Tome of Paladins : The DawnLight

11. Ridiculous...

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*Bang*

After the thundering sound reverberated on the abandoned building that now half broken, it put birds kited away through the air of the night sky. What come up next is a silent that torridly wishing against the lofty horizon.

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*Krraak*

The sounds of someone brushing against the debris heard on the stigma of the harkens. With some gravels and stone along with chips of woods strewn around on the grounds, accompanied by the cacophony of the unfortunate sonata.

A man walked, getting close to the intended person.

He using a colored red wine hoodie with a black mask, that on the supposed mouth of it, there is a sewing with a white thread that created a pattern of a smile. Its supposed eyes had spectacles that glimmering with sapphire color. He also had few pieces of metallic armors on his body that damaged and broken here and there.

"You're okay?" He asked with concern while putting his hand on the shoulder of someone who dressed the same way as him.

"… I'm okay…" She said with a feminine voice that could be heard clearly on the man's ear, with her tone that lacking of emotions.

She now sat on the floor with her rumpled, mangled clothes and armors while holding a pale corpse of a woman, dressed with aged and decayed nurse clothes.

The supposed eyes of the corpse gouged out from the sockets, while dried blood embellished some part of her cheeks that seems drawn until the line of the blood trailed, reaching her forehead that at the end delineated the image of an eye. The rest of her body looking fine without the slightest damage as if it was just a woman that died shortly a moment before.

The woman who holding the corpse now could only silently lamenting.

She holding over her overwhelming deep sorrow that eaten away at her heart, and put a well definite amount of heft on her shoulder. Even though it was something that she already used to see, but…

It never failed to scathing sharply at her way.

Biting, scratching and stinging painfully that keep reminding her of the terrors which awoke her with nightmares on each of her sleep.

The guy who hold her shoulder only choosing a silent mourn, while glimpsed at a few dead bodies that now settle on the floor quietly. There's also another corpses that just slept quietly at the surgical bed with few missing pieces of their bodies.

In front of him, there is some huge tube broken with fragments of glass that some settle on the floor, and the other pieces are barely hanging on its original spot.

Clearing his thought away from the depressing scene, he then trying to cheered her up flavourfully with a crisp tone that failed horribly, "Hey, look at the good side. No casualties. That's rare with how tough the fight that just happens." He said, ended with a raspy voice that putting him awkward for a few moments.

He then continued it by looking to the side, specifically at the four people that using black clothes all over their body, that now busy talking with their Leader. He then continued, "Without them, few of us will going to survive tonight."

"… Yeah… How about Tori?" She answered with voice that peaked up slightly and make it seems like what the man's done are quite payoff.

"He's fine. Eh, such a mess. How can he sleep when we practically buzz our ass off. Lucky, we're arrived when he's just done in his strange state."

"… I see… What about his memories? Why did they erase tonight incident? Isn't it good if he knew all this sooner than later."

"… Dunno. It was those guys who asked us to do so." While pointing his face at the four people in black.

"I'll go check on him." She said while gently and carefully putting the dead bodies of the female nurse to the ground, while the man on her side quickly took a cushion out of nowhere. Then placed it at the supposed head of the corpse.

She then stood up, leaving the man who were now stiffened by the billow that hit him,

"No thank you??? Alright, I thank myself then." He sighed while thought sourly inside, 'She's still so cold to me. But… Why did she softened around kids, especially that boy Tori. Eh, he's not a kid anymore now. Uhhh,,, I'm so jealous… Should I buy a Rune Matrix that made me younger instead.' Then contemplating seriously whether to spend all his money to buy it at the Shrines or Summer Bloom, forgetting the Matrix that he originally wished to purchase to the back of his mind.

"Wait, I'll coming with you." He said, running following the woman who now fastened her step.

Unknown to him, the woman now started to turning red by the teasing giggle from the other members who now is looking at them, trying to humoring themselves from the distressed sight.

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While the black clothes Igniters are talking with the Leaders of the Enforcers Fifth Squadron*.

"All the corpses are from the victims of the missing case. The discovery ranged from what was reported recently, to the case from fifty years ago. Do you know which occult doing this?" Asked the supposed leader of the Fifth Squadron with his raspy voice. He had similar outfit with the rest of the Enforcers, but with different color that looks like a grey fog.

The question is directed to the man in black clothes that is the only one using different mask, or rather an entirely disparate type of mask. It covering the whole of his face except the hollow on the supposed eyes, alongside the color of silver with red pattern that decorated it. He's the captain of the black clothes group.

"I've never met this kind before. They seem took a liking of gouging human eyes immaculately. Ridge?"

Understanding the gesture of his captain, the only woman in the group then said, "The blood isn't from the corpses. And it contains so much Death Energy that can be confirmed, it was used as a medium to perform Devilry*. But it seems the appliances and the way it affected reality are quiet different from the other devoteers approach of..."

"I got it." Said the man on the group who holding a device, cutting short her words.

The silver masked man then asked, "How's is it?"

"… ... It was an Organization called themselves Divine Sight. We've never met the particular way they done the Death Rite and Sacrificial Ceremony because, they're not from here. Here's…"

He then showed it to them while continuing the explanations, "They first encountered by the Igniters from the Wildeville Empire. No one knew how they formed and who's their leader. But one thing's for sure that could be clarified is, they based their god from the legends of Chirbies and Killtor*."

"You mean that fairy tale for children's? Ridiculous." Interjected by the man who now are livid like a chili sauce, while somehow still had his chewing gums that gnawed between his teeth.

The man who heard his friend comments could only shrugging his shoulder up, while taking another device that is smaller from his pocket, "Well, anything's about those twisted occult is always about, feather brains." He then continued,

"Additional info I found is, apparently, the expedition teams from the Smoothshore Empire also met them on the Gollan's Island." He said, that end up putting the silver masked man puzzled about the authenticity of his statements.

"Where did you find it? There's nothing here about it."

He then said while widen his eyes as if it was a matter of a fact, "Well, its all over the internet. Its very common thing… I mean, you know those sailors and pirates like to tell story and shared on every bar they hand could reach, right? The rules are, do not ever trust them. But beware, put your ear tightly on your head, and listen gingerly. Part of it are an overstatement but, the other part are the truths… See… See this? Just draw the line here, connected it, discern it with some sense,,,, aaaannnd… Hwallaaa. You got the info there." After he finished, he keep on by lifting his eyes.

Looking at them who now were silenced of his articulation that even though sound clear and distinct, all they could see is him talking, turn over few pages on the device he hold, put color on some of it, then,,, he got the conclusions.

"Alright, we'll discuss further on the base. We need to take care of this place first." Interjected by the captain of the black clothes group, which replied with nods by his members.

*Clap*

*Clap*

"Alright guys, the mission's is over. Clear up." Said the leader of the Enforcers squad loudly while clapping his hand.

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Another thing to take note:

*Enforcer fifth Squadron: Enforcers are one of the Divisions from the Justice Enforcers Main Groups. There's Ten squadron on the Enforcers side.

*Devilry are… Well, cut short. It was a witchcraft using Death Energy. In this story, Devilry is a kind of method including all the preparations for the rite to the Devils or what those twisted organization called as, gods. It explained more when Gavin learn at the academy.

*Chirbies and Killtor. Hmmmmh. I think i gave too much info. But anyway, it'll be fleshed out bit by bit along the story.