Ch.76 Are the ck Roses Psychopaths
<span style="font-weight:400">While Quinus and the rest of the crew was preparing for their expedition to save Rya, there were four figures walking through the city of Ironside and stopping by a sewage grate on the street floor in a back alley of the red light district.
<span style="font-weight:400">"Open it" Jeremiahmanded Rya as the ver item glows in his hand.
<span style="font-weight:400">Her body goes into autopilot and opens the gate with her magic.
<span style="font-weight:400">*Crush!* Goes the metal sewage grate.
<span style="font-weight:400">"Hahaha! She''s going to be fun to use." Jeremiah says as he pats Rya on the back.
<span style="font-weight:400">''God dammit Ryan! What the hell were you thinking! No wait! I wasn''t thinking! What do I do!'' Rya thinks to herself.
<span style="font-weight:400">She stands in front of the sewer drain and starts to cry.
<span style="font-weight:400">"Let''s go. Sims is waiting to meet up outside the city walls." Dietrichmands as he walks past everyone and jumps down into the sewer.
<span style="font-weight:400">"What are you waiting for? Follow him." Jeremiahmands.
<span style="font-weight:400">Everyone follows Dietrich into the sewers of Ironside. It would be impossible for human eyes to see in the darkness of the tunnels if Dietrich didn''t have a strange magicalntern that was on his hip that lit up the area around him.
<span style="font-weight:400">"Damn this is cold. One would think the sewers would be warmer?" Devin grumbles as he continues to walk deeper into the sewers.
<span style="font-weight:400">"You should only speak when you have something useful to say." Jeremiah snarls as he walks behind Devin.
<span style="font-weight:400">Devin showed panic in his eyes as he turned around. "I''m sorry, I forgot myself."
<span style="font-weight:400">''This Jeremiah guy seems to be an asshole.'' Rya thinks to herself.
<span style="font-weight:400">Jeremiah didn''t care what Rya thought of him. He was more concerned about his mission and that was to regroup with the rest of the ck Roses.
<span style="font-weight:400">***
<span style="font-weight:400">After traveling through the sewer system for an hour they finally reached the outer wall of Ironside. There was a giant grate blocking anyone from getting in or out of the city.
<span style="font-weight:400">"I see the grate." Dietrich said.
<span style="font-weight:400">"Do you think she''s strong enough to open it?" Devin asks as he looks at Rya.
<span style="font-weight:400">The sewage grate looked like it was enchanted and reinforced with magic of some sort that kept the metal from rusting.
<span style="font-weight:400">"Looks like a tough task but I think she might be able to open it." Dietrich replies.
<span style="font-weight:400">"Only one way to find out. SLAVE! Open the grate!" Jeremiahmanded Rya.
<span style="font-weight:400">"Y-Yes Mas-ter!" Rya said. She tries to fight her body from bowing her head. But in the end the ve cor was too much for her to resist.
<span style="font-weight:400">She then starts to use her earth magic to destroy the stone surrounding the giant 25 foot grate.
<span style="font-weight:400">*Crush! Crush! Crush!*
<span style="font-weight:400">The ck Roses thought the sewage grate was just going to fall over but it was floating there.
<span style="font-weight:400">"Huh? What''s she doin~" Devin halted his speech when he saw Rya morphing the metal grate into a 50 foot staircase and ced it on the edge of the wall.
<span style="font-weight:400">''Please someone see this thing!'' Rya thinks to herself hoping the city guards notice the staircase.
<span style="font-weight:400">Dietrich, Jeremiah, and Devin all looked at the ck elf and the strange magical floating stairs hovering by the edge of the sewer opening.
<span style="font-weight:400">"Don''t try anything stupid bitch." Dietrich warned.
<span style="font-weight:400">"No sir, I won''t. Just making sure no one gets hurt," Rya replied in a nervous tone as she continued to focus on keeping the staircase stable.
<span style="font-weight:400">"She''s good! I can''t wait to take over this city and end that "Toothless Lion" life! If only he was a king, I would have added him to my collection!" Jeremiah said with excitement.
<span style="font-weight:400">''Toothless Lion? Is he talking about Quinus!'' Rya thinks to herself.
<span style="font-weight:400">"We don''t have the city yet. Let''s get the hell out of here." Dietrich told Jeremiah.
