49 Pests (2/2)

”Speak.”

After hesitating for a moment, she spoke. ”I have a feeling that whatever caused the Tarsiers to evolve faster than regular mutant beasts is what's attracting them towards that general direction.”

”That seems logical. Or else we'd have received reports of this in the North and South as well. Regardless, this is bad news. We need to get to whatever that source is before they do.” He truly regretted not bringing Emergency Food or Angry Bakunawa with him now. He wanted to be inconspicuous, but with these new developments, that wasn't an option any longer. ”Sura, keep a close watch on those rats for now.”

Right after saying that, he contacted Maxene immediately. ”Max, where are you right now?”

”FATHER! Father you'll never guess what I did! Hana and Mabini? They're officially a couple now! I was gonna help them with the Siquijor island subjugation in the South. Why? Do you need me, father?” Maxene on the other end of the line was even more enthusiastic than she usually was. So much so that despite the urgency, Luna couldn't bear to cut her off. Regardless, her story only took a few seconds, so it wasn't a big deal. These days, Luna was finding out more and more why Fathers usually end up spoiling their daughters.

”Yes, I need you as soon as possible. It's imperative that you arrive at my location as soon as possible. Can you do that for me, Max?”

”Yes, father! I'm on my way now!” Right after that she barked out orders to the three tamed beasts ”World Destroyer, Spot! Help out the lovebirds for now, okay? Emergency Food come with me! We have to go help father. Okay, bye!” Running towards Angry Bakunawa, she turned around, look towards Hana and Mabini and gave them a devilish grin. ”Bye lovebirds!” she then ran towards the spatial gate, as they left right away.

Hana could only look down in embarrassment while Mabini scratched his head. ”This little girl..”

Right after the mischievous little cupid left, Hana regained her composure and asked. ”What could possibly make Lord Luna require help with?”

”Whatever it is, it's probably way over our heads. We should focus on Siquijor for now, the sooner we can secure it, the less we have to worry about any offensive from the South.” Mabini replied as he ushered Hana to go with him and finish preparations.

Back in Cebu.

”Sura, Max is on her way, she should be here in around 30 minutes or less. Are there any new developments?”

”None yet. They don't seem to be finishing anytime soon. I have a question for you guys.” Sura was now in open communication with the rest of the party. ”What about the cockroaches you were talking about earlier?”

”This.. We don't quite know, some animal and insect behaviors are consistent with how they were prior to the new world, but some change faster than others. There's no way we could predict what would happen. But if I were to guess, the roaches must be gathered in certain locations. They're not usually aggressive, but that could change very quickly.”

This was the main issue with the new world. Nobody knew how much beasts, insects, and arachnids would evolve. There were too many factors that didn't appear in the stories, movies, or comics about this.

***

In the municipality of Medellin, Northern Cebu.

The whole area was like a living nightmare made of webs. Countless cocoons were everywhere, some were still squirming, as spiders with legs up to 5-feet long were wrapping up the the rest of the town's remaining survivors.

A man was hugging his daughter as half of their bodies were already wrapped up in silk. ”We should have left with the others. We should have left! Now my daughter has to die because of my idiocy. We should have left with the others... we should have.” He didn't have time to speak as the rest of their bodies were wrapped up, and the spider administered a lethal injection through it's fangs.

This man was the leader of a small territory. He didn't want to give up his position of power even when most of the people in his community left to join the <Sovereign Nation>. Without a solid base of power, things like this could happen to territories like his at any given time.