"Race: Voidling | Subspecies: HarpyExpected Potential: F to F+on of choice: Cws, FeathersKnown weaknesses: Weak boructure, no armorHarpies are one of the few other Voidlings a survivht meet in the early stages of an Outbreak. Unlike Seekers, Harpies hunt alone or in packs. They are faster than any other early-stage Voidling, but their fragile bodies often make them easy prey for stronger oppos. As with any purely aerial Voidlings, it is advised to face Harpies in closed areas if possible. However, many years of observations proved that a Hapry will leave their prey if the enviro isn't suitable for a battle."

  ~Harpy's entry in Leo's Bestiary

  Like the wind, Leo sailed above a broken fence, flying straight into the small grove. For a moment, the jungle of Void returned, and he quickly jumped towards the ree bark, climbing to the top branch with just a fes. He would have to go down soon, but at least those tall trees should offer an excellent vantage point for the time being.

  He still had to wave through the thick opy to make his way to the st tree, the ohat opened oher end of the grove. So high up, Leo easily sed the entire area. And when his eyes drifted from the barely visible train tracks and the remnants of the old trainyard in the distao a building oher side of the railroad, he froze momentarily.

  And now everything makes sense…

  Leo had been curious about the special pce where apparently, survivors found plenty of supplies to support them. A supermarket was his first idea, but it didn't really fit the description. After all, there were ne shops close to the trainyard; hell, there was barely anything here except some houses.

  Yet, Leo and the trio evidently fot about one important fact when it came to this part of the city. It housed the main office building of ReachHope Foundation, a big charity anization that, for some reason, decided to make Wolford one of their headquarters.

  They did a lot of good all over the world, but that wasn't really important now. No, the crucial part was that they gathered a bunch of things to be sent to people in need all over the UK, and if he remembered correctly, some of those supplies were stored in a warehouse attached to the office.

  If they didn't get rid of everything before the Outbreak, then this pce must be almost like heaven oh... Leo frowned, sing the long building from left tht. No, scratch that. It is a heaven oh... What the fuck happened here?

  Unlike pretty much everything around it, ReachHope's headquarters stood tall and proud like the Outbreak never happened. Its pure white walls barely had any craperfes, and even then, Leo retty sure those were already there long before the world went to shit.

  Hell, not even a sirand of Vetilim dared to approach the building. The Void had the pce surrounded from all dires, but apart from that?

  Nothing. The headquarters seemed to be living in its own little world. pletely unnatural.

  And I swear I was something fshing along the walls and some movement in the windows... Leo muttered in the safety of his mind, eyes squinting, searg for any signs of life.

  His eyesight might have gotteer with time, but from this dista still took some time before Leo mao catything. Moreover, even when he spotted a streak of gold fshing like lightning along the wall, it was gone before he had time to really process what he saw.

  The hell? A barrier? Or something simir? Shit... Leo fired off Identity, yet the System gave nothing iurher that pce was really a bnk spot, or he was just too far. Or both…

  Scowling, Leo jumped, grabbing the Vetilim vine and sliding to the ground. With a single burst of Reinfort, he shot toward the house, ign the Cursed Human strolling around the area. They were on fodder at this point, and he really didn't want to waste time dealing with them. Not that they even had time to spot him before he was gone again.

  Dashing through the long grass, Leo kept his speed up until the railroad stood in his way. He could have goraight toward the glowing building, but ing too close to an unnatural pce that most likely housed normal survivors wasn't the best idea. Especially as the area around the headquarters was quite bare. No other buildings and almost no trees to take cover by.

  Yeah, better to go from this side. Leo nodded as he resumed his trek along the railroad. Void's flora had long since cimed most of the tracks, providing more cover than necessary thanks to the pnts growing about half as tall as an average human. This was by far the lo grass he had seen in his life, and it only got bigger the closer he got to the trainyard.

  Is it like that in every unpoputed area, or is there more to the trainyard? I mean, apart from this small neighborhood to my right, this pce is pretty mu the middle of nowhere. Nature had plenty of time to cim it long before the Outbreak.

  Yet, something in Leo's gut told him that the trainyard wasn't just another spot on the map. There was something special about it.

  Not that Leo had an idea what 'special' meant here. Especially as from what he had seen of the trainyard from a distanot much was left of it.

  A few decades back, this pce had been bursting with activity, with trains ing in and out every few minutes. However, as time passed, the industry slowly died, leaving a bunch of huge hangars, half-destroyed train cars, and rail tracks ed by rust.

  And now, not even that much is left. Leo sighed.

  The Void took this abandoned pce by storm, leaving it almost unreizable from a distance. Vetilim cimed everything there, transf the hangars into weird half-domes while the remaining train cars were nowhere in sight.

  Holy, with how many resources Void spent here, Leo was surprised that the trainyard didn't look like the insides of Wolford. No, instead of a Vetilim jungle, with webs spreading everywhere from all the buildings, this pce was just rown beyond imagination.

