Few moments earlier-----
"Found it"
"What's inside the room?" Blake asked
"shhh! Be quite. Someone's inside" the girl whispered
Then the girl place her ear on the door to eavesdrop. Blake mimicked her. They could hear someone talking.
"Say Richard, wouldn't it be much more fun if-"
"It's definitely Fredrick!"
"Great! Now what? you got any plans? If you are planning to jump him, Just to remind you, I can't fight" Blake still not convinced about her claim about beating Fredrick alone.
"Yeah yeah I remember, I'm not counting on you to fight Mr. Chicken" the girl answered annoyed.
"Hey-" Blake was about to retort
"More importantly, do you have any stealth skills?" the girl asked seriously
"I told you I don't even have mana, I'm just a normal person"
"Wow, You really are useless. Even normal people have some amount of mana" the girl said without missing a beat.
{It's true Host. Even normal people are born with some amount of mana}
(Just shut up! I heard her already you stupid system!) Blake couldn't believe his own system was calling him useless
Seeing Blake quite down she thought she hit a sore spot, "Sorry for calling you useless, everyone has their circumstances I'm no one to judge. But we will need someone to move around stealthily while I distract him. Here take this " the girl then took off her neckless and handed it to Blake. The neckless had a pendent resembling a little seashell.
"I'll infuse my remaining mana to activate it, it won't last very long. You will go inside rescue Richard and look for the scroll. Got it?"
"...Okey." "But what if I'm with them? Or just run away with the neckless? I mean we just met, you don't even know anything about me, yet you are trusting me with such a important task" Blake asked curiously.
"Just call it a hunch but you don't seem like you would do that. Aside from that I've got no choice here, the exit is closed, my mana is blocked, they also have my trusty sword"
Blake was quite pleased with her opinion of him
"Also, you don't seem to have the brains to trick someone like me"
"....""You know what? I take back my positive opinion of you" Blake was annoyed with her little trick.
"Doesn't concern me if someone can't face the truth~" "Now quit yapping, it's show time!"
She stood in front of the door with a stance, left leg behind for balance and right leg ready for heavy impact
"I'm trusting this to you, please don't let me down" she said in a low voice
BANG-
"Free Richard right now! Or you are going to regret ever being born!" the girl shouted pointing an old rusty sword.
Blake hid at the entrance waiting for the right moment to enter.
(Hey system tell me more about this neckless quickly)
[ANALYSING...] [COMPLETE]
An interface opened with the item description in front of Blake
Item name : ???
grade : 8 (Temporary garade : 6)
Durability : Poor
Effects : [Stealth lvl : 7]
[??? : ???]
[??? : ???]
Special : [Defective]
The item description piqued Blake's curiosity but it wasn't the right time.
(How do I use it ? And what is the duration?)
{According to my analysis, Host you just have to wear it and the duration is equivalent to the mana input. But in Host's case the mana the girl put in it would last around 7-10minutes}
(Ok! I gotta work fast)
(System bring out the map again)
A familiar panel popped up in front of him.
(Doesn't look like anyone's close by. Then again this sh*t's not accurate)
(Let's start with finding the scroll, wait I didn't ask how it looks like...)
{Don't worry your trusty system can help you with that~}
(How do you keep reading my thoughts!)
(Whatever, where do I start? Maybe the other side of the room with all the desks and closets)
He swiftly entered the room, though sceptical at first about the stealth ability, but Fredrick didn't notice him sneaking behind the girl's back as they were exchanging sword stricks.
(It works great! Now one to the main task!)
Blake hurriedly checked every drawer and and closets. He found everything from dangerous drugs to horrifying and weird devices but no scroll.
There was only one drawer left.
(Please god, let this drawer be the one)
Blake opened it with hope and anticipation
Creak*
(Bingo!)
Inside was a bundle of 2-3 scroll and a bunch of keys.
(Now on the the second task-)
ARRRGHH-
A defeaning roar. Blake looked at the direction of the voice, he couldn't believe what was in front of his eyes. A man as tall as 2 story building, arms and legs thick as logs. Muscles bulging every part of his body. He definitely resembled a certain superhero from 21st century movies but that wasn't the point.
(What the hell is that monster?!)
{Host, he is using mana overload in a
semi-controlled way to achieve temporary boost. He is almost unstoppable with the girls current strength in this state}
(F*ck!)
Blake dashed with the keys and scroll to the half concious man dangling from the chain bloodied all over.
"Hey can you hear me? Richard was it? Richard?!"
The man somewhat opened his eyes and nodded
"Something like this isn't enough to kill me"
"It's just some poison..."
"Good I'll get you down right now" Blake hurriedly started using the keys one after another to find the right one
"Use the shortest one"
"Okey!"
"I'm assuming you are with the lady?"
"Yeah" Blake answered unlocking the cuffs
"Got it. She can't last long against him without mana, give me the scroll you took from the desk"
Bang-
The girl went flying across the room towards their left wall stopping only few inches before hitting it.
"Hurry give me the scroll!"
The knight was free so Blake took out the bundle and handed it over.
Richard took it and picked out the middle. He opened it, closed his eyes and started chanting something under his breath.
"It's almost ready" Richard while concentrated, said under his breath
Blake understanding his implications, called out loudly
"Everything is ready! Quick!"
The girl hearing him, started sprinting towards them.
Finally noticing Blake and then Richard being free of his chain Fredrick was even more furious
"Not so quick!"
Fredrick again furiously slammed the floor in front of the girl to stop her but she jumped at the perfect time, land on his arm and used it to push herself towards Blake.
Meanwhile Fredrick was still concentrated on the scroll, it was glowing in faint light. The ground below him also lit up a strange pentagonal pattern.
Everything was almost according to the plan just a little more and they could leave this hell hole-
Rumble -
The ground started shaking, almost instantly black crooked branches sprung out of the ground.
Richard was the first one to get tangled upside-down by the branches interrupting the teleportation. The scroll was still glowing but the Pentagon on the ground erased.
Almost a dozen people in black cloak appeared out of nowhere.
"Did you really think you could escape infront of me?!" Fredrick sneered
"Just give up you are surrounded"