“Have you searched along the trail of blood?”, Peter asked while looking at the crude map. There are various places recorded at the outside of the town. Abandoned schools, windmill, hospitals are written with red words on the map.
“We didn’t dare to go after it since it scrapped the patrol car with great damage. I lost two men and I can’t afford to lose more. Moreover, I have a feeling that we might not have a fruitful result even if we hunt it down with a big crowd of armed men. But we had already investigated the new environment before that and I am quite sure that it is hiding at somewhere in this area.”
A bald middle age man with square face and a good looking mustache said and pointed at the red circle on the map. He is Sheriff of local police station, Sheriff Santus. His weather beaten skin and burly body made him looked reliable.
Peter turned his head to look at Ben and asked, “What do you think about this?”
Ben shrugged and said, “No idea.”
Peter looked back at the map and said, “Great. It looks like we are sleeping in the wild tonight if we can’t find it during the day.”
Ronald hooked Allen’s neck and whispered, “Why don’t we quickly go and buy some burgers and fries right now?”
Peter looked at the clock on the wall and said, “You’ve got thirty minutes, Ronald. And, buy at least twenty servings.”
Ronald wilted while walking to the outside with Allen, “Twenty servings in thirty minutes? Do you want to bite raw beef patties?”
Peter read the report about scarecrow event and information about abandoned buildings. After a few minutes, he put down the files and asked the bald sheriff for some men to show them the way and also to introduce the surrounding environment.
He was not disappointed. The bald Sheriff gave him two burly police officers and called Blake and another burly man into the office.
According to Blake’s introduction, the man is Bane in his story. Looking at thick arms and legs and typical square face, Peter have no word to say.
Ben didn’t even bother to check and just concentrated on reading the book in his hand. Recently, Ben has been spending most of his time in reading strange stories in occult world. As for the other three, they are still standing under the sun at car parking to utilize the day time efficiently.
Bane, who is around 180 cm tall, was bluffed just by looking at tall and strong looking Peter and Ben. Although he is known as a strong man in the town, he understands that he really cannot compare with the two guys in front of him.
May be these guys would be really able to finish that mysterious monster off like those priests easily took good care of that scarecrow. Bane thought.
After a while when Ronald and Allen came back in the pickup truck, Peter who sensed their arrival took the group of people to the car parking. He briefly introduced them to his team and got in the truck bed of pickup truck.
Ben speechlessly looked at the dude lying flat in the truck bed comfortably under the sun and got into pilot seat silently. Two pickup trucks and a patrol vehicle rushed out of the car parking and headed towards the east side of the town.
The careful townsmen also walked into the police station and started to ask for the news. The bald sheriff sweated and started comforting them with promises that everyone would be able to return to peaceful life soon.
After fifteen minutes, the pickup’s speed started to slow down and stopped entirely. Peter got up immediately and checked at the surroundings. Two police officers came out from the patrol vehicle at the front and waved at them.
When everyone walked to the front, they saw a badly destroyed patrol vehicle in the middle of the road. As if a plastic car model was scratched with metal claws and hit by a truck, scary big scratches and dents are still seen clearly on the badly deformed vehicle.
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There are also bloodstains on the ground near the vehicle. It looks like something dragged the bleeding victim towards the cornfield at the left side of the road.
Ronald swallowed some saliva after he did a comparison with his damage output and the scene in front of him. It seems that this trip is going to be dangerous. Ronald felt bad while glancing at the corn fields at both sides of the road. However, he saw nothing but just tall corn plants like the other people.
Moreover, there is also a thick wood at nearly a kilometer ahead. Peter who was talking with Bane about surrounding environment suddenly turned his head and looked sharply at the woods far away with slightly narrowed eyes.
His sudden strange action alerted Ben and the other people. As for Blake, Bane and two officers, they didn’t think much. They thought that Peter had thought of something related with the woods.
After all, vision of human is limited and looking the object at hundred of meters away is almost impossible. But general knowledge only limited the thinking of four people.
“Is there something wrong?”
Ben asked while Ronald was already looking at the distance woods through the scope of big sniper rifle which appeared out of nowhere. Although its sudden appearance attracted the four local men, they didn’t open their mouths and asked.
Peter nodded calmly and said, “Something just looked at us with hostile gaze. Unfortunately, I didn’t see it cause it had already retreated when I looked over.”
Ben looked at the woods in the distance and asked uncertainly, “Do you think that is our target?”
Peter thought for a while and nodded. He feels that it must be their enemy since it is hostile to them.
“Guys, put the armors on. We will go in with full equipment. Although we are strong, I don’t want any mistake just because we underestimated the opponent. Lion king hunts the prey with his full strength. We are better than lion so we must never make small mistake like underestimating the opponent.”
With Peter’s words, everyone silently called out their armors. With their silent calls, angel wings tattoos on the back of their palm flashed and the beautiful white armors appeared on their bodies.
Blake and the three men were surprised and looked at the cool looking knights alike big armored men enviously. With the armors, the already tall and strong bodies became even taller and burlier.
The new armors looked better than the previous ones made by that old man Nsak. Moreover, their performance is also better although the style and the build still look like the ones made by Nsak. It is due to crafting skill and also the materials quality. After all, Nsak is just a powerful transcender.
Peter and his men didn’t know these things yet. They are still thinking that these are just better ones they bought from Nsak. But they have picked a bargain and they didn’t even need to pay for them.
Their weapons also have changes. Unlike before with just guns, each of them are now holding giant square shield with one hand and the gun with the other. Even Ronald with a big sniper is no exception.
It was Peter who decided to make shield as a necessary equipment for everyone in the guild. Of course, after the religion was founded and it took over, the guild has now become a legion under the direct command of Sacred Heart religion.
All transcenders, who are qualified to bear the title of guardian spirit, must be able to efficiently use gun, shield and a melee weapon among various sharp edged cold weapons like sword, spear, hammer, and axe.
Of course, one needs great efforts in training to be able to use these things well. Guns are fine as long as one wasted some bullets. But cold weapons are not. Every experience is through bloodshed.
In order to be able to use the cold weapons well, Peter put great efforts in daily sparring. As for injuries, he is not afraid at all since a certain angel came and planted fountains of life in the yard.
The four hapless guys swallowed some saliva when they noticed that the two meters high shield has a thickness of around eight or ten centimeters. Moreover, they are using only one hand.
Hell, how do these guys carry these big shields so effortlessly. It looks ridiculous.
The four men thought about the same thing but they got more confident on Peter and his group.
Then, they witnessed Peter violently kicking out the damaged patrol vehicle to the road side. It made them swallowed some saliva again and they silently prayed for women of these violent big guys. Unfortunately, they didn’t know that Peter and his men could perfectly control every single part of their whole body well and also the strength they exert.
As Peter cleared the path, the four guys didn’t just stand at there and followed them to the distanced woods. One thing is they didn’t feel confident enough to face the mysterious creature by themselves.
Another thing is they wanted to witness how these cool looking modern knights would solve that mysterious killer. They felt that it would be really great to see the battle of occult world people.
Of course, the four men would not just follow Peter and his men on foot. Since the road has been cleared, they drove the vehicles slowly at the back and followed the team tightly.
However, they didn’t notice that a certain part of corn field in the distance moved slightly.