Location - ??
Time -??
It was a place ,dark litted up with magic lamp ,11 figures sat infront of a round table with one attendent each who stood next to them
3 of the 11 were women
Each of the figures wore white masquerades and we're dressed different attires of the purest black
" We've been discovered as you all know "(8th apostle)
One othe men ,the tallest one stated
" How and where? "(7th apostle)
One of the other men, big and fat asked
" At base 03 in the outskirts, yesterday it got attack and raised by that masked swordsman ,9th isn't that your territory?"(6th apostle)
Another one of the men ,who seemed a bit older than the rest stated ,the 9th apostle the youngest of them replied with clear displeasure
" Yes so what? It's not like I was there, my priest was there but died, the bastard , he's the idiot who failed me 6th "(9th apostle)
" Ohoho " (5th apostle, female)
" How spoiled "(2nd apostle, male)
The 4th disciple simply smirked an turned to their leader ,their master ,tall ,had strong built and black hair ,he slowly stood up silenceing them all
" 9th "
" What is it ?(hiding his anxiety)"
" You are to deal with the mess you've made, use the dragon heart on the Capital of Elkana, and cause havoc on the other kingdoms as well on a large scale, take the attention of the world that you brought upon us at such crucial time away from us to yourself ,until the rest of us clear this dungeon,that is your mission "
" WHAT !!!! (Stood up)"
Turning furious the 9th apostle stood up and faced the master with a gaze that clearly showed animosity
" Head!!! {This guy, even if he's the head how dare a guy only 2 year older than m-} "
BURRRR
" You have a problem ?"
Tsssrk
Small red lightning crackled in their masters body
RUMBLE!!!!!
The 9th apostle ,in an instant ,dropped on his knees with his nose ,ears and eyes bleeding as he turned blind and deaf from his body being subjected to terrible amounts of demonic energy
" Craaakh!!"
THUDD!!
The 9th dropped on the floor and spat out blood
" Geeerrg!!!..."
Thud
Before he could finish he felt a foot pressing him on his head, it was his master, closing the distance without the him even noticing the master was stepping on the his head and twisting his feet rubbing the dirt off of his shoes on the 9th apostle's head with disdain
The others there smirked and outright laughed at the scene
Their head looked down at the 9th under his shoes and stated
" You're trash Leon Rosenhart (pressed his feet harder) "
" Grrgh!!(9th, felt his skull getting crushed)"
THUDUMMM
The pressure on 9th three folded, the heavy weight of demonic energy rendered him paralysed and unable to breath ,the master continued
" Now tell me trash, do you have a problem with my decision, Yes or no ? "
" GRRG!! NO I DON'T!! Grrag stop head!!! I am sorry!! "
In an instant the oppressive and lethal pressure disappeared, the 9th apostle laid flat on the ground sweating as he gasp for air despite the pain and damage done to his internals
" Hhaaa haaa haa "
The leader of these apostles looked back at the rest and spoke with confidence
" We will accelerate the process because of the 9th's mistake ,we will move out tonight in 3 hours ,we will open the gate and challenge it 3 days later ,any objections "
"..."
