novelraw Chapter 55 55: Aftermath [1]
Chapter 55 55: Aftermath [1]
The sealed metallic doors clanged open, leading Augustus von Venus and a squad of Venus nobles into the training facility.
Their movements came to a halt.
Augustus' gaze darkened, "They won" He whispered, staring down at the corpses scattered across the tiled ground.
His fist clenched tightly, watching the horrors deep within the hollow eyes of his students.
This youngsters were trained for greatness.
Destined to be the future of the Great House Venus.
Yet they died so miserable, Augustus stepped forward, tears dripped his cheeks.
No one dares to speak behind him.
He could see the faces of his dead students, those who were killed by Lenny still had their heads.
Lenny had killed them quickly since his attention was also focused on Pedro von Venus.
But even so, they were nobles and he had to treat them with respect.
Beheading a noble goes against his code.
But Crystal was different, for she had not only assasinated Pedro von Venus, but she had beheaded him as well.
Only Pedro's corpse had no head.
But Augustus was quick to recognize his bloodied corpse, drowned in his own pool of blood.
Pedro was really pitiful, Augustus shook his head, "Pedro was their target after all" He growled.
Slightly tilting his head, he glanced at the nobles who stood behind him, they were all Rank 3 Fallen Regulators.
One was missing at the moment.
The others were accounted for, the whereabouts of the missing Rank 3 Fallen Regulator was still unknown to them.
Augustus eyes flickered with uncertainty "Report it this to the elders and spread across the dome" Augustus instructed.
"I need everyone searched, everyone arrested and everyone accounted for…."
"I need to know who is responsible for this abomination, to know who actually dared to do this"
Augustus' aura fluctuates, expanding across the training facility, his seething rage exposed.
"And arrest all sons of Ares still present I'm this building, if they refuse to obey my subjugation orders"
"Kill them!" Augustus declared.
"Yes General" the Rank 3 Nobles all nodded in unison, they were all squadron commanders.
In charge of leading a squadron containing both Rank 1 and Rank 2 Fallen Regulators.
All under the Regulator's Association.
***
Lenny was quick to flee the scene after Crystal's appearance, Crystal's assasination was successful.
And she had killed Pedro using the methods only known to the sons of Ares.
This was to make sure the Great Houses of Ares and Venus were truly at odds with eachother.
But this conflicts still wasn't enough to declare war against each other.
Lenny emerged from a tiled wall using a new Shadow Path Fallen Rune he had imagined.
Rune of Shadows.
Rune Class: Shadow Transportation!
A Fallen Rune that grants him the ability to transport through shadows, even walking through walls.
His hands remained kept in his pocket as he walked through the hallway, he cleaned himself beforehand.
Making sure no stain could link him to the assasination of Pedro von Venus and the other descendants of Venus.
His lips curled faintly, "Very soon, there will be chaos" He whispered, Corinthian manifested himself.
He shrugged as he stared deeply at Lenny, "Are you really doing this?" Corinthian asked.
Lenny sighed softly, "I understand your question, the Great Houses were allies with the Great House Night"
"They needed us, we didn't…..and because of that, they feared us"
"Our alliance with them ended when I understood that they were aware of our doom that night"
"They kept quiet and watched the Great House Night fall"
"Our Great Sanctuary vanished as well, it's whereabouts currently unknown in the Fallen Realm"
"But it still exists, destroying a Great Sanctuary isn't something that could be easily done" Lenny explained.
Corinthian chuckled, "I know about this dummy, I'm just asking if it's right to allow the Den of Thieves win?" He asked.
Lenny shrugged, "We are archenemies of the Thieves but the Great Houses hate the Dark Houses as well"
"And the Dark Houses are willing to do anything to make sure the Great Houses fall"
"Without the Great Houses, the Regulator's society is theirs to command" He grinned.
"Let them have their fun, chaos is all I need" Lenny smirked, his eyebrows furrowed the moment he sensed movements.
The sounds of fast approaching footsteps resounded across the hallway, their shadows drew closer.
"Nobles?" Lenny asked, Corinthian nods, "Sons of Ares" He answered.
"Oh?" Lenny chuckled softly, "Lets enrage the Great House Ares as well" Lenny whispered.
He vanished into the wall, shrouding himself in shadows.
