Chapter 464: It"s Called Lift Because It Lifted Things
That"s the first bas.e.m.e.nt floor that we cleared. There are several more and I can"t see beyond the fifth bas.e.m.e.nt floor.
"Roy, how did they come down to the underground? There"s no stairs at all in this place," Wendy asked.
"There"s that box thingy over there. That thing can go up and down and stopped at every floor. Though at every exit, it has been guarded tightly. Should we enter from that thing?" I suggested.
"That"s not thingy. In my world, it"s called escalator," Victoria explained.
"I see. That"s an easy name to remember. It helps those inside to elevate to higher level, or go down," I said.
"And in some part of the world, it"s called lift," Victoria continued.
"Because it lifted people up and down? That sounds even simpler. I will call it lift from now," I said.
The name aside, now that we have cleared the whole level, we need to go down. Should we enter it using the lift, or do we breakthrough them. Hmm?
"Wait, the lift is being used," I said.
When we looked at the place where the lift should be, it started making a sound and start moving. I can see it moves from the fourth bas.e.m.e.nt floor, to the second which is right below us.
And then, the people who are waiting there, entered the lift and went down to the fourth floor. Seems like the lift can"t bring us even lower. We will need to take the stairs after reaching the fourth floor.
"They are all moving to the lower floor. All of them, including the guards and the researchers," I said.
"Roy, do you see any lift other than this one?" Candy asked.
"Nope. Not at all. It"s the only one here and right now, it"s being used frequently. Now that all of the people under there are gathering at the fifth bas.e.m.e.nt floor. Seems like they are planning to keep what"s beyond there as secret even if it took their lives. What should we do?" I asked for a plan.
"Hmm… Roy, you and your familiar will go there and defeat them all. Try to get what they are protecting before they could destroy whatever it is. If possible, capture as much as possible. Celestine, are they going inside the reinforced room underground?" Candy asked Celestine.
"No. They are gathering at the fifth-floor underground," Celestine replied.
"Understood. Then, Celestine will go with us and investigate every place here before going down. Roy, you will have to get down there as fast as possible before they started erasing evidence of their researches. They should have realized by now that we are taking everything. It"s a fight in an enclosed s.p.a.ce. Even if there are many expert level mages, you can do it, right?" Candy said full of confidence.
It feels good knowing that someone who loves me have that much confidence in me. I will make sure to do the job well.
"Alright. Graham, Shelia, let"s go," I said. We will jump down the tunnel of the lift and land on the box. There are several people about to enter it. They are the last group of people who haven"t been taken to the deepest floor.
"Try to not cause as much destruction as possible! And wait for us before you enter the place that you can"t see. Or if something happened and you have to enter that place, tell us through Sonia!" Candy said before we jumped down.
"I understand! See you soon!"
With me as the vanguard, we jumped down the tunnel.
After the first floor, each floor was deeper than before. But it shouldn"t be a problem for Celestine to create a path to enter deeper floor with her magic.
As for us, this much height is not a problem if we fall. Flying is easy for us. But now, I let gravity do its job.
In the box full of people, some of them are wary of what"s going on above them. but they think that they are save underground, and the box is also from reinforced steel. One of the reinforced locations that Celestine told us before.
But it will still get damaged, right? Let"s try it. We can also destroy it so the people down there won"t have any way of escaping from this place.
"Hammer," I said to Victoria.
Victoria then obeyed and transformed into a hammer with extreme weight. And while falling down, when I was about to reach the box, I swung it down to destroy it and kill everyone inside.
The hammer let out a loud noise when it hit the box, and crushed it. Everyone inside dies instantly being crushed in that small box.
We landed safely. But right inside the fourth floor, people are watching us jumped down the tunnel and destroyed the lift easily.
"K-kill them!"
Too late. Shelia already swung her claws and Graham has thrown several light magic attacks at them from distance. The enemies don"t even have the time to put up their protection magic as they died from the attack.
But not all of them died. So, I charged at them and knocked all of them out with the b.u.t.t of Reizpear.
There are many other people underground. We can"t wait for them to escape. Seems like the place they are going is locked tight and they are knocking on the door to that place. Seems like someone is inside. Is it the Professor?
Worst of all, some researchers entered the place where the mohawks are sleeping. They are probably still in their testing period and can"t be used properly yet. It will be dangerous if all of them are artificial master level mage.
I quickly put the Magic Restraining Collars on all the people I knocked down, and transported them all before continuing deeper.
There are many suspicious things I see inside, but we will take care of them later. For now, we must make sure that those mohawks won"t wake up from their sleep. Seems like the researchers have difficulty in waking them up.
I can tell that the mohawks are alive from how their blood is still flowing. Their inner organs also worked properly. And rather than in coma, they seem to be just sleeping. But they can"t be woken up easily like they are in coma.
Whatever the case, I can"t let them wake up.
"Shelia! Graham! Follow me!"
After taking care of the unconscious people, we run toward the place where the mohawks are sleeping. Even if I have to kill them, they mustn"t wake up.
We arrive there faster than expected because we just kill everyone on the way. They were all the guards anyway. Not researchers.
When we arrive, I see that one of the mohawk"s blood flow is different. Seems like he"s on the verge of waking up. So, with my Reizpear, I stabbed his heart before he wakes up.
"Knock them all out!" I gave the order to my familiars.
They knocked all the researchers, and wrap collars around their neck. Before transporting them with portal.
Now, only the sleeping mohawks are left. It will be dangerous if I transport them t the same place as the others. But good thing that we have prepared for it.
Before we left, Old man Henry told us that in case we managed to capture any artificial master level mage who are not dead, it"s best to transport them all to a designated place in Varadis where Julia is waiting. Russell will be there as well to use his brainwash magic on the mohawks.
When I opened the portal, I was greeted by Julia.
"Roy, are they dead?" Julia asked.
"No. They seem to be sleeping. Although I have put the collar on them, they have the strength to destroy it themselves if they are as strong as the Mohawk Girl from before. Be careful. Do you need some help?" I asked.
"Maybe. If these people are artificial level mages and they somehow wake up thinking that we are enemies, they will attack us. Although I"m stronger now, I don"t have the confidence to defeat them alone," Julia said.
"Wait a moment."
I opened another portal. This time, it"s to Ca.s.sau.
"Hey, I captured some mohawks. Anyone here want to help Julia watching over them?" I asked the group who have been preparing to go once I asked them. Though they didn"t expect that I"m calling them not to fight but to watch over some people, they quickly make a decision.
"Bring Veronica with you. In case they woke up, if they used to be members of the cult, they will recognize Veronica and won"t attack her all of a sudden," Kayla suggested.
Veronica also agree and she willingly stepped into the portal to where Julia is. Now, with two expert level mages and a brainwashing mage, I hope even if any mohawks wake up, they won"t attack right away.
After bringing all the mohawks and Veronica to Varadis, I close the portals.
"Now, it"s time for rumble."
In the fifth floor, there"s a hallway with several rooms on the side. And at the end of the hallway, it"s the locked door where all of the people are trying to get in. I can now see what"s beyond that door, but only barely.
Beyond that door, there"s another path going somewhere. Maybe it"s an escape path.
But to get to that place, I need to fight all the enemies blocking the way.. I hope they will just surrender.