Hoplite's Defense

Balthasar was sitting in the ruins of Tokyo with a calm expression on his face. One would not be able to tell by the way he looked that he was thoroughly outraged. It had been a week since Zane had escaped through the wide net that he had cast to catch him.

Reports initially stated that he had headed east, to the rocky mountains after escaping from Gravestone. But nobody appeared to have seen him since. It was almost as if he had thoroughly disappeared from the face of the Earth.

But someone that powerful wouldn't just suddenly die now would he? Worse yet, there were recent reports from his siblings that the beasts of the land had begun to mutate into powerful creatures. Insects, reptiles, mammals, and even the avians. They had all of a suddenly turned into powerful monsters.