Swish! Swish! Swish!
Thud! Thud! Thud!
A whistling sound was followed with loud thuds repeatedly as Lith and Arya moved down the prison.
Guards fell one after another and so far, none were able to pose them a threat. As Arya stated before, they reached the array in a minute.
It was an open area in the middle of which was a flowing bright orb, enclosed in walls of radiant sigils.
The husband-wife pair walked close to it and had a look.
"It looks complicated on the surface." Lith stated. "But it's actually decipherable if we dive deeper into it."
"Hm?" Arya turned to Lith. "You know about arrays?"
"I learnt a few things a while ago." Lith answered honestly. He had to learn about arrays so he could keep a proper watch on Vanessa's work.
"Oh? Show me what you know then." Arya took a step back and let Lith do all the work. She was aware of arrays, but she wanted to see her husband in action.
Lith gave her a slight nod and got to work.
Arya watched as his focused eyes lingered on the floating sigils. She could see a reflection of those letters in his bright purple eyes, and slowly, he extended his arm out and touched one of those ancient symbols.
A bright arc spread through his arms and burnt apart a bit of his clothing. Arya could now see his toned muscles twitching as he moved.
She was about to whistle in amusement while watching him work, but refrained from doing so and let him focus.
Lith began chanting some unknown things and pulled onto the sigils.
His muscles bulged and she could see the outline of them on his clothes.
"Babe... hold this..."
Arya immediately rushed to action and held the string Lith was pulling.
"Tug it as hard as you can." Lith let the string go and went on to hold another one.
Arya gave the string a hard jerk and snapped it out of the enclosure. The sigils sizzled and disappeared in the air.
"This one now." Lith said with gritted teeth as he forcibly pulled another string of sigils.
Arya repeated her actions and in two minutes, they were done making all the sigils disappear.
"So you do know your stuff, babe." Arya walked beside Lith and said, then slapped his firm, muscular butt.
"This one's the main challenge." Lith looked at the floating orb and said, not minding the harassment he just suffered.
As they ventured out, Arya cast a revival spell on everyone she killed and they all slowly woke up.
Nobody thought anything had happened and it was yet another normal day for them. Their memories had been tampered successfully.
The two were back in the security room within ten minutes.
"We can leave for the Lord's place anytime now." Viona stated.
"Okay, let's move now then."
A gate opened in the middle of the room and all of them walked in it.
Once the gate vanished, the dead security personnel were resurrected and slowly got up. They moved their respective places and got in a working position like they had prior to dying.
The scene was as if nothing had happened in this place.
.....
In a bustling city square, Roy was walking with his hands in his pockets, wearing a wide brim hat to not let sunlight fall on his face.
He walked towards an alley and soon entered a particular door which had a bell attached to it. The bell jingled and notified the one in-charge of Roy's arrival.
A man in a white suit walked in front of Roy. The moment he saw him, he raised an eyebrow and said, "Oh? Distinguished gentleman from the number one power. What brings you to my humble abode?"
Roy wasn't fazed with the man knowing what clan he belonged to. It was not like he was trying to hide it anyway.
"I want information."
"That's a very vague answer, gentleman. I wouldn't be able to help without precise details." The man in white suit walked close to Roy and said with a smile.
"Okay. Tell me who's colluding with the Asuras." Roy asked straightforwardly.
"That would be one star in the west zone." The man rubbed his hand and answered, making Roy raise an eyebrow.
"A very high price for very little info."
"Oh gentleman, trust me, you want this information." The man said with a hearty chortle.
Roy had a serious face. "If it's not worth the cost, I'll be sure to behead you."
"Definitely, haha." The man said and rubbed his hands.
Roy took out his phone and made a call. A second later, in front of him appeared an envelope. He handed it to the man in white suit.
The man took it and said, "Haha, pleasure doing business. Please come with me."
He took Roy to a secret door and left the area, leaving the place empty and lifeless.