Aias: from a world of kaijus to a world of fantasy and magic

Chapter 34

Seeing people staring at them as Chelsie roped down, Maria held Alice's hand and began running with Chelsie following.

Their plan is to go to the adventurer guild because the city guard can't do much against the people after Alice, while the adventurer guild has a lot of highly armed and trained people, which would deter them from following inside.

The route toward the adventurer guild is about a 30-minute walk, so they should make it in 15 minutes if they run.

More people, who were in black robes, began following them; around 5 people total were going to kidnap Alice.

Seeing they were running after them, Chelsie told Maria and Alice to take the alley to their right because it was a shortcut, cutting it down to 10 minutes, and so she could shoot them with her bow without risking hitting a bystander as she was running.

Chelsie fired off 2 arrows at once, hitting one of them in the shoulder and the other in the chest.

Seeing a pile of crates, Chelsie knocked them over to slow them down.

Catching up to Maria and Alice, Maria directed where they were going. However, Maria suddenly stopped when she made a turn.

Seeing that Maria and Alice suddenly stopped, Chelsie saw two more kidnappers boxing them off.

"Maria!"

Chelsie shouted at Maria, which she knew what to do, while she shot arrows down the alley, stopping the kidnappers behind them from approaching them as they were taking whatever cover they could.

Maria took out a white spherical ball around the size of her palm; she told Alice to cover her eyes, nose, and mouth. It was a smoke bomb, and she threw it toward the two kidnappers who were blocking their way; it hit the ground and exploded into a big powdery plume of white smoke.

The 2 people in black in front of them started coughing, and then Chelsie ran past Maria and Alice, taking out two arrows from her quiver and stabbing them into the legs of the 2 kidnappers in front of them and in their way.

At the same time, Maria turned around to throw another smoke bomb at the kidnappers chasing behind them.

They ran, and eventually, they were out of the alleyway and were now in a crowd. Blending into the crowd, they lost them, causing the kidnappers to lose track of them.

After a few minutes of walking, they reach the adventurer guild. Maria and Chelsie started looking for someone; they were looking for Iris, someone Nyx had told them about, and someone who could help them in addition to knowing about their situation.

Once they found her at one of the reception counters, they waited in line so they could talk to her.

"Hi, how can I help you today?"

Greeting Chelsie, Maria, and Alice, Chelsie said.

"You're Iris, right?"

"Yes, is there a problem?"

"Ya, I presume Dr. Victor informed you. We're from the Arcana adventuring party; Alex is our leader."

"I see."

Having a serious face, Iris tells them to follow her and apologizes to the adventurers waiting in her line. Then she leads Chelsie, Maria, and Alice toward a room upstairs.

"You must be Alice; it's a pleasure to meet you."

Iris spoke and bowed really politely as she closed the door because Alice was a noble.

"Yes, it's a pleasure to meet you. I thank you for helping us."

Alice spoke in a very ladylike tone and was curtsy to introduce herself.