Chapter 133 - Act with Fate (1/2)

Chapter note (Black knights are the knights who are dressed fully in heavy black armour.)

(Black sash knights wear what they want armour wise but have a black sash tied around them and are assassins.)

Over the next few days, Ray spent most of his time by the city wall. Gary and the others were constantly bugging him about when they would be going out to the caves in the mountain. They were like a bunch of school kids excited to go out on a field trip for the day.

The most important thing that Ray needed to figure out though, was how to leave the city walls without being noticed. Ever since the attack, the security had almost doubled, especially at the front gate. They now either had a master knight or a black knight out on watch at all the times.

The black knights were a strange existence. When Ray first saw a black knight guarding the entrance of the red door, he could tell they were powerful due to seeing their aura using the dragon eyes skill. But ever since Ray had evolved, his dragon eyes skill became stronger.

When looking at most people, their aura stayed mostly the same, but it was different when he looked at the black knights. Now with his improved dragon eyes, the black knight's aura grew even stronger. Suggesting that the armour they were wearing had some sort of suppressive skill or was made out of a material similar to the red door.

What was even stranger to Ray was the fact that if they were that strong, why didn't they help when the city was being attacked? There were too many questions and not enough answers.

Ray was currently standing just outside the back part of the city wall. Here the city wall was built up against the back of the mountain. If you were to stand on the wall and look out, all you could see was mountain completely blocking your view.

Behind this mountain was a field of mountains and was one of the hunting grounds the students would go to. The caves were located on the side of the mountain that was just behind the city. This was why the sound of magical beasts could be heard at night, especially on the night of a full moon.

This was also why Ray thought it might be possible that one of the caves in the mountain actually led to the underground tunnels that they had discovered behind the red door.

Ray had been watching the knights on guard and was pretty sure of their shift pattern. He was struggling to find a way to escape without being seen. In hopes of finding a gap in the shift, Ray decided to approach one of the knights who was on guard duty at the gate.

”How can I help you?” The knight said as he looked at Ray's sash, indicating he was a student of Avrion.

”What's the shift duty of the knights at this gate?”

Suddenly the man's eyes looked lifeless. At the same time, he started to reply in a monotone voice as if he was hypnotised.

”There are a total of four guards on the top of the city wall on shift at all times. These guards are switched out every two hours. There are also an additional two guards by the city gate.”

After the knight finished answering Ray's question, the colour in the man's eyes started to show again. As soon as he saw Ray, he once again asked.

”How can I help you?”