Chapter 540 Detained Indefinitely.



"From the evil grin on his face when the door opened, it seems he was waiting for someone but he now met a different person. The look was of a predator waiting for a prey." Colonel Darius thought as he recalled the images shown by the Beholder.

"Could it be that he was waiting for Blake?" Darius was shocked as he seemed to have had an epiphany. "Blake was tracking the assassin behind the attack in Coastville and had coincidentally gotten to this same room. Could it be that he wanted to kill him when he came here?"

Colonel Darius quickly shook his head and pushed the matter to the side because Gunnar's intentions didn't matter now that he was dead.

"The killer blocked the distress signal that Gunnar had sent and only released it when Blake entered the building. Also, he left the murder weapon at the crime scene." Darius said to himself as he turned to the area behind the door.

With a wave of his hand, the ring that the concealed person had discarded appeared.

"Only those in the Angel realm could find the ring, that was why they couldn't find it." The ring floated up to his hand and he began examining it.

The ring was a one-time use spell storage artifact just like Gunnar had used at Coastville, but this time the spell that was stored was 10 times deadlier.

'By dropping the murder weapon here, the killer is insinuating that our investigative skills are useless. Apart from that, he seems to know things like our response time and even has a way to stop our distress signals.' Colonel Darius pondered.

'All these could only be discovered by someone on my level, meaning the killer knew I would be here to check it out… Maybe it might even be a plan to get me out of the Square and assassinate me?' Darius' eyes lit up with excitement as he was waiting for someone to jump out of the shadows.

If it were anybody else, they would have been scared after discovering everything, but Colonel Darius was itching for a fight even though there were many signs of the killer being stronger than him.

After waiting for some time and seeing that no one was coming out to attack him, Colonel Darius warped back into the Square to report everything to Prince Bryon.

"What did you find?" Prince Bryon asked immediately Darius warped into his own office.

"When I connected with the Beholder, I saw…" Darius began explaining everything he saw with the divination artifact and all the theories he had come up with.

"Interesting…" Bryon took a sip of his tea one more time before continuing. "The killer is most likely at the Battle Angel realm, and only a few people fit in that list."

"Do you think it is that guy?" Colonel Darius couldn't help but ask.

"The killer has so much info and counters for the Ash Corps, so all fingers are pointing at him, but I can't find a reason for him to anger us. So I have to rule it out for now." Prince Bryon said in a pondering tone.

"At least, this info should be able to free him." Darius let out a sigh of relief.

"Unfortunately, it isn't." Prince Bryon dropped the tea cup and saucer before standing up and continuing. "This is the perfect opportunity for those old fools to mess with my plan. So, they would definitely not let go so easily."

"Let's go see him." Prince Bryon and Darius both warped out of the office and appeared outside Blake's detention cell.

The Square contained everything the Ash Corps needed, and that included a prison for every criminal they had caught.

What made the prison special was its location. Unlike regular prisons that were usually located in secluded places, the Ash Corps prison was built in a pocket dimension, and its entrance was located at the last underground floor of the Square.

Blake's room was large and had grey color walls with a sizeable bed. It had a separate room for the toilet and shower, and apart from that there was nothing else.

When Prince Bryon and Blake appeared in front of his cell, the metal door as well as the wall at the entrance went transparent.

"What is going on?" Blake couldn't help but ask because both of them appearing at the same time meant that things were serious.

"We found out that someone else had entered the room before you and killer Gunnar, but we do not know his appearance. Unfortunately, this means that we have to keep you here for a short while." Prince Bryon explained.

"I mean, if you know that it is someone else what is still the need to detain me?" Blake was not liking the story one bit.

"The Death of a Lieutenant Colonel doesn't just affect Calton or the East, it affects the entire empire. If we are not able to find the culprit, there are chances that more attacks will happen in the future, and that is not good for the Empire's prestige or for Ash corps."

"So, it is normal protocol for us to detain you until we are 100% certain that you are not involved in his death." Prince Bryon said causing Blake to shake his head in disappointment.

"Don't worry, I will get you out of here." Prince Byron said right before he and Colonel Darius warped out of the prison.

[So what now?] The system asked.

'I don't know… just wait and see what happens.' Blake shrugged. 'This might actually be a blessing in disguise. With this break I can fully focus advancing to the Demigod realm.'

'The best part of it is that I still get to pick what I eat and I still have Ebony and Ivory with me.' 

As a Major in the Ash corps his items and dimensional amulet weren't take away from him especially since they were only detaining him. This way he would still be able to constantly feed Ebony and Ivory.