Graven didn't go directly to Moraderyy Town. Instead, he teleported back to the farm to get a better view of the carnage and damage and get some clothes for Laura's family.
The view that greeted him was sickening!
His heart sunk.
The farmhouse, the nursery, the stable, and other wooden structures were nowhere to be seen, everything was burnt to the ground.
The Helman's Family Farm no longer existed!
It was gone!
The memorable place where he married Laura was destroyed by the enemies.
Nothing to see there anymore, he can't even retrieve some personal stuff for Laura's parents 'coz all their belongings were gone!
He left the farm with a heavy heart and teleported back to Moraderry Town to report everything to his wife and his in-laws.
A few seconds later, he landed in the living room of his manor.
He climbed the stairs and went to the master's bedroom, he found his wife standing on the window looking gloomily at the view outside.
Laura looked behind her. "Husband, you're back!" she said happily.
"Yes, I'm back to report some news to you and your parents, I'm afraid it's sad news," Graven said, he kept his distance from her because he is dirty and smells raw blood.
"Oh, that's sad..." she can only mumble.
"Wife, I'm going in the bathroom to clean myself, then I'll tell you everything after I'm done bathing," he said.
Laura nodded her head. "Okay..."
Graven went inside the bathroom and cleaned his body thoroughly with soap.
He emerged fresh and feeling better twenty minutes later.
Laura was already sitting on the bed waiting for her husband.
Graven settled himself beside her on the bed.
Laura looked at him. "Can you tell me now what happened to our farm?" she asked.
Graven released a deep sigh and started from the beginning. "After Grandpa and I left, we proceed to the headquarter and we immediately tend to the injured, administering medicine on their wounds and making them comfortable as much as we can..." he said.
"Continue..." she encouraged him.
"Several of my men were critically injured but already out of danger. Unfortunately..."
"What-?" Laura's heart skipped a beat.
"Five workers of the farm were already gone, they suffered fatal stab on their bodies and didn't survive, they died a few minutes after we rescued them from the carnage," Graven revealed.
Poor souls! Laura bit her lower lip as fresh tears emerged from her eyes. "Where are the dead bodies now?" she asked in a dispirited voice.
"I instructed my men to give them a proper burial in the forest near the headquarter," he replied.
"Thank you!" Laura said sadly. She broke down in front of her husband, fat tears rolled on her face.
Graven hugged his wife and rubbed her back soothingly, consoling her. "Shh... don't be too sad... our baby will also get sad inside your tummy," he reminded her. He knew that too much emotional stress is not good for pregnant women because it might affect the growing baby inside their womb.
Laura continues sobbing in her husband's loving arms.
Ten minutes later, her tears finally subsided. She wiped the tears on her face with the hem of her dress. Then she stood up. "Please, come with me to my parent's room. They need to know the whole truth no matter how painful it is," she said.
"Okay, I'll tell them everything," he responded.
Graven and Laura exited the master's bedroom and proceed to the old couple's room.
They found Sofia inside the room helping her mother arranging clothes in the closet.
Simon was standing beside the window looking at the view outside, he wore a gloomy expression on his face.
Laura addressed them. "Guys, my husband has something to report about the current status of the farm and the workers..." she said in a voice filled with misery.
Rosa and Sofia sat on the bed, Simon joined them. They looked at Graven with their expectant faces, preparing for the bad news.
Graven cleared his throat. He hates to be the bearer of bad news but he's got to do it. "I'm sorry to inform you all that out of fifty workers, forty-five survived and alive while five have been fatally wounded and passed away. My men already gave the deceased workers a proper burial in the forest near my headquarter. As of the moment the survivors were taken care of by Grandpa Terros and my men. They will survive!" he said confidently.
The atmosphere inside the room switched to unbearable sadness.
The women were reduced to tears and the room was filled with their heartbreaking cries.
Simon tried hard not to shed tears, but his heart was already bleeding inside. He remembered the faces of those pitiful servants, he brought them from the slave market, give them a new life, and made them work on his farm. He gave them a salary every month with free house accommodation and food and treated them like family.
Now five of them were dead! It breaks his heart into tiny pieces. Such a waste of innocent lives!
Simon looked at his son-in-law. "How about the farm? What is the current status of the farm?" he asked.
Graven took a deep breath. "The farmhouse, the plant nursery, the stables, the servants' quarters, and all the wooden structure were burned to the ground. The farm right now is like an abandoned land, everything was torched," he said sadly.
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