Author's POV
Everyone in the association is panicking over Verity's disappearance, and the three men awaiting punishment at hasty interrogations by Delmira and Mason who have lost their minds.
"When did you guys see Verity leave?!" Delmira held both of Moros' shoulders while Elijah hugged his brother still scared, but now another problem happened that made him even more gripped by horror with a more tense atmosphere.
"I don't know, he came out with a servant from the minotaur race," Moros answered honestly without preamble.
"Minotaur race!" Delmira turned towards her husband who was already blushing with anger and worry, she turned towards her maid, Caster of the ELF race.
"CALL ALL SERVICES FROM MINOTAUR RACE OR MIXED MINOTAUR RACE TO THE FIELD!!" Mason was really angry and full of panic, Delmira couldn't hold back her tears anymore.
Tonight's association was extremely chaotic. Mason and Delmira didn't care about the elders who had just finished having an impromptu meeting with alpha Alaric and also Warren as a reporter regarding curse magic, this curse was a forgotten characteristic of the ORC nation.
There were only a handful of them that the Light packs knew about and the rest were isolated from the other races, but there was one great hope that the ORC race had. namely the revival of their nation, the cause of the death of the ORC race existed because they had a region that was hit by a long drought before killing almost all of their descendants.
Nothing could interrupt the two husband and wife couples who were in great panic, Delmira even trembled with fear in Mason's arms as they walked towards the field. Alpha Alaric and Warren followed behind, Moros adjusting his collar which was pulled by Mason.
Ezekiel drew closer with his brother to their close friend, "Moros. You must know something, seeing how calm you are. Why did you let Verity go earlier, because I'm sure you have something beyond our thinking." Ezekiel said to his friend.
Mason chuckled, "I just want to see the truth of his strength, at least I've given a sign that lets me know where he is and whether he's still alive." he answered calmly making the two brothers stunned in horror.
"What if Verity ends up dead?" asked Elijah now uneasy.
"If he dies, it is his destiny to die. Since I saw no hope of wanting to live from her serene eyes, Verity had no wish to live on if death was before her eyes," he explained to his two friends who looked so pale.
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Alpha Alaric ordered ask to spread out the warriors looking for the daughter of the owner of the Association who disappeared tonight brought by the butler of the association's inn trusted by Mason.
Warren also ordered Dark Whisper to find their leader's daughter, because judging by Delmira's mental state and Mason's unstable emotions, it would have an impact on all of them.
On the field, Delmira stepped forward, with a face streaked with tears with red eyes. Using an artifact that can only be used three times, an artifact to see lies. This artifact had already been used once and had two remaining because now was a precarious situation.
The artifact was in the form of a scroll, when the scroll was opened the power would enter into the user's body as a form of information. The power of the artifact can only be used 1 x 24 hours, and the two husband and wife are of course being chased by time.
One by one the maids whose pale faces were frightened by the anger of their superiors began to answer Delmira's questions, the artifact was held in her right hand while staring right into the eyes of the maids. The power of this artifact would allow maids to speak the truth without her noticing. It was like hypnotizing them until finally, Delmira stopped at a miniature descendant of a small maid.
The girl had a great tremor and she lowered her head deeply not following Delmira's orders.
"Raise your head!!" suddenly this made Delmira suspicious, her hand held the maid's chin, and looked into her eyes asking. "Did you see where my daughter was?!"
The small minotaur maidservant's body stiffened and her eyes turned completely white.
"Traitor!!" the sound came out of her small mouth.
Delmira moved backwards still staring right into those white eyes, "What's your name?"
"Kamari."
"Tell me where did my daughter go?" Delmira asked impatiently.
"Traitor, Horu the butler brought the young miss to the Left Bay for an offering. Horu descended from ORC who transformed himself into a minotaur using magic traded by Dante in the Left Bay, damn it!! WE CURSE THE WHOLE WOLVE NATION!!!" his body suddenly trembled violently and Mason screamed at Delmira.
"RUN FROM THERE, MIRA!!!"
BOOM!
An explosion occurred when Kamari screamed, Delmira did not have time to get away from her and the smoke from the explosion as well as several small flames remained. Everyone on the pitch panicked and started screaming, some of the maids got burnt and lost consciousness.
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Horu drank a colorless and tasteless concoction in a glass bottle in one gulp, his horns suddenly disappeared, his body became shorter in size and his skin turned green in color.
Verity sat with her mouth covered by a cloth, two people were holding her while watching Horu change. He was quite surprised to see that Horu was from the ORC nation, this man had deceived many people without anyone knowing.
"Hah... I can finally let go of all the burden of this potion. There are still side effects, I need to take this potion more often." said Horu while looking at his legs which were still like those of a minotaur. "How long have I been doing this disguise? um... it's been almost 5 years, quite a long time but it's satisfying."
Horu then looked at Verity on the floor, they were in a warehouse that was very damp and even smelled dirty. Verity's clothes were so dirty from being forced to walk that she was limping, Horu moved her eyes and two guards on either side of Verity moved to pull her up.
Verity's eyes were covered with cloth again, she didn't know how long they walked because her body was carried like a sack of rice afterward. Continued to walk without climbing anything, and his head was a bit dizzy from being upside down.
Verity was put down, her blindfold was removed and she closed her eyes briefly to adjust to the light. And he backed away in shock until he fell over because he saw the face of a black ELF man.
Horu grinned impatiently, "What about that soul stone, Torin?"
"Wait a minute, I want to see this rabbit first." he drew closer again to notice Verity's pale face. "Oh, so you're already this big. It's funny, I used to get kicked out because you disappeared." he suddenly said.
Torin noticed that Verity's green eyes were bright in the dim light of the oil lamp in her old hut. A temporary hiding place, as his current job is trading slaves to the Left Bay as a confidant. Verity's eyes stared back at Torin, and it was as if something big pushed Torin away.
Torin's body woke up suddenly, earlier he saw a flash of light and also a terrible aura that pulled him into the beautiful green eyes. Something strong and invincible, a power capable of moving elves.
"Oh, what a power but it seems like no one ever taught you how," said Torin to Verity who did not answer because his mouth was covered by a cloth. "Here, take it and leave here immediately," he said as he threw a small brown bag toward Tobias.
Horu named Tobias from the ORC nation which is almost the same as the dragon nation, they are rarely seen and many are hiding.
Tobias looks so happy, his face smiles with joy and jumps around.
"FINALLY!!" Horu aka Tobias put the bag in his trouser pocket and turned to leave Verity with this man named Torin. he continued before disappearing from the old hut.
Verity was silent still staring at Torin without taking her eyes off, she was assessing what she should choose when the worst thing happened. Is it suicide or is he waiting to be tortured to death?
"Alright, let's tell your father about your whereabouts. I want him to kneel, authorize the entire association to me to ransom you. So let's drink poison first as a last resort if it fails, you'll slowly freeze to death if your father won't negotiate with me. Oh, maybe having him kneel and lick his shoes would be a good thing." he said so happy like crazy.