The structure of the corridor was square, so she ran to the other side, as there were no guards left in the corridor except at the door. She found a candle stand again, which was the nearest to the door, but at the corner of the other side of the corridor.

  She made the candle stand fall, both guards heard the noise and ran on the other side of the corridor. But before any guard could detect her, she came to the previous place where she found the key, she peeked from the other corner of the corridor, and now there were no guards at the door because they were on the other side of the corridor.

  She quickly ran towards the door; she tried to open the door with the key a few times, but it didn’t work.

  Why it’s not working, this is definitely the key to the treasury, as the guard was trying so hard to get this key from me, and even threatening me with death.

  She tried a few times more, but it didn’t work; the sound of footsteps echoed around the corridor.

  The guards are coming back; I need to hide quickly.

  She ran and hid behind the corner of the corridor from where she came.

  “How did the stand fall when there was no one?” said one guard, “Maybe we should warn the other guards”.

  “Are you crazy!!” said the other guard

  “Why, there can be an intruder around this place,” said the guard

  “Oh, tell me what will be the reaction of the other guards when they come to know… It's just a pigeon,” he said, “same as something which happened a little while ago”.

  “It will be embarrassing for us,” said the guard

  “Exactly, we will wait, and if something happens again, then we will call the other guards,” said the other guard

  “You’re right, we should wait,” said the guard, and both of them stood beside the door again.

  She carefully observed the key,

  Why didn’t the key work?

  Then she spotted that the back of the key was not there; it’s hollow.

  Now I understand why this key didn’t work because this is just half of the key, and the other half should be with another guard, so that getting the key will be more difficult.

  She observed the guards standing at the door and saw the other half of the key hanging by the belt of one guard.

  Now I have to create another distraction, but if they catch anything suspicious, they will alert other guards, so this time I need to get done with them so that I can get into the treasury without any problem.

  She picked two candle stands from the front and back corners of the corridor, placed them in the middle of the corridor, and made the unconscious soldier stand by the support of the stands. She took a pouch filled with red powder, and she scattered the powder on the ground around the soldier and placed marbles on the powder lying on the floor.

  She took out a circular ball from her bag with a cord extending outward and held it in one hand. She went to the corner in front of the soldier, the corner which leads to the guards standing at the door, and she threw her shield at the corner.

  The sound of the shield dropping on the floor echoed around the corridor, which drew the attention of both guards,

  “There’s someone there,” said one guard to another, and they both approached the corner cautiously.

  She ran to the corner behind the soldier and hid. She ignited the fire on the cord of the ball with a match and threw it near the soldier. The smoke emerged from the ball and covered the whole corridor.

  When the guards reached the corner and turned, they saw the back shadow of the guard covered with smoke,

  “Intruder!!!” said one guard, “seize him!!!!”.

  Both guards ran toward the black shadow of the guard. When they reached near him, they slipped by the marbles lying on the floor and fell on the ground. When they fell, the powder flew in the air, and slowly, they both fell unconscious.

  When the smoke cleared, she came near the guards and took the other half of the key from the guard who had it. She ran toward the door, quickly joined both halves of the key into one, unlocked the doors to the treasury, and went inside.

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  She glanced all over the place and found the crystal lying in a box filled with gold. She quickly took the crystal and put it inside her bag.

  This is not just a crystal; it is the key to the freedom of Ivaan and a new and beautiful life for us. The life where Ivaan will be mine forever, and no one will be able to take him away from me.

  She came out of the treasury room and approached the door leading outside the building. But she quickly hid behind the wall beside the door after seeing the guards moving around the building.

  Shit!!! I forgot about them. Now they know that someone has entered the castle, and more guards will be approaching here anytime soon. It will be of no use if I am not able to escape the castle.

  She peeked through the door and found that all the soldiers were coming towards that building.

  I didn’t expect the soldiers to show up this early. Getting out of this castle without being discovered is impossible. I need to think fast.

  When the soldiers came near the building, she threw a ball by igniting the extended cord outside the door, and the smoke covered the entrance.

  “Soldiers!!! Shield up!!!” shouted the commander of the soldiers.

  All the soldiers lifted their shields up.

  “Move forward,” said the commander, and all the soldiers started to approach the door cautiously.

  She closed the door of the building in the smoke. When the soldiers reached near the door, they found the door shut.

  “Open the door!!” the commander shouted.

