Elias Grouch and China Pleasant were satisfied with their current lives.They were investigators that mainly investigated rogue sorcerers and monsters that appeared.
Rogue sorcerers were sorcerers that engaged in questionable activities without permission from the sanctuaries and distinguished sorcerer families.
Mr Grouch and Miss Pleasant job usually involved moving from sanctuary to sanctuary depending on the demand.They were happy with this as they could travel anywhere especially when things were quiet.
They had gone to the small tier sanctuary of the small town of Aresville to enjoy the peace and quiet.That was until Archmage Mandats assistant ordered them to investigate an ambient mana anomaly within Rodwells cabin resort.
It took three days but they were able to rent out a cabin from Rodwells cabin resort and arrive there.
"Welcome to Rodwells cabin resort how may I help you two?" A desk attendant asked the two sorcerers as she typed on her computer.
"Hello we booked a cabin for the next two weeks.We're Mr Grouch and Miss Pleasant." Elias Grouch spoke somewhat impatiently as he wanted to get this investigation done quickly so he could relax.
"Of course sir I believe you booked cabin number 7 here are your keys." The attendant noted Mr Grouch's impatient tone but kept her professional tone.
Mr Grouch took hold of the keys and headed past the registration building with China Pleasant.As soon as they did that however they immediately noticed the large increase in quality and quantity of the ambient mana.
"The hell...the air is practically drenched in mana.I feel like I've been supercharged." Miss Pleasant noted the dense high quality mana in the air.
"Your right let's head to the cabin and then we'll ask around for clues." Mr Grouch headed to their cabin and unpacked their belongings.
They then found some people and began asking around.
"Hello have you noticed anything strange in the resort lately?" Mr Grouch asked as the man he asked looked him up and down as though he was trying to decide his trustworthiness.
"Why yes quite a number of people have stopped showing up to the resorts activities despite the fact they never left the resort.I don't want to say they've gone missing but I'd recommend you stay together with other people." The man's words caused the two sorcerers to face each other.
If people were truly going missing then this investigation would probably be quite dangerous.The two had faced quite a few rogue sorcerers so they had some experience in fighting.
What they barely had any experience with was fighting with monsters.A large amount of disappearances was unlike the behaviour of rogue sorcerers who would probably move on after 1 or 2 kills.
"What are the cabin numbers of the people who have stopped coming to the activities?" questioned Miss Pleasant.
"Are you the resort staff or undercover cops?I've heard about this usually when strange things happen strange people are either involved or get involved.Does that mean something out of the norm is happening.I knew I should've left when I had the chance." the man went on a tirade as Mr Grouch suddenly sprang into action.
Mr Grouch manipulated his magic and muttered a spell to calm the man's emotions.He then began to speak in a calm and tranquil voice.
"Relax...nothing out of the norm is happening.Magic and the supernatural don't exist.Who we are is none of your concern.You don't care who we are.Your going to tell us the cabin numbers.You've decided that just to be safe your going to end your time here early and leave Rodwells cabin resort."
"Ah alright.Cabins 9,12,14 through 18,20,23." the man spoke as though he was lucid and asleep before becoming normal and heading back to his cabin.
"Let's start with the lowest numbers and move our way up." Mr Grouch spoke up as he readied his enchanted gun.Meanwhile Miss Pleasant took out her hidden enchanted katana from its sheath.
The cabin was quite isolated so they had the leisure to do this.They also felt danger while within the cabin resort.It was as if they were being watched but they didn't know by who or what.Regardless of how hard they looked around they wouldn't see anyone watching them.
The door to cabin 9 was left open as though they were being invited in.There was an abnormal amount of snow and ice in the interior of the cabin from what could be seen.
As they entered they were shocked by what they saw.It was as if a blizzard had entered the cabin and gone on a rampage through out it.
"This is the work of magic and its powerful too." Miss Pleasant noted whilst they moved on throughout the house.There were signs of struggle but there was no bodies or blood.
"What do you think?Is this a rogue sorcerer or a powerful monster." Mr Grouch spoke up in a nervous tone.
"This is too violent and careless to be a rogue sorcerer but monsters that use magic are exceptionally rare in the modern era."