The Guardian System: The strongest Summoner's quest to save his family Chapter 298: Make Sure They Die First (1)

The Mastiffs barreled down the corridor, plowing through debris and guards alike. The prisoners clung to the beasts' backs, gripping the fur until their knuckles turned white, with faces of stunned disbelief. Against all logic, from the Zealots' and the prisoners' perspective, they were actually escaping.

Jake and Lena held the rear as a new wave of guards ca to the chase.

"They really don't know when to quit, do they?" Lena said. "You'd think seeing their friends get killed would lower their morale."

She paused.

"It's weird that dying for the cause is the only part of the job description they actually enjoy. Just make sure they die before we do."

Jake nodded.

He slamd his hand onto the floor, summoning another pack of War Hounds. The corridor was instantly choked with five-hundred-pound beasts of muscle and mana.

They crashed with the front line of guards, sending armored Zealots smashing into the walls.

Lena ducked under a clumsily aid sword swing before driving her blade through a gap in the Zealot's armor.

She kicked his falling body into another man, stopping those further behind. When a mage in the back row raised his staff, Lena flicked a throwing knife that buried itself in his eye before he could finish the incantation.

"I swear they are starting to get on my nerves!"

"Get used to it!" Lena said, wiping a spray of blood from her cheek. She checked the hallway, her eyes narrowing.

Jake glanced over his shoulder. The corridor on their back was empty, save for the trails of blood and scattered bodies left by the Mastiffs' charge. The prisoners were gone.

"Good. Then we're done here," Jake said, turning back to look at the Zealots still stubbornly chasing them. "Get moving. I'm going to drop the ceiling on these idiots and seal the exit."

Lena hesitated. "Don't get buried with them, Jake."

He nodded. Lena paused for a second, searching his face, then sprinted down the hall.

The tunnel abruptly opened into the cold air and the shriek of wind. Lena got out first, and Jake followed soon after the building started crumbling, which made Lena wonder what the hell Jake must have done to bring a building to collapse.