Chapter 115: Infiltration (1)


    Within the hallways governed by many guards of the Slera Race, a slime hopped through it as it stopped at arge door.


    "Hmm...?" The guards turned to the slime standing at the front with a curious look. "...what do you want?"


    "The king, I must see the king." The slime said in an urgent voice.


    "The king..." The guards uttered. "His majesty is busy with matters in regards to the curse. Please give me your message and I will ry it to him."


    "No! I must give it to him personally!" The slime shouted out.


    "...he is-" The guard was about to speak up, however, he was quickly interrupted by the opening of therge door from behind him.


    "It is okay, my friend." The voice of Leloop protruded out into the halls. "Reru maye in and speak."


    "...I see." The guard seemed to be nodding his head as he moved over towards the side. "Then proceed."


    "Thank you!" Reru happily stated as he entered the room.


    ...


    Upon entering the throne room, Reru was greeted by the sight of the king whoy rest at the end of the room. However, unlike the usual prestige aura that Leloop gave off, it was instead reced by a gloomy one in which enshrouded the entire room.


    "...Reru. What is the update with that human?" Breaking the internal silence of the throne room, Leloop spoke up,


    "She''s still learning the arts..." Reru muttered out in reply.


    "It is improbable to finish in time..." Leloop said solemnly. "The girl who knows knowledge struggles to finish the mes that burst through the catbs."


    "That girl will need a few more weeks," Reru muttered. "But, by that time... It''ll all be hopeless right?"


    "Yes... Everything wille to an end before long," Leloop sighed. "Our people, have delved into the path of no return. What is there to do but pray for that the human to finish in time?"


    "Then what do we do?" Reru asked.


    "With the magic of the darkness, the evil being known as Sanke grows stronger day by day," Leloop hopped down his throne as he paced around the room. "His curse remains precedented throughout our sanctuary."


    "What about Renryth?" Reru suggested. "He knows of such arts of mes... However, he is incapacitated by the curse..."


    "The cursed darkness... I fear Renryth may long have fallen," Leloop seemed to be shaking his head. "If we wish for his help; who knows what may happen?"


    "...then what about that human''spanion?"


    "Those humans?" Leloop stopped at his steps. "Humans... are they to be trusted once again?"


    ...


    Using the hidden passagewayid within the catbs, the group scurried along the path. Their goal was to quickly make their way towards the castle, in which they started doing.


    "...you know." As the party silently walked through the passage, Frey uttered out. "I''m still wondering how there was an entrance to enter here in the first ce..."


    "An entrance?" Ethaniel clicked his tongue. "The hell do you mean there was an entrance?"


    ...


    Back before the group had made their way into the narrow corridor that would lead them to the castle, the group had stopped by in front of a concrete wall.


    "Hah...? Here?" Ethaniel blinked at the sight as he stared nkly at the wall. "Why the hell is the passageway so far from the castle?"


    "How am I supposed to know, human?!" Rustly clicked his tongue. "Madam Ru pointed me over here!"


    "...trantion?" Ethaniel red at Shinto.


    "Sigh. He says he doesn''t know. All he did was follow the direction of where the slime at the counter pointed towards," Shinto shrugged. "In any case, since we stopped by in front of the wall, there must be a hidden switch somewhere, right?"


    "Wouldn''t that slime know?" Ethaniel raised his brow. "What is he waiting for?"


    "Jeez, be patient!" Rustly cried out as he made his way over towards the wall. Momentster, he jiggled and hopped a few times in front of it.


    "...what?" At the sight of the slime''s action, Ethaniel frowned. The slime had continued doing this movement for more than a minute, however, nothing happened. "Is this a joke?"


    "Huh? Why isn''t this working?" Rustly murmured out in confusion. "Did Madam Ru lied to me?!"


    "Do you want a trantion?" Shinto nced over towards Ethaniel as he sighed.


    "...no. I don''t need to know the trantion to tell he got duped, didn''t he?" Ethaniel helplessly shook his head. "This is just a concrete wall, isn''t it?"


