Chapter 18: Secret entrance

"Our missions were to clear this area, but not necessarily to kill all mobs. We just needed to kill some monsters who were wandering around the place. And to lessen the backup of monster that they send to other areas. This part of town has a large underground sewer. And this sewer has five entrances. The first one was the large hole near the mountain of garbages." Ronny explained.

"Oh, the hole where we fought with rats a while ago?" Leo asked.

"Yes, that is,"

"Where is the other entrance?"

"At areas 55, 35, 43, and 60. After the other squads finished their jobs in other areas, they will advance here. And the other will advance to the other entrances." Ronny said.

"So, there's a total of five entrances. Wait. You mean, eight squads in every entrance?"

"That's right, and after that, the real war will commence," Ronny said while taking something from his bag. He took a cigarette.

He secretly glanced at his nephew. But when he found out that there's no reaction, he sighs. He really can't remember anything. Ronny thought.

Eman was supposed to get angry whenever he smokes. But now, his nephew was standing still and no reaction at all.

"For now, let's reserve our strength before the real battle began." He continued.

"Okay, old man, " Leo nodded.

When Yeman noticed that their discussion was over, he asked Uncle Ronny if it's okay for him to check the surrounding area.

"Okay, but don't stray too far, " Ronny worriedly answered.

When Yeman left the room, "Something odd with your nephew today, " Leo suddenly mentioned.

Cough! Cough!

"Eh, are you okay?" Leo worriedly asked.

"No, no, I'm fine, " Ronny replied.

"I think you should follow what your nephew said. To stop smoking," Leo said dryly.

"Ahaha, it's too late for me to stop now. This kind of vice' can't be taken lightly. If you suddenly stop, it may cause an untreatable side effect." Ronny said while blowing smokes out of his mouth and nose.

"Now that you said that, " Leo said. His brows wrinkled a bit.

"Hmm, why?"

"Hmmn, I remembered when I was at the Academy, my prof used to be a heavy smoker too. One day he decided to stop that vice of him. But for some reason, news about him passing away reached our ears. That happened not even a month had passed since he stopped smoking," Leo told.

"Right, it's not good to suddenly stop, but good for me, I'm not as a heavy smoker as your prof, " Ronny said in a relief.

"You don't need to worry about that old man. They said, bad guys, won't die early."

"Hoho, I'm neither good nor bad," Ronny said.

Ka-tak! Ka-tak!

Their dialogue stopped when Stonehard came back from searching.

"Captain, I found a secret entrance leading below in one of the rooms, " Stonehard reported.

"What?"

"Eh?"

The two men paused and looked at Stonehard in surprise for what they heard. Stonehard scratches his head because of their reactions.

"Let's check it!" Ronny suddenly said.

"Okay!!" The two answered at the same time.

"Eh, by the way, Leo, " Ronny said while glancing at him.

"What is it, old man?"

"Where's your cousin?" Ronny asked.

"Oh, now that you mentioned that, I think she followed after your nephew," Leo said.

"Haha, she wasted no time to bother him, " Ronny said while gesturing can't be helped.

"Let the young'ones do their thing, " Stonehard said dryly.