379 Eve of the Dungeon War (2/2)
”Ah!”
”Ah!”
…
A horse carriage carrying a few guards passed by a muddy road. They were looking at a metal cage that held a deformed and ugly Human.
Above his head were the words ”Hoodlum”, with ”Hoodlum Yoga Association” below his name. The guards didn't know and weren't bothered by the green symbols.
The carriage came to a grand castle, and a castle guard opened the gate by pressing a button. The huge castle gate lifted with the deafening sound of steam engines.
”Hi, sending a new toy again?”
The gate guard and the guards on the horse carriage knew each other well, so he lifted his hand and joked with his friends.
”I can guarantee that the toy is different this time,” a guard on the horse carriage said with a strange expression as he looked at Hoodlum.
”Ah? What's different? I'm unable to watch the show today since I'm on shift! Can you tell me?” the gate guard asked as he followed the horse carriage for a while, but his friend didn't tell him.
His friend merely smiled and said, ”Give me an Empire gold coin, and I'll tell you.”
”I'll only charge 50 silver coins,” said another.
The gate guard waved his hand and stopped following, shouting, ”As you wish. Anyway, the prisoner is bound to die, which means you must be trying to fool me. After all, you said it was different last time, and the prisoner was dead within ten minutes. It's not fun!”
The gate guard then returned to his post.
The guards on the carriage laughed, but they discovered Hoodlum glaring at them and stopped laughing.
From Hoodlum's gaze, it was as though the guards were the prisoners, and they were like animals.
He was such a terrifying Human.
The guards felt fearful.
”Wait, why didn't you answer the gate guard's question? I don't mind your compliments,” Hoodlum said as he looked at them.
The guards didn't answer Hoodlum's question. It wasn't the first time Hoodlum asked such a brainless and strange question.
The carriage stopped outside a building, and the guards disembarked and opened the cage. They then led the heavily cuffed Hoodlum out of the cage and down the carriage.
A man with a small black hat came by. He looked nervous as he said, ”The Duke of York is very unhappy. You were supposed to bring the man here a month ago.”
”Apologies, Pastor. Our master gave him some training sessions, and I can guarantee that the training sessions were necessary. The Duke of York will be pleased,” a guard said in trepidation.
”I hope it's as you've said. Otherwise, your master won't be able to come to the Duke of York's Castle ever again.”
The Pastor opened the huge door behind him, then said, ”Follow me, the guests have waited for a long time.”
The guards looked at each other as they pushed Hoodlum into the building.
The entrance hall of the building was huge. There was a spiraling staircase going up, but they took the spiraling staircase that went down.
The Pastor prayed in front of a statue, then pressed a secret mechanism, which caused the statue to move. A tunnel was revealed underneath the statue.
Hoodlum was quickly pushed into the secret tunnel.
The journey was long. With passing time, the whispering of people became clearer.
Hoodlum was placed in the middle of a round arena, and a spotlight shone on his body.
”Ladies and gentlemen!”
A tall figure stood in front of a high platform and held a microphone looking object as he shouted loudly, ”Welcome to tonight's secret meeting!”