COI C34
In the Mihayara District, Haw is having a date with Nanami and Shinji.
" . . . Do you understand it now honey?" "I still don't, when did they become heroes after your city appeared"
"Shinji, I believed he is right" "You don't get to go outside of the city, Nanami"
"No, I mean that the timing is way off. The entire world is filled with numerous trained people. Like how did they have so many of them from a city that shouldn't stay long to settle"
Haw raised his eyes as both surprised and acknowledge Shinji's logic. Having mostly night session with them made him forget their other side of life.
Haw answered
"Shinji is almost right . . ."
"See?!"
Nanami frowned and hold Haw's other arm tight. Then he said
". . . No people stay long in Enders Bridge and most people switches guild if the missions no longer required their professions. Except for the old guilds, it is more like special organizations connected to the Lord of Enders. Enders Bridge was founded for a reason"
They reached to their destined location where they stop talking about the subject.
"Alright! Haw, we can talk about it later. It's our lovely night again"
"Nanami . . . Oh well, it was a nice chat than it lasted"
Silfa is with the other Saint Heroes. Ruby talks about the Enders joining the police force and managed to spot hidden realms that they mentioned about. The smuggling of mana battery was teleported closer than she thought. Many of her friends were in awe, but a little too suspicious how convenient they did. Silfa agrees
“I don’t believe how easily they did to find a realm, they probably involved before the incident”
“I know what you are trying to say Silfa, and I agreed. On the other hands . . .”
Myrrkei is already looking around the city before, and his traces left behind can see the difference.
“. . . That man had friendly terms with the research department, and it was Emerald”
“Emerald? When did those two met?”
“They met at the VIP hotel, I heard they learn a bit a few tech designs from Enders Bridge. You can see her now if you wanted proof”
Ruby’s experience after her first entering the realm was anticlimactic last time, that there were no culprits inside the hidden realm, instead found a mysterious metal slab. It ignored their magic except for their natural strength. She can’t say that to them as for now as classified cases, Ruby is getting more pump up when more realms exposed.
“Thanks for sharing, Ruby, let’s focus next about the letters we sent to Enders Bridge. If they are willing to cooperate, then at least we could find out they are the one who were involved at the east coast”
“I never knew Haw and the other Enders sending reports and request to their guild. Luckily, anyone is allowed to give them letters individually without issuing with their Lord”
“If what Thean said is true, then we at least a few responses neither a rejection nor an excuse”
“But on Haw’s side, they will give us something more to figure it out because his people might interfere”
Illtended never would have thought where Haw was, more importantly, his co-workers made big statements that he really volunteered for the police department. Wanting to make quits before he is ahead, not because he has criminal records, but news he heard around the city that filed with many complaints happening in Mihayara district.
“. . . You can see that Haw will be back after his tribute to your fine city . . .”
First made it sounds like Haw made a noble cause, but he meant it as a joke for the Enders’ society. Illtended was confuse at first and thought it must be true.
“Oh? I see, then he must be working hard helping the safety of our city. Thanks, I wasn’t known about it. Please send him the message if I can’t contact him yet”
“Oh why yes, of course (You actually believe this devil’s tongue. It seems he is seriously looking for him, but why)”
“Bye (I would love to talk to you, but if I do then . . .)"
Another message received from his device.
“(. . . I knew it)”
He already left school where he is heading to one of the police stations. It was Ruby who called him
“Yeah, I found Haw for you. You can stop looking for him, I’ll handle it from here, bye”
Illtended thought he could easily would done it, then got taken away fast. This wasn’t any luck for him to have done it quickly, it is more like fooling him around just to waste his time. And it did, he decided to go there anyway. If the police allow some news in their end to share, then that would be enough for to end his day, in the morning. He stops and found a local police officer watch over the park, then he waves at the officer where the police waved him back.
“Is something a matter?”
“No, but I heard rumors that police are recruiting Enders”
“Sorry, but I have no clue about the detail”
“Ok, thanks anyway”
“But you can ask the police department in Mihayara district, that’s where the most activities went by since news erupted there recently”
“Do you know anything about it?”
“Quite a lot but no words about those Enders you mentioned, probably they must be registered recently or maybe not. Try asking there instead”
Illtended thought he could easily get the information, but he is just doing it unwillingly after he was stopped to search for him. Illtended left the place feel gloomy about it.
Somewhere in the police training, the Enders are in the special program with the other locals to learn the rules, ethics, and responsibilities within the police force. The lecture had become a debate, where everyone is getting annoyed from the goblins’ reaction. The goblins made it worst and the Agatheans make it entertaining by adding a little tune within their debates. It’s another political drama without the elves here. The representative goes on and on trying to find the middle ground within this debate, and the first debate was . . .
