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“Kostner! I got a reaction over here!” I decided to call him. Better to have some backup than confronting a daemon alone. He pulled away from her dissection. Her gloves and robe were drenched with blood. Then a group of guards nervously arrive. One of them visibly gagged from the sights.
“Just in time! Guards, pile the bodies then burn em!” Audible groans rise from them. for new novels
“Now lead the way!”
Then he turned to Ludwig and Maria
“Both of you follow a distance away and ready your weapons!” He said as he unsheathed his rapier and pistol. Seeing that I am the only one without a weapon, I picked a sword from one of the dead mercenaries. Gotta find some excuse and opportunity to bring out my soulbound weapon soon.
I lead the party through the alleyway. Taking one random turn on forked roads. Turning back and taking the other turn if the necklace response grows lax. The trace is new based on how far we traveled. My necklace range is only 20 meters or so. But we have clearly walked further. As I took another turn, the necklace started shaking wildly. I saw two people crouching beside a building. Kostner approaches them silently before I call them out. Following closely behind, I start to hear multiple grunts and one moan inside the building near the two crouched figures. Someone is getting gangbanged.
As we are a few meters behind the two crouching figures, one of them looks back. Her eyes grow wide before she suddenly starts screaming.
“It’s her!” The sound of sex stops as she screams.
“It was her!” She points inside the building while screaming hysterically.
“The daemon is inside!” The other figure hugs the other in a consoling manner in vain.
I recognize them. They are the nuns of Shallya. Kostner kicks the door open. Ludwig barreled past me while growling like a maniac. Maria stands before them in a protective manner so I enter the building following Kostner and Ludwig.
Three half naked men and one nude woman. I recognize her too. Another nun of Shallya. Her dress is neatly folded on a table nearby. One of the men starts running in fear to the front door. Kostner immediately shot him.
BANG!
The sound of gunshot. A dull thud as a body falls to the ground. The smell of gunpowder. The late scream of the nun
“By my authority as a witch hunter, all of you are under arrest! Resist and die!”
The screams died out. Replaced with fearful whimpering.
“I will handle them, search the place!”
Ludwig began thrashing around the place. Following behind him as he breaks doors and furniture, sniffing around. He seems angrier than usual after seeing the chaos spawn with many wolf heads.
“Calm down.”
“Calm down!?” He growls back
“I’m sorry to interrupt,” I finally said as the silence stretched too long. “But can you put me down?”
Rhya gasped as she finally remembered that I am here.
“I am sorry about that.” The tree branches gently lowered me down and returned underground. The pavements also start to mend itself. She even healed my broken rib. Taal is still sulking silently behind her.
“I have to ask, are you Ulric?” Rhya suddenly asks.
“What!? No!” Surprised with this sudden line of questioning.
“Then are you Manann?”
“Who?”
“I will take that as a no. Well, he is our son, the God of the sea.”
“Then forgive me for not knowing, I’m from the south.” I made some excuse for my ignorance. Also that another God I just know of.
“Understandable. Sigmar’s followers do not really like when the people worship another God.” She said with a tinge of pain
“Then can you add this as another secret between us?”
"Sure"
“What secret?” Taal ask in surprise
“Nice. Thank you.” Rhya smiled radiantly, ignoring her husband.
“Oh, if you are confused why I’m asking if you are Ulric or Manann, it’s just that you fight quite well for a mortal.”
“I will take that as a compliment.” But cold sweat now drenched my back.
Very good me, very good. You just fistfight a God. It is not even subtle. Plenty of witnesses. Kostner is the most problematic. It’s good that the two Gods do not instantly mark you as a daemon in disguise. But it only takes time for the jig is up if you continue like this. Not to mention you did this while you are supposed to be disguising.
Then as if on cue, Kostner arrived. Followed by a group of city guards and even some knights.
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“Hey there. Fancy seeing you here again.” Howard greets me as we are now in prison again