My SSS-Rank Class Is Blood Monarch!

Chapter 227- Broken (Part 3)

Arthur lifted his foot from the spot with wide eyes. All of his worry, fear, and anxiety hit the roof and flew to the skies as he found himself not breathing for a few seconds. The puddle of blood was simply too big and it was completely dry which meant that it had been there for a long time.

"..." Taking a deep breath, he calmed himself as he looked up, his eyes scanning the area around him like a precise machine. He took in every single detail there is. That was when he noticed many things he wasn't aware of at the start.

The first thing was the footsteps. He noticed several frantic footsteps all over the place that belonged to people with different shoe sizes. That meant that apart from the dwarves, there were others inside the building.

'This kind of movement... There was a fight that happened...' He crouched down and stared at the footsteps with a deep frown. Arthur was on the verge of losing his mind and panicking. But, he decided to stay calm and take things in quickly and effectively. He knew that if something really bad had happened, he had to move smartly and solve the problem as quickly as possible.

"Fuck... Someone infiltrated the goddamn place..." Arthur cursed as he stared at the blood spots again. There were two distinct blood puddles with a few other bloody stains scattered nearby. The battle was most definitely very bloody and that only further pushed Arthur over the edge as he stood up.

"Goddamit! The worst had happened..." He muttered as he quickly turned around and walked out of the building and looked everywhere around him.

'No traces of blood outside... Did they get covered in snow?' He squinted his eyes as he clenched his fists and slammed the wall.

At that moment, Arthur turned around and looked at the other side of the street. He saw Isla and the others approaching him. They had arrived a few minutes late. Arthur quickly moved toward them as fast as he could.

"Hmm? Is everything ok, Arthur?"

"The kids. I can't find the kids." He said. "There are traces of a battle inside the wooden shelter. Someone or some people had snuck inside."

Immediately, the group's face turned pale.

"What?!"

"We need to find them. I think it had been hours since this fight happened. We are fucking late!"

Isla was the first to react as she walked past Arthur and headed into the building. A second later, everyone followed her and walked inside. They saw the blood, and the traces of battle and realized how horrifying it must've been.

"... We need to find them... We need to find them now!" Emmy muttered as he held her mouth, her heart beating loudly in her chest.

"I had this suspicion ever since I walked into the shelter. There didn't seem to be even any signs of someone approaching the shelter and the fact they appeared and disappeared like that made no sense. However, when you think that one of them has a tool to come in and out without the need to walk in or out... It starts making more sense."

"What are you trying to say, Isla?" Emmy asked with a frown.

"I'm saying... One of these men has a sort of teleportation ability."

"A teleportation ability?"

"Yes, and what proved my assumption is the current location of the amulets. They have all been thrown into the river on the other side of the city." She said.

"They got rid of them?..."

"Tsk, the bastards knew that the amulets are trackers." Danny clenched his teeth.

"What... What are we supposed to do now? Our only way of tracking them..." Emmy frowned.

It was good that they discovered what they were dealing with. But, that still didn't bring them any closer from finding their friends. The city was too massive to search it and it was simply impossible to track them if they simply teleported back to their place.

Isla frowned slightly as she nodded her head. She also knew that her deduction wasn't really solving the problem even if it took them a step closer to it.

'They must've left something behind... Any detail... Something we can use...' She thought to herself as she rubbed her chin. All she asked for was a small lead and she knew she could find them. 'Sora, Finlay, Serko... Did you leave us anything to find you? I know you wouldn't let them get you without fighting back...'

Isla trusted that those three kids were extremely smart and if they had the opportunity, they would leave behind a trace they could use to get to them. But, where was it?

At that very moment, where everyone was trying to figure something out. Arthur spoke.

"Hey guys, you definitely need to take a look at this."

A//N: Don't forget to give the book some golden tickets for good luck! :3