"Thank you for coming to the meeting this time"
"I believe that this is our second meeting after the first appearance of the shadow creatures." The man gave a small bow to the assembly members.
After that he glanced at the two empty seats, his expression showing obvious disappointment as he tried to hide it with a half-hearted smile.
"Looks like we're short on two people-" As he said this, a voice came from the side, "Didn't the previous meeting only have 13 members?" It was a young man with a unique eye line.
The man with the scar gave a small smile as he turned his gaze towards Zach and Ilya before turning back to the man who asked. "I believe everyone already knows the reason"
Zach knew that it was referring to himself and Ilya who were attending a meeting like this for the first time. Because of that, Zach whispered to Ilya and asked, "What's his name?"
Ilya didn't show any different reaction as she answered casually, "Bell Avalon"
At this time Bell Avalon, turned towards the man wearing the blindfold. He showed a smile that couldn't be considered a smile, "Mr. Lopez, I haven't seen your colleague, can he not attend the meeting?"
The eyepatch man was Adam Lopez, He purposely turned his round cap as he said calmly, "He has some urgent business to attend to"
Those short words brought silence. "I also have business to take care of, I was hoping for the information to be shared sooner" Adam Lopez smiled, intimidating Bell Avalon.
Zach who saw this anomaly couldn't understand what was going on. "He doesn't like being here... But on the other hand needs information to be shared"
"That reinforces the fact that the Guardians of the orthodox faction don't like the Boreas clan that much. It makes sense considering the Boreas clan had great ties to the Clourfuss family in the past" Zach confirmed and went back to observing this strange situation.
"Alright, that's right. This has to be sped up." Bell Avalon raised her gaze again.
On Zach's front side, a middle-aged woman with short hair and revealing clothes raised her hand. "I have information"
Seeing that, Bell Avalon gave a small nod and sat back down. The gaze fell on the sexy woman. No one knew whether they would listen to this information or just silently observe.
The woman stood up, Without introducing herself, she took out a file from the bag she was carrying. "The police are continuing to investigate even today. And it can be confirmed that the main perpetrators of these serial killings are shadow creatures"
"But, we got some unacceptable abnormality in this case"
"The news being spread is that the victims have reached 12 people, but the fact is that two of these cases have nothing in common with the others"
"The first one, is a child who happened to be a victim around Brown Street. He didn't lose his heart and head. If you look closely, his heart exploded. That doesn't match the other victims whose hearts and heads disappeared"
"The second case was the one that recently happened on Green Grass street. Contrary to the previous one, the victim was a woman and died from having her head crushed. We learned this from seeing the scene and got some skull fragments and even an eyeball"
After hearing the woman's statement, Zach was able to confirm that she was a member of the police force. This made Zach's view of the Boreas clan change. "It Connection is bigger than I thought. If that's the case then maybe the others here have their own jobs and ways of keeping tabs on what's going on in town" Zach muttered enlightenedly.
Then he also got a more convincing explanation that there wasn't just one shadow creature in Vandash Town. That is proven by the woman's statement.
"To avoid more panic, we are linking this case to the case that occurred, That's all the information I can give" The woman sat back down.
Of all the meeting participants, some of them raised their hands simultaneously. Then at the direction of Bell Avalon who was moderating the meeting, an old man stood up. "In terms of what you said, does that mean there were two perpetrators?"
The woman thought for a moment before replying, "We can't come to a conclusion yet, but it's a possibility."
After receiving the answer, the man gave a small nod with a calm face. Then he said, "I also have information"
"I have studied several similar historical cases in the past from several reliable books. In the past when the Dark Ages was about to end, a similar incident had occurred. Shadow beings searched for victims and took the heart and the head of the victim to be made into a certain ritual material"
"Although I can't be sure what ritual is meant, but I'm sure it will bring bad things"
The word "Ritual" echoed in Zach's ear. It was because the word was not the first time he had heard it. Previously he had performed two different rituals. Starting from the activating ritual of the Clourfuss symbol to the wedding ritual.
"Heh, anyone would know that it's related to an evil ritual. Who would have thought that a shadow creature was collecting certain organs out of hobby?"
"That is useless information" Adam Lopez chuckled softly into soft insults.
The previous man gritted his teeth as he quickly sat back down. Silence returned.
At this time, Teodore raised his right hand. "I have information"
"The police, Gatekeepers and Military have just formed a joint team to deal with this serial killer problem"
"It's devoted to a large-scale search. And it should start tonight. With the formation of this joint team, I'm not sure a shadow creature will appear. That's on the premise that the shadow creature in question is the intelligent type"
Zach who heard showed an obvious expression of surprise, "Shadow type that has intelligence?" Zach asked himself, he didn't ask Teodore directly because he felt he would interrupt the meeting.
Thinking back to the time he was possessed by the shadowy creature, Zach felt the chills once again. "Does it also have intelligence of its own?" Zach asked silently.
Then, Teodore mentioned again, "Most of the joint team members are people who don't know about the heart of this matter. They don't know that what they are trying to investigate is something they can't deal with. I wonder what the military was thinking when making this decision" Theodore chuckled as he said his last sentence.
"As mentioned before, if the culprit is two different shadow beasts, how to deal with This?"
At this time, Adam Lopez raised his hand, "Shadow creatures tend to target tramps. I can keep an eye on their activities and will instantly purify shadow creatures if they appear."
"But unlike the second one, as far as the information you have provided, the target was determined randomly," Adam Lopez added.
They all nodded, putting their conflicts aside. "This is the most unique human side" Zach muttered.
Then Bell Avalon alone stood up.
"I have the information, as well as the main information on this meeting"
"This is the information I just received, Obsidia city's Light of Wisdom Church is in a state of chaos. This is related to their belief in the sun god."
"The sun sphere in Obsidia's Light of Wisdom Church has been destroyed. I think you all know what that means. That means, the night will be getting longer. The reason for the sun sphere's destruction is still unknown, nor have I received any information from the main star empire."
the sun orb is believed to be the embodiment of the power of the sun. Every city in the Dark Ages was awarded a sun orb as a symbol of the sun god. While other cities formed after the Dark Ages didn't have to worry about guarding the sun orb. One thing for sure is that if the sun's orb is destroyed, then the daylight hours will be shortened. And the night will be extended.
The main fear that wreaked havoc in Light of Wisdom Church Obsidia was the fact that it was a bad omen. There is no way to create a new sun orb, since it was passed down. And if all the orbs were destroyed, then it would bring eternal darkness back to the continent!
The expressions of the people in the room turned gloomy and filled with shock. Even Zach who didn't really know about the "Sun orb" thing felt a pulse to shake.