Chapter 277 Safe Return



Marcus and his subordinates were blinded by a white light and when they opened their eyes and saw that they were inside the general's tent. Linius and Arc were surprised when a gate suddenly appeared inside the tent and Marcus with his subordinates came out from it. Ignius also followed behind with the other two heroes in his arms. The last one to come out was Cygnus and Vain together with another man who was unfamiliar to them.

Ignius laid down the two heroes on the ground and stepped away from them. Linius stood up from where he was sitting and walked towards them. He gave Cygnus a questioning look before he crouched down to check on the condition of the heroes.

Linius looked up at Arc who followed behind, "Arc, go and ask the doctor to come here." They'll need the doctor to accurately assess the men's condition.

They waited for Arc and the doctor to come. When he saw the men, he sprung into action and removed their clothes so that he could see the extent of the damage that the miasma inflicted. It took him minutes to finally finish his assessment and first aid.

"They'll need purification. We will need the help of the others for that and it is also better to inform them of what happened," the doctor informed them. He slowly kept the paraphernalia he used and he stood up to face the general, "you'll need to talk to them general."

Linius nodded before they sent out the doctor together with Marcus and his comrades. They too needed some checking. He then looked at Cygnus who had been silent from the beginning to the end after they finally left.

"What happened?" he was obliged to ask because he was one of the leaders of the exploration and he needed to know what happened.

"Well, it turns out that the place you assigned to us has demons within it. We encountered a demon and a deity in that place. I managed to snag the deity but we were forced to fight the demon. The first demon which was a two-headed tiger exploded itself and created a sea of miasma. I managed to put a shield around the soldiers because I thought that the heroes could protect themselves." Cygnus gave them a brief explanation.

Ever since the beginning he was not a fan of long explanations. He would let the people around him piece the story together and let them understand. Linius rubbed his face as he found a seat for himself because he already knew that the man had done something again.

"How about the other hero?" Linius asked because he only saw the two. Although he already had an idea about the fate of the other man, he still wanted confirmation.

ƥαṇdα-ηθνε|·ƈθm "He is dead. His body was eaten and poisoned by the miasma. I'm not sure why he was not able to protect himself from the explosion. When I saw him, he was already dead." Cygnus shrugged his shoulders as if it was something normal.

"Are you involved with that death and the severe injuries that the other two sustained?" It was not a farfetched guess because the man could definitely do it.

"No," Cygnus calmly answered. Linius looked at him with narrowed eyes but Cygnus's expression did not change.

The general didn't know if he was lying or telling the truth, so all he could do was trust in his words. Once the president comes, they would be in a lengthy discussion because of what happened. He then remembered one more thing from the narration that the master had given.

"You said that the deity joined your side so is he this man?" Linius pointed at the other man who was with them.

"Yes. He is Nahar," Cygnus answered and introduced the deity at the same time. "He had been fighting the demon even before we came and we just defeated it a while ago. Nahar had also signed a contract with me."

The general was not at all surprised. Now, another deity was added to the master's people. This one was particularly strong because of the aura he was emitting. Linius was confused as to why the master was getting these people to sign a contract with him.

Linius asked a couple more questions before he stopped and sent them back to their tents. He would now only wait for the hero association's president to come. While he was speaking with Cygnus, he had already sent a message to them.

After a while, the president came with a frown on his face and his forehead was wrinkled because of the mixture of feelings that he was feeling. When he read the contents of the message, he did not hesitate to command two of the heroes to go and purify the poison that entered their comrade's bodies. After that, they set out and he went to meet General Linius.

"Please explain to me exactly what happened." He did not even greet the general and just went ahead to ask a question.

They have been exploring the site for six months now and they haven't encountered a demon yet, so how come there was suddenly a demon. It was an unbelievable story because he wouldn't believe that demons do really exist. These creatures were only a product of one's imagination.

"They were attacked by a demon and when the demon was about to be defeated, the demon explode itself which filled the place with a poisonous miasma. During the explosion, they weren't able to protect themselves," Linius explained.

"Impossible!" the president became angry because of the general's words. "Why wouldn't they be able to protect themselves from that explosion?" he was furious because he knew that his heroes do not do a sloppy job.

"That's how it was reported to me and I have every reason to believe that person's report," Linius defended because even though it was a lie, the master was firm in his statements.

Acasia frowned, "Who reported it?" He wanted to know who that person was and the reason why he was there.

"It is my brother. He followed Marcus and his group with my permission. If not for him, you will have to deal with the loss of three heroes," Linius calmly answered. He was not worried that the master would be implicated because the man in front of him wouldn't do anything to preserve the unblemished appearance of the hero association.

"Where is he? I want to talk to him," Acasia demanded. He would only believe it when the witnesses tell the story. He was not foolish to listen to a statement of someone he didn't knew.

Linius looked at Arc briefly before the man gave the both of them a curt nod. After a while, Cygnus was back again at his brother's office but this time he only had one visitor and that he was asking for him. He did not forget to give the president a smile before he sat down to face them.

"Tell me what happened?" Acasia repositioned his body and focused his intense gaze towards the young man.

"I already told my brother though," Cygnus frowned because he was not in the mood to read or do anything.

"Yes, and he has told me the story already but I still wanted to know your story since you are an eye witness," Acasia insisted. Cygnus sighed and with no signs of backing down from the man, he needed to narrate everything again.

The president listened carefully to all the details that Cygnus gave and when he had no more questions, he bid them goodbye. He did not want to stay in that place any longer. He needed to talk to the heroes who survived and asked them what exactly happened. He also went ahead and asked the soldiers who have the same stories.

He waited for the heroes, who were transferred to the medical area of the base, to wake up and tell him what happened because he couldn't believe their stories. He would only believe what the survivors have to say. He still couldn't believe that one of his heroes died in a place like this and that they don't even have a body to bury.

The night deepened when one of the heroes finally opened his eyes and his gaze landed on the president. He pushed himself up but Acasia stood up and gently pushed him back on the bed. He shook his head, which the hero understood.

"I wanted to know what happened and what gave you these wounds?" Acasia stared at the hero with a serious look on his face because he wanted the man to tell him the truth.

The man slightly nodded his head, "We were attacked by a two-headed tiger and when we thought that we were about to defeat it, its body suddenly expanded and exploded which left us scrambling that we did not even have the time to create a protective shield around our bodies."

After he heard the man's words, Acasia has no other choice but to believe what the others already said. He clenched his fists and remained silent there for a couple of minutes before he stood up and left.