Elijah walked out of the night club with an ice cream cone in his hand which he took from the kitchen after he met the chef who was taking a smoke break but was dragged by Elijah to the kitchen. Elijah actually did a good job by dragging that chef inside because smoking is bad for your health.
He quickly finished the ice cream and immediately felt its effect and got a brain freeze. He rubbed his temples for a few seconds until he felt the pain subduing.
"Shit I didn't bring my car." He immediately regretted his decision to take a lift from a biker.
At that moment he heard the sound of an engine he heard the day before. He turned his head left and saw a pitch black motorbike which had the sweetest engine sound he had ever heard. The motorbike was moving at the speed of 180kmph and didn't seem to care about anyone who was crossing the road.
Elijah saw the bike and started grinning like a villain. The bike was moving very fast and was about to pass Elijah but at that very moment he rushed forward and grabbed the handle and turned the bike with enough strength to not let it slip out.
The people who were on the road and were passing by gulped in fear after they saw Elijah stopping a bike with just his left hand.
"Hey my friend, you remember me?" Elijah asked with a grin.
The biker started cursing in his mind and asked God why he had to let him meet this brown haired demon. His name was David and he went to the same university as Ryan and Elijah.
"Do you see the speed limit?" Elijah pointed at the road sign which had a number 50 on it.
"I am sorry, I actually had a very urgent job and I am already an hour late." David believed that arguing with Elijah will only get his bones packed in a bag and thrown into the ocean.
"But you can't ignore the people who are also trying to go to their respective workplaces. You need punishment for doing such an evil task." Elijah said with pity in his voice.
"Elijah, you can let me off this time right? I mean we went to the same institute." David tried to persuade Elijah who just shook his head with a smile.
"Now, as you may know that guardians are also responsible for keeping the civilians in check, and you, David, broke the most common law. So get off that bike." Elijah said with a cold smile.
People who stopped to see this were actually praising Elijah for acting like a responsible guardian but they didn't know that he was just lazy and wanted the bike to reach his destination.
"But-" David wanted to refute but then he saw the people around him and found out that even if Elijah let him go, they most probably wouldn't.
David reluctantly got off his bike and gave the keys to Elijah with shaking hands. His expression turned gloomy as he knew that he wouldn't be seeing his bike again.
"Good, come pick it up from my sister's guild." Elijah quickly sat on the bike and revved the engine and in an instant went off without saying goodbye to the bike owner.
"He'll break it." David burst out in tears when he remembered what Elijah did with his car. One day Elijah was walking around alone and he was very bored and didn't know what to do and then he saw David in his car with a chick on his side. Elijah being the good guy he is, decided to stop David and took his car saying "Go home and drink some milk, don't go around with bitches you won't even remember after a year.
Elijah actually had a point because he knew the chick really well and saw many devious things she did and wanted David to save his ass from the demoness.
Elijah didn't really like David and how he talked about Ryan behind his back and taking things away from David was his way of taking revenge.
But David never crossed the line and gave trouble to anyone, so Elijah just messed with him.
David sat there planning for the funeral of his bike and watched as the people went on with their day.
"Fuck, time really changes too fast." He still remembered the time when he was the popular guy at university because of his money but all of that was turned to waste when the monsters appeared and ravaged everything they saw. He kept sitting on the sidewalk and wished for all this to end and so that he could return to his previous luxurious life.
His family might not be in a bad position but they weren't that rich either. When compared to millions of people who lost their lives he believed himself to be lucky because he can at least breathe and be called alive but for how long? Every human is well aware that this is nothing but a momentary peace and soon they would witness something similar or worse.
"Let's hope for the best because that's the only thing we can do." He got up from the street and dusted his clothes and walked towards his home.
On the other side Elijah was rushing towards the news association which was the result of all existing news channels combining to make a huge association. It was the work of a billionaire who foresaw that if they had several news channels it would be easy for guardians to manipulate and it would lead to a lot of disasters so he bought all news channels and combined them as one and now controls the entire news medium.
He is known as a rightful man and does not like corruption so Elijah was positive that he wouldn't need to dirty his hands today.
While Elijah was trying to clear the picture from the database, John continued to capture every suspicious human who was in an influential position.
John was getting more furious as he didn't expect that the 4 out of 10 guild leaders would be already in control of the unknown enemy. Let alone the guild members of different guilds.
"Damn it." John threw the glass of whiskey at the wall in front of him. The glass broke on impact and made a loud shattering sound.
"Who would have thought we were in such a tight situation."
"Every important place is filled with traitors." John broke the pen which was in his hand.
"Sir, what should we do with the captured people?" A man with a scar that ran down his eyes said in a respectful tone.
"Kill the S rankers who are capable of breaking through to Ex rank. We can't contain such hazards." John remembered what Eliiot did after he broke through with Ryan's help.
