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Chapter 10 - 10. The World: Aetheria

Alan, from a distance, looks at the ambulance taking away the body of the woman. He can hear the confusion of the crowd. They don't understand how Elanor killed the previous women, and what she was showing by jumping down the glass tower and killing herself.

 

Or is there a mastermind behind Elanor? Who orchestrated this, but how were they able to persuade Elanor to kill herself and kill the previous women? Alan knew this was the work of someone extraordinary like him. And he could save Elanor, if he had cut the black line connecting her mind and the culprit's.

 

But to find information, he didn't do it, and Elanor jumped in front of his eyes. He has now gotten the information, and the mastermind is very likely inside that mansion. And the mastermind is also behind Sofia's murder. He feels guilty of not saving Elanor, so the mastermind must be brought to justice. It is also for proving Marcus's innocence. 

 

But how would he bring the mastermind to justice? He can't inform the law enforcement, then his secret would also be out. Then the only way left is to do it by himself. But the mastermind's power of mind looks stronger than his.

 

The only way to kill the mastermind is with a weapon. Alan killed the gang members to understand the human mind. So, the mastermind killing these women is also for some reason. And very likely to improve himself. He is not aware of how, but his instinct tells him that if he cannot kill the mastermind soon enough, then he will never be able to.

 

Alan notices Anastasia walking toward him. When she nears, she says," Can you take me home?"

 

Alan nods and says," I was waiting to take you home."

 

A minute later, they are on the road to her home. Alan glanced at her stoic expression." Someone hypnotised the woman to kill herself, and they can hypnotise some in a moment."

 

Anastasia nods." Yes, but don't spread the information. It will cause panic among the people."

 

Alan asks," Do you have any leads to catch the culprit?"

 

Anastasia nods." There is, but I cannot share the information with you."

 

Alan nods." Understandable." He stops the car at the front gate of her estate. She says," Thank you," and climbs out of the car and enters the estate.

 

Alan then drives away after seeing her enter. He doesn't drive in the direction of his home but to the culprit's mansion. He leaves his car in the parking lot of a departmental store and starts walking toward the mansion.

 

Not finding any way to enter undetected. He walks to a nearby park and climbs a tree to observe the mansion. If the culprit leaves the mansion, it would be easy to kill the culprit. But very likely, the culprit wouldn't make his job easy. And if the culprit leaves, he would also have to be aware of that.

 

For that, he needs 24/7 eyes on the mansion. He cannot spend 24/7 keeping an eye on the mansion. So, he needs help.

 

At that moment, Alan froze. He hears the sound of rustling from the ground below. He looks down to see someone sneaking toward him. He waits, and when someone nears, he jumps down to attack. The enemy notices his action, dodges, and Alan lands where the enemy was a moment ago.

 

The enemy punches toward him, and he deflects and counters. Alan's face turned solemn as the enemy's strength matched his. It means the enemy is an extraordinary person like him. They start exchanging blows, and all of them deflect or dodge each other.

 

Seeing the fight going nowhere, Alan steps back and asks," Who are you?"

 

From behind the cover face a female voice." Who are you?"

 

Alan introduced himself." I am Alan Walker." He reveals himself because his face is not covered, and the woman would be able to identify him. The only way to stop her is to kill her. But she is an extraordinary person like him, and he is not aware whether she is alone or in a group.

 

Alan asks." And who are you?"

 

The female doesn't answer and touches her ear. "Yes, sir."

 

Alan's eyes flash as he finds her talking to somebody, which makes him understand she is in a group. A wise decision by him to stop the fight before it got heated up.

The female looked at him carefully." My master wants to meet you."

 

Alan hesitates; there is a risk of meeting someone unknown. He doesn't know their intention, but by meeting them, he may get more information about the world and its extraordinary ways. He still cannot increase his cellular energy.

 

He wonders if he says no, what their reaction will be, and he will act according to it." If I say no."

 

The female says calmly." Then you can leave."

 

He doesn't notice any sign that she would do something." Why should I leave? I was here before."

 

The female says, shaking her head." No, you're not. We have been keeping an eye on the mansion for the past three days."

 

Alan, taking his chances." Oh! I am right. Is someone inside the mansion responsible for all the murders going on in the past days?"

 

The female nods." Yes, but only the women, not the gang members."

 

Alan's heart grips in shock. They know that the gang members were killed by him. Or knows a hypnotist is responsible. He has to find out what they know." I heard about them, but aren't they killed by other gang members?"

 

The female shrugs." Maybe, I don't care." Her voice turns serious." I have answered all of your questions. Now you can leave."

 

But Alan is now reluctant to leave; he has many questions to be answered. But looking at her, she wouldn't answer his question. The only way left." Take me to your master."

 

Alan can feel the female laughing at him silently behind the mask. She was already aware of what decision he would make. The woman nods." Follow me." Alan follows behind the woman to the empty parking lot by the park, which has an under-construction signboard on its entry point.

 

Inside the parking lot, a large black van. Alan follows the female at the back of the van. Then the van doors open, and inside Alan notices three people: a teenager, a young man and a middle-aged woman and the walls of the van are filled with computer screens, and most of the screens are showing live footage of the mansion from all sides.

 

Alan's eyes go to the woman. A brunette beauty with honey colour eyes who is now assessing him. She speaks," Hi Alan, I am Allana, nice to meet you." And she smiles at him.

 

Alan doesn't know her intention, but he cannot turn down a smiling face. "Miss Allana, the pleasure is mine." He also keeps a smile on his face.

 

Alanna says, waving her hand to him. "Come inside, you must have many questions. Let me answer some of your questions."

 

Alan stands there for a moment, looking at her. Then he sighs, he has already come here, there is now no use in turning back. He steps into the van and takes a seat on the last empty chair.

 

Alanna says to the woman," Lily, you can go to your master."

 

Lily nods." Yes, master." She pushed the van's door closed. Alan hears her footsteps away.

 

Alanna then turns to him." You must have many questions. So let me tell you a story of our world that will answer most of your questions."

 

Alan nods with his full attention on her. He doesn't want to miss anything.

 

She narrates," Our world is called Aetheria. And where we lived is called the material plane, and there is another plane called the spiritual plane. In the spiritual place, immortality can be obtained."

 

Alan says with shock," What?"

He continues with urgency." Then, how to enter the spiritual world and why didn't I hear anything about the spiritual plane?"

 

She raises her hand." Calm down! Let me finish, then I will answer all your questions."

 

She continues:" In the spiritual plane, one can gain immortality, but the material plane is the centre of the world. As most life is born in the material plane and so are we. A few spiritual beasts are born in the spiritual plane, but most are without wisdom."

 

"Our ancestors didn't first discover the spiritual plane. But they discover the energy released by the spiritual plane. They notice some beasts were able to absorb the energy and grow powerful. So, they imitated and hunted them to learn. The first technique to absorb spiritual energy came into being."

 

"From there, they improve the technique, find the spiritual plane, enter it and then conquer it. Creating a prosperous civilisation of psychics. Which fell apart 500 years ago."

 

She stops for a moment. Alan remained silent, absorbing what she narrated. From her narration, he understood that 500 years ago, something had happened that caused the extraordinary civilisation to fade away from the material world.

 

And he thinks that it is now returning.

 

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