Criminal X : Epitome Of Evil-Chapter 236: Mayhem

Socrates blurted some negative shit.

And Pablo certainly didn’t like hearing shit.

"What the fuck did you say?" He asked.

"I can’t nullify it." Socrates said the same thing.

"I knew he was useless. Waste of time." Jamal was the first one to retort.

Pablo ignored him. He only focused on the blind man.

"Socrates, this better be a joke."

"It is."

"Otherwise I will kil- huh? What?"

"It is a joke. I was kidding." Socrates was really kidding.

"Haha. Nice one." Pablo calmed down.

"Very nice." Boulder liked it.

"Fuck off." Jamal didn’t like the joke at all.

"Sorry for that. Was just lighting the mood." Socrates apologized.

Pablo shook his head.

"So is the third trap really near or was that a joke as well?" Pablo asked.

"No. The third trap is around here. I haven’t nullified it but if we walk further, I will do it when I sense it."

Pablo nodded. "Let’s go then."

They continued their walk again and after walking just for five minutes, Socrates shared the news.

"It’s disabled now. The third trap is no more."

"Great." Boulder was the first one to celebrate.

Pablo frowned. "How do traps even work in the first place? I mean, you are just walking blindly, literally, forward. Do you sense some kind of button for the trap or something? How do we fall into a trap?"

"Heh. Some detective you are. Not knowing about traps." Jamal mocked.

Pablo ignored him. He couldn’t beat facts. He should have researched traps.

But unlike Jamal, Socrates was helpful.

"People set mind traps on a radius. It depends on their Ego and stuff. But usually, the trap surrounds a certain distance or an area and when people walk into the said area, they fall into the trap. It’s just my Ego that makes this trap area useless."

"I see. So right now, we all are in the area of the trap but the moment you entered here, the trap became useless. Is that right?"

"Yes. You are a sharp man."

Pablo was tired of such praises so he didn’t even register it.

They all carried on walking.

They were still vigilant though.

Things were easy for them till now.

First they met the skeletons which were defeated by Boulder in one move.

Then the wall which was also taken down in one move by Xavier.

They were sure they would also encounter something after taking down the third trap.

They were ready for that.

They could see nothing in front of them, their only option was their infrared glasses.

But Pablo could see everything.

Not literally as Andrezj and Cupid were there to relay the surroundings to him.

"Where is my dearest? You should have asked those two trappers about her." Andrezj raised a question.

’There is no point to that. It’s very unlikely that they will know about Sera and if I had asked them then they would know that I care for her and they would use her as a hostage to flee from here. Have patience, we will find her.’ Pablo replied.

Only Cupid heard him but she was nice enough to share all that with Andrezj.

"Fine. Just do it fast." Andrezj agreed.

Pablo gave a thumbs up.

’Do you guys also fall into traps?’ Pablo asked. He was curious to know.

’May be. If Socrates wasn’t here to nullify them all then we would have seen whether we fell into traps or not.’ Cupid answered.

’Wait. So you don’t know whether you can fall into a trap or not? What kind of Angel are you?’

’It’s not that. It all depends on the strength of the trap. If the trap is strong enough then even us Angels can be fooled. Just like how that Vampire Woman fooled the soldiers to attack Jamal, thinking they were attacking her. I and even Andre was fooled by her.’ Cupid explained.

’Fair enough.’

Pablo stopped talking and carried on his walk.

"Stop!"

"Stop!"

Andrezj shouted so Pablo shouted as well.

"What now?" Rower asked.

"How are you even able to see things? What are you?" Jamal asked his own question.

"I can sense danger. It’s common for detectives. You won’t get it." Pablo played his detective card.

"So what’s the danger then?" Boulder asked.

Pablo asked the same thing to Cupid and since Cupid saw the same thing as Andrezj she told Pablo.

And Pablo told everyone.

"There is a deep cliff in front of me. If I take one step forward, I will fall and die. It’s very deep."

"Oh. Move forward then." Jamal said.

Everyone looked at him.

"I am also kidding alright. It’s a joke." Jamal was kidding.

’He was obviously not kidding.’ Pablo knew the truth.

But he would deal with that later. The cliff comes first.

"So what now?" Xavier asked.

Pablo looked at Socrates. "I take it the third trap was there to stop us from seeing this cliff?"

