Chapter 34: Questions Left Unanswered


    "Good morning mistress." de said to Sylph who is now locked up inside a room within the castle. Her bow and arrows have been confiscated and, all possible escape routes have been blocked. Various soldiers also surrounded the area, making it impossible for her to fight her way through without her weapons.


    "I heard you got promoted. Congrattions, you''d have someone new to betray now." Sylph said, facing the window and refusing to look at de. It is painful for her after all, knowing that thepanion she trusted the most is actually a secret spy.


    "Now don''t go and make me the viin now. I just yed my part in all of this. Plus, the show''s not even over yet." He said, smiling at Sylph who still refused to look at him.


    "Well if that''s how you want it, I guess I''ll be going now." He continued.


    de had a lot of things to do for the day. With him being the second inmand to General Erio, he now has arge control over the military and, he even has ess to ces that most people cannot enter. One of this being the prison where Hark is being kept.


    The ce runs underground meaning, everyone who wishes to enter it needs to pass through the entrance on the surface. Stationed there are two guards who, after seeing de, immediately saluted.


    "At ease." de said, telling the guards that he wishes to be permitted inside.


    "But sir, the King and General Erio have instructed that nobody should be permitted inside until the execution is done with."


    "Are you questioning my authority solider?'' de responded, cing a chilling grin on his face.


    "N-no sir of course not." At this, the soldiers opened the entrance, creating a staircase that leads spirally down.


    Nobody has ever escaped the elven prison for a lot of reasons. A primary part is because, there are carnivorous worms that have been ced around the prison. Any prisoner who tries getting away by digging through the ground will only end up as food for these worms. The second reason is because, the walls are made up of the wood of the ancient [Elemental Tree]. The said tree had its name because it absorbs any and all elements as its source of nutrients. Thus, even if some parts of the prison are damaged, all that is needed is to feed a bit of element into the prison and it will restore itself.


    de descended the area and went straight to the elevator stationed on the top floor. The machinery works on magic crystals that controls gravity. There is no advanced mechanism in the city of Elysium after all. What they rely on are mostly made of natural materials.


    "Bottom floor." de said, making the operator open a magic circle and spinning it to the symbol that meant ''bottom''.


    As he descended, de heard the agonizing cries of the prisoners held there. A sound that kept getting weaker as he went further down. With a prison such as this, it gets harder to breathe as one goes down. Even de is now experiencing the same effects as he goes further.


    Then, he finally reached the bottom cell. One which only contained a single prisoner, tied up in chains who can barely move and has been doing his best just to breathe.


    "Hey, how''s it going. I brought you some food." de said, throwing a pouch inside the cell.


    Normally, food cannot be given to prisoners as they already have their daily rations. However, the guard didn''t stop de anymore. He knows the current rank of the elf who threw it and, he''s been trained to be on the good side of hismanding officers.


    "You''ll be dead tomorrow so you should at least eat to your heart''s content." de said sarcastically.


    At this, de moved on and offered food to every person inside every cell. He gave the same pouch but, of a smaller size.


    "There you go."


    "And one for yuou."


    "And another for you."


    The guards didn''t stop him and thought that, this is the Vice-General''s way of showing kindness after his appointment to the position. After all this, he went back to the surface, sweating heavily but satisfied nheless.


    "Tomorrow''s the day huh." He said out loud and, as moved away, his face twisted into a hair-raising smile.


    "Oh what''s this?" de said, looking at his ne which began glowing.


    "Looks like I have some visitors."


    Meanwhile, Zeke and Allesiah have just entered the city through an underground path. This area is shown in thest memory piece that Zeke viewed. As far as he can tell, only members of the Leonis household knows of this pathway. There are no troubles encountered because the ce is simply a route, not a ce where people stay at.


    "How did you find this ce master?" Allesiah asked.


    "Let''s just say that, I''ve got some really conventional means of information." He replied.


    The two moved quickly, knowing that they have no time to waste. Zeke gave the details to Allesiah as they moved along and, though arge part of it seems to be too viinous to be acted out, the n could nevertheless work.


    "That''s it, the end of the tunnel." Zeke said, pointing to a spot on the ceiling that he''s able to move. The ground opened up and, true enough they are now safely within the city, hiding in a spot that almost nobody everes to.


    That''s why both of them are surprise as they heard someone speak.


    "Well what do we have here?"


    Zeke and Allesiah immediately turned to find de standing right in front of them. Zeke knows that they can''t make any sudden movement as the soldiers coulde with themotion. That''s why the two of them stood still, and so did de.


    "You are really full of surprises." de said.


    "So are you." Zeke replied, cing another piece of the puzzle into ce.


    Beads of sweat formed on Zeke''s forehead and he felt his own heart pumping nervously. There are a lot of preparations he needs to do. He doesn''t n to fight the whole of the capital unprepared and so, his mind raced for possible solutions once again.


    "I won''t stop you from whatever it is that you are scheming. For all I care, you''d greatly help me in aplishing my goals." de said.


    He then threw a map and twomunication bracelets to the two. The bracelet is made for all soldiers of the capital. This ensures that any order is acted upon quickly. The bracelet will also explode once it detects that a non-soldier wears it. That''s why, Gale modified the ones he gave in order for the effect to not activate.


    "That map has red dots all over it. Those are the areas where the soldiers will be. The green spots are the safe areas and, the houses with names are the ones where the wicked nobles are staying." de finished, leaving both Zeke and Allesiah at a loss for words.


    "Why are you helping us?" Zeke said, holding on to the map.


    "That''s a secret. But like I said, you guys may benefit me so I''ll pretend that I didn''t see you." At this de walked away.


    "Uhmm what just happened?" Allesiah asked.


    "Beats me." Zeke replied, dissolving the map and letting the [Gamer''s System] integrate the data.


    He then opened the minimap which now holds all the information that they need. What Zeke ns to do is the same tactic he used in the [Trial ind]. With the locations of the soldiers and civilians in ce, the operation would be done more urately and safer.


    "But I''ll dly wee the assistance he gave us." Zeke said, throwing themunication bracelet to Allesiah.


    "Change our appearances and give me elf ears." Zeke ordered to Allesiah who immediately followed his words. After this, the two came out of the alley and proceeded to do their parts. Night has alreadye and, with the darkened capital, the two can move swiftly and urately.


    Zeke began going around town, maximizing the [Mana Conversion] skill and nting [Poison Cloud] using his [Detonate]. Although he just wants to kill of the guards, it may cause an rm making things more difficult.


    What Zeke made Allesiah perform is a transportation spell circle. It''s a spell that anybody can use because all that''s needed is the creation of the magic circle on the ground. This needs to be on two spots. One on the entrance and, the other is on the exit. It''s a ime spell so after using it, the magic circle will dissolve. The number which it can transport is purely dependent on the amount of mana invested.


    That''s why Zeke made Allesiah stay at an unnoticed alleyway near the center of the capital. She immediately began her part, having an easier time gathering mana as her staff helps her to gain it from her surroundings. Coupling it with her personal training on mana maniption made the work even more bearable.


    On the Windsprite manor, all the butlers and maids used up their mana in order to supply the magic circle. The whole process would Take Allesiah and the servants half a night to finish it and, once they do, all that''s left is rest and wait for the next day.


    Before the execution couldmence, Zeke and Allesiah will save everyone.