Chapter 7
The next day, it was dawn
Oliver's party had reached the joiner's domain
They stood shocked in their places after they saw the barony
The whole joiner domain has been destroyed.
Lisa was quite shocked, but she controlled her emotions and looked at Oliver who was standing ahead of everyone
Lisa
"Oliver we have to see if there is any s-"
She stopped after she saw Oliver's terrified face
"Damn It! Oliver!! Get yourself together!!" Merlin said
Oliver after he snapped out of it said
"Oh yes let's go see if there's anyone there"
Everyone started rushing inside the destroyed barony
Merlin
"Lynn scout the area for survivors!!! "
Lynn
"I'm on it !!!!"
Wind surrounded Lynn and she started leaping over the destroyed buildings
Lisa who was looking at Lynn thought
"That's Wind acceleration magic HEPHYR"
After a while
Oliver who was Carrying a child said
"Is this the last of them Lynn!"
Lynn
"Pretty much"
Merlin
"We were able to save only 8 children, where are the others?, this is a domain, and we only saw 8 children, Initially I thought that this was done by the monsters raiding this domain
But if that were the case then these children wouldn't have been able to survive, are there no adult survivors?"
Lisa
"What if this was done by something that's not a monster"
Oliver and Hugo's expressions became tensed
Merlin
"Oliver both you and Hugo have been acting weird"
Lisa
"I have noticed it as well, do the both of you know something about this incident?"
He looked at Hugo who nodded in agreement
Oliver sighed and started talking
"The reason me and Hugo are on edge is that Hjol barony was destroyed similarly as this barony "
Everyone was shocked
Lynn!
Who's there!!"
A boy comes out from behind the pillar
Merlin
"A boy??"
The boy said
"Follow me "
Lisa
"Guys don't you think that this is suspicious "
Merlin
"It's fishy, but we can't ignore him now can we "
They followed the boy towards a broken orphanage
"Isn't that an orphanage"
The boy replied
"Yes, you may have a lot of questions, the owner of the orphanage will answer them"
Lisa noticed that this boy had been trembling from the start, she thought
"Is this boy scared of the owner, or is the trauma from experiencing such a thing"
They reach the destroyed orphanage
The boy goes near a certain tile and knocks on it in a peculiar way
The tile which was a secret door opens
The boy
"Follow me "
They go inside
Merlin
"Wait, what?"
After going in they see a handful of injured adults, and a lot of children
Then from one of the adults, a man comes to them
"Hello there, my name is Grey, I'm the owner of this crumbled orphanage, I thank you for rescuing these children,"
Grey bows in gratitude
Oliver
"What happened here, if the monsters were too much you could have at least regrouped to fight back, how come the barony is destroyed, how come there are no kings this here?"
Everyone became stressed after hearing about Oliver
Grey
"Please, let me explain everything in another room"
After they went into a room to talk
Grey
"OK, from where should I explain; we couldn't react to the sudden attack no matter how much we had prepared, it still wouldn't be enough "
Lisa
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Merlin
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Oliver
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Hugo
"?"
Lynn
"?"
Grey
" Because this barony was brought to its current condition in a single day"
Every member of the party was shocked
Oliver
"What??"
Hugo
"No way"
Grey continues
"And it wasn't done by the monster surprise attack, actually monster surprise attack would have been preferable"
Lisa
"What are you saying? just what happened?????"
After a small pause, Grey spoke
"This barony wasn't destroyed by a monster attack neither it was attacked by an army of a neighboring city,
This barony was destroyed by a single man who too in one day"
Oliver
"ARE YOU KIDDING ME, DO U EXPECT US TO BELIEVE THAT!!!!!!!!!!!"
Hugo
"What you have told us doesn't make a bit of sense !"
Merlin
"Oliver, what they are saying could be true, Grey can you describe the man "
Grey
" I didn't see that man...., I know, wait a minute"
Grey went outside the room and came with a girl
Grey
"This girl's father was on duty that day, and she happened to be there to witness the attack"
Lisa goes near the girl and says in a polite tone
"Hey, I'm Lisa and I am fifteen years old, may I know yours"
The girl replied
"I'm Lizaa and I'm eleven years old"
Lisa says with a smile
"Oh my we have similar names, how cool is that"
Liza (smiling)
"Yeah!"
