………………………………………………………………………………………………………
!Incoming Message!
Deliver to: Captain Gult
Directive Class: Critical
Captain Gult, a powerful monster has classified as an apocalypse level threat has been spotted in the region under your jurisdiction. You are to eliminate the monster known as Petal, a Willow Dryad, at any and all costs. You are to cooperate with and enlist the aid of the local hunter branch as well as divert all resources at your disposal, including taxes, seized goods, and personnel to complete this task. You are authorized to use a muster order to enlist the local populace into a militia. You are authorized to offer a reward of up to two hundred and fifty gold pieces as bounty for the capture or slaying of the monster. Reinforcements are en route to assist in this task, a platoon of cavalry will arrive in one days time to assist, an additional two regiments of knights shall arrive in two days time. The hunter guild has also sent their own reinforcements. Failure is not an option captain, for failure may mean the end of us all.
………………………………………………………………………………………………………
!Incoming Message!
Deliver to: Guild Master Bardin
Directive Class: Critical
Guild master Bardin, the monster you have inquired about three days ago has been identified as an apocalypse class threat by both the council of nations and hunter high command. Petal the Willow Dryad must be eliminated at all costs. You are to use all hunters under your command to immediately eliminate this monster. You are authorized to incur any additional expenditures as is necessary for the elimination of the monster. You are to request assistance from the local lord, if the local lord takes jurisdiction of this issue you are to follow all orders and directives until the time those orders and directives will not result in the elimination of the monster, at which time you are granted authorization to act independently to accomplish your task. You are authorized to offer a reward of up to five hundred gold pieces for the elimination of this monster. Capture is unacceptable, if captured termination must occur immediately. Reinforcements have already been routed to your locations. Drazin the level two hundred and fifty five mithril rank adventure and five crystal rank adventures have been routed to your branch to provide immediate assistance. They shall arrive by late morning tomorrow, additional reinforcements shall arrive starting later that day. Failure is not an option master Bardin, eliminate the monster post haste. No relevant information could be found regarding willow dryads, experts speculate it is a new subspecies of dryad with unknown abilities. Exercise extreme caution and do not let the monster escape, or it may very well lead to the end of our era.
Love this novel? Read it on Royal Road to ensure the author gets credit.
………………………………………………………………………………………………………
“Well, how goes the work?” A female voice asks.
“Horrible, absolutely a disaster! The monster interfaces were never meant to operate with a fully functional soul. The amount of jury rigging and patch work I’ve had to do in the last few days is more than the last thousand years put together. And even with all my work it still managed to find a glitch that I had to fix rapidly before it became misguided.” A male voice says
“I know it’s hard but you're doing a good job, no one knows more about the monster overlays than you. If anyone can get it working it’s you.” The female voice replies.
“Blah, attempting to stroke my ego will get you nowhere. I should be making you do this, it was Your idea to begin with!” The male voice says.
“Enough bickering, your changes to the overlay currently are sufficient but do not become complacent. She will continue to evolve and thus it will need more adaptation. I would also like to remind you that this outcome was unavoidable, given our little life gods propensity to play with things she shouldn’t” A second male voice says.
“I told you it was an accident!” The female voice says.