Chapter 429

Chapter 429

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Chapter 429

"What's going on?"

As soon as he got permission, Emun opened the door and stepped inside, pausing for a moment when he saw the alcohol placed in front of Kishiar and Yuder. But he quickly averted his eyes and spoke his purpose.

"Ever has requested you to come to the underground dungeon's 4th floor immediately. She said you would understand if she just said that much..."

"Understood. Prepare the carriage and tell Kanna to come. You can fill Kanna's place for a while."

After Emun hurriedly left, Kishiar stood up, his face showing no sign of intoxication. Yuder got up and followed him, asking curiously.

"The 4th floor of the dungeon, you say? Is there a reason to call Kanna as well?"

"We'll talk about it on the way."

Kanna, who had been observing the Star of Nagran Awakeners, quickly joined them and got into the carriage. She too wore a puzzled expression, not knowing why she had been summoned. FOlloow newest stories at no(v)el/bi/n(.)com

During the swift journey through the darkness, Kishiar finally explained to the two who were in the dark.

"While investigating the nobles today, I requested a bit of cooperation from Baron Koelt. It seems that the Koelt family still has information about the underground dungeon's 4th floor."

Once upon a time, the current Baron Koelt, who had done much in the name of Duke Tain and was almost as famous as the Willhem family, still possessed much valuable information.

Although he had fallen from grace, he was a well-known historian. He showed great interest in the story of the 4th floor of the dungeon that Kishiar subtly brought up. He had heard it as an old tale from his grandfather but never expected it to exist.

He was also from the Duke of Tain's family, so he was fully qualified to open the 4th floor of the dungeon. There could be no better person to investigate than the new caretaker of the West.

"So I ordered him to head to the underground dungeon's 4th floor with Ever as soon as the investigation ended. If they found anything inside, I told them to send word, but they sent someone quicker than I thought."

Through Kishiar's explanation, Kanna, who seemed quite interested in the new Baron even before meeting him, found out that he was also the informant who had secretly passed information to Pruelle, the one who stayed with Kishiar until the end of the party to protect him.

"I don't know either Tain's 1st Duke or him, but I've seen their names often in the information I've read since coming here. I wonder what they found there."

"We'll find out soon."

The front of the security management team building was bright as day, with many lights lit. While Kishiar was finding him and conversing with the startled members that there was no big problem and they should continue with their work, Kanna, who had been by Yuder's side, suddenly spoke with a hesitant face.

"Yuder. Do you, by chance, have any concerns?"

"No. Why?"

"Just from the carriage... I felt you were more than usual. If you don't want to answer, you can ignore it."

Though he did feel down due to news of Emperor Keilusa and the trial with Kishiar that he must attempt tomorrow, he had not intended to show it. But it seemed to have been futile before Kanna's greatly enhanced abilities.

Yuder glanced at Kanna's kind blue eyes, which seemed to worry whether he might be upset, and shook his head slightly.

"It's okay. Thank you."

Unlike in his previous life, the perfectly healthy Baron Koelt was a person who felt very scholarly, with a neat and upright impression. Through his glasses, his eyes shone, and from his flawless posture, a rigid character was clearly felt.

In front of Kishiar, he did not overly humble himself; conversely, he did not act as if he was higher in front of Ever, Yuder, or Kanna either.

“Alright. Let's go down.”

As soon as Kishiar nodded his head, Baron Koelt stood in front of a wall engraved with Tain Duchy's insignia and placed his palm against it. Thanks to the still-unhealed wound from a previous cut, the floor and wall soon shifted, revealing the way down to the fourth floor.

‘That place...’

As everyone naturally followed the moving staircase down, the door closed behind them. Ever, holding a lantern, led the way.

“It looks... different from the upper floors.”

Finally stepping onto the fourth floor, Kanna looked around and muttered softly. Indeed, the fourth floor of the prison looked similar to the upper floors but was somehow different. First, the bars covering the cells were not black iron but white stone, and the ceiling was much lower.

Inside each cell on the floor, there was a large magic circle, aged and mysterious. This was evidently where the victims of human trafficking had been held.

‘They said they could almost live without eating or drinking in there...’

“There's an empty space ahead. It looks like nothing is there, but I searched around, thinking that there must be something.”

Baron Koelt opened his mouth in a serious tone.

“And I discovered an insignia on one wall, similar to the entrance above. When I smeared blood on it...”

As he spoke, the previously empty space revealed itself just as he had described. Only now, one wall had opened, and another space inside had newly exposed itself.

“A researcher's lab has been revealed.”

“A research lab?”

“Yes. It's definitely an old mage's research lab.”

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