Ero Meter

In a giant hall made up of black iron, it was an eerie atmosphere. The air was heavy and the walls emanated a chilling cold.

There were nine chairs in the middle of the hall and on them, seven people were sitting with grave expressions on their faces.

"Sina, what is this." The woman sitting in the middle of the nine chairs said with a displeased expression.

Her hair was deep blue and her eyes were green, one could tell that she was more than six feet tall by just her sitting posture.

Her fox-like gaze moved around the room and landed on Sina, who was standing in front of them and below Sina's legs she could also see a body and a head.

Sina looked at the lady and gritted her teeth. "Someone killed Firn." She said.

The other six people listened to her and their faces turned even more ugly.

"Who?!" The blue-haired lady in the middle asked while clenching the hand rest of her iron chair, creating imprints on it.

"Tsh... Posso, I don't know." Sina said and looked down. "I can tell that he was defeated in a single attack, he didn't even have time to struggle."

Posso was the lady sitting in the middle and around her were six more dragons.

They were all the Nine Dragons and now one of them was dead.

"How can you be so oblivious to the situation?! One of the nine dragons had died and you don't even know who killed him!" Suddenly the guy sitting in the corner chair stood up with an angry expression on his face as he pointed at Sina.

Sina turned her head and looked at the man, he was a young boy, with black hair and black eyes, and there were scales on his neck and he looked at her with an angry expression on his face.

"Bonayd, I am not responsible for any of you guys' lives! Firn died because he was weak!" Sina said as she looked at Bonayd in the eyes.

Bonyad gritted his teeth at her words. "Ninth! How dare you speak such rude words to your superior!" He yelled pointing at Sina.

"You are not my superior! I only serve Posso and you are the newest one here Seventh, so I am your senior!" Sina said as her eyes flashed with murderous intent.

"So what if you are my senior, I am still stronger than you, that's why I am in seventh position and you are still in ninth." Bonyad had a mocking expression on his face as he looked at Sina up to down.

Swoosh!

A rapier appeared in Sina's hand as scales covered her whole body. "Wanna test it out."

Crackle!

Bonyad also summoned a hammer in his hand that crackled with electricity. "Don't cry later." He said and jumped in front of Sina.

"Kneel Down!"

Suddenly a loud shout resounded in the hall as heavy pressure dominated the whole place.

Bonyad and Sina, who were facing each other suddenly turned around and a shiver went down their spine.

"Lord Third..." Both of them kneeled down quickly as their heads touched the ground.

A middle-aged man sitting right beside Posso stood up and there was an arrow levitating right beside him.

There was a dominating aura surrounding the middle-aged man.

His black clothes fluttered without wind and his Silver hair shone with an eerie light.

"How dare you to cause a ruckus in front of Madam Posso!" The man said, his voice sending shivers down their spines.

Both Sina and Bonyad gulped their saliva at his words and crawled a step back. One could tell that they were extremely scared of the middle-aged man.

"Idros calm down," Posso said suddenly and looked at Sina and Bonyad.

Idros the middle-aged man looked at Posso and then sat down again with an ugly expression on his face. He didn't wanna deny any orders from Posso.

"Sina, Bonyad," Posso murmured in a calm down.

Listening to her both of them first looked at her and then stood up. "Yes, madam."

"Go find the one responsible for Firn's death, but don't fight with them. Just give me the information." She said and leaned back in her seat.

Both of them nodded at her words and Sina was the first one to disappear with a swish of her rapier and after her Boyard also disappeared leaving electric arcs behind.

"One of our dragons is dead. Time to find a new one."

After they were gone a raspy seductive voice rang in the silent hall. One could feel a mocking undertone in her voice.

"Second, we should mourn our loss first," Posso said.

"Posso, you are such a cute dragon." The seductive lady then disappeared, leaving a ring of laughter behind her.

Posso saw her and sighed. "Things are changing, the red witch has gained her powers back and now this new threat has appeared." Posso had a complicated expression on her face.

"Should I go with them too?" Idros asked.

"No need," Posso said and stood up from the seat. "Find a new dragon and arrange for Firn's burial ceremony." She said and also disappeared in thin air.

.....

Jack sat in his living area with a notebook and a pen in his hand. He has already left Elma's house and came to his again.

He looked at the question in his book and a smile formed on his face.

'Will the superhuman operation succeed on me?"

His eyes then glanced over the options and his panel was flashing green over the 'Yes' option.

'So, I can gain power from that operation.' He thought and spun the pen around his finger.

"Will there be any side effects of the operation on me?" He asked the next question and wrote the yes and no options.

The panel soon flashed on no option.

Jack looked at it and took in a deep breath, and then a relieved expression appeared on his face.

He turned silent for a few seconds and then another question popped up in his mind.

'Will the superhuman experiment succeed on Elma?' He asked next, he knew that Elma wanted to go through the operation but was scared of the consequences.

Writing the options he looked over at them.

'Yes...' He smiled.

'So even her operation would be successful.' He clicked his fingers and then asked if there would be any side effects for her and found out that she would too, will not have any sort of side effects.

Closing the notebook he stood up. 'I have to go through the options if I want to have some sort of backup for me.' He thought and a determined expression appeared on his face.

Buzz...

Suddenly his phone vibrated on the table and his eyes glanced over it.

"Meadow."

He moved his hand and picked up her call.

"I heard that you are back from Japan." She said just as Jack picked up the call.

"Yes." A smile formed on his face.

After a second of silence, Meadow spoke again. "Can you come and meet me?" She asked.

"Get ready." Jack chuckled and hung up the call.

He then dialled Elma again.

"Missing me already?" She said after picking up the call.

"Prepare for the operation." He said directly in a serious tone.

"No!" Elma also had a determined tone.

"Believe me."

"No!"

"Listen..."

"No!"

Beep... Beep... Beep... She hung up the call.

Jack looked at the phone and sighed.

"She is such a drama queen," Jack murmured and placed the phone back in his pocket. "I will have to convince her somehow." He thought and stepped towards Nicole's room.

Hiding his notebook away he dressed properly and then got to his car. He then moved towards his parking.

Getting Nicole's car he moved towards Meadow's house.

....

Inside a big building, Cavin sat on an office chair and in front of him Hena was sitting with one of her legs over the other. She had a guilty expression on her face.

"Ashley was killed?" Cavin looked at Hena with his brows narrowed.

"Hmm..." Hena had a nonchalant expression on her face.

"Even when you were present there?" Cavin's expression turned ugly as he looked at her carefree attitude.

"Well, I tried my best. But she died because she was weak." Hena snorted. "And I am sad too, she was my best friend."

Bam!

Cavin punched the table loudly and an angry expression appeared on his face, he looked at her, slightly leaning forward.

"If she was your best friend then you wouldn't be so carefree and would take revenge."

"She doesn't owe me anything and I tried to take revenge. But the opponent was pretty powerful." She said as she looked away with a snot.

"You!" Cavin punched the table again, however, calmed down after taking in a deep breath. "Just go away!" He said while pointing at the door.

Hena stood up and looked at his angry expression. "You should talk to me with some respect." She said with a disdainful expression on her face.

"If not for your mother, I would have already thrown you out of the office. This is enough respect I can give you." Cavin said and stood up.

Hena looked at him in silence and after a moment she turned away and left the place.