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When you wake up, you feel a new presence inside of your SHELL. The rebar piece seems to have become bound to you in the same way the safe is. You take it out and give it a few practice swings. Huh, feels the same. Easier to handle, maybe? Feels powerful for sure, you're gonna have to try it out in combat.
The invisible line weakly tugs on you again, so GENERAL must have something to say. You idly wonder if he can actually affect you over that much distance while you pull the mycelium network back into the shell and march out. He probably can't. If he was that busted, he wouldn't need an army.
The grand chamber looks a little different this time. Luhud is napping again, and several older monsters herd arriving newborns into groups. You can see Rayle start to raise her hand for a wave, but then go for a cool standoffish nod instead.
The cat woman who greeted you yesterday paces in front of your group, wearing a new hat and looking very self-important.
– "Alright listen up, newborns, my name is Pantera, and you all are getting lucky tonight!" Oh yeah, she enjoys pretending to be a sergeant for sure.
– "GENERAL says he needs some important MONSTER SCIENTIST grabbed, because that human added parts to the monster king containment system. So he must know how to turn it off and where it is in the first place!" But we don't get the boring kidnapping job, no we get to just get to the RESEARCH CENTER and make as much chaos as possible while we break in! Grab some other scientists too, why not! Other humans are free to kill and eat! See? No boring missions in the monster army!" She finishes, looking very proud of her inspiring speech.
Wow that stinks. Is she really that happy about being in a distraction squad? Also, nothing about this is related to your actual goal! This sucks! You take some quick glances around. Rayle is predictably seething at your fearless leader. Probably not even about the plan, just hates self-important authority figures. Snail guy is here too, looking shifty as hell. Clearly doesn't want to be here. The rest of your "squad" seems pretty hyped up about all the killing and eating, or at least they're faking it very convincingly.
