Chapter 235 Sentinels and Arbiters
"So where shall we start this time?" Lucius asked, as he played with a little cat on his laps.
"Look professor, I've already told you everything. There's nothing new to tell. So can we, you know, wrap it up." Rio said, as he felt weird seeing that guy with a smile on his face, with no idea what he's thinking about.
"Oh hardly, we just started to get to know each other. You still haven't given me the book about that guy you found me similar to."
"I told you, it was something I read when I was a kid, I forgot its name." Rio replied.
"You also haven't told me that the people from Warzy, especially, came to kill you at that restaurant." Lucius asked.
"How was I supposed to know that?" Rio asked, spreading his hands, feigning confusion.
"But that's what The Sentinels said in their statement. Their reports also mentioned that you were the one who fought with the man who was supposedly their leader."
Hearing Lucius say that, Rio shook his head, as if he had no idea about anything, and this was the first he heard about it.
Yet inside his heart, he was cursing Leon and Saisha for interfering with him. Even though he used the spell of mind break, to make sure no Sentinels and other law organizations didn't get anything useful for free.
But mind break was a spell designed to torture living people, it was made to make living people go insane. But using it on dead bodies, even though it worked a little, the high ranked psychics could still read a few memories after trying their methods for a while.
And now after two weeks had passed since that incident, it was no wonder they found something. He was actually surprised, that they didn't just dig out some video footage of any kind from that restaurant.
There are two rightful organizations working under the jurisdiction of the World Association, tasked with maintaining peace and order on all the floating islands - Sentinels and Arbiters.
Sentinels, a law organization tasked to deal with all the public crimes and terrorist attacks. Meaning anything that isn't towers, dungeons or monsters related,, falls under their jurisdiction, and they have full authority to handle these affairs.
Arbiters, an organization tasked with maintaining the order of the supernatural on the floating islands. Meaning dungeons, cracks, gates, towers, monsters - anything related to them, falls under the jurisdiction of Arbiters to handle with full freedom.
Both organizations report to Council of Guardians, made up of high ranking members and leaders of the world association.
In simple words, Sentinels are simply the police force dealing with threats coming from inside the arcadia. While Arbiters, hold back the threat of any attack from monsters and gods.
Sentinels wear a silver armor with the logo of a shield with angel wings covering it. Symbolizing their duty to guard and protect.
While Arbiters wear red armor with the logo of a golden scale inside a circle, which is being held in balance by a sword. Symbolizing their role of maintaining the balance of the world.
The two organizations are designed to complement each other. While the Sentinels have more extensive jurisdiction over public safety matters and outnumber the Arbiters, the Arbiters hold a certain level of prestige and influence due to their expertise in unique matters. The Arbiters deal with more intricate and high-stakes cases, but on a day to day basis, they need to rely on the Sentinels to maintain general order.
Arbiters are more famous due to their reputation in clearing the dungeons or raiding the tower floors and venturing into the unknown, while Sentinels just stay on the floating islands and keep track of all the criminals and underground terrorist organizations.
Obviously as one can guess with common sense, Arbiters are more powerful than the Sentinels. But they're both equally dangerous.
The attack on Dorsia obviously came under the territory of Sentinels. So after doing a thorough investigation and checking everything in detail, they've released a report about it to the world association. And Since Zenith is the one presiding over Laurelia Sanctum, they got a report too.
'But how the hell did this guy get his hands on that report?' Rio wondered as he thought about it. 'Did someone tell him cause I'm under his therapy for now. People are so free in this academy to chit-chat.'
"Well, it seems you killed him before he could tell you anything." Lucius said, after seeing Rio had no intention of telling him, if he learned something about the attack.
This was the reason why the principal and the Sentinels agreed to tell him everything about what they found. So he can get some more details about it, if Rio knew anything others didn't.
The Sentinels proposed to have a talk with Rio themselves, but the principal refused it, saying he was just a victim, and they shouldn't trouble him, when he has already given his statements on the first day.
"Not all villains like to talk bullshit before they attack. That guy just started to attack me the moment he saw me, I could just try to defend myself." Rio said with an innocent look.
