The four of them were on their way back to South Neva on a ship that Rasmus had rented. He rented the whole ship, and it cost a lot of money since the situation in East Neva was really bad and everyone wanted to leave the continent.
The ship’s captain hesitated at first when their destination was East Neva, Eddenvilla to be precise. The reason was because the marines would shoot down any ship that tried to enter the South Neva Sea, but Rasmus managed to persuade him.
Rasmus was training his body in his room after he drank the last medicine that the Grandmasters gave him. His body had grown more muscular and toned, but barely got bulkier because of his genetics as an Orthias.
Once he was done training and meditating, he looked at his left arm. He watched as he controlled every muscle in his arm and moved them like waves under the skin. He slowly put his left hand on the floor and did a handstand, slowly removing each finger until only the pinky and ring fingers were left.
"This is humanly impossible to do, and yet I did it so effortlessly," Rasmus muttered as he stared at his pinky and ring fingers. He slowly folded his ring finger, leaving only his pinky finger on the floor.
While he tried other things that were humanly impossible, he heard the bell rang, signaling danger ahead. He grabbed his shirt as he walked out of his room and went to the top deck. Javi and Aris were already there when Daryus came after Rasmus.
"Sir, two Marines ships ahead," the captain said with a worried expression. "They’re approaching..."
"Put down the anchor, and let them come," Rasmus said as he walked to the front.
The captain told his crew to anchor the ship and wait until the Marines’ ships arrived. They were anxious because nobody could enter the South Neva sea and had sunk a few ships in the past two months.
The moment the two big marine ships anchored and surrounded Rasmus’s ship, they boarded the ship to do an investigation. The captain looked at the people who boarded the ship and found it suspicious when there were only four people on board, excluding the ship’s crew.
The marines captain noticed Aris’s face, and it turned out he was the one who stopped her ship when Aris was on the task of hiding the body of the saint.
"It’s you..." The marine captain said as he approached Aris.
Aris looked at the marine captain for a few seconds, and she didn’t remember him at all. She had a habit of not wanting to remember the faces of humans unless they were important to Rasmus or someone that piqued her interest.
"You don’t remember me? It’s me, the one who boarded your ship back then. When you want to give your friend a proper and secretive burial?" The marine captain raised his brows as he stared at Aris, admiring her beauty.
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The marine captain looked at Javi, who looked suspicious, and then Rasmus, who had white hair just like Aris. He looked at Daryus, who seemed like a scholar. The group didn’t seem normal at all, however, he didn’t see any hostility from them.
"Under the order of our Commander Gullivard, nobody is allowed to enter the South Neva sea without business permits. Without any permit, we suggest you turn around and go back to where you came from," the marine captain said with a serious expression as he stared at them.
"Is that so? Can you tell him that I want to see him?" Rasmus asked.
"And who are you?" The marine captain raised his right brow and stared at Rasmus.
"Rasmus Blackheart. Just tell him that I’m here," Rasmus answered as he leaned against the railing.
The marine captain was taken aback when he heard Rasmus’s name. The knights also recognized the name, and they all looked at their captain, waiting for his answer.
"If that’s the case, come with us. We will take you to Commander Gullivard. We can’t let any ship in," The marine captain nodded with understanding and then guided them to the Marines’ ship.
After they had boarded the marine ship, they went to headquarters to meet with Arka. The journey took two days, and Rasmus tried to gather as much information as he could about what had happened in South Neva for the past few months.
What Rasmus heard from Aris was barely scratching the tip of the iceberg because the issue was more severe than what he had heard. Republic of Lineva had been occupied with the revolutionary army with Kiel as the head directive. His influence in South Neva had reached half of the continent. Countless of people had lost its way and blindly followed Kiel because of the miracles that he had shown.
The worst part was that the South Neva Union couldn’t unite the remaining nations who were against the revolutionary army. The main reason was because the South Neva Union couldn’t protect the royal families that had lost their nations. With that being said, the remaining nations took those families under their wings with the sole purpose of war against the revolutionary army. They had decided to band together and create a powerful alliance that chose to fight even though they didn’t know what kind of enemies they were against.
The South Neva Union also had the same objective, but they were considering the innocent lives that would pay the price. They couldn’t make a sloppy move because innocent lives were their priority. They were still trying to convince the alliance to hold their desire for war, negotiating that the South Neva Union would help them but they needed to rescue the people that were trapped in the situation.
"The South Neva Union is basically trying to prevent the alliance from losing because they have no idea how powerful the enemy is..." Daryus said after he listened to the current situation in South Neva from the marines’ captain. "They have no idea that demons don’t kill, they take over lives and make them the vessels of the remaining demons that are waiting..." he added.
"That’s right. The war is only making it worse, and the South Neva Union is currently struggling to find a solution to that. But knowing that the alliance is a bunch of ignorance, they’re struggling to convince them to not wage war," Rasmus nodded in agreement.
"That’s why we are preventing anyone from entering South Neva because we don’t want to add another problem to our current situation. The Marines had secured the shores, preventing the revolutionary army from leaving or extend their influence through the sea route because the land route has been covered by the South Neva Union," the Marines’ captain added.
Rasmus wondered how Videl and Carrion were doing, knowing that they were taking part in the whole mess. He didn’t care much about Videl since he knew what he was doing and knew that Videl had grown stronger, however, he was a bit worried about Carrion.
"We should arrive in a few hours, get some rest," the Marines’ captain said as he got up and left.
Daryus looked at Rasmus who was deep in thought, and wondered what was going on in his mind. He could see the concern in Rasmus’s face, and that alone was enough to make him feel relieved in a way because he found out that Rasmus wasn’t as emotionless as he thought.
Once they arrived at headquarters, they saw a huge fleet docked around the island with knights and mages boarding the ships. They were about to do their daily patrol, but it looked like they were about to invade a nation with that much manpower.
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The four of them were guided to Arka’s office which was inside the fortress on the fourth floor. When they entered the office, Arka was in the middle of a discussion with his right-hand man, a man with an eyepatch that covered his left eye. Arka was surprised when he saw Rasmus again, and he knew it wasn’t a good sign, however, he noticed the significant changes in Rasmus’s appearance.
"It’s been a while," Rasmus smiled at Arka.
"Yes, it is," Arka nodded and then looked at Aris, Javi, and Daryus.