*Beeep*
"Colin!!! We are ready to leave!!" Sera shouted from the mansion and although an ordinary person wouldn't hear her from where I was, I could hear her loud and clear. I picked up the Diary and walked over towards the mansion but as I did, I could hear something rushing towards me at a very high speed.
"Paul, why are you here? Shouldn't you be resting?" I asked as I looked at the figure of Paul running towards me with something large on his back. His eyes were glowing blue and I could see fur on his hands and sticking out of his pants.
"Haahaahaa, I forgot to give you something last night. You should have it before you leave." He said and took the large object off his back. On closer inspection, the object was a large black box made of wood.
"Is that, the box that short Demon gave to Dracos?" I asked
"Yes it is, I found it in the ashes after we burnt down the penthouse. I think you should have it." He said
'They found it after burning down the penthouse and yet it doesn't a single scorch mark on it.' I thought as I observed the box
"I should get back before the others wake up, if you have any orders, you can tell us through [Telepathy]." He said and rushed back towards the hotel. I looked at his fleeting figure and inspected the box more closely, the box was plain without anything on it, except for a red symbol on the outside. The symbol was of a circle with a smaller circle in the middle, in the space between the two circles were arcane symbols that I couldn't understand and in the middle circle was a six pointed star with a large red dot in the middle.
'This is definitely a rune, but what does it do?' I wondered, just as I was about to open the box, I heard a loud shout.
"Colin!!! We are ready to leave now!!!" Sera shouted once more.
"Impatient woman." I said and quickly place the box on my back and ran towards the mansion, luckily the box had straps on it making it sort of comfortable to run with. I arrived at the mansion in a couple minutes and I could see that the buses and a few of the military trucks and Jeeps were filled with people.
"The soldiers are coming with us?" I asked Sera as soon as I saw her.
"Yes, well, atleast some of them are. Some believe that it's dangerous here and it would be better to come with us to City B while the rest think it would be more dangerous heading to City B through multiple cities." She replied and looked at the box
"What's that?" She asked
"A gift from my new subordinates." I replied and she frowned but sighed the next second.
"What's inside?" She asked again and I shrugged my shoulders. I jumped to the top of one bus and landed less than gracefully on the roof and Sera soon joined me.
"Demon!!!" Lieutenant Leia screamed as she ran out of the mansion gates panting
"I have a name you know, it's Colin." I said as my eyelids twitched
"Colin then, I would like to thank you on behalf of all of my soldiers for dealing with Dracos Black. And I would also like to ask you for a favor." She said after catching her breath
"What is it?" I asked cooly
"I...I would like to request that you keep my soldiers safe during your journey." She said and I smiled.
"I can't make any promises.....but I'll do my best." I said and Sera looked at me weirdly
"Thank you." She said with a bow
We departed soon afterwords toward city H....and for some reason, Sera was still looking at me with a weird expression on her face.
"What?" I asked in an annoyed voice
"I thought you didn't like humans." She said
"I don't like the ones that act like assholes." I replied
"Is that so?" She said and finally turned away, looking at the vast expanse of the forest.