The Silent Crescendo

Raiden was already standing in front of Aurelian and suddenly started criticizing Aurelian: "You know, even if we can't sense that guy, we could've evaporated everything around us since he was definitely inside this meeting room and also interrogated that Vane guy; he must be involved." 

"But can't you realize he was able to hide from us, that person is extremely dangerous, do you think he couldn't avoid our attacks, I didn't feel any malicious intentions, If I did he would've dissolved on the spot, No matter where he was hiding, and he also gave us a direction to look for Orioan Ashveil, I didn't feel it was a lie." Aurelian retorted.

"Heh, Are you that retarded, This is definitely a trap for us, But let me see what kind of trap he made that could kill me or even you" Raiden responded in his tone mocking.

"Yes I don't believe that a mere trap could kill us, or even injure us" Aurelian agreed.

And this was not their overconfidence, Killing them is almost impossible.

"And as for interrogation, I already asked Vane the information we needed, You also know that No one could lie in front of me due to the use of "Aura of truth" So no need to torture him for it" Raiden nodded hearing this.

"From what I learned there's this friend of Vane named Leor Milford, He was with him before coming here, and also the address that man yelled at was the street where Leor's house exists, I have already sent some people to keep an eye on this person, the Main reason for that he's a Milford which makes him even more suspicious" Aurelian explained.

Raiden's ear perked up at the word Milford "What, Are you sure about that? I didn't think they could still survive after all that" he was kind of surprised to hear a name that was so buried in history.

But Both Aurelian and Raiden remember them, because they have seen them in glory.

"We have already started to evacuate the citizens in the 30 km radius of Wellington street, And temporarily gave them residence in Church's charity houses." Aurelian said in a serious tone.

"Are they not dissatisfied? If it is as serious as I think, I don't think any house will survive" Raiden replied in an equally serious tone.

"Well we promised compensation and they can stay in Churce's residence as long as required, And don't forget Orion Ashveil is known as the most dangerous criminal and terrorist, So his name was enough to scare everyone," Aurelian explained calmly.

In a dilapidated house, where only one room was standing, though it was also filled with some weird darkness, a man was sitting there quietly in a meditating posture like a stone. Dark red flames were dancing around this man, the only light in the room, while he was sitting in the center of it.

"Please forgive me Lord Ignis, I don't have any idea how they knew about our plan." 

It was the masked man who just learned that the Church is evacuating Wellington Street at speed. He was sitting alone talking to the dark red fire surrounding him.

"You know our whole plan is ruined, and if Generals came you can't do anything" Flames spoke in an emotionless tone "I will need to come myself if we want the plan to be successful" 

With that said all the flame immediately disappeared, Leaving the masked man alone in complete darkness.

Leor was standing in the corner of his house where everyone was being evacuated, He could see that some of the people from the church were experienced Aetherborn and were constantly searching for any anomaly.

He suddenly shut his eyes tightly and released his kairo which some members of squads immediately noticed and pulled out their revolvers in an instant aiming towards Leor's direction.

'It's about time' I pressed my hand on my chest, feeling the warmth of my body slowly going away with a strange pain rising in my chest.

"Don't die because I will also die with you" Cyrus's hoarse voice rang in my head with some worry.

"Somethings are more important than one's life," I said in a melancholic tone.

Vane was standing before his best friend's house with a serious face. His surroundings were filled with residents of the street arguing with his squad, His head was filled with many thoughts and that feeling of cold air only made his mood worse. With a frown, he went inside the house.

The of the house was a simple wooden door of brown tinted reddish color, The lock looked quite sturdy though, With a swift motion Vane knocked on the door loudly, sharp sound reverberating in his surroundings, grabbing the attention of two members of his team who were disguised as police officers.

Vane himself was using the identity of a private detective.

"Coming." Immediately, all three of them heard a warm feminine voice. They waited patiently, and in about one minute, a beautiful girl of 23 opened the door with a smile.

"Yes, How can I help you sir," Clara asked with a forced smile. Her expression was a mixture of nervousness and confusion after seeing three gentlemen, two police officers and one high-ranking officer (Vane) at her doorstep with a serious face.

She couldn't ignore the loud noises in the street as well which only made her more anxious and worried. 'When will Leor and James come back?'

Vane seeing her anxious expression tried to ease her with a kind smile "Don't worry Mam, everything is under control" After a moment of silence to let her calm herself he continued "There is just this terrorist organization is planning an attack, So to not risk the lives of citizens of Thornfield Empire we are evacuating everyone to the church in this area, So please get on our carriages to get out of danger as soon as possible"

Clara digested all the information and nodded seriously.

Seeing her Nod Vane started asking some questions "So how many members are in your family Miss"

"Three, both of them are at work currently"

"I see, No need to worry, we will soon set this area off limits and then send all the latecomers to the church, and also emergency notices are released, So they will definitely hear of it." Clara was visibly relieved hearing Vane's words and could not help but feel grateful to the gentlemen outside, Church and the Goddess.

She followed all the church protocols and got on the carriage, it was filled to the edge with people, Some Clara knew, and Some were complete strangers, They all had similar anxious looks but Now were temporarily calm and were chatting with each other casually.

Clara also tried to gather more information by chatting with the people she knew.

Now carriage was just about to leave with the whip of the coachman moving just about to strike the horse to command it to move but suddenly a creepy silence took over, everyone talking was still moving their mouths but no sound was coming out of their mouths, The coachman who was about to move the carriage felt an increasingly painful warm feeling with everything around him shattering, And at this moment the coachman was cut in million pieces from an invisible attack with his flesh being cut that break that only blood stains could be seen.

All the people in the carriage were screaming, But no voice was being heard only complete silence, which made people even more scared. Clara was looking around in complete fear because of how people were opening their mouths so wide without making any sound, and then she saw the corpse or now mashed meat on the ground, and immediately her reaction changed into an even more anxious and scared one, her beautiful features now curved in a weird looking frown and then she puked, puked hard on the Mrs Samsara sitting in front of her and on herself. She felt even more disgusted after puking.

Vane, when the sound was gone immediately ordered his squad with a movement of his hand towards the carriage where Clara was sitting and then looked at other members of the Church and gave a weird hand signal using his fingers and then pushing his hand down which meant 'GO", and everyone got into battle position, while some of them surrounding the civilians.

Everything was so quiet that it was creepy, No sound was being transmitted.

A group of 7 people was standing together just behind Vane and after receiving their orders they immediately went to action. One of the men started loudly chanting emotionlessly while the other 6 pointed in different directions. Chanting was finished in 15 seconds and a powerful spiritual wall of colorless nature came to life surrounding all the carriages, every single individual standing in a 2 km radius was also covered in this formless barrier.

Vane himself was rushing towards the carriage in which Clara was sitting as fast as he could thinking about some Cardinal said in his message "Do not let anyone from Milford family get injured even in the slightest, No matter what, No matter what the cost" 

Suddenly, a tall figure wearing a mask made out of a sack with just two holes in the eyes materialized out of thin air just above the carriage where Clara was sitting, on top of the barrier. He started moving sideways, he moved on the barrier like a lizard and stood sideways at the entrance of the carriage.

Seeing this Vane's heart sank.

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TO BE Continued