Lawrend looked left and right in the hallway. It was a pretty short hallway. He was at the farthest end while the place where the catman came from led to a stairway going up.
'That should be the exit,' Lawrend thought to himself.
'But I still have to find Nuon and Logan, or I'm failing this special mission,' Lawrend said to himself in frustration.
He ran towards the end of the hallway and looked left and right. All of the prison cells were empty.
Before long, Lawrend reached the end.
"Nuon!" Lawrend called out to him.
Nuon was laying on the ground in his cell. He was unconscious, and there were bruises on his body.
"What the…"
Lawrend stared at Nuon in shock. He must have fought back against the demihumans.
"Agh! Damn it all! Do I really have to open this too? It takes so much time!" Lawrend cursed angrily.
He took a step back and looked at the metal bars of the prison cell.
"There's a keyhole here."
Lawrend noticed a keyhole on one of the metal bars. It was hidden from view inside the prison cell which is the reason why he didn't see it earlier.
"This should work…"
Lawrend used the trick he did earlier and melted it off.
Clang clang clang
Suddenly, all the metal bars started falling. There was a mechanism inside the keyhole that kept the other bars in place. Only when it's unlocked, would the metal bars fall.
"That's convenient," Lawrend said to himself.
He entered the prison cell and carried Nuon on his shoulder.
"This guy is heavy," Lawrend complained.
He exited the prison cell and headed to the stairs. He also kept checking the prison cells on the way, but no matter which he looked into, Logan wasn't in any of them.
Before long, he reached the staircase going upstairs.
"Wait… There is another staircase leading down."
Lawrend noticed it. He guesses that Logan was being kept down there as he wasn't on this level.
"Nuon! Nuon!" Lawrend called out to him.
He tried to wake Nuon up. Once Nuon wakes up, he would have someone to help him escape. It would also be easier as he doesn't have to carry him anymore.
"Uhhh…"
Nuon's eyelids trembled as he opened his eyes.
"Nuon, we're being kept in a prison by the demihumans. They will kill us if we don't escape soon!" Lawrend said to him in panic.
"H-Huh!?"
Nuon was startled awake by Lawrend's words.
"I'll explain later. Follow me. We still have to save Logan," Lawrend said to him.
They can't afford to waste time. He could only leave Nuon confused.
"A-Alright."
Nuon nodded his head while he was still confused.
Lawrend walked down the stairs, and he was greeted with a wooden prison. The wall was made of wood, the floor was made of wood, and even the prison bars were made of wood.
"Huh?"
Lawrend looked at it in confusion. He couldn't understand why this whole place was made with wood.
Lawrend and Nuon walked into the hallway. They checked each prison cell in front of them.
"Logan!" Lawrend shouted.
"Lawrend?" Logan's surprised voice sounded from the end of the hallway.
"He's there!" Lawrend said to Nuon.
They can finally leave this damned place.
Lawrend and Nuon ran towards the end of the hallway.
"You two…" Logan looked at the two of them in surprise.
He never thought that the two of them would come to free him.
"We have to go. The demihumans are gonna kill us if we don't escape soon," Lawrend said to Logan gravely.
"I can't… If this prison cell was made of stone, I could have escaped long ago. Also, this wood is very strong. It's at least as strong as steel," Logan said to Lawrend with a pained look on his face.
"There's still another way. Move away from the prison bars, Logan," Lawrend said to him.
The Thunderbolt Disk appeared in his hand. He then faced his palm to one of the wooden prison bars. Logan cautiously walked to one of the corners of his prison cell. He felt fearful seeing Lawrend pointing his palm in his direction. After all, he had seen what he was capable of.
"+Shock Arc+!" Lawrend shouted
BOOM!
A thick thunderbolt hit the wooden prison bar and incinerated it. Splinters flew and showered Logan inside. Seeing the flying splinters, Logan immediately covered his face with his arms.
"Aw!" Logan shouted in pain.
The sharp wooden splinters were like sharp needles as they bounced off his skin.
"Let's go," Lawrend urged Logan.
"Yeah," Logan responded with a nod of his head.
The three of them ran through the hallway and up the stairs.
A minute later, they reached the top. They exited inside a small wooden room. There were cups and food on the table.
"This should be where the guards usually stay," Lawrend said to them.
"Where are they?" Nuon asked in puzzlement.
"I don't know but this is our chance," Lawrend replied to Nuon.
"Follow me!" Lawrend said to them as he opened the door leading outside of the room.
"A forest!?" Nuon exclaimed in shock after seeing the lush forest behind the door.
"Huh?" A male voice exclaimed.
A catman with orange fur turned around in front of them and stared at them in surprise.
"The human prisoners are escaping!" The catman shouted as he pulled the bow strapped to his back.
He then pointed it to Lawrend's group.
"Don't move! Or I will shoot all of you on the head," The catman threatened the three of them.
"Sh*t," Lawrend cursed.
The catman kept his bow pointed at the three of them.
"Logan, do your thing in a count of three," Lawrend whispered to Logan.
"1...2...3!"
Lawrend counted down.
"+Earth Wall+!" Logan shouted and a wall of earth appeared in front of them.
Piiieee Thud
The catman released his arrow, and it hit the Earth Wall with a heavy thud.
"He's a sharpshooter! We have to take him down first," Lawrend said to them.