*Drip*
*Drip*
*Drip*
"Wha… what happened?" As my eyes slowly open I gaze at unfamiliar surroundings. Bars, stone walls, and a locked door. Okay, I'm definitely in a prison cell. Question is, why?
Suddenly memories of my previous encounter flood back, then:
"Ahh, so I guess I failed that quest then."
- Confirmation -
- The Host has failed the quest -
'Didn't really need to confirm that for me you snarky system.'
Whatever, let me see if there's any way out of this cell. I check all around the room and come up with nothing. The bars seem very strong and I definitely can't break through these walls. There is one thing I haven't tried yet though.
*Boom*
My body starts to reform but as I look around I notice my surroundings haven't changed at all. There's not even a scratch on the walls.
"I really thought that would've worked"
This innate skill isn't as strong as I thought it was, perhaps there's a way to make it stronger. That's a thought for another time though. It looks like right now I can't seem to find a way out of this cell.
"Wait…"
'I didn't think about this before, but what if instead of using my brawn, I use my brain to get out of this cell'
With that thought I scrounge around for two specific things. And surprise surprise, I found two objects within my search parameters. In one hand I hold a nail that I found on the ground. And in the other I hold is a hook that I had in my bag used for fishing.
I go over to the cell door and find the lock. Then I begin to pick the lock, seconds later the door is open. In my previous life I was very proficient in this skill so an amateur lock like this stood no chance against someone like me.
I leave my cell and look around me. The area I'm in is just a hallway with cells on either side.
"Left or right?"
"Welp, I've always heard that while in a maze you're supposed to go left."
Ten minutes later I was cursing myself for that thought.
"Stupid me. I'm not in a maze am I"
I had just run into a dead end when I went left. So I had to head back the way I had come from. Occasionally I would look into the cells and they were completely empty. It's strange this prison area is so large and yet I seem to have been the only prisoner.
"Why do they have such a large prison? Are they planning on capturing all the villagers or something?"
Putting that thought aside I finally reach the end of the hallway and come upon a pair of stairs. One goes up, while the others go down.
"Assuming this is like most prisons, I should head up to get out. Usually prisons are on the lower levels."
With that thought in my head I begin to make my climb up the stairs. Oh what a climb it was, it felt like it lasted hours. When I finally reached the end of the stairs I said to myself:
"Who would build something like that? Why were there so many damn stairs?"
My eyes wander for a moment noticing something.
'THERE WAS AN ELEVATOR THE WHOLE TIME!!!'
I almost scream this aloud, but luckily I have enough self control not to.
"Maybe there wasn't one for the prison level."
I take a look inside the elevator and notice labeled buttons. The bottom one is labeled "Prison Cells".
"Ok, ok, ok… no need to freak out. I just need to be more observant in the future. That's what dad always says anyway."
"He's right ya know!"
"Agh" I jump away in fear.
Behind me just standing nonchalantly there was the dragon folk. Upon closer inspection I notice just how well toned he is. His muscles bulge underneath his grey armor. His red toned scales look very tough. It was no wonder my explosion didn't put a scratch on him before.
"Hey, hey, hey. Calm down, I won't hurt you. Don't worry"
"I only put you in that cell to stop you from destroying something important. That ability of yours is troublesome. How did you get out the cell anyway?" He spouts out.
Do I trust him? I guess right now I'll have to play along with him, there's no way force is going to solve this problem.
"I just pushed the door open it was unlocked, Mr…?" I lie then attempt to change the subject.
"Ah right, my name is Felio, after the great dragon king. May I ask what your name is child?"
'Success'
"Um, I'm Eleos."
"Ah a fine name. Are you by chance named after someone?"
"Uh, I don't think so. Hold on aren't I a prisoner here?"
"Of course not, you are but a child. I must have frightened you jumping out at you like that. I was only going to check on my generators. For some reason their power supply has stopped, I went to check on them then I found you. What are you doing up here anyway."
'Crap those were his power generators down there. I can't let him know I broke them basically'
"I was just climbing this mountain for my training, then I saw this tower so I checked it out."
"Hmm, strange…" then he mutters, "But how did his mind even register there was a tower here. Did my illusion fail. I must check the inscriptions."
'Why'd he say that out loud?'
"So since this was all a misunderstanding can I leave now?"
"I'm afraid not child, for I fear you have seen too much. You have somehow seen through my spell, now I don't know if you are just special or my spell has failed. But one way or another I will find out."
"I am very sorry child."
- Admin Interruption Notice -
- The System has deemed the Being Felio a danger to the System Security -
- Information is being uploaded to the Host's cerebral cortex -
- Command Skill has been temporarily granted to the Host -
- Please use it wisely -
- Quest Granted -
- Kill the Dragon Folk known as Felio -
- Time limit 1 hour -
- Rewards -
- ??????????? -
End of chapter nineteen.