Looking on, and examining everything, Cerden saw everything that happened to the Storehouse. He saw the fighting, the screams, the array of bullets of guns and the clashing of claws and swords. Everything that happened, Cerden saw from a rooftop and he did not act. He would merely observe with the hood of his Longcoat up. As he indeed did look on, it wouldn’t be long until he sensed strange magics in the air. Or perhaps it was something else. It perhaps was technology putting on the façade of magic. Yes, that’s probably what it was. 

Cerden looking on, he smelled gas. The stench covered the area and in the minute that followed, Cerden saw that the gas would ignite an explosion. The fire would destroy everything in the storehouse, including anyone — or anything — that were still alive in there. Though, safe to say, whatever that false-magic technology that Cerden sensed was, it probably was a teleportation device. That’s the only thing that Cerden could deduce from the position that he was standing at. Still, it didn’t make what he saw in front of him any easier to digest. It was true that the Unbound Hearts had a noble cause, but to set a fire of this magnitude wasn’t a smart idea.

Cerden would descend to the ground as he jumped. He landed on one knee gently as the spot he landed on was as soft as sand. Cerden would now look at the burning building in front of him. If it wasn’t for his supernatural body, Cerden would most likely be affected by the heat that the fire presented. He knew that he wouldn’t be able to go inside as the heat would be too much for him. So, instead, Cerden would just scale around the building just to see if there was anything left over from the outside that he could examine. Doing just that, Cerden was about halfway around the building and as he walked, he stepped on something. It felt like metal, so taking a step back, he saw that it was remnants of his brother’s Taint Metal. 

[b]“This is good.”[/b] Cerden simply said as he knelt down and took the Taint Metal in his right hand and examined it. He did know of the metal itself and he didn’t need to, but there were certain aspects of it that seemed foreign to him. Something about it was different from the last time that Cerden had encountered Nomis’ Taint. Perhaps it was the time since he last held it in his hands or just a feeling he got from it. Whichever the case, Cerden counted this as a victory for his personal mission. However, now he just had the task of locating the Unbound Hearts or his brother, which ever one came first.