Blood splattered on and around the lady, in different colors, as she watched the girl and the little Demon slaughter them. The gang was money collectors who illegally threatened weak citizens around the area. More splatter hit her face as she stared at the red one ripping apart half the head of one of them and walking up to her, offering half the head as a feast. She shook her head in denial, and the little red one just shrugged its shoulder and tasted the brain before spitting it out. She was in shock at these two, from whom she couldn't feel any darkness, suddenly turned from nice to evil in a second. Thankful she was, as the gang had beaten her for several months and ravaged her home for the currency of Randid, which was money used in Paladin Woods.
After what lasted ages for the lady, but just in a moment, she noticed the Demon and the girl were all covered in blood.
Rieven got a new T-shirt and shorter yoga pants that reached the knees. She squatted several times and noticed the flexibility in the pants. The only thing she was worried about was that she only did one kick towards the head of one of the gang members, and the head flew off the body; she knew that she must be careful not to use too much power when kicking.
"Thank you for your help. Here you have some Randid as help." The lady said, made movements, and opened her mouth with her hand, showing that she was eating something.
Rieven would put the Randid in her mouth before the lady opened her mouth, took out the Randid, grabbed an apple, and showed how to trade the money. Both watched the lady in awe when the apple went back and forth in the air. She put the Randid inside the yoga pants so they would not drop it.
Killeh smelled something in the air and pointed toward where the gang had come from earlier.
"That is the direction to market and the Van Polan organization's quarter. It is the first town here in Paladin. If you continue and pass it, you will come to several villages and towns, and it will continue to the 10th town, but it is forbidden to pass the 9th town, as unknown creatures rest in the area of the 10th town. The direction you came from is Stockholm City; it is the human world, and nobody is allowed in that area. The Van Polan organization will hunt down creatures that break Paladin's rules, and the witches show no fear no matter who crosses the lines."
Rieven and Killeh just nodded because she was talking too fast and too long for them to understand exactly what she meant. The lady waved them closer as she wanted to tell them a secret.
"I have heard the Van Polan organization has five male private investigators. Interestingly, the oldest one, which some think is Veronica Van Polan's lover, but it is just a rumor. My friends and I think that the oldest Male has a forgotten lover and even a child. Still, nobody has confirmed this, and he will move outside of Paladin with Veronica's son, which raises suspicions about them being lovers as the child has no resemblance to the oldest Male." She whispered to both of them as they looked at her with open mouths.
It was not because of the rumor itself; it was because the lady talked without stopping for too long for them even to know what she wanted to say, and she whispered, which confused both of them.
"Ki!" Killeh commented, pointing to the woods as he felt overwhelmed by the woman.
"Oh! Yes! Be on your way. Just follow the road for three hours, and you will end up outside the first town, but be careful." The lady told them and started to wave.
Killeh responded with a fistbump in the air, and Rieven decided to replicate what he did as they moved on to a road. They noticed how sturdy the ground was, like a royal road or something, as they had not seen this clean surface before.
After walking for an hour, they heard something in the bushes as a deer jumped out on the road and disappeared to the other side of the woods. A white-haired woman was breathing heavily, coming out with a shotgun and shooting after the deer. Rieven thought it was something like the master, but when the woman turned to them with a white shirt, the same type of blazer as their master had, but a different color in grey, with the same pants as their master but also grey. Long brown boots on her feet, and they just stared at the woman who was sweating furiously. Rieven looked down at her chest and noticed the woman had a much bigger chest size than she did. Killeh moved three steps forward and saw the shirt was thin, so something in black under it did not show the alarm bells clearly. He thought for himself if this was...THE UPGRADED VERSION OF ALARM BELLS he has seen so far. Three other women ran out from the woods, and the grey woman, who looked like the leader, walked towards both of them. The three in the back had black costumes with white shirts, and Rieven was in awe of their clothes because they looked the same as their master had.
"Meh!"
The white-haired woman was surprised by Rievens comment as it was not a greeting.
