"Rescue?!"
Taniel couldn't help but raise his voice.
"Of course!"
"As long as 'Blood Hunter' Jason arrives on ti, we'll be safe!"
Luodeni said as if it was only natural.
"That's your plan?"
"Find a place and wait for Jason's rescue?"
Taniel's tone rose again.
"What else?"
"Do you have a better way?"
"Do you think the mastermind hasn't prepared for whatever plan you co up with?"
"You know why there are two doors here—for the first door, there's a hidden passage leading out!"
"However, I can guarantee that if we take that passage, there will definitely be a big group waiting for us at the exit, and then they'll catch us like rats in a trap!"
Luodeni still spoke as if it were obvious.
"But..."
"But what?!"
"At this point, any plan or sche is useless, because the opponent has laid out the groundwork long ago! So, we can only drag them into a battle of 'pure strength' to gain so advantage!"
"Now, the best we can do is pray that 'Blood Hunter' Jason is as formidable as rumored."
"He's the key to whether we can survive!"
Luodeni interrupted Taniel's words directly.
This ti, Taniel did not refute.
He admitted that the other was right.
Of course, more importantly, he had faith in Jason.
He believed as long as Jason arrived, he would definitely change the current situation.
But!
Could this big door in front of them hold until then?
Taniel scrutinized the door that looked dull and wooden.
"Can it hold?"
"Didn't you arrange more?"
"Like multiple hidden passages for confusion?"
"Or a secret art formation or sothing?"
"Or another fallback plan?"
Taniel asked, still a little reluctant.
And Luodeni rolled his eyes.
"I'd like to, but I can't!"
"I'm an intelligence broker, and an extrely hated one. The reason I'm still alive is that I hide well enough. If I'm exposed, do you believe I'd have been skinned alive by now?"
"These two doors, and the explosives before them."
"Including this hidden passage, it's the best I can do without being exposed or suspected."
"Do you think this is just so remote, godforsaken place?"
"This is Tert! The capital of Sewock, Tert!"
"You never know if the old lady greeting you cheerfully in the morning is a secret detective!"
Luodeni sighed.
"You have a backup plan."
"Hmm..."
"Do you have soone you trust?"
Taniel asked.
Luodeni's misleading move was to await rescue.
However, before this, he surely couldn't have been waiting for his friend Jason's rescue; it could only be that of a trusted ally.
As for foreknowledge?
Even if the other was a 'Diviner', to predict with such precision would require a fifth or sixth-tier level at least.
It's widely known that the current 'Diviners' aren't even at the fourth-tier level.
"Yes."
Luodeni nodded, sadness apparent on his chubby face.
Since the mastermind had acted, then the only person he trusted would likely...
Thinking of this, anger flashed in Luodeni's eyes.
Unusually, even when his life was in danger, Luodeni rarely got mad.
But now, this stout intelligence broker was furious.
Seeing Luodeni's state, Taniel raised his hand and patted the other's shoulder.
At this mont, words of comfort were hard to say.
Taniel couldn't do more.
This Deer Academy teacher, the second advisor of the Lorde Police, fully understood such feelings.
When the old nobleman passed, he was just as powerless.
Silence lingered.
Until—
Clang!
A loud crash resounded against the tal door, and the force of the impact caused Taniel and Luodeni, who were leaning against the door, to shudder.
"So fast?!"
Luodeni looked astonished.
According to his assessnt, it should take at least ten minutes or even longer for the enemy to find this second door.
Moreover, the damage they inflicted on the tal door far exceeded Luodeni's expectations.
Clang!
Another loud bang!
Unlike before, after this bang ca a sharp, piercing sound.
Bang!
The tal door was hit once again; this ti, the sound was much softer, but a noticeable protrusion appeared on the door!
Subtle, almost impossible to notice under normal circumstances.
But at this mont, with Taniel and Luodeni's attention entirely focused on the sea of blackness, a white spot appeared, and in their eyes, it was extraordinarily conspicuous.
Even more conspicuous was Luodeni's face, now pale as the white spot.
"Didn't you say even against a fifth-tier 'Professional', it could hold for a while?"
Taniel asked without turning his head, staring fixedly at the protrusion.
"It can hold for a while!"
"But that's against one fifth-tier 'Professional'!"
"And now it's two!"
Luodeni was sweating on his forehead.
He suspected the mastermind wouldn't give him any room to resist, but Luodeni never expected to be hunted by two fifth-tier 'Professionals'.
"How long can it hold?"
Taniel swallowed, but his voice still sounded dry.
He had seen fifth-tier 'Professionals'.
But he had never been pursued by two fifth-tier 'Professionals'.
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