The command building was a converted warehouse on two floors. The lower floor had been cleared of everything except a long table and the tactical overlays pinned to every wall—maps of Kingsgate, maps of the region, charts showing monster density data, and the World-Carver Behemoth's movement patterns across the past three months.
The upper floor had Aegis Phalanx communication equipment that Reidar recognized as the same kind of technology he had seen in the past.
What Lyra'axis said to Reidar was alarming. She basically told him that she believed the priests didn't make empty threats to him. Most likely the Progenitor was at a higher level than Reidar.
The problem was what that implied, and it was that the World Carver Behemoth was obsessed with Kingsgate because the progenitor was here.
"So, I just need to kill him."
"You speak of it as if it were a practical matter," she said.
"It is a practical matter," Reidar said. "He needs to die. I expect to make that happen."