Lucius smiled seeing that act, and asked "The reports also said that the leader's mind was tampered with, so they couldn't extract all the memories from their brains. You noticed something weird about him, when you were fighting against him."
"I don't know. Man was controlling so many golems together to attack everyone. So maybe that puts a strain on his mind. Could also be a backlash of using some strange artifact." Rio said as he laid back in chair, resting his back comfortably on the sofa.
'I should get one of these chairs in my room too. It's quite relaxing.' Rio thought.
"You're right. It could be something like that. You said in your statement that he was controlling those golems with a flute. And when every golem was dealt with, they both disappeared. Was that right?"
"Of course, you don't think I took them for myself do you?" Rio said with a smile.
Lucius placed the cat on the ground and crossed his hands. "Well, it doesn't matter even if you took them. After all, you were the one who killed them. The rules clearly says whoever deals with these kinds of monsters gets to keep the treasures. So they're yours now."
"Well, I would've given them to the world association, if I had them with me. If you're curious about that decision." Rio said, while tapping his fingers on the armrest.
If the Sentinels asked him for those artifacts and golems he kept to himself during that attack, then they could just pay him money for it and he wouldn't mind selling a few of them so they can do their investigations.
This was actually a rule of Arcadia that he really liked, if you killed someone, you can take their treasures and no one would ask you to hand them over. At the beginning it was made since awakeners were busy dealing with towers and monsters, and they didn't have time to deal with normal ground level criminals.
But they also couldn't ignore it - that's why they announced this kind of policy. This way, normal people started taking arms against these terrorists and the crime rates subsided a little.
But now that situation is normal but the rulers haven't changed this rule yet - the answers is, cause people don't want to accept any changes now. This kind of rule is like getting someone's bounty and treasures both for free. And no one will kick you out.
An example of it from earth would be the reservation for lower caste systems back in India , or the rights of minorities for outside countries - these kinds of rules and laws were made so everyone can be equal and grow together. But over the years, the same lower castes which were backwards when the rules were made are now sitting among the rulers, the minority which were hunted and bullied are now the majority or equals - yet still all those rules remain. It's not because the public still needs them, no, it's because the public is too used to them. That they can't lose the free profits. And if someone tried to remove these rules or change them, well then let's just riot and rebel.
"Hmm I see." Lucius said and nodded his head. It wasn't his money or his place to tell him to donate those things righteously so the investigation can happen smoothly, he himself wouldn't give a damn about anyone but do that too. Why should he share his profits for free?
"Can you wrap everything up for me, until the freshers party happens?" Rio asked.
"Why?"
"Cause people might think I'm crazy if they see how much time I'm spending here." Rio said his answer, as if it was the most obvious thing.
"And you care about their opinions?" Lucius asked.
"Well, then you can think of it like, I'm just wasting my time here talking, when I could just train to get stronger and control my skills better
After all, that's why this whole thing was started anyway,"
"I can see that you're perfectly fine now. So maybe you were right, and it was just a mishap. And you can handle yourself in the future." Lucius said, as he looked at the cat playing on the ground, trying to jump high and sit on his lap again.
"So.. "
Rio's words brought his focus as he continued "So I'll talk to Miss Freya about it, and get you all finished up." Lucius said as he closed his notes.
Hearing his words Rio smiled and nodded his head. Finally it was over. "Thanks professor."
The sound of a bell rang out from his watch, as the time for today's session was over, Rio said goodbye and stood up to leave. He reached till the door, but then he thought of something and turned back -
"Ohh now that I think about it , before that guy with golems died, he was saying something like there's only one God of sun, and he's coming back."
Rio finished his words and left without looking back. Lucius, who had closed his notes, opened them again and wrote down what Rio said just now.
"What do you think, Misty? Is he telling the truth?" Lucius said as he picked the cat and placed it on the table. The cat tilted it's head, looking a little cute and confused.
"Yeah, I think so too." Lucius said, as he started patting it. While his brain thought 'Sun god huh. Is it Apollo - he's the one who's been missing and silent since a long time.'
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