Passing their batons over the bars of the cell, the guards warned the prisoner of their arrival.
"Good morning scum of the realm, ready to die? What are you waiting for to die?"
As the two guards laughed as they opened the prisoner's cell, Nemesis watched them from the corner of his eye, trying to come up with a plan.
Every second was precious, but the more he thought about it, the more he couldn't think of anything, until an idea came to him.
'It's a bit risky... But it might work...'
As soon as the two guards entered the cell he ran to the torch that lit the corridor and threw it on the floor, extinguishing it, as he threw the rock inside the cell he had awoken in.
"Hey! Did you hear that sound? Who's there?!"
"Don't be a pussy Jhon, go check what the noise is caused by, it's probably just a rat friend of our dear prisoner! AHAHAHA"
"Why do I have to go there!"
"Shut up and go."
Seeing his colleague raise his baton, Swen, huffed and went to check the cell next door.
"Now back to the two of us..."
Nemesis, who in the meantime had sneaked up using, the darkness to his advantage, checked that Jhon did not turn to check towards the corridor and hurriedly approached in front of the door of the cell in which Swen was present.
"There's nothing here... it was probably just the ceiling starting to crumble and collapsing onto the floor..."
Verifying that the guard had his back to him as he checked the small room he slowly approached behind him, then practiced a chokehold on his neck using his arms, trying to make her pass out from lack of oxygen.
'The fighting lessons Father had given me basically came in handy.... When you're alone against two people, you have to be able to separate them and manage to settle at least one of them as quietly as possible.'
Of course the guard tried to fight back, elbowing and kicking Nemesis, or trying to call for my friend to help him, but all that came out of his mouth were little choked noises. Eventually he fainted, collapsing on the floor.
'Minus one, now we have to think of the second, let's see if at least my first prey has something useful on him.'
Starting to rummage through the clothes of the guard at his feet the loot he found was far too generous.
'Thank you very much, I couldn't ask for better.'
Meanwhile the other guard began to grow suspicious at not seeing his comrade not return, finding the situation bizarre.
"Hey useless of a colleague, are you still alive or did the rat beat you? AHAHAHA."
"...."
"Hmm..."
"..."
"Hey hey, what's up with you? Why aren't you answering me anymore! If you're going to play a joke on me it's not funny!"
Having lost patience at not receiving any news from Swen he decided to investigate on his own.
"Dammit! You stay where you are! You better not be tricking me or you can forget this month's ungrateful salary of a friend."
Still receiving no reply, he decided to go and see what was going on with his own eyes. He walked out of the cell he was in and clutching his baton with both hands he entered the cell next door.
"Swen what happened to you!"
Seeing his friend lying on the floor in the cell he immediately rushed inside to assist him.
*Clack*
The door behind him suddenly closed and the sound of a key activating the contraption to lock the cell echoed in the cold walls of the room.
"N-no N-no, release me now!!! Release me now I said!!!"
Starting to slam hard against the door in a vain attempt to open it he began to shout, while Nemesis breathed a sigh of relief, not believing even he had managed to mock the two guards.
"I never thought I'd find the key to the prison..."
As the guard continued to shout he entered the cell next door, going to help the prisoner.
"W-what's going on?..."
"Don't worry... You are free now."
Approaching him he freed him from the handcuffs and removed his blindfold.
"G-thanks.... Sob-Sob....."
Not believing possible what was happening he began to cry, despite thinking he had already poured out all he had in his body.
"Thank you so much my saviour! My debt to you can never be repaid enough. Let me at least know your name..."
"Nemesis, yours instead? And don't worry, I only did the right thing."
|Congratulations! Secondary mission completed!
|You have received the following rewards:
- +100 affinity with prisoner.|
"My name is Edward Kelley my saviour."
Nemesis approached, and helping him to his feet began to walk with Kelley towards the exit, while the guard kept shouting to open the cell.
"I apologise if I am not even able to stand, but if you want I can at least be of use to you in escaping from this prison. He had already escaped once and I know a way to escape, assuming they didn't find it while I was imprisoned..."
"Well... a chance is better than running around in circles isn't it? And stop calling me a she or a saviour, call me by my name."
"Alright Mr. Nemesis..."
"...."
The two began to walk, as Nemesis helped him support himself and Kelley pointed the way, until they reached a dead end.
"Now what?"
"Let me approach the wall... If I remember correctly..."
Starting to touch stones that began to light up formed a seal that magically revealed a secret path behind the wall.
"Luckily they didn't discover it.... Now all we have to do is follow the path until we get outside..."
*****
|Congratulations! Mission completed!
|You have received the following rewards:
- Unlocking the mana in your body!
< It is currently still sealed in your body, meet a mage skilled enough to unlock it completely! >
For completing the quest in less than a day, you have received bonuses!
- +3 Intelligence
- +2 of Attack
- +1 of Luck!
As he exited the corridor, screens began to appear before his eyes, and he felt a strange warmth inside his body, only to stop suddenly, leaving him puzzled.
''After five years... Finally... I see the sun..."
Starting to get emotional again, Nemesis interrupted him.
"Now is not the time to cry... We're not safe yet, where should we go now? Is there a tavern or something near here?.... If you don't eat something nutritious soon you will die before you even see the sun rise again and we will have to stay hidden for a while."
"Don't worry Mr Nemesis, now that you have saved me nothing and no one will be able to kill me, and I will live every second of my life at your service sir. Besides I know a restaurant not too far from where, the owner is also an old acquaintance of mine, so we won't have any problems."
"Let's hope for the best..."
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