His presence was completely erased.
Three sons of Ares were discovered in the Regulator's Association, and they were being pursued.
The moment Augustus von Venus gave out that order, all mobilized forces of Venus wasted no time.
Naturally they wouldn't dare go against a noble on their own, but with the orders of their master.
They were free to act without care.
This nobles were Rank 1 Fallen Regulators who were here to clarify some issues.
Now they were being hunted by the forces of the Great House Venus.
Lenny disabled the surveillance cameras in secrecy, to make sure whatever occurs is kept a secret.
He watch the nobles run as fast as their legs could carry them, their eyes etched with fear.
Their pursuers were mere Rank 1 Fallen Regulators but they had great numbers on their sides.
A total of three sons of Ares were being hunted by the soldiers of Venus were twenty.
"Kill them" Lenny whispered a command and X materialized itself from the shadows.
Not making use of the Myraid Shooters.
X summoned the Sandel Crimson Dual Daggers from it's dimension storage and it was game on.
"Arrgghh" A loud scream was heard, a Rank 1 Fallen Regulator fell to his knees, his throat slit open.
Another stabbed in the heart, "Something's different with X" Lenny observed his shadow familiar.
X has risen from a Level 1 Wanderer rank Apocalypse creature to a Level 3 Wanderer rank Apocalypse creature.
It's aura was different compared to before.
And it was even more faster, too fast for this Rank 1 Fallen Regulators to even handle.
Lenny's eyebrows furrowed, "It seems X absorbs sp from those it kills, causing the familiar to level up"
"The more it kills, the stronger it becomes" Lenny licked his lips, he struggled to contain his excitement.
Watching everything from the sidelines.
Within a few minutes, all twenty Rank 1 Fallen Regulators were slaughtered by X.
Granting the nobles breathing space to escape but under it's master's command.
X had merged with the shadows of one of the nobles, Lenny walked out of the wall he hid.
He softly exhaled, "All this killings, is it necessary?" While staring at the littered corpses, he spoke.
Yet he felt nothing, he wasn't sad they were killed.
He didn't feel guilty, this is a mad world he dwells in.
Fallen Regulators kills eachother quite alot.
This secret is hidden and the Fallen Realm is blamed for the Regulator's society having such low numbers.
***
Crystal emerged from the shadow dimension once again, she stood atop a skyscraper.
Her silver hair fluttered in the wind and her trench coat billowed, her right hand held a grade 5 Fallen Relic.
Her left hand held the head of Pedro von Venus.
She had taken his head in the process of his assasination, making it quite barbaric to the Great House Venus.
This was the signature murder style of the Great House Ares.
They loved taking the heads of their victims, so taking Pedro's head proved Ares' involvement.
She chuckled softly, "Mission complete" Exhaling a soft sigh, her eyes flickered with uncertainty.
She tilts her head to see Vixen au Drakkon standing behind her, he tightly held his blood stained reaper's scythe.
Crystal's eyebrows furrowed, "What happened?" He asked.
Vixen shrugged, "Nothing much, I was supposed to distract Lenny but he was quick to leave"
"I apologise for failing that task" Vixen redrew his scythe back into his pocket dimension.
His jacket was dirty and stained with bloods, his silver hair disheveled "I encountered a Rank 3 Fallen Regulator"
"A noble of the Great House Venus, she was swift and her Fallen Runes were quite annoying''
"I had to kill her in other to escape" Vixen stared down to see Pedro's head dangling on the air.
He grinned, "You really did it huh?"
Crystal shrugged, "Killing this prick of a Great House noble wasn't an hassle, he was already injured"
"Lenny Night is more devious than I imagined'' She explained with a sigh.
Vixen raised an eyebrow, "Why? What happened?" He asked, Crystal glanced at the sky "He infiltrated the sealed training facility, I still don't understand how he was able to pull it off"
"But he not only attacked Pedro von Venus, he also slaughtered the rest of the young nobles"
Vixen stood dumbfounded, his eyes widened in shock "Are you for real?" He asked.
Crystal nods, Vixen gulped, swallowing his saliva "But why?" He asked.
Crystal shook her head, "I don't know, but it seems Lenny intends to destroy the Great Houses as well"
"This works in our favor"