Chapter 53: Getting Away Part 1

Adam hearing someone running down the corridor, near the viewing room he was hiding in, prepared to kill and make sure that his identity was found out.

It was one of Angelo's guards who was searching for Adam and as soon as he entered the viewing room, Adam swiftly and ruthlessly slashed his neck with the sabre in his right hand, while covering the guard's mouth with his left hand, so that he couldn't scream for reinforcements.

"One down, there should be 6 more guards still alive" mumbled Adam to himself, believing that all the guards, including the auction house guards, would be looking for him.

[System show me my status] ordered Adam.

{Ding, the host's current status is:

Mortal LVL: 10

EXP: 870 / 1250

HP: 210 / 210

MP: 21 / 25

Strength: 22 +3

Speed: 22 +2

Intelligence: 25

Resistance: 22 +2

Charisma: 5

Luck: 5}

Looking at his status he could see his EXP had risen from the people his summons and he had killed, while he estimated from his stat increase that the sabre he stole was a C- Rank Weapon.

Dashing through the corridors, knowing that the guards would be a nuisance to him while he was looking for a way out, Adam decided he would hunt those that were hunting him.

He wasn't thinking about who was morally correct and with his want to keep his identity hidden and his Bloodlust, he killed without remorse.

Turning a corner, he saw a guard at the other end of the corridor, that seeing Adam, charged towards him.

{Hostile being detected, Status:

Angelo's Guard

Mortal LVL: 6

HP: 172

Strength: 15

Speed: 14

Intelligence: 10

Resistance: 15}.

Looking at his stats it wasn't anything amazing, but he could see that it was much more balanced than the store guard he had beaten and could see that he was almost a rank 1 Mortal.

[So this is what a weak External Cultivator looks like] thought Adam to himself, seeing that the guard's intelligence stat was average and that he didn't have MP.

But as soon as he saw the guard withdraw a pistol, Adam jumped back and hid behind the corner.

The guard fired three bullets towards Adam, then he ran out of bullets, after spraying may bullets previously at the wolf fang gang before.

As soon as Adam heard his gun jam, he dashed around the corner and charged towards the guard, as the guard withdrew a knife.

He had no chance against Adam whose eyes were burning red with killing intent, was wielding a C- Rank Weapon and was more powerful than him,

Adam cut him down easily, and followed through his attack with all his strength, cleanly cutting off the guard's head.

He couldn't help but smile in enjoyment, with his Bloodlust enjoyed the killing, as he continued dashing down the corridor.

In a similar way, Adam came across another one of Angelo's guards, and after he ran out of bullets, he was easily killed by Adam.

[I don't have much more time and should check out the wolf fang gang's viewing room for a way out, but I don't know which one it is] thought Adam to himself, becoming desperate to get out of the Auction House before the reinforcements from the outside were able to get through the rubble.

As he thought that, he saw another guard in the distance, but this time it wasn't one of Angelo's guards, but was one of the Auction House woman's guards.

As soon as the guard saw the hooded figure, he turned around and bolted away, as per his master's orders and wanting to preserve his life.

Adam was shocked and confused by why he ran away as soon as he saw him.

[He isn't hostile or malicious to me, otherwise, the system would have alerted me, and from what I can see, he is a guard from the auction, That woman must have gotten the message about owing me, but I still need to get out of here and can't reveal my identity] observed Adam as he chased after the guard.

He was easily gaining on the guard and caught him within a minute.

Right behind the guard, Adam pounced on top of him, then held him down.

"Where is the viewing room used by the wolf fang gang" enquired Adam authoritatively in the hoarse and deep voice he put on.

"On the first floor and should be viewing room 1.36" answered the guard.

Believing that he was telling the truth and wasn't malicious to him, Adam spared him, but he still had to be cautious and didn't know if he would alert others that may get in his way.

Adam swiftly struck the back of the guard's neck with his blade's hilt, despite his Bloodlust urging him to kill him, knocking out the guard in a single strike.

"I tried to make it painless and I appreciate the help" mumbled Adam as he sat up the guard's unconscious body, leaning it against a wall.

[I need to get to room 1.36 and find the entrance into some sort of sewer passage or tunnel to get out of here] Adam thought to himself as he followed the numbers of the viewing rooms until he finally found the room he was looking for.

Kicking down the door that was locked, Adam was prepared to attack, and after finding nobody there he looked around him.

It was a much larger room, that had more space and furniture than the one he had been in, with a much larger balcony to view the auction from.

Adam searched the toilet and even resorted to breaking the toilet and the sink, in the hopes of finding something behind it, but found nothing.

"Where could it be" he exclaimed, becoming slightly worried that he may not be able to get away in time.

The only way Adam could think of finding a tunnel was to knock around the ground to see if any parts were hollow

He frantically struck the ground all around the viewing room and heard and felt that the ground was solid until he reached the centre, where he could feel and hear that bellow him was hollow.

"I finally found it" he exclaimed.