Day 69 - 10:22 PM - Padilla, San Jose, Antipolo, Rizal
Mark and i stared at each other for a few seconds.
At the sa ti, they looked away from each other and faced the safe door.
Of course, nothing happened. What would anyone expect?
i only had eyes for Mark now. She always observed him, his likes, reactions, his behavior, and what he disliked.
He was not soone who would go after won, at least, not the real world ones.
i had seen Mark give out more expressions towards cute female ani characters, but she never saw him make genuine expressions towards real-life won.
If a woman's sll stuck unto him, it was very likely that it was the woman who made a move.
She would not bla Mark for it.
Of course, it would be a lie if she said that she did feel anything. She still felt jealous. However, she would not unreasonably bla Mark and beco angry at him.
Other than that, she could not bla the other woman either. What won like her seek at tis of chaos like these was protection. To so won, it would reach the point that they would disregard their dignity in order to survive.
Here, there was Mark as the strongest person who could give that protection. Furthermore, he did not treat his people in a bad way. The worst that he did was ignoring them or kicking Joseph out of the eting room, but that was it.
Even if his looks were rather lacking, those aspects were enough to make desperate people flock towards him. There would be no distinction in that whether it be a woman or a man, a child or an elderly, human or not.
Rather, she was proud that a man like than was overprotective of her.
Of course, she was still a bit jealous.
Then, she felt a warm embrace enveloping her body from behind. Her jealousy vanished in an instant.
"So, are we going to open this door?"
Mark asked with his breath tickling i's ears.
"Maybe we could," i answered. "The girls had been asking to open and explore it since they discovered it. It's just the door is locked and really sturdy to open forcefully."
Mark nodded. Looking at the door, it was not just so cheap-looking hidden passage. It was more like a vault door seen in many post-apocalyptic video gas.
"Okay, let's open it."
Mark said which made the little girls cheer.
i looked a bit disappointed though as Mark let go of her to open the door.
Mark could not help but smile bitterly as he felt i's disappointnt. He decided to make up for it later.
"Gege, aren't you going to use Ignis?"
i asked as she noticed that Mark did not bring the Demon Sword. Its flas should be the best way to open this thick tal door.
"Hmmm?" Mark looked at her. "I want to try sothing."
Mark then started to examine the door and find the exact places where the locks were. He actually wanted to just slip in using his [Shadow Mist Movent] and see if he could open it from inside. However, it was tightly sealed that there was no space between the door and the fra at all.
He also noticed that not just the door, the walls around the supposed hidden room were made of thick tal. Mark could not tell but he assud that this tal was bulletproof, might be shockproof even.
As he estimated where the locking chanisms were located, Mark held out his hand.
FLOOOM!
A bright orange colored fire burst out from his hand.
i and the little girls were surprised.
"Gege, that's..."
"Oh, this?" Mark pointed at the flas on his palm. "These are the original flas that Ignis had. Ignis absorbed my miasma and blood while I absorbed his flas. That's what happened I think."
Actually, Mark was quite unsure of it himself. After all, the naming ritual could already give a random effect to the master and it also went wrong.
What he knew was that while the flas of Ignis beca black, he gained to use the original flas Ignis had. Of course, he could also turn it black by mixing miasma in it.
Using the high-temperature fla in Mark's hand, he slowly lted so parts of the door. He needed to adjust the positions at several points as the chanism was slowly unveiled.
CREEAK!
Finally, the lock was destroyed and the door creaked open.
"I'll enter first okay?"
Mark said as he blocked the excited little girls from entering first.
The little girls behaved and waited for their Papa to enter.
Using his flas, Mark lit up the room as he entered.
There... was nothing.
The hidden room was just a three-ter by two-ter room. There were a few cabinets with books and a couch for reading. Aside from those, there was nothing else.
"Gege, is it fine to enter?"
i peeked through the door while holding her flashlight.
"It's okay. Just enter. The room is quite small though."
Mark replied.
Once the five of them were all inside the room, the little girls were a bit disappointed. They thought that there would be sothing interesting inside. There was nothing but books though. Miracle even tried moving the cabinets and removed the books but saw nothing behind.
"Is this all?"
i also looked disappointed by what they found inside.
"Let's look around so more. I don't think that this is all."
Mark said as he started to investigate.
Moving the cabinets and the couch, removing the carpet on the floor, and even removing the paintings on the walls. Unfortunately, nothing was revealed. There was nothing but tal tiles all over the walls and the floor.
Mark then went for the last resort.
Knocking on the walls and the floor.
Mark did not believe that this room was all of it. Looking at the layout of the house, the secure walls, and this hidden room. He deduced that the person that owned this house was rather overly cautious about their security.
