Return of the Legendary Runesmith-Chapter 71 - 70- In the capital(1)

"I f--cked up..." Adrian was in the Time Chamber...once again.

It has already been over two hours. He has been sleeping ever since, and the system woke him up using the alarm just now.

He was sleeping because his head was on the verge of exploding.

In the elation of winning against several opponents without receiving any significant damage, he grew reckless and forgot that there were three more Acolytes left.

Well, it can’t be blamed. Adrian had a real battle for the first time. All that screaming and fountain of blood had his adrenaline pumping, so when the outside world came into his vision, it gave the same impression of ’Ah, I got the fruit of my hardships.’

And...Adrian messed up.

’Haah, no point in mulling over what has already happened.’ Realising he would be thrown away from this Time Chamber in ten minutes, he decided to do some preparations.

He got up and looked at the rest of his bullets.

There were twenty-nine left, and Adrian had tuned extra ten of them already before he went on mage hunting.

Although these ten bullets would be enough to take down another three Acolytes, unless they pull some broken spell like Wide-area mana suppressing field or something.

Well, they won’t otherwise; they would be powerless too.

"Still, I should make a second plan." He got up and approached the weapon stand.

He has stored several weapons from the outside world, made from mithril. He knew, at some point, he would reach a stage where he would need to take refuge in the Time Chamber. That’s why he had some preparations.

He picked a second-grade sword that he had tuned a day ago and stuffed it inside the scabbard.

Tying it to his waist, he loaded a few more bullets, just to be on the safe side, and he looked at the timer.

[...6...5...4...]

"Here goes nothing."

[Time’s up!]

His vision shifted.

Just as Adrian’s feet felt the solid ground against he twirled on his feet, his gun raised at the three Acolytes and determination to explode their heads, flaring in his eyes

However, faster than his finger, an arrow flew through the room and stabbed the Acolyte who used the sound waves earlier.

"Guh!" The Acolyte tried to pull the arrow, but—*BOOOOOM*

The arrow exploded, and the magician was blown to the other side of the room.

The other two magicians raised their hands, aiming at the one who attacked their comrades, but they weren’t fast enough.

*SHLINK* *SHLINK* *SHLINK*

A wave of arrows flew in their direction, passing inches from the sides of Adrian, and stabbing the two evil-God believers precisely from head to toe.

Adrian’s eyes widened when he noticed the glowing runes on the arrows, before he hurriedly dashed away, and as he dreaded,

**BOOOOOOM**

A huge explosion erupted, and the two magicians, most probably, were burst into fragments.

Adrian hurried toward the exit; however, upon realizing that there were people outside, he hurriedly took cover behind a broken wall.

His revolver was close to his chest as he breathed heavily.

*DHAK* *DHAK*

He could hear footsteps, a lot of them. There were more than ten... no, more people advancing inside the building.

Adrian checked his pockets; there were still ten bullets there, excluding the six in the gun.

’They are warriors and trained one at that. I need to be careful.’ Adrian was feeling that it was a bad day for him...trouble chasing him one after another.

The hurried footsteps halted, and only a single pair continued to advance towards him.

Adrian was prepared to strike the head of whoever appeared and make a run for it....not through the same way, of course. He doesn’t want to become aiming target after all.

His heartbeat drummed in his chest, and a single droplet of sweat traveled down his forehead.

However, just as he thought he would get out of the cover and attack the person,

"It’s okay now, Professor. You are safe now."

Adrian frowned...he knew this voice.

"Your Highness?" Adrian asked in a confused voice as he slowly peeked from his cover...and indeed, the blond guy there was the same person who came to his office with a proposal a few weeks ago.

"Yes, it’s me." There was a soft expression on his face, his eyes held a smile, as he said, "I could have never expected that nowhere else but you would be held captive in the Capital."

Adrian’s eyes widened, "I am in the Capital?"

The Prince nodded, "It seems you were brought here using Teleportation. You can come out now." He ushered.

Adrian stuffed his gun inside his pocket, somehow, and stepped out of his hiding place.

They soon walked out of the building, and Adrian had to squeeze his eyes because of the sudden flow of light. Well, it was evening, so the sky wasn’t that bright.

"It’s really the capital." The shock could be sensed in his voice as he looked at the huge statue of the first King in the distance.

They were in an area of slum, or what it seems. The building was quite broken and desolate from the outside, but from the inside, it was a top-notch hideout.

Adrian suddenly remembered something as he asked, "Um...did you find a red-haired warrior? Her name is Eve?"

Edward assured him, "She was found...she was being dugged, so it was nearly impossible to talk to her, but we somehow tracked that she was released from somewhere within the Capital. Following the instincts, I told soldiers to search within the capital first."

"Ah, Warden Eve is safe, by the way. Our best healer is taking care of her." He added.

Adrian heaved a long sigh of relief...at least, Munrow didn’t go back on his word.

"It seems you are hurt, Professor. How about you come to the palace and rest for a bit?" frёewebnoѵēl.com

Adrian looked at his burnt arm, and his head was still ringing slightly, so he didn’t think much before nodding.

He saw a few soldiers walking inside the hideout and recovering the bodies of the magicians.

Well, he doesn’t care what happens to them now. Most of them weren’t even in a condition to be recognised, let alone interrogated.

The two men were walking side by side toward the carriage when Adrian asked, "How did you get the information about my abduction? Did Ariana contact you?" It was highly unlikely, though, considering she wouldn’t have involved the royal family in her business.

And just as he thought, "No, the headmistress didn’t inform me." He added smilingly, "My sister did."

"Sylvie, huh..." If Adrian says he was surprised, then it would be a lie.

The complexity of her emotions was something he still failed to understand. But it was a fact that she once used to adore him.

"Well, I will thank her when I meet her."

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A/N:- I hope you all enjoyed reading the Chapter..