Chapter 59: The Need To Leave

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Chapter 59: The Need To Leave

Lake held the door open for Joy. "Sir." Seeing his three servants, Lake said. "You three are dismissed till tomorrow." Watching the three of them head to their rooms, Lake wondered if they had anything to do in there, or if they were just going to stare at the wall until tomorrow. To be honest the servants were one of the main reasons Lake wanted to leave.

He was pretty sure something had been done to them to insure loyalty, and Lake didn't like the implications of the guild being able to do that to people. He was actually starting to wonder if Joy was the same; it was one of the reasons he had had her come to lunch. He had noticed she had moments of rigidity that reminded him of his servants, but she also seemed to have a sense of humor which his servants did not.

"Joy, do you know what's up with my servants? They seem more like the undead we kill than regular people." The way they just stood around and waited for him was exactly the same. Lake had actually checked their stats to see if they were human, because he had thought they might have been trained undead.

After he had seen they were human Lake came to his new conclusion they were brainwashed or cursed or something. "I wouldn't spend too much time worrying about them if I was you. It wears off when they aren't on the clock." Lake would have never seen this coming, maybe sending them to their rooms was a mercy.

"Is it some kind of magic that makes sure they do a good job?" Joy took off her helmet and said. "Something like that. People who take the loyalty get paid more, and depending on what level you take the more you get. Your servants make ten times what I make." what Joy said gave him more questions than answers.

"What's the loyalty?" This was the biggest concern he had about the guild other than the fact that a lot of internal strife was present. "It's a curse one of the former members of the Mage guild made, and I'm sure you can guess what I mean when I say former member." Joy was saying the guild was still using something made by a Demon worshiper. He just hoped they had bothered changing it.

"In that case I'll see you later. I don't plan to go into the dungeon tomorrow, so I order you to come to lunch from now on if you want." Lake laughed at his order because it was ridiculous. "That's not much of an order, so I'll be saying you made me if anyone asks." Joy left after she said this and Lake looked at the time.

He still had a few hours before it was time to go to bed so he had plenty of time to start his plan to run away. There were only a few things Lake needed to know first so he left his room and started to go towards the elevator. Lake wanted to see how the guards would react to him just wandering around.

If no one said anything, Lake could probably just hop out a window or something. Passing through Lucas's office, Lake didn't see him. Lake wondered if Lucas was setting up the kitchen Millie needed already or if he was just still upstairs. Stepping onto the elevator, Lake told it to go to a floor he had never been to before, the second floor.

If he wasn't stopped he would be using this floor to escape the only problem was the size of the guild building. It was going to take him a while to find a good route to take to get through all the buildings and walls. When he had first stepped out onto a balcony and saw the scale of the guild he thought it was cool, now he saw it as a pain in the ass.

He was going to have to find a way to get through two separate walls that were guarded all day every day. Thinking of all the effort he was going to put into this plan just for it to possibly fail, Lake couldn't help but think it might not be worth it. It would be worth a shot to just ask Lucas to let him see the city.

Lake had shown himself to be a devoted member of the guild, so there was a good chance Lucas might let him outside. Plus Lake had already run into a guard post and could go no further into the second floor without dealing with them, and that could lead to news about him snooping around getting to Lucas.

Going back to the elevator, Lake moved up to the third floor. Lake thought this was probably the highest floor he could jump from and not end up dead, so this would be the last one he would check. Lake didn't even bother getting off the elevator at the third floor because it was where the guards lived and he had seen about fifty the moment the door opened.

Now that he knew there wasn't an easy way for him to get out of the building on his own, Lake saw no other choice but to ask Lucas. If lake had to put odds on this working he would say about 30% which was pretty good. The only problem being if Lucas said no he would have to wait months before he could ask again to make sure he didn't seem too eager to leave. Lake needed to make sure he came off as nonchalant as possible when he asked.