This ant that the layout of this hidden room could just be a disguise.
Soon, Mark's suspicion was answered. He was right.
On the set of tal tiles at the corner of the hidden room, the sound made after he knocked was different from other areas.
Once more, he started lting the thick tal tiles with his fire.
"Master~! What is everyone doing?"
Amihan and Aephelia that went for a night stroll ca back and saw what was happening. Being away from nature for too long, Amihan asked Aephelia to take a fly around the area.
"Adventure!"
Miracle was the one to answer first which made Abbygale and Iola nod.
EIIINNGGGG!!!
A sound was heard after Mark removed the lted tal tiles. Sure enough, it was a trapdoor with a ladder going down.
Like before, Mark took the lead and went down.
The ladder was quite high. In Mark's estimate, the ladder actually led him even lower than the basent of the mansion.
Reaching the end of the ladder, there was a flight of stairs that lead to a door below.
And... It was another thick tal door.
Mark could not help but scratch his head. This was the third one. For sure, the owners of the house were overly cautious for them to make sothing like this. It was good that there were no traps so far. If there was, Mark could surely question the sanity of the person that made this.
For several more minutes, Mark lted parts of the third door. As it was safe, he let everyone go down while he worked on the door.
The third door was twice as thick as the first door making it harder to open. It was a pain to lt with his flas.
Finally, the third door was opened. Nevertheless, Mark started to promise in his heart that if there was nothing behind this door or this door was not the last one, he would make this place explode tomorrow.
Fortunately, that was not the case.
Upon entering, what welcod them was the stale air that was enclosed in this place for too long. Ignoring the bad air, everyone was amazed.
This place was not just an ergency shelter, it was actually an underground bunker.
The whole place was huge. In Mark's estimate, the bunker occupied half of the lot.
"Amihan, manipulate the air to remove the stale gases inside. So harmful chemicals might have mixed with the air too."
Mark asked the Sylph to remove the bad air and replace it with a fresher one.
"Okay~!"
After Amihan blew the bad air out of the house through the passage they just went through.
Finally, they explored the bunker.
It was a jackpot.
Looking around, there were canned goods that could go on for years, long-lasting food and proper water supply. Aside from food, tools, generators, and even gas barrels were securely stored in one of the rooms in the bunker.
The most amazing thing, however, was one of the rooms at the furthest corner.
Secured cabinets, large boxes, and display cases. All of it was filled with firearms, ammunition, and explosives. Most of it was even illegal in the country. It would make anyone question what kind of people were the owners.
Nevertheless, Mark decided to take back what he thought of the owner of this place. He started to comnd them instead. Sure enough, they were prepared for an apocalypse. Although the supply here was not enough to last for a lifeti, it could at least allow several people to live here for several years.
Unfortunately, it seed that the owners failed to even make it into this bunker. There was no sign that his place had been touched for a long ti. If there were people here, Mark would have detected them too.
The outbreak ca too suddenly that the owners of the house did not make it. This apocalypse was also different from what could be seen in movies.
Inside the bunker, they also found a modified humvee. This made them question how it was brought here.
"I wonder if the lights work."
Mark murmured as he wandered into a room that looked like a control room. Inside, there was a set of monitors stacked together, several sets of buttons and even the panel of the electricity inside the bunker was here.
Seeing the button to turn on the lights, Mark flipped it.
THUM! THUM!
Everyone squinted their eyes as the sudden brightness blinded them.
Unexpected, there was electricity. However, it seed that the electricity was only enough to power the lights as other things inside the bunker was still not working. So of the appliances could be turned on but would cause the lights to dim and flicker.
"Gege, where did this electricity co from?"
i could not help but ask.
"Probably, from batteries connected to solar panels. I saw several sets on the roof of the mansion earlier."
Mark then noticed a button that seed different from the set of buttons that controlled the doors.
He could not help but press it.
As soon as he did, all the lights dimd.
Then, the girls exclaid in amazent as the ceiling above the humvee slowly split into two and opened.
The scene outside the opened ceiling was rather familiar. It was the dried-up swimming pool at the back of the mansion.
"This place is amazing."
Mark could only say that in amazent.
In video gas and movies, he had seen many things about high-tech bunkers. He did not expect that he would encounter one here.
Rather, who would expect sothing like this? They just went here to spend the night, after all.
"This really is a jackpot, isn't it, i'er?"
Mark spoke.
"Yes."
i replied. She was also amazed by what they were witnessing.
And all of these belonged to them.
Mark could not help but hug Miracle and kiss her cheeks for finding this treasure trove.
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