Chapter 253: Dirtied Hands-I

This is two chapter in one, it is long~

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"Where is the girl?" asked the first cloaked man who entered Angelica's house. He opened his hood for his face and bald head to show. 

"She should be here somewhere. I didn't see her leaving the house earlier," answered a woman who came with him to enter the house. She made her way to the kitchen, her strides was quick as if this was her own house. "Look at this!" said the woman in merriment, she pulled her hood from her head, showing the long black hair.

The bald man walked to where the woman was, seeing Angelica's body they both twisted a smile, "Look at the fashion this dark sorceress ended. An arrow to her neck! But I suppose this is not enough. I wanted to see far better death than this." Lifting her leg, the woman kicked Angelica's face and as if one wasn't enough, she kept doing it for five more times, as if she was releasing the hatred she had kept for years. 

"This is death sufficient for people like her— the dark sorcerers, they always think they are a supreme being in this mortal world when in truth one arrow is all it takes to kill them. Whether her own people had killed her is not to our problem, we should continue with our work and take what we need," answered the bald man, "You should move back, you wouldn't want to get caught by the blood and leave footsteps around the house, Eleanor. Is the girl we are searching for the red haired one?"

"Yes, the Demon's Bride," confirmed Eleanor, "Do you think this dark sorceress was killed by other dark sorcerers she is working for?"

"Very possibly so," answered the bald man. "The Demon's Bride must be around here if he didn't leave the house yet with that man from earlier." Eleanor nodded in reply. While the man used his large hand to search around the house, destroying some of furnitures. The two separated with one searching the other half of the house and the other investigating the other. 

Elise wanted to leave the basement as soon as she could but she was trapped. She couldn't see if the people were still above her, and that only made it even more difficult for her to escape the place using the same door she entered with earlier.

There was a thought in her mind to quickly leave from the door and make a run for it before calling Ian's name. But she didn't know who she would be up with and it was dangerous to act rashly. She could use her power but in term if fighting Elise knew she was weak. However it was only a matter of time for her to be found if she continue to stay in the basement.

The people continue to make loud footsteps, searching for her and here and there. Elise didn't realize it was her who the people was searching of but she knew it would be dangerous if she was found by the people. 

It was then when she heard, "Eleanor, look at this," the man rattled the door that was connected to the basement. 

The woman named Eleanor came to walk toward the door, "It's the door to bellow. The girl must be in here."

Elise turned her body, making a dash to the room where the coffins were stored at. She looked on the door, hearing some sound as the two people entered to wall in the basement. Not knowing what to do, she considered to hide in the coffin that was empty. 

Pushing the lid, Elise entered and rested on the cushioned coffin, she pushed the lid to close from inside and kept both hands on her mouth to make no sound. Her heart was beating against her chest and it was louder when she heard a sound of click from the door.

"Do you find her?" asked Eleanor when they entered to the bald man. She looked around, opening some coffins when she scoffed at the body. "It stink so much here! What did Angelica kept in here?!"

"There are only bodies here. What do you think the dark sorcerers thinking by storing coffins?" The man questioned when he found a rotten corpse. 

"Who knows, their ritual I presume seeing this magic circle here," said the woman when she bent down after looking at a necklace. A name was written inside the locket and seeing it, she took it to her pocket. "Whatever they are trying to do is none of our business. We only need that girl— the Demon's Bride."

"But she is not here," said the bald man, "We should hurry and fetch her before the beast eat her. Unlike us, the dark sorcerers don't know the power the Demon's Bride have. But if they know the power Demon's Bride has, this would wage a war."

"But we could win," said Eleanor with her chin tipped in confidence.

"We could but no war is better. Our enemy is the Demons," answered the Bald man, "Help me go search around we could miss something."

Elise made a slight gap from the coffin lid when she closed it earlier. It helped her from getting lack of air and to hear the conversation the woman and man was having. At first, Elise guessed the two people to be the dark sorcerers who had killed her aunt and unleashed the beasts in the village, but from their conversation it didn't seem like they were in a group. 

What was more important was the way the two people mentioned the Demon's Bride. They were searching for her!

It took Elise back to recall Sullivan's words about the power of Demon's Bride that the Relics wish to have. So were they the relics?

She hoped the two people to leave faster. Although there was a space between the lid that helped her to breathe, the coffin was stifling for her. Any longer and Elise was sure she could faint inside the coffin. 

