Arran came out of the prison cave, the sun glazing his handsome face with lingering rays of fading sunshine. Dusk was approaching, and the settlement seemed to be abuzz with hurried activity.Arran noticed that most of the people on the streets they had seen when they were first escorted in were nowhere to be found. The streets were mostly deserted with sparse people present on them — with those people mostly being soldiers — but even they were quickly making their way indoors after carousing vagrant civilians into shelters.Just as Arran was wondering what was happening, Col. Vehe said to him, “It’s getting late. We should hurry inside before nighttime falls. Trust me, you don’t want to be caught outside when the sun goes down.”That said, Col. Vehe increased his pace, not bothering to explain what he meant. Duke and Poltergeist also hastened to keep up behind the colonel’s long strides, leaving Arran, Beatrice, and Pamela no choice but to follow behind.Arran caught off to the colon
The colonel’s depiction of Azalea and Jeremiah is one of a cruel and unforgiving couple with no regard for human life at all. It painted a twisted version of the otherwise noble and dignified royals they were thought of as back at the Etherium.Arran was a little disturbed by this image but Pamela and Beatrice felt it was to be expected. The gap between higher realm beings and lower realm beings was so significant that comparing them was like comparing a dragon to a stinking mud trotter. It wasn’t a surprise that high nobles in the upper realm would not put human life from lower realms in the same regard.Still, the fact remained that a significant clue about Azalea and Jeremiah had shown up here, one that might lead to the discovery of their true purpose on this planet. Beatrice and the others would not let this go at all.As Arran was still reeling from the gruesome light in which his parents were shed, Beatrice impatiently spoke to Col. Vehe and asked, “What were you escorting that
Answer!Confusion filled the air as everyone wondered what Col. Vehe meant by what he said. To the listeners, especially those aware of who Arran’s parents were, they were surprised to know that the colonel had encountered them.With regards to the colonel’s aide who had served him for over five years, he knew about the legends of Azalea and Jeremiah so it came as a surprise that he was just learning his superior had not only met them but had been actively searching for clues about them without his knowledge.It was different for Beatrice and Pamela. Their mission here on Earth was to find clues about Arran’s parents. It hadn’t even been a day, and they had already picked up a hint of a clue after just arriving at a random location on the map.To them, this was destiny at work, rearing its wonderful head in the form of strings of seemingly unrelated coincidences. The way they looked at Col. Vehe changed and they had the urge to question him immediately. But they held back eventually,
“You are not surprised that I know who you are,” Col. Vehe said. It was a statement, not a question.“Of course we are not,” Arran replied.“What self-respecting leader would invite others into their home and not investigate who they were? We fully expected to be exposed as soon as we were captured so we didn’t intend to hide anything in the first place.”“Oh, is that why you refused to answer my interrogator?” Col. Vehe asked with slanted eyes.Smiling, Arran replied, “We were just playing a little game is all - a game you initiated. No hard feelings, ok?”Towards the end of his words, Arran turned to Poltergeist and smiled in apology.Arran's actions and words were very casual - and quite frankly flippant. It was like he couldn’t recognize the position he was in or the severity of who he stood in front of. This attitude irked the colonel’s aide, who bristled with anger. He was of a mind to tell Arran off for his rudeness before his superior but the discipline instilled by the milita
Before anybody could speak, a voice suddenly called out from the end of the prison cave, booming like the roar of a tiger.“That’s enough, Miss Ohimai. You can stand down now.”Poltergeist jolted fiercely as soon as she heard her real name being spoken. In the entire settlement, only one person still addressed her by her true name rather than the monicker that came due to the nature of her powers.Turning around, the shadow of a man or a beast consumed her attention, filling up the entire focus of her vision like a colossal star in deep space. Poltergeist was so intimidated that she involuntarily took a step back into the prison cave, allowing the beast of a man to step into the limelight.Col. Vehe entered fully into the prison, his aide trailing behind him like a shadow. They came to a stop in front of Arran’s cell. Unsurprised by his appearance, Arran looked up squarely at the colonel.“So you finally decided to show up, eh? Did you get what you wanted as you watched from the back
Beatrice and Pamela were suddenly not affected by Poltergeist’s powers anymore, causing her to fall into a downward spiral of doubt and confusion. Poltergeist wondered if her powers had ever worked on them in the first place or if they had been pretending from the very beginning. In truth, Poltergeist’s powers did affect both Beatrice and Pamela initially. Their disagreement hadn’t all been faked out as they did indeed fall under Poltergeist’s influence. One advantage of mystery-type powers was - well, their mysterious nature. Without an understanding of the rules governing a mystery-type power, it was easy to fall victim to the power without realizing it. This element of surprise took advantage of your ignorance and lack of vigilance to ensnare and trap you. In Beatrice’s and Pamela’s case, they naturally didn’t know Poltergeists possessed a mystery-type power and as such were unguarded against her. This was why they had been affected. But that wasn’t the only reason… Because of s
As soon as Poltergeists spoke, Arran suddenly felt a mysterious power fall upon him like a shroud, emitting a subtle influence on him to open his mouth and answer her question truthfully. ‘Is this her power acting on me?’ Arran wondered internally, his mind probing the powers as if understanding its influence. But Arran shook his head later in disappointment. ‘It’s quite weak!’ Arran was disappointed at the strength of Poltergeist’s power. Its effects were quite frankly very weak, so weak that they could almost be ignored. Anybody with powerful enough willpower and mental fortitude would not be affected by this power at all. Still, while it was not strong enough to directly influence Arran, its presence could still be felt lingering onwards, gradually increasing in strength until it broke through all mental defense of its target. Understanding this, Arran smiled and finally responded to Poltergeist. “Of course, one has to be fair. That’s what a good person would do. Unfortunately
Arran only talked to Poltergeist after confirming that Beatrice and Pamela were still under control. Although they seemed to be affected by some power that caused them to act out of character, they were still very restrained in their squabble - subconsciously not revealing any important details about themselves or their mission. Only then was Arran able to ignore them and focus on the main culprit instead. Poltergeist, instead of answering, Arran tried to suppress an eerie laugh and asked, “Hehe! Isn’t it fun seeing the two of them revealing their true feelings to each other?” “Friends should be honest with each other and say how they truly feel about one another. If not, they are bad friends and I don’t like bad people.” Then turning to Arran Poltergeist asked in a chillingly innocent manner, “You’re not a bad person are you?” Taking in Poltergeist’s words, Arran looked at Beatrice and Pamela and confirmed a few things already. But he didn’t act yet and instead chose to answer Pol
Before he continued, Arran turned to look at Beatrice and Pamela and sent a thought to them using High Mind which was a psychic clairvoyance all Aeth was capable of using after opening the reality gate and achieving concept actualization.“You two, help me out a little here. This one’s a tough nut.”There was a brief flash of surprise in the two’s eyes but it quickly vanished.Beatrice asked, “What should we do?”“Just interact with her. I need her to keep talking. The more active she is, the greater my chance of figuring her out.”Beatrice and Pamela were confused about what Arran wanted to do. Before coming, they had discussed how they would learn any information they wanted from the base.As the base employed a closed network with a series of strong encryptions around it, it wasn't easy to dig through their highly protected files without being noticed. Surely the level of technology of the Aeth was more than enough to defeat an aborigine civilization that had yet to step out fully
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Sorry for the inconvenience everyone. Unfortunately I am taking a break due to severe health complications developed from writing this book. I just want to inform you that I have not dropped the book and will resume updating once my health has recovered. Thanks for all you support and understanding.
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