In A Parallel World With Random Skills, I Reluctantly Become A Mafia Boss?

Chapter 12: Flag

After a few minutes of sneaking around, carefully watching movements on the map secretly, Dazel stopped near two big doors. In front of the doors, were two strong-looking guards in metal armor. One held a long sword, while the other held an axe.

Together, they looked extremely imposing. To be honest, I was losing faith in the chance that we could get through them undetected. On the map, they were shown as a neutral dot, but once we get caught, I'm sure that will change.

Hiding behind one of the walls at the side of the long corridor, I waited for Dazel to make his move. When I looked at him, he was taking out a vial of pink liquid from his boot. Clever. They would never think someone concealed it inside someone's shoes.

I wish I could be like that, but I was still wearing my shirt and boxers. Have I been wearing this the whole time? It was a good thing I still had slippers. I need new clothes to wear really soon. So far, no one has commented on my weird look. That was the only saving grace for me, keeping me from embarrassing myself.

As I was complaining about my choice of clothing, Dazel threw the vial in a quick motion towards the guards. To help him a little bit, I used <<Quicken>> once again, but not on my legs. The thrown vial of pink liquid suddenly gained twice its speed, and hit the large double doors.

Along with the surprised faces of the two who were still not dozing off even in this time of night, which was commendable, a large cloud of pink smoke that turned red when it came in contact with the doors, surrounded the guards.

Two thuds were heard, and the men were lying on the floor, unconscious. Was it some kind of sleeping drug?

We carefully made our way towards the two fallen men to ascertain their state. I knelt down and checked their conditions and confirmed that they were still breathing. They were only asleep. But just as I had been relieved at them still being alive..

"Tch. It didn't work.."

The clicking of a tongue, and a self-ridiculing tone came out from Dazel, who was carefully observing the red spots on the two large doors that looked imposing to the eyes.

"What's wrong?"

I ask while getting up, moving to his side, keeping a close eye on the map to alert me if any reinforcements came.

"The vial I threw, didn't melt the door. It's supposed to melt metal and wood once in contact, but is completely harmless to humans except for rendering them unconscious for a couple of hours."

Now that I look at the men again, their metal armor and weapons were melting off bit by bit. Scary. That little item could do all that? I wouldn't want to get hit by it by all means.

"Well, can't you open it with a key or something else?"

I tried to help by searching the unconscious guards to see if there were any keys on them. But alas, it must have been melted by the pink fog when Dazel threw it at them.

"No, this isn't an ordinary door. It's locked by a 'Magic Formation'. Only the mage who created it can break it, or maybe someone stronger that can decipher its lock. What am I going to do now.."

While Dazel showed a dark expression, thinking deeply about his next move, I moved in front of him. Extending my palm towards the large set of doors, between them and Dazel, I invoked <<Lock Picking>> once more.

Since he said something about this being a magic lock or something, it was worth a shot. It was a level 5 skill after all. It might even break a lock made out of magic. What could possibly go wrong?

"W-what!?"

Dazel was dumbfounded at the scene of an absurd amount of different symbols breaking into glass pieces, dispersing into the air.

Don't look at me. I don't even know what I'm doing exactly.

After a few seconds, the door was starting to open by itself. A bright glow of luminescent green went through the opening gaps of the doorway. I slowly lead the way inside, making the shocked Dazel follow slowly after me.

Entering the room, I was amazed. Bright green plants that looked like moss were glowing in the dark. The room was large, but it had no windows in sight. There was no furniture in the room, save for a circular stage made out of white stone at the center of the room. A small stairway was leading up to the higher platform.

At the top of this platform was a pedestal.

Encased in confusing symbols was a feather. A feather of gold and silver. A small glow was emanating out of it. Placed carefully on an expensive looking pillow, it really did look like the artifact. I'm not sure what it was though.

"It's here. It was really kept here."

In contrast with the confused me, Dazel was gazing at it like a priceless treasure. He almost looks like he was about to cry.

Just as we decided to move towards the artifact and get the heck out of here, my <<Intuition>> skill activated. A sense of danger was coming closer, so I took a look at the map.

I confirmed the presence of two entities which were hostile, moving towards our direction in a rush. Then, a rumbling sound was heard through the walls. And it only kept getting louder. Not a moment after, a loud crash resounded.

Likened to the sound of an explosion, stone bricks and debris flew in the air. When we looked towards the source, I froze in place.

What was there, was a giant, gaping hole in the wall. But no, that was not the best part. Among the debris and moonlight seeping through the gap, a giant figure was staying in place.

It had golden eyes, a large snout, and many sharp teeth. Fire and lightning could be seen coming out of his nostrils. It was slowly eyeing us like we were its prey. The worst part was that, it wasn't the whole thing. Out of the large gaping hole in the wall, only the head fit inside.

This was the largest beast I had ever seen. And it was all too familiar too. Only said in legends and fairy tales..

A dragon.

But what made me freeze in place wasn't the large imposing dragon. But the being below it.

A slender body, armored in gold and silver. Various shapes and accessories adorned on it signaled relations towards the legendary beings. A bright long sword that looked so sharp it could cut diamond. Red flowing hair, growing out from his dragon-shaped helmet. Finally, a long metallic tail darting around, like it was searching for a target.

For some reason, instead of the giant dragon, I was more afraid of him.

If I could describe him in a word, it would definitely be monster. I can't see any openings. And my <<Intuition>> is screaming at me to run as far away as I can. But I can't. For a number of reasons.

"Hou, it seems I was beaten here. I never thought they could detect me so soon. Impressive."

A deep, powerful voice came from the being in armor. Like I thought..

"But I'm sorry to say this, but no one must know of who I am. Kindly surrender, and I'll make it quick."

I am so going to die.