Chapter 106 - Reunion

As the blood continued to gush out of the wound, the guard fell to the ground while he made his last feeble attempt to desperately gurgle for the saving grace that the air would have meant to him. 

There was no saving grace for him. He had his chance but because of his own arrogant haughtiness, he didn't take it.

"Better luck with your next life…" Drake said looking at the now-corpse of the last guard. Stepping over him, Drake tried pushing on the door, only to find it locked. 

"Figures…" he mumbled in annoyance.

Turning around, he crouched next to the dead body. With a frown on his face, he quickly went through the dead guard's pockets. Eventually, wedged between the two connecting plates, hidden with the heraldic design he found the singular copper key.