The prince suddenly stopped on his way after a brief moment. From the looks of it, he is pondering something while staying close to the wall and as far as from the reach of the light of the Torch.
*Thoughts* "Looks like she is not following me, but what the hell is this place? why is this place so dark? I can't see a single object in this passage, besides this passage is actually too large and the Torches are very away from each other. I'm running at my medium pace, but I'm still not able to find any exit that can lead me to other rooms or outside of this Fortress...
I saw a huge door just Ten meters behind me, but it is made of Iron and is locked and I can't possibly break it without making any sound and wasting too much of my mana reserve, all for, just to try my speculation that it will lead to the outside. My luck is already very bad and if that door is just happened to be another room in this fortress, I will be wasting my precious time and mana, and I might get caught by the guards... Moreover, I have not encountered a single enemy guard on my way. Except, I am sure of one thing, and that is... I'm running in a huge curve! Argh..."
*Thoughts* "I don't get it, where am I actually? It was still early in the morning when I got attacked by those! hmm... *confused* Who was it that attacked me? It was so sudden, I don't remember anything. How did they capture me? where is the Magus protecting me? where is that Amzi? I was the only one in the Interrogation Chamber and all I can recall is that there was an earthquake, the surrounding tree fell simultaneously and suddenly many powerful werewolves surrounded us coming right through the roots of the trees that they blew from underground.
Except for the horses of Magus and mine, all of my soldiers' horses started to panic and whinnying like crazy. It was complete chaos... and suddenly the horse I was riding on screeched and along with that, I lost my consciousness... The first thing I saw after waking up is that someone was carrying me in his hand, but I was still too tired or worn out, I don't know why was I so tired? My whole body was aching in pain, especially my spines, but whatsoever I closed my eyes and began to recover my energy."
*Thoughts* "But still! I believe, not much time has passed since I fell asleep again. I think it was the time of early in the morning when the sun had just raise~" "oww....!" *Screaming*
The prince screamed lightly as a sudden pain hit him in the back out of nowhere. The pain was quite sudden and strong, thus he failed to hold back his voice coming out of the intense pain in his Spinal cord. Still, he managed to hold his breath and he clenched his fists tightly to endure the pain, so as to stop the scream coming out of his mouth. He took out a very small piece of 'Healing beds stone' from his secret pocket in his back pocket camouflaged in his black outfit and used it to stop the pain...
The 'Healing beds stone' which the prince is carrying has a different property, its color is blue and is of the highest level in 'Daemon land'. It can mold into the desired shape and can be attached temporarily to the point where the user wants, and the user have to channel a small amount of his mana in the process. The effect is the same as usual, but it is quite portable and efficient, Moreover, the duration of its function can be adjusted according to the situation. As in this case, the prince is going to use it for a prolonged period to regularly counter the pain. He shaped the 'Healing beds' in a thin sheet form so it can be attached to the back without any problem, the sheet will slowly vanish as it depletes its energy...
However, it should have been enough to cure the back pain with this amount of 'Healing beds', but somehow in this case the pain didn't fade away completely. There is still the same intensity of pain but it is not quite frequent and long as before, he can at least endure it without letting out his scream to the ears of enemy patrol guards. It seems like the pain is just not a simple one and the injury is quite serious than it seems to be from the outside. The prince is not using the stone to cure the problem because he doesn't know the source and type of the problem. Remember! you can't use the 'Healing beds stone' carelessly, or the consequences can be more severe.
huff... *letting out-breath*
*Thoughts* "My back is hurting so much as someone who has got his old age pain. *Touching the source of pain* Ahh, when did I got hurt in the back, it looks like I recently got hurt, but when? I didn't see her attacking me with any kind of magic tool, *guessing* I must have hurt myself when I got unconscious or some stupid animal dragged me in this hell with my back facing down... come to think of it, my spine was aching back then when I was being held by someone. Ah! *realize* someone is coming, I should hide quietly and think of a plan to escape from this place."
*footsteps approaching...*
The footsteps reached close to the prince, it is... of course, a werewolf guard in petrol. The werewolf guard is not equipped with any other weapons, just like the other Warriors who attacked the cavalry of Daemon land barehanded in the morning. Although he is still carrying a dart-type weapon that has two functions, either paralyzing or making an enemy unconscious, and in an extreme situation, it can also be used to kill the enemy or intruder...
The dart weapon is just like a small version of the crossbow, but instead of arrows, it has sharp needles that can be fired at several enemies in the range of a fifty-meter radius. Whether the incoming needles carry' a paralyzing solution or a deadly poison depends entirely on the users. The slight piercing in any part of the body is enough for it to settle its effect... There are several versions of Dart weapons used by both humans and werewolves, but they are not mass-produced and are usually not used in wars.
// The further types of Dart weapons and their uses will be explained slowly in other chapters. //
The nose of a typical werewolf is very sharp unlike humans and the prince is at least aware of this, but, what can he possibly do about it in this disadvantageous position? When he hasn't got the time to prepare for it in advance...
He can't hide his smell from the keen senses of a werewolf without doing anything about it and just idly hiding in the corner. The prince stealth behind one of the inner pillars which were nearest to him, the pillar is supporting the roof of this entire place... The prince also have to do something about the sound of his heartbeat, which is louder than his breath in this dead silence corridor. Moreover, he is sweating from the recent fight and of course the tension of getting found out any moment.
*Thoughts* "No, calm down. I have to conceal my presence somehow, it can't be helped with just standing motionless. Common, think of a way to conceal myself and knocking him with a surprise attack."
"sniff~ Grr..." *growling* The werewolf guard suddenly stopped... and began to sniff something in the air.
The prince got tensed up~
Now, he is just standing parallelly with the prince, exactly five meters away from him. Since the corridor is very wide, the guard is still quite far from the prince, even though he is patrolling in between the center of both the walls... But surprisingly, yet getting as close as to just five meters away from the human, he is not able to detect the prince!
There was only a pillar between the prince and him that was blocking his sight when he was coming from the front and the prince wearing a black outfit is not of any huge help. But right now, the prince is just on the left side of his body, all he has to do is just turn his head to see the prince in the corner.
Suddenly, a flame torch placed beside the Huge door flickered! Because of this, the patrollers' attention got distracted.
"grr..." *making a warning sound*
He suspected someone is definitely hiding there, he began to move close to the door... As he moved close, he tightened his grips on the Dart weapon he is carrying... ready to shoot a paralyzing dart on the suspicious intruder, who is most definitely a human.
It's his first time encountering a human, but he is not afraid. Why should he? He is confident in his own strength and usually, the werewolves are more powerful than a mere human. Though he is aware of the fact that humans can use magic effortlessly, but that's also limited to the strength and experience of each individual... So actually, he is more of excited to knock-down this intruder from the moment he confirmed the near presence of a human being. He has already smelled the prince in the air. But, he doesn't know exactly who is this human intruder?