Currently, Kealin and Alex were standing infront of what looked like an abandoned underground town. It looked as if all the stalls had been robbed and destroyed but what stood out the most was how quiet this section was.
"What is this place?" Kealin asked.
"You probably haven't heard of it. The maze has been here for as long as I can remember. Turns out a bunch of people couldn't afford life on the surface and decided to make do with what they had down here" Alex explained as they walked through the demolished stalls.
"Back then, the maze was run by gangs and they each had their own territories. At one point a war broke out.."
"..and a lot of people died down here. If those on the surface didn't intervene, the maze wouldn't exist today.
"This section suffered the most during the war and was never rebuilt...."while explaining. Alex had a sad look on his face and Kealin couldn't help but think that the war had affected the latter in one way or another and decided to change the topic.
"How long till we get there" Kealin asked
"We're here" The Man answered
The trio were currently staring at an abandoned theatre one that hadn't been used for a long time.
"Alright this is where I last saw em'. Now pay up." The man said as he walked towards Kealin but Alex dragged his clothes pulling him into the theatre
"Hey kid let go,what do you think your doing?"
"Well we don't exactly know where the girls are, so we need you to be more specific" Alex said as he dragged the old man into the reception hall.
While walking through the hall, kealin could sense different auras, meaning they were being followed but decided to overlook it.Unknown to Kealin, Alex had also noticed it and decided to do something about it
"HOW LONG DO YOU BASTARDS PLAN ON HIDING IF YOU WANT A FIGHT THEN COME OUT AND FACE ME!!!"
Alex shouted his voice echoing through the abandoned theatre
Suddenly, Kealin and Alex were surrounded by 8 figures in dark robes and a hood that covered their faces.
"You Idiots, you should have ran away when you had the chance, now you're both gonna die," the man said as he walked to the side of one of the hooded men.
"You can both r... Eh Eh"
The man felt a stinging pain from his chest, upon touching it, it felt warm.
"Your services are no longer needed " The hooded figure said as he pulled out the dagger from the man's chest
[New Quest]
[You are outnumbered ,defeat your opponents and earn your reward]
[0/8]
"This should be fun"
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Inside a dark room filled with different computer servers and computers connected to each other, were August, Tom and James. August was currently sitting in front of the computers with Tom and James behind him.
"So um, tell me again how you're gonna find the culprit?" James said while looking at the computer.
"Honestly I don't know," August answered while looking at different footages of Max and Lena.
"So what you planning do now?" James asked.
"When tracking down an impersonator, they are a few factors that are used to find the culprit..."
"...Behavioral Patterns...We'll study the behavioral patterns of the impersonator, including their, engagement with others, and response to different situations.."
"..Body language and movement can reveal a lot about a person's identity and behavior...how do they carry themselves? Slouchy, upright, relaxed?..:
"..Observe inconsistencies.. Look for inconsistencies between the impersonator's body language and movement and the real person's.."
"...Contextualize..Consider the context in which the body language and movement are being used. Is it consistent with the situation?"
"...Compare with baseline behavior.. Compare the impersonator's body language and movement with the real person's baseline behavior to identify potential differences..."
"And just like that..we have a match April Mea and Rudy James, one is in 10th grade and the other is in 11th grade, hmm..turns out the female was friends with your missing person..." Alex said
Tom took out his phone and informed Sarah about their findings
"Alright a search party has been deployed to find those two. For now let's head back to the station"
Tom and James were ready to leave but before leaving
Tom turned to August and said
"Hey August there's a new bar that just opened on the surface. how about we go get a real drink and not some underground alcohol"
"Hm. What ever you say mate"
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Inside the abandoned theatre, Alex and Kealin were facing the 8 dark figures in robes.
One of them rushed forward with a dagger in his hand ready to attack the duo. He thrusted his dagger forward but Alex had dodged the attack and grabbed his wrist before delivering an uppercut to his opponent, the dark figure immediately moved back but Alex covered the distance and delivered a combination of attacks and finally sent his opponent flying with a roundhouse kick.
"His opponent has a weapon and he still overpowered him, just what sort of monster are you?"
Kealin thought as he looked Alex with admiration and respect. But the moment was short-lived as another one of the dark figures rushed forward to attack him.
Kealin used his mana and increased his speed he got behind his opponent and sent a right hook to his face but suddenly something strange happened.
The shadows below the figure's body enveloped him and he suddenly disappeared and appeared behind Kealin ready to attack.
"Shit.." The teenager gritted his teeth as the dagger pierced his right shoulder
The figure pulled out the dagger, ready to finish off the teenager. But before he could , his wrist had been grabbed and standing in front of him was Alex
"Sorry I got you into this mess Kea, but if I hadn't put pressure on that man maybe you would have been duped and we would have gotten no where... still I can't let you get hurt or die because of me .. "
Suddenly the atmosphere around the two became dense, the aura around Alex grew tremendously, his muscles grew in size and he now had a faint blue glow around his body. Then Kealin noticed that Alex's mana had grown and enveloped the both of them, it was then he saw that his shoulder had already healed
[NAME: Alex Collins]
[CLASS: Warrior]
[PROFESSION: Paladin-Excels at both melee combat, healing and support]
"I'll take it from here.."