章節 28: Motives Of The Commandment.
The Prophet, who was seated on his throne with his face resting at the back of his right hand and his legs crossed.
"I see, so they failed." He muttered to himself, but his tone implied he had expected this much, and Alora would pop out from seemingly nowhere.
"You don't seem at all surprised." Alora said, not reciprocating the over the top respect both Jin-Hyuk and Chaewon had shown previously but he remained silent.
"Do you know about the battle called the Final Judgement?" The man would ask Alora.
"Wasn't that the battle that created the Generals?" Alora answered the question with another question.
"And tell me what the story says?" The man known as the Prophet asked her.
"It was said that a war waged that resulted in loads of lives lost, the numbers are unknown but it was astronomical. Of course, both sides took heavy casualties but eventually, the keys were all destroyed alongside The Ten Commandments." Alora responded.
"It keeps changing, it is like a story yet to be inked. How do you think we came about to be?" The man asked her, and Alora had no idea where this was going.
"Cannibalism that triggered a forceful mutation?" Alora responded, sounding unsure. This would bring about a light chuckle from the man.
"Over time, the truth shall change to lies. Say those lies enough times, and they become the truth. At the beginning of time, a man named Admetus led a kingdom. He was a fierce warrior and a good King. He had a sword that was rumored to trap the souls of those he killed.
Admetus was on the verge of conquering a neighboring kingdom but his troops and he had unknowingly wandered into a land plagued by disease and death for nature was against them.
It took less than a day for half his troops in his army to be afflicted, including Admetus himself which put a pin in their conquest.
An altar was discovered and Admetus said a final prayer. He prayed for the unification of the kingdoms. And a devil appeared with a bargain.
And this was the birth of the first Abnormality and how he came into existence, but it came at a cost.
Admetus would not live to rule the kingdoms he had unified and he did not like it. He would betray this contract, seal this devil, and split it into 7 Keys for he lacked the power to destroy it
Admetus would go on to rule his kingdom as an autocratic ruler and have children that eventually awakened this 'gift'.
We, The Commandments, seek to correct the mistakes of Admetus and for that, we need the keys." He said and this surprised Alora, this was the first time she was hearing this and truly comprehending the motive behind the Ten Commandments and this made her speechless.
She did not know what to say and she was certain that he did not want to prolong this conversation and sat there in awkward silence as the Prophet remained hidden in a dark corner of the room.
"Why am I shaking?" She thought to herself before looking in the direction the voice of The Prophet came from.
It did not take long for Hayoon to find out about the collapse and knew that this was not a possible occurrence unless external forces were involved. The recovery of a female body was reported a couple of minutes after her phone call with Byung and this troubled her. Journeying there with her partner.
They arrived at the scene in no time, it had been cordoned off with police tape creating proximity in which would tell civilians when to halt
"This is terrible, who would do such a thing." Her partner could be heard saying and all that went through Hayoon's mind was where was Jin-Hyuk's body. He was dead when she last saw him but it seems whoever did this, they somehow tracked them. This brought forth a concerned look on her face, she suspected that someone was watching her.
"Hayoon, you good? You have been quiet." Her partner asked.
"Oh! I am just a bit tired. That is all. Can you handle this, Mori?" She asked and he nodded in compliance.
"You should go home and rest, you look exhausted. I will handle things here." Mori assured her and she would let out a tired sigh.
"Thanks a lot, I owe you one." She responded as she began to walk away from him and just then he would say, "Well, you could make it up to me by taking me out." This made Hayoon turn back.
"That's cute." She said, before turning to continue her walk.
This left Mori looking like a fool and he would pretend like he never said anything but officers on the scene had heard this and one would say, "aaaaawkward…."
Hayoon, who had managed to change into something far more casual, would head over to meet Byung. She found herself putting on makeup, even though it was light. She became overly self-conscious if she was over or underdressed.
"I probably should call him first but what should I say? Won't he interpret it as me being pushy? This is difficult." She muttered to herself as her car shot through the streets like a bullet.
It only took a couple of minutes for her to arrive and Hayoon was surprisingly hesitant for a Police Officer, showing her more feminine side.
She decided to softly knock on the door, and Kwan would be the one to answer. Hayoon was surprised not only was he good looking but she thought she had just knocked on the wrong door. Looking at the house number to confirm.
"Oh! You are Hayoon, Byung is expecting you. He is pretty stoked, to be honest." Kwan said, trying to be his definition of a perfect wingman.
"R-really, he is?" She responded, playing with her hair. This surprised Kwan but it was a good sight to see.
"Please, come in." He followed up and she would enter the house. Kwan was shocked Byung could pull such a good looking lady but he could not say he was surprised.
Byung, however, was not aware of her presence as he laid in his bed with a pack of tissue and a laptop on his lap, watching anime but of the more raunchy genre.
"You can enter." Kwan would tell her, pointing to the room in which Byung was in. Byung could hear voices but could not make out what was being said and just then, it hit him.
"SHHH*T!" He shouted but could not close his laptop fast enough as Hayoon entered his room and saw him lying down there and like a ticking time bomb, the anime decided to show an obscene scene just as she entered. And Byung was flushed with embarrassment, looking like an idiot.
"This isn-!" He was interrupted by an excited Hayoon.
"Oh my God! Is that High-school of the Deadz!?" She asked in a high pitched tone, sounding ecstatic.
Byung went blank for a second, stayed silent for another second, allowing his brain to reboot.
"I cannot believe this. You are a fan too!?" He asked as Hayoon closed the distance, nodding her head, sitting on the edge of his bed.
"It is my favorite show, Ishhiki is my favorite character!" Hayoon responded with a broad smile, asking Byung to scootch over.
"H-Hey, I am sick." Byung tried warning but this fell on deaf ears as she laid beside him and only after she got in bed would she realize what she had done but getting out would be much more awkward.
She always got so passionate when anime was involved but now, she was in the worst possible scenario.
"Hey, do... can I get you anything to drink?" Kwan would ask from behind the door, the doorknob turned and Byung would shout, "D-don't come in!". This warning was ignored and Kwan entered the room. Ane behold, Byung was in bed with a lady mere moments after she had entered his room.
He took in the sight, with Hayoon's face flushed red.
"Don't do it, man.," Byung warned as he saw Kwan reach into his pocket slowly.
"Don't man…" Byung pleaded but the phone was out and was about to align it to take a picture but a brief flashback with the situation with Alice made him put the phone away. Exiting the room quietly, Byung heaved the loudest sigh of relief he could muster.
The episode soon finished and she slowly got out the bed, apologizing to Byung but he waved it off.
"Hehehe! It is refreshing seeing someone that likes anime as I do." He said with a broad smile and this made Hayoon reciprocate said smile but then, she remembered why she came as she readjusted her scuffled clothes and cleared her throat.
"We need to talk." She said, finally sounding serious, she now had her cop face on.
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