Cedric was sweating tons with the mere pressure that he was feeling. He knew a single detail missed or a single mistake and Perciveus would snap. And he was in no mood to die today. Finally he brought all his courage and started to tell the details clearer this time.
"This hooded figure is merciless. He fights with whatsoever he gets which means he even uses the bodyparts of his victims to hurt the bulks. He had not only shown great strength with his fists but also his supernatural powers have no extent. He has shown multiple attributes till now as if he owns each attribute that exists. He usually shows one attribute at a time and switches to another but never has been reported to use two at once."
"Ahh yesss… one bery significant thing about him is he always appears from dense black smoke and disappears right into it in the middle of the battle. Which only brings the question does anyone summons him?"
After hearing of this hooded figure evryone was shaken by the powers that this individual held but one of all was furious and his gaze was fixated on the floor and cracks were forming right under his feet.
Perciveus stood up from his couch and turned away from the group which made everyone confused of why was he behaving like this.
"Mr.Bladen what is it?" Veronica asked in a hushed voice.
There was an eerie silence and a wicked smile was formed on Perciveus' lips. He turned around and said in a calm but menacing voice,
"I would like to meet my old friend again. Who knew he would hide his face if I left him". And right after his words Perciveus started laughing histerically and left everyone in dilemma.
...
"What did it mean?" Puff voiced his concern.
"If my guess is not wrong then he knows who that hooded figure is and I now have a clue too." Scrouche said rubbing his palms together.
"Cedric, do you think the same whom I believe he is?" Scrouche asked.
"Yes", Cedric replied.
This conversation between the two had brought more question and no answers and thereafter the two left the group.
Cedric went to one of the quarters of the castle to stay the night whereas Scrouche left for his own home.
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In her room, Veronica was sitting with Fiona who eas seeming confused.
"I don't know what has gotten into him. He was such a fun person back then but now he is just so diplomatic and secretive. He didn't even bother to tell us who he thinks that man is". Fiona complained.
Furl was standing by the window and said aloud,
" he is just annoyed with the kind of welcome he got. Betrayal, no friends and such a big responsibility was dumped on him when he returned. Its not easy. And just think of it if you were in his shoes".
Suddenly a lightening struck the dark sky and suddenly a truth dawned upon all the people inside Veronica's room.
"Cony". All chorused.
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Perciveus was in his room when Drupal entered running and asked, " what is it my Lord?"
"Call a meeting. Get everyone who can be trusted here by the sundown tomorrow".
Hearing the urgency in his master's voice Drupal ran down the stairs to get the message to all.
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Its was dark and rain was pouring. The throne section of the hallway was accoupied by the visitors and everyone was conversing about the latest news and dicoveries that had been made. By now all the visitors were aware of the incident that took place a day ago and were somewhat aware of what was to come.
Cedric, Haden, Mary, Frenchesca were the respective leaders that were sitting on the thrones accompanied by Scrouche, Furl, Fiona, Veronica, Puff and Pup.
The red door on the second floor opened wide and Perciveus came out of the room followed by Drupal.
He was wearing a red shirt with black trousers and a black tail coat and was also carrying a cane of darkwood that had a blue shaphire on top.
He stepped towards the raised platform to have a seat on his throne and everyone stood in respect and went on to take their seats.
"I know its all sudden to call you all but the matters have been of great urgency. As I suppose you have been made aware of what the rumours and reality are and also of what I found out yesterday". Perciveus spoke calmly.
"But my reason to call you all here is not to confirm but to tell you of what really is the truth".
"To understand everything you need to know from the starting."
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[POV: Perciveus]
I had been travelling through portals with Cony to grow in strength to bring down Tatiana. But not only I but Cony was also growing and one day we found a creature in another world who gave a crystal that allowed us to store the elemental attributes and use them while holding the crystal.
But to store the element one soul had to be stored in it which meant that the powers of another one would be stored in it after his or her death. We harvested one of those crystals that had the element of fire. But on my journey beyond that point I never came across another beast that could produce a harvesting crystal. I gave that crystal to Cony for use whenever he did not had any elemental attribute after a fullmoon.
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Perciveus took out a small crystal from his pocket that was clear but had a small flame burning inside it. Everyone gasped at its beauty.
"Here is that crystal. If you might remember the bodies of the gaurds that I cremated was the power of this crystal. I don't have the fire attribute. But what bothered me was that if I have this crystal then how did Cony survive after me. Which was easily answered yesterday and that was he had many harvesting crystals and therefore I did not find any crystal on my venture even in the same type of beasts."
"And these crystals hold great powers and they also amplify the strength of the attribute to its max".
"So I am sure who that hooded man is and what gives him his disastrous powers. But I want answers and only he can answers me so I want you all to FIND HIM".
"Sire, I will put all my forces to find him", Mary said confidently.
"So will we". The other leaders chimed.
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The meeting went on with exchange of information collected and preperation that were being made now its was time to discuss the coming events.