At the very east of Morozgor, there was many separated villages that were stranded away from the eyes of saga Lunae, the biggest problem that these villages had was that there was a corrupted being ranked as unknown because this being hunts in pitch darkness and doesn't let any witnesses to tell the tale about what is he.
There was a total of five of these villages that were suffering from that beast, each village have at least lost a minimum of eight individuals, which means that they lost a minimum total of forty individuals, and surprisingly some of these villagers were level 2 element users.
At this rate, the villages have had enough and they raised a request at the mercenary camps(especially the biggest and overall the one with the strongest mercenaries that is called Gladius Auremanuum which means the goldenhands's sword)and everywhere about there situation due to the fact that the concilium barely helps the placesaround Saga Lunae, they demanded a man who got fifty eyes on his head because that thing loves to assassinate his victims from the corners they haven't seen, speed and fast reaction is also necessary.
Two weeks ago before the new headquarters was finished, Ahab was walking in these mercenary camps, searching for severe requests about powerful corrupted beings and he encountered this case and two other cases as dangerous as or mysterious as them.
He signed up for the three requests and signed that he will arrive in 2-4 weeks, he used a fake reason for why he will take this long which is:
"I apologise for the long time that i will take, but firstly, i need to study the atmosphere and the whole area before i go to encounter such a malevolent beast that hunts from the shadows and i will demand no aureus for this case." (A mission that dangerous might cost around 50 aureus as a minimum payment, that's a lot of money too...)
While Ahab's real reason was that he needed this time to make sure that the new headquarters was done being built, all of it's underground and ground surface invisibility walls are working too.
Current time:
The villages that are next to Morozgor were sleeping in fear, there watchmen can't even sleep nor laugh with each other, they took there job very seriously and at a distance of around five hundred meters away, they barely saw a man with the faint moonlight, he was wearing a Cordobés which was the reason why they didn't see his face, so they screamed:
"YOUR KNEES MUST FACE THE GROUND IF YOU ARE HUMAN."
The man have fell on his knees for ten seconds, while there was also a faint yellow light beneath him but that still didn't bother him, at this moment one of the gaurds asked the other:
"Wait how long has it been since we our request in the mercenary camp have received an acceptance from that mercenary called Ahab?" The other watchman replied
"Fifteen days ago-"
"ARE YOU FUCKING SERIOUS??? THAT IS AHAB RIGHT THERE WHO IS SUPPOSED TO HELP US YOU STUPID SHIT, WE HAVE TO GO TO HIM AND APOLOGISE FOR THAT MISUNDERSTANDING."
"YES SIR."
soon after, the two watchmen have arrived to the man wearing a Cordobés, one of them instantly said:
"Ahab, i am so sorry for that misunderstanding but please understand that-"
"Shhh, first of all, i am not Ahab, i am one of his servants and for the greater safety of this village i shouldn't tell you my name, because i am a very wanted person, second of all, i understand why you told me to kneel because of these yellow fire that were underneath me that activates the moment it detects anything that walks on four, but i am a human and i walk on two and if i kneeled, my two knees and feet will count as four." One of the watchmen replied:
"Impossible, sir you have understood how our trap completely worked, you must be the one to free us from that thing." Aitor replied:
"How about we go to into that village and i ask the locals for the last bits of information that i am missing such as were these people were last seen you know?"
"Oh ah- sure thing, Dante open the gates and tell all the villages that our saviour have arrived."
"Yes sir!!!" Aitor then said to himself:
"(Are you fucking serious? How many dantes am i supposed to encounter in my life?)"
The two watchmen have introduced the entire village to the unknown mercenary who serves under Ahab's command, they wanted to celebrate but they held back because the extermination of that beast is there priority.
Aitor was then introduced to the first household, he asked:
"Who died?" Aitor was very rough with his language even with the family of the victim, an old man replied:
"My precious child, the only thing i have had after my wife's death to make me feel that i am not alone anymore, he unfortunately had to go two months ago."
"How old was he?"
"Ninteen years old." This answer that Aitor have heard have shaked him a little bit, he then asked:
"It's surprise question but, was that child by any mean,...have had no siblings?" The old man answered:
"Oh no, he was my youngest child, however when he was killed, his other two siblings where in a...well... a war that happened many years ago against the rule of the indominus rex..."
"Under Dante the blue scourge's command?" The old man was in a surprise that Aitor knew Dante, Aitor then said:
"Oh no, i was there watching this battle, it was honestly a tragedy that Dante was betrayed by his right hand and had many young warriors die, back to our case, do you know how did that beast look like?"
"No,...i am sorry."
"Dont worry about it."
Aitor was then taken to the another house and the case of the second house was the same as the first house, a widower lossing his child who didn't have siblings at the age of nineteen, and from the second to the third and from the third to the fourth until the ninth
Slowly, the neutral face of Aitor Slowly turned into a mad one amd his tone grew even rougher, until something happened in the tenth and last house he visited, Aitor said:
"Let me guess, your wife was already died when your child that didn't have any siblings died on the hands of that cursed walker on four right?" The man replied:
"Please, fix your language and i understand that you are mad because all the children that have died have all matched the same categor-" Aitor then slapped the table, broke it, and with a menacing tone while getting close the man, he said:
"Oh i am mad because my son died while being on those exact same categories alright! And guess what?? He was also killed by a corrupted filth."
Aitor then sat back on his chair while showing a regretful face, he then repaired the table he broke and said:
"Dont mind me...its just that every time i inspect these houses, i am remembered of my son who was also killed by that corrupted filth."
The man under understood his situation, but now that he have a chance to speak, he said:
"The beast had one horn in the middle of his head." Aitor's head that was looking at the ground instantly went up, his eyes were open wide and his iris shrinked.
"That exact same horn had three smaller horns at it's edge that shaped a flipped triangle."
Aitor was frozen in his place after hearing that detail and said:
"And it had red thick scales throughout all of its body, didn't it?" When the man heard that which was another trait that beast had, he said:
"I am sorry for your loss..."
The room fell into silence for around a minute, the man then broke the silence and said:
"I can tell you that where i last saw my child, when he was snatched away from me by that thing." Aitor replied:
"How about you go with me to where that happened and watch me rip amd tear the soul of that abomination that is a shame on humanity?"
"Then so be it."