  Fuck... This didn't look that tall from a distance. Leo huffed, weaving through the grass that now was taller than him. Though at least it left enough space to walk between the bdes of grass. It almost feels like someone shrunk and put me in their backyard... What do you think?

  Leo's inner beast screeched lowly before retreating again.

  Nothing to worry about, you say? Leo hummed. You didn't lie to me yet, so I'm gonna trust you on that. Still, better check to be sure…

  Gathering enough Essen his body, Leo fired off a medium-range Hunter's Pulse, the bst of energy traveling faster thahe feedback came back almost just as quickly, but it didn't return alone...

  A hiss, loud and clear, along with rustling among the grass, reached his ears in an instant. With each sed, the sounds grew closer. Not wasting more time, bdes extended from Leo's arms, already coated in Kiss of Death.

  Croug slightly, Leo grinned as two creatures burst through the foliage of grass, heading straight for him. Huh, I wasn't that far off. No one shruhe world just got bigger.

  Ameist-M (Voidling) | Rank: F | Level: 5 | Type: Surface, Underworld, Poisiant ants... Sn, Leo dashed to meet the duo. They barely had the time to hiss again before he was on them, slig straight through the first Ameist's head like it was butter.

  Dark green blood sprouted in all dires, and as Leo's inner beast roared, he quickly jumped away. The substance dripped on the ground, sizzling and very slowly trying to burn through anything it nded on.

  Right, acid is a poison too. Though it didn't even scratch my bde... Nice.

  Not that Leo was going to test how long his natural on could hahe aow. Rather he dismissed the bdes awo long shadow spears form in his hands. He had no idea how to use them properly, but he really didn't o for an F-rank creature.

  "Your turn," Leo turo the other mutated ant that easily reached his waist. The Ameist didn't try to attad just stood frozen is all too sharp mandibles opening and closing and antennas twitg.

  Too scared? Leo mused, sprinting at the ant and plunging both spears right into its wide ruby eyes. That was weird... It didn't even try to dodge.

  Shrugging, Leo crouched he corpse a his eyes roam over the creature. It really wasn't that different from any ur ant in the old world.

  Except this one is huge, has bloody cws instead of mandibles, and probably do very iing things with its poison... or acid... whatever…

  Leo raised one hand, gng at the Ameist. Better find out now than during anht... And so, with a sigh, he lightly stabbed the body with just one cw while letting a single drop of blood nd on his unprotected arm.

  Nothing. Leo felt pletely nothing wrong around his cw. Hell, not even the blood on his arm could aplish anything. It just sizzled, trying to punch a hole through the skin, but never succeeding.

  That's... pathetic...

  Not that Leo should have expected a level five creature to do any harm to him. The differen power was just too vast. But they mao sense my pulse... That's what baited them here... Bestiary?

  Race: Voidling | Subspecies: Ameist-M/W/FExpected Potential: F- to F+on of choice: Mandibles (All), Acid spit (All), Lancer arms (W/F), Known weaknesses: No armor (M/F), Slowness(W), Limited Battle instincts(M)An ioid subspecies of Voidlings observed in every Outbreak and often seen ihe Void ier stages of linear evolution. Ameists be separated into three categories: Minion, Warrior, and Flier. All of them have different weaknesses and strengths, though Minions will always remain the weakest. All Ameists py their part in making their stronger and proteg the Queen inside. Please hat Ameists ravel alone and quickly call reinforts. Additionally, those ioid creatures are excellent sensors and easily feel fn Essence when near.

  Apex variant: Apex Ameists are usually marginally strohan their normal kind and sometimes develop mutations.

  A very ury... Leo summed up, eyes a bit wide. Their strength didn't really worry him, but the assortment of different abilities definitely raised some red fgs. And those are ants. There must be hundreds of them close by... A ? Is this why this pce is so fug rown?

  Getting only more questions and no answers, Leo dashed irainyard's dire, his eyes sing for anything he could climb on.

  Thank the Void…

  Bounding to the only tree in sight in a few steps, Leo scaled it as fast as any other obstacle. He settled on one of the top branches, hidden in the foliage. Yet even though he was almost at the highest point of the tree, the just barely extended past the enormous grass and antits.

  So trees aren't affected? That doesn't make any sense…

  heless, Leo ighat for the moment aled for sing the area. There had to be something special about this pce apart from just hyper-rown pnts.

  Hold on for a damn sed... Zeroing on the rgest half-dome of Vetilim, Leo let Identify work. Just what I thought... I was just too far for the System to act by itself.

  Warning! You just discovered a y of Ameist and their Queens. Threat asserted and ra level E-. Watch your steps, User, don't let the swarm e you.

  Before Leo could even dismiss the message, another notificatioered his sight.

  Warning! Due to the close proximity of a temporary Safe Zone, y of Ameist is on high alert and dispatch its Warriors faster than usual. Please be careful when engaging in battle with the .

  Leo blinked, blinked hard.

  Well... Now I know what ReachHope's building is... That's got to t for something, right?

  Evidently not, as Leo's inner beast exploded into howls of ughter.

  Fuck you…

  Chaos65