Chapter 29: The Perfect Plan To Piss Off The Devil
I don’t really trust people, and lucky me, because Ravenna’s telling me about our escape plan from the Scorn makes me want to rip my own head off.
To sum it up, the usual method of taking a secret wagon to some random dungeon is completely out of the question because the Libertarians are a secret group that watches every corner like security cameras. They’ll know the moment we disappear.
So, the best way to leave is through a series of old excavation tunnels below the Imperial City.
A long time ago, even before the train tracks were invented to move resources around, this place was a very rich mining site until it ran dry and everyone bailed. The tunnels are still there, but the problem is, we don’t know where each one ends up.
"Hold on, but what about that teleportation spell of yours? The one you used when we were being chased that brought us underground."
"I can’t use it. It’s a property of the dark spirit I have a contract with. Since that cursed inquisitor caused a lot of damage to our pet’s spiritual body, most of its powers are impossible to use... along with some of my spells."
Great, we lost our free ticket to freedom because the bone serpent is taking a nap.
We’re still in the room, for now at least, trying to figure out the best way to get out. By this point, the Libertarians must already know we’re here and that we hooked up all night because of all the noise. But the main question remains: how do we shake them?
We’ll be killed the moment we do anything different, like getting into a wagon or hiding. That’s enough to make me pee my pants with fear.
"And we can’t get help from anyone until we reach the surface... what can you do, Ravenna?"
"Cast lightning, fire, materialize shadows into physical form, see in the dark..."
"Is there any chance we could create two puppets of ourselves to walk around and distract those guys?"