“This is not a debate!”
Musics pop up from the Agatheans cinematically where the goblins were the most affected. The police enjoyed their time let those people squandering their words among each other. The representative tries to stop this commotion and continue the program. Then one of his co-workers to let them be for a bit and respond to them later. They thought it was going to be a fight, but it turns out really motivational with the spice of Agatheans’ borrowed music from the city itself.
“We already accepted the conditions about the city’s rules, now we have to be more careful? We are not making rituals out of their cleaning utensils”
“We can still do this, and have to look at the suspect . . . scream at the damn thing . . . then we run”
“That would work, goblins! Make it so”
“Ritual screaming!? I thought it was banned except Mountaiwall”
“Don’t do it, don’t let the ‘government’ think its dangerous”
“Why not learn their magic spells, make it believable by shouting those moves like in the summer festival. Then they might get defeated leaving their body intact, no one gets hurt and we defeat them just like that”
The argument is getting crazy, where the loudest mouths were mostly goblins speaking out. They quickly return back to normal, where an actual official opens the door. Losing so much precious time in this chaotic room, the representative apologizes to her
“Sorry Ma’am, it is impossible to have a program like this. They are getting less cooperative where almost all of their skills are not allowed in their course”
“It’s fine, we have been too strict as before, but as of now continue the program as long as they understand it. I’m here to get the Enders, their details are profound and took interest within the higher ups. Please call them and need to be hastily ready for the coming future”
“Yes, Ma’am!”
The Agatheans, Enders, and the Tais were not happy why they have to clump up with the goblins. They need bosses to be under control, the Isekai citizens already know why they are so many warlords within the Horde in every tribe because of this indifference. The Agatheans keep playing their music just to block the annoying complaints among them. These tribals were followed the old rules, and not using their own rituals that cause mana sickness and the only way for them to counteract those suspects. At the same time cause a pandemic afterwards.
It was not long where the Enders were called, and it was finally obvious of how they are the front in Rune Isles. All of them stared at them showing their signs of good luck. Haw is one of them, looking at their eyes accepting them as they are, a group of adventurers in the Ruined World. Transfer in a different room, where they are place there to review what they have learn. The police added a few information about their remarks. Their instructor is other than Ruby herself. Myrrkei couldn’t guess why she is in it,
“Are you really a volunteer here? Ruby. You’ve been starting in higher position”
Ruby smirks back at him, the police department thought Enders are adventurers because of their guilds. The conclusion is her to be part of the guild, it is just still temporary from what she heard but kept the idea as she is part of the police force somehow.
“I’m ok with where am I at now, it’s you guys are how far can you improvise what you can do here. Right?”
She stares at Haw to be one of the examples, Myrrkei didn’t get why she is staring at Haw where the main culprit of innovation with their refine craftsmanship is obviously that dwarf.
Haw believed he can do craftmanship, but not a professional one. His skills are made through the books and recipes he found, a true professional who made different items without any faults or any replacements that ruined the making of a magic item. Still wondering who she is mentioning, Ruby only said that Enders can craft things by the dwarves’ view point. After gathering information among the locals, they all mentioning about them with more dire innovation they could thought of. Rusic gets it, like he should be one of them.
“Aye, this lass thought it too. I could make those rune items from your equipment”
“I thought so, we just want to make it sure that you’re not making it dangerous”
“Dangerous you say? Lass, even your cleaning utensils can be a weapon”
“Laugh* those goblin jokes again”
“I can’t say that I’m confident to make weapons out of it, but you’ve never knew others and their preferred utilities”
After these short talks, they get back to the main purpose going here. Ruby introduces to them the drills they have to do; patrolling, searching, securing, etc.
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To their surprised, all drills were successfully performed except a few differences. The Enders are stricter in collaboration with the police show a big disadvantage, from teamwork to coordinating, it is easily to see them fumbled around within their strengths together. The police maintain their teamwork, while the Enders did better on their own. It is more likely that powers they possessed side by side starts to get difficult when more advance tactics being used. However, they didn’t proceed to continue on the sparring. The police officers will not be part in it, seeing that Rusic is with them and at the same time mixing together already proven as before.
Now Ruby has to collect all the data and the video recorded during this mock training. U’ecin and Ironno are having some questions about the training, instead talking to Ruby about it, they talk to the other police officer.
