In the palace, the Gaden report was later delivered to Lord White.
However, on the north side of the capital, there was some commotion going on.
People were walking, the sound of mud splattering, people talking, then a shouting voice echoed, and some stopped and looked around,
A man suddenly broke the door of the house. He fell down, his face covered in mud, and his clothes were wet and muddy. He then stood up and ran. He hit a man, dirtying his clothes, as he almost fell down again. He then continued running in panic.
Then a woman walked toward the broken door, glanced inside the house, and saw a woman and an elderly man lying down, blood covering the ground around their body.
She screamed; people gazed and stared at her; people paused mid-step, whispering and mumbling to each other.
Two guards ran toward the commotion, pushing others aside, and went through them as they inspected another piercing scream of a man echoing for help,
The guard told his comrade to assist here as he ran toward the source; the guard breathed heavily, legs sore, as he continued running, he shouted at other to clear the way in this busy road.
The guard arrived; he turned his gaze to his right: a man on his knee and a woman with messy hair, hair wrinkling, ripped cloth, and a small piece of dry blood on her face and on some part of her ripped cloth; the man had one hand holding her head and another grabbing her arm. She was lying on his thighs as he sobbed; the man then looked forward.
His tears fell down to his chin, his face wrinkled, as he cried.
The man bent down lower, hugging her with his arm on her head, his cheeks pressed against her face, as his tears fell through his cheek onto her face; the sensation of a faint warm breath from her hit his cheek, then suddenly it stopped,
The man paused, his eyes open wide, his mouth open slightly; his tears then fell more. He then hugged her tighter; the sound of his loud cry silenced the surroundings as people standing looked at him,
The Man: I swear to god and our family blood, I'll find that pathetic man of a husband; make him pay for taking your life.
The guard then moved his left leg; he took one step as his body trembled. In the corner of his eye, he saw a man approaching him,
The Man: My one and only sibling, why...
Meanwhile, the palace is currently having a mass report of crime flooding General Ulman's desk,
General Ulman: It's this many,
Then suddenly a messenger ran across the hallway; he grabbed the door and slammed it open, heavy breaths, shaking hands, and bleeding fingers, cut on his palm and finger, heart racing, as he spoke. with shaking voice
The Messenger: General, the church needs your immediate attention.
General Ulman, turn around,
General Ulman: What is it now?
The Messenger: There is a mass crime going on right now; there are too much injure people, it is overwhelming the small clinic, and even the infirmary is now overflowing with people seeking for healing magic.
General Ulman: What about Father? What did he say?
The Messenger: The church is now also experiencing a big number of injured people as well; the people there now do what they can to support.
Ulman's eyes widen; he then turns his gaze toward his right-hand man.
General Ulman: Send more support, and get them out there as fast as possible, while I'll be going to meet with General Tranor. Get moving,
Ulman grabs the document of the report and walks out.
Back in the capital, the street is empty: door cloth, shops are empty, some walk away in avoidance, and some stand nearby to see
twenty guard standing and guarding the area; a crime is ongoing
The guard entered the house; a man sat down on a chair, lifeless,
He walked toward the lifeless man, then suddenly a loud bang of the door opened; the guard's body jerked, and he turned around,
The Commander: What is going on?
The Guard: Apologies, Commander, I didn't know you were arriving,
The Commander: What happened to this man?
The Guard: his son murdered his own father,
The Commander: Then where is the son now?
The Guard: We have sent multiple soldiers after him, and we found him on the south side of the city,
The Commander: The South? So he's an addict.
The Guard: We have already checked the entire house, and it seems only his coin and some other item that can be sold are missing.
The Commander stares at the lifeless man, eyes narrow, clenching his fist.
The Commander: Report this back to the palace as soon as possible; we may have a crisis on our hands.
Meanwhile, General Ulman is riding his horse toward the church.
He arrives with his soldiers. Ulman gets off his horse and walks toward the church gate. Then a sound of mourning and shouting gets louder and louder.
Ulman enters the gate, and the front yard of the church is filled with a bunch of injured people. Then, suddenly, the father of the church noticed General Ulman; he ran toward him.
The Father: Oh, General, I am so relieved to see you here. Please request the palace for more support; the church can't keep up with this many people. Our healer and medical practitioners can't help this many people.
General Ulman: It will be alright father,
Ulman then called one of his soldiers.
General Ulman: Hey, get to the palace and inform them to get all the independence infirmary to assist,
The Father then immediately grabbed Ulman's arm,
The Father: Please don't. They are also being overwhelmed as well. I got a lot of them came here to drop off some of the patient as their clinic are full right now. Please inform the King; we need the King's authority to solve this crisis.
In the palace, a group of officials is walking toward King Juvian's office,
King Juvian: What?
The Office: The number of crimes is triple what we expected; the city guard is not enough to handle this massive number of crimes. So, Your Majesty, please give the order to get the military to assist,
King Juvian: What could have caused this?
The Office: We have investigated this matter, and it reveals that. The drug crackdown operation were get leak, and there has been a massive import of drugs happening during this time as well,
King Juvian stands up and slams the table.
King Juvian: What about the reserve forces,
The Office: They have already been ordered to assist, Your Majesty.
Juvian clenches his fist.
King Juvian: Inform the Head of the Maefen Family, get the military out there as fast as possible,
At the Erefeild office, the official is walking intensely toward the Erefeild Office; he knocks on the door.
The official: I am here to respond to your request, my lord.
The official opens the door and walks in.
Erefeild: Tell me, during the time of my order, how many things did you do?
The official's eyes widen,
The Official: Of course, my lord. I have leaked the operation to the drug lord and given the instructions on how to mass-import it.
Erefeild: And?
The Official pauses; he goes silent.
Lord Erefeild: These things aren't something that can cause any real issue; even if they do as you said they do, it can still be manageable. So what else?
Erefeild: Look at the official as he stands there in silence.
The Official: I fake the number, my Lord.
Erefeild leans back to the chair's backrest; he takes a deep breath, both arms on the armrest.
Lord Erefeild: Just as I thought that god finally found me.