Chapter 350 Prison Break (2/2)

And one of those people was a Knight

After an hour, Captain Kaleesh narrowed his eyes, a look of concentration appearing on his face Some moments passed in silence, until finally, he spoke, ”The noise has died down It's tiround and walked over to the steel door Then, he slale sharp h the palm strike looked, when it hit the door there was a sound of tearing e, but it lasted only a fraction of a second And as the sound died down, the door swung open

Kaleesh glanced back at Arran ”First, we'll need so proved easier than expected When they stepped into the narrow hallway, Arran saw three guards barely a dozen paces away, looks of alaruards opened his mouth to shout, but before he could make a sound, Arran had already reached the uard's face

The guard collapsed instantly, neck snapped frouards lay dead as well, skulls ser needed to hold back, killing the guards was no s

They hid the bodies in their cell, quickly stripping theh the uniforuise was passable — if one didn't look too closely

”We'll need better weapons,” the captain said with a displeased look at the sword he'd taken ”Let's go kill soeons' narrow hallways, then began to ers

Although the dungeons were far euards had left with Kadun's aruards

Most of the guards they foundattention as their thoughts were hting Three groups, however, noticed soilance rewarded with death

They hid the bodies in e on their way, but as they passed the nuht occurred to Arran

”Shouldn't we free the other prisoners?” he said ”There are hundreds of them, with most of them likely victims of the saht provide us with a distraction”

The captain shook his head, albeit reluctantly ”There's nothing we can do for them Even if they hed, then added, ”And we can't afford to draw attention — not while we're still in here”

Though Arran knew that Kaleesh was right, he could not help but regret the other prisoners' fates Perhaps Rannoc would be more merciful than Kadun's stewards, but somehow, he doubted it

They searched the maze of hallways for a quarter-hour, but without any luck While there were still plenty of guards in the dungeons, the Rangers had been rare to begin with, and most of them had left earlier

Of course, Arran's Sense told hiers and their star he could not reveal — even if Kaleesh suspected that he was ait Not yet, at least

But ti quickly as they searched, and they had little of it to waste

Finally, just as the captain was about to head to another dead end, Arran pointed toward another hallway — one that would lead theers, both armed with starmetal weapons

”That way,” he said And as the captain gave hi”

While the captain looked unconvinced, he did not question Arran's suggestion And barely a ers appeared in the hallway before the their best to look like the guards they pretended to be Yet when they'd coers cast a suspicious look at theet the chance to finish the sentence Before he could react, the captain's sword flashed forward, its steel blade instantly eer's head

The other Ranger barely had time to draw his sword before Arran's blade was upon hih he tried to block the strike, it was no use

Arran struck with such force that even as the Ranger's blade tore through his oord, the man's weapon was ripped froered backward, scra for his lost weapon in a blind panic

Yet Arran did not give the rabbed his opponent's head and sla

Then, with a glance at the captain, he said, ”You're fast”

A frown on his face, the captain replied, ”You're strong”

For a moment, they faced each other, each surprised at the other's ability

Finally, the captain chuckled ”Good Now let's go open that gate”