The ship was the definition of luxury, if it wasn't for the fast-moving lights as the vessel accelerated he would have no idea they were moving, compared to the Goliath it ironically didn't feel quite as fast, but that ship was a bit of an outlier.
"Sup kid, what's with the ship?". The mixed haired man in a trench coat greeted them at the landing bay with his hands in his pocket and a look of amusement om his face.
"Our ship was damaged by Zeds disintegration field, so he got us a ride on the Goliath". Sona responded tapping a small disc on the man's chest before dropping it in his hands and waving him off.
"Yeah, we were about t o signal to base but apparently the Goliath was en route". Demiurge said throwing up his hands in mock exasperation and patting Their supervisor on the shoulder, who's creepy smile had been growing.
"So your girlfriend gifted you a ship huh? As your current guardian I'm very concerned about your taste in older women". The mixed haired man soon fell to his knees, a small groan escaping his lips "I-it was a joke, liking older women isn't a bad thing—"
He gritted his teeth as the weight increased and Zed now at his eye level gazed at him with disdain, "Any last words? Perhaps a plea for forgiveness?". A strained chuckle came from between the mans labored breaths
"Tell your girlfriend, I want one too" Zed shut his eyes briefly taking a deep breath he sighed and slowly stretched his hands towards his supervisor
"I acknowledge your choice".
"I regret nothing". The pressure around him suddenly vanished and Zed clicked his tongue in annoyance, crossing his arms over his chest.
"Stop bullying Jin already and come inside, I just heard there's a government team raiding an abyss gate". Sona called out and Zed just rolled his eyes and walked past the kneeling man, mumbling a question.
"Why do we have access to government footage again?". The mixed haired man stood up like he was a compressed spring and dusted himself off before rubbing his hands together.
"You see young master we have quite a few sources of our funding, one comes from the government, others from private sponsors…" he explained falling eerily silent at the end causing zed to raise an eyebrow and raise the question.
"…and the last one?". The man named Jin smirked and Ze already felt like he wouldn't like his answer already.
"why of course it's from the Deadman family, it must be nice to have such a rich girl—". Before he could complete his sentence, his body crumpled and compressed, his face distorting in pain for a moment before turning into a single crumpled up card. "…that was harsh"
He stood beside the crumpled card, as though he had always been there, looking at the squished piece of paper with pity in his eyes he adjusted his collar, kicking the crumbled card away with the tip of his shoe, setting it ablaze as it turned to ash.
"Every time I encounter you it gets harder to tell which one is real". The man slowly nodded his head in response.
The room was packed with everyone glued to the screen, strange grey like humanoids with four arms and grey rectangular heads and four eyes and cement like bodies where running around destroying a swarm of seekers, but had failed to take out the main scout, it's three horns pulsed and it's body swelled.
"That can't be good". Someone in the hall commented, the creature's body burst into a dark condensation of mist and black feathers, some unlucky people with weaker resistances who got touched by the feathers developed rapidly decaying black spots that festered with black feathered maggots.
The abyss gate quickly formed and the monsters that came out where thin creature with inky black skin and elongated limbs, their head was a faceless round orb that opened into rows of teeth, with each body they devoured they seemed to gain a little bulk, growing more resilient.
"Devourers?". Zed asked and Demiurge nodded, a fairly annoying bunch to get rid off , they were considered class one abyss beasts like the Seekers, however, they grew stronger depending on what they ate making them far more troublesome.
The devourers and the defenders seemed to be at almost a standstill with each fallen defender killing enough of them to hold the line, however, the more their numbers dwindled the stronger the abyss beasts were growing.
However, this was not the end of it, as it was a phase three gate, it would be led by a class two or higher abyss beast, a large devourer was thrown out of the abyss gate, with large parts of its body missing, torn off from vessel.
A pale hand touched the ground followed by an ebony hand covered in mouths followed by more and more hands, soon the creature emerged, one of its hands grabbing hold of a devourer and crushing its bones to dust as it stretched itself out, looking like a deformed fleshy flower.
It twisted and squeezed the beast using its other hands to push the creature down its center, a spray of black tar like blood erupting from the creatures collapsing body, this monster was a class three abyss beast, Corpse Daisy.
They all winced at the sight of the creature, its body throbbed and pulsed, swaying from side to side along with its arms like it was caught in the wind, its snake like body slithered forward, any abyss beast that couldn't move out of its path fast enough was rapidly crushed under its weight or simply consumed.
The more screams, growls and shouts filled the air the more erratic it behaved, lashing out in all directions with its snake like tail, or grasping them in its arms the defenders all felt a bit of relief feeling perhaps it was divine providence, but the Corpse daisy was blind.