“Are you sure you want to train with us again?” “In order we can cooperate properly we need to know each other’s performance in the public”
“Sounds professional, and I’m sure we could get along”
“Thank you”
“We’ve been having trouble coordinating anyway”
“Yeah, want to test it out again?”
“I’m for it. U’ecin gets riled up when comes to fighting”
Only Ironno and U’ecin with the police officers are working themselves up again when the training starts. Mostly comes to melee where the training dummies start working up itself, building much its effort to provoke them. Mainly preparing the most basic of securing the suspects without weapons, they have to arrest the suspect without any violence involved. U’ecin took up to the front where Ironno at his side, the police officers were backing away as back up and see what comes next. Again, performing on duty where they have to practice as police officers.
Rusic didn’t like this kind of training as he is next to Haw.
“This is not training much, more like they want us to test on something”
“This is what police do in the city right?”
“Within the bridge, the guards were always do the same but capturing alive is a new other thing. We can still beat them as punishment and imprison them to the next, probably they did it because of the people they have here”
“What so different about it?” “Uh ma’am, we talk about comparing our city to yours”
“That’s so . . . by the way it’s Ruby, there is no need to talk formally”
Rusic told the tale about Ender Bridge’s security, nothing much they could describe that the entire people are trained and they still have guards for peace and order. It is the obvious tale from him to say that every action has consequences and must be just to end that problem.
“. . . Like I was saying, I’m surprised you people wanting help but gives us more limits that we could ever control in those situations”
“I know, but they wanted to prove to the public their modern idea for protecting the people is still there without any problems that would easily harm their image”
“By the way, Rusic and I are wondering”
“Wondering about what?”
“It’s about the crimes within your city, why they rely on the mana battery?”
“I thought I was going to forget it, and this lad made a good point. No crazed people like you should rely those things”
Ruby thought about it too, but she starts to think differently after the incident in east coast. Then again in her mind, it’s too complicated to understand the mystery the use of those batteries. Not even one suspect been using it, what purpose of those mana batteries anyways.
“From what I learn from the police station, the investigation shows evidence that there were meant for the locals to use it. Horsin’s Criminal organization, do you know about those organizations?”
“Lass, I know much a lot in the goblin sides and their ‘organization’ but I assume it must be from Agatheus City, right Haw?”
“Yeah, but no Agatheans will never going to reveal it to you because of their complex magic network”
“Network, is there more from that city”
“Don’t try to pry deeper inside that city lass, we are still wondering how much people survive after the fall. The logistics in history doesn’t make sense as a world alone”
Rusic continues adding history within their conversation where Ruby starts to learn more about it. Haw on the other hand is waiting to go back to the topic where Rusic is pushing his time talking more.
“A war that lasts for hundred of years, that is beyond natural for any wars to last between those goblin tribes. Like most victims like you, I thank to the gods that you were not summoned during that time nor your ancestors. I don’t know how much people are left or even summoned . . .”
“Rusic, I think that’s enough for story telling”
Haw broke off the conversation that Rusic continues on and on.
“Thanks Haw, I never thought how long your friend talk like that. About the Agatheus City”
“Yeah, right. It is still mix race city with no elves. However, it once was a refugee city for all races. But there is one lore we mustn’t forget”
“The demons can’t die and can only be sealed away as their death”
U’ecin and Ironno are done practicing and heard the conversation.
“It is the greatest mystery how big inside the magic realms they made. Considering the crusade to Rune Isles that is approximately around 400 to 500 thousand moved and built that place, and now Ender Bridge housed only by the thousands if without magic”
Ruby already heard about those magic rooms, and her city is trying to replicate it but only for teleportation. Now it becomes an issue to where the gangs can hide, but she believed a population that big somewhere a ruin bridge. How long is that bridge is?
“So, you guys are telling me that the mana battery is where the most suspicion at is coming from Agatheus city. The same people who are trying to help us leave?”
“I’ve mentioning it before about those magic rooms, you think about the surface and not people living inside”
U’ecin have said what she needs to think, it is possible on her mind they are hiding inside the city. Demons hiding inside the city, there should be a lot of them. She still wonders about them.
“So those demons, they are probably be a lot more than I could imagine, right?”
“Don’t dwell something they can’t stop themselves for trying, lass”
“Listen to him, we already know why they wanted those mana batteries”
Myrrkei comes along to the group after checking out the equipment they have. Ruby remembers that Myrrkei has been involve in the research department, and the research can be related to the crime situation.
