Monster Apocalypse

Chapter 22 : Secret Base

 After the fight against Roschi has ended, meanwhile, moved to another place, or rather in the research building belonging to NeoGen which is now in ruins, dark, and deserted, besides that there are corpses lying everywhere. In the morning, when the tense situation there was end, and the ferocious Gargoyles had left the place. There was a man who walked alone in there.

 The mysterious man looked neat in the black suit he was wearing. He walked casually through the dozens of corpses that were lying there, even though the floor in that place was covered in blood but the mysterious man didn't seem to care about it, he still walked normally even though the expensive shoes he wore had to step on a pool of dried blood.

 The figure of this mysterious man, apparently none other than Mr. Ivan, or the CEO of the NeoGen company. He dared to come to that place alone without being escorted by anyone. And somehow he did that misteriously, no one knows whether he did it for the sake of the company or for his personal gain? However, there was something strange about his arrival.

 He continued to walk through each room until he finally found Cross's body, who was lying there dying. Mr. Ivan watched Cross's body with a passionate feeling, then he was a little amazed when he saw Cross's fingers that could still move even if only for a moment. Therefore Mr. Ivan can conclude that Cross is still alive. Then he immediately crouched down while talking. He gave a question to the dying Cross.

 “Cross, I have to eliminate all the surviving witnesses in this place. But because you are special, then I will make an offer for you ... Do you want a great power? If the answer is yes, then move your finger twice, but if the answer is no then don't move your finger. " Told Mr. Ivan.

Then suddenly Cross moved his 2 fingers, then it indicated that Cross didn't want to die and he wanted to gain great power offered to him.

 "Hmm, good ... But to gain that, you must swear loyalty to me."

 After Mr. Ivan said that, Cross's finger moved 2 times again. Because in such desperate circumstances, the best choice for Cross is to follow Ivan's order and be willing to be his slave forever.

 So after that, Ivan smiled and then he stood up. And a few moments later, another mysterious person appeared behind Ivan. The figure was a middle-aged man, with white hair straight back and an eyepatch-covered his left eye. He wore a brown coat, and walked with the help of a stick. When the man approached Ivan, Then Ivan immediately turned his head and spoke to him.

 "Oh, Rudolf. Apparently you have come. Very good."

 It turned out that the figure of this mysterious man is Rudolf. In the future, Christa had mentioned that name as the mastermind behind the monster apocalypse disaster. And at this time, it turns out that he has a relationship with Mr. Ivan, who is the CEO of the NeoGen company. It indicates that there is a big conspiracy between the two of them.

 Rudolf began to speak. “Hmm, this place is really messed up. Those Gargoyles are getting brave now ... So why did you call me here, Ivan? ” It seemed that they were also used to calling each other by their respective names.

 “Somehow that troublesome Holy Grail group was able to find and attack this place. So this is how it is now… As much as possible I want to cover this up from the public. ” Said Ivan.

 "So, you want to eliminate all the witnesses who are in this place?" Asked Rudolf.

 "Yes ... I don't want to cause panic for their families or the public, I want everyone to think that the activities at this place are still going well, and right now the workers here shouldn't be disturbed because they are busy with their work."

 “Ooh, so that's why you also ordered my men to attack and finish off the reinforcements troops that Cross asked yesterday to come here? ... But you can't keep this secret forever, right? Sooner or later the public will know. " Said Rudolf.

 "It doesn't matter, after all, the end of this world will soon arrive ... Now, please take care of Cross, and make him more useful than ever." Tell Ivan while walking away.

 But before Ivan left, Rudolf said. "Then what about Rengga ?? Have you found his body here? So far you have treated him as a sheep which is very beneficial for this facility. But don't forget the fact that he can be a very troublesome person, if you just let him go then he could be a threat to our plans. ”

 "Hmm, that's right. Even though I always try to keep him busy here, he can always act as he pleased. Now tell your men to comb this whole place, and if Rengga's body isn't found, then we have to find and kill him.”

 "I agree." Said Rudolf. Then their meeting ended. And Rudolf immediately brought Cross's body, for the sake of his experiment.

 Long story short, somewhere else, it was getting into the afternoon, and when Kevin opened his eyes, he found out that right now he was lying in somekind of a medical room, with some herbs and medical equipment around him. Kevin's body condition is getting better, and the wounds on his body have also been treated, then while feeling confused Kevin looks left and right to make sure that he is not in the enemy's place, but this place also doesn't look like a hospital, because the surroundings were quite dark, dirty and dusty. So Kevin concluded that currently he was in a secret facility.

 Then Kevin decided to get out of the bed where he was sleeping, after which he came out of the room. Kevin walked very carefully because he didn't want to make any noise. After leaving the room, Kevin continued to walk down the hall, until finally he found a room with the door slightly open, and from the room there were two people arguing, so Kevin immediately came over to eavesdrop on their conversation.

 "I told you dad, you shouldn't bring the Gargoyles here!"

 "But this Gargoyle is different, didn't i had tell you about him before."

 "Yes, but it's still not safe for us to bring him here, you should just take care of him somewhere else!"

 "No, this is the only place where my equipment is stored, if he is not brought here then he will die ... After all, before he was brought here, i had sprayed perfume all over his body, so that our whereabouts would not have been traced by the enemy."

 “That's not the problem! … Don't forget that he's a Gargoyle. ”

 "Christa, not all Gargoyles are bad."

