"What monsters did you kill?"
"So Eganesus and a Ferele," Erik said.
"That's really impressive for soone your age," Hais replied.
Erik didn't lie once again; talking about the Ferele was a risk since it was a beast he shouldn't have been able to kill at the level he did show to the others, but if he said Eganesus, the only one that died around those parts, it would have been clear that he was also the one who killed the Ferele.
"Yeah, it wasn't an easy fight. I almost died," Erik replied.
Hais nodded, jotting down notes in his notebook. "So, did you take Parkside Street and go into Bloomfield Way?" Hais asked.
Erik's heart skipped a beat. That was the street where Nathaniel's body was found, but he knew he couldn't reveal the truth about his presence there. "No, why?" Erik replied carefully.
Hais raised an eyebrow, scrutinizing Erik's response. "Interesting…" Hais said. "There is also sothing weird that happened around those parts; the caras in that area were suddenly turned off, making it impossible to find out what happened that day."
Erik wavered, knowing that he had disabled the caras through the system to avoid being caught on tape. His mind raced, trying to co up with a good reply, and in the end, he played it dumb. "Really? It's indeed interesting. Maybe it was a malfunction or a power outage," he replied, trying to sound confident.
Hais leaned in, his eyes fixed on Erik's face. His reasoning was that Nathaniel was found dead in the sa area Erik fled; the two had problems, and Nathaniel's phone got destroyed.
This linked the young man to five other people whose phones got destroyed, contrary to what happened to others who died in the sa area.
Plus, the caras around there were all deactivated, further hinting at human presence. Erik was the only living person around those parts. Besides, he was the only one who could have killed Nathaniel, so everything pointed at him.
The problem was that there was no proof. The phones could have been easily destroyed by the thaids too, but there was no explanation about the caras.
Hais didn't know what Nathaniel and those five people he linked to him were doing there or how they were precisely connected. Still, in his opinion, Nathaniel went there to get his revenge against Erik for being the reason why he got kicked out of the Red Palace and Erik killed him. So, he tried to push the awakener to say sothing wrong or betray himself.
It was at that mont that Erik understood what Hais was trying to do.
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