That guy went on to clear every Labyrinth until they all turned blue and as if that was not a shock, Elliot did all of that alone.
A S ranker who needed a team of minimum 15 members to clear a S ranked Labrinth now does it alone.
That's a big jump.
John heard a knock on the door and said in a stressed tone "Come in."
It was one of the workers of the guild and he entered after giving a slight bow.
"Guild master, a woman is here to meet you and she claims to be young master Ryan's friend." The worker didn't make eye contact with John and he preferred it that way because John was scarier than a hungry bear.
"And you believed her? Did I not tell you to not allow anyone new to enter this place? Are you dumb?" John frowned before he rubbed his forehead in frustration.
"Bring her in." John reluctantly said because he didn't have time for a friendly chat as he had much to do and very less time.
The worker left immediately leaving behind John and the scarred man who looked like someone who was in their late 40s.
"Ferb, I want you to keep a close eye on the vice guild leader of Chandra guild." John leaned back on his seat.
"But sir, as far as I know, Chandra guild belongs to your own son. Why would you suspect his subordinate?" Roy didn't understand why John wanted him to keep an eye on Alfred who, in front of all the media, revealed Ryan to be the guild master he serves.
"I don't suspect him, but I don't trust him either. I want to know about him because he will be around my son and I can't have snakes roaming around him and you can never be too sure of anything." John's eyes turned sharp when he imagined someone backstabbing Ryan.
"I understand." Roy left the room as he felt that worker returning with someone by his side.
"Guild master." The worker bowed again in respect.
John remained silent and looked at the person who came to meet him.
"What brings you here? Young lady." John said with a smile that didn't reach his eyes.
"I am Mika Kirkwood." Mika said with a slight smile.
"Mr. Miller, I am here to give you information. Information that will save you from some of the damage." Mika said with a serious expression.
"Oh what kind of information? But first, please take a seat." John asked with a friendly smile.
Mika nodded as the worker pulled the chair opposite to John and gestured to her to sit there.
"The Australian president is still alive unlike we all know." Mika's expression turned nonchalant as she said in a clear tone which rang like bells in John's ears.
"He's what?" John's eyes went wide as he didn't expect the man who was bitten to death to be alive.
"What's your source? What you are saying is really unacceptable unless you can prove it." John stared at Mika who was surprised by his boldness. No one ever dared to stare at her other than the people from the vampire royal family and Ryan who is a monster on his own.
'Mind control is much easier.' She thought but at that moment she felt something piercing her heart. It was the effect of Ryan's magic which was still roaming inside her body while keeping her in limits.
You can't have a dangerous woman roaming around free but just like Ryan said, she can attack Ryan anytime she wants and the magic circle won't try to kill her. Mika was sure that this magic circle will lose its effect after she leaves this planet. Why do you ask? Because she is stronger than Ryan but even she can't avoid the suppression from the planet consciousness.
"Mr. Miller, I have personally confirmed this piece of information as I have seen him walking around like nothing happened and he's preparing something. Something extremely morbid." Mika said with a slight worry in her tone.
"How do you know about this? Were you one of the people the government sent to Australia? " John didn't actually recognise her and he was even more surprised that Mika actually knew something they were completely unaware of.
"I am not. I just have my ways to travel around the planet." She said with an amiable smile.
"Then do you know what happened to them?" John asked with curiosity. Actually the soldiers that were sent to Australia never returned as the government lost contact with them even before they could report anything major to the officials.
The video that was released among the public was the only lead they had and now it was being called a fabrication of lies.
"Unfortunately I never saw them there, as it was a very short trip and I only decided to focus on the major figures in Australia." She shook her head in denial.
"Just give me a minute." John said to Mika who sat there patiently.
"Ferb, don't kill those S rankers. Keep it on hold until any further notice by me." John hung up the phone and sighed in frustration.
"Now Mika, did you see anything noteworthy?" John didn't have time to question Mika and honestly he didn't feel like doing that because what she said could be true.
"They are feeding something but unfortunately I couldn't find what it was as I was forced to leave because of the lightning which heavily injured me." Mika said while she showed the wound on her arm which looked completely hideous like it was almost rotting but Mika quickly hid it beneath the glove she was wearing.
"What kind of wound is that?" John felt like throwing up but held himself back as it would be really disrespectful to the lady.
"It was the lightning, trust me when I say it looked more hideous but it healed because of my special body." Mika revealed her regeneration because it was necessary for her to explain the properties of the lightning to John.
"My body can heal really fast and if you decapitate my arm it can grow back in mere seconds." Mika continued as John raised an eyebrow while hearing her carefully.
"If you can heal, and this wound is still not regenerating then what would happen if it hit someone with a normal regeneration rate? Chances are that they would die soon if not instantly." John said in a dazed tone. It was not abnormal for people to get regeneration abilities when they can launch fire from their hands.
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