  Two soldiers came and kicked the door together twice, and it got broke open. All the soldiers rushed inside, but they were unable to see anything.

  “Commander, here’s a soldier lying on the floor,” said a soldier when he stumbled on the body of another soldier.

  “Take the soldier to the Medicus as soon as possible,” said the commander

  “Yes, Commander,” said the soldier

  He picked up the soldier on his shoulder, a ball fell from the hand of the unconscious soldier, and he moved outside the building. When the ball hit the ground, it burst open, and fetid smell and green smoke covered the soldiers.

  “What is this smell? Where does this smoke come from?” asked the commander. “Quickly cover your mouths”.

  All the soldiers covered their mouths, and they all started to feel dizzy. When the white smoke scattered while the green smoke stayed, they spotted her standing in the corridor.

  “There’s the intruder, catch him,” and all the guards moved towards her.

  “Commander, there’s another one standing there,” said the soldier while trying to hold his body from dizziness, as all the soldiers and the commander were doing.

  “There are two?” asked the commander while holding the balance of his body.

  “No, commander, there are three,” said a soldier while spotting the third person in the other corridor.

  All the soldiers tried to move towards the three intruders.

  “Hey!!! Wake up!! Are you listening to me?” asked the soldier who was running while carrying the unconscious soldier on his back.

  “Yes, completely fine,” she said and stabbed the soldier on the neck who was carrying her.

  She took the helmet off her head and ran towards the wall, where she told Ivaan to wait for her.

  “What is happening? I’m not being able to control my senses and the smell…” the commander said, “Catch the intruder!!”

  A guard stumbled across the ball from which the green smoke was coming out. He picked up the ball and moved it away from his face in an instant, “Commander, the smell is coming from this ball”.

  “Throw the ball out of the building,” shouted the commander, and the soldier threw the ball out.

  When the smoke was removed, they regained their senses, there was a dead body of the soldier who was being held by two candle stands whom they were considering the intruders.

  “The intruder should be outside!!” shouted the commander, “Search outside”. All the soldiers and the commander rushed outside the building.

  She crossed the armory and found the rope hanging from the wall, and she pulled the rope.

  Ivaan gazed down, “You came back.”

  “Yes, stupid,” she shouted while grabbing the rope and planting her feet on the wall, “now bring me up”.

  He started pulling the rope, and she started climbing the wall.

  “Hurry up!” She shouted, “The soldiers will be coming any minute”.

  “The soldiers, you got detected,” he said with wide eyes.

  “Yes, but they didn’t see my face,” she said while continuously climbing the wall with the help of the rope.

  “How did that happen?” he asked, “You are great at stealth, then how did they detect you?”.

  “This is not the time for such things,” she shouted, “pull me quickly, otherwise, both of us will get arrested”.

  Ivaan quickly started to pull the rope.

  All the soldiers came out of the building, “search everywhere,” the commander shouted.

  The soldiers started searching every place. “Pull fast, what are you doing?”.

  “You are feeling heavier than before,” he said. He spotted the shield and sword on her back and waist.

  “Drop the shield and sword, they are making you heavy, and also they are no longer of use,” he said

  “Right,” she quickly tried to remove the sword and shield, but by mistake, she wasn’t able to hold the shield properly, and it fell on the ground from a height, and the sound produced by the shield caught the attention of a nearby soldier searching for her.

  He spotted her climbing the wall, “Commander, the intruder is climbing the wall”.

  “Shit!” She quickly started climbing the

  And all the soldiers ran in that direction.

  “Climb quickly, they are coming,” he said while continuously pulling the rope.

  She was just near the top of the wall.

  The soldiers have reached very close. Even if I save her, the soldiers will not stop looking for us, but if they catch her, then they will focus on her only, and I will be off the radar.

  He stared at her bag. “Throw the bag towards me, it will help you to climb faster”.

  She threw the bag, and Ivaan caught it. She started climbing faster.

  “Intruder is escaping, shoot the arrow,” the commander shouted.

  A few soldiers came forward,

  “Aim!” said the commander

  The soldiers aimed at her, “release,” said the commander, the arrows flew in the air, but all missed her.

  She shouldn’t reach out to me; otherwise, I have to save her.

  When she drew her hand to hold the corner of the wall, he slowly removed the hook from the wall by his feet, and the rope got loose, but before she fell, she quickly grabbed his hand.

  “You’re not going anywhere without me, you bastard,” she said with fierce eyes.