Chapter 175: Escaping As A Team (1/2)

Lawrend looked left and right in the hallway. It was a pretty short hallway. He was at the farthest end while the place where the catman came from led to a stairway going up.

'That should be the exit,' Lawrend thought to himself.

'But I still have to find Nuon and Logan, or I'm failing this special mission,' Lawrend said to himself in frustration.

He ran towards the end of the hallway and looked left and right. All of the prison cells were empty.

Before long, Lawrend reached the end.

”Nuon!” Lawrend called out to him.

Nuon was laying on the ground in his cell. He was unconscious, and there were bruises on his body.

”What the…”

Lawrend stared at Nuon in shock. He must have fought back against the demihumans.

”Agh! Damn it all! Do I really have to open this too? It takes so much time!” Lawrend cursed angrily.

He took a step back and looked at the metal bars of the prison cell.

”There's a keyhole here.”

Lawrend noticed a keyhole on one of the metal bars. It was hidden from view inside the prison cell which is the reason why he didn't see it earlier.

”This should work…”

Lawrend used the trick he did earlier and melted it off.

Clang clang clang

Suddenly, all the metal bars started falling. There was a mechanism inside the keyhole that kept the other bars in place. Only when it's unlocked, would the metal bars fall.

”That's convenient,” Lawrend said to himself.

He entered the prison cell and carried Nuon on his shoulder.

”This guy is heavy,” Lawrend complained.

He exited the prison cell and headed to the stairs. He also kept checking the prison cells on the way, but no matter which he looked into, Logan wasn't in any of them.

Before long, he reached the staircase going upstairs.

”Wait… There is another staircase leading down.”

Lawrend noticed it. He guesses that Logan was being kept down there as he wasn't on this level.

”Nuon! Nuon!” Lawrend called out to him.

He tried to wake Nuon up. Once Nuon wakes up, he would have someone to help him escape. It would also be easier as he doesn't have to carry him anymore.

”Uhhh…”

Nuon's eyelids trembled as he opened his eyes.

”Nuon, we're being kept in a prison by the demihumans. They will kill us if we don't escape soon!” Lawrend said to him in panic.

”H-Huh!?”

Nuon was startled awake by Lawrend's words.

”I'll explain later. Follow me. We still have to save Logan,” Lawrend said to him.

They can't afford to waste time. He could only leave Nuon confused.

”A-Alright.”

Nuon nodded his head while he was still confused.

Lawrend walked down the stairs, and he was greeted with a wooden prison. The wall was made of wood, the floor was made of wood, and even the prison bars were made of wood.

”Huh?”

Lawrend looked at it in confusion. He couldn't understand why this whole place was made with wood.

Lawrend and Nuon walked into the hallway. They checked each prison cell in front of them.