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"Hey Mr. Mayor!" Commander Pierce Coogler calls out Alden.

Pierce was a normal looking, tall guy with fair skin and blonde hair with a round shaped face. He was about 6.2 feet tall, wearing the Military Uniform with a M16 rifle hanged by his right shoulder.

"Oh hey Pierce!" Alden turns to Pierce and puts his right hand towards Pierce to shake hands.

"Why don't you take a seat for a while?" Pierce added, "Till we start the meeting!"

"That's a nice idea!" Alden said.

"Follow me." Pierce leads Alden to the seats on the stage.

Alden chooses one of the chairs, at the right side of the stage and sat down on it for a while.

At the left side of the stage, two soldiers, Private First Class Lucas Brooks and Private Reynolds Jenkins, chatted quietly, their voices barely audible above the murmur of the crowd.

"As soon as the Speech gets over, I am directly going back to my dorm for some rest!" Lucas said to Reynolds.

"Yeah me too!" Reynolds replied, "But, do you think Commander Pierce would allow us to go back?"

"I haven't thought about that yet!" Lucas added.

"Seriously?" Reynolds asked.

"Ye… yeah!" Lucas replied.

They were both young, eager, and proud to serve their city, but for now they seems to be very tired as they had been working day and night for the last two days because of the Public Speech of Mayor Alden Aethon.

"Keep quiet for now or he won't allow two of you to get back to your dorm." Another fellow soldiers of their unit said from Lucas and Reynolds' back.

"What the hell man!" Lucas turns back at him in surprise.

"That's for your good actually." The soldier replied.

"We know!" Lucas answers.

"Okay then!" The soldier returns back to his seat as usual.

A few minutes later, Hedjoin Garatab, who was the President of the ruling Political Party of Elyria Town gets up to the mic and speaks up.

"The fellow citizens of Elyria. How are you all guys?" Hedjoin greets the peoples.

All of the peoples starts praising the President with whistles and other words, but none of them are clear to neither him not the other peoples on the Stage.

"As you all know, your Mayor is going to give some Speech to you all! So, I am not going to waste more times of you peoples." Hedjoin said, "I would like to ask Alden to come here to begin his speech!" He had turned around to see Alden and call him to the mic.

Alden gets up from his seat and walks up to the Mic again. Before going back to his seat, Hedjoin murmurs in Alden's ear, "Best of luck for the Speech!"

They both shake hands and then Hedjoin gets to his seat and sat down.

"My fellow citizens of Elyria, how are you guys doing?" Mayor Aethon's voice boomed, it echoes off the surrounding buildings.

All of the peoples again starts praising him, clapping hands, blowing whistles. They starts showing that how much they loves their Mayor.

"He has got a huge fan base. I guess!" The same soldier sitting behind Lucas and Reynolds added.

"Shut up! Idiot!" Lucas replied.

"Even though we are from the same unit. Still, I am your Senior, Shitheads!" The soldier said.

"Okay. Sorry!" Reynolds replied. Both of them hadn't turned their head backwards while talking with that soldier.

"Today, we gather to celebrate our city's resilience and determination. We have faced many challenges in the past, but we have always emerged stronger and more united." Alden continues.

The crowd again erupted into applause, and the Mayor smiled, his eyes shining with pride. Commander Coogler nodded in approval, his expression stern but satisfied.

"And I also wants to announce some important laws and changes to the previous laws for everyone in the Town, it is for the benefits of each and every citizens of the town. And I promise that if I won this Election then the new law and the changes would be implemented immediately!" Alden announces.

"We know that you will make good laws for us!" One of the citizens speaks out. But his voice couldn't reach to the Mayor and only the peoples around him.

"Yeah! We will again elected you as our next Mayor! Mr. Alden Aethon!" Another man jumps in, followed by the first one.

In the VIP seats, Minister Tyrell Thorn, a slender, calculating man with a sharp mind and a quick wit, watched the Mayor's speech with interest. He was even wearing a Military styled officer cap.

It was a common culture for most of the Ministers working in the Mayor's Office and also for the High Ranking Military Officer.

Tyrell Thorn was being assisted by Commander Azoff Kupferburg, a burly, imposing figure with a thick beard and a menacing scowl. Minister Tyrell leaned over and whispered something in Commander Azoff's ear, and the Commander nodded, his eyes never leaving the Mayor.

Minister Tyrell Thorn was none other than Mayor Alden's Childhood Friend, he was given the position of the Mayor's right hand and also his advisor, not just because of friendship but also for his quick thinking and sharp mind.

While the Mayor continued his speech, the other parts of the Town kept running as normal, the town's bustling streets and towering buildings, carts and cars running on the street.

But on the outskirts of the town, in the South-western direction, a sense of unease settled over the forest. The trees seemed to tremble, their leaves rustling ominously in the wind. And then, a figure emerged from the underbrush.

It was not any human being, it was on four feet. Its tall, imposing frame looming over the trees. It's large and enormous body confirms the thing that it is not even a wild animal.

It's skin was a mass of twisted, blackened flesh and hard shell making it looks like their exoskeleton, it's eyes were glowing with an otherworldly energy. It moved with a slow, deliberate pace.

It has a massive body with an ugly looking face, with saliva dropping down his mouth each second. It clears up the area as it emerged from the forest and began its relentless march towards the town. The twisted ugly face of the monster starts to contort because of hunger and rage.

As soon as it marches towards the town, many of them starts following the first one as their leader. Suddenly, a large number of monsters emerges from the forest and were marching into the town. They had all large claws with five fingers and long, strong nails, even enough to kill a Lion.

While in the Central Square, Mayor Alden is about to finish his speech, but on the other side of the town, the monsters were just a few meters away from entering the Southwest side of Elyria.