Chapter 232 - Looking Up (1/2)

With Avrion preparing for the possible upcoming war in the future, Ray decided to teleport back to Jack, to see what was the next best course of action. When Ray arrived, he was surprised to see that the whole investigation team had already gathered and were happily drinking away in the tavern.

”Wasn't expecting you back so soon,” Lenny said. ”Come join us, have a drink.”

Ray agreed to sit down with the others but refused to have a drink, he didn't like the taste nor did he understand why humans liked the feeling it gave them after.

”Has there been any new information about the whereabouts of Gary?” Ray asked.

”No I'm afraid not but I do have my suspicions.” Lenny said, ”While I was making my daily rounds around the castle, I heard the guards speaking about the garden. About how the statue had been moved and the door opened.”

”Is that not where the divine being is located?” Ark said as he jumped out. ”Why are you only telling us this now?”

Lenny took a huge gulp of his beer before replying.

”I only found out this information recently, and besides if Gary really had gone below do you think the three of us would be strong enough to take him? We needed to wait for Ray anyway.”

”Do you think their target is the Divine being?” Ray asked.

”Possibly but I highly doubt it, the Divine being's power is strong. Although it may only be a lump of crystal at the moment, it is quite cable of defending itself. Especially against those that work for the shadow.”

Ray then stood up from his seat.

”Well, what are we waiting for, let's finally go pay this Divine being a visit, I have some questions of my own that I need to ask it anyway.”

The group headed back to the castle as usual. Only this time they were preparing to sneak into the castle garden at night. The statue that led to the underground tunnels, was a secret kept to only those that worked at the castle. Outsiders were not to know of this.

And if they had informed the mayor that the new demon man was in his back garden, the group feared the worst. From what they had heard from Lilly and the others the mayor was a bit of a wimp.

He wasn't popular with the people until the two large guilds had arrived and luckily for him, Lilly had managed to improve his relationship with the people over time.

There were very few guards in the garden. The mayor never thought that perhaps the demon man had entered the tunnels below. What he didn't know was Gary already had information from before he was possessed of where the Divine being was located.

This was why Lenny believed that Gary had decided to go through the underground tunnels in hopes to escape the city. With this mission, they were completing two birds with one stone. They would look for Gary while underground and see if they could find any traces, then they could also meet up with the Divine being.

The group managed to avoid being seen and Lenny cast a silencing spell on the statute before asking Jack to move it. Once they had entered the underground tunnel they started to head downwards to the stairs and finally they had reached the door.

A new lock had been placed on the door.

”We don't have the time for this,” Lenny said as he placed his hand and the lock and it seemed to crumble away.

”Magic really is useful huh,” Jack said

Just like with Avrion, there were multiple tunnels underneath the ground.