Divinity: Against the Godly System

Ryder landed on the ground, along with the others. The empty street suddenly started looking filled.

Ryder looked towards the girl, "Is this the place?"

"Yes. The skeleton was standing there and walked towards that side," the girl said as she pointed towards the other end of the street. She then pointed towards the other end of the street. "I hid there."

Ryder nodded his head as she walked towards the direction where she talked about the skeleton.

He observed the street for any marks that were left behind on the road, but as he reached near that portion, he saw marks of blood drop being left behind.

"This should be the blood falling from that sack," Ryder muttered as he saw a trail of blood drop, which he followed.

Rale and the others followed after Ryder.

"Devilia," Ryder muttered as he looked towards Devilia.

" Yes," Devilia replied in confusion.

" This is my first time getting involved in the matters of this Dukedom, but I must say, I find your guards to be really lacking. How can I be sure of the safety of this Dukedom when all this is happening here, and you don't even have any information? Not only that, your guards don't even listen to people's complaints," Ryder let out in an annoyed tone as he kept following after that trail.

Devilia looked down as she heard that, but she didn't say anything.

"I can understand that the guards would be suspicious of this story, but they didn't even try to verify it. Not even this, but they didn't even try taking the concerns of that man who informed about Marquis Glaria? I am really disappointed here," Ryder said in disappointment. 

"With this level of security, how can we expect our citizens to have a safe life in this place?" he continued. "I hope you do something about it after I leave."

"I promise I will get to the end of it. Those who are responsible will be properly punished, and I will be stricter with them," Devilia responded as she smiled.

Ryder followed the blood trail for half an hour before he reached the dead end.

The blood trail disappeared after some time as he reached outside the city.

" I guess this is as far as I can reach with this trail. The only thing we can be sure of is that the black skeleton left the city. Unfortunately, there's no trail left here anymore," Ryder sighed as he saw no trail after that point.

He looked back in the direction of Rale.

"Rale, Is there a way for us to follow that skeleton without this trail? Something that can track the blood?" Ryder said as he smiled.

"There is no way, unfortunately. We can not track the blood," Rale shook his head as he sighed.

"High Duke Mila, Do you have any suggestions?" he asked Hugh Duke Mila.

" I can cast a barrier around the city and seal this place. If that skeleton is inside this city, he won't be able to leave, and if he's outside the city, then he won't be able to enter. We can have the whole city searched to find that skeleton after that," High Duke Mila suggested.

"That's possible. We do know that the skeleton left the city two days ago after she saw him, but there's a high chance that he came back if he's been kidnapping the people from this city. We can take the risk of sealing the city, and we might be able to find him if our luck is good," Ryder muttered as he liked the idea. 

He believed that sealing the city and searching it can help him find the skeleton if luck supported them.

"Should I seal the city then?" High Duke Mila asked Ryder to confirm.

"Yes. Seal the city. Devilia, get the guards ready. I want the whole city searched in the next two days," Ryder let out as he walked inside the city.

High Duke Mila raised her right hand and started chanting a spell. 

The spell was long and took Mila over five minutes to complete chanting. As soon as she finished chanting, a bright ray of light left her finger and arched forward as it landed in the center of the city.

As soon as the light landed, it changed the form into that of a golden bubble that kept getting bigger and bigger until it was big enough to cover the whole city.

The Golden Light surrounded the city, and the barrier was completed.

Ryder looked at the sky and saw a beautiful golden barrier surrounding the city.

'She's pretty powerful. An AOE skill of a level 200 player can't even cover twenty meters, and her barrier covers an entire city, and she doesn't even look tired. Sigh, sometimes I can't help but feel down. In front of normal players, I'll be a Godly Existence that can kill anyone, but when it comes to this place, I'm not even close to being an ant. At Least I have them to help me, or I'd be dead a hundred times over in a place like this,' Ryder thought as he smiled wryly.

High Duke Mila and the others joined Ryder.

"High Duke Mila, can you contact High Duke Eston? He should be with the Vampire King. If there's a way, then establish the contact. I want to talk to the Vampire King," Ryder told High Duke Mila.

"There's a way to do that. We can easily establish a link with them when we go back," High Duke Mila said as she nodded her head.

"Good," Ryder muttered as he started flying towards Devilia's Palace. Rale and the others followed after them.

Ryder and the others entered the palace and went back to the Great Hall.

Devilia told a maid to take the girl that informed them about the skeleton to a different room since they didn't need her for now.

All of them sat on the seats before they continued their discussion.

"High Duke Mila, You can contact High Duke Eston," Ryder told Mila.

Mila nodded her head as she stood up and walked to the front. She opened a spatial crack and brought a big mirror out of that which she placed before everyone. The mirror was as tall as Mila and as wide as her. 

Mila touched the mirror and said a spell which made the mirror shine brightly.

The mirror changed color and started showing the view of High Duke Eston that was standing.

"Mila? Do you need anything?" High Duke Eston asked as he looked in confusion.