chapter 73
73 – The Wizard of Gale and Fury (2)
The guild members who fell to the floor were unable to get up and groaned and twisted their bodies.
What on earth is going on?
I jumped over the fallen guild members and entered the guild, my mouth wide open at the sight that unfolded before my eyes.
One guild member floated several meters into the air and then fell to the ground.
And then it rises again and falls again.
Every time I hit my back on the floor, my guild member screamed in pain and begged for forgiveness for my mistake.
The person asking for forgiveness is a small woman standing in the middle of the guild.
With gray hair and wearing a blue robe… Ornette… ?!
“Ornette?!”
When Ornet made eye contact with her, the guild member floating in the air shook and fell helplessly.
A guild member who was freed from Ornette’s spell hurriedly pushed me away and ran outside.
I tripped that guy, stepped on his back, and asked.
“Ornette. “What are you doing here?”
“I came to look for the Tenevre guild leader.”
Ornette responded coldly.
“Tennevre Guild Leader? You? Here? Why?”
But Ornette did not answer my question.
I sighed and looked around the inside of the guild.
The furniture in the guild is a mess, the door is completely broken, and the guild members are running away.
“What happened here to make this place such a mess?”
“He tried to force me out when I said he wanted to talk to the guild leader. Then he touched my body, so I just used magic.”
Oh my, I had an accident with that.
“Why on earth do you move like this without a shirt?”
Ornette didn’t answer again.
After seeing Ornette like that, I decided to clean up the scene first.
I grabbed the guy who had just tripped on me and the guy who was still rolling around outside, tied them up with ropes, and put gags on their mouths.
Afterwards, he was pushed into a room that appeared to be an archive and the door was closed.
If they report Ornette to the border guards or stab us in the back, we’ll be in trouble.
Anyway, I was prepared to have a big conflict with the Drapener at some point, but now that it’s come to this, let’s make sure we sort out the ranks.
Anyway, I have no idea what Ornette is thinking.
“So, did you find out anything?”
“The guild members here were on site last night.”
“Yes? Why?”
“I hindered the Tenevre guild members from escaping and only stole the Tenevre guild leader. I don’t know why. I found out by looking into the psychology of the guild members earlier.”
There’s no way that’s a lie, and if that’s the case, then it’s clear that Dreffener saved her own sister, Tenevre, just as Patrick said.
But why didn’t they save the other guild members?
Because if the tail gets longer, you might get chased?
If not, is it because you lack the ability to save multiple people?
You will only find out for sure when you meet either Dreffener or Tenevre.
Then where on earth are they?
“Isn’t there a guild leader?”
“No. I knew there was a secret passage on the floor of the guild leader’s room, but I didn’t know how to open it, so I was asking.”
Was that the one that knocked one of the guild members to the floor earlier?
For cross-verification, I removed the gag of one of the guild members I had trapped and asked about the secret passage.
He didn’t answer at first, but when I used my know-how to interrogate him, he immediately told me everything in just a few seconds.
As instructed by the guild member, I went into the guild leader’s room and removed the carpet.
When I stroked the floor with my hand, it definitely felt different from other floors.
Only here, a completely different material of wood was used.
Judging by the faint flow of air between the floors, the bottom is empty.
Then how do I open this?
After looking around a bit more, I soon realized that this was a typical trick that often appears in games.
〈 Chaotic Empire 〉 is still an open world, but there are various puzzles and hidden tricks.
However, the types are not diverse, so we set a few things and only change the input values little by little.
This floor on the floor of the Drapener Guildmaster’s room is one of them. If you flip the floor in the right order, a hidden door will open.
Let’s see, if it’s this type of trick…
I roughly traced the memories in my head and turned the floor over.
Ornette came next to me and watched me in silence.
Fortunately, the order was right, and the entire floor opened sideways with a rattling sound.
A somewhat humid air rushed in, and a narrow staircase leading down appeared.
“Now why don’t you go back to the guild. Who knows what’s at the end of here.”
However, Ornette remained silent and did not move a single step.
