Chapter 253: Paving the way (2/2)
“Hehe, then alright. I have no issues with it if you guys can go in!” Lawrence chuckled lightly, then pulled Han Shuo inside. When he reached the entrance, he cast a look at the guard with his eyes, then rushed in while tugging on Han Shuo.
Jino and the others followed, but they were forcefully stopped when they reached the entrance. The guards refused to let them in no matter how much they tried to explain.
Han Shuo knew through the yin demon’s surveillance that the protectors out in the open had been left outside by Lawrence. However, the hidden guards being led by Lucky were trying their best to sneak into the Rose Garden through various other methods.
However, the defenses of this Rose Garden were astonishingly good. It was protected by experts openly and covertly. These included powerful swordsman and mages specializing in different elements. These people were rather powerful, and protected the surroundings with great responsibility. Aside from the old assassin, Lucky, who’d managed to sneak in, all of the other experts had been stopped outside.
Han Shuo noticed that this Rose Garden occupied a great deal of land through usage of his yin demon’s surveillance. There were numerous artificial mountains, flowing water, hot springs with pavilions with in, and every single room was decorated in an extremely opulent manner. There was a beautiful woman in revealing clothing who was stripping as she twisted her hips and danced a mesmerizing dance within one of the large halls.
Suppressed moans rang out from several slightly smaller rooms as many noble lords and young masters spent enormous amounts of money here to enjoy all sorts of services.
Lawrence seemed to be extremely familiar with this sort of place as he walked straight in familiarly. All of the openly stationed and hidden guards recognized Lawrence. Not only did noone stop him, they often greeted him.
“Ugh, I know what this place is now!” Since the three yin demons had swiftly circled the extremely large Rose Garden, Han Shuo couldn’t help but blurt out after he understood what sort of place this was.
“Haha, all men should know what kind of place this is. All of the expenditures here today are on me, so just treat it as me welcoming you back.” Lawrence laughed frankly as he walked straight in and arrived within a wide all. There were young and beautiful women dancing at the center of the hall, with some people that were either rich or noble watching from the sidelines. When they saw Lawrence come in, they also greeted him with smiles.
There were many soft animal-skinned chairs around the hall alongside fresh vegetables, exquisite snacks, and glasses of expensive alcohol costing a gold coin each. A large circular chandelier, with a five meter diameter, shone down upon the scene with ambiguous light, causing the women dancing to the light hearted music underneath it to appear extremely sexy.
“Hey, Lawrence, you haven’t come in a long time,” A guy, who was clearly a fop of a rich family, greeted Lawrence as the former led in a thinly covered woman exuding sexiness.
“Bruno, why do I see you every time I come here?” Lawrence casually picked up a wine glass filled with amber wine from a table laden with numerous other drinks. He responded to this weakling dandy after taking a sip of wine.
“Life is just that boring. There are only some places in the northern workshops that spark my interest. That’s why I come over here. Isn’t it the same for you?” Bruno winked towards Lawrence and said meaningfully.
“Alright, I came here purely to entertain my friend. I won’t chat too much with you this time, so let’s have a good discussion next time,” Lawrence apologized, then dragged Han Shuo across the hall into another quiet place.
Lawrence had brought Han Shuo through a corridor, around a few corners, and into another quiet hall after a few moments. There wasn’t anyone in this hall, but there was a magic barrier around it.
Lawrence took out a magic scroll and chanted a spell. The magic scroll emitted out a hazy azure light, and the surrounding walls cracked open under the light. Lawrence turned around and indicated for Han Shuo to enter with him.
Han Shuo was shocked as he looked at the pathway under the light. He asked since he was clearly befuddled, “It’s very normal for a place like this to have a secret passageway, but why do you know about it?”
“Of course I would know about it, because I am the true owner of the Rose Garden. Bryan, since we are being honest with each other, I won’t hide this secret from you!” Lawrence laughed, then pulled Han Shuo inside. There were quite a few magical seals along the corridor that extended towards the very bottom.
There were a lot of things that made Han Shuo surprised about this hidden place. However, what shocked Han Shuo the most was that the true owner of this gold mine was Lawrence. No wonder Candide had said that Lawrence wasn’t simple during their first meeting. It seemed that he did know quite a lot of things about Lawrence.
“Come, I’ll take you to meet Phoebe and my master. I think that he must be very interested in you!” Lawrence was very satisfied with Han Shuo’s surprise as he laughed and pulled Han Shuo inside.