Chapter 146 To kill an emperor 8 (1/2)
Mars followed the tunnel for about 10 minutes before he found a ladder which lead up, Mars climbed the ladder and pushed aside the stone plate at the top of the ladder which turned out to be a stone tile
”...neat”
Mars quickly got up the ladder were Victoria followed before he pushed the stone tile back in place and looked around, he was inside a wide hallway
”okay good for now.... Victoria hide in my shadow”
”okay...”
Victoria jumped into Mars' shadow and hid herself meanwhile Mars picked the best looking direction and began walking in a non-hurried pace, soon he ran into a maid that was caring some bed sheets
'play it cool...'
Mars gave a smile and a nod to the maid as he kept walking, the maid suspected nothing and returned his nod with a slight blush on her face, as soon as Mars passed the maid he gave a sigh and continued down the hallway
'just searching blindly won't do...there has to be something I can go after...'
Mars activated his [Energy: sense] and looked around
'the central mana supply... no as tempting as it sounds it's not my objective...'
Mars continued looking around and soon zeroed in on a person with a huge amount of mana a few kilometers away
'a high class mage... if he isn't the emperor he will know where he is...'
having found his target Mars now walked with his objective in mind and by following the mana wires in the walls he was able to map a way to his target fairly easily
'the problem is the way passes by what looks like a checkpoint...'
Mars kept walking as he thought about what to do about the 2 guards that guarded the checkpoint and eventually decided to take them out quietly.
Walking along the hallways Mars passed some maids and a few guards but so far no one had stopped him and soon he arrived at the checkpoint were 2 guards stood, Mars put on a smile and walked up to one of the guards while he talked to him
”hey buddy, can you help me out?”
the guard gave a frown
”what is it?”
”you see, to tell the truth I'm lost I was supposed to head to the---”
as soon as Mars was within arms reach of the guard he acted with lightning fast movements as a cold light shone is his eyes, Mars grabbed the forehead and jaw of the guard and before he had any change to react he twisted
*CRACK*
then he activated [Instant movement and grabbed the face of the other guard covering his mouth and used his [Energy: drain hands] and within moments the guard turned mummified and died, Mars then gave a sigh and let go of the guard that fell to the floor
”Victoria”
as soon as Mars called out his own shadow expanded and covered the 2 corpses before they were absorbed into his own shadow and disappeared
'and that's that'
Mars then opened the door that the guards were standing in front and passed though and closed the door after him
'now where did that mage go... there he is'
having found his target Mars proceeded to walk calmly towards the mage's room and when he arrived he found it unguarded and simply opened the door and walked in, the mage stood with his back against Mars but quickly turned and saw him, then she yelled
”who are you!?”
”...[FREEZE]”
after using his pernce for the first time in a while Mars walked up and grabbed the mage by the neck before he lifted her into the air
”now I only have one question: where is the emperor?”
the mage looked at Mars in terror
”oh right you're still frozen my bad take your time...”
while Mars waited for the mage to be able to move again he drained her mana, you know just to be safe
”the emperor? what do you want with him?”
”that's my business, JUST. ANSWER. THE. QUESTION”
Mars tightened his grip on the mage as a cold light shone in his eyes, he had come to far to return empty handed
”he's... in... his... chambers...”
”see was that so hard?”
Mars gave a smile and loosened his grip on the mage
”now you are going to show me the way, if you scream for help know that it's the last thing you will ever do”
Mars let go of the mage that collapsed on the floor while coughing before she gave a glared fiercely at Mars
”...fine, follow me”
Mars gave a nod
”I knew you would be smart”