"Hi! My name is Veronica," she said, reaching for a handshake.
Rieven didn't understand why Veronica put her hand forward, but Killeh knew precisely what to do. He put one of the sticks that he had found on the road in her hand and looked with a serious look at her and then made a fistbump in the air as of respect that she wanted to carry some of his weapons. Veronicas looked surprised, not knowing what was happening right now, but she tried to act friendly as she was the president of a big organization, and maybe these two recognized her.
"Sorry! I am so sweaty! I am hunting for a real animal to cook dinner for the boys at home. I am sorry if I startled both of you!" She said, with both of them just staring at her. Killeh was staring at the alarm bells and couldn't decide if she should test it or if it was too risky, as he could not smell fear in any of them. When Veronica looked down temporarily, she noticed Rieven was barefoot.
"Marsha! I have boots on me, can you give your shoes to the girl? She is walking completely barefoot." Veronica said.
All three guards around Veronica looked down on Rievens both feet, and one of them took off her training shoes made by the company Flamidas. It felt completely different when they put the training shoes on Rieven's feet.
"Now you can walk faster!" Veronica said with a smile on her face.
"Well, I suppose you are on your way to town. Just continue for 20 minutes, then the road will turn right, then continue for 10 minutes, and the road will turn left, and you will end up on the main road at the beginning of the town." Veronica explained, but it was obvious Rieven and Killeh didn't understand anything.
"Meh!" Rieven said, and they started to walk away from the witches.
They were waving to Rieven and Killeh while they were walking away.
"Lady Veronica! Why did you not disarm the girl? Her aura made all three of us worried that an all-out battle would occur." Marsha commented while Veronica was still smiling and waving to the two.
"I do not know if the girl was stronger than me, but I could not feel that she was any threat, and her right hand moved several times in front of the red Demon by her side. It was a sign of protection if an attack would come. That is the reason why nothing happened. She only wanted to keep the Demon safe and did not want to start a battle. Sometimes, it is better not to ask or be hostile. I mean, what is the worst these two can do?" Veronica responded and kept smiling.
2 hours later...
Fanny was tired of all the paperwork Berk had created for her. Every time he goes on an assignment, he does not fill out the proper details of the report. How can he be so sloppy and disrespectful to Veronica when writing these reports?
Fanny was tired of reading his reports as the last one when he was going to catch a creature in the underground fighting in Paladin, he only wrote, 'It got fucked up, it was tall though,' in the report. Fanny didn't want to think more of this and decided to go and enjoy a strawberry donut in the rest area. She moved there and grasped her neck, tired from sitting in the same position for a long time in front of the desk.
When she came into the rest area, it was completely quiet. She took a deep breath as it was time to refresh herself and enjoy a couple of minutes of relaxation. Two donuts were perfect as an afternoon snack, and she put them on a napkin and placed them on the table close to the beautiful view of Paladin. The drinking machine was working on her excellent green-flavored tea, and she smelled all the harmony that the tea was offering her. She moved quickly to the table, drank the green tea, and uttered a short but effective 'EHH' sound. Fanny took a big bite from the donut with the strawberry gushing out, and she tried to use her tongue not to let any single drop of strawberry sauce inside the donut fall on the napkin. A crash sounded in the air, and Fanny spilled some of the sauce on her white shirt and tried to remove it with the napkin, but the red color just made it worse, and two buttons popped from her white shirt when she pushed her chest out. She was frustrated, and when she looked to her right, something crashed through the window right into her, so she fell to the ground. A man with a chain around his arm slowly got up, and she noticed it was Berk. He looked at her and said:
"It looks like you are okay, Fanny! By the way, some sauce is on its way between your chest. Just as a extra moment between us, I didn't know you had that big jugs. Are you competing against Veronica?" Berk asked with a smile.
Fanny, overwhelmed over being unable to have a moment for herself in peace, gets really angry about the disturbance the Van Polan boys have created again.
"I AM GOING TO KILL YOU BERK VAN POLAN!" She screamed out in the air.