Volume 23 Chapter 10-2 Rescue Preparation
Reginald and one of his subordinates look surprised, but I remind them quietly that this is a secret. Both of them know Al well and should trust him.
"Shall we depart?"
Al confirms that the two have sat on the back 'Carrier' disk and lifts off into the sky.
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'Orson, Mr. Eric has been rescued.'
'Oh, good. So it was Mr. Eric after all, the carriage was him?'
As they approach the villa and immediately restart telepathy with Orson, Al feels relieved hearing his voice.
'Anything new on your side?'
'Same as before. I think I saw more shadows moving at the top of the tower in the center of the building, but that's about it. Guard patrols are still wandering along the long castle walls.'
Figuring out how to sneak in is the tricky part. Charging in with flying and attack spells might work, but if they take hostages, that could be a problem.
'Any places that look like they could be sneaked into?'
'Yeah, I've scouted a bit. The walls are too wide in spots and not fully cut back. You could approach close enough to the castle wall without being seen from there.
But the walls aren't climbable without a ladder or something, and there are guards on top. How do we deal with them?'
Just defeating the guards might expose us from the tower in the middle of the building, since we"d be visible from above.'
Using the *Soft Stone* spell could make a hole easily.
At the Ancient Ruins in the Mehtabel mountains, they had boarding bridges and space manipulation spells for guards' magic devices, but I doubt they"ve gone that far here.
The real problem is what comes after. We"ll need to check the layout when we get closer. If there"s an interior passage, it should be wide enough. But is it just a corridor view from inside, or are there rooms and such?
'We'll arrive soon. Where exactly are you?'
'I'm on a tall tree facing the north wall of the villa. It"s roughly in the middle. If we're meeting up, tell me where would be best.'
'I just want to check around and talk to Guildmaster Levy via Telepathy, then I'll contact you again.'
'Got it.'
Then Al connects via Telepathy to Guildmaster Levy.
'Guildmaster Levy, Mr. Eric has been rescued safely. We"re headed to your location now. Do you know the building where Guildmaster Levy is held?'
'Oh, wonderful. The place we're trapped in is a different building from the main one. There are 3 buildings, and it"s the middle one.'
Orson mentioned one of them is likely a carriage shed for horses and wagons.
'What are the buildings like? Are there guards?'
'Yes. The building is single-story, rectangular, stretching north-south. The entrance faces west, on the southern wall──just one door.'
"Inside, there's a small room. Besides the entrance, there's one door each to the north and east. The northern door has iron bars so you can see inside, and it's locked."
"A corridor runs from there, leading to the room where we're held."
"I don't know what's beyond the east door, but I think the northern door and the guard post that manages the key to our room are there."
"The walls of our room are made of stone. The only entrance is bars, so the corridor offers a clear view inside. Guards occasionally patrol the corridor."
"So, there aren't always guards present. Hmm, maybe we can find a way to open a hole in the wall and escape."
'What is the room like? If you know the number of people, it might help...'
'There are 6 rooms total. We're in the northwest room with 9 people, including staff. Opposite us are guards and assistants from our merchant guild──17 in total.'
'Next to us are 3 members of Mr. Eric's group. The other 3 rooms have about ten people each. I think I saw His Excellency Viscount Morgan in the southeast room.'
"Since I only saw those 3 rooms when I was being taken in, I might have missed changes that happened after."
Sharing information with Reginald. When I suggested using a spell to make a hole in the wall, he nodded eagerly.
"Then, if we can just connect with Guildmaster Levy and the others from my town, we might pull this off. Al, could you prepare about 20 long swords with that spell you just used?"
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