"Verner?...where did you come from?" Cedar asked as he was very surprised that Verner managed to find him in the midst of the constant switching of rooms, or did he get rid of the other devil?, and more importantly, what on earth could he have fought down there that make him look so ragged and worn out?. Verner bent down and offered him a hand to help him stand up from the floor, he yelped and grunted as he got up steadily with Verner's assistance, "that devil's rod must be made of diamond or something" he thought, considering how much damage it did to him with just a couple of hits. "Where are your friends?" "I don't know what happened but some sort of gas came into the room from under the door and the three of them just fell asleep immediately", Verner replied. Cedar was shocked as he remembered that the devil also tried to use the same attack on him, and was most likely why none of the guests in the entire hotel had woken up in the midst of these battles. "I came out of the

"Verner!!!...Cedar!!!...where are you guys?!!!...Verner!!!" "That's enough Erik!!" Tywin shut him down, Erik sighed in frustration "Is it just me or have we gone through this corridor for like the third time in a row..." Tywin and Erik turned to Astrid who was observing the angel and devil painting she saw while they were searching for their room earlier "I don't see how that's possible" Tywin stated, Astrid still had her eyes fixed on the painting, "no, I can't be mistaken, I've seen this painting three times now in the last three corridors we were in, besides after going through so many floors we should have been at the ground floor by now, but we're still in the 200 series, doesn't that bother you guys?" Tywin and Erik glanced at each other,"I mean now that you mention it I think I get your point, it's been more than seven floors if I'm not mistaken and there are sixty rooms on each floor" Tywin pointed out "Which means that it should take us about five or six stories to get t

The sun had begun to rise slowly on the horizon and all the survivors of the haunted hotel incident had been evacuated from the scene by the local police as well as members guardian society's disaster management squad as they had operational bases in every major city in Celestra. Verner and Astrid had been pulled out of the rubble from the collapsed hotel and were receiving treatment. Verner took a lot more physical damage as he wrapped himself around Astrid just before the building fell so prevent her from getting wounded but for some reason he didn't seem to feel the pain anymore. "How you feeling now?" Cedar asked Verner whose head was wrapped in blood stained bandage "I'm feeling good, which is very surprising" he replied. Verner was sitting on some rocks from the shattered building and he covered himself with a blanket, Astrid was already with Tywin and Erik. Cedar patted Verner on his shoulder, "I have to talk to the police and give them an official statement before we're

"You, look at me, black night six" Malachar commanded, Zaltar raised his head up steadily from his bowing position, his face dripping with sweat, he looked up to Malachar who was sitting on his high throne with the blood red flames burning behind it, it was his turn, this was the end for him. "I believe you were also part of the defectors, or am I mistaken?" Malachar asked, Zaltar was silent, then he summoned the courage to speak; "No...no my lord, you're not wrong, you can never be wrong" he answered "Can you give me any reason why I should let you live?, any point to justify your existence at all?" Zaltar was frozen, he searched his memory and knowledge to try and cook up an answer, then something came to his mind; "My Lord, I have disposed of two sentinel devil hunters in my life time, I believe I am still strong enough to fight the guardians and..." "You disposed of two sentinels you say?, the last time you fought any devil hunter was 300 years ago, and ever since th

Great plains of Celestra, 8 o clock in the morning; The train to the capital city whistled and chaffed on the railway built along the massive plains of low grass, wide horses and rabbits scattered around at the sight and sound of the massive train. Verner and his crew had crossed a sea on a long four day trip to get to the main land of the kingdom of Celestra and were on there way to the royal square in the capital city, just as Daegan had instructed. Astrid and Erik rested their heads on Tywin's sides as the trio read a book that he held together, Verner and Cedar were sitting just ahead of them, the train was full of other passengers who were going to the capital as well. Verner sat by the window and gazed at the green plains and wildlife while Cedar was sheathing and unsheathing Verner's thunder spear sword repeatedly, he was just toying with the weapon "You said Rodric gave this to you right?", Verner turned to him and saw Cedar shaking the chain at the end of the handle, "y