<span style="font-weight:400">"You''re on my good side Dietrich. Don''t make me change my mind." Jeremiah said with a wicked smile. "Let''s go!"
<span style="font-weight:400">With that they all descended the staircase. It was still the dead of night when they reached the ground floor outside the city walls. The streets in the distance were empty and there weren''t any guards nearby.
<span style="font-weight:400">"That''s a lot of stairs!" Devin said surprised.
<span style="font-weight:400">"Yeah, there''s not that many mages that can do what she''s done. She''s pretty impressive," Dietrich said.
<span style="font-weight:400">"I''m impressed that she didn''t copse from exhaustion at the top." Jeremiah chuckled.
<span style="font-weight:400">***
<span style="font-weight:400">The group started walking towards a hill in the distance. They had their eyes set on finding Sims. They needed to find him so they could get him out of the city limits before anyone noticed them.
<span style="font-weight:400">"Where the fuck is Sims? Why is he such a dick?" Devin asked himself, annoyed.
<span style="font-weight:400">"He will show up. He''s just hiding. That''s what he''s best at." Dietrich exined.
<span style="font-weight:400">"Haah... He better have the horses ready." Devin sighed.
<span style="font-weight:400">"Calm yourself, Devin. We shouldn''t be too far from his location. Don''t worry." Dietrich saidfortingly.
<span style="font-weight:400">They kept walking until they reached a path leading down to a small river.
<span style="font-weight:400">"That''s where we''ll meet him. Go and tell Sims to meet us here by the trees." Dietrich ordered.
<span style="font-weight:400">"Yes sir!" Devin saluted and ran off.
<span style="font-weight:400">Dietrich and Jeremiah climbed down the steep cliff.
<span style="font-weight:400">"Come!" Jeremiah ordered Rya to follow.
<span style="font-weight:400">''There has to be some kind of loop hole with this ve cor? If only Ie grab that item in Jeremiah''s hand,'' Rya thought as she followed the two down the cliff.
<span style="font-weight:400">After reaching the bottom she saw several trees surrounding a small clearing.
<span style="font-weight:400">"Go ahead!" Jeremiah told Rya. She walked closer to the tree line and stopped in front of arge oak.
<span style="font-weight:400">After a few minutes Sims and Devin suddenly appeared and came riding up with four horses.
<span style="font-weight:400">"This way!" Devin yelled.
<span style="font-weight:400">"So, this is the dark elf you were talking about, Dietrich? Oh she''s a looker!" Sims said excitedly.
<span style="font-weight:400">"She is not for fucking. This one is more important than the others." Jeremiah said with a stern face.
<span style="font-weight:400">"But she''s hot! You know I''d be quick." Sims said smiling.
<span style="font-weight:400">Rya started panicking. She was horrified that she would be used as a sex ve. ''No! I don''t want to be an object.'' She thought. But she knew that she was going to be sold off to whoever bought her if she doesn’t find a way out of this quickly.
<span style="font-weight:400">"SLAVE! If anyone touches you sexually you have permission to harm them." Jeremiah said coldly.
<span style="font-weight:400">‘Huh? I can protect myself? I’ll take it.’ Rya felt a little relief.
<span style="font-weight:400">Sims looked annoyed, "Fuck! You''re no fun Kings yer."
<span style="font-weight:400">In a blink of an eye Jeremiah threw a dagger at Sims in who looked to be startled. Just as the dagger was about to strike Sims his body vanished like it was an illusion.
<span style="font-weight:400">''What the fuck? How did he do that?'' Rya thought.
<span style="font-weight:400">Jeremiah turned back to the tree line and saw Sims walk out from behind one of them.
<span style="font-weight:400">"Fine. FINE! I won''t touch her unless you want me to." Sims said angrily.
<span style="font-weight:400">"One of these days I will kill you and your illusions, Sims. The day Rudolf finds you useless is the day you die." Jeremiah said menacingly.
<span style="font-weight:400">"Haha! Oh don''t worry about me, Kings yer. I''ll make sure no new member will have my set of skills," Sims replied with a shit eating smile.
<span style="font-weight:400">"I think we should leave now." Dietrich said.
<span style="font-weight:400">"Agreed." Jeremiah agreed.
<span style="font-weight:400">They mounted their horses and headed towards the forest.
<span style="font-weight:400">''Fuck! Are all the ck Roses psychopaths!'' Rya thought nervously.