Chapter 24: Void hunters
Chapter 23
Inside the stone walls of Black Veil Guild’s upper council chamber, ten people sat around a long, rectangular table, they were the captains of Black veil, the one’s at the top.
They all seemed tensed and a bit angry. Some had their faces twisted in a deep frown while the calm ones kepy a blank expressions.
Guildmaster Ardan leaned forward, hands clasped tightly, his expression unreadable. He was a tall man with a giant build, grey streaking his short black hair and beard. His eyes, however, were still sharp and alert.
On his right sat Captain Fenrick, basic stature, medium height, the metal plating on his shoulder still stained from his last mission. He was the first to break the silence.
"How in the hells does one beast wipe out nine of our hunters?"
They’d all been gathered to discuss what Kael had reported. It was hard to believe something like that could happen, Level one raid team all wiped out just like that by a single beast? That was unheard of.
No one answered at first. Then Captain Lurei spoke up, arms crossed tightly over her chest. She wore white robes marked with gold seams and the emblem of the Water realm. Her eyes were cold.
"Kael said she didn’t look like a beast. She spoke, she thought... She was alert. That’s not a beast... that’s something else entirely."
The beast realm was endless, and no one knew exactly what could be lurking inside, but this was still hard to process.
"She’s not a natural spawn," said Captain Droven, the youngest among them, fire realm, quick-tempered and always the first to speak his mind. "She can control the damn portal itself, open it, close it, trap people inside. What kind of beast can do that?"
"And none of you are considering the fact she let Kael live," said another voice, this one deep and grim. Captain Saul, Ice realm. He sat at the end of the table, his expression tense but cold. "She wanted a message sent. That wasn’t mercy. That was a warning."