“That’s right, you know more about the mana battery smuggling”
“The rat knows, I guess I’ve been not much of a listener lately, haha”
“Rusic, you’ve been a talker within the island. It is the first that I could hear you didn’t talk to everyone yet”
“It doesn’t concern me to see him doing different jobs as I stay inside the island with you two. Haw, where were you staying anyway. You come to the island then leave after work from time to time”
“Don’t try asking that U’ecin, he has his own life”
“Surrounded by powerful people here, an alchemist where the city won’t allow to bring substances from Rune Isles”
“I’m still here U’ecin, the city is safe just like Enders Bridge”
“Ok, ok, let’s stop talking about the private life and let’s talk about the mana battery situation”
Myrrkei had shown to the police from time and time again, the problems on continuing the smuggling of the mana battery before. His reputation to share knowledge what are those clues meant, the city had made a good hypothesis as he had to repeat to them again. Showing them the mana battery, all of them already figured it out. Ruby is waiting for the explanation, while they already understand the battery where their senses filled with magical aura.
“This battery is the complete manufactured item. According to them that this the final product, and thought it was meant to sold off to the Kinteinnou region. After touching it, I felt I possessed using their mana but there is no certainty that we have the same impact they wield. The city thought they are smuggling important materials they need to alternately manufactured into something else. Recently, this is their prioritized target now after I work together with them” “I don’t about that, you guys . . . “
Ruby looks at them pretty seriously at the moment, they are feeling the mana flowing where the mana battery exposed them. None of them are magic users, but they have experienced using magic items. This feeling is no different, yet, they felt something ominous that the mana they possessed aren’t from the demons they are familiar with. There is no sense of origin at it is fully made on its own with no knowledge what magics they can possibly do. Myrrkei notices her
“You seem not to understand how they felt, let us show you”
The police locked the door and bring more mana batteries, the secret camera opens up and the officials are finally sees what they are waiting for. They are very careful which people they could trust, and the suspects they assumed are the Agatheans. Now they found out it is used for non-magic user as well, and they can’t narrow it down because of the possibilities of those mana batteries had become. The Enders are the only people they could stand against, removing their potential equipment through their laws. It is essential for them to get them easily as they are all relying on their magic items.
Yet, they are above better to their average people inside their city. Their performances of themselves in training did it better as they were already trained in the beginning. The officials watch closely where the selective team is decided. They look disappointed where they are hoping for the dwarf to be one to present his own use of magic. One of the officials send them the message to persuade the dwarf to be part of it too.
“Rusic, why won’t you be part of the demonstration?”
“I have magic in runes, I don’t need mana from the demon to do it”
“You can try it if you like” “Says that again to my kin that they are not bringing their runes to a fight”
“Sorry, we were just curious that’s all”
“A dwarf using magic!? I have my pride using the runes like it was our gods’ gift”
Rusic won’t even show off his rune weapons because of the new regulation, but he still has his bragging rights and show to them from what he could say at least. Ruby sees the mana batteries inside a concealed mana container where a specific magic spell with a code to open it. The police distributed to them, where only pairs on either side. Haw and Ironno against U’ecin and Myrrkei, both have different roles that is not suited for each other. U’ecin is the only one is flexible within his roles, while Ironno is defensive which relies only barricading and setting up traps in one specific room with Haw depends on his potions.
All those disadvantages where easily swept where all of them took their mana batteries. The competitors receiving so much magic flowing through their bodies, the eminent appearance of glowing eyes proceed them. Breaking off this moment of suspension among the police and Ruby around them, U’ecin hated to see their eyes glow
“Glowing eye? This is what happened if you are not a fully fledge caster”
“It’s fine U’ecin, we possessed their magic power. We are both confused as they are, right Ironno? Haw!?”
They never thought how Haw can be this creative with their magic. Preserve how he can reimagine the mana that the citizens possessed.
This appearance will make the police to value more about them using their powers, the officials see someone who is recommended to be part of the forensics show his potential as well.
“This is getting interesting”
Hastily they readied themselves where they use their mana to the most effective way. Haw made it a bit more utilized with the mana battery, mimicking the potions into mana. He turns to see Ironno using his. The room is already appearing magic sigils around them, Ironno has no full control but it is wildly appearing. There is no preparation, the opposing side quickly charges in where those magic writings already prove that Ironno won’t held back.
“Laugh* Ironno won’t hold back with his magic”
“They already starting?”
They have started without the police giving them space to fight at, now hurry to get away where the fight at. The magic writings and sigils burst out in the open, Myrrkei tries to block it, but both magic mingled together, disorienting the channeling of spells. Jangling coming from the magic interruption, there is bizarre sounds coming along leaving them confused when it interacted. The other magic writings activate prematurely as the room kept appearing more of it for no reason.