" No objections here "(3rd apostle, female)
" If so then you are all dismissed, and you this trash's attendant "
The 9th apostle's attendant which recently replaced his priest Iskar trembled
" Y..y..yes "
" Get your master out of here "
With that the rest of the apostles and the head himself left the room ,the attendant also picked up Leon and slowly moved him to another room
Meanwhile still paralysed as his body recovered at inhuman rate using demonic energy he only thought of one thing in his trumoiled and enraged mind
{MASKED SWORDSMAN!!}
***
Time - 3:24 pm
A day after code black was launched, in the castle's ground floor beneath 5 floor levels of the ground ,at a secret underground facility, people ,lots of them of various races were getting themselves busy preparing for large demon purge
" AAACHO!! "
I sneezed
Shizela :" Hmm? Did you just sneeze? "
Shizela asked baffled and shocked
" Something got in my nose that's all {Someone must be talking about me} "
" Well I suppose so , you getting sick probably means a terrible sickness has spreaded haha"
" AHAHA ,Well anyway Shizela are you really coming on this expedition too "
Both of us were inside a carriage along with 20 other soldiers and investigatiom dept's officials that looked like a normal people, the caravan also looked like a normal merchant group except that there was a whole Caravan , 50 of them lined up ready to deploy out from a cave that leaded out the kingdom, 4 battalions of govt officials have also took risks and volunteered to fly out with their brooms to conduct a wide search of the entire kingdom using artefacts
We were getting deployed to various places, 10 places to be exact, and even inside the kingdom ,gurads and inspectors were mobilized, overnight the investigation department led by Stephen himself with the permission of the king assembled all these men, govt officials, officers, and even knights from his order were deployed for this
The places we were being sented to were places suspected of being demonic worshipper's hideouts
Objective : Investigate , capture,interrogate any demon worshippers and to look for a dungeon called Prometheus
Headed by the gallant prince himself and the Duke's first son ,Fringan Drago ,son of Andrew Drado ,from what I heard this will be the biggest military ops ever carried out undercover
Shizela at my question smiled and replied
" I'm gonna observe you from your back as I'm ordered, as both an army healer and Stephen's personal knight in training,that is my job right now ".
I could ony remain silent at that, i couldn't agree not disagree with her, Shizela was currently only 16 and is only an 8th class mage ,of the flight gets intense I didn't think that she would survive at all in a place where 7th class demon worshippers aren't that rare
" (Sighs) Well don't die on me "
" I can't promise that ,so cover my back and I'll cover yours "
I nodded
***
Meanwhile as the caravan moved on and separated in the horizon, Chhan and the carrier he rose went towards the dark forest
{The dark forest huh, it's been a while since I've been there, I wonder how I'll fair with the monsters there now that I'm in the 7th class, an aura user now }
" We should be there in about 3 hours huh "
Shizela muttered as she calculated the timing
' I think so too '
' Impressive calculation as always mrs Shizela '
" Thank guy haha ,hmm? "
Noticing that I was looking at the kingdom which was now visible as a whole in the horizon Shizela looked at the kingdom as well and said with pride
" Beautiful right Chhan? "
"...."
" Hmm? Hey atleast repl- "
Shizela stopped herself from finishng seeing that my expression went pale ,she also noticed the horror and shock in my eyes
" Chhan? (got closer) What is it? "
DEMONIC WORSHIPPER
" The kingdom {Something ( sees a hman sized ball of black energy standing in the sky )... We have to ...."
Tssshh
The world went white for a moment
Shizela ,the Govt officials and knights all looked at the lights direction and in an instant a powerful shockwaves beyond all comprehensions blew towards their carriages
all of the people, warrior and officials in the carriage couldn't react in time , except for one person
Danger!!
Thanks to my inhuman senses I already grabbed Shizela, before the others even moved and jumped out of the carriage with her and pressed her on the ground and laid flat down as well, drawing my sword I planted it deep in the grown and held it tightly ,I then released a huge amount of mana on my back and formed an aura shield
Shizela: ( Flustered) " H..huh?? "{ What's he doi- }
Chhan :" { This is gonna hurt!! } Brace yours-"
WRRUUUUUUUUUUUUURRRRRRUUUUUUUUUUUUUUMG!!!!!!
" GRRGAGG!!! "
SssswwooooooooooooooooOOOOOOOSSH!!!!!
An ear piercing sound ,from my point of view seemed like it could rival nuke's explosion followed right after the light and following that sound was the weaker part of the blast wave that was still was strong enough to blow the carriages apart killing most of the investigation department's officials and heavily injuring most of the knight who couldn't react and activate their core in time , however even those that survived were killed by flying debrises of the forest ,trees boulders and earth dust blasted the entire caravan apart and buried them
On the ground laying flat protecting Shizela, I screamed as the blast waves slammed boulders and flying debrises on my back like soccer balls and as the blast waves shredded my back
"CHHAN!! "
" GRAAAAAARRH!!! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!! "
End of chapter