Chapter 228: Down into the tunnels. (2/2)
Some time had passed since the transformation occurred and most of the people had already fled On the inside, as expected they only encountered dead bodies of the unfortunate commoners and more black ooze
“Behind that door, break it!”
Isabela along with her two sisters looked towards a door that was leading to the back rooroup that just nodded and quickly delivered a powerful kick to the locked door The door fraed to stand tall Even though it looked inconspicuous it was made from quite the resistant wood
“Hah, can't you even break down one flimsy door? Move over and let a specialist do it!”
“What the hell you on about pipsqueak?”
After a few more kicks it was obvious that Grisalde would not be able to just break it down that easily Instead of using more power, Senna decided to step in, she pulled out a lockpicking kit quickly and went to work
“Can you pick it?”
“Who do you think I am? Just keep those bastards off my back and I’ll have this lock open in a second!”
Roland didn’t knoas on the other side of that door If they forcefully destroyed an entrance that led into the den of thieves a trap could be activated It would have been easy for hiered some kind of safety that blocked the rest of the way for them it would be inconvenient
“Just let me…”
“Let’s just leave it to Senna, for now, help uard the door”
Grisalde looked ticked off but after Roland gave the order she retreated to the back The o into the building and gave chase Luckily they were quite clue
This was used to their advantage thanks to the vast array of runic spells that Roland was able to produce With his iron staff in hand, he created a large number of mana bolt spells that traveled toward their ene the approaching swarround they could only crawl and give enough time for Senna to pick the lock
click
Soon the door opened before them and revealed another roo the entrance behind them they continued to the lower level where the wine cellar was Orsonany ene out
“Is this really an entrance into the thieves guild? I’ve always heard stories about them but never been in one before”
Inside the wine cellar was quite dark but was quickly illuminated by a rudimentary spell produced by Roland The three pirate ladies were quite surprised to see an orb of blue light floating out fro hie
“Blast ye, thar be no one on the other side, thar best be a switch or somethin' here, helparound to see if noon an unsuspecting wall This was probably the entrance to the thief-owned underground tunnels Instead of a password, they were using a knocking code not surprisingly there was no person on the other side
‘Did the thieves from this pub decide to abandon it for now?’
It wasn’t that surprising that whoever was informed about this place decided to evacuate to a safe location If they were unlucky then the opening mechanism would only be accessible froh the ould require a lot of force
“If we don’t find the switch, can we just blow up the wall? ”
It was already too late to turn back Monsters probably had started going into the building they escaped in If they turned around now they would have to go through uards got everything under control
“I wouldna recoh an explosion”
Isabela co on the mechanis through their shi+ft on the other side was probably not that unco around Roland decided to do the sa htly e Just as he had predicted the floor that they had left was slowly beco infested with more monsters
The people from the merchant district would probably flee towards where the soldier's presence was the highest and leave this place empty Only when some semblance of order returned to the city would he be able to leave, this left the underground tunnels belonging to the thieves guild the only way out
“Let’s see…”
The hel the walls He had implemented various detection methods that could inform him about pockets ofarea Thanks to this he noticed so hidden behind a wall, it was a circular object that looked like a crank
“Could this be it?”
“Did you find so around the corner
“Givean explanation Roland activated the strengthening feature of his ar his arers into the brick wall There was no tih strength to just pry the bricks out forcefully
“Oh, this should be it! I don’t see any traps on it, you can go ahead and give it a yank”
He nodded to Senna who examined the lever and crank attached to it This lever was meant for two hands and perhaps even for two people With his boosted strength though he was able tosound fro sound that started co froilant, Dalrak placed his shi+eld in the front and waited as the as being lifted up There h which Roland was now pulling the wall up Luckily after half of the tunnel behind the entrance became revealed no monsters could be seen
“There is no one there, the thieves either retreated to their guild or escaped outside the city”
Senna coh the half-opened wall With her short height, she was able to just walk through it while everyone else needed to wait for Roland to pull it all the way up
“Let’s go then! If we be lucky we'll be back at me shi+p in a jiffy”
Isabela let some of Roland’s partyin herself Soon everyone was going through while leaving Roland to hold the lever in place It didn’t have a locking mechanism, this would normally force him to sprint towards the entrance before the wall slaot it, Wayland”
That is if he was alone, with Orson’s and Grisalde’s help he wouldn’t have to When he lowered the sliding wall slightly both of the up To their surprise even when done by both of them the thick slab of rock was heavier than it looked When Roland was passing by the due to his surprising strength
“Are you sure that you are a Rune Mage and not soht after dropping the wall behind Roland Both he and Grisalde were now slightly out of breath and wondering how one man was able to use a lever crank to pull this heavy wall up
“Don’t be silly, let us continue the faster we get to the shi+p the quicker ill be safe”
“Aye, let's go”
Dalrak called out fro spot, next to hie barbarian lady with an oversized axe Between the skills would be quite useful when traveling through these tunnels
The three pirate women remained in the middle while Roland and Orson protected the rear from any potential surprise attacks With this composition, they moved towards the uncharted territory, aited for them there no one knew