chapter 13 : Arriving at Eden Garden

The final destination of Daniel's secretary, Claire was the third layer of protection, Titan of the city of Duravel.

She had a meeting with the The Minister of Internal Affairss, Capricorn Salem. He is a determined, self controlled, responsible and sincere person but he is also ambitious.

He would try any way and method to achieve his goal. He would not care about how much loss or damage was done for his goal to be achieved.

He is heartless and would care less for people's death around him. The people who matter to him are the only ones whose well being he care about.

When Claire arrived at the massive gate of the third Guardian Wall, she was stopped and was questioned about her intention for visit.

Under the protection of the Third Guardian Wall, resides the most powerful and influential people of the Duravel City. And hence their protection and safety is of Paramount importance.

More than fifty percent of the total defence budget of the Duravel City is spent on their protection by providing latest weapons to guards of the Third Guardian Wall where it isn't so important to update the arsenal.

Their wages are increased every year while those guards at the peripheral areas had their salary reduced.

The sensors and detectors used on the Third Guardian Wall, The Titan, were of latest times while the peripheral walls haven't have any update of arsenal since they were created.

This level of partiality especially regarding the safety of people had created large amount of discontent for people residing in the outer walls.

But, the discontent is ignored by people of the government. Only Sebastian due to Daniel words did some things to relieve their grievance.

Hence, his popularity is very high among the common people and this brought the sour looks of the other ministers towards him. But the fact that Sebastian had enough dirt on them to have them removed by the next day, made sure that they don't act against him.

At the massive gate of the Titan, rows of people stood in line. The entrance was divided into parts for letting people on foot, on vehicle and special VIP could enter without any hassle and problem from the other gates.

When her driver was heading for the ordinary driver path, Claire motioned for him to enter through the VIP path as commander had got them permission to enter from that path.

Their arrival at the gate through the VIP path attracted the eyes of the multiple people who awaited their time to enter the Titan.

When they arrived the entrance of the Gate for The VIP, a haughty and proud voice came.

The head guard at the door of the Titan asked arrogntly," Who are you? And what are you doing here?"

Everyone who reside near or within the Titan looked down other residents of the Duravel. They consider themselves to be the privilege class and regard the rest as dirt or waste of living space.

" I am the Secretary of Commander Daniel, Claire Aberdeen. I have an appointment with the Minister Sebastian Salem, the Head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs or you could say Minister of Internal Affairs in the Cabinet.

So am I allowed to enter or do you want to make the Minister angry at you for wasting his time as he awaited my arrival. " Claire sneered at the guard. While she also handed the notice of appointment to the guard.

She doesn't like such arrogant people and if not for the fact that Commander asked her to hurry up and not waste to e on meaningless things, she would have taught the guard some manners.

When the guards heard that she was going to meet the Minister of internal affairs along with the authentic notice of appointment, they became attentive as if any slight slack in their behaviour would make them lose both their job as well as their life.

The guard who was arrogant to her earlier bowed down to her and apologized while saying," I am sorry, secretary Aberdeen. I wasted your time in meaningless things. You don't need to pass through the verification process and you could directly enter through the Titan."

He tried to act as humble as he could with her and leave a favorable image of him in her heart so he may get some benefits for her later.

Claire ignored him and passed through the checking and left the place.

She passed through the crystal clean streets of the place inside the Titan. It is called as " Eden Garden" by people who reside outside the Titan.

After all the difference in life styles of the people residing inside and outside the wall was the too great and hence they called it such.

There wasn't a single foul odour smell in the "Eden Garden" and there are beautiful flowers and trees planted at just the right intervals to enhance the beauty of the place.

The roads were properly spaced with enough lanes to allow four vehicles pass side by side on the same route.

The building were beautiful and everything here spoke of wealth and the peak of life conditions. Yet, none of them were attracting Claire's attention.

She was completely focused at the task at hand.

Her destination was a The Ministry of Internal Affairs.

All the Ministry of the cabinet has independent offices and blocks to their name.

The same was true for Ministry of Internal Affairs. It was modelled by Capricorn on his first day of office.

The ministry building is a collection of building around. The most prominent part of the Ministry building is a large tower. The tower was surmounted by a number of green spheres or lights, as well as an intricate clockwork mechanism consisting of many interlocking cogs and gears. Situated immediately below this was Capricorn's office, which sat high above the clouds and afforded an impressive view of the surrounding area.

She arrived at the gate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and showed the watchman the letter of appointment. After that they were allowed to enter but here they were checked to see if they possess any dangerous things which may be dangerous for people working here.

After all these things, she entered the building and was taken to the office of Minister Capricorn on the top floor.

The office door was made of a tough shining metal and two secretary sat on either side of the door and allowed people who came to visit the Minister when their opportunity comes.

Claire had arrived ten minutes before her time of appointment and soon she entered the office when Secretary motioned her to enter the office.

Glossory:

Ground Rat:

Size: 2-3 metre long

Height: 0.6 metre from the toe to the head if they are on all four.

Size of the horde: range from 1000 to 10,000

Weight: 25- 30 kg.

Attribute: Rock

Short nails with spikes on their head. Very hard skin due to their rock attribute.

Average fighting potential of single rat is warrior. But if full horde attacks then it is dangerous even for spirit warriors.