There was a skip on the master's steps after the deal with Isaiah Blackwell was done. He was humming until he remembered that he forgot to tell him one last thing regarding their deal. Cygnus shrugged his shoulders and decided to just tell him later.
He saw the butler and Ezio who were busy bringing out the people from the prison cells. Ezio had a complicated look on his face as he made sure that everyone had a blanket on them. Mr. C also accessed their storage and brought out some food and water to give to the rescued.
They even combed the whole place just to make sure that they didn't miss anything or anyone. After a while, Cygnus felt that the people they were waiting for were already on the scene. He gave the butler a nod and gave Ezio the go signal to open a gate.
After the mess created by the attackers and the people who subdued them, Linius and the soldiers became busy with pacifying the people. They thought that everything was finished and then monsters suddenly appeared so they had no choice but to fight them all. Everything was chaotic because they did not know where those monsters came from.
Linius on the other hand had an idea though but he had no intention of voicing it out. He was already worried about their territory when his father suddenly left using the gate and he did not want to add more pressure unto himself. He just focused on subduing the monsters and finishing it all.
It took them hours to clean up and make sure that there were no stray monsters that escaped their grasp. He was finally relieved that everything was finished. They made another round just in case and he left soldiers to patrol the areas where the destruction occurred.
An explosion then caught their attention. The soldiers and all the civilians tensed because of the loud sound. Every pair of eyes in the capital shifted their gazes towards the direction of the tower where they saw two silhouettes of people that were fighting in the air. The flash of colors from the weapons and magic that those two people scared many of the people.
Linius could already tell who the two were. Lieutenant Lisbon came running towards the major and made a report. According to what their soldiers saw, the fight started in the highest level of the tower and luckily there were no deaths. The soldiers also promptly evacuated the civilians and wounded near the area.
"I understand. I'll leave you here for now then. I'm taking several soldiers with me. Rigel might be in a bind right now." Linius waved for several soldiers to go ahead of him before he gave a nod to the lieutenant.
Ulysses, who was grateful that their territory was safe, returned to the capital just in time to witness the destruction of the tower. He left in haste towards the direction of the tower so that he could clearly see what was happening. Suddenly there was a dark dome that enclosed the highest part of the tower.
He stopped on his tracks with a frown but after a couple of minutes the dome disappeared. There were also no signs of a fight breaking out once again. He then continued to ran and when he reached the tower, he saw his son looking down on a group of unconscious mages that were tied.
He also saw Isaiah talking with Linius. Based on his gestures, he could tell that the young man was explaining what happened and whatever he was saying, it must be something outrageous because his son's face was showing anger. He finally reached where he stood and was shocked at what he heard.
It turned out that the tied mages were performing illegal human experimentations beneath the tower and that the Magus Maximus knew about this. His eyes were wide as he looked at the young man as he explained the circumstances. Just in time, a gate appeared behind Isaiah where Ezio and Cygnus came out.
They had solemn looks on their faces and Cygnus had scratches on his skin. He also looked unnaturally pale could make one worry because he looked like he was about to fall down. As he looked up, his eyes lit when he saw the duke and the major.
"You're here!" he exclaimed as his voice cracked by the end of it. He cleared his throat before he spoke again, "We managed to capture those bad guys and saved some people." He gestured behind him, "They're inside."
Linius nodded to his soldiers and they went ahead to see if what the master was saying was true. They waited until one of the soldiers came out with a sickly thin woman in his hands. He slowly laid the woman on a cloth that one of the soldiers laid on the ground before he stood up and whispered to the major.
"What happened?" Linius asked Cygnus. "And why do you look like that?"
"We found out that the attackers who attacked the city are people who are seeking revenge against the tower. They were people whom the tower kidnapped and did some nasty experiments on. At first, I didn't believe what one of the attackers told us but when I confronted the Magus it turned out to be true. He did not deny it so in my fury I attacked him." Cygnus started to explain.
Isaiah was appalled at the words coming out from the man's mouth. He gave the man a look of shock which to others was only a natural reaction to the news. The man was really good at acting.
"Where is the Magus now?" Linius looked around but he did not notice anything amiss.
Cygnus's proud smile disappeared, "I-I'm apologized because he escaped. My power was lacking as I am not able to pin him down. He even used that dome to trap us before he escaped."
Ulysses stepped forward and ruffled Cygnus's hair. "You shouldn't worry about that. Now that we know that the tower had done some inhumane things, the magus will not survive inside the kingdom. I will report this to the king and ask him for an order to hunt that bastard."
"Thank you, father," Cygnus sighed. "By the way father, what will happen to the tower now that the magus is a fugitive?"
"All the mages of the tower will be investigated and if proven that they had a hand on these experiments, they will be executed. Once everything is settled, the tower will need a new tower master," Ulysses explained.
As much as he hated the tower, that was mainly because of the people running it. Now that there was a chance for the tower to be reorganized, he would not complain and even help in the restructuring of the tower. The kingdom cannot go on without a tower because without a tower, mages won't have a place to go and hone their skills.
During that time, royal knights arrived together with the king himself. He looked around and was disappointed with what he saw. After the report came in, he rushed out of the palace just to confirm what was written on that piece of paper because he did not believe it. He did not believe that the tower could do that kind of thing.
As much as he wanted to deny it, with all the evidence that the soldiers were taking out from the dungeon he did not have a choice but to relent. Duke Ulysses immediately approached the king. Cygnus stared at their direction as he was ushered to one side where he could rest together with Ezio and Isaiah.
While they were talking with each other, Ulysses couldn't help but gesture towards where they were sitting and Cygnus would catch the king giving them a look. He then understood that Ulysses might have already told the king about him fighting the magus.