There is no way to be so stubborn.
“Then follow me carefully.”
As I went down the narrow stairs with Ornette, the door closed above my head.
The passage is straight, slightly bumpy, and high enough to pass only by bending down.
It was not built from the beginning of the design, but it seemed to have been completed by digging a tunnel and building some walls along the way.
I wonder if there’s another trap in the middle.
If you have it, just cancel it.
“Then let’s go. Try launching some luminous objects.”
Guided by the luminous body that escaped Ornette’s hand, we stooped down the passage.
“Gasp, gasp…”
It didn’t take long before Ornette was breathing heavily from behind.
Originally, wizards did not exercise at all, so their physical strength was low.
“Shall we take a break?”
“Just go… It’s not hard… “
“Okay. Follow me carefully.”
But as we went a little further, Ornette’s breathing could no longer be heard at all.
When I looked back, I couldn’t see Ornette, so it seemed like it had spread somewhere in the middle.
When I turned around and crouched, I saw Ornette, as expected, almost half collapsed, jumping up and down on his shoulders.
“So let’s take a break.”
As I got closer, I could smell a strong and calming perfume.
Because it was a small, enclosed space, the scent felt even stronger.
Contrary to how it looks, it uses a very heavy perfume.
As I sat down next to him, Ornette crawled on all fours and slightly got away from me.
Then, she glanced at me as she smoothed the front of her robe, which she had nothing to see.
“Don’t do anything. Don’t treat me like a weirdo.”
“I didn’t say anything either. And don’t make me say anything. Hold my breath.”
“Okay, okay.”
I smiled and tried to pinch Ornette’s cheek, but of course it was rejected.
Something like an angry cat.
After a while, Ornette stood up, pushing my back.
“Go now.”
“Are you going to be okay?”
“Keep saying those kind words, telling me not to worry!”
Suddenly Ornette screamed.
No, no matter what you worry about, it’s a mess…
As I kept going, a door soon appeared in front of me.
This time too, there were stairs leading to the ground.
“Take cover.”
When Ornette nodded, he counted to three and kicked the door open.
* * * * *
Drapener, who was naked, calmly adjusted his leather armor.
This is because the guild noticed that someone was infiltrating this way.
“What do you think, sister? Should I kill you? Coming here means I know everything.”
Dreffener asked Tenevre.
But Tenèvre could not answer.
Because now Tenevre was chained to his chair, naked, with a gag in his mouth.
I was sweating so much that a puddle formed under the chair.
“Still, he’s a terrible assassin.”
Dreffener laughed and poured water from the bucket on Tenevre.
“Ugh…”
“I’ll admit that you have mental strength to endure this much even after using a weak medicine.”
Tenevre glared at Drapener, dripping water.
“Don’t look at me like that. I don’t think I can stand it.”
The drapener licked her lips, flicking her long tongue like a snake.
“We’re both adults now, right? When I was young, I didn’t know anything, so I did what I wanted without asking my sister’s wishes, but that can’t be done now.”
Drepenner slowly walked forward and stroked Tenevre’s cheek with his fingertips.
Tenevre tried to turn his face to the side, but Dreffener would not allow it.
Dreffener said, clutching Tenevre’s cheek tightly.
“Because she’s an adult, she should at least say what she wants. Does she want it too, right?”
Tenevre mumbled something and shook his head violently.
“Hmm, okay. Then I have to go greet a guest, so think about it carefully.”
Drepenner picked up the can of aphrodisiacs he had placed down next to his chair.
Drapener, who had his fingers full of the aphrodisiac, thrust it into Tenevre’s crotch.
“Eup! Eup!”
“Then are you going to come back? I can’t have her sister taken away from me. That’s nonsense. I will protect her sister even if I have to kill them all.”
Dreffener stroked Tenevre’s face once again and left the room.
Dreffener said just before closing the door.
“Oh, and that office manager. He seemed quite ambivalent. How about poisoning him and having one for the three of us? Huh?”
“Ugh!”
Dreffener laughed like a snake and slammed the door.