In the early morning, daylight not only unwrapped the hues of Bradford but also the terror that struck the town. A dark alley that rarely saw more than five people hangout now had half of the town surrounding it. In front of the crowd, there were a couple of girls who wore revealing clothes to tempt the youngsters. However, no man was in the mood to enjoy the beauties as their eyes were locked on the bodies hanging on a rope between two buildings.
Many people were afraid to look at the large puddle of blood below the dead bodies. After seeing the blood splatters and the terror on the faces of the dead ones, some people guessed that they weren't killed by a person.
While the people were staring at the bodies, a girl who had perfect curves and glossy skin was looking at the nearby wall. If not for the gory scene in front of them, many men and women would drool and hope to get a glimpse of what's under her purple dress.
"Sister Sadie, do you think whoever or whatever killed them left behind that?" The girl in the purple dress was none other than Sadie Kaplan, the core disciple of the Silvermoon and one of the judges of the last Heaven's gate competition.
Although the girl who asked the question was also a great beauty, she was overshadowed by the beauty of Sadie. If Michael was here, he would have recognized the girl as Nyla Reid, the same girl who almost got herself killed by trying to use a telepathic attack on Michael.
"Yes, I saw the same symbol on the scene at Sarton"
"What do you think it means?"
"I don't know but it's not my job to know. My teacher wanted to find these guys and technically I did find them"
"Who? Teacher Hazel? what did she want with them?" Nyla pointed her finger at the hanging dead bodies and asked.
"Apparently these guys were harassing some of Teacher Hazel's clients and recently they took the harassment to the next level. Initially, they were a group of twenty men and when they heard the Silver Moon was searching for them, they started to run. Some of them went into hiding in Sarton and the rest of them came here only to get slaughtered by someone eviler than them"
Even Sadie had a hint of fear in her eyes. She had seen many killings but this felt dark and different. These guys were given no chance to fight or even take out their weapons. Whoever killed them was quick and cruel. All of their manhoods were cut off while they were still alive yet, none of the residents nearby heard a sound. However, Sadie felt no pity for the dead ones.
"So in Sarton"
"Just like here, all of them were slaughtered and hanged. Whoever killed them left no trace but this one symbol, L"
"What does it mean?"
"MOVE AWAY!" Suddenly, someone shouted from the crowd and Sadie turned to see a soldier of Bradford bringing a dirty-robed old man. Sadie could tell the old man was obviously a beggar by the look of his ragged tunic and the stink coming from him.
"Miss Kaplan, this old man is claiming that he saw what happened"
"De...vi...l..." the man stuttered something under his breath. He was pale and shivering like he's in the middle of a snow mountain.
"Tell me what you told the people back there" the soldier shook the old man by his collar as Sadie waved him to stop.
"Old man, did you see the person who did this?" Sadie asked the old man but his mouth stuttered in the horror he witnessed the night before.
"No...per...son...de...v...i...l" the old man still sounded unclear. His voice broke and the shivering wasn't any help.
"Nyla" The disciples of SilverMoon were very good at psychic attacks and playing with someone's mind. Nyla might have picked the wrong person to use the psychic attack but the old man in front of her wasn't a challenge.
Nyla stared into the old man's eyes as his eyes glowed for a second. Following this, the old man shivered less and somewhat looked better than he was.
"Tell us old man, what did you see?"
"I saw him" the crowd didn't make a sound as everyone's focus was on the old man.
"Saw who?"
"The devil" the moment these two words escaped the old man's mouth, there were several gasps from the crowd and some dropped onto their knees and started to pray.
"What nonsense are you spouting?!" Nyla had enough of this old man's mumbling but when she was about to slap some sense into the Oldman, Sadie stopped her
"Did you see his face?"
"Yes" the old man nodded but when he recalled the face he saw, Nyla had to use her powers to calm him again.
"Red eyes, wore nothing but black" Hearing the old man's description, the people trembled as he continued
"He came with darkness, the whole alley turned dark. I could only see his red eyes. Mere mortals like them didn't stand a chance against him"
"Mere mortals? All of them were Body Strengthening stage cultivators, you old fool" Nyla yelled again but the old man shook his head.
"We all are mere mortals in front of the devil"
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