Chapter 174: Prison (1/2)

”What!?”

Lawrend and Logan woke up at the same time. They both exited their shelters and looked around them warily.

”Where are they?” Lawrend asked Nuon.

”They should have surrounded us already,” Nuon replied to Lawrend.

Suddenly, the canopies of the trees above them shook as several silhouettes jumped across the branches.

”This is bad,” Lawrend said to them with a frown.

At this rate, they would be left with no chance to escape. They have no other choice but to run.

”Run separately!” Lawrend suddenly shouted.

He then picked a direction and ran towards it. Logan and Nuon were too surprised to react before they followed his order and ran.

Whoosh Whoosh

Suddenly, a small dart flew from the branches and headed for Lawrend's neck. He didn't even see it coming before it hit him.

”Ah!”

Lawrend touched his neck in surprise. Then his vision darkened. He fainted as it was a tranquilizer dart.

…

”Ughh… Where am I?” Lawrend asked as he rubbed his neck and sat up.

He could still feel the sting of the tranquilizer dart on his neck. He looked around him in confusion. He was in a jail cell. There were metal bars separating him from the hallway outside.

”Huh, I guess they were prepared,” Lawrend said to himself.

It all happened so quickly that they didn't even get the chance to defend themselves. The demihuman tribe in Yttervia Forest is not something to look down on.

”Now what? How do I escape?” Lawrend asked himself with a wry smile on his face.

He opened his hand and tried to use his lightning magic.

Bzzt Bzzzt

Small sparks appeared on his hand. It seems like he could still use his magic. He stood up and pointed his palm at one of the metal bars.

”+Shock Arc+!” Lawrend shouted.

BOOM!

A thick thunderbolt escaped his hand and hit it, but nothing happened.

”As I thought, it just conducted my lightning magic away,” Lawrend said to himself.

It was metal. What else could it do other than conduct electricity?

”I guess I will just wait and see,” Lawrend said to himself.

He sat down and practiced his magic in the meantime.

”...Wait.”

Lawrend's eyes opened widely. He just suddenly remembered something. He doesn't know if it would work, but he had to try.

Tap tap tap

The faint sounds of footsteps sounded as it slowly approached Lawrend's cell.

'My Shock Arc must have attracted their attention,' Lawrend thought to himself.

A demihuman with cat ears appeared in front of Lawrend's cell. He had a bow strapped on his back, and he wore a loincloth.

”You! Did you just use your magic?” The catman asked him sternly.

”...”

Lawrend didn't reply. He just stared at The catman in curiosity. This was his first time seeing one in person. Heck, this was even his first time knowing that they exist. In the 'sacred texts' that he had read in his past life, they don't exist.

”Tsk. You're not answering? Do you want me to put you to sleep again?” The catman said to Lawrend threateningly and pulled out a blow dart from his back.

He pointed it towards Lawrend.

”Where are my teammates?” Lawrend asked the catman.

”Are you not scared of this?” The catman said to him with squinted eyes.