A month had gone and skirmishes had started between the border tribes and the different wondering packs of demon hounds. The battles were mostly short with few losses as both sides tried to figure out more about their new prey.
A new technique that was developing among the border tribes was trapped by the pitfalls and snares all of which were bigger for these wild hounds. It was also now a fact that it was unsafe to go out at night as the chances of being killed had increased dramatically.
The jackrixis were born hunters but they still had only been on Lundum Mundi for a short time so they still had a lot of learning of discovering to do in the lands.
A hunter's greatest strength was the knowledge they held and spread to their children and tribe and it was hard work that usually ended in death.
So far the demon hounds had become the main news for the 2 races as they wondered how to kill them and what they could use their bodies for. Let's not forget these people didn't have much of an empathetic look toward the hounds and as they were a future threat to them they were already preparing.
The little blues seemed interested in the ability to use these hounds as mounts or guard dogs but this quickly stalled when they found that this wouldn't be possible.
There could be a chance that the race's creator died and they were given freedom in the world lands like what happens with the giant owls.
Going back to Jack's space in which he was having a slight panic attack at the person he was up against and his now inevitable chance of killing someone.
"God dame you think if be ready for this but now I have to go against another guy who's gonna probably have no problem ending my run of the game"-Jack
"I'll admit I don't feel thrilled about this but let's not forget this guy's hounds were coming to kill my race in the storm and attacked your rescue team"-Nancy
Jack calmed down some more and looked up at the white ceiling while thinking of the many things he would have to do.
"I'm guessing we're gonna become less human as time goes on right?"-Jack
"What do you mean how can we be anything but human?"-Nancy
"Not biologically but mentally we may be playing this game for hundreds of years without aging and we are in control of entire races. And the gods of said races eventually and mostly likely slowly we will start to change to fit our new environment"-Jack
"Well it looks like we'll have to evolve too"-Nancy
"Hmm yep it seems likely so let's leave this existential rut for later and get to work what do we know about our enemy and his race?"-Jack
"Well didn't speak to him during the talk show all I know is what he looks like and that he is the first candidate"-Nancy
"It's been a while and I can't remember all of the questions answered but from his tattoos and demeanor he looks like a guy you don't want to mess with"-Jack
"Well I don't know about you cracker jack but I'm from New York so I'm sure I can handle him"-Nancy
"Is that racist?"-Jack
"Are you offended?"-Nancy
"... Nope"-Jack
"Then no besides im talking about the actual cracker I just thought it fit well with you"-Nancy
"Very true so we are dealing with multiple variables of what this guy is from a prisoner, soldier, criminal, businessman"-Jack
"Isn't prisoner and criminal the same just different positions ones outside ones locked up"-Nancy
"Well depending on the crimes and prison type it can have a serious effect on a person's mental state and change them in various ways"-Jack
"Making them more unpredictable and dangerous for us"-Nancy
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"Exactly but I just hope he isn't a soldier if so we may be screwed"-Jack
"Definitely at the end of the day were both still civilians back on earth so we aren't exactly the best choices for this situation"-Nancy
"Yes but I think our races are way better than his I mean come on demon hounds does this guy think he's in a horror game or something"-Jack
"I'll guess he thought what's scary and probably thought pit bulls and just ran with it"-Nancy
"Probably true id take that bet though I doubt we can talk much I mean I just mixed two races and you made yours for your kids to play with"-Jack
"Yea and I was a single mother who had just been taken from her young kids with no warning luckily the skills I chose are very helpful to us"-Nancy
"Indeed so from what I've seen and heard from the god's water cooler is that these hounds have quite a high range of variety and it's mostly physical"-Jack
"They can be bigger or smaller and have extra teeth or eyes and not all of them are positive which is ten negatives of the higher evolution chance with animal races"-Nancy
"Exactly one hound may have extra hard skin but another could be missing a lung or paw so it's a coin toss of getting good traits"-Jack
"So is it possible to focus on those with good traits and taint the gene pool leaving them with only the bad and permanently crippiling them"-Nancy
"That would be great but they will have fast rates of breeding and some positive traits and negative may not be noticeable"-Jack
"Also that they can have some cards they haven't shown yet which we will have to deal with"-Nancy
"Wow who would have thought this would be easy for two people who have no idea about this kind of thing"-Nancy
"I thought you were smart and played all these strategy games?"-Nancy
"Well I wouldn't bet our lives on that but I have some simple ideas we can implement"-Jack
"Go on"-Nancy
"First we need to have a way to little down their numbers and we do that with the traps already but we need to increase the amount we use"-Jack
"Then we need to use different items to cover the rixis and blues scent from the hounds so we should get Minerva to look into that"-Jack
"Nah I'll do it"-Nancy
Nancy looked at Jack as he turned to her.
"What are you sure?"-Jack
"Yea trust me I can do this besides Jack they're gods they need to be watching the races and doing god things and the stuff that comes with that"-Nancy
"Alright then I suggest we then start looking for ways to move through the forest better and improve the communication among individuals"-Jack
"Makes sense but we can also start to look at finding where their main home or nest is as we can then find out more about them and if there's anything useful to gain"-Nancy
Jack puts his feet on the table but Nancy quickly swipes them off like a grandma punishing her grandkids.
"Sure I mean we don't want a war of attrition because against these beasts we would lose but I do think the tactic they would use in that type of war could help us win"-Jack
"What swarming and wave tactics?"-Nancy
"And you say you don't know this type of stuff"-Jack
"Not hard math high number of individuals more basic plans, in this case, smash them with bodies and tire them out or overwhelm them"-Nancy
"Indeed but no we will be doing guerrilla warfare and use hit and run tactics as well as sabotaging the areas to make it harder for the hounds or move and help each other"-Jack
"We need to efficiently slice through their ranks and get to their home base"-Jack
"And then what we can't exterminate them they'll just run away and then come back later and we can't physically fight him and even if we could we'd lose"-Nancy
"I'm taking a risk and ill assume their something they will have to protect or there will be a certain number of individuals that we will need. To kill or lower to a certain point either way if our plans work we will find it and then beat this guy"-Jack
"Not beat remember"-Nancy
Nancy stood up from the couch and started to pace as she fiddled with her wedding ring.
"... Yes I know if he loses he dies but the same goes for us and if he is a bad guy I think I'll have some nightmares but ill live with it if you get back to your kids and were both alive"-Jack
"I know...I just hope my kids aren't watching this you know... I don't want them to know what ill have to do to get through this"-Nancy
Jack could see that Nancy had tears in her eyes at the thought that her children would have to watch their mother fight to survive and kill others for it.
"In a way, we're lucky if he is a criminal then we know someone innocent isn't dying and there are no young kids either and we won't by physically doing it"-Jack
"Except we'll be the ones who help push the dominoes in the right direction to their demise but it's there or ours and in the end they're strangers. And we don't own them anything except those we love and care for who are waiting for us back home"-Nancy
"I don't think anyone would blame us if they were in our situation I mean it's not your average problem and we can't be weak as they will be the first to go"-Jack
"I don't know about everyone but there are at least 3 candidates who I think are bad apples if you know what I mean"-Jack
"Who?"-Nancy
"Candidates 1, 9,8 with a possible 4th between 7 and 6"-jack
"Well that's more than I like"-Nancy
"Well it's just a guess I could be wrong"
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