24 Lantis 2

Lantis was leaving behind Alyx in search of a new place to rest. He did not want to have anything to do with a weakling who came looking for his help. Alyx did not know what to do and was at a loss on how to convince him.

He was confident earlier that it would not attack him as he was an Aon and it will listen to what he says once he exposed his identity but now Lantis is angry that its sleep got disturbed and would not even give him chance to speak.

Seeing that massive figure moving is a breath taking view but Alyx was not in the mood to enjoy it and was afraid thinking of the consequence of being attacked by that figure. He was nothing but an ant compared to Lantis.

Alyx can't imagine just how many years it took for it to grow to such proportions and how did it survive through those early years and reach its current state. It should have experienced many things in those long years and is no longer afraid of some Aon recruit (A/N: From now on I'll call newborn Aon as Aon recruit).

Alyx knew about Lantis from Neo's explanation of Q10. He mentioned it in passing during one of their meetings.

After accepting the mission Alyx would periodically harass Neo with his questions as the information available on Aon web was not exhaustive and there was no better source of info than Neo. Since he was able to converse directly with the manager of MBN as part of guidance he tried to make full use of it.

'Hey Ax you take it from here I don't want to mess it up.' Alyx didn't want to make any mistakes and he was not good at bluffing so he let Ax do the speaking.

*Alright*

Ax took the task and started speaking to Lantis instead of Alyx. Ax did not feel the mental stress Alyx was feeling so he was better suited for the job. Usually someone would feel insecure leaving things in the hands of others but Alyx got so used to Ax that it became the natural thing for him to do.

"Lantis you have an offspring out there. Don't you want to know its location?" Ax directly went to the core of the topic without any nonsense.

Ax words made Lantis stop in its tracks. It turned around its massive frame so quickly that it once again caused huge chaos at the lake floor. Seeing this Alyx knew that Ax's words have got Lantis attention. This entire plan was based on this single point. If Lantis did not care about it then they have no choice but to flee from here.

Earlier Lantis's eyes were sleepy and languidly open but now they are fully open in a bloodshot manner.

Reproduction is an important part for the survival of all living things and is a primal instinct which defines it. Lantis is no exception to it. Without a mechanism for reproduction, life would come to an end. Lantis wanted to have an offspring of his own as a living creature with intelligence but it was not possible anymore.

Lantis can reproduce through sexual reproduction by mating with a Dragon Turtle but as time went by and his size increased continuously it became impossible to reproduce anymore. Although Neo made it possible for his creation to reproduce with each other but the chances of a birth in interspecies breeding is very low.

When Lantis was small he had many offspring of his own but none of them inherited his mutations and were just slightly bigger Dragon Turtles. He did not consider them as his descendants.

So hearing this Lantis was excited to know that there was a descendent of his out there. Although he was skeptical about it but he was willing to take the chance and verify it on his own.

"Tell me where it is?"

"You have to help up in a matter only then I will tell you its location."

"Don't forget where you are, I know a little about you newborns you have no power and even if you die Neo wouldn't mind that much. So spill it before you regret it." It was a naked extortion.

Both sides didn't know that Neo is responsible for the newborns protection. But there is a bit of truth in what Lantis said as Neo will be able to handle a few Aon's death. Lantis has observed such a scene once a few years back.

Alyx was getting cold feet and was ready to just tell it but he controlled his fear and let Ax bluff his way.

"How will you find out about it after we die?" Ax asked in a sarcastic way.

"Since I know about it now I'll just send some of my minions out to search for my descendent."

"Oh better luck then. If you don't find it immediately then you can just come to the funeral of you descendent."

"Are you trying to threaten me?" Lantis glared in a threatening manner.

"Well I'm just telling you what would happen if you don't help me since your descendent is also involved in it."

Lantis was silent for some time trying to observe any flaws in Ax's words and whether it is telling the truth.

In the end it accepted to help Alyx as it was not a big work for it and was only reluctant to be ordered by a weakling. There are very few things it could not do on MBN.

They started moving towards the shore. Lantis started followed Alyx, at first Alyx thought it would not be able to keep up with the travel pod and they would have to travel for a long time to reach the shore but as the speed of the pod was increased by him continuously Lantis was able to keep up with it.

In this way they would be able reach the shore in a day.

"I seriously underestimated Neo. If just his failures are so monstrous what does he consider as a success?"

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On the side of the lizardmen and Aragons the preparation for the war are at their final stages and a war could break out at any moment.

They are just lacking a fuse to light up the fires of war.