Haw has to face U’ecin in front, the man reached him summoning magic weapons on the fly. Haw backs it out using the mana battery, he has a bit of knowledge of using their mana through his observation with the other teachers. He dashes to the side and dodging every swing. U’ecin starts to move faster while Haw tries to disarm him, appearing to his hand that is supposed to be potions, trying to replicating his habits to the use of his mana. U’ecin replicating the tricks what the adventurers did as well, disappearing and reappearing the magic items he made. He hit Haw where his weapon reappeared but Haw got punched instead getting hit by the magic weapon.
U’ecin continue the attacks, Haw kept backing away that he feels that U’ecin using magic is not as effective, instead of him using his actual strength. The mana they are carrying are from the Isekai citizens themselves, they don’t know it also empowering their stats. Those two continue to fight on like their attacks mean nothing to the point they have slight damage among each other. Haw blasts away with his own magic carelessly and U’ecin doesn’t feel anything. The police read their power as they are closely identical to their power level. The differences they found out they are more adaptive but couldn’t grasp the use of their mana.
Ironno is tired of how the magic he is using is not good enough for his skills, quickly pull something out through his magic and proceed to join Haw’s fight. Myrrkei is using his magic to moves around them and unleash magic in range. U’ecin follow the transitioning and try to grab Myrrkei’s magic projectile, infused it through his own magic then land on Haw. Haw blocks it, by the flow of magic debris blown to the other direction. It wasn’t the magic Myrrkei expects, their magic is too free and no forms of actual magic being released.
Ironno surprised U’ecin coming from the debris strike down with his magic weapon. U’ecin already tried it on Haw and let him hit him instead. Ironno strikes him on the head, he is not sure that why U’ecin letting him do it. Another failed attack where U’ecin gets back to the fight like they are being hit nothing but smoking dirt among each other. The fight didn’t even progress any further, everything gets explode, the stats are too high for them to smack them down with their own raw strength, and even their own magic is unpredictable to use it let alone how it will affect them.
The officials who watch this felt the nostalgia when they have their first using magic. It is truly what they have feared, the very beginning was like that, they were blessed by mana but it nothing happened, and soon after, few people managed to control it. The ironic moment that happened when people start to learn more, that’s how those defectors decided to leave. Those people who tried to help them where the locals who were just exploring. They were killed after teaching them about mana. Now those four are doing it like they did, those non-magic users.
Myrrkei stops the fight where everything they have done is useless, they never understand why this mana is so different. Myrrkei assumed the same neutral mana, mistakenly, the content is unique. U’ecin have learned a bit other magic users and their magic items but this mana is to wide of a variation. Ironno thought the same with the magic writings, the writings are actual neutral mana magic. It seems odd why he can’t easily make it like the other magic casters. Haw has the basic knowledge, and he is still lacking somehow. Myrrkei said to the police and Ruby what they have done.
“I heard you people are like this when we use it, right?”
“Yeah, we remember. Back then we were entered this world, we were lost back then until someone came and wanted to help”
“Then the man was killed after teaching us how to use it, say, why are you people don’t know how to?”
“Because we don’t have magic, this doesn’t mean we have the same neutral mana. This mana has strange power to have higher resistance than we normally had”
“Really?”
Myrrkei already got something out from the mana battery, he had been testing the batteries for some time. Even to himself, it is impossible to master it in a short period of time. The citizens managed somehow during their first week, from what he heard. The one who taught them how to use it, they quickly mastered it somehow. Putting his mind to the test, he had to guess it must be their personal traits. The called UIs still mention among the researchers that categorized them away from them to the locals. Troubling to understand what it means is whereas their personal information dialogue.
Haw gets the idea with the mana batteries.
“If we think it carefully, I think your city lord need to be warned about it”
“City lord?”
“Let’s just say governance instead, Haw had no idea what to say like this”
“Get to the point, Haw. Or we just going to let that dwarf turning everything into a story”
“We were not even taking a hit and won’t hurt us in the process. If the supplies kept going like this, there might be a group of people might have a chance to go against this city”
Ruby don’t want it to be real, along with the police who are in service to protect the people. The officials heard it, another proposition to warn them about it. They have to end this case before what enemies will pop out from the city. The rebels were probably cooperating with the defectors, but they have no proof on this. For the Enders, they are expecting to be one of their people who are against this city. In the end, they didn’t know where the mana batteries shipment being sent to.