Chapter 14: Chapter 14: Ambush

“Did you get it?” Desmond looked like a different person with that grim expression on his face.

“Yes,” Kai replied for the second time.

“Good, I will leave you behind if you try to be a hero there,” Desmond said, looking away. “Run, always run if any character were to find us.”

Kai followed Desmond as they traced the moonlight, walking with buried steps along the walls. Arlen had sent Shae with Sonia, but the Side Missions they had got were the same. Kai hunched in Desmond’s shadow and remembered its content.

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You have triggered a Side Mission.

Main Mission: Assist Thunder Faction in saving the life of Beedle the Bard

Side Mission: Assist Contestant Desmond in stealing a broomstick

Side Mission Summary: The distance between London and Dufftown is long and treacherous if covered by ground. The only sure way is to use Broomsticks and travel through the air. You must secure enough broomsticks to escort Mr. Beedle with Thunder Faction’s full strength.

Side Mission Objective: Secure at least one Broomstick

Side Mission Time Limit: Not Applicable

Side Mission Hint: Not Applicable

Do you accept the side-mission?

]

Both were side missions, Kai had noticed. The one of learning about stats, and this one to steal an Item. But in terms of danger, the first one couldn’t even be compared.

“It took us an entire day to figure out where to get the broomsticks,” Desmond said under his breath. “If it weren’t for Mr. Beedle, we wouldn’t have even got one.”

Kai had yet to even see Mr. Beedle. Arlen had forbidden anyone even stepping towards the basement. Arlen’s mission differed from even Desmond and Sonia’s, Kai had presumed.

“Why can’t Mr. Beedle just Apparate to Dufftown?” Kai asked. Desmond had told him it was some kind of teleportation magic.

“The man’s a Wizard, Bloody,” Desmond replied, using the nickname they had given him. “But I have never seen such a coward in my entire life. He fears getting splinched, and worse, he fears leaving that book of his behind. Let me not think of what dangers will be awaiting him in Dufftown. Arlen said there will be Contestants from the 7th to 9th floor there.”

Kai had felt the strength behind Sonia’s kick. He still remembered the pain, even after the Pain Factor had reduced it in half. And she’s from the 2nd floor, Kai reflected. How much stronger a Contestant from the 7th floor would be?

“Here,” Desmond pointed, taking a sharp turn into a dark alley. The walls on both sides successfully hid the moonlight, darkening whatever lay ahead. “Let’s just hope Mr. Beedle isn’t insane. Bloody, stand back, and take it out.”

Kai put his back against the wall and took out a dagger. It wasn’t an Item, but an ordinary dagger Desmond had stolen from someone. None had Items to spare, and even if they had, Kai doubted they would have given him. Still, better than the mirror shard, Kai told himself.

Desmond looked around a bit before halting against an ordinary metal pipe jutting out of the ground. It was so small and dark that if one wasn’t looking for it, then it was almost impossible to notice it. Desmond gave Kai a look, and then, using all his strength, he pushed the pipe down.

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Click!

A door opened right by Kai’s side, and a ray of light escaped out. Kai could have sworn there were real bricks by his side, but seeing the wooden door, he doubted himself. Kai peered inside and saw many miscellaneous things placed in an orderly and disorderly fashion. There were skeletons, animals’ organs, strange instruments, and colored potions in glass vials.

“You heard something?” Desmond whispered.

Kai shook his head.

Desmond enlarged the opening with deft hands, stopping whenever the door showed signs of creaking. Soon they were inside the room, the wooden door vanishing behind them, turning into a wall.

“It’s on the second floor,” Desmond said, his head moving from one side to another. “It’s Rickon Piery’s Shop of Hundred Wonders. Don’t ask. I don’t know about the name either. The entrance is there, ten steps ahead on the first right turn. The entire shop is empty for 2 hours, Mr. Beedle has promised us. If…”

Desmond looked directly at Kai, a golden hue already surrounding his pupils.

“If anyone comes, dash to the second floor and find me. DON’T ATTACK!” Desmond said the last words, not whispering anymore, and then he walked away, as nimble as a cat.

For a man of his size, he sure is swift, Kai thought, seeing Desmond’s disappearing figure.

The right turn Desmond had spoken of was behind the stairs leading up the second floor. Left alone, Kai jumped to his feet. The sound left him as if he was just a wind’s sigh. He walked, picking up things, turning them over, and then putting them back, just as they were. Desmond was swift, Kai was swifter. Those who kill in the dark shouldn’t be friends with sound, Kai had learned.

Kai looked at the shelves of potions. A dangerous but mysterious feeling hit him as he thought of approaching them. His eyes shined. If not all, then at least one of these potions was an Item, Kai was sure of it.

Kai stepped towards the shelf, his heart throbbing with expectation. He found it! The green-colored potion. On the top-left corner. Kai smiled.

Click!

The danger shot through the roof. The sound was so loud to Kai’s ears that it felt like a bomb. He had heard it before…

Kai snapped his head and saw the metal door materializing. Unlike him, whoever was out didn’t need to peer inside before charging through the door. Don’t Attack! Kai remembered Desmond’s warning and dashed towards the stairs.

A hooded figure was already standing there. And one more appeared from behind it.

“Kill him,” the hooded figure said and dashed up the stairs.

“DESMOND!” Kai shouted, and took the left turn.

The two other Contestants were almost on his back.

It was an ambush.

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AN: I use a little onomatopoeia in my writing style. If you are not a fan of seeing them in a chapter, then I hope you will be kind enough to ignore them. Thank you!

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