    "Eh? How could it just be a concrete wall?" Frey tilted her head. "You know how in those movies there''s a secret button somewhere to open up a door? Yeah! This could it be it!"


    "You tell me, where is the button?" Ethaniel questioned. "I have eyes to see that there isn''t any sort of dent tings or walls that can trigger an opening switch anywhere around here."


    "It must be somewhere!" Frey stepped forward over towards the walls as she began pressing her hand against it in hopes of triggering something. However, after nearly touching almost every part of the wall, nothing happened. "There must be something, right?"


    "As I said, duped," Ethaniel sighed. "So, how about my previous idea of just barging in unannounced?"


    "No crazy human! That''s a bad idea!" Rustly cried out. "What Madam Ru said about this passageway is definitely true! But... The trigger isn''t working..."


    "He says you''re crazy for thinking such an idea and whatever that slime said was true, the passageway apparently exists." Looking at Ethaniel''s expression of wanting to know what the slime said, Shinto quickly stated.


    "Crazy?" Ethaniel frowned. "I''m being reasonable here. Who on earth would do such crazy movements to open a damn passageway?"


    "Well, that''s how we did it to open that gate!"


    "He says ''That''s how it is to open that gate''," Shinto saidzily as he quickly took off the ne. "You''re immune to curses, right? Just wear the ne and argue. I''ll check around the premise with Frey to see if there''s an actual button or something."


    "Hah..." Ethaniel let out a sigh as he grabbed onto the ne. In the next moment, he quickly wore it. Then, a few secondster, he nkly stared at the wall as he shook his head. "...ahem. Speak slime."


    "Tch, now you can finally understand me, right?" Rustly stated. "Back on topic, this passageway is genuine!"


    "Genuine my ass. How the hell is this going to open if your whatever movement or dance didn''t work?"


    "I don''t know! But I''m telling you, it''s the real thing!"


    "...how the hell can you even believe such a thing?" Ethaniel red at the slime. "Instead of wasting time trying to find out how to open something that we don''t know even exist, let''s just break into the castle."


    "No! Crazy human, a stupid one at that..." he mumbled out. "If we do that our king will get angry!"


    "Tch. What''s the point of pleasing a king if we''re pressed for time?!"


    While the two argued with one another, Shinto and Frey had arrived back at the party. Seeing the two continuing their argument, they could only let out a sigh.


    "No hopes in finding anything," Shinto shook his head helplessly. "It seems that the only option is that we either do whatever Ethaniel suggested or we hope for the best in Ru''s instruction."


    "Isn''t it much simpler to just barge in at that point?" Frey thought to herself.


    "...isn''t this fight, pointless?" Kon sighed.


    "It really is," Shinto shrugged as he turned towards the two arguing people.


    "Then what do you suggest then if all else fails?" Ethaniel red with an annoyed at the slime.


    "If all else fails, just break the damn wall!"


    "How is that any different from barging in into the castle?"


    "We don''t get killed!"


    "Bah," Ethaniel not wanting to continue the conversation quickly unsheathed his sword. In the next moment, he swung at the wall.


    <em><strong>TUK!</strong></em>


    With one swing at it, the wall quickly copsed.


    "..." Ethaniel stared dumbfoundedly at the scene before him.


    "I told you there was a hidden passage behind here!" Rustly clicked his tongue.


    "...it can be solved this simply if we just thought of that," Shinto muttered in helplessness as he turned towards Ethaniel who took off the ne. "Sigh. Enough of that." Sighing, he moved his hand forward as he took the ne. "Let''s just head down the passageway and be done with it."


    "Tch... what a waste of time," Ethaniel scoffed as he entered into the man-made entrance first. Soon after, the group followed from behind.


    ...


    "-We basically made our damn entrance!" Ethaniel clicked his tongue.


    "Aha... at least we''re done with that," Shinto said. "Anyways... It looks like we''re almost to the end of the hallway."


    The group stopped at their tracks, halting their progress. They narrowed their eyes ahead of the hall. There was a staircase leading up. Taking note of that, they were able to conclude that they were at the end.


    "We''re here to the castle!" Rustly stated. "Follow my lead and I''ll show you where the human is!"