( Present day, Within the tunnel )


    Rocky panted profusely as he ran towards the exit of the tunnel.


    At this moment he was acutely aware of every square inch of his surroundings as the rush of adrenaline coursed strongly through his body.


    Not only had he sessfully managed to lure over a few hundred tier 4 and tier 5 experts into an ambush zone, but he was now walking out of that mess alive with a prisoner over his shoulders.


    "Hahahaha…. We did it guys" Rocky said, grinning from ear to ear, as he congratted Erin and Buhara on this small victory.


    Everything had gone down exactly how Rocky had envisioned it to be.


    Sophia betrayed Rocky near the inner prison wall entrance where an ambush party was waiting for him to take a few final steps before they lept into action, however, Rocky never gave them the chance.


    Right before entering the inner prison, Rocky asked Erin to put two spells on the door handle while he distracted Sophia.


    The first spell was a lock explosion spell that was ced to blow apart the door from its hinges when triggered and the second was a curse spell thatpletely paralyzed the target from the neck down for 10 minutes after being triggered.


    As soon as Sophia touched the prison door knob, to open the door, the curse spell was imprinted upon her and as soon as they walked through the door and Rocky confirmed that there was indeed an ambush lying ahead for them, he signaled for Erin to trigger Sophia''s curse first.


    Although the various experts had hidden themselves well from themon eyes using several illusion type seals, they could not hide their presence from Rocky''s aura eyes which detected their killing intent from a distance.


    Hence, after paralyzing Sophia, Rocky immediately pointed a knife to her neck, so that the hidden experts observing the situation would dare not make a move against them recklessly.


    Although Rocky did not know the exact worth of Sophia within Olympus, however, considering that she was the Champion Of Poseidon, Rocky assumed that her worth must not be low as he banked on that worth for the experts to show restraint.


    His strategy thankfully paid off big-time, as the experts hesitated in making the first move with Rocky holding Sophia at knife-point, which allowed Erin to trigger the explosion spell he had set up at the prison door and to send the signal to the Elites''s waiting in ambush above, to start the 25 seconds countdown to trigger the explosives.


    The second that the inner prison door exploded open, Buhara and Erin turned and began bolting at full speed, while Rocky pulled the paralyzed Sophia over his shoulders and followed closely behind.


    At this instant, the hidden experts who had been hesitating on whether or not they should make a move, finally decided to reveal themselves, as with Sophia no longer at knife-point, they decided to close down the distance between themselves and Rocky and to capture him as they had been instructed to.


    What followed was a high speed chase as Erin buffed the trio with a temporary high speed buff spell, allowing them to lure the enemies deep into the tunnel trap, which triggered at the perfect moment, just as the three of them crossed over the st zone, causing all of their pursuers to be buried beneath thickyers of  mud and rocks, making them easy pickings for the Elite army above.


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    As Rocky, Erin and Buhara emerged back outside the Farmers hut, they found a panicked Neatwit standing there clutching his head, as Neatwit could not believe his eyes when he saw the three of them walking out unharmed with a prisoner Sophia over Rocky''s shoulders.


    "You guys did it? You guys actually pulled off that crazy n?" Neatwit muttered in disbelief, as he brought out the restraining handcuffs and leg locks and restrained Sophia.


    "With this bitch in our possession, we now have a bargaining chip against Olympus if everything goes to hell.


    If they won''t release Riva, we won''t release Sophia" Neatwit said, sounding extremely spiteful and vicious as he tightened the cuffs extra-tight to make sure that Sophia had no wiggle room to move.


    "Rocky…. H-how did you know that I was going to betray you?" Sophia asked in disbelief as she seemed to be extremely shaken by these sudden turn of events which werepletely beyond her expectations.


    "We never trusted you…. You lying, scheming, conniving two bit snake" Erin said spitefully, as he ensured to emphasize on his point by spitting straight on Sophia''s face.


    *Spit*


    "I don''t me you ….. you betrayed us for family…" Buhara said, as he still seemed to be sympathetic towards Sophia, thinking that she only betrayed them because she was siding with family.


    "For a moment, I wanted to believe that we were genuinely friends. Discover exclusive tales on m,v l''e-NovelBin


    For a moment, I even found you attractive and had a fleeting thought of us being potential lovers.


    However, the more I got to know you and the more I got to see of your ugly heart…. It made me realize that I could never trust you, and that you were going to betray me, your family and everyone else in the universe eventually, because the only one you truly care about is you yourself while everyone else is an insignificant ant for you.


    Youck thepassion to understand others pain and others problems, and for that reason you are blind to their sufferings.


    If only you cared about someone other than yourself, then perhaps today''s chain of events would not have ended with us having to capture you.


    s, they don''t seem to teach mercy andpassion at Olympus making you as rotten as the rest of your disgusting family" Rocky said condescendingly as he expressed his true feelings regarding Sophia for the first time ever.


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    /// A/N - Bonus chapter for hitting the GT Target, good job everyone!


    Thankyou for all your consistent support! ///