Chapter 152: Bodybags.

Lian stared at Haru as she thought about what he had just said. While it did make sense in theory but who could know what the crimson spiders would be planning? She had seen too many times people be so sure of their victory to only fall into despair when they are beaten. She didn't want to see something happen to a cultivator as young as Haru.

She assumed that his pride was the only thing that drove him to do things so reckless but it was quite the opposite. It wasn't pride it was confidence. He had dealt with life and death situations and could read the situation of a battlefield. Predicting the thoughts of a gang of cultivators shouldn't have been much different.

"This is a serious matter Haru. You could lose your life if you don't take it seriously." She warned him once again, thinking that he was just being prideful and overconfident because he had a bit of strength.

"I think we should take the situation of people trapped underneath the compound seriously before you start worrying about my life. There are dozens of people down there who could be dying of disease as we talk, there's no time for us to waste with my issues." Haru reminded her of the reason she came here out of frustration.

Lian had seemingly forgotten about the reason Haru had called her to help him from worrying too much. Her mind switched from worrying about Haru to worrying about the people trapped in the basement of the sects alter room.

"Everyone gather around. We need to come up with a plan to extract the people. Haru can you tell us a little more about what you saw? Everyone needs to get a better idea of what we are going to be dealing with.

Haru walked over as a group began to gather around them. He was now stood in the centre of a crowd of people with Lian stood beside him. The girl Haru was still carrying seemed nervous as they all crowded around and squeezed around his neck a little tighter.

"Okay, well if you head straight once you go through the gates, you will come to a hole in the ground outside of the biggest building. There should be a naked man and an old man with bandages around his eyes. They will need your help getting out.

There were two doors down there one of them is probably the exit but the other one is where I found this girl. There are a lot of people down there all chained together. Most of them are too sick or injured to move and some of them seem to be so mentally scared that they don't want to move.

But the others are dead. You had better be prepared, This will probably be the worst thing you will ever see." Haru warned all of the people from the association and a couple of police officers that all seemed to have a stoic look on their faces.

One of the police officers at the back of the crowd rolled his eyes and then took a step forward.

"Yeah whatever kid, Just take us to the place we will take care of everything." He spoke with barbaric spirit as he tried to make himself feel better about being dragged to the middle of a forest to recover dead bodies.

"Hey watch your tone. This "Kid" has the same if not more strength than me. He has worked hard to be at this level and deserves respect." Lian interrupted after seeing the police officer step forward and talk like he was the most important person there.

"It's fine I don't mind. He will see what I meant soon enough." Haru said and turned his back to them and walked over toward the gate to put some distance between the two dead bodies lying on the ground. He didn't want the girl to be around death too much as it could mess with her sense of living.

"Where are you going?" Lian ran after Haru leaving the team of people she had brought standing there without any idea of what to do.

"I'm just going to stand out of the way to so they can all do their job without me getting in the way. What's up with the police officers being here? Are you sure it's okay for them to be here?" Haru asked.

"The police departments are under the protection of the association so we team up with big things like this so we can both make out individual reports. But why are you getting out of the way? We are going to need your help to guide us there." Lian said and then sighed.

"I can't guide you. I'm not going to let this kid see what is beyond the gates. If you want me to help then you are going to have to clean everything up first." Haru said and then took another step back and stood next to the wall making sure the girl couldn't see past the gate.

"Clean up? Clean what?" Lian asked with her eyebrows raised slightly.

"Take a look and then ask me what needs to be cleaned." Haru sighed as Lian walked toward the gates and then stood there in shock.

"Don't tell me you… to all of them really? There are so many…" She replied after seeing the mass amount of bodies stacked up beyond the broken down gate. She then looked up at the man hanging from the wall with a wooden plank sticking out of his stomach.

"Did you really need to do this?" Lian asked and then immediately ordered the people present to clean up the mass of bodies lying in the compound.

"Wait until you see what is in the basement. You would wish that I didn't let them off so easily." Haru stated and then waited as the team of people put all of the bodies into body bags just so the young girl didn't get anymore traumatised than she probably was.

"Okay, it should be clear now." Lian let Haru know so that he could guide them to the site where the people were.

Haru walked around the corner and through the gates to see all the black bags stacked up in one corner next to the gate to make disposing of them easier.

The officer who had made a point of acting brave before was now hunched over with his hands on his knees and breathing heavily from the work out he had just done.

"I came here to rescue people. Not stack up corpses. I swear if I ever find out who made this mess…" He complained through breaths and then looked up as Haru appeared still holding the girl in his arms.

"What is that?" The girl pointed over to the stack of black body bags.

Haru didn't know what to say. He didn't want to tell her what it was but he would also feel guilty about lying to a child. He stuttered for a second as he tried to gather his words.

"It's just some garbage. We had to clean it all up to make a path so you can come through without smelling all of the trash. We did a good job, didn't we? The floor is nice and clean now." The officer stood up and said in response saving Haru from lying to the kid.

He then huffed and puffed some more before Lian ordered the rest of them to follow Haru's lead to the hole that he had smashed into the floor. He continued to walk while leading them before stopping at a distance after seeing the body of the witch lying next to the hole.

He took a few steps back and then walked around a corner so the girl couldn't see.

"What is it?" Lian asked after seeing Haru's strange reaction.

"I think you missed some trash up ahead," Haru said and looked down to make sure she didn't see anything. She seemed just as confused as Lian did which made him feel sure that she didn't.

"Hold up, I'll get it. Just make sure you all stay here so you don't get dirty." The officer who had helped move the bodies said before grabbing another body bag and running over to where the body of the witch lay and stuffing it inside.

The officer came back dragging the bag behind him and then called out to the rest of the group.

"That should be the last of em. I'll stack it up, just don't leave me behind." He chucked before dragging the body back to the pile and stacking it at the top. He then ran back over to the group that was waiting for him before gathering around the edge of the hole in the ground.

"It's down there?" One of the people asked and then leaned over to look down into the dark abyss.

"I see some light. But we are going to have to get some ropes or a ladder to get down there. I don't suppose anyone brought a bunch of rope did they?" The man asked and then watched as everyone looked at each other back and forth.

"There should be a way to get down there through that building. If you want to check?" Haru stated and then pointed over to the large building the witch had come from with his free hand.

Lian then lined everyone up and determined what they would be doing. A small group would search the back of the building and a small group would search the front of the building. After she told them what to do she sent them inside to look for a way to get the people out.

A few minutes went by before one of the teams came back with news.

"We found the door to the basement… But it's locked. I don't think anyone brought lockpicks so we might have to go back and get supplies." A woman said and then looked back at Lian.

"Where is the door? We don't need any lock picks with me here." She laughed and then followed the woman into the building.