Edited by Mjonir77
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Caïne and I were standing in front of the transportation gate in his basement. I knew how to operate this thing, which was fairly easy : you just had to know the location of the place and use the right words to get teleported; it didn’t seem to take skill to use… Well, that was what Stella explained to me.
I looked around while Caïne was preparing some necessities concerning the gate. He was adding some strange symbols to it but I wasn’t worried about him sending me into a strange place, he didn’t have a reason to I thought.
His basement was really cold and surrounding us were a lot of cellars with wine on them. You could also see a lot of different brands of alcohol which weren’t produced anymore… He sure as hell loved his alcohol !
While I was thinking like that, Caïne started talking to me :
– Boy, you know, I actually don’t care if you go over there and die like a dog but at the same time this mission of yours is a bit too suicidal for me not to care. Honestly saying, I had already given you a favorable treatment by warning you to not go over there but obviously your look showed me you don’t seem to have any other choice, do you ?
He gave me a side glance, expecting me to answer him but I kept quite. I wasn’t allowed to tell anyone what I was doing in the first place.
He continued to tinker with the circle that was drawn on the ground and said :
– This is an advice from me when you go over there : never tell anyone your name or where you’re from. Don’t even show your face because I am sure with your face the slavers will catch you and sell you to a lustful or sadistic bastard who is going to torment you for the rest of your life.
I grabbed the mask in my pocket for a bit; the way he was explaining it to me sounded as if he had massive experience. I should take it to heart…
He was about to get finished, took the can of paint away and told me.
– Also, don’t trust anyone over there, don’t talk to anyone if not needed and don’t stop for any reason ! You understand ? Take what you need, go to the transportation gate you came from and then zip away ! They can’t follow you through the transportation gate… And another thing !
He rummaged through his back pocket and pulled out a badge : the emblem showed a picture of a guy and a little girl hugging each other, between them was a big tear going down. I took the badge and when I held it, I felt something odd… I felt it was emitting demonic essence.
I looked at Caïne, he wasn’t fazed by my look and said :
– If you don’t have any other way of escape or want to have an easy access, show this emblem to the person that is getting in your way and you will most likely be able to pass… But only use it in emergency situations.
I looked at the emblem, how come it had so much authority ?
Seeing my confused look, Caïne explained to me :
– This emblem belongs to the “Broken Brotherhood” clan. It’s a demon clan, and the most powerful clan there is; you can usually access almost everything with that badge because there are only 666 members in that clan, meaning there are only 666 badges which cannot be replicated because the demon essence that is infused into the badge is unique to only one person on earth… Who is also an Archfiend level demon.
Wait, does that mean only an archfiend demon can make this item ? I was really reconsidering the idea of taking Leraje with me but in the end I already had the badge so maybe I didn’t need him after all.
So far, Caïne seemed really helpful towards my task but at the same time I already figured his nature so I asked him :
– Why are you helping me…?
Seeing my suspicious gaze, Caïne grinned for a second and said :
– As I said boy, I don’t want to get hit by lightning all of a sudden. And now go !
Caïne pointed at the circle he drew and as he did so, it started to light up a deep red color. I could feel a lot of strange auras coming from it, making me a bit uneasy. But I stepped into it anyway and looked at Caïne again, the circle under me started to shine as I shouted :
– I owe you one CAÏNE !
He made a slight grin and said :
– You don’t owe me shit kid !
And with that said, everything turned white as I was being transported into the Central.
==================Caïne’s P.O.V===================
– You don’t owe me shit kid !
I said. And with a shine the kid went to the central. I really hoped he would survive that one… No, he was most likely one to survive such thing; not even I noticed him creep up to the lich like that and assassinate him : the boy had skill, willpower and the guts to make things happen. On top of that, he had the badge with him. No one in his right mind would want to take on the broken brotherhood if they weren’t suicidal.
– (Ding Dong)
– Huh ?
Someone was ringing the door bell… I quickly got myself some clothes and started jogging towards the entrance of the house. The princess and her bodyguards were already gone. When I first saw them I was surprised the boy had such connections; they weren’t even that bad but I could see it was purely political. The boy might have the backing of a huge company to be able to be escorted by the future queen; who knew, maybe I should have taken that favor from him…
As I approached the entrance, I knew there were 2 people, 1 female and 1 male, standing in front of the door. Both of them seemed to be mortal so I tried to look as presentable as possible, put on a smile at my face and opened the door.
– Yes ?
I said and looked at the woman who was standing in front of me… She had a decent figure up from her bosom to her hips and black hair too… I made an extra effort to smile… Maybe I could get something out of this, and as I thought so, I saw a silvery badge flash on her waist. She was doing well to hide it using her leather mantle but it wouldn’t work one someone like me… Cops, why would they be here ?
I slightly glanced behind the woman and what I saw was a mass of broken down buildings corpses and destroyed cars. Even my all so beloved “Home” didn’t look better as the lawn on the front was shoved upside down, exposing the dirt.
I looked back at the woman and her nonchalant look; even the guy wasn’t any better. They couldn’t see nor smell anything that was next to them; for them it all looked like nothing was wrong : the disguise barrier worked like a charm.
– Hello sir ! Are you the owner of this place ?
She asked sweetly.
Ohh, she was trying to soften me up with her charm. Well two could play this game !
– I don’t know, how about you come in ?
I smiled while leaning on the door. I wetted my lips while I did so and looked at the policewoman : I could see a slight red appear on her cheek.
– I… I’ll take it as it is yours. Then can you tell us if you have seen a limo come by or even better a boy with golden eyes ?
I made a gesture as if I was thinking about it…t They followed the boy over here but they missed him, probably because of the barrier. Now the question was : why were they following him ?
– No I didn’t see anything like that or a boy with golden eyes; if you want we could discuss this inside ? How about it ?
The policewoman seemed a bit reluctant on my offer while the guy was making a displeased face and finally she said :
– Alright, I’ll come in… We can… discuss about it.
I nodded my head as I made way for her. She nodded and entered the house; the guy also wanted to come in until the policewoman stopped him and said :
– Go back to the head quarters and make a report, I will handle this…
Her voice held a surprising amount of edge to it when she talked to him. Ouch man ! You really got on her bad side, didn’t you ?
The man looked at me as if he was shooting poison for a moment but it seems like he wouldn’t say anything. Well, sucked to be an apprentice ! I could sympathize (a little) with you, man.
I closed the door on him and walked behind the policewoman. I could hear the motor of the car going up as the guy drove away… I looked at the policewoman : she really had a nice piece of ass……..
===================Dawn’s P.O.V===================
Color slowly started to appear in front of me, objects taking shape and a really bad headache started to appear out of nowhere…
– Ugh !
I shook my head for a second. The stress that came with this transportation was really big… Did distance have anything to do with how much you could endure ? It might be.
I quickly took out my mask, put it on and raised my head.
– Wow.
As I looked around the place, I realized it was really stuffed with a lot of people going around talking with each other and some even laughing. But at the same time, I could understand why crime was so high in this place : as I changed my gaze to another place, I could see a person getting beaten to death on the streets, no one was doing anything about it.
– Hey pip squeak !
I looked to my left to see a giant man with the face of a lizard looking down on me; behind him stood another 2… lizard men I thought, smiling at me disgustingly. The guy standing at the front opened his palm before me and said :
– The entrance fee pip squeak.
His tongue hissed when he said that and I could see amusement in his reptile eyes. The people around me ignored what was happening and just passed by. I really wanted to test something so I smiled and said :
– How about you give me your entrance fee ?
I said while gripping the plasma sword.
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