Chapter 242
Chapter 242 A Sudden Assault
A sorrowful roar echoed throughout the mountains.
The green dragon, along with the two whelps that returned to search for their missing companion, dove into the woods. A short moment later, a mournful roar that caused even the ground to shake rumbled across the forest. The dragons took to the skies with their lithe bodies, circling above the trees as if they were looking for something.
But no matter what they did, they couldn’t accept the reality that their companion had died.
Finally, amidst a wave of sorrowful dragon roars, the adolescent green dragon dove into the woods and picked up the whelp’s corpse. It beat its wing and flew to the horizon with no hesitation. The two other whelps followed closely behind him, bringing the two spellbreaker knight corpses with them.
It wasn’t until after the woods had regained their peace that Greem and the others walked out from the bushes.
“Just like that?” Greem gazed into the horizon and spoke with disbelief, “Those dragons are not stupid. Would they really believe such simple misdirection?”
“The dragons are not stupid. They are just too reliant on their prophecies!” A strange smile appeared on Diviner Mas’ pale and elderly face. At this point, Greem really thought he had a lot of potential to be a scammer on the streets. Mas continued, “As long as I’m around, everything they see through their prophecies will only be what I choose to let them see. Moreover, the dragons have also been looking for an excuse to raid the palace. It’s just that the excuse they’ve got this time is a little larger than they expected!”
As Flower’s chanting proceeded, the vine continued to grow and its roots started to grow thick and large in size as well. In a matter of seconds it had formed into stairs that reached into the sky, crawling all the way to the bottom of the cave on the cliff.
“It’s done! Get up!” Adept Flower whispered under her breath.
Under her orders, three massive leaves grew from the vine. The three stepped onto a leaf each, and they shot straight up through the mist like a modern elevator.
Soon the three found themselves right before the cave.
The three adepts could very easily sense any movements inside the cave using their Spirit.
No one was there.
This was expected.
It would be weird if the knights expected enemies to break in from such an impossible location. Thus the guards in charge of this place’s security didn’t have a fixed station at the opening of the cave. Rather, they were supposed to check this location every once in awhile. Moreover, with the chaos in the capital, it was unclear if the guards would even come to patrol on a fixed and consistent schedule.
The leaf slowly lifted Greem to the side of the cave, allowing him to get a clear look at everything inside.
Inside of the cave was a small tunnel. There were specialized sliding rails on the ground covered with dust and metal waste.
The only thing blocking Greem’s path were several metal fences that were thick as a child’s arm. Rust and cobwebs covered the entire structure, but it was clear it had been installed to keep out any trespassers.
To avoid alerting any possible guards, Greem didn’t choose to jump inside with his Fire Teleportation. Instead he gripped the upper portion of two metal bars tightly and silently drew from the fire powers within his body.
No flames appeared; only terrifying and intense heat.
The two metal bars quickly turned red and liquified in Greem’s grip, before flowing down the cave.
A path appeared before their eyes!
“Come in. Let’s finish this quickly!” Greem softly ordered before going into the cave.
Runeforge Camp, without a radiant knight’s protection, was like an unsecured playground in Greem’s eyes. He could do whatever he wanted. Those spellbreaker knights stationed within were not even worthy of being put on his list of enemies.
A dozen steps into the tunnel, in the side of the wall, was a small stone resting room for three guards. Greem casually threw a fireball into the room as he strode by before continuing on his path.
Before the vicious fireball exploded behind him, Greem had already walked out of the waste dumping area and had progressed towards the entrance of the Runeforge Camp through a large and wide tunnel.
Indeed, he was not rushing towards the heavily guarded forging area or drafting room. Instead he headed towards the camp’s entrance.
There were no more radiant knights in Runeforge Camp, but there was still one stationed in the knight’s headquarters outside. If he caught wind of the raid and rushed over, he would very likely stop Greem and the others from escaping. Thus Greem, who was already planning to go all out on the troops in the Camp, walked unhesitatingly towards the entrance. The first thing he had to do was to cut off all connection the camp had with the outside.
When the first fireball exploded behind the camp, every single guard in Runeforge Camp had been alerted. Countless guards surged out of their shelters and camps, and after a chaotic scrambling they finally managed to find the source of the explosion.
Under the orders of the camp commander, scores of guards grabbed their weapons and headed into the stone tunnel, running towards the location of the explosion.