Chapter: 875
Looking T-intersection, he spotted two signs on the wall. Painted onto the wall was a large yellow letter ‘R’ with an arrow to the right, and a large letter ‘C’ with an arrow to the left.
“R or C?” Jay thought for a moment as he approached.
For a moment he wondered what they could mean, but Blue caught up and he didn’t want to waste anymore time.
Jay turned around, and a wave of bones flew from his gauntlet once more, blocking off the hallway they just ran down. This bone barrier didn’t reach the ceiling, but was taller than Jay.
(Blue, hold this area and don’t let a single enemy pass. Take Lamp and Sweeper for help.)
Blue nodded, and Sweeper moved into a fighting stance at its side.
“Now… R or C?” Jay turned back to the intersection.
“… C.” Jay impulsively decided and sent Red left before following closely behind.
The letters meant nothing to him, but he remembered one key detail: the plant had entered on the left side of the grand stone gate.
Another thing made Jay wonder, though, which was why the knights came from the right, but the plant, presumably, lived on the left.
As he ran left, he noticed Lamp was following him.
(You can take Lamp too, Blue.) Jay added, but Lamp simply kept following.
“I guess Blue doesn’t need Lamp? It’s quite confident now… or far too cocky.”
The left passage went straight, then turned right for a while before opening into a larger hall.
The floor was a smooth, polished stone, but most of the walls seemed to be covered with metal sheets and pipes. Various doors led to different rooms, while a staircase on the left side of the room led deeper.
“No staircases going upwards. Damn. Maybe the gate controls were through the right passage.”
There were no glass jars filled with luminous fluid here, as there were still the pure-white glowing rods in the ceiling, chasing away every shadow.
“I wonder what kind of magic that is.” Jay wondered.
Red stayed at Jay’s side while Lamp crept into the hall and peered through a doorway on the right side.
(Look for any signs of the plant.) Jay added, making sure Lamp was not just searching for more skin.
Jay followed along cautiously and began to scan the rooms.
The first room had many shining, silvery cabinets in rows, along with racks mounted to the ceiling with hanging pots, pans, and other cooking implements Jay had never seen.
“A kitchen?” he raised a brow, though to Jay it looked nothing like one.
Luxurious and advanced, he wondered who could afford such food from this giant, metal-filled kitchen.
He did a quick loot, but nothing came of it.