Ravon alighted his Trynasus, close to the south-gate, which he had taken from a Fat Motclux named Eromas who trades and owns a lot of Trynasus that happens to be his only source of livelihood that sustain his family together with himself, and went hastily into the fort that was built to defend the city while the red Trynasus stayed behind. Trynasuses are known to have large curved wings which enabled it to surf through the air much faster and help balance its enormous body in mid-air with no difficulty together with the weight of the rider on its back that had a saddle strapped around its body and a long rein placed on its mouth laced with sharp teeth while avoiding its yellow eyes, in order to enable the rider have total control of its movement during flight.
Two sentry guards had seen him when he landed on the ground, and one of them had gone to inform the commander-in-charge of the southern gate while the other named Pelicius ,who knew him well, went down the fort through the spiral stairway to find out why he had come all the way here and whom he has come to visit. Meeting him just at the bottom door which led upstairs.
"It's been a long time my friend since I last saw you", Pelicius warmly welcomed him with an embrace, "What urgently brings you here from the central city?",
Ravon replied as they ascend the stairs upward to the top of fort, "Well, I too haven't seen you for a while now ever since we were all assigned to handle offices by the council members and I would love to catch up on those lost times but I have an urgent issue to discuss about with the commander",
"And what would that be?", Pelicius asked with seriousness but Ravon remained silent because he wanted to discuss it with the commander, "Why won't you tell me about it? Don't you trust me?", Pelicius questioned impatiently.
"I trust you completely but the info I want to know will be made clear once I discuss with the commander. This doesn't mean I don't trust you but the circumstances at stake here is far a great burden on your shoulders and I don't want to bother you with such issues", Ravon answered as they arrived at the top of the fort that was seventy five metres high.
"I understand what you mean but I am your close friend and we are meant to share each other's burden no matter what. So let me hear about it and who knows, I might be able to offer a solution to the problem", Pelicius insisted vehemently which made Ravon yielded to his persistent demand.
"Alright fine, I'll tell you about it",Ravon said as the
they walked towards the commander's office which a distance away from them, "It's all about a wild rumor which I believe originated here and is going rampant in other sections of the city especially in the central city, concerning strange sights of Tarnites foraging round this part of the southern gate which sounds strange since Tarnites are mainly found at northern remote areas called Tarnash",
"Yes, that's true indeed but I don't think they pose any serious threats to us, I even saw one myself searching for food to eat. And maybe they are being forced to migrate to this part just in search of food because of the past plague which greatly ravaged the area", Pelicius replied,
"That's what I thought at first but it does gmake any sense when I added
the incident that took place at the granary where I was assigned to safeguard with Weymas and Makus. A Patrox had stolen something minor from the catalogue of rations inside and after chasing him to no avail, we found out that he was a decoy to lure us away from the granary while his cohorts came in and ransacked the storehouse for a map which they did stole. And I believe it is somehow connected with the queer appearance of Tarnites, that's why I have come all the way here to investigate thoroughly leaving no stone unturned",Ranus eloquently explained,
"Hmmm okay, you do have a point there but didn't you informed the council about the theft especially the missing map?", Pelicius asked again unwittingly.
"Well I sent Weymas to inform them before I came her, so that they might prepare a countermeasure to tighten security at each of the granary inorder to properly safeguard it from intruders", Ravon answered him and by this time, both of them had reached commander's office where they met the other guard, whose name was Agaton, who had left Pelicius to inform the commander-in-charge standing at the door post with another security guard who wore a blue armor which covered his inner grey cloak.
"The commander is ready to see you now", Agaton said as opened up the door,"Please enter through the door before I resume my position down, the commander is waiting for you",
"Oh thank you very much for your assistance, I will definitely enter in", Ravon said and went inside while Pelicius followed behind him into the office.
Meanwhile, Weymas had arrived at Eamus courtyard where a garden which grew different kind of flowers mixed with herbal plants situated along the corner of his mansion. He stride through the garden which had obscured his way through and reached the entrance where two enormous fierce-looking Grandion, that were taller than him, stood on guard duty.
"I ha..ve an urgent m.....essage for the most revered council member name Eamus", Weymas stammered for he was filled him with apprehension at their terrifying sight
"Who sent you here?", one of them asked and the other added, "Where do you come from? It seems you are a storage guard, why aren't you on duty?",
"Huh...., actually I was sent by Ranus to inform him about the recent incident which occurred at the granary and other important details that he needs to know", Weymas replied,"I work together with him and he sent me here to inform him about the incident which just took place not long ago. So please allow me to gain the audience with him", Weymas pleaded earnestly. Seeing that he was sincere and perceiving his intentions were true, They allowed him to enter in by opening the huge door which creaked slowly as they opened it.
Then Weymas hastily went inside without any further delay and entered the central room where artifacts were placed on a different kind of tables that was well arranged. The color pattern of the wall was made of blue refined brass stone which covered the whole wall in the wide and spacious central room that was enormous enough to accommodate a hundred creatures at once. Weymas was fascinated by the luxurious and the fashionable appearance of the central room that he wondered what will it be like to live under such magnificent luxury and wealth. While Weymas waited for Eamus, One of the Grandion had notified Eamus that Weymas whom was sent by Ranus, is here to pass an urgent message onto him.
Eamus left his cultivation lesson and swiftly entered into his central room where he found Weymas admiring his home.
"Weymas, I was told you had an urgent message for me, and what's the message about?", Eamus inquired
"Yes, your eminence, Ranus told me to tell you of the bad news that a theft have occurred in our granary where the map details of the other locations of the granary are stored. All of which are now stolen from us and worse, we don't know who did it but we suspect that it has to be someone else who is also involved in the strange migration of fierce Tarnites that's roaming around the south gates even in the dark", Weymas explained and added," we'll surely carry out adequate investigations to expose the masterminds behind this. and free the public from serious unrest and Ranus had gone to the south gate to get more info while Makus has already had the granary totally sealed and secured",
"What! I think I know who did this, it must have been Akanon's doing and it seems that he has secret plan to ruin this city if we don't give want he wants!", Eamus screamed out in terror,
"Akanon's alive? How come that's possible? And if he's the one behind it,it now makes total sense now. He must have found out a way of controlling the Tarnites and using the map to destroy other granaries in city so that the plebs and peasants may distrust the council. But now that we know his plan,we should take proper measures to protect the granary for they're currently in danger while we form a squad of nine hundred to apprehend this bastard", Weymas said with great enthusiasm,
"Okay, I'll let the other council members know about this so that we can prepare a countermeasure to his plan which will save us and the city. I hope we come up with a better solution which will help solve this dilemma. Anyway, thank you very much for the info. You better get going now to join Makus at the granary", Eamus ordered,
"Okay I will get going now, your eminence", Weymas said and left immediately.