Lisa
"So Lisa can you tell me about the man that attacked the barony"
Lisa's thoughts
"According to Grey, the accident happened during the day yesterday, and lugh also vanished yesterday, I must find out more about man"
Liza opened her mouth to speak
"I sa-w that m-a-n"
She takes a deep breath to calm herself
And continues
And says
"The man was wearing a black coat, both of his arms were covered in black armor, and he was also wearing a mask which was covering his eyes, through the mask only his red pupils with black eyes were visible, he also had black hair
There is something else I noticed, he wasn't wearing much armor, and he wasn't carrying a sword"
Lisa
"He wasn't Carrying a sword?"
Merlin
"Lynn tell us what you found"
Lisa and everyone turns towards Lynn
Lynn
"While I was scouting the area, I found out that the damage done to this barony and its people was with magic and a sword, they were clear signs of a sword and I can tell you this without a doubt that it wasn't any type of magic"
Lisa
"But Liza said he wasn't Carrying a sword, so how could there be uses for sword slashes"
Liza
"Initially He wasn't Carrying a sword, but when it came time for combat, a sword came out of nowhere in his hand"
Lisa
"A sword came out of nowhere??, how could that be possible?"
Merlin
"It certainly is"
Lisa
"??"
Merlin
"There is a rare type of magic called materialization magic, this type of magic can only be used by those who possess the affinity for every element"
Liza
"I only knew that much, so can I go now"
Lisa (smiling)
"Yes, and thank you very much for helping us out"
Liza leaves the room, and everyone in the room is silent
Oliver spoke up breaking the silence
"I'm betting on the odds that the girl was being delusional or daydreaming "
Lisa
"But it matches with what happened to your barony so what problem "
Oliver
"It just doesn't make sense for someone to be this powerful "
Hugo
"What about The Dark Emperor "
Everyone in the room fell silent
Oliver exclaimed
"Hugo! That's just a myth going around!!"
Lisa
"Are you sure about that?"
Oliver
"....."
Lisa
"According to all the information we have about this man, there is a high chance that this man could be The dark Emperor
But Hugo why do u think that this man could be the dark Emperor "
Hugo
"After the destruction of the whole barony, and Oliver decided to find out the mysterious reason behind the destruction of holy, and we just happened to find out about it naturally "
Grey
"Guys, let's not dwell on the past anymore, the sun has set, so you all should rest, because of current circumstances, can you share the rooms SSeparatedby gender"
Lisa
"Oh no, we can't be more grateful to you for providing us with shelter in these circumstances"
Grey smiles
"Grecia!"
A small girl around the same age as Liza came
Grey
"Dear do u mind showing them to their rooms, please
Grecia
"OCourseowner, if you may follow me"
They started Following Grecia
Lisa's thoughts
"According to the description of the man in black, it couldn't have been lugh, since lugh was openly walking around in the Sieg village, lugh always carried a sword as well, and he never wore coats, in fac,t he wore only formal clothes with no armor...
What's going on why am I having a sense of relief after realizing that it's not lugh"
Lisa slaps her cheeks
"No Lisa this is neither the time nor the place, But there's someone here who has been acting weird...'
After everyone went to their rooms, they all slept
In a single room, there were 6 people staying
Merlin woke up in the middle of the night and stealthily sneaks out of the cellar
She goes outside, walks around the destroyed territory, and stops at a certain place, she notices something buried in the crumbled building
She starts to dig it out
Merlin stops after she hears someone's footsteps from behind
And turns back
Merlin
"Lisa? Wha-"
Lisa
"Merlin, you have been acting weird since we arrived here"
Merlin
"Oh me? you must be imagining things"
Lisa
"I'll get straight to the point, Merlin do u know something about the dark Emperor"
Merlin
"What are you saying, I know about him as much as y--"
Lisa
"Let me rephrase the question
Are you a member of the kingdom of Twilight"
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