Cults

While Amber was concentrating, a blurred image of a white haired man holding a golden spear began to appear in the fate world.

She tried but wasen't able to see his appearance and gave up in the end thinking that he must have something that can block divination.

"If I didn't have Fate World I wouldn't even be able to see anything at all." This was her thought.

Exiting her consciousness from the Fate World she looked at Alfred who was looking around cautiously.

"He is checking the surroundings in case a monster attacks in order to protect me. He is still the same nice guy I have feelings for." Amber thought happily and didn't ask him anything. On Alfred's side he though that he must have an illusion and stopped checking the surroundings.

"I was only able to saw a white haired guy holding a golden spear. But I wasen't able to see his face, he must have something that can block divination." Amber said looking at Alfred with her white eyes.

Alfred felt chills when he saw her, he felt that she has seen through him, his secrets lying naked in front of her. But he knew that it was just an illusion.

She purposely looks at him like this whenever she had the chance, to make him feel that she could see through his secrets.

"For now let's check for that white haired guy. If he is the person who did this then he must knew about what happened to Red Crew." Alfred said not minding what Amber had done. Her eyes changed to normal and they decided to return to the city.

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The Crest village was a small village near the boundary of Storm empire, some distance away from the Amberlight City.

A few days ago it was filled with a lively atmosphere. The streets were filled with people, going for their work. Traders were shouting to attracting customers.

But it was different today. A red mist was floating in the air along with a metallic smell. The streets and houses were covered in blood. But strangely no dead body was to be seen except some large traces of blood on the ground indicating that the bodies have been dragged on the streets. The darkness filled night made the scene even creepier.

Screams and beggings could be heard from time to time. But soon they stopped and quiteness filled the surroundings.

Two people were running on the streets trying to escape but a man in bloody robes appeared in front of them. His bloodshot eyes looked at the duo, making them shudder. They stopped in their tracks as if petrified.

Painful screams sounded and after some time the man in robe could be seen dragging the bodies of the lifeless duo on the streets towards the centre of the village where a red light was shining and some strange incantations could be heard.

Paul was running in his house looking for a place to hide. He decided to hide under the bed as he couldn't find anything more suitable. From time to time he heard some screams outside. But soon everything returned to silent.

Tears continued to fall from his eyes as he remembered the scenes of massacre he saw before but he forced himself to stop crying. He knew that if he got heard by those people his death will come soon.

After some time the door of his house opened with a bang making his heart almost jump out of his body. Some people in robes stepped into the room, looking around to check if someone is hiding.

A person came near the bed. Paul watched as he got closer and closer, his heart beating wildly every second.

The man was just beside the bed. He just keep standing there and after some time passed, he turned around to leave. Paul heaved a sigh internally. He watched with expectant eyes as those people turned to leave but just then the feets of the man near the bed suddenly stopped.

The next second a pair of bloodshot eyes came into his view, looking at him silently. Paul couldn't hold the terror in his heart and scremed loudly. He tried to escape but to no avail.

Soon he was stabbed into chest, his lifeless body was got dragged by a cult member, staining the streets with blood.

The other people of the village had the same fate. The people who were able to escape from the village were chased down and in the end not a single person of the village survived. The cult members gathered in the centre of town chanting weird incantations, sacrifice the bodies of the people to appease their master.

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Alfred looked at the scene in front of him which seemed to resemble a massacre. Piles of dead bodies were laid in a circle and some complex inscription were written in blood around it, with the image of a demon in the centre. Alfred tried hard to suppress the anger rising in his heart.

Around him was Amber and five other people. Four of them were man and the other two were woman. They were the members of the investigation team Amber had came with.

When Alfred and Amber were returning back to the city, they meet with her team in the way. From them they came to know that a cult had attacked a village last night.

This was reported by some travelers who passed by the village and found it in ruins.

"Damn those cultists!" Jacob roared looking at the scene, fuming with anger. He is a Grade III Warlock, his class being Holy Paladin. He was specifically sent to deal with demon in case the cultists summoned it, as Holy Paladin have an advantage over them.

He hated cults very much because when he was younger, his town also had came under the attack of a cult. Although he was able to escape with his mother and brother, his father was killed by the cult members making him hate them to the bone.

He decided to avenge for his father and after awakening, he trained hard and joined the Special forces of the empire at the age of twenty five. Whenever a report come about the cult activities he would be the first to join the investigation team.

"Kevin you go and check the inscriptions and find which demon they were sacrificing to. Bruce you go with Kevin and protect him in case there is a trap nearby." The leader of the team, Greg, said to others calmly.

Having years of experience, even though he was angry, he didn't show it and calmly analyzed the situation.

As Kevin is a Wizard he is easily able to read the inscriptions on the runic circle and from them can find out the demon that the cult was praying to.

He send Bruce, a swordsman to protect Kevin. Even though the cultists have already left they still have to be careful in case they have specially left a trap for people who came to investigate. These type of incidents have happened in the past when the investigation team wasn't careful and triggered the trap, injuring themselves.

Even though Jacob is a Holy Paladin and a Grade III Warlock, being higher level than him, his temper is bad whenever cults are involved. So he didn't send him to protect Kevin but instead sent Bruce. It was also due to his bad temper he wasen't made the leader of team and instead Greg was.