Chapter 180 - F6 In the Game (2/2)

They walked further down. The more they walked, the more shocked Roland was, as he had taken a dozen turns, and every turn was a crossroad.

“This tunnel must span across the underworld of Isnas, no?” asked Roland.

Husseret nodded. “This is the base of the Rogues in Hollevin. Actually, this whole city is infiltrated by the Rogues. On the surface, this is a territory for the princesses, but if the Rogues are willing to, they can kidnap the princesses in an hour.”

Roland said in admiration, “Then, the princesses are nothing but birds in your cage?”

“Not really.” Husseret explained, “The Rogues can’t be seen in public. Actually, the royal family knows that there’s a maze below Isnas, but they’ve been ignoring it. Even if we capture the princesses, so what? They’re nothing more than tools of marriage, and the royal family can always create more of them. However, if we dare to kidnap the princesses, the royal family will have a good reason to deal with us. They have always wanted to control

us.”

Roland was somewhat amazed. “You seem familiar with the politics of Hollevin.”

“Of course. As a Rogue, it’s my duty to collect and sort intelligence,” Husseret said proudly. “The Rogues in the game are mostly fixated on several important people because of their limited knowledge and vision, but I’m more interested in exploring the big picture of the major forces. I’ve reached my position because I submitted a lot of a.n.a.lysis reports on the forces to the guild.”

From what Husseret said, Roland could tell that his friend was an important person in the Guild of Rogues.

It did make sense on second thought. This secret maze he was in was obviously of paramount importance, and not everybody in the Guild of Rogues was qualified to know the layout of it.

Without a map, it was barely possible to walk out of this huge and intricate labyrinth.

Besides, his friend even brought Roland, an outsider, with him.

After a few more minutes, Husseret went upward from a certain crossroad with Roland. Then, Roland realized that it was another maze on the upper level.

A double maze… It was impossible for any outsider to get through this.

They walked for another half-hour in the upper maze, before they finally crawled out of a half-closed hole.

When they were out, Roland found himself standing next to the gra.s.ses behind a pigpen.

The hole was not easy to spot, and a man who looked like an old peasant had been watching the pigpen.

The peasant’s eyes were sharp. Husseret made a gesture at him, and the peasant immediately dropped his wariness.

Getting out of the stinky pigpen, Husseret led Roland to a house not far away. Three people were waiting in the house.

They were enjoying ale around a table. They were two strong Warriors and a man whose body was rather balanced. There was also a black leopard resting in a corner. It opened its eyes when Roland walked in but immediately closed them.

Though they looked greatly different from reality, Roland could tell from their auras and their eyes that they were his friends Raffel, Li Li, and Brazil.

When they saw Roland, they smiled and said, “Hey, our best Mage is finally here.”

Roland sat down at the table and asked, “Where’s Schuck?”

“He should be near the border of Hollevin. He probably has to fly for another day.”

Fly?

Then, Roland realized that Schuck was a dragon knight.

“We don’t need to wait for Schuck any longer.” Li Lin, whose upper body was naked showing his queer tattoos, said while drinking wine, “We’ll make plans first. When he’s almost here, we’ll take action first, and he’ll join us as our unexpected reinforcement and fatal attack.”

As he talked, Li Lin swept his arm across the table, knocking all the bowls and cups to the floor.

Husseret summoned a big map from his Backpack and put it on the table.

“Here’s the camp of Moon Shadow.” A dagger was stabbed to the southwest corner of the map.