Chapter 193: Operation Kingmaker Part 4
After ten minutes, the manager knocks again to signal them to escort the Forest Spirit Seed to the stage for display.
"Gilbert, Jude, Charles, and Jadiel, the four of you will escort the Forest Spirit Seed. I and Kayn will stay here so we can use the air duct to escape from the eyes of the guards," Jericho assigned everyone their roles.
Since Jericho knew the plan well, Kayn allowed the former to take charge. Of course, he is still the one leading the operation, they are just following Jericho's plan.
"Understood!"
Gilbert, Jude, Charles, and Jadiel acknowledge and right after left the private warehouse.
The manager was curious as to why the leader and the person who seems to be his right-hand man didn't follow. But he didn't want to pursue it any further for fear of offending the members of the Herald Guild. After all, they are just a subsidiary of the guild. Not to mention, he is merely a manager, as well. He can be replaced easily if he accidentally offended one of these people.
As soon as Gilbert's group left, Kayn and Jericho quickly jumped into the air duct and started crawling to reach their destination.
The location they have to go first was the security room. It wasn't that there are CCTV cameras installed in the Wing Boots Auction House that they have to take care of first. In the first place, such a technology doesn't exist in 'The Bridge'. Inside the 'Tower' it could, but not here.
Jericho proposed the security room as an option due to its close proximity to the storage area for items entrusted to the courtesy booth. The reason behind this choice was quite simple — it enhanced the security measures and guarantee that no unauthorized individuals would try to attempt to steal the items.
After a few ups, downs, and turns, Jericho finally stopped.
"We are here," Jericho silently whispers. He motioned his hand for Kayn to keep quiet as he signaled him that there is someone below them.
"Let's wait for him to leave," Jericho muttered without a sound.
Kayn gave an okay sign.
As soon as the guard left, Kayn and Jericho immediately jumped down.
Jericho quickly started checking through lockers one by one the moment they landed.
"What are you doing?" Kayn asked while looking through the door to check if there was anyone coming.
"Here,"
Jericho threw a uniform at Kayn.
Kayn caught the uniform and instantly understood what it was for. "Great idea!"
Without wasting any time, Kayn and Jericho switched their clothes with the uniform of the guards of the Wing Boots Auction House.
The moment they got out of the security room, they were already wearing a disguise that will prevent anyone from suspecting that they are outsiders.
"Was combing our hair necessary?" Kayn rolled his eyes.
"Of course, we have to look decent in order for them to believe that we are guards," Jericho knew of this because he was the one who created the dress code.
Along the way, Kayn and Jericho encountered a few guards. They all greeted them, so they also return a greeting.
"Was that also necessary?"
"It is a signal that means everything over that side is okay but you can go on and check to make sure,"
"That long meaning for that simple gesture?"
"Don't judge me,"
"You made that?"
"I made the Wing Boots Auction House,"
"Fair enough,"
Considering that it was also Jericho who created the system for the Forest Spirit Seed, it's no longer strange that the other arrangements are also done by him.
After walking for tens of meters, they finally reached a room with a sign that says 'Courtesy Storage', clearly implying the courtesy booth.
Although they are in disguise, they don't need a get a key to unlock this room. That's because Jericho is the master key himself.
Jericho put his finger on a glass and right after some sort of mechanism started making noises. It was a soft noise, so they weren't afraid of getting discovered because of it.
The instant the door opened wide enough for them to fit in, Kayn and Jericho immediately jumped to enter the room and the latter swiftly closed it.
Inside the room, Kayn could see dozens of racks with tens of Storage Rings meticulously laid on soft small pillows. In front of each of the Storage Rings were numbers representing the identity of their owner.
"What number was assigned to Chief Kylo?" Kayn immediately asked Jericho who possess the attendance sheet for the guest.
"He is number 23," Jericho muttered before starting to look for the Storage Ring with the label number 23. "There!"
Kayn quickly grabbed the Storage Ring.
"Are you sure that he won't notice it?" Jericho was doubtful that Kayn knew of a method to open a Storage Ring without the owner knowing of it. It is common knowledge that only the owner of the Storage Ring can open it.
"Trust me," Kayn smiles. In the past, he also strongly believed that a Storage Ring can only be opened by its owner and that the only way for others to be able to open it is if the owner gave permission or if the owner is dead. But he was wrong.
There actually exists a hidden mechanism in the Storage Ring that allows other people to open it even without the permission or the death of the owner. And this was only possible because of one secret flaw in one of the materials that are used in making a Storage Ring — the Space Ore.
Space Ore is a common material that can be mined almost everywhere as long as mana is present in the area and is the main ingredient in making a Storage Ring.
Honestly, the Space Ore itself can already store items even without them being processed into Storage Rings. It possesses the natural ability to create an empty space inside its body that can reduce an item's size and store it inside. This means to say that if one store an item inside a raw or unprocessed Space Ore, everyone who possesses it can withdraw the item inside.
The only reason why it becomes impossible when it is crafted into a Storage Ring is because of a rune called Rune Stone of Obscurity, another material used in making a Storage Ring, which grants the item the ability to prevent others aside from its owner from seeing the content inside.
Another rune material called the Rune Stone of Vigilance grants the Storage Ring the ability to warn the owner that someone is trying to access its property.
Lastly, the Rune Stone of Expansion grants the Storage Ring the ability to expand the space inside depending on the strength of the Rune Stone.
Now, imagine if one removes this Rune Stone of Obscurity and Rune Stone of Vigilance.
Not only would others be able to view the content inside the Storage Ring, but the owner also won't be able to notice that someone tried to access it.
Needless to say, other than the person who crafted the Storage Ring, no one else would be able to tell where the Rune Stone of Obscurity and Rune Stone of Vigilance are hidden.
However, Kayn could tell. That's because the only reason a Rune Stone is called a Rune Stone in the first place is because runic patterns were cavern on the stone. If one carves it on an iron, it will be called Rune Iron. Rune Gold if it is on gold. And Rune Diamond if it is on a diamond.
The important clue is the word 'Runic'.
As long as one could find the Runic symbol for Obscurity and Vigilance, one can make a line over them to destroy their ability.
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