowly returned to his seat. Considering Mark's personality, what Odelina was saying was not farfetched.
At this ti, the agitated executive could only sit down. Odelina had no change in deanor, but the executive had been shaking in cold sweat since Odelina spoke. It seed that only the people targeted would feel Odelina's killing intent. She might have been staying in the base, but it did not an her abilities stopped growing.
And the loyal maid would never accept any disparaging remarks towards her Master. Mark was definitely not just a random soone.
"Hmm... So this was the case..."
At this ti, the CNC Agent, Subsinctus, voiced out after reading the docunt handed to him.
"Shifter. Do you know anything about this?"
AP Perez asked. Everyone in the room surely heard his words.
Getting called out, Subsinctus, also known as the Shifter, passed the docunt to the ex-president and stepped forward.
"Although I cannot say for sure, Agents who still held country contracts had been gathering building materials en mass. They were keeping their mouths shut about the details, but it was very likely they were all buying materials for the sa reason. Most of them were from countries with large coastal areas, from what I noticed."
Those words from Subsinctus were the final confirmation they needed.
"So, it's more or less confird," AP Perez spoke. "We should also make our preparations. The question is what counterasures we have to consider."
"That is sothing you will have to decide by yourselves," Odelina said to the Acting President. "I will need to excuse myself. This place is not the only one we have to visit and warn."
Those words from Odelina sparked another surprise.
"Have you gone to inform the Infanta Settlent?"
AP Perez asked.
"Yes, we inford them first since they were the closest. I believe they decided to abandon their current location and move into the nearby mountains."
Odelina answered.
"Then, are there other places?"
AP Perez asked further.
"Catanduanes still had two large settlents," Odelina did not mind sharing this information. "Master told to warn one of them."
"Only one?"
AP Perez asked with confusion. It was the sa for the executives. Since both settlents were on the sa island, why warn only one when both would be facing the sa danger.
And without batting an eye, Odelina strongly replied.
"We are only informing our allies who will likely be affected by the incoming disaster. We have no intention of ddling in the business of others who had nothing to do with us. In the first place, if they knew nothing of us, would they believe anything we disclosed in the docunt?"
The question made everyone silent. If even the executives who knew Mark's group to so extent bore so disbelief, the people who had no idea who they were would definitely not take it seriously.
There was no point in informing those strangers.
"Oh, before I forget," Odelina suddenly spoke as she took out a wooden box about the size of a fist. "Master said that if you decide to purchase materials through CNC, you can use these as funds."
Odelina then opened the box, showing three colored marbles resting on a cloth lining, which prevented them from getting damaged.
Everyone who saw the contents was confused. What value could these toys have?
However, Subsinctus' eyes lit up after seeing the marbles.
To the clueless idiots, these looked like nothing but toys. But to the CNC Agent, these three toys were treasures.
Subsinctus could not help but look at Odelina. She said these items ca from her Master, Mark. In his eting with Mark, he learned that Mark had his own agent. And now, the identity of that agent was clear.
"My business here is done. I will have to excuse myself since I still have other things to do."
Odelina continued.
"Yes. I'm sorry for holding you back for too long," AP Perez nodded. "I won't be able to send you back since we have to discuss things imdiately."
"Send Ms. Odelina off."
AP Perez then told the soldier guarding the door.
With that, Odelina finished another task. She left the presidential office guided by the soldier. Her job was only to send a warning and a little bit of aid. Everything else was up to them.
Odelina t up with Annica and Spera, who were waiting with Chaflar in the open training area. From there, the three jumped onto the dragon's back. Chaflar then vanished with his riders as they entered a portal Spera opened.
The next stop of the three was Catanduanes.
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