Pablo and company were inside the Forsaken Village.
The white mist pandemic started from there so it was only natural that the culprits behind the mist should also be in the village or at least the source of the mist should be in the village.
And if something like that was in the village then the entrance of the village shall be guarded. But there were no guards or any security. Pablo and the others faced no problem in entering.
The soldiers were burning everything and nothing was happening. No consequences were taking place. Such a scene screamed that something was wrong.
So Pablo figured two possible scenarios.
First, that there was nothing worth protecting inside the village and second…
"It’s a trap."
Pablo shared his thoughts with Jamal and Jamal was not an idiot.
"You are right. And if you can think like this, then why did you enter here in the first place?" He asked.
"Sir Jamal, you wanted some culprits, right? This is the best opportunity we are going to find some."
"So you willingly walked into a trap." Jamal understood.
"Yes. I had a feeling it can’t be that easy. I mean, we are already inside the village. It shouldn’t be like this. All the soldiers are still alive. We won’t be able to find anything without deaths."
The fire soldiers were still spewing fire all around and they were having fun. Pablo didn’t stop them as well.
"But you said no one shall die. You wanted all five thousand to stay alive." Jamal said.
"This is a pandemic. It won’t be solved without deaths. I said all that to boost the morale of the soldiers. Some deaths are evident."
"I see. So now we just wait?"
"Yes. If this is really a trap then whoever has set this up will come for us. We just have to hope that we don’t die."
"Good luck then."
Jamal and Pablo stood at one place and the fire soldiers burnt everything.
They didn’t move from their positions but their fire reached everywhere.
"Everything is burnt, Pablo. Nothing is left. No more houses. Everything is in ashes now." Cupid shared the news.
"Everyone, stop firing." Pablo shouted right away.
The fire soldiers stopped attacking and they stood straight like they did nothing for the past couple of minutes.
"There is nothing left to burn now. Only ashes are around. You all did good." Pablo praised.
"Yes!" The soldiers liked the praise.
"Now what?" Jamal asked.
’Why is he asking so much? He has a good mind himself.’
"Let me think." Pablo didn’t give a clear answer to Jamal. He needed his Angel view for that.
’What are you seeing right now?’ He asked.
"Nothing. In the place of houses, there are ashes. The ground is also on fire. And the color of the ground is black. This place is like a black desert." Cupid shared her view.
’What about any secret passage? Anything? Like a door to the bunker. A cave.’
"No. Nothing like that."
’Alright. This is a waste of time. Ask Andre if he thinks something is off about the place.’ Pablo asked for a better option than Cupid.
Cupid asked the male Angel.
"Nothing. This is just a typical village. Either this village has nothing or this is not the village at all." Andrezj shared his thoughts and Cupid shared it with Pablo.
’I understand. I understand everything now. Say thanks to him, Angel.’
Pablo stopped talking and turned around.
He was now facing the soldiers.
"Turn around, sir Jamal." He said.
Jamal also turned around.
"Everyone," Pablo said. He roamed his head at the soldiers. He couldn’t see anyone but he acted good.
And when he was done looking around, he bellowed :
"Retreat!"
Silence.
"Huh?" The soldiers only said this.
"I said Retreat!" Pablo yelled once more.
"What happened?" Jamal asked.
The soldiers wanted to know as well.
"If you all don’t want to die, retreat!" Pablo said again. In a more serious tone.
The soldiers looked here and there.
"I am the fucking commander of you all. Retreat, motherfuckers!!"
"Yesss!"
The soldiers finally moved. They all turned around and started marching back from where they came from.
Pablo’s curseful scolding worked.
"What happened all of a sudden? What about us waiting? Why are we going back?" Jamal asked all sorts of questions.
He was still standing and Pablo was too. They weren’t walking.
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"I will explain later. Let’s leave for now." Pablo held Sera’s hand.
"Let’s go, Sera." He said.
"Okay, dear." Sera replied.
Jamal shook his head and started walking but he stopped just after one step.
He stopped because he didn’t sense Pablo walking beside him.
"What happened? Let’s go." Jamal said.
Pablo didn’t reply.
He looked to his left side, at Sera.
Cupid and Andrezj didn’t understand what Pablo wanted to do. He was just staring at Sera.
But the next second, he did something.
He raised his hand and put it on the face area of Sera’s Demonite suit.
"This isn’t the time for romance, Pablo." Cupid said.
But just after one second, she ate back her words.
Because Pablo’s hand from Sera’s face moved down on her neck.
And in the matter of seconds, Pablo grabbed her by the throat.
"What is he doing? I will kill him!" Andrezj roared.
"Stop, Pablo. What happened?" Cupid shouted as well.
"What’s taking you so long? What are you doing?" Jamal shouted as well. He couldn’t see what Pablo was doing.
The soldiers heard Jamal’s shout and they also stopped retreating. They figured something was going on.
Pablo, however, gave no answer to anyone.
He applied pressure on Sera’s throat and lifted her in the air.
His right hand was clutched around her neck and if the Demonite suit wasn’t there then Pablo’s glare could have sent shivers to anyone’s spine.
Andrezj tried his best to hold himself back from killing Pablo right there but Pablo couldn’t care less about any Angels.
All his focus was on Sera.
He clenched with more strength on her throat and he gritted his teeths so hard that veins popped up on his neck.
And after making sure his grip was deadly, he brought Sera close to his face and uttered each word as clearly as possible.
"Who. Are. You?"