THE RISE OF THE DRAGON.

163. MAYOR TRAITOR.

The group immediately left San's room, with Void taking the lead like the first time. According to what San said, the mayor's room is located in the heart of the main building.

San's room was on the right wing of the building, now the group had to move from San's room to the mayor's room without being seen by the guards or servants in the villa.

Even with Void leading the group, they still took nearly ten minutes to navigate with

safe from the right wing to the main building without being detected or seen. After sneaking into the main building, the,

their speed decreased exponentially due to the dramatic increase of the guards there.

“I think the guy said most of the guards were sent away?” Inevitably Mei ling asked in frustration as the group was stuck in the hallway for nearly five minutes.

They were currently hiding behind a small tree-like decoration in the hallway, but moving forward or backward was impossible

because there was not only a guard in front of them, but there was one behind them as well.

“It seems he is not completely honest with the information he gave us.” Ui Yong Jiang furrowed his brows

while communicating with the Void that was in front of them, trying to find a better path for them.

Looking at the situation, Yong We suggested, “Why don't we immobilize the guards, instead of staying here for so long?”

“No. If one guard is missing, it will probably make us go.” Ui Yong Jiang said as he thought.

“Void should try to distract the guards in front of us. The longer we stay here, the more likely we are to be found.

All of you should know that a guard will eventually patrol through that park, I don't need to give

know you what will happen. happen when they see the state of the park.” Jade lin said after a while.

Ui Yong Jiang nodded before telling Void to find a way to distract the guards in front of them, so that they could continue advancing.

It took nearly two minutes before Void managed to distract the guards present in front of them. As soon as Void told them clearly, they quickly dashed forward.

Ten minutes later, they were already just a few turns away from the mayor's room.

And they noticed that the closer they got to the mayor's room, the fewer actual guards

it's weird because the closer they're supposed to the mayor's room, the higher the guards are there.

“Does anyone else think this is suspicious?” Ui Yong Jiang asked while looking at the completely free path in front of them.

Void had lurked from their current location into the mayor's room and he did not find a single guard on the street. All the rooms along the road are empty.

“Yes. Do you think it has anything to do with the guest the mayor received?” Mei ling nodded.

She originally wanted to rub her chin with her right hand, but she carried San on her right shoulder which was

makes it very difficult to do. Inevitably he glared towards Jade Lin not looking at him.

“Maybe.” replied Ui Yong Jiang.

“Standing here and brooding won't change anything. Let's grab that coin and get out of here.” Yong we urged.

The group carefully advanced closer to the mayor's room.

After walking for almost a minute unhindered, they saw the mayor's room. Void checked it out, though,

and there's no one in it. The mayor is most likely with his guests.

The group did not delay and quickly entered the room. Compared to San's room,

this room is almost twice the size, and has more decorations, sofas, as well as tables and chairs.

There is also a small bookcase near the table which is located close to the window.

What looked like the fur of a magical beast like a bear was used as the middle rug in the room.

Mei Ling immediately dropped San on the middle carpet as her shoulders had already started to numb from carrying him for so long.

He finds a button to open a secret passageway close to the bed, fortunately, San does not lie about it.

The secret passage is open, but not in the room. Mei ling followed the voice, and just like San had said, was,

the sound was on the bathroom wall. As they were short on time, Ui Yong Jiang and Mei ling quickly entered

while Void came out to watch for someone not to enter when the group was still inside.

After walking through the hallway for almost a minute, they reached the treasury. And that's just like the name says, though,

treasury. There were weapons, armor, herbs, some low-leveled natural treasures, and so on.

Mei ling looked around and quickly found the place where the coins were stored.

“Gold or Silver?” He asked Ui Yong Jiang.

Although there were copper coins, he did not put them in his eyes.

“Is that a question? Move.” Ui Yong Jiang pushed him aside as he quickly started picking up gold and silver coins.

The number of gold coins here was around five thousand to seven thousand, Ui Yong Jiang took over four thousand, he said,

as for the silver coins that were over fifty thousand, he took about ten thousand.

“This is more than enough, we have to go.” Ui Yong Jiang turned around after storing the coins.

The reason Mei ling wanted to rob this place was so that they could afford to buy horses, but seeing so many coins, Ui Yong Jiang decided to take more.

No one really changes anything if they take some or if they take more,

the mayor will still try to catch them and possibly kill them if he finds out.

