Kaizen and Andrew reached the B2 wing via the parallel, secret passage. However, as they approached the entrance door to B2, they heard muffled voices from the other side and footsteps of the guards patrolling the area.
Kaizen raised his hand, signaling Andrew to stop. They hid in the shadows, watching the guards' movements.
"There are two more guards at the entrance. We need to find a way to get closer without being noticed. It's dangerous for us to fight here, considering we don't know exactly where our friends are in this wing," Kaizen whispered to Andrew.
Andrew nodded in agreement and shaped a small orb of light in his hands and threw it in the opposite direction to his own, causing it to explode in a loud pop. As it was purely light, the orb crackled and disappeared soon after.
The guards immediately turned in the direction of the sound, investigating the source of the noise, so Kaizen and Andrew took advantage of the moment while the guards were distracted to move quickly into the wing.
The B2 wing was quite different from the wing Kaizen found himself in when he entered the game. The wing he was in looked more like an ordinary prison, but the B2 wing was wide, spacious and open like a soccer stadium.
Large columns of ice rose up to the ceiling, which must have been at least thirty meters off the ground, and the walls of this place were where most of the prisoners' cells were located.
They also took the opportunity to surprise the guards who were protecting the entrance through which they passed, knocking them out with quick, silent blows. The guards fell to the ground without a sound, unconscious and also harmless.
"Let's hurry before any more guards show up," said Kaizen.
"Wait, wouldn't it be better to interrogate them to find out where our companions are?"
Kaizen then pointed to his own ears. "There's no need, I heard where they are."
Xisrith nodded. "No, it's all right. It wasn't your fault. I came in earlier than planned to check that everything was all right and that must have caused some kind of event."
Many of the conversations that Xisrith, Kaizen and the others had were impossible for NPCs to understand, but they also didn't question and often just cut off lines of dialog like this with a question, and it was no different with Alina.
"How did you find us? We were so worried!" said Alina, approaching the railing, and of all people she was the one who looked the most dejected.
"I... it doesn't matter now. Are you all right, Alina?" asked Kaizen.
"Not much. They saw me using magic and put dimerium chains on me. This ferrous metal nullifies my mana." Alina explained, lifting the handcuffs in her hands slightly.
"So, I need to get you out of there as quickly as possible, to get these things off you." Kaizen said.
He quickly began examining the locks on the cell, looking for a way to open it, because these cells were much thicker than the one he was in. Kaizen analyzed the structure of the cell, looking for a way to open them without drawing attention to himself, because if he was as rough as he was with Andrew's cell, the noise would echo throughout the B2 wing.
Kaizen and Andrew examined the cells, looking for Alina, Xisrith and Jayaa. Finally, they found them in a cell near the end of the corridor.
At that moment, Andrew put a hand on one of Kaizen's shoulders and pushed him back. "Let me try that here."
Kaizen looked at Andrew and saw him holding a bunch of keys. "What? Where did you get this?"
"I saw it on the belt of one of the guards at the entrance. I thought it wouldn't hurt to try and use it." Andrew explained and slipped one of the larger keys into the cell's keyhole. A second later, the click of the lock opening echoed low.