The End of Your Arrogance - Chapter 24.1

“Your Highness! Rene! Where are you?”

“Wait, I’m going to get the lights.”

When Rene turned on the magic lamp, the surroundings brightened. The three looked at each other and sighed.

“It’s even more exhausting today than when I was in battle. Not to mention we have to take care of someone else.”

Ilya, who had been sitting on the floor, raised himself up and grumbled.

“Rene, you stay here with Lady Michellini,” Ilya said, glancing at the woman passed out on the ground. Rene nodded.

Ilya and Nazz moved forward, wary of their surroundings. An intricate maze of bricks appeared before their eyes. Ilya stared at the maze in front of him with a distraught expression.

“An underground maze? That’s troubling. We better not get ourselves too deep into it.”

They turned a few identical corners and finally came to a stop in front of a small stone chamber.

“Nazz, do you remember the way back?” asked Ilya.

“Yes, sir. I don’t know about anything else, but you can count on my skill to navigate my way to a certain point. But is this a door? There’s no doorknob. I wonder how you open it.”

Slam! Ilya put his weight into it and threw himself to the door. Bang, bang, bang. After hitting the door a few more times, it opened with a creak. Nazz was aghast at his monstrous strength.

They looked around and carefully entered the chamber. The two of them clutched their noses at the stench of blood that hit them as soon as they entered.

“What the-”

Nazz groaned. The chamber surrounded by stone walls on all sides was filled with a herb with human-shaped roots. It was Mandrake.

“We finally found it. Let’s head back.”

Ilya said with an excited voice.