"Yes. If I hadn’t nullified the third trap, you would be inside the cliff now."

"Good work. And after this cliff, we all have to take a left turn and we’ll reach the village." Pablo knew the map.

"How to cross the cliff, that’s the question. How long is it? Can’t we jump? And how the hell did a cliff like that even come here? There was no such thing before." Boulder asked all sorts of questions.

"We can’t jump. It’s very long. Even demonic rabbits might face problems doing that. And maybe the Cannibals and Vampires made this cliff to stop people." Pablo answered after asking from Cupid and using his own brain.

"So now what?" Rower asked.

"If only we could fly. Can someone fly here?" Pablo asked everyone.

No hands were raised.

"No one can fly? That’s a bummer." Pablo was hoping for good news.

"Even if there was someone who could fly, it’s dangerous. What if someone attacked from the sky? What if spikes come out of the cliff when someone comes above it? There are risks." Socrates presented some hypothetical situations.

’Thanks for the motivation, old man.’ Pablo shook his head.

"Look, we need to cross this cliff no matter what. Otherwise we won’t even be able to start our mission. We have to take the risks." Pablo was ready to play with death.

"Okay. Let’s suppose I can make everyone fly, what then? How will they know when to stop? They don’t know how long the cliff is. Only you can see it. They won’t know when or where to land, when the cliff ends. What about that?" Xavier asked some of his own questions.

’So he can make people fly. Nice.’ Pablo read between the lines.

"I will tell when to land. And if someone attacks in the sky then everyone is capable enough of self defense. Let’s do it. I am the Commander. I take full responsibility for this." Pablo gave makeshift answers to Xavier’s questions.

"Well, if he is taking full responsibility then I am ready." Jamal was the first one to agree.

"Same here. I just want to have some fun." Boulder was on board from the start.

"Let’s do it, then." Rower agreed as well.

"If all of you are agreeing then I won’t be a bitch about it." Xavier was ready too.

"What about you guys?" Pablo asked the soldiers.

"Yes!"

"I take it you are ready as well?"

"Yess!" The soldiers were good to go.

"Alright. Everyone is ready. Xavier, do your thing." Pablo ordered.

"Well, sure. Rower, carry me." Xavier said.

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Rower didn’t ask any questions and carried Xavier in his arms.

"Do it. I have to touch everyone." Xavier revealed his purpose.

"I know." Rower knew that.

Pablo somewhat had an idea what would happen and he would not miss it. He would try to see, at least.

"Ready?" Rower asked.

Xavier was in the pose of a superhero who was flying in the air. His both hands stretched ahead.

"Yes." Xavier was ready.

"Alright. Here I…"

Rower bent his knees.

"Go."

SWISH!

Pablo saw only a streak of light yet again and that light went to all the soldiers.

That light came near him as well and the next second, Xavier and Rower were back in their original position.

"It’s done?" Pablo asked.

"Yes." Xavier said.

"We aren’t flying though." Pablo was still on the ground and so was everyone.

"Now you will."

Xavier smiled.

"Decrease."

As soon as Xavier uttered that phrase, it happened.

Pablo felt light and before he knew it, he was floating in the air.

’It’s just like when you are on the moon. He really controls gravity.’

Pablo liked the feeling and soon, everyone else was the same.

They all were floating in the air.

"Alright. Now we move our bodies and fly to the other side. I will stay behind to give directions. High Dukes and soldiers should be in the front." Pablo ordered.

"Yes!" The soldiers were ready.

They all swam in the air and moved forward.

The four high Dukes were in front of the soldiers and they were the first one to reach above the cliff.

"I can cross this very fast but I don’t know when this cliff ends. This sucks." Rower commented.

Pablo ignored him and floated behind the soldiers.

Andrezj and Cupid were on his right side and Socrates was floating on his left.

And after hovering a little forward, they all reached above the cliff.

If any one of them fell, then they would die. The cliff was real.

And for now, they were safe.

"Something is coming. Stay alert." Andrezj spoke.

Pablo wasted no time.

"Stay alert. Something is coming. Fly as far as you can. Just fly forward!" He yelled as loud as possible.

Everyone became hyper and…

TRISH!

PUCK!

"Ahngh. Save meee!"

One soldier got hurt and he fell down.

And after one death…

Mayhem ensued.