Burning Soul - Chapter 180

Figuring out a way inside the structure was relatively easy as they just had to follow the bandits that were scattered across.

But the thing that puzzled both of them was that, who were they?

To figure it out, Milot advised eavesdropping on the bandits a bit. To do it with efficiency and quickly, they both decided to split up and move in different hallways.

Theo decided to keep moving towards the entrance. For sure there were going to be more bandits, but one more thing, Theo was an expert in sneaky stuff.

“Okay then, I’ll move in the other hallway, it is going deeper in ruin so I’ll be able to map a bit of this structure.” Milot then disappeared in the dark depth of the hallway while Theo moved towards the entrance right away.

It took a while to get him to the entrance as he was moving cautiously. Moving in the hallways looked easy but there was a possibility of having some hidden traps. Thus, the slower pace, there Milot was also moving slowly for some reason.

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After passing a turn he could sense a bunch of bandits, thanks to Mana sense he saw it coming beforehand.

‘One, two, three…..Six, Damn it’s more than I predicted, hope they don’t spot me or it’ll be tough dealing them all!’ Theo thought of his odds before proceeding with eavesdropping.

Although there were many people around, it meant there must be someone who would talk about what was going on.

He closed in using the skill he learned back when he trained as an assassin class. Shadow Step. Using the dark and shadowed spaces in the structure he closed in the mob.

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“I can’t understand the meaning of this!” One of the thugs looked a bit irritated.

“It’s an order, a tall one!” The other guy who was feeding wood to fire replied.

The latter quickly commented, “Yeah, but what’s the need to stay here? After what happened back then, we must be moving.

It doesn’t make any sense! We could get tracked down soon!”

Theo was listening to this all, judging by this bit of information, he concluded that these people must be behind the invasion of the capital of Arnor. But he wasn’t sure yet!

“Don’t worry much, it’s in between our client and his enemy!

Needless to say, if anyone dares to enter, he’ll be greeted by his death!” The guy who was holding on to his swords commented on the conversation.

Compared to others, this guy looked more experienced and looked bigger in physique as well. He was not to mess right now for sure, Theo was being even more cautious now making slower moves.

“I’m getting hungry man!” One of them complained,

“You just ate!” He got an immediate reply,

“Yeah, but I need food to restore energy and stay up through the night! Then we can switch with the daytime team!” He looked a bit fatigued, but his comment made Theo worry,

‘Morning team! So, there’s a lot more to them!

We need to hurry’ He decided to head in after Milot and inform him of the information he got.

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“Isn’t our client some big shot?” The other bandit who was standing next to the fire casually spoke.

This got Theo’s attention,

“Heard he’s got close contacts with royalty, is this how he’s able to pay us that well?

Our boss seems irritated but duh! Money can make anything move.” He showed a grin,

“Yeah, but it’s been a while since he went out, what’s causing the delay I wonder?” One of them spoke

This bit of information alerted Theo, he wanted to let Milot know it right away. For so, he turned around and started to move.

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“That’s right, we have big hands shouldering us, and maybe some big sneakers after us as well, ain’t I right?” The big guy Theo didn’t want to mess with scared him with his comment.

It wasn’t safe anymore to be around, Theo hastily retreated.

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‘Crack!’ While retreating, Theo wasn’t as cautious and made a sound while moving around the corner grabbing everyone’s attention.

“What was that!” The crowd wasn’t able to figure out his presence but the guy he was running away from saw right through his skill.

“I was right!

Why run now? We are enough to deal with the likes of you who can’t even hide properly!” He looked right at him and spoke.

Theo froze right where he stood, he couldn’t believe he was seen right through his disguise. He wanted to run for it, but that’d mean leaving behind Milot, un-warned about the danger.

‘Tch, I didn’t want to but if the big shot isn’t around, I might have a chance!’ Theo made his decision and walked out of Shadow realm.

“Oh, there really is someone! That’s so impressive of you boss!” The others were shocked to see a small figure really walking out of the darkness.

“So, what should we do now? We can wither play chase or maybe we can just simply silence you if you want!” He looked at Theo and asked with a grin, others stood up as well, with their weapons in their hand.

Theo, as calm as ever, drew out his sword from the hilt and stood in an attacking pose, “As if I’ll let you!”

His voice was firm, this time he was prepared, to fight!

This time he wasn’t playing around, he took a step back to use the pounce skill as the bandits started attacking him.

“Not this time,” Theo murmured to himself, everyone except their leader who was standing and just looking at him.

Theo took a deep breath and engaged in the fight. Right then, right there, he knew and believed, he was strong. A bit of force and an elegant swing, was all it took to knock out the front attacker. Just as the other guy closed in, he ducked a bit to dodge the attack and repelled him with the helm of the sword and he was knocked out clean.

After dealing with the first two on a defensive stance, Theo chose to proceed and pounced onto the oncoming guy, while he looked like he’d land a vertical attack from his move, Theo suddenly chose to do the opposite and laded a horizontal slash with the back of the blade knocking one more bandit clean. Before the last guy could react, he was already confronted by Theo and his blade.

In less than a few seconds, all attackers were lying on the ground, without any bloodshed or noise.

“Impressive, it’s been a while since I got to fight against some capable blade..” He then pounced on Theo. His attack was more refined than that of the whole mo