While not large by international standards, Nerea was had many people nonetheless. A city with more than five hundred thousand people. That was a lot of people, no matter how you looked at it. And to assume that there was only a single settlement would be naive, if not outright foolish.
It was an actual settlement, with people doing things instead of staying in some building and just staying there.
The Haven, despite what they made it out to be, ended up being a shipping point for vampires to kidnap humans without any effort.
The hum of an engine drew enough attention, especially when the city was quiet aside from the noise people made. It seemed like one of those movies where cars didn’t appear unless they were necessary due to a lack of budget, and when they did, it was for dramatic effect.
“That’s a church alright,” said Aunt Charlie with a large grin on her face as she finally dropped down onto the seat. She insisted on using a car with a hole at the top. When she opened it and stood up, it was obvious why she asked for that.
Chris was driving and Sean was in the front seat. Marie and Aunt Charlie ended up sitting at the back. Rexford was left behind, being the most social fellow among the group, managing the people that were left there, especially after Uncle Jeremy acting like an asshole and his mother being reluctant. Liz, on the other hand, was left behind with her father. It was a surprise that Chris even decided to come with them.
Despite the road being a mess due to the haphazardly left cars, they somehow managed to drive across the sidewalk. They were wide enough for cars to go through, albeit bumpy.
“There’s a lot of people. It’s almost like a camp. Be careful, though,” said Chris as he looked over at the church. It was in the middle of the city so there wasn’t much room for a graveyard to be there. Instead, it was full of tents. People were practically wriggling in there, but they comfortably fit there.
The church itself wasn’t large, pretty classic. It was smaller than a sports hall but enough to fit four buses worth of people on a Sunday morning if need be. At least it looked like that from the outside.
Aunt Charlie shut the top of the car and hopped out of the car. She stretched, despite having moved freely for the ride that lasted for twenty minutes.
Before they moved, it was decided that they’d split off and try to tell it to as many people as possible. They had a whole day to work with and Sean’s watch showed that it was only ten. He twisted the top until he couldn’t anymore, winding the clock up so that it wouldn’t stop at a crucial time.
Sean and his group of three ended up having to get to the west side of the city. Rex said that he’d manage the rest, as they had a lot of people and Nicholas —the Mage boy that could fix up fuel.
“It might be dangerous!” warned Chris.
“Pffft, it’s a church. What about it could be dangerous?” asked Aunt Charlie, the question clearly rhetoric, not even bothering to turn around to say that. She waved at the people with her whole arm and shouted out, “Hi there.”
Well, that was another social butterfly to take care of the speeches. Maybe that was to be expected, as she was a full-time baker and had a shop to herself. It was a small but profitable business.
“I used to come here on Sundays,” said Marie from the backseat. She didn’t get off, very much like the other two. Not everyone was like Sean, sticking with the same clothes, and Marie was one of the majority that actually changed her clothes. She was now wearing a black tracksuit with yellow lines running across its sides.
Aunt Charlie was wearing a purple tank top and jeans torn at the knees, acting far younger than her age of forty five would suggest. Chris, too, had changed. He was wearing a dark green shirt and loose gray pants.
Then again, Sean didn’t get his clothes as dirty as Chris did back during their first excursion to the Haven.
Sean activated his Appraisal on one of them, and he spotted something he hadn’t seen on anyone else.
Skill ‘Appraisal’ has been activated!
Name: Joshua Adler
Class: Soldier Lvl 2
Title(s): Goblin Hunter
Guild: Hunters of Nerea
Mana: 190 / 190