Domination System

Chapter 53

“old man, why so dull today?” Herald asked Sunil. Throughout the day Sunil had been out of focus, unlike his usual self. He smiled less today and seemed have other things on his mind. As a good friend herald was concerned about him.

“it nothing, no worries" Sunil forced a smile

Herald looked at him in doubt “are you sure?”

Sunil nodded and smiled. “see you tomorrow Herald” he patted Herald on his shoulder and walked away. His shift had just ended. It was time for others to take over.

To be honest, something was really worrying him. This was the second day Justin had left the house now, he had heard no news of him. Seeing as on his face day he got scammed of all his belongings, Lord knows what has happened to him this time.

Before he could leave the city central trade market, a group of people clad in armor rode horses into the market. A tall muscular woman seemed to be the leader of the group. There were about twenty of them, all fearsome looking.

“hya isn’t that the fifty strong?!”

“Certainly looks like them. What are they doing here?”

Herald immediately wet up to them and knelt on one knee. He bowed as he spoke “Lee knights, to what do we owe this honour" many people knew them as the fifty strong but their official name was lee knights since they belonged to Lord Lee.

“Handel, show him the picture" Miss sith ordered one of the men.

The man carrying the picture came down from his horse and handed the picture over to herald

“Have you see this man” miss sith asked as she looked down on herald.

Herald took a careful the picture and the description under it. “No, no one of this description has crossed my path" he answered. He had never seen anyone like that, besides, the description said green hair. Was this a problem relating to the elves? Were they on the rise again?

Sunil was not too far say from herald and he could see the picture he held. He immediately recognized the person drawn on it...it was none other than Justin!

Sith looked around the market surveying every single human around. He eyes caught te shadow of a man walking away...a gut feeling told her to stop him

“hey you!”

Sunil kept walking, he was sure he wasn’t the one being referred to.

“Hey old man" sith called again.

Sunil then stopped in his tracks. As he slowly turned back.

Sith got down from her horse handing the reins over to herald. She took the picture from him and walked to Sunil.

Sunil bowed as sith reached him. “How may this humble one be of service”

“This man, have you seen him?” Sith was in no mood for superficial greetings as she went straight to the task at hand. She handed the picture over to Sunil as she carefully studied his expression.

“No, I dont believe I have" Sunil maintained a calm look.

“Check again. Are you sure you haven’t seven him?” She asked again. There was something off about this man. She had noticed him the first time when he looked at the picture in Herald’s hands. Immediately he saw it he started walking away...like he in a something.

“I have seen no man like this, perharps you should ask the others” Sunil stated and didn’t seem all too welcoming to the questions.

She nodded her head a bit and took the picture away from Sunil. She slowly removed her helmet and backed away from him.

Facing the crowd she said. “I am Sith, fifth commander of the fifty strong. I am here today on account of a man, apparently called Justin. This man infiltrated the Lord Lee’s house and stole from him. He injured the guards and threatened to kill the Lord’s daughter”

Gasps came from all around the crowd, someone dared to do something like that? Who was this Justin of a man!

Sunil himself was surprised, did Justin really do all these? He knew next to nothing about this man but something in his heart told him this wasn’t the deal truth. The lee house was known as a rotten egg among the Lee houses in the city...certainly what they spoke wouldn’t be the whole truth.

“The actions of this man will no go unpunished. The Lord has offered anyone who can bring accurate information of this man's whereabouts, five million manbres and a spot in the Zigan race" sith said with a voice of authority.

“a place in the Zigan race!!”

“wow that’s awesome! All these just for one man?”

“ he must have really earned the ire of Lord lee"

A man in the crowd raised his hand up.

“you, yes?” Sith pointed at the man.

“Lady knight, you have offered these rewards but how do we find a man whom we have no idea what he looks like?” the man asked with greedy eyes.

The crowd voiced their agreement to what the man said.

“Handel, distribute the paper" sith ordered.

Handel went bad to his horse and took the bag on it, then he started distributing it’s contents. They were all artist drawn pictures of Justin with the required description underneath.

