Tales Of Darkness And Light
Chapter 45's

"Are you sure they're here, Princess?" mire asked as she went down the stairs in front of her. Hirrim's palace lady dress did not interfere with her movements at all.

"Yes, it's not wrong anymore." Mirthy replied while following Mire.

"Do you know where they are, princess? Because it looks like there's not only one prison room here?" ask Vin who is behind Mirthy. Same with Mire, she who was disguised wearing the uniform of Hirrim's palace guard.

"M-they must be the bottom room of this dungeon. R-the bottom prison room is the only room immune to magic." Answer Mirthy. The existing nervousness makes the way of speech back stuttering.

"Good job! We have to be fast, we don't have much time at all." Mire Smile. The information from Mirthy was what he wanted the most. The most important thing about the contents of their rescue was time, therefore, they should not waste time just searching for Apples and the others from one prison room to another.

With the help of Mirthy who is the Princess of Hirrim Kingdom, Mire and Vin managed to infiltrate this palace easily. They even knew where the existence of Apples, Rue and the others were. Tapu, most importantly, they had no trouble passing through the soldiers guarding the palace security and entering the dungeon.

Mire and Vin knew their escape plan would be harder than their plan to infiltrate the palace. Their numbers would increase by six people at once, and with that number of people they would obviously attract the attention of the soldiers present. But, after all, the two of them still wished they could leave Hirrim's palace without a fight.

"That must be the room!" Mire said happily as she looked at the two soldiers standing in front of the door of a prison room. Out of so many prison rooms, only that room had guards.

"Yes, it's not wrong anymore," agreed Vin and looked at Mirthy. "You can help us, right, Princess?"

"I-I'll b-try.." Answer Mirthy. Taking a breath and strengthening his heart, he walked slowly towards the two soldiers. Mire and Vin followed her from behind like a lady-in-waiting and bodyguard.

Noticing Mirthy's presence walking up to them, the two soldiers, though surprised, immediately bowed in greeting.

"Open the door," Mirthy ordered quietly. He desperately tried not to stutter and control his fear. "I want to talk to the prisoner inside."

"Sorry, Your Highness the Princess, His Majesty the King has ordered that anyone be forbidden to meet these prisoners." Said one of the soldiers quickly.

Without wasting any time, Mire and Vin immediately moved quickly to attack the two soldiers. Vin swiftly knocked one of the soldiers unconscious, while Mire, who attacked the other soldier, placed a small knife on his neck. "Open that door, right now."

The doorkeeper was very surprised by what happened. The small knife stuck to his neck made him very frightened, sweat flowing down from his forehead. "I-I don't have the lock on the door to this prison room. The keys are with His Majesty the King..."

"Don't lie! Open the door right now!" mire's orders were full of anger. He pressed the small blade on the hand deeper until red blood started flowing from the neck of the soldier he was holding.

"I-I'm not lying!! His Majesty the King brought the key!!" the soldier shouted with fear.

The soldier's terrified shout made Mire know what he said was not a lie, "Damn it!!!" cursing in frustration, he pushed the small sword away from the soldier's neck and hit his head hard until it fainted.

"Stop Mire, Princess. I'm gonna try to smash this door with magic." Vin said while holding his hand.

However before Vin recites the magic spell, Mirthy stops him "T-no use Vin. This prison is a magic prison. Magic won't work against him."

"What!" mire and Vin shouted at the same time.

"S-the only way there is is to get the key.." Mirthy's face was very pale. They didn't have much time, and also, they didn't know how to get the key. Preparations for this rescue mission are sorely lacking, who would have thought Arthur would hold the key to his own prison?

"Vin, Mire, Mirthy! Is that you guys?" fedrick asked from behind the prison door.

"Right Fedrick, it's us!" Vin replied quickly as soon as he heard Fedrick's voice. "Stay there we'll try to figure out a way to get you out."

Fedrick, Lara and Calix were shocked to hear their voices. They did not expect the three of them to come to their aid. Apples and Regis just stood still with an expressionless face behind them, while Rue who did not know what happened just stared at Apple with a face full of question marks.

"Why haven't you guys opened the fucking prison door yet? What else are you waiting for?" lara asked annoyed that neither Mirthy, Mire nor Vin opened the prison door where they were being held.

"We don't have the key to this prison door because King Arthur took it and it doesn't work against magic. But relax, we'll get you out." Reply Vin slowly.

"What?!" calix shouted in surprise. He knew for sure there was no way they could get the key out of Arthur's hands.

"Currently, we still can't get out of here. Basic helper is useless." Puffing in annoyance, Lara closed her eyes controlling her emotions. Why are people around you always unreliable?

"Surge," orders Apple suddenly. His voice was neither too loud nor slow, but it could be heard well by Mirthy, Mire and Vin who were outside. "You who are outside, get away from the door if you still want to live."

Mire, Vin and Mirthy who were outside did not understand the intent of Apple. However, they immediately got out of the door obeying what he was told. Fedrick, Lara and Calix, who were in prison with Apple, turned their heads to look at him questioningly.

"What do you mean, Apple?" ask Calix confused.

Apple didn't answer Calix's question. Raising his right hand made a black magic circle, he recited an unfamiliar magic spell quietly.

Looking at the magic circle, both Fedrick, Lara and Calix knew what Apple wanted to do. The three of them immediately jumped away from the door without saying anything more.

From within the magic circle, a pitch-black light suddenly shot rapidly towards the prison door. As the black light touched the surface of the door, it exploded with a very loud sound.