The two people continued to talk before Elise heard the door clicked close and everything went quiet. Finally they have left, thought Elise. She carefully removed the lid, pushing herself she saw that the room was empty from people. Not wanting to spend too much time in the room where coffins and bodies were, she then walked toward the door, opening the door to leave when two people was standing before the door. 

"I knew she would be here," said Eleanor with a wide grin.

"And I was the one who told you this is the way to find her. I knew it she hid inside a coffin, very witty as a Demon's Bride," said the man, Elise saw that the side of his face was inked and writings filled his skin, covering to his head. "Are you Elise Scott, miss?"

Elise took her steps quickly behind, but she then realized she was trapped inside the room with no doors or window. "Are you two the Relics?" asked Elise, her eyes moved from the two people to the door before she looked behind her, searching for exits but there was nothing! 

"Oh so you have known about us already, that make the story a bit faster," the man indirectly confirmed he was a Relic. "We need you to come with us, Bride. It would be easier for you if you don't fight us. You know that you are weaker here."

And he was right, thought Elise. But that doesn't mean she would go with the two obediently. "Where are you going to take me?" She asked, wanting to know what the Relics wanted from her. 

"Just silence her already and bring her out of here, I don't want to stay here any longer," interrupted Eleanor, she had the expression that said she didn't want to be in the room for too long, "From the words we had, she has not manifest any power, knock her up and that should done the job."

Elise didn't want the two to get close to her, the bald man appeared to be weary when he asked, "But what if she has power?"

"In this state it would be weak, even if she has power, it wouldn't affect us as much as it does to Angels. The faster the better, we still have dark sorcerers outside," reminded Eleanor. "But we can use that for our safety," she said. 

Elise wondered what the two was talking of. She understood the two people was speaking about her power, which only show how they want to use her power as Sullivan had told her. Elise tried to activate her power, but she was rattled that it wouldn't be easy for her to use her power at will now. Regardless, Elise tried to use her power again, trying a few time. 

Hearing Eleanor, the bald man's smile grew wider like a saucer. "That's right, bring that out," before Elise could take another step behind, the bald man caught her by her neck. She struggled out of the man's strangle, trying to release herself but she couldn't. The man's neck was akin to an iron clad, nothing seem to work to make him budge. 

Her struggle was futile, and Elise couldn't free herself. For some reason that was bad, Elise couldn't use her power either. She saw the woman, named Eleanor pulled a rectangular box, opening the lid, Elise then saw the large syringe with a green-colored liquid that filled the tub. Seeing the syringe, Elise felt her head hurt, as if something in her mind was pushing her to remember a memory that she didn't know was there.

Flashes of people came to her mind and her own hand was dyed in red liquid. She felt dizzy, her fuzzy memories made it hard for her to dissect what she saw. Somewhere Elise was sure she had seen the syringe before, with the same green-colored liquid, but when? The pain she felt twist further, that it became even harder for Elise to form a thought.

Before the bald man could take the syringe, and inject the liquid, a thumping sound came from behind Eleanor.

The Relic turned her head with a frown visible. Getting a closer look, she then saw the door to the basement was opened. "It's the dark sorcerers, tch! They came earlier than we thought!" She quickly pulled a knife from her skirt, waiting for the person who had opened the door to walk down the ladder only for nothing to come after a good one minute had passed. 

Suddenly a fur ball fell from above. Eleanor readied her weapon to narrow her eyes at the yellow being that pushed himself from the ground.

"Ah damn it! I told you not to throw me again!" Hallow cursed whilst rubbing his head where he felt hurt. 

Eleanor, who saw a small chick talking was flabbergasted. The bald man had also stopped what he was doing to watch behind him as he caught Eleanor's face looking odd. "What the hell-" But before the man could continue the rest of his words, he saw Elise's eyes that were closed snapped open, her eyes which was blue had turned to gold. 

"Don't touch me," whispered Elise before the bald man felt his body turn stiff. He saw the tips of his fingers that held Elise's neck turned black in color before a crack from on it. It didn't take long for his entire body to turn to stone and blew to pieces.

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*Author is setting a mass release schedule! If we could reach 2000 power stone or more, there would be a reward of mass release. Please keep this record until Sunday and the reward would be given^.^ I believe we all could reach to a higher record of power stone~ Each day you could vote three power stones a day and use all the three power stones in one chapter. Wish you all a good luck~

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