Monarchs' Meeting

In the Thradon district, the five monarchs of each district had come together to discuss the problem that did not seem to be dealt with already. The progress of the penitentiary that was being constructed was being slowed and that was a problem they could not afford right now.

They had each come alone because literally no one could kill all of five of them together and the meeting was also a private one which meant people didn't know the meeting was taking place. It was on a need-to-know basis.

"Let's get right down to it since we do not have the time to waste." Tom said. He was the monarch of the Thradon district and one could say he was probably the most powerful monarch out of all of them. He had a huge and bulky stature which was much larger than Kyle's and his broad shoulders seemed to exude his natural arrogance.

"The werts and those escaped convicts are an issue we need to take care of. Our forces are divided and some people who could do a lot of damage with their magic on a battlefield are stuck trying to construct a penitentiary and their efforts end up being in vain."

"So we should stop constructing a new penitentiary." Zeke said. He is Anna's father and the monarch of the Ansteria district. He had used his magic – necromancy – to fight the six-tailed wert, Maron, that had attacked Soran and he had won.

"What do you mean by that?" Megara asked. She was the monarch of the Gyllen district and hearing Zeke say the construction of the penitentiary should be stopped somewhat created an atmosphere of confusion among the monarchs.

"There is an easy solution." Zeke said, attempting to explain himself in order to restore the understanding amongst all of them. "We stop the construction and we kill the convicts."

"What are you saying Zeke?" asked Leo, monarch of the Pirlowe district. "Do we just order that any and every convict be killed on sight?"

"Exactly." Zeke said, not showing any signs of compassion or pity towards the convicts he had just suggested be sentenced to death.

"How can you even propose a solution like that?" Nova asked, the fifth monarch and the monarch of the Equeron district. "Not all of them are responsible for the slow progress of the penitentiary's construction."

"That may be true Nova." Tom said. "But we do not know which ones are in fact responsible. The convicts have been roaming free for up to a month now and the few that have successfully been captured are being contained for now but how long until the containment sector reaches its limit?"

"Tom gets it Nova." Zeke said. "We cannot be dividing our forces and leaving ourselves open to an attack from the werts for something that is quite as pointless as this new penitentiary."

"So you're saying we kill the convicts and strengthen our forces against the werts?" Megara said.

"Yes." Zeke replied.

"The world council might not agree to this." Leo stated.

"Screw the world council." Tom said in an almost angry tone. "We're the ones who have been coordinating the entire war against the werts from our respective districts while they sit in their fancy houses and try to maintain the modicum of control we let them have. What can they actually do if we give the order to kill the convicts?"

"It's not like they can order the army to arrest us." Zeke said. "We control the army. We need to do what it takes to win the ongoing war."

"Maybe instead of coordinating the soldiers, it's time we got more involved in the war." Megara said.

***

The convicts had decided to kill every one of them instead of just Kyle, Kevin and Smith. Jake had killed one of the convicts and that had made the convicts start attacking them all.

Kevin had used his magic and searched for the mind of a convict he could possess and when he did, his eyes emptied and became blank before it changed into a cyan colour. Kevin's body remained standing, unmoving.

Kyle noticed Kevin's eyes and knew that he had possessed somebody so he lifted Kevin's body onto his shoulders and was about to take him away from the convicts when three of them attacked him and hit the back of his knees simultaneously.

Kyle fell to the ground which made Kevin's body roll of his shoulders.

"Hey easy with my body!" a convict yelled out as he used his right hand which had enlarged and had become as solid as a rock to hit the head of another convict.

Jake had seen Kyle fall with Kevin's body so he broke the arms of a convict and vanished using the magic he mimicked from the apex-ranked beasts he had fought.

He appeared right next to Kyle and used a kick to break the legs of the convicts who were about to kick Kyle after he fell.

He helped Kyle up as the convicts groaned and winced in pain then he lifted Kevin off the ground and used his mimicked magic to vanish again.

Jake appeared and vanished at least three times before dropping Kevin's body somewhere safe and hidden then he vanished and went back to where the convicts were.

"HEY!" Jake called out when he appeared again. "We don't have to do this. We can all just be on our way and we'll leave you guys alone. Alright?"

The convicts looked at Jake and laughed.

"Jake these guys are convicts." Smith said. "With you here we can take them all."

"Looks like he has faith in you." a convict said as he walked forward and put himself in front of the others. "You could probably take them all on with that armour of yours that looks too good to be true. But even with that, how sure are you that you can beat me?"

The convict that stepped forward raised his hand a bit then began moving his fingers in a strange way and Smith suddenly began shouting in pain.

The convict curled his fingers into a fist and opened them up which made Smith's limbs stretch outwards, almost being severed from his body.