Chapter 95: The trap (2/2)

Continuing to the right, Lily cautiously took one step after another, while she perked her ears. The faint sound of unfamiliar cries reached her ears, from the left hallway. Stopping, she turned around, looking at the source.

Gritting her teeth and clenching her fist, she turned around and continued to follow to the right.

'No. I can't, I need to learn more first. Be patient Lily…'

Eventually, Lily reached the end of the hallway and arrived at the simple-looking unmarked wooden-door. Grabbing the lever, she placed her ear on the wooden panel, trying to listen to any sound.

Once again, she heard nothing, but as she was already expecting this, she sighed preparing for the inevitable, then pushed on the lever and slowly opened the door, ready to evade any incoming threat.

The door slowly opened up, revealing a dark, unlit room. As if it was enhanced by some kind of magic, the faint light that the nearby torch provided couldn't reach into the dark at all.

'Yeah, you couldn't make it any more obvious…' With her thoughts racing, she decided to take that first step, and sprung the trap she already knew was awaiting her.

Taking the first step, she was still clenching her fists embracing herself for the coming impact, and maybe even try to dodge it. Unlike Aiden, she wasn't good at close-quarters combat, she could still be considered an adept in the style of martial arts that her master has taught them.

Evading the hit of a mere city thug, shouldn't be that difficult, she was almost certain, she could even have a decent chance at winning if they don't all just jump her at the same time.

However, the hit that she was expecting never arrived. She couldn't feel imaginary thugs breathing down on her neck or their presence from behind. Confused, she took another step, completely vanishing in the darkness that ruled over the room.

After a few steps, she heard a thud coming from behind. Looking back, she frowned as the door closed seemingly by itself. As she expected, this was a trap, designed especially for her.

Suddenly a pillar of light lit in the middle of the room, and a disembodied voice resounded in the room.

”Honestly, I am genuinely surprised you came. You are either exceptionally brave or exceptionally stupid… Well, no matter I guess. Before we talk and discuss the details, you probably want to see your friends. Here, you can't say I'm heartless! Hahahaha!” His shrill laughter filled the room.

An image formed in the pillar of light, showing the elderly couple tied down in chairs. Both of them were badly beaten, bruised, with blood, tears, and mud staining their looks. The elderly lady, Mrs. Norton, who was missing her right hand, had her right arm crudely wrapped in a bloodied linen cloth. By the looks of it, both of them were unconscious.

”You… you monster! Why did you beat them? They are just a kind elderly couple trying to make a living!” Lilly snapped and rushed at the light.

As she reached the pillar, the expected outcome didn't happen, she simply ran through the light.

”Ahahahaha, oh my… You really thought that they were sitting there? It was just an image, they are safe… for now. As for the future… we will see how you behave!”

Looking at the pillar of light Lily was clenching her fists so hard that it started bleeding. After a brief moment of silence, while gritting her teeth she asked the question that she already dreaded hearing the answer to.

”So, what do you want?”

The same shrill laughter filled the room once again, as the voice sniggered on her misery.

”Ahahahhaha, it's so good, it's so good, I can barely stand it!”

It took almost a full minute for the voice to finally calm down and with a sinister tone answer the question.

”You will be my new warrior, you're going to compete as tonight's main attraction!”