Chapter 12

Police’s Charge

A few hours have passed.

Night has just fallen. The light from the rising moon enchanted everyone’s faces as they went through the forest. They should probably set up a temporary camp for the night but the risk of a cultist attack is too large and no more risks can be taken. They have nearly walked 6 kilometers, although not much distance they do have the weight on their soul. The weight of not being able to help, the weight straining their shoulders, making them heavier than a whale.

Their expressions are colder than an iceberg, their eyes are lifeless.

That creature…what could it be searching for? What is its goal?

Many questions in their heads, all of them without answers. If only there was a spark of hope they could cling onto, right now there is none of that.

All that was in Locu has been lost. The town has been turned into dust.

Nick’s mind right now is a mess. Wondering if he should break the endless silence or remain silent. He chose the first one.

‘‘Emily, Thora, are you okay? Are you hurt?’’

‘‘We are fine.’’ They said, despite that the aura that they gave off was far from fine.

‘‘So what do we do now?’’

The officer overheard their conversation and joined in.

‘‘We will first need to get to Grasvel. When we arrive they should probably give you rooms to stay in. As for us, the soldiers, we will probably be sent to guard the city alongside the reinforcements that are coming. What happened in Locu cannot be justified, so many civilians lost their lives just because of our unpreparedness. We also lost commander and chief of 3rd army-Lei Resd. It is a dark day for Languinia.’’

‘‘Truly. I hope this does not repeat or next time one of us could be the victim.’’

‘‘Though I still have to find out how my necklace works if I want to interfere.’’

10 hours have passed without any occurrence. Refugees have arrived at Grasvel at the start of the day. The warm light from the sun their faces, calm wind blew past them. Wind that took away all the worries with it.

Grasvel was a big city surrounded by mountains. There were only a few ways in.

Going in they were met by a battalion that greeted them with a warm welcome. Officials were sent to settle everyone in camps and houses.

Some people were sent off to report what has happened.

The situation wasn’t taken lightly.

A lot of the local police force was there to ensure that there was no panic in the crowds that were spewing into the city.

Nick and his friends were escorted to the police department and they were only told that ‘‘The chief wants to see them’’.

Who might this chief be? One way to find out!

The police department was a building, about three stories high, that hosted all of the city’s police force.

Walking down the crowded streets of the big city one may encounter many strange faces. From normal humans to all out fanged monsters.

Most of the buildings to their side looked similar to the ones in Maryland, with the exception of few brick buildings that stood out with the architectural bizzarity put into building them.

Most of them were surrounded by big lawns or gardens, hosting many strange plants unfamiliar to Nick, they were quite the attraction.

They were about 2-5 stories tall, housing the elite of the city, they really are just asking for attention.

Our heroes were escorted by 4 policemen. They walked for about 5 minutes until reaching the police department.

It was a building masterpiece.

Build from bricks and painted blue, it was designed to keep thieves off. Protected by strong iron fences in the most vulnerable places with guards scattered all around.

The best detectives gather there to discuss strange or unthinkable cases.

Enough about the building.

Going in they were greeted with a lot of policemen that were working hard, or hardly working. It wasn’t exactly clear.

Some of them were lying around some of them weren’t.

Sofas and tables were scattered all around.

The second floor was roughly the same.

But going on the third floor you are met with more policemen, this time on guard.

Those scrambled eggs down there were probably your average donut eating cops (with a few exceptions of course), but this. This is the real deal.

In front, there was a door and our heroes were politely told to get their asses in there.

Entering the room through the unnecessarily creaking door they were faced with a desk and a fancy rotating chair that was rotated towards the wall.

Quite a stereotypical scene it was. So now it’ll turn around and we’ll see some buff guy launching threats for no reason whatsoever.

‘‘Uh hello there! I am Nick, I was told you wanted to see me?’’

The chair started turning dramatically but it stopped halfway through.

‘‘Ah! Stupid chair!’’

Sitting on the chair was a little boy with blonde hair and blue eyes, He was dressed in a fancy gray suit. Looked like he was preparing this four years, which judging by his size is no more than half of his life.

‘‘Screw it! Hello there Nick Sole! I am Hisashi Sard, chief of the Grasvel police force, nice to meet you!’’

He opened his mouth to make a childish smile.

‘‘So, what did you take us here for?’’

He started walking towards them with an ,,I am important’’ walk.

‘‘I have a very serious manner to discuss! Hey, what are you laughing at!’’

Thora couldn’t bear to keep her laugh in. Her giggle lightened the somewhat dark mood, bringing joy to everyone except Hisashi who crossed his arms and let out a ‘‘Hmph’’.

‘‘Well then, those will be a hassle to deal with’’

‘‘Back to my point. I took you here to tell you my orders from high command. Due to your recent activity, Nick Sole, you will be held in Grasvel as a suspect. We will monitor your every activity. You will not be allowed to leave Grasvel until suspicion is lifted from you.’’

‘‘WHAT?’’

‘‘Furthermore, if we catch you doing anything we might deem suspicious, we are free to arrest you and or your friends over there…’’