 "Whatever! I don't agree if he's here!" Christa said as she walked away from the room in annoyance.

And when Christa opened the door to go outside, she was surprised to find Kevin standing outside the door. So Kevin immediately stepped aside and greeted her, but Christa didn’t care about him and she just kept walking away from there with an annoyed face.

 Then with an awkward feeling, Kevin entered the room which was Doctor Rengga's workplace, and it seemed that Doctor Rengga had been waiting for Kevin's arrival there, so when Kevin entered, the doctor immediately greeted him.

 "Oh, Kevin. Good afternoon ... How are you? "

 "I- I'm getting better ... Is this where you live?"

 “Yes, this place is an abandoned warehouse located in a densely populated area of Briggs City. I call it my secret base. " Replied Doctor Rengga.

 "O- oh, I understand. So apart from working in the NeoGen company, you are also building a place to facilitate your own monster hunters? ”

 "Yes, more or less like that. But the only monster hunter who's still active here right now is my daughter. ” Replied Doctor Rengga.

 “O- oh, before that I want to thank you because your daughter helped me last night. But it seems, right now she is feeling bad. " Said Kevin.

 "Hmm, yes. Please forgive her. He's just upset that I brought Oliver here. Yesterday, when Oliver and I were hiding in the river area, Christa came there according to the location point I gave. Then I told her to find and help you, while I brought Oliver here. Then after Christa helped you and defeated Roschi, so you can be here now. But this morning, when Christa found out that Oliver was a Gargoyle and I brought him to this place, Christa immediately became furious. "

 "Hmm, I see ... Looks like your daughter hates the Gargoyles a lot."

 "Yes thats true. It’s a Long story."

 "Oh yeah, so since when did your daughter start being a monster hunter?"

 “Hmm, 8 years ago. My wife died due to an illness, As for me, i was never there to accompany her because all this time I always busy with my work in the NeoGen lab, so because of that Christa became lonely and didn't feel comfortable to staying at home ... Then time passed, and Christa began to enter bad teenager association. She start to often came home at night, traveled far, stole other people's belongings, and she was even arrested by the police for fighting. At that time I was really stressed about her behavior, she was a girl, but she could become a gang leader. "

 "Hmm, having a child is tough huh."

 "Yes, more or less like that ... Then a very terrible thing happened to Christa."

 "What is that?"

 “When she and her friends were gathering at night, suddenly they were approached by 3 Gargoyles who immediately attacked them all brutally. And even though Christa and her friends have fought tooth and nail, they still lost. Until finally Christa's friends became the food for those Gargoyles, while Christa managed to survive and escape. "

 "O- oh." Kevin was shocked after hearing about what Christa had gone through.

 “I got news about what happened to Christa after she was in the hospital, so without thinking I rushed over to see how she was. Then when I arrived and hugged her, for the first time in a long time, Christa was crying in front of me because she felt guilty for the death of her friends. "

 "I'm sorry."

 "Thank you boy ... Then after that, I started telling Christa about the Gargoyle and the dimensional rift phenomenon, and after I told her about all of it. Suddenly Christa was determined to become a monster hunter. Because she really hates Gargoyles and wants to wiped out all Gargoyles on this earth.”

 "Whoa." Kevin was amazed.

 "At first I didn't agree with her decision, because it was a very dangerous profession, but even though I was her father I still couldn't go against her will, especially since Christa's determination is already very strong ... That's why, then I said I can't teach her how to fight the Gargoyles, but I can provide her with equipment and weapons. So, apart from providing my family financial, my intention to keep working at the NeoGen company is to get resources and take advantage of useful equipment they have."

 “Ooh, so you could say. So far, you and Christa have been a team of monster hunters, who moving in the shadows of NeoGen ... Then where did Christa learn to fight? " Asked Kevin.

 “Somehow he has the acquaintance of several independent monster hunters, and Christa managed to convince them to teach her how to fight against the Gargoyles. Then long story short, after a long struggle with hunting activity, Christa finally succeeded in becoming a monster hunter who is very skilled and experienced until now. "

 "Ooh so that's the story."

 "Yes, but bad things happened again."

 "What is that?" Kevin asked again with curiosity.

 “One year ago, Suddenly, a group of Gargoyles called Holy Grail started to form. So now the Gargoyles become more organized and dangerous. "

 "Hmm."

 “In fact, one of the Holy Grail Generals named Roschi, managed to eradicate many other independent monster hunters. Long story short, in the past 2 months, Roschi also made Christa difficult and couldn't come home, so I had to work hard to be able to create a perfume to disguise her body scent, and also a high power Cross bow, so that Christa can use it to defeat Roschi.

 "Yes, thanks to Christa and the weapon you created, I was saved and even that Holy Grail General named Roschi was defeated."

 "Hmm, yes I'm very grateful for that ... Rumor has it, that the Holy Grail Group is led by a mysterious Boss, and he has 3 Generals named Roschi, George, and Siege ... Now, because Roschi has been defeated, Then the remaining Holy Grail Generals only 2 people, namely George and Siege. " Said Doctor Rengga.

 "Uh- um, um ... Actually the Holy Grail General named George has also been defeated by me and Oliver a few days ago." Muttered Kevin.

 "Wh- what ??" Doctor Rengga was surprised because he did't expect that Kevin and Oliver had succeeded in defeating one of the Holy Grail Generals.