Chapter 29: Baldwin Raymond's rage!!!
The four black-suited hired guns rushed forward with stealth.
They tried to cover up their movements as much as possible, while they surreptitiously approached Baldwin who was dressed in a casual green round neck and a pair of jeans trousers.
These hired guns were initially sent to observe Baldwin but later on, there was a change of plans to capture him.
Because of this, they rushed off at a quick pace while they tried as much to maintain their stealth.
However, despite all that stealth, it was still useless before Baldwin Raymond, as their heat signatures had already been discovered by Baldwin Raymond.
As Baldwin stood there, he imagined all the tragedy that had befallen him from the time he was a child till now.
He thought of how he never saw his father or mother again and had to survive a lot of pain and harsh conditions till he became strong enough.
And now this part of the veil was the only part of the human world in the continent that gave him the slightest feeling of home.
Yet, some people decided to disrupt his alone time, he clenched his jaw, stirring the rising rage within him.
"If any of you survive then I'm not the son of a fire wielder"
He muttered to himself, After muttering that, he prepared to attack.
He allowed heat to course through his body at a fast rate.
His eyes were glowing and this startled the approaching hired guns who waited a few seconds.
This sudden lapse in judgment allowed Baldwin to launch his offense and put them on the defensive,
The air around him was boiling and struck the approaching attackers like heat escaping from a fiery furnace.
The first two collapsed on the spot and died, smitten by the intense heat.
The remaining two sidestepped the attack and moved in an arc to attack Baldwin at both sides
Baldwin spun through the air and shot out flames from his hands, this caught the other two off-guard and they got scorched by the flames.
Their entire face was burnt and the thick suit that they were wearing was reduced to a few strands of interconnected clothing material.
They looked at Baldwin as if they had just seen a ghost,
'who exactly is this guy?',
they wondered,
However, they barely had enough time to
gather their thoughts before they were reduced to flesh lumps on the floor.
Baldwin Raymond stood as if he was not involved in the killing of the four hired guns and then he heard a beeping sound coming through a communication device brought by the killed men.
He picked it up and answered, and on the other end was the voice of a scientist, 'Charles'.
"Hello Major one, have you detained the subject ? I need him to be in perfect peak condition for the rigorous and demanding series of tests I want to perform on him, call me when you're ready to bring him over",
With that, he hung up the phone without waiting for feedback.
Baldwin Raymond frowned and his hands developed flames that melted the communication device into liquid metal that slipped on the floor like a poured silver liquid.
Baldwin ignored the Scientist,
"I will deal with you later"
He muttered to himself.
For now, he had a feeling of being pulled from outside that veil. The pull was noticeable with every passing second.
The pull started to intensify as time passed.
For once he decided it was time to cross the veil.
Something was drawing him, an affinity for the fire element, like a firefly drawn to other fireflies
He was attracted by something beyond the veil.
He decided on exploring, but before he did, he ensured he took care of the bodies by making sure he burnt them beyond recognition such that their remains couldn't even be gathered.
Then he packed his car in an area that could not be detected or accrued to a crime, he also got the keys of the four men and packed their cars in a place that would not draw suspicion to the veil, then after completing all that, he decided to explore.
As he stepped outside the veil, he felt the pull increase to a whole new level.
He felt like the fire element was drawn to him and he was drawn to it.
He felt like he could turn into the fire itself and burn the world.
The fire element was excited, he stepped further, following the pull with each step.
He felt the flame grow stronger within him.
He closed his eyes and was walking like a blind man being led by someone, except that the someone, in this case, was a feeling.
As he got closer, he heard a distinct chatter,
"They really should have let us enter into their city, it's been three days now and we have no idea if the priestess is alright" one of the fire nation commanders' roared.
Baldwin opened his eyes and he was standing in front of Lancelot and his group. Lancelot walked forward with a smile on his face,
"You're the pull I felt earlier?",
Baldwin also nodded as he felt the pull peak as he approached Lancelot.
"Who are you guys?"
Baldwin Raymond asked.
Lancelot smiled,
"We are like you, elementals, I can see you have an affinity for the fire element, we also have a beast elemental from the beast nation, blood elemental from the blood nation, water elemental from water nation,"
He said pointing to his comrades.
"We have other element wielders too who aren't represented here, I think you should know all that. So, where did you come from? You look like you never grew up in our land"
This statement caught the attention of others, who paid more attention to the conversation, and was even speaking amidst themselves,
"What does the element King mean by that?'
"He doesn't look human and he possesses the blessing of the element, so what does the element King mean?'
Baldwin Raymond nodded slightly and unleashed his fire element, causing the temperature of the environment to soar to an insane level.
Fire was swirling all over him as if he had been birthed in flames.
After that outburst, he then calmed down and spoke and as he became calm, the effect of the pull also ended.
"l am Baldwin Raymond, I grew up in the human world, I was kidnapped as a child and had been taken for use as an experiment, I was lucky enough to escape being turned a guinea pig and I had protected the elemental world ever since...."
He went on to explain some of his recent ordeals and what brought him there.
The crowd was stunned.
They had never seen a human before let alone a being in contact with one.
He looked like a foreigner among them who had touched the very depth of the unimaginable.
"Why are you guys camped out here?"
Baldwin suddenly asked.
"We need treatment for our queen!"
Xanthu gave a half-hearted reply, which answered the question perfectly, but Baldwin was still inquisitive
He had never seen his fellow elementals before, so naturally, he was curious, and learning now about the existence of other elementals besides the flames he was used to was also sort of a surprise.
"Would you guys love to see my world?"
He suddenly asked, taking everyone by surprise
"Yes"
Lancelot replied without giving it a second thought,
"it is settled then"
Baldwin replied.
Everyone had a weird expression on their faces,
"Your Majesty, the Element King, I grew up with only one teaching on humans, and that is,
'humans cannot be trusted, so how can I go to
a human world when my parents taught me such moral lessons." A soldier from the water nation voiced his discontentment.
Others also joined, to speak their minds before Lancelot suddenly cleared his throat;
"Let's go experience it for ourselves, Kendra is still being treated, we can use this experience to improve our world"
Lancelot spoke so simply yet it had a profound effect on the group who nodded collectively and started to make preparations to go.