The Cunning Fox

Opening the hidden door is a big success, but what I didn't know is that opening the hidden door might be a little too loud..

Then, it opened slowly but surely.

I'm waiting now for the door to fully open. That's when I hear a running step on the stairs. I unsheathe my sword, waiting for the guard to come in the room.

And there he is, a fully armored grown man walking down with a torch and an unsheathe sword on the other hand.

I strike first. I jumped and stabbed him in his head.

*CLANK*

Of course it wouldn't be easy. He blocked my strike and kicked my lower abdomen. I flinched and jumped backwards.

The guard let go of the torch, gripping the sword with two hands. "Who are you to dare intrude this sacred room?" He asks calmly.

I didn't answer and change my sword form. I stretch my right arm backward and hold my sword staring at his face with my other arm helping the straight sword balance.

"Hmm? You're a Northanrey?" he ask. I didn't reply. "Then treason it is." He launches at me in a speed I barely sees, destroying the concrete that he stepped.

He slashed at me right at the neck, I dodge him by leaning backwards, kicked his sword while doing the backflip.

He jump backwards creating range for us and slashed, his sword projects 3 water blade that flys to my neck in high speed.

I didn't expect this, I slash the two water blade but the other one reaches me it cuts my hand and my sword completely and I got knocked-back.

As I fly because of the knock-back, I grinned.

I suddenly went back to my previous spot, my hands attached to me again, the shattered sword rebuilt it self. The 3 water blade came back to its owner and the guard did the spell just backwards.

It's as if time was rewind and it did, using my quantum manipulation.

I stopped my ability when the guard shoots 3 water blades. I replayed time again, he slashes air and creates 3 water blade towards my position.

"He's.. not there?" The guard say. It was too late, I'm already behind him. I stopped time and hastily moved behind him.

With an ultra swift move I beheaded his head.

This is my first time killing, I underestimated him. If I hadn't been so cunning to use my skill, I could've been killed. It seems that I lack fighting experience.

I stepped forward avoiding the dead body and the blood leaking from it. The vault, it's finally opened wide. I quickly went inside a looked for the legal papers.

The inside of the vault is.. huge, a bit too glamorous for my style yet it's clean. There are no coins tossed around on the floor nor there are valuable treasures laying around left and right, unlike how I would imagine a medieval vault would be.

There are weapons displayed in a highly decorated glass box containment, I will look into that later.

The roof of the room is painted a sophisticated angel like design. There are 4 generous columns on each side of the wall.

On the end of the room there is another steel door with no handles what so ever. Perhaps this door could lead me to the real treasury.

I knock on the giant steel door.

'Hmmm.. it's hard not a fake huh? Welp better check than nothing. There is no handle, should I push it?' I think but before that I look around trying to find any irregularities.

"Ahah!" I found one. One small pillar holding a blank ceramic tablet placed besides each column.

I go to the first column. Observe the ceramic tablet before touching it. It lights up a number 1 in romanic style appeared.

I ponder for a second and go to the second column. I touch the ceramic tablet and it lights up number 2 in romanic style.

"It's a puzzle." I mumbled quietly.

I went to each of the column and in the correct order each respected ceramic tablet lights up a romanic style number.

Now, what to do..

I'm personally bad at puzzles, riddles, games alike.

I'm bad at it because I've never given it a go.

Well.. isn't this a good opportunity to see how good I am with puzzles.

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