One day before.
"Where the hell they went off to?", 1st Vulcan Knight said.
"I don't know. Even the book's map isn't showing their location.", Captain of the temporary chasing team replied.
"Not even the inheritance book? Did they die after all that?"
"I don't think that. Didn't you see? That bastard thought so meticulously to get away?"
"Fuc*! What should we do now? Should we go back?"
"Wait a little bit. Let's try to find them for now. We couldn't just leave it like that!", one of the new additions of the team said that with great conviction.
The Persus 1st knight, the captain of these team, pulled the owner of the voice's collar and held him on the air furiously. This guy has quite a bit of strength in his arms. His eyes were looking very scary. With his deep black hair, he was looking like a beast holding his prey. He then started shouting on the face of the man he was holding.
"Shut up! You Triton fuc*ers! Useless bastards. What the hell did you do? You guys aren't even capable enough to hold two damn rats? How they get away from you?"
"Well-well, W-we are very sorry, but they used some short of tricks to mix poisonus rat's blood essenses in the food of the celler keeper and get away...ehe...we weren't careful e-enough...so-sorry...", the Triton guy wasn't able to look at his scary eyes and turned his face while saying those words under fear.
"Can your sorry help us capture them??", Persus knight asked in reply without controlling his rage.
"We-well, then what should we do, ca-captain?"
"Damn he is scary...", other triton knight whispered in his mind.
"Make yourself useful. Go and search the area!!"
"O-of course, captain. This is rain village. A village under our jurisdiction. We can find them in no time."
The captain held off of his callar. The Triton guys showed an expression of relief.
"Phew...let's go brother. We can't make them belittle us anymore.", the elder one said to his brother who was watching the show from behind being scared.
"Ye-yes brother."
Those two ran off to their nearest councillor's office. While the others started talking again.
"Captain Kadios, what should we do now?". said the Vulcan 2nd knight, Canos. Other two also looked at the captain. They had the same question.
"Let's head back to the royal court. And explain them what happened.", Kadios said.
"I see. Okay then, let's head back.", Persus 2nd knight, Lelious replied and everyone nodded.
After half a day later, the royal court.
"So, we failed to capture them huh?"
"Were they very strong?"
In the royal court's hall, eight individual was seated under the dark. And some people started ask questions to the long black haired man standing centre of the ring shaped gigantic size round table.
"I don't know. They didn't fight. They tricked us and escaped. And that guy has a helper."
"Helper?", someone from the dark asked.
"I think the helper may be a nirmal powerless civilian he hired. But that also may not be the case. After all, as we know from what has passed down from the ancestors, in that forbidden clan annihilation battle the servant clan of the Shezmu was also disappeared.", Kadios replied.
"Aha. I see."
"But I still don't understand. Why we lost them? Where they disappeared to? Even their co-ordinates aren't showing them. Like they were killed.", Kadios asked with anxious face.
"..."
"That's new."
"Yeah, wait, let me see it in my book."
"..."
"He is right. The locations aren't showing."
"What happened?"
Even the hard working individual, who always refused to participate the court got stunned.
"If a Aether user dies, the phenomenon will be much brighter. The area of effect will be much broarder. Other Aether users will be able to sense it."
"...", again a silence spread in the hall.
"So, did they die or not.", someone asked from the dark.
"Should I ask my fathe-", some was saying something but he got stunned. An arrow was shot in front of him. It was almost hitting the tea-cup.
"Tch. I asked you again and again. Don't scare me like this. I have a weak heart."
He opened a paper strip which was knotted on the arrow. He got amused.
"Oh? I see. Are you sure? You did this with perfection?"
"Pew.", another arrow hit the same space. He then opened it too. There were written, these words-
"We fed it to the monster race. We didn't want to notify others so we used our means. you know that we are very good at this."
"If it's true then, good job! Let's wrap up todays matters. We don't need to notify our fathers about this."
"What the hell are you saying? Explain to us too.", someone from the dark said. Everyone was curious too.
"Well, we don't need to indulge ourselves in this matter anymore. The Assassin clan finished them and fed their bodies to the monster race friends. They did it with perfection and used their techniques to hide the Aether release phenomenon. So they didn't notice that area of effect."
"I see. But are they telling the truth?", someone asked.
"...", a silent spread to the hall again.
"Pew"
An arrow shot to the individual, who asked the question, while breaking the silence. There was some blood on the tip of the arrow. It spread on the table in front of him. They started to form some letters. There were two sentences formed from those letters.
"Watch your mouth. Want me to prove it to you right now using your life?"
"Ok ok I got it. Don't need to be so rowdy."
"Hahahaha....", someone sitting besides him started to laughing after seeing the scene.
"Okay, okay let's wrap up. I have training to do.", the miscle head guy replied.
And slowly everyone dispersed. Kadios and two other guys remained inside the hall.
"You, should go back now too, we some talk between us.", a young beautiful white pale skinned guy gazed at the corner of the hall's roof.
"..."
"She left. Don't worry. Now let's talk", the white haired, white skin guy said.
"Ok..."