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Late at night, a group of knights arrived at the estate of the Bach clan... The owners of the house did not sleep at all, but were just looking forward to their appearance.
«Come on, tell me how it all went...» Bradomir demanded seriously, sitting confidently in his chair.
In the hall, in addition to Orion, Teril, Duncan and Charles, there was also the heir of the family — Balthazar, and the assistant head of the clan — Earl. Wood crackled in the fireplace, providing warmth and light on this rainy night.
«Hmm, there's a lot to tell here,» Orion sighed, throwing off his wet cloak and sitting down opposite the owner of the house.
Foremen from the special forces detachment sat down on the sofa next to him in order to be closer to the fireplace... All the guys had nervous, but mostly triumphant expressions.
«We have time,» Balthazar said, more than anyone else wanted to know what had happened.
«In general, the main task has been completed completely,» Orion took the floor. — Clan Arcer exterminated, property looted, all evidence destroyed...
The listeners exhaled noticeably, they had already understood that everything was in order, otherwise the quartet of knights would hardly have been able to come here. It's one thing to guess, it's another to know for sure...
— Larey, how did he die? Bradomir asked, squeezing the armrests of the chair with his hands.
«When Anna and Susan returned, he was in a rage... No, it would be more accurate to say absolutely furious,» Teryl spoke up, he had the best observation skills in the squad, as well as an excellent memory for details. — Laraeus Arcer, in a rage, grabbed both by the throat, and then tried to kill them, turning them into ice statues ...
Did he kill them? — doubts were clearly visible in the eyes of Balthazar, for him such an attitude towards a family member was absolute savagery and madness.
The young man was still too young to take such things with the same calmness as his grandfather.
«Almost,» Charles chuckled, he was the main talker in the detachment, and periodically liked to joke, often he did it extremely badly. «That mess that Mr. Aaron mixed up worked ... The ice energy was absorbed by the sisters, and then, unexpectedly for the old man, an explosion occurred.
— Explosion? Earl was surprised.
«Yeah, so powerful that everyone was scattered to pieces, and the whole yard froze,» Duncan explained gloomily, who was the most cautious guy in the detachment, he is everywhere and always looking for a catch, sometimes even where there is none.
The assistant of the head of the clan shuddered noticeably, after all, it was he who poisoned the girls, he was terrified only at the thought that two drops of some kind of liquid could destroy the whole clan ...
«No one survived, all members of the clan died... We already slaughtered the guards and servants on our own,» said Orion. — Then they began to loot on the orders of Mr. Aaron, and then ...
The head of the special forces detachment was nervous, he could hardly understand how to explain to Bradomir and Balthazar that Ilmira and Einar were alive...
— Something happened? asked the head of the Bah clan. «Aaron is okay, has anything happened to him?»
— In full, do not be nervous, the news is good, but it will definitely shock you ... — Orion said, rubbing his chin. «In general, behind the bookcase we found a secret passage that led to the basement ... There was a dungeon with two prisoners. It turned out to be Einar and Ilmira Bach...
After these words, the world seemed to freeze, Bradomir and Balthazar looked somehow lost, their mouths were wide open, but nothing articulate came out of them. Only after a long pause and a game of peepers, they were able to somehow process the information received.
— Are they alive? asked Bradomir as if to himself.
Shock was reflected on his face, and tears were visible at the corners of his eyes. Balthazar was generally already on the verge, at any moment he could cry with happiness. Even grumbling Earl was unusually quiet...
«Yes, Ilmira is in perfect order, no one tried to harm her,» Orion answered. Einar was tortured, his eyes were gouged out, his arm and leg were cut off, but his life, apparently, is not in danger. The master took them with him to the mountains of Uldar.
«It will be better this way,» the old man nodded, as if a mountain had been lifted from his shoulders. «While it's dangerous for them to appear in public, I'm sure there are still many people who wish our clan harm.
«I can't believe it,» Balthazar said, tears of happiness and a stupid smile on his face. — Can I go and see them?
Bradomir carefully looked at his grandson and was about to answer, as Orion was ahead of him.
— You can't, Mr. Aaron asked me to deliver a message to you, based on which, you will understand why ...
The head of the detachment of knights took out a letter from his breast pocket and handed it to Bradomir. The letter was written in a sloppy handwriting, and looked more like some kind of note, it seemed that the sender was noticeably in a hurry.
«Don't worry about your parents, I will take care of them, on our lands, far from enemies and their raking hands, they will be safer in every way. Do not hesitate to come here.
Our enemies are not defeated, the Arcer clan is just a miserable mongrel, a minion, behind which a much more dangerous and dodgy enemy is hiding. We have no right to relax, we need to remain vigilant and be attentive even to the smallest details...
After reading this message, ask Orion about Jason Moiser, he will tell you the truth...»
«Jason Moiser,» Balthazar said. Orion, who is he? Why did Aaron say that this guy would most likely be the next head of the Moiser clan?