The Hooded

Secrets

Once they were done searching all the tents, the group fell asleep after they hid their boat next to some trees. Shadow didn't have a sheath yet, so he put his sword next to his sleeping bag and fell asleep. The morning brought a weird feel to Shadow, because he forgot he wasn't sleeping at the cave. He jumped out of his sleeping bag and quickly got dressed. The morning brought a very nice dew to the island. The group was already outside of their tents and getting ready to leave. "Finally, you're awake! Enjoy sleeping next to your sword?" teased Ariad. "I don't have a sheath yet, nothing more than that." said Shadow. "Ah, finally defending yourself, eh? Anyways, get over here and get ready. We leave in two." said Ariad. They boarded the ship and set sail.

It was a while before they finally arrived at the massive gates of Xu'ulan. The group took their boat over to a nice area with lots of trees. Garret tied the rope from the ship to a tree, and they saw where they were going in through. The sewers. "Put on your masks and hoods, everyone." said Dreth. One by one they all squeezed through the bars and head along the dark tunnel with a mass amount of vines. Suddenly, they heard footsteps. Everyone stopped. Ariad, who was in front of the group, got out her bow and one arrow very slowly. The footsteps grew louder. Then, a guard with the same uniform as the ones they fought earlier came out, spotted them, and pulled out his sword. Ariad quickly shot him in the chest and the group moved on quickly. They moved through many tunnels and halls and a couple stairways until they finally hit a locked metal door. They heard many voices. Shadow and Dreth got on one side of it and Garret and Ariad got on the other. Dreth and Garret, who were the two closest to the door put some sort of strange explosive that stuck on the door. The group moved a bit more away from the door, still on either side, then Dreth got a match out, lit it against the wall and carried the fire onto the edge of the bomb. Dreth threw it away and the door blew so fast, so hard, and so hot. The group rushed in, cleared the room of guards, and Shadow came in, delayed and shocked. He was ready, he had his sword out, but he didn't need it. They all looked at him, he looked at them, and they went up the circular staircase. Shadow trailed along, and they all finally reached the top of the building. Up there was a desk with a book on it, and a couple of barrels in the room. Dreth and Shadow checked out the book and Ariad and Garret looted the barrels. The book was a diary, of a high jury member. It was filled with battle related things and Viing Strunmah, with the castle of the jury, "The Jury of the Dragon". "Hey, Dreth, half of these barrels are filled with gunpowder. We say we mix it with somethin' and blow 'em." said Ariad. "...Alright, let's blow it." decided Dreth with hesitation. They loaded it with something, and lit a match. They made a trail with gunpowder to the barrels, dropped the match at the end of it, and they all ran after Dreth grabbed the book. They jumped down the stairs and sprinted for their lives. They passed a surprised, unarmed guard, and Shadow said "Place is gonna blow!" very exited as they passed. They managed to get through the bars and get on the ship, and Shadow cut the rope with his sword as he was the last one aboard, and pushed the tree with it to get momentum. Then, ten seconds later, Dreth said "Three, two, one, there it is." very calmly. As he said that, the tower exploded, bricks started to fall, and a couple guards flew all around. Shadow felt amazing, he just did more than completed an info mission. "Wait until Aaron hears about this!" said Shadow.