The duo left the treasury without touching anything, it wasn't like they didn't want to, either,

but the items there were too low for them. They would only be effective on Elementalists under the Origin Plane.

After leaving the bathroom, the group left the mayor's room, preparing to escape from the villa unseen.

But with that garden there, it was only a matter of time before one knew of their whereabouts in the villa.

They decided to pass the same route they used to come here.

When the group reached the second turn, they were forced to use another line when they saw two guards discussing on the road. Void even tried

distract them, but only one is left to check on them, so they can't get through it.

The route they used today was not much different from the others, they sometimes hid for a time

long before moving. They continued walking for almost five minutes before seeing a decrease in the number of guards.

Although the number of guards decreased, the stages of guards patrolling the halls and hallways were seen to increase.

Even a fool would know that there was something important going on in this part of the villa.

The party soon approached the mayor's office, and two guards were seen standing in front of a large double door leading to the office.

Of all the guards the group saw, they were the strongest, being at the Eighth stage of the Arcane Plane.

Ui Yong Jiang and his friends were currently looking at them from where they were hiding.

Yong we couldn't help but look at the door with curiosity, “What do you think happened there?”

“Nothing we should worry about, we should take another route and leave this place.”

Ui Yong Jiang did not want them to involve themselves in what would not bring good to them.

Since he had collected the coins, all he wanted was to leave this place. If they were outside the building,

he must have gotten out of the villa. But running is now a little tricky as they have to face more guards.

“Sial! Why not think about this before?” Mei ling hit the back of Yong we's head while exclaiming softly.

“Why did you hit my head?” Yong We asked with a long face.

“Because I just got an idea and if I don't hit my head, it won't be dramatic.

Unfortunately, I can't hit my idea, and because you're standing right in front of me,

I thought why not ?” Mei ling shrugged while grinning at the annoying Yong we.

Yong we glared at him but he acted as if nothing had happened, he even gave him a defiant look, he said,

“Stop you two. Mei ling, what brilliant idea do you have now?” Jade Lin stopped the two before they started fighting.

“Actually it is quite simple, rather than going through so many twists and turns, why don't we go through a window or something.

There is free space there, and passing the window will take us directly out.” Mei ling explained.

“Oh! It was simple and very fast.” Ui Yong Jiang nodded.

Unlike the first time they had to stay in the building to find the mayor's room, now they didn't need to be inside, after all, they were trying to get out.

No matter how they went outside, be it a door or a window, it all gave them the same result.

“Of course, I'm brilliant, what else do you expect from me?” Mei ling smiled as he looked at Yong we condescendingly.

It seemed like he was asking her if she was smart enough to think of something like this.

Yong We almost went crazy when he saw this, but he was overpowered by Ui Yong Jiang who was standing nearby.

“Let's go from this place.” Jade lin said as the group quietly walked into the room close to them.

After entering the room, they went to the window, landing in the bushes behind the window. They stayed close to the wall and kept going.

“Hah! You guys hear that?” Mei ling looked at the others behind him

. The group was currently standing by the window, and they could hear voices from within. If they guess correctly, this is the mayor's office.

Ui Yong Jiang and the others nodded with serious expressions, this was something they thought they would not hear.

Mei linh peered through the window, and she saw ten men and three women sitting inside, discussing warmly. The man in the mayor's seat had a complicated expression on his face.

Inside the office.

“I've held more than five thousand of your soldiers in the mountains, if more join them, if more,

that will definitely get us going.” The middle-aged man in the mayor's seat said with a serious expression.

“This is a small town, your kingdom doesn't care about it. They can't know this because of them

skipping the first.” One of the women sitting on the right side said.

“You guys don't understand me, I took a big risk doing this for you guys. If I get caught, my whole family risks being wiped out. Hiding five thousand

the army is my limit, more and increased activity may remind the kingdom.” said the mayor.

“We offer the price to you, and you accept it. Now, now,

You will do what we say.” A younger-looking man said calmly.

“But..”.

“No buts. The soldiers will come within a week, we don't want any accidents.” The young man interrupted the mayor.

“Good, but you have to increase the offer.” The mayor said with clenched teeth.

He had already joined them, there was no turning back now. Why not try milk with more benefits?

“It's okay for us, but make sure to keep this tight. The war is about to begin, and it is these soldiers who will bring down this kingdom.” An old man said.

Just as they were about to continue, the mayor's door was knocked quickly.

“Sir, there is an intruder in the villa!” A scream came from outside.