Chapter 403
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A two-wheeled wagon with a small cabin was stealthily heading towards Thunder Fortress.
Kieran took off his heavy clothes and sat on one side of the wagon, looking at the empty potion bottle with an astonished expression.
...
The astonished expression on Kieran's face didn't mean that the potion was ineffective.
Quite the opposite, the potion was quite effective.
It was as if the disease was cured immediately.
However, because of the instant effect, Kieran felt that it was inconceivable.
The potion bottle was made by Mary's mother.
"This is one of my mother's belongings!"
"It will be useful to you!"
Mary's expression when she spoke appeared in Kieran's mind again.
"She really is a witch?"
Kieran muttered to himself.
He realized he knew too little about Mary's mother.
She was much more complicated than he thought.
However, soon enough, Kieran's expression turned weird.
He thought about the potion bottle that Mary took away when she passed it to him.
He wouldn't feel sorry for a piece of equipment that couldn't be brought out of the dungeon.
It was just that Mary's expression was really …
"Hope I'm just being paranoid!"
Kieran muttered to himself.
Then, his eyes landed on the leather envelope beside his hand.
It was a top-secret document sealed with wax.
It contained the layout of Thunder Fortress and …
A secret passage!
That's right, a secret passage!
The seemingly indestructible Thunder Fortress had a secret passage that could bypass the walls.
A secret passage that only the Warren King knew about.
Kieran still remembered the look on the king's face as if he had seen a ghost when he asked whether Thunder Fortress had a secret passage.
In fact, Kieran only reacted after he heard about the Prairie invaders.
A fortress that was so close to the imperial city, if the Warren King didn't leave behind some sort of backup, how could they be at ease to let a general and his elite troops guard it?
Although there was a saying, "Don't use a suspicious man, don't doubt a useful one".
However, the human heart itself was the hardest thing to predict.
There could be admirable dedication, but there could also be contemptible selfishness.
A moment ago, it could be a hero.
The next moment, it could be a villain.
No one can guarantee a person's loyalty.
Just like how we can't force food to stay the same forever.
Therefore, Kieran speculated that the royal family of Warren would have left a backup plan in Thunder Fortress.
However, Kieran never thought the royal family's backup plan would be a secret passage.
"If there's enough gunpowder here, the secret passage will definitely not be full!"
Kieran pondered as he looked at the map in the leather envelope.
Perhaps Thunder Fortress took the royal family 30 years to build but if something unexpected happened, Kieran would not be able to do anything.
Kieran was quite confident that the royal family of Warren would definitely blow up Thunder Fortress if they did.
After all, a considerable number of its enemies would be buried with it.
Not only that, but he would also be able to save Riverdale.
Everything was so worth it.
But now?
Kieran had to use the most primitive method.
He snuck inside.
They would destroy the grassland invaders as much as they could.
Kieran already had a general idea in his mind.
For the rest of the journey, all he had to do was to perfect his plan.
It wouldn't consume too much of Kieran's time though.
So, he spent most of his time reading all the two-handed sword skill books that Bosco could find.
He started from the basics until he reached a sufficiently high level.
He even found two secret technique books.
Of course, finding two secret technique books wasn't something that Bosco could do. It was King James VIII who opened up the royal family's collection.
Kieran expressed his gratitude towards the king's generosity.
Even though he could have treated the books as payment.
However, the education that Kieran received didn't allow him to mix it up.
One thing was another.
It wasn't something that could be replaced.
With such a stubborn and inflexible character, it wasn't an exaggeration to describe Kieran.
As for him?
He would gladly endure hardship.
Everyone had their own way of doing things.
That was why this world was so interesting, wasn't it?
Leaning back on the carriage, Kieran tried his best to make himself comfortable as he flipped through the book in his hand.
[Summary of Monolith Sect Sword Skills]!
It was a book similar to a general outline, an introductory book that described the traits and styles of Monolith Sect Sword Skills. It wasn't a skill book that Kieran initially thought it would be.
In fact, among the 20 books, only the two-step secret technique from the royal family was recognized as a skill book by the system.
[Sword Skill Dragon Force]!
[Sword Skill Tiger Stance]!
Both of them were Rare rank skills.
The moment Kieran got his hands on them, he chose to learn them without a second thought.
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"Sect?"
Kieran, of course, saw the remark.
He instantly connected it with the Snake School and Raven Sect that Folly mentioned before.
It allowed Kieran to understand that there were more things in the current dungeon world that were worth his time to explore.
Of course, it wasn't now.
Groom, Groom!
Amidst the grinding noises of the wagon wheels on the ground, Kieran was completely immersed in [Summary of Monolith Sect Sword Skills]!
Even though it couldn't allow him to learn some of the skills instantly, some of the concepts within were worth learning for Kieran. It was a skill that he had never learned before in the dungeon world.
The unknown skills made Kieran absorb the knowledge from the book hungrily.
Until the wagon slowly came to a stop.
"Hon. 2567, we are about to enter Thunder Fortress' sight!"
Bosco reminded Kieran.
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