Criminal X : Epitome Of Evil

Pablo would give the Military man a warm welcome. Cupid was sure of that as well.

"Czar!" Draxus's voice came from the hall of the mansion.

Since the mansion was big and empty, the voice echoed.

"Come to the top floor, there is an open room. I am here." Pablo relayed his location.

Draxus wasted no time and climbed the stairs.

He reached the top floor and walked on the corridor.

All the rooms were closed but he soon found a room open.

The door of the room was made of steel.

It was divided in the middle, making two doors.

The door was the push type but as Draxus looked inside the room, he forgot all about the doors.

His eyes widened as a strong stench greeted his nose.

"What is this?"

"Everyone shows the same reaction. I thought you would be different."

"Czar? Where are you?" Draxus could only hear Pablo's voice. He couldn't see him.

"Come inside. I am beside the door."

Draxus did as told and entered the red room.

The blood and the naked fat man on the metal bed wasn't something one could not react to. Draxus was a human too after all.

Draxus looked at the right side and behind the door, Pablo was seated on a chair.

"Welcome." Pablo greeted Draxus, smiling.

"What is going on, Czar? You told me to find those Abyssal Butchers but now you called me here."

"First, dispose the dead dogs lying on the entrance of the mansion."

"I already did that. My shadow ate them. I figured you killed them so I destroyed the evidence."

'Smart one.'

Pablo showed a thumbs up.

"Then take a chair and sit on the other side of the door."

Draxus did that and now Pablo was on the right and Draxus was on the left side of the door.

"Now, tell me."

Pablo nodded and shared everything he found today.

The General, the carriage driver, the captives women, and the military man who would be coming today.

Draxus heard all that attentively and in the end, he agreed.

"Sure. We'll wait. Maybe you will find one of your culprits."

"What did you find in your search? Any news about any of the five?"

Draxus shook his head. "No. I only checked two Marshals' batch. I still need to check eight more batches."

Pablo leaned back on the chair. "Take your time. Find them before one month. We have a mission to attend after that."

"Oh. Your first mission as a Marshal. What is it?"

"We have to go to the Hollow kingdom. The land of Cannibals."

Draxus went silent and eventually said :

"The war is near then."

"Hmm. I was the one who told the King to wage the war. But I didn't tell him to send me inside Hollow. He left everything to the Admiral and she gave me this job."

"You will be fine."

"Like I said, 'we' have a mission. My whole force will be going to the Hollow kingdom undercover. Including you, Flashy, Nike and Hena."

"So Nike and Hena are the new soldiers. Can you appoint them like that? I mean, there must be some kind of process?"

"I don't care. They are Abyssal Butchers from now on. I will deal with everything."

"Sure."

Draxus also leaned back on his chair but he again sat straight after a second.

"Czar, I don't know if you know it but I think there is something strange about that Hena girl."

'Does he know?' Pablo turned serious.

"What do you mean?" He asked.

"I mean, by human standards she is too beautiful. I haven't seen anyone as pretty as her and that's why…"

Draxus looked at Pablo.

"I think she is not a Human."

'Well, that's obvious.'

"Whoever she is. She is my slave. I have no danger from her. She won't revolt against me as well. Don't worry."

"Why don't you tell him the truth about Hena?" Cupid said.

'No. Not yet at least. That's how secrets get revealed. Tell one man and then it's all over the place. If the news got into the wrong hands, well, I won't bite more than I can chew.'

"You think too much. That's what I think."

'That's why you are the weakest Angel. Andre would have understood my point.'

"That's so mean. How cou-"

Cupid went on a rant and Pablo ignored her as usual.

"Well, if you say she is not a problem then I believe you." Draxus laid back again on the chair again.

Pablo appreciated Draxus believing in him as the young man didn't ask any other questions related to Hena.

"What will we do with the military man, czar? If he really comes here of course."

"I'll see. I don't know what I'll do myself."

"But I am surprised about your sister."

"Why? Is it the first time something like that has happened to a girl here? That too in a slum."

"No. Many girls share the same fate daily. But she was your sister. From what I have seen you kill anyone instantly so what happened that day? Why didn't you kill those five right there and then?"

"I had no Ego, no strength. I was hungry, naive, and poor at that time. I was afraid of those five and so I couldn't do anything to them."

"I see. And after that encounter you decided to discard everything and became cold and distant. That explains your nature." Draxus made his own belief of Pablo.

"Right." And Pablo let him be. He won't explain everything to Draxus. Not that he could understand it anyway.

After that, they chatted a lot more about various things and as time went on, the night arrived.

Pablo and Draxus had closed the door of the room and they were waiting.

There was pin drop silence around and inside the mansion.

Only the slight sound of Pablo's and Draxus' breathing could be heard.

KHREECH!

The main gates of the mansion opened.

Pablo heard that. He stopped breathing.

Draxus did the same.

Now there was complete silence.

Pablo was afraid that the disappearance of the dogs would make the upcoming man suspicious and he might go back.

Pablo couldn't just produce some demonic dogs in a day. The most he did was to hide the dog's bodies so that the visitor would feel at ease.

He waited for the door of the mansion to open as he believed the visitor would really come. The desire of flesh would make the man arrive inside the mansion.

And Pablo's thinking came true.

THUMP!

The door of the mansion opened.

He smiled.

Footsteps resounded in the mansion and the visitor didn't even call for the General which made Pablo think that this visitor was a regular here. He knew where he would find women.

Judging by the footsteps, Pablo also came to the conclusion that the man was drunk. His steps were slow and was stumbling often.

This would make it easy for Pablo.

The man walked slowly and Pablo and Draxus held their breath all the while.

They could be lenient since the man was drunk but they remained vigilant. No need to take risks.

The visitor finally stood just outside the red room and Pablo's heart beat faster.

KREE!

The doors of the room slightly opened and after a second, they opened full wide.

There was darkness inside the room, making it unable for the visitor to see the dead General on the metal bed.

The visitor had only opened the door though. He had yet to step inside the room.

"Lombard! Where are you? Give me some." The visitor shouted. It was really a man.

But even after calling the General, the man didn't enter the room.

'Will he not enter if he didn't get a reply from the General?' Pablo thought. He can't have that. The visitor had to enter the room.

Pablo decided to take the risk.

"It's ready. You can come inside." He spoke. He mimicked the General's voice to the best of his abilities. He could just hope nothing goes wrong.

"Took you long enough to speak, you bastard. Why is it dark? Open the lights." The man scolded, being drunk made him vulnerable and Pablo would use that.

"It will open as you step inside. It's a new technology." Pablo said.

"New technology? Where did you get that? Anhgh. Fuck that. I am coming. Get a woman ready for me."

Pablo raised a little bit from his chair and picked something that was kept near his legs.

The man stepped one foot inside the room.

"The light isn't coming. This technology is trash."

"You have to use both your feet." Pablo said.

"What a pain."

The man finally stepped both his feet inside the room.

"Walk a little further." Pablo said again but this time he kept his voice low. The man was standing very close to him after all.

However, the man seemed to be losing his patience as he wasn't worried about the location of Pablo's voice and fully arrived inside the room.

The man was now in front of Pablo and with no time to waste, in a split second Pablo used the thing he had on his hand.

The sound of chains rattling resounded in the room and before the man could figure something out, in the darkness, Pablo wrapped the chains around the man.

"Now!" He shouted.

And that was the signal for his right hand man, Draxus Maverick.

A blacker than black darkness appeared under the man's feet and that darkness gobbled the man, vanishing him from the room.

Like that, after waiting for hours…

Pablo captured the visitor.