Chapter 184: The Aeroraptor Queen(Part 1)
"Good afternoon, Commander. I have an update, a lot of the civilians have been complaining about the lockdown, a few have disregarded it and stepped out."
"Seriously? I mean, I did expect some pushback, but not this soon. It’s only been two days," Sighed Jules in exasperation.
It was the 24th of October, 1919, two days since the Aeroraptor Queen’s last attack. Even though it had only targeted Knights so far, Lyra had decided to enforce a nationwide lockdown for the safety of the citizens, until the last remaining Monster Queen was eliminated.
The Knights had further tightened their defenses, and while Tacitus had failed to create a stronger barrier, he’d created a powerful detection barrier that triggers when Monsters come into contact with it, so that the Knights could be alerted faster the next time the Aeroraptor Queen showed up.
"What should we do, Commander? I don’t think we should penalize them too harshly, but if we’re too lenient, more people are bound to follow their lead."
"Yeah, we need to deter them from doing so. For now, give the offenders a warning, tell them we’ll have no choice but to lock them in prison if they break lockdown again," Responded Jules.
"Understood, Commander, I’ll-...," Began the Knight, before trailing off as a Mana Crystal on Jules’s desk suddenly began glowing, her eyes widening in alarm.
"A Monster has come into contact with the detection barrier around the Capital! It could be the Aeroraptor Queen, this may be our chance! We need to-...!" She started to say with a look of urgency on her face, before she was cut off as a Teleporter suddenly appeared in her office.
"P-Pardon the intrusion, Commander, but we’ve got a serious problem! There’s a massive flock of Aeroraptors attacking the barrier, it’s only a matter of time before they break through! There must be at least a couple hundred of them!"