"This place isn't going to last for long." Grace comnted as her gaze ran across the wilderness that was subrged in flood.
She, Rune, and Davian were currently in Country K which was currently facing the disasters of - rain, flooding, storms, and hurricanes - exactly what Starship Country was struggling from nearly three years ago.
The only reason the three of them ca here was because Grace personally wanted to take a look at the Veil where the crack had appeared. Just like what Rune told her, the crack was so small and barely visible on the shimring magical barrier, but nonetheless... it was there.
She knew that it was just a matter of ti before the ongoing disaster in Country K would cause that drack to beco big enough for the monsters outside to enter earth.
But maybe... she could try fixing the crack.
The thought had Grace spreading her hand out as she summoned her powers. Both n looked confused at first, but as she started channeling her energy into the ancient Veil, realization dawned over them.
At this point, she had been using her power of thought-creation for long enough to know what she needed to do in order to d the crack. She started with visualization, removing every single stroke of the crack from the shimring barrier.
Her power worked their magic, and within seconds, the crack was gone. And yet, she didn't feel any better about the situation.
Rune healed the first crack that appeared in the Veil, and she healed the second one. But they both knew that it was just a matter of ti before more such cracks were going to appear, and at so point, neither of them would be strong enough to nd these cracks.
While they both had powers that could temporarily nd these cracks, their newly established powers were nothing compared to the ancient magic that was holding the Veil in place.
A sigh escaped her lips as she signaled for Davian to open the portal for their way back to Greenstone.
While they couldn't stop the disasters from damaging the Veil, they could prepare for what they knew would co once the Veil would go down.
The first thing Grace did after returning to Greenstone was to call two etings. The first eting was with her team only where she inford them that they were soon going to shift to their base in the Hilton City.
On the other hand, the second eting was with Captain Harlow, his soldiers, and the community mbers of Greenstone. Instead of holding back the information about the upcoming disaster, she decided to put everything out in open.
"The monsters are coming. Real monsters. They are going to be much more powerful than the infected you all have been fighting with all these years, and it's going to a hundred tis harder to kill even one of those."
She was able to feel the fear that gripped the hearts of those present in the eting hall. Everyone was afraid of the unknown, especially when it's bound to be much more powerful and dangerous than what they had witnessed so far.
"If what you are saying is true, why are you leaving us then? Are you abandoning us because you know that Greenstone will fall sooner or later once these monsters will appear?"
It was Ms. Kendall who broke the silence. But she didn't sound like she was accusing Grace for her decision of shifting to a new base, she was just afraid that with Grace's departure, Greenstone will lose its hope for standing against the future dangers.
"I'm not abandoning you all." Grace replied calmly, her gaze eting Davian's for a mont before she fixed it on the people sitting around the long eting table.
"When I first ca to Greenstone, I never planned to stay here for too long. The base in Hilton City was the place I chose to stay at once it was ready, but I kept making changes in my plan because of... Greenstone. Making this place what it is today... it was never sothing I ever considered. But I still ended up doing it."
She was honest with them about her thoughts and plans. "And since I have invested almost three years to make this place what it is today, there's no way I'm going to abandon all this. I'm neither a fool, nor a philanthropist."
She leaned back in her chair, her eyes shifting from one mber to another as she spoke the next words. "While my team will be shifting to the base in Hilton City, I will still keep organizing and supervising Greenstone. If we are going to survive the apocalypse, we need power and strength. Greenstone is doing great so far, but it's far from enough. I need to focus on building the base next."
Realization finally started settling in as she ca clean with her plans. She wasn't abandoning them, she was finally taking the next step in her big plan.
"Then... what are we going to do now?" Captain Harlow put forward the question, sohow knowing that she already had a plan ford.
This ti, Davian took over the job to address the eting while Grace took a break.
"The first thing we are going to do is to strengthen the barrier. The current barrier is good, but it's not enough to keep Greenstone protected from the monsters we are talking about. Of course, she will be the one taking care of this matter."
Davian's gaze landed on Grace for a mont before he continued, "As for what we are going to do... over the years, we have stockpiled quite so supplies, and we now have our sources for food and water. What you all really need to do is to protect what you have, and train until you are strong enough to go out there and kill those monsters."
The plan was simple - Greenstone was going to beco powerful while staying hidden within the barrier Grace was going to reinforce. She was going to use her abundance of supplies to keep the place running, because it was high ti for her to make use of what she hoarded and harvested over the years.
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