“There will be a bonus for anyone who can bring him personally to the lord’s house. As for now, take this as a little incentive for your future efforts" sith said as she signalled to one of the men. The man nodded and brought a bag which mingled like it was full of coins...which it was.

The man untied it and with a swift motion, he threw all the gold coins into the crowd.

People's eyes blazed as they struggled to take some for themselves. There were god freaking coins!

The horsemen rode out of the marketplace. With the acts they performed now, it would only a day or two before news of the criminal reached their ears...and then they would strike!

....

Justin sat on the front doors of Sunil’s house. Asmodieus was sitting right beside him, Justin had told him how Sunil had sheltered him when he needed it so he decided to wait with him. Athena just kept looking at Justin with bad eyes, this was outrageous really. And her brother, he was behaving so dumb...like his usual self anyway.

An old man in light armor carrying a bag of fruits walled up to the group. As smile appeared on Justin’s face as he took the bag from the man. “welcome"

Sunil was pleasantly surprised to see Justin, he was so glad his fears didn’t come true. “where have you been. You made me worry about you" he said as he lightly hit Justin’s head.

Justin laughed a bit “I got caught up in some things, let me take you inside"

“Ah ah alright. I see you ,are some new friends” he turned over to asmodieus.

Taking the cue, asmodieus went up to the man and lightly bowed as a greeting “Justin has told me so much about you good sir"

“he has? I thought he had forgotten all about me" Sunil patted asmodieus’ head. He and Justin didnt really have a deep relationship but almost one day of being together made them bond well.

“Fair lady, is she your sister?” Sunil asked asmodieus as he saw the resemblance between the two.

“yes she is. Forgive her manners, she’s a bit crude in that area" asmodieus apologized. Athena just ignored whatever was happening there. She couldn’t wait to return to the house but she had to go with this dumb brother of hers.

“No problem” Sunil laughed it off and invited the group inside. He offered them a meal but since they were in a bit of a hurry they refused.

Justin personally told Sunil of his arrangements to follow asmodieus. Since the man invited him himself then it was wasn’t bag to go, right?

“alright, just be careful. Not everyone is as good as they appear to be" Sunil gave him a word of advice.

“rest assured I know what I’m doing?” Justin smiled and hugged Sunil.

The group made their way out of the house, as Justin went out of the door Sunil held him back. He dipped his hands in his pockets and brought out a paper that had been folded up. He then handed it over to Justin.

“I didn’t want to tell you in the presence of your friends. Today a group of men from the house of Lord lee came looking for you in the trade market. They offered a huge sum of money to anyone who could give them information about your whereabouts and they even distributed this type of paper to everyone there" sunil's voice accompanied the sound of Justin unravelling the folded paper.

Justin was very much surprised to see his face on paper. They had accurately drawn him...They even drew him better than he looked. And the description on it...spot on. These people had come for him so fast? He had even forgotten about them.

“Be careful" Sunil patted Justin’s back and gently walked to his room.

Justin was left looking at the flyer in his hand and contemplating his next course of action. This could prove troublesome.

....

“uggh finally!” Athena grunted as she raced to the gates of the mansion in front of them. They had finally arrived at the Plato Residence.

The guards recognised them and they immediately opened the gates. On the other side of the gate was like a different world all together. Cut off from the troubles of the outer world. Spanning from the gates to the whole building, a white ceiling covered everything providing no way for sunlight to enter.

The air was cold in there...like very cold. It was as if winter was at its peak in this place. The floor were tiled smooth white, the reflection of anyone who walked could be seen. The walls were made of glass, study glass, something rarely seen even in the best inns they had.

A maid walked right over to the group, and Athena went with her. “I’ll be back when you’re meeting father" she said to asmodieus as she left.

Justin just marvelled at what he saw. This was architecture on a whole other plane. How do they even survive with no air or sunlight coming from the outside. Plants and trees were clearly being grown, flouroshing in fact. But how?!