Chapter 129: WARDUM!
The plan almost went south, but luck was on her side. She had a chance to take down Ian Grayson for good, too, but the lucky cockroach was on some sort of luck potion.
Vivian managed to deter most of the chasers and shoot the others, but she sustained a couple of bullets, which she was lucky enough to shrug off with her Aura. Still, her left arm and shoulder were not in an optimal state.
The last and most crucial part of the escape was the secret tunnels Voros made underground. As far as she could tell, there was one near the riverbank, and it was left open in case they needed to retreat fast. Vivian reached the river and jumped in, using her grappling gun to find the place, and then closed the wall behind her.
It was then an hour of blindly walking inside the tunnels until she found her way back to ViTech HQ.
Voros and Esmeralda seemed to have arrived on their own. Unlike the Duergar, who was very calm and collected, Esmeralda was...
"That was too reckless! I can’t stand this! You could have died! How could you do this?!"
Her state was a mess, and for the first time, she was even shouting at Vivian, who let her get it all out of her system.
"You are in shock, Esme. You did so damn good with that shot."
"God! No! I... I killed people, didn’t I? I killed them... I made the building fall on their heads."
"No one died unless I was the one shooting. Look! That building you shot was old and had rather thin walls; those guys were armored and had helmets on their heads. You killed nobody."
"How are you so sure?"