Fedrick, Lara and Calix were shocked to see what happened. The magic that Apple had done just now was magic that they had never heard or seen, especially songs, how could he possibly use magic and destroy the door of this magic prison?

The apple did not care about the gaze directed at him. Allowing to face Rue and Regis who were as shocked as the others, he extended his right hand. "Come, we're going."

Rue looked at Apple annoyedly, "Apel, next time tell me first if you want to do something crazy like this!" he shouted while receiving the young man's hand.

Apples as usual did not care about Rue's annoyed screams. Clasping her tiny hand tightly, she pulled the girl out of the prison followed by the others.

There are a lot of questions in Fedrick's heart and others looking at what happened. However, they kept it in their hearts, for they knew, the main priority now was to leave Hirrim's palace.

The sound that the explosion generated the Apple magic managed to grab the attention of all the soldiers standing guard above. The moment Apple and the others came out of the dungeon, the soldiers had been waiting for them with spears unsheathed to them.

Vin sighed while looking around them. "It turns out we can't leave this place without a fight."

"Take them both." Apple's order suddenly while running up against the soldiers. His voice was calm without the slightest panic.

Fedrick, Calix, and Vin also did not stay silent to let Apple alone face the soldiers. The three of them helped him. Lara, Mire and Mirthy stood at the back observing the battle in front of them while guarding Rue and Regis. Regis himself just stared at everything that happened with an expressionless face, whereas for Rue who really did not know what was happening, he just stared with a puzzled face.

Apples fought the soldiers with their bare hands. Fedrick and Calix use the swords of their defeated soldiers to attack, while Vin uses two knives that he hides behind the Hirrim warrior uniform he wears while infiltrating the palace.

They had no difficulty in dealing with these soldiers. However, the number of soldiers did not decrease even though they had defeated many, in fact the number was increasing. The soldiers inside the palace began to gather in this place, and with an unbalanced number of Apples and the others had difficulty stepping forward.

"We have to do something." Mire muttered as she thought of something, her green eyes staring at the soldiers who were beginning to gather were full of panic.

Lara who was standing next to Rue suddenly came up with an idea. Without saying anything, he snatched the small blade that was in Mire's hand. Staring at Mirthy, the black-haired girl stepped over and put a knife in her hand on her neck, "Stop!! If you don't want your Princess to die, don't move a step!!" loud shouting.

All the soldiers who were there instantly stopped attacking Apple and the others as soon as they saw what Lara was doing.

"I'm sorry, sign with me for a while." Lara whispered softly to Mirthy whose face was deathly pale in shock.

Hearing Lara's words, Mirthy immediately understood what she was doing, "Have a good time.." Reply slowly.

Lara walks behind Mirthy, her knife-wielding left hand remaining on the hostage's neck. Staring at the soldiers, he again shouted "Open the road!"

The soldiers immediately paved the way according to Lara's orders. No one dared to attack or move. They did not dare to act rashly, as they knew, their Princess's life was at stake.

Lara and Mirthy walked out of the crowd of soldiers slowly full of vigilance. Fedrick, Calix, Mire and Vin immediately approached and surrounded the two of them like shields.

The apple that saw the situation being controlled walked closer to Rue who still did not understand what was happening and Regis. Returning to the girl's hand, she pulled him to walk after the others with Regis.

"Don't follow us!" lara orders again as they make it out of the crowd of soldiers.

Though full of doubt and confusion, the soldiers once again obeyed the order. No one dared to follow them, for they did not dare to risk the life of their daughter who was now in Lara's hands.

Lara had just lowered her hand which was pointing a small knife at Mirthy's neck after they were quite safe and away from the crowd of soldiers. "Thank you for your help."

"S-sama-same." Reply Mirthy slowly. Both of his hands immediately raised to touch his neck. Even though he knew just now was a charade, the feeling of a sharp sword sticking around his neck was still unpleasant.

"We should head immediately to the garden behind the palace. There we've prepared a way to escape." Said Mire quickly while running forward. "Follow me!!"

Apple and the others immediately ran after Mire. The female robbers had actually arranged the escape plan from Hirrim's palace well without being caught. Of all his plans, the only thing he can't predict is the key to the prison in Arthur's hands. Although the small mistake was fatal preciselyyl because it made them have to face all the soldiers in the palace.

"Apple, what exactly is going on?" ask Rue suddenly. He who ran really did not understand one bit.

Everyone there stopped running and stared at Rue with a look of disbelief except for Apple. After all that happened, does he still not know what really happened? Even Regis who was smaller than him alone understood what was happening. What is with this girl's mind?

Sensing the gazes of all of them, Rue's face reddened in embarrassment. It seemed like he had asked something stupid and out of place.

"We don't have time to explain to you, stupid." Lara said with an expressionless face.

"You don't need to know what's going on. Just follow me and don't let go of my hand." The Apple command doesn't care.

Rue did not say anything more, he nodded his head and went back to following Mire along with the others. However, just as they were about to reach the garden behind the palace, the sound of applause suddenly sounded.

Plok-plok-blok.

Stop running, they all immediately turned to look at the source of the voice. Not far from where they were, Arthur, King of Hirrim Kingdom stood clapping. Escorted by his ten personal bodyguards, he smiled broadly at Mirthy. "That's great, Mirthy. You dare betray me your brother for your new friends."

"K-sister..." Call Mirthy slowly with a deathly pale face.

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