The inside of the sewer was dark and damp, as expected.
The foul-smelling water underfoot hindered his movements, and the stench stung his lungs. A system window displayed the route before his eyes.
[Instructions: Path leading to the Bishop's hideout (Total distance: 120m). Expected ambush points: 2.]
Jay silently walked along the narrow passage.
The first ambush point was at a point where the passage turned 90 degrees. He pressed himself against the wall and waited for the system's instructions.
[Instructions: After 0.8 seconds, push hard against the left passage wall and enter.]
0.8 seconds.
Jay took a deep breath. After 0.8 seconds, ignoring the pain in his injured body, he pushed off the left wall with his shoulder and lunged forward.
At that moment, a sword swung by one of the ambushing followers sliced through the air.
Thanks to the recoil from pushing off the wall, Jay narrowly avoided the sword.
"What...?!"
Before the follower could react in surprise, Jay threw his dagger.
The dagger lodged itself in the narrow gap between the follower's crude helmet and neck guard.
[Progress + 0.0001%]
The second ambush followed immediately.
Upon reaching a slightly wider space after exiting the narrow passage, three followers were waiting.
They blocked the width of the space, holding up torches to illuminate Sungjin.
"There he is!"
The system did not recommend any skills requiring life force payment this time.
This was because his only weapon had already been used in the first ambush. [Instruction: Fix your gaze on the central follower (longsword), and charge towards the left follower (mace).]
Jay glared at the central follower, but his body moved towards the follower wielding the mace on the left.
His movement was the most inefficient and illogical path according to the system's calculations.
The mace-wielding follower was confused, but instinctively swung his mace.
Jay dodged the mace's center of gravity, and in a split second, lightly grabbed the tip of the mace, redirecting its path towards the central follower.
"Aaaargh!"
The followers collided with each other, screaming, and Sungjin, holding a shard in his hand, threw it forcefully at the head of the last remaining follower.
It was a chain fragment he had used in a previous battle.
The system had already calculated, simultaneously with his movements, that he would use the fragments of the fallen followers as weapons.
The sharp fragment pierced the follower's flesh and burrowed into his body.
[Progress + 0.0004%]
Jay had